Today we use viruses to change people’s genetics to fix that which evolution tossed for them at the moment of creation the moment two reproductive cells came together to make a whole cell exploding with life and promise

These things can improve a life immensely

But men are never satisfied, never ever satisfied with

Just a little of a good thing no they must have control they want everything

Some would be gods, others simply want a chance

Where does the line go? When is to much too much

Would anyone really notice if the line was crossed, till it affected them personally?

Could you?

Could you do something if it wasn't already too late to do so.

Would you?

In the end it’s all about finding

Your path through it all

“Hey there! Not exactly the best way to start a tale but it gets attention don’t it” listening to several laugh out loud others giggled and chuckled in the crowd as food was being passed around water bottles as well

“My name is William, Bill to those who give a darn I was a security guard for Takashima incorporated for six years. I was there when it all began you all need to know this so one day someone can tell what happened and with that knowledge comes the fact we are survivors they can never take that from us”

In those years I got to see the wildest things new computers that were quantum leaps over the old chips to things that due to the contracts id signed would get me severe penalties jail time at the very least

The company pushed us all for the utmost in loyalty and rewarded us for it

When my mother died after a long illness the company stepped in and took care of the arrangements

Oh I had to pay for it but payments were taken out before taxes were withdrawn, it helped a lot

The company bought my mortgage and set up the system so I was never over whelmed with bills that might cause disloyal thoughts stealing from the company and such

The company knew how to gain the loyalty it needed to continue with its major projects and not worry about security leaks unlike the general trend of a company seeing people as an infinite resource to be used as they wanted and discarded when used up

Takashima saw each employee as a valuable asset to be guarded and protected a resource that was not taken lightly and you felt like it you trusted them to the point there was a willingness to die for the company if it were asked or needed

I pulled into my parking stall a happy man I’d just made the last payment on my truck and was early to work

Taking the main elevator up to the security offices level the shift lieutenants and the captain were talking about placements

“Bill! Just the shift sergeant I wanted to see!”

Cringing a bit “what’d I do this time?”

Ken laughed “no, no nothing wrong” taking his arm and leading him into the group the captain clearly uncaring of the dirty looks being given towards the sergeant

“Bill I want you to take over a few things around the tower your one of the best on the computers, outside agency's work well with you and we need some of the security departments files taken care of, it will also put you on call if the other guards cant find a lieutenant they can call you”

Patting him on the shoulder firmly “Mr. Takashima has made mention of the fact we are under utilizing your skills and wanted to see if your up to perhaps more duties usually means a pay raise as well”

The others all stopped giving him dirty looks several glancing at the ever present cameras that were more numerous in the 60 story tower than people everyone knew Mr. Takashima saw all…

“So bill you think you can handle it?”

“Sure I've already been trying to free up old case numbers so we can have paper filing space” looking to Mark the only lieutenant who wasn’t glaring at him

“Mark had made the suggestion and since I picked up on the operation system so quickly”

The captain smiled looking over his shoulder at a camera then back at Bill “we know, its just being made official so most nights your our on call go to, that lets these guys an gals get on to other things such as training and customer service”

“Okay I’ll need computer level access many of the older case numbers are in the archives and only” stopping as a young oriental lady walked up with an envelope holding it out to him with a tiny smile she always made his heart stutter

Ken smiled “id say Mr. Takashima expected the issues and was prepared for them”

Bill looked in the manila envelope and found a new key card new identification several dozen new forms to be signed and a new set of stripes for his arm Bill brought them out and looked at Ken

“New rank to fit the responsibilities id say Bill” smiling at him

He looked up at the camera nearest “thank you sir I'll do my best” applying the Velcro backed stripes and collar chrome

“Okay people lets get to work those of you on duty that is”

Bill got his radio and set it in the main computer stations cradle logging into the system it requested his old cards for destruction which he fed into it

As it coded his radio to the new configuration he got the forms signed

One of which detailed a six-dollar an hour increase in pay as well as gaining a 2% increase in company share investment! Not a bad improvement for doing what he had been doing already for a month

Ken came up and set down a good-sized stack of disks paper files and memory chips “the ones on top are so old bill they have actual disks I think they’re safe to delete now”

“I'll double check them Ken they could still have cases outstanding with the police if need be ill call them I think Becky is working tonight she’ll help me find out if they have round filed any of these”

“See your already two steps ahead of me on this” chuckling “just remember you’re the on call”

“Gotcha not a problem” looking up as a group of company suits and ties walked past talking loudly about a company project not even stopping to sign out of the building “that is one Ken”

He growled and rushed out “gentlemen! A word with you please”

Bill sighed lose lips had sank companies they had been told to stop anyone from discussing company projects outside of level 4 security areas the security desk was level 3

One of them Bill could see had been already drinking on company property he reached up and tapped his com “backup needed on 3 code blue” he grabbed a camera remote and trained all cameras on the scene overriding the normal auto systems

He gestured to the young kid at the desk to stay put he was more than happy to hearing the brewing problem

The man a big Texan by blood was getting up into Kens face who was being polite and respectful requesting him to calm down it was a simple request to stop discussing company secrets in unsecured areas and to sign out

Bill had already moved in behind the guy backup called on their headsets saying they were on the way

The man slapped the sign out terminal off the desk it went sailing through the office window with a crash the power cable whipping past the young officers head as he ducked

Ken sighed visibly “I'm sorry sir now you will have to be taken into custody for destruction of company property”

“Like hell I will!” he pulled his fist back to punch Ken and Bill yanked it hard putting his foot into the back of the mans knee tossing him off balance to the floor where Ken pinned him Bill sat on his legs as he shouted and fumed

The intercom came on and it chimed Mr. Takashima’s signature melody they all went silent the man under them went calm.

“I believe Kenneth that William has proven he is capable of calm rational decision making. He followed the rules to the letter and has protected my interests you can let Harold up now”

Bill blinked looking at Ken who smiled “we needed to know if you were able to react in a volatile situation Bill”

“You did as expected William, I am quite happy with your performance thank you for your loyalty I look forward to many years of being your employer”

They all bowed to the cameras Bill and Ken saluted

Cleaning staff had the glass cleaned up within minutes and a new window was in before Bill was done picking up his workload

Ken stepped into the elevator with him “35 please Ken”

“35 it is” he pressed 50 “so any questions? Comments?”

“Nope I can see where Mr. Takashima would want to test any guard coming up in rank to see if they were cut out for the responsibilities a real world test is the only way to find that out”

Ken smiled nodded “right answer, you did great Bill I admit I was a bit less enthusiastic but Mr. Takashima told me I was listening to much to those who hold jealousy and fear for their ranks

I wasn’t watching the truth with my own eyes, I wanted to apologize to you personally”

Bill smiled “its okay Ken its why I work so hard, I know people don’t like me because I can do better than they can, I just wait to let my work record be the proof of it no use in bragging or pushing the subject”

Ken patted him on the shoulder and the lift stopped on 35 “take it easy Bill OH and you’re on the schedule for being off tomorrow don’t forget”

He looked from the secure entry area back to the lift “time off? But”

“Bye Bill” the doors closed

“Okay that’s cool I've got a day off now, don’t know what to do with it but I've got one thank you sir!” smiling up at the camera

The night was quiet as he worked on the security files calling Becky over at the police department to check on dead investigations

At lunch he gathered up a few missing details on a couple files that only Ken had access to setting a good half of his earlier stack on his desk with a note on top completed

Ken smiled nodding “excellent Bill excellent” setting another full stack on the desk

Bill looked at that “never ends huh?” chucking as he took the stack and got his lunch

When the shift was over he got the completed ones and then put the others into a secure locking cabinet under the station swiping his card through the lock it clicked and showed secure on the LCD screen

He turned in his equipment gun locked into his locker for them and the competed files Ken gave him thumbs up while on the phone with Mr. Takashima then he waved

Bill smiled and drove to the store to stock up for a day off going home with pizza and sodas a couple rented movies he checked the satellite guide and found a couple football games to enjoy

It was late he’d fallen asleep in his recliner the soft hum of his fish tanks air pumps the TV had gone to auto mute since the movie had ended but a sound had woken him nothing like normal house sounds a creaking wall a door shifting from the wind even the fridge humming softly.

Walking around the house after getting his gun, gun holster in hand gun in the other he didn’t find anything walking out into his backyard looking around he heard the side gate clink softly

Rushing around he pulled it open and the security light came on shining on his driveway and the street looking both ways down the quiet street he stood there listening

Nothing not even a breeze.

He stuffed the gun back in the holster and went inside after checking his truck, then getting a flashlight looking over the outside of the house examining the ground below the window which he could see his chair

He found a few badly made impressions in the dirt and grass but nothing that could be identified

Letting it go he went back inside and locked up the house took a shower and went to bed

Over the next few weeks he got more work from other Takashima towers since the systems were interconnected they decided to make him the dedicated security data corrector and with a tower in nearly every major city in North America he was quite busy

It was as Christmas was nearing that the company began to unveil a new product dark mysterious ads on TV and magazines hinting vaguely at the huge new consumer product that would revolutionize the world

The security teams had to double their efforts to keep industrial spies at bay they tossed themselves at workers and guards trying to find out anything about what was going on offering huge sums of cash for information

Bill noted names and made reports of the ones leaving gifts and notes on his house and answering machine he even made a form for employees to use for filing such incidents

They soon had to institute full pat downs and everyone’s bags and cases got inspected for any possible information trying to leave the tower

It got worse when construction started inside the tower and a new high secure freight dock was built with side street access using the deeper levels of unused parking areas and additional newly dug out space

They now had to make daily rounds along that side of the building the construction contractors’ constantly leaving doors open

The mysterious trailers the trucks ornamented only with the star and stylized T-inc. were daily issues he finally asked Ken to station a guard in a security truck at the gate to the secure dock so people couldn’t try to spy on what he already had seen was nothing to see equipment machines piping

He agreed “this super secret project just has the industrial spies coming out of the woodwork don’t it Bill” making notes on a electronic pad

“Oh Hell yes, we’ve caught ten so far trying to dig in the construction dumpsters looking for hints as to what’s being built! It really needs to be handled differently and the contractors have again been leaving the doors hanging wide open to the wind I wish we could get palm pad locks for those doors”

The phone rang “hold that thought” hitting the speaker button “hello security commanders office”

“Kenneth, William” it was Takashima!

“Sir how can we help?” Ken looked sheepish

“Actually its William my favorite always thinking security officer, you say we are having excessive problems with spying attempts? I would expect you to already have several ideas for solutions to the problems”

Ken looked pleadingly at Bill who smiled “yes sir I do have a few, I believe that the construction dumpsters could be first placed inside the secure loading dock ramp fence area the left side nearest the transformers is just wide enough to accommodate them

Any truck driver worth the name should be able to handle missing them without issue this also puts them closer to the former south east door six on that level it is now inside the secure area inside the construction zone

Faster removal of debris, they aren’t out in the open where they can be inspected for clues to the project nature, the door auto closes and has a palm pad scanner thus it remains secure unlike the current ones

The captain here already has the key to the gate thus allowing the bonded waste haulers to empty them as needed a bit of delay for them to wait for him to unlock the gate but you sir pay them a lot of money a small delay shouldn’t be an issue”

It was quiet for a moment then clearly pleased “excellent William excellent simple and effective using resources we already have”

“Thank you sir nothing Ken wouldn’t have thought about if he’d been put to the task”

“True but you took the initiative and had the idea before I needed to speak about a problem, your loyalty will be rewarded William I personally thank you the project is very important to me and the company

I am sorry I cant reveal more about it to all of you but I'm sure you will all be immensely pleased when the product is out and shareholders profits are very high. Kenneth the next time a lieutenants position is open I wish William to be chosen for it.”

Ken was all grin “yes sir I will make that paramount”

“William,”

“Sir thank you for your consideration for a promotion but, I don’t really need it, others have been around” Ken was looking stunned “far longer” Bill patted his hand smiling “and they do have seniority, stepping on others toes only causes friction we have a excellent balance right now everyone has found their place”

He laughed! A clearly highly amused Takashima laughed through the speaker he finally stopped clearly sipping water a clunk of a glass was heard “thank you William your impressive loyalty to me will not be forgotten

You think first of my company then others no William no promotion for you then, a wise man once said do not put a useful tool where it can not do its best work, but you do take very good care of it so I shall, if at any time you have need William you may call upon me”

Ken was slack jawed in awe

Bill smiled “thank you sir I hope things never get so bad I would have to use that favor”

“Not all if at any time you believe something needs my attention call me immediately please enjoy payday” it clicked off

Within a day the changes were made and the problems were fixed the electrified razor wire at the top of the fence kept the information hunters out of the dumpsters

Payday came around and Bill coughed looking at his account balance! The electronic deposit was two thousand more than normal! If loyalty could have been bought that could have done it

Later on that day after doing some investment of the bonus money

The news was playing on his new fifty-inch flat screen about several dozen missing people reports a couple murders a store robbery he changed it to another to get a movie relaxing back to enjoy it

Middle of the night he was woke by the phone ringing taping the answer bar “hello?”

“Hey Bill its Ken, listen I'm sorry for waking you up but we’ve had an incident”

“No problem Ken what’s up?” Turning the light on rubbing sleep out of his eyes

“Doug and Bobby have gone missing I need you to come in to help cover”

“They show up then just gone?”

“Yep damn kids”

“Okay give me thirty to get dressed and out the door I can cover the morning shift Doug was supposed to”

“Excellent! Thanks Bill” it clicked off

He shook off sleep and got dressed going out to his truck as the door opened he got a shock something huge darted away from the windows of the garage door! He backed out fast turning hard to shine his lights and driving lights at the empty lot next to his house the house had been burned down years before by vandals

He stood in the trucks door listening watching carefully thinking damn now I know I saw that I'm not delusional what the hell was that

The lot was flooded with light but it had a lot of junk in it and tall weeds he’d just sprayed with plant killer to get rid of them a couple days before so the darn seeds didn’t blow into his yard

Nothing moved the only sound was his trucks engine “well since you’re so interested in my house the TV is insured and I don’t have any expensive stuff other than that” getting in the truck he cranked up the radio

Driving off he decided to pick up a couple small mini cameras to mount in the upstairs windows to watch around the house

Pulling in the garage he immediately saw Bobby’s old clunker escort in a stall

He checked in and met Ken in the office and they walked to the lifts “okay Bill till we get a couple replacements your going to be mobile again”

“No problem so anyone check around the building? Bobby’s car is still in the garage”

“No shit? No I didn’t think to check for his car lets go check it out” they went down and came out of the elevator just as the escort was screeching tires out of the garage taking the roll down screen security door off its tracks with a loud crash

Bill ran after the car sliding under the busted roll down door and cutting across the lawns to try and see the driver Ken was hot behind him calling the police on his headset

Leaping over the hedges at the edge of the property he rolled and looked right at the driver side of the car as it passed by on the street tires squealing as it made the turn out of the parking lot

He could see long brown hair as the driver ducked out of sight, large shouldered he stopped chasing as it ran the next red light and sped away the head just barely visible over the seat

Ken came running up “police are in route they have the plate number, what the hell Bill I didn’t know you could run like that” puffing hard

He turned looking at Ken “weird shits been going on ken” he took his head set off and then kens who tried to protest and stop him “Ken give me a second alright”

He nodded looking at Bill who’d pocketed the headsets

“Okay now since the new project started I've had someone spying on me at my house”

Ken’s face showed his discomfort and a bit of shock as if the same had been going on

“Now two of the youngest guards, not the best but they were trying, go missing and someone steals Bobby’s car from the garage, feeling weird yet Ken?”

Ken took his headset back “you didn’t hear this but damn it I've had that same feeling like some ones been prowling around my apartment windows at night”

Bill nodded “weird thing is with mine a security light on the side of my garage didn’t react to them it did me right behind them but not them”

Ken nodded “lets get back this is gona be a stack of reports”

Bill nodded “car thief hiding in the garage we happened on him trying to sneak the car out” putting his headset back on

“Yeah that’s got to be it” dusting the grass off of Bill’s shoulder

Others came running up as the security truck pulled up Ken sent everyone back to the tower as they rode back in the back of the truck Ken nodded once at Bill and started talking on his headset to Mr. Takashima

Bill took the time in the afternoon when he got off duty to stand there looking at the parking space Bobby’s car had been in from the door of his truck

The gate door was already repaired and the tire marks had been cleaned off the concrete fresh painted stall stripes he sighed his instincts were screaming at him something was wrong!

He knew the police had found the car hours later dumped in a ditch the radio pulled a classic kind of car theft incident case closed. But wrong… just damn uncomfortably wrong somehow

Took a week to get two replacements of good enough quality to fill the positions during which Bill had issues with one of the lieutenants good old Steve an ass who had tried for years to get him fired for all sorts of stupid crap

Bill not being the on call due to the shortage had his own floors to check and patrol as well as his normal duties of data checking and entry hadn't expected trouble of any kind to be knocking on his door

In the middle of a long distance call to Fort Lauderdale Florida’s police department regarding an attack in the towers parking area several years prior his headset beeped

“Hold on just a second Ma'am” tapping his earpiece “William here”

“Hey Bill its Greg down here at the main docks we’ve got a trucker here with a time sensitive delivery I cant open the doors”

“Why call me its Steve’s night to hold the keys” tapping a pen on the desk looking over a form filed by the officer years ago about the assault

“That’s the problem no one can find him they’ve tried repeatedly on the radio and no one knows where he is since he said he was going to the parking level”

Bill sighed “alright ill get the backup set and meet you on the docks tell the driver to hold his pants on” hearing the driver complaining in the background “he will get compensated for his waiting time”

He picked up the phone line “Heather Ma'am I'm going to have to call you back we have a problem here and I've got to go handle it”

”No problem William I looked up the case while I was on hold, it was put into the dead files as there was no further problems and the criminal was never fully identified”

He made notes on the file to that effect “thank you very much heather talk to you later”

Tapping it off he locked everything up and hurried to the security desk getting the keys and a camera remote since he had to do a Lieutenants job pocketing the remote as he moved to a terminal

Ken was off duty so he had so sign out the keys via the computer terminal a secure key case came out of the vault into a tray on the desk walking out he put the case into a stack of them

The kid at the desk looked at him “still no word from lieutenant Morgan, sergeant it’s been almost an hour now since anyone saw him”

“Okay if anyone needs me I'm going on call ill be down at the docks opening the doors log it in the system as to why Steve is missing on duty”

”Yes sir” typing it in to the main security terminal

He rushed down to the docks and got that taken care of the driver being a royal ass over the wait Bill had to sign papers guaranteeing the drivers over time in delivering the urgent shipment of medical use integrated computer chips hadn't been the first delivery of these he noted

Finally getting a moment, trying his own headset to call Steve but got nothing he actually felt a bit worried another disappearance in the building would be just too much

The spying on his house had eased off but he still always felt like someone was watching

Walking out on to the parking levels he stopped and listened hearing muffled moans coming from the lower areas used for building equipment and employee overflow parking

He drew his gun pulling the slide clicking the safety off carefully sliding around corners to get closer

He was gona get evidence or them this time if someone was taking out the guards he didn’t want to lose them again!

Moving closer he rounded a support post and there on the hood of a lawn cart Steve had a buxom blonde and was hammering away at her, legs tossed up on his shoulders he was nude save his gun belt

Bill nearly shot him out of irritation holstering his gun after he made it safe he snarled softly and got out the camera remote aiming it at the three in the area he aimed them for the show and pressed record which would signal the system to make a file

Walking back to the elevators he tapped his headset “Mr. Takashima please” thinking the man always seems to be awake and always in the tower though more than likely he's got them all interconnected so no one knows really which he’s in

It clicked “yes William how can I help you tonight? I do hope nothing is seriously gone wrong“

“Not really sir it’s just…its difficult to say this, but Steve Morgan has been derelict in his duties tonight forcing me to take up his duties leaving mine.

I thought it best I should contact you as Kenneth is not available and I'm the next ranking officer available the junior guards came to me

I had to sign several bills’ of lading with additional fees due to Steve not responding to calls for the dock keys for the delivery of priority shipments”

“Precisely as you should do, what is Mr. Morgan doing to be so inattentive to his job William?”

“To put it crudely sir he's putting the hood of a lawn cart to improper use I've got it on cameras D, E and F level P3 now sir”

It was quiet for a moment “indeed…” Bill cringed inside Takashima was NOT happy he’d never heard that voice before

“I believe William that Mr. Morgan should be relived of his responsibilities and duties please call in Kenneth and advise him of the situation”

“Yes sir”

“I believe you should take care of this, thank you William for reporting this to me immediately”

“Yes sir I'm sorry about having to bother you”

“No William you were correct in calling me I do not need disloyal employees causing my company problems the extra fees alone are sufficient termination grounds please make sure he understands the depth of his mistake”

It clicked off

He sighed he’d never fired anyone before and Steve was former military it added up to building trouble

It was finally another half hour later Ken had already made it in and was quite surprised at what had gone on Takashima immediately called him and told him he wanted Bill to take care of it

But Steve finally showed up at the office desk hair freshly combed back he saw Ken there and looked at Bill who was at the counter “hey hefty what’s Ken here for?”

Bill was several pounds over weight he’d give him that but that was all

“He’s here because the rules state we need a ranking officer on duty, you were unavailable for over an hour and a half”

“What are you talking about I was doing rounds”

Bill took the camera remote and aimed it at the wall of monitors inside the security area and tapped play it showed Steve’s nude ass thumping away at the lady another view was his face dripping sweat on her the third was the juicy side view

“You were paged 5 times by the loading dock guard and when you didn’t respond” setting the printouts on the counter as the playback kept going Steve’s face was pale and a bit shocked

“The office tried 4 more times then they called me I had to sign out the extra set of keys to open the loading dock and sign for extra fees due to the delays then I tried to page you several times thinking you went missing like Bobby or Doug did

I was actually worried about you, I was afraid something had happened so I went looking in the last place you reported to be… as you can see I found you”

“You did this? Damn you”

“Mr. Takashima has requested you to turn over your keys items uniform gun and the such and Steve, yes I did, I was doing my job I was protecting Takashima industries”

Steve turned livid looking to Ken “Ken! What the hell man are you just going to let this fat fucker railroad me!” Ken just held his palm up to him and turned back to the computer monitor

Bill looked at the monitors a particularly well executed flip of her legs and he was banging her from behind “no but you railed her pretty good id say, I hope it was worth your job”

He was so mad he actually reached for his gun but Bill set his on the desk hammer was pulled back finger sitting on the trigger

Steve froze and calmed

“Put it carefully on the counter Steve, I'm sorry honestly but by costing Takashima money you effect everyone not just you. My job is everything to me apparently you had other ideas for employment”

He set the gun on the counter carefully and then the keys pulling off badge and identification

Bill took them and put it all in the desk drawer the phone rang as he’d expected and simply held it out to Steve “id say its Mr. Takashima for you”

He took it “hello, yes sir yes” looking up at the screens and the video worthy of a porno going on “yes sir thank you sir” handing it back to Bill “he wants me to come up to his office” he said with a bit of grin

Bill gestured to the normal desk officer to escort him to the elevators Bill put the headset up to his ear “again I'm sorry sir” stopping the show with the remote watching Steve leave in the lift

“Not at all William, you of all of my many employees always has my best interests at heart, don’t worry about Mr. Morgan I will write him out his final paycheck and send him off with a good references mustn’t have him become vindictive towards Takashima industries

I'm afraid I must now promote you William honor requires it of me, please send a copy of the video up with my assistant so I may put it in Mr. Morgan’s employment file, again thank you William”

“Yes sir and thank you” it clicked off Bill set the hand set down and sighed this would just mean more trouble later on with the others

He went and pulled the copy of the recording as Takashima’s aide came walking up with another manila folder “ill be with you in just a second”

“It is alright Mr. Morin” she smiled her gorgeous oriental face serine and calm

He gave her the recording chip from the system and she gave him the envelope hand lingering on his a bit he smiled at that but moved away just a bit “thank you miss”

She smiled and left, Ken came out peeking into the envelope as he slid it out

“New Lieutenant huh”

“Yeah I didn’t want it still don’t but Takashima said it was a matter of honor now”

“Don’t question the big guy Bill Steve was a damn fool Mr. Takashima knows this he's made the best choice he could have”

Bill sighed and put on the new bars resigned to his new role

The next few weeks Ken became a far better friend as the other Lieutenants quit or just didn’t show up to work they had officers come in from other towers Mark came up to him all happy one night

Bubbling over that the company was going to be picking him to do some product testing they were giving him physicals an doing all kinds of testing

The house spy got worse actually doing damage now and he made reports of it at work but Ken and Marks incidents also got worse Takashima said it was due to the fact the new product was nearing its unveiling day not to worry he would see to everything

Bill still got to do the data part of the job as he was the best for it and after a particularly bad evening most of it he kept being woke up by hang up calls and his mysterious spy rattling the downstairs windows then disappearing as he went to look

He came in, it looked like Ken had the same kind of issues yawning drinking coffee

He looked at Bill nodded and went to go sit down

Bill made his way up to 35 to do the data entry part of the job but as he got in the elevator it smelled of dog wrinkling his nose he took out his electronic note pad and made a note of it

At the secure door to the computer offices he found long dog hairs that he called in “Ken would you believe this someone let a dog up here on 35”

“You’ve got to be joking”

“No the lift smelled of it and I just got out here at the secure door and there’s long hair all over the entry”

“Alright ill get housekeeping up there before morning and ill check the video logs of the lift and the entry area some one is going to be getting my boot in the rear”

It clicked off and he went in walking over to the desk and the terminal he got out his stack from the night before adding the new stuff and prioritizing them he felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up

He spun around and found nothing to see

Sighing as he went back to the stack and started typing after several moments he knew! He heard something

Slowly turning so he was quiet as possible he eased up off the chair to look over the cubical walls the room was very long but not hugely wide he stood silently waiting watching listening

After a minute or so of no sound or movement only the AC systems he sat back down and went back to the files but now half of his attention was around him though he wore glasses his peripheral vision was quite good he kept that on the unprotected side

It took awhile but he heard it again this time he was out of the end cubicle and stalking so fast it surprised himself gun lose in its holster

Thinking by damn I know someone is in here with me and I'm going to find them! He reached the central isle where the secure door branched off in a T shape listening the occasional creek of the leather he wore loud in his ears

Moving along the back wall nearest the outside windows he crouched down and looked around the last cubicle wall

Nothing

He moved along the wall staying low he heard the secure door! Leaping up he could see it open! He ran fast as he could around the end and headed right for the door catching it as it was about to close looking at the elevators

The end one! Rushing over the door closed

Repeatedly hitting the call button didn’t stop it “Damn!” taping his headsets call button

”Dave” it clicked

“Dave here”

“Dave lift 3 its on the way down to you” looking at the computer panel next to it its intended destination reading as the garage level “stay back but when it opens get the passenger”

Ken came in on the line “Bill what’s up?”

“Ken I've had someone spying on me here in the computer entry office don’t know who but they’re on the way down to the garage level in 3 I've got Dave watching ready to get them”

“Okay you stay there make sure they didn’t try to get into the system lock it down by the book Bill”

he nodded reflexively “by the book” he hurried back into the office his foot catching the carpet looking down gently pulling on the cut and torn fibers “what the hell?”

“What Bill?” Ken sounded like he was on the move “Dave make sure your ready”

“I am but it says its here but the dang thing didn’t stop here I don’t know where it is”

“What?” came from both of them

“Okay dispatch shut down three! Bill what you got?”

“The carpet here by the secure door is all cut and torn up there’s a few more spots now that I'm looking for that” he followed the occasional ripped threads of carpet nap around the cubicles and finally into one

Standing up it was the one, which had a perfect view of him at the desk he could just see his chair through the gap in the cubicle panels

“Ken…you need to see this”

“Alright on the way three finally responded to the call button but it was empty”

Bill looked at the desk in front of him and found several of those hairs “I'm not surprised for some reason”

He met Ken by the lifts showing him the path and describing what he had done Ken just nodded

“Sounds like whoever it was wanted into the computer system via the security access they got out somehow, were checking floor by floor now”

“But why tear up the carpet Ken?” looking at him hands propped on his gun and belt

“Who the hell knows we’ll have to change the security codes now but you caught them in the act good job Bill” patting him on the shoulder

“Yeah…sure” he didn’t like it then a thought hit him. the cameras “Ken the cameras”

Ken smiled and they both hurried down to the office bringing up the right floor and the history file

They watched as he walked in did his work for a bit then the camera feed went fuzzy static blanked out the picture!

“What in the hell” came from Ken as he tried adjusting things to no avail.

“Ken that’s damn strange that was the first time I heard something…and that!” the static returned

”That’s the second time! And the camera fails again see now there you can see me looking around and right about now” it went static again “now me running for the door chasing, the hallway cam?” hoping it at least got the suspect on its way to the lift

He brought it up and it was the same intermittent static but clear when he was there

Bill sighed “I guess the camera in 3 didn’t catch anything either?”

“It’s been down for weeks it’s on the repair list” Ken shrugged looking helpless

Bill banged his head on the nearest wall “damn-damn-damn it all” walking out pissed off he went back to 35 pounding away at the files then changing the security codes by morning

He left after filing the reports on what had occurred he had several suspicions but no proof only someone with security access could screw with the cameras like that

He decided to setup a few traps around the house snare wires and patches of broken glass in tar lightly covered in leaves nails mixed in for good measure then he added thicker curtains to those windows painting a few black

His spies didn’t make much problem with his sleep that day and evening the next was his day off but he spent the night watching in a darkened house gun ready by damn he was itching for a fight at that point

When he reported back to work he was by far much more tense and paranoid than ever before watching his back and being jumpy

Mark was overjoyed when lunch came around “hey Bill! Guess what! The product developers have Okayed me to be in one of their test groups finally. only one last check and I'm in ill get to see the new product early”

Bill nodded eating quietly

“Ooh what’s up with you? Oh the computer incident”

“They find anything new” tossing his instant food bowl in the recycler getting a soda from the machine

“No just more of the torn carpet in 3 weird that bit huh”

“Yeah really weird things just not adding up right how did they get into secure 35 unless they already had a key and the weird camera malfunctions”

Mark nodded

Bill trusted Mark more now than Ken for some reason his instincts were ringing the warning bell around Ken

“You watch your back Mark, any trouble any thing you come to me”

He smiled “sure Bill but I'm not the one with ghosts spooking his floor”

“Ghosts…I wish” leaving Mark at the table

He found the next few days to be remarkably quiet no more spying at home no sounds or odd feelings making his instincts react he let his guard down a bit hoping it was just an isolated incident now

Mark came up to him as he was the on call officer of the day Ken was off duty but now Mark was acting weird keeping his body a bit stiff clearly a bit nervous

“Bill just the man” he set a stack of files down in front of him “Ken yesterday left these with me for you to do tonight urgent stuff apparently”

“Why didn’t he just leave me a note?”

“To busy he had to do a bunch of stuff involved with the new product unveiling the Saturday before Christmas anyhow! Be careful of the second one he said it was more than likely active”

He hurried over to the lifts “see ya Bill I'm off”

“What? When did that happen?” and he sighed as the lift door closed before Mark could answer

He looked at the new kid at the desk “okay ill be up on 35 anything anyone needs me call”

“Yes sir, not a problem, all the lieutenants so weird around here?”

Bill laughed “all the time it comes with the job”

He soon was sitting down at the desk he’d taken up putting a metal trash can against the secure door so if the door was opened it would bang the can or it would make it more costly to do so and he could catch someone

Entering the first few he came upon an odd envelope it wasn’t a security file, on top he found a note written by Mark

'Bill you said to let you know when I had something weird happen well it did I was at that final test a minor physical again checking my eyes I think, doesn’t matter though the doctor involved got distracted something going on with one of the other test applicants

Well you know me, I never have been able to keep my fingers out of folders its why you’ve got the secure data position well the envelope in your hands is a copy of all of it

I got to read the details Bill! I'm not going to tell you its safer that way but if anything happens to me take the file and run for the media or the feds, I mean it anything happens to me accident or not the info is beyond important to the entire united states and its future

Run like hell is on your heels they watch us because were the only ones who can stop this its huge, its wrong and I can’t believe it’s going on inside the tower”

Bill sat there looking at the note and something inside completely believed it

The stack of files slipped off the desk shocking him a bit but reacting with it he bent to pick them up the envelope slipped into his boot under the desk where no camera could see it happen

Cursing as he tidied the stack again he went on without a pause continuing to enter information and deleting old files and reports he went down for lunch and kept to himself

Checking on the new guards on duty that night he found a couple asleep and gave them an ear full about it then went back up after opening the freight dock for a delivery

All in all it had been a quiet night he turned over the building to the days shift and left driving first to a store to buy a memory drive and then a copy center

Opening the envelope it was a standard flash drive he copied it for a small fee not looking at the contents

He then repacked the first drive then mailed the second to himself with a note if he went missing Takashima needed to know what was going on

Going home he got a soda checking his messages he had a couple sales calls nothing more

He watched the news and apparently nothing major just more of the same had gone on so he went to bed

When he got up Ken had called letting him know he had the night off he’d brought a couple of the day shift on to nights to give them experience

Bill didn’t like that too easy he admitted to himself at this point he was highly paranoid but for good reason

He’d suspected Ken had something to do with what was going on to many easy off hand answers to the weird shit going on.

Since he had the night off he went for a drive heading for Marks house it was after ten but the street shouldn’t have been so quiet

Killing his lights he stopped well before the house as just as he was getting out he saw mark running for his car shooting behind himself towards the house

Bill dove back into his truck and stayed low he heard a dog howl and Marks car go racing by tires squalling on the pavement

He sat up and saw it spin out of control in the rear mirror turning to get a better look it exploded into flames as it rolled over in the middle of the road

Not waiting to be found by whoever was after Mark he floored it and hit a huge dog coming out of the driveway and kept going

He was a bit spooked but kept his head driving to the tower he screeched into a parking slot and got out his backup gun locked in the case under his seat slipping it into the back of his pants he felt the data drive in his pocket

Takashima he needed to know about this looking at the front of his truck the headlight and trim were smashed those same long hairs were in the blood

Bill had a bad feeling but knew Takashima, the man needed to know what was going on in his tower

He knew he should have gone to the media or the feds but Takashima had always been good to him he owed him, the chance to know first and if he knew all about it the chance to fix this before Bill took the data to the media

The guard on duty walked over

“Hey Bill what’s going on?”

“I need your headset Danny you’ll get it back okay but I need to get up to Takashima urgently”

He put his finger on the headset “he knows and is sending lift one down for you, what’s up?”

“Safer for you dude if you don’t know” he walked into the lift and the doors closed

Watching as he went to the very top of the tower the doors opened to a softly lit solarium grass growing right up to the doors of the lift

An immaculately groomed pathway of small pebbles led through the grass to a low oriental desk at the far end where Takashima sat on a cushion

“Ahh William! Please come closer, tonight so much has gone wrong and I'm afraid it shall be a difficult time for many, cant you just smell the fresh oxygen from my hybrid grass carpeting”

Bill walked up the desk and looked down at him the man seemed so fragile tiny and yet his arms betrayed the tight honed muscles

“I believe William you have that which Mark took, a small bit of my property”

“Yes sir, but why? Apparently you do know all about what has been going on” setting the envelope on the desk and sliding it over to him

He took it an set it aside “a fair question, but allow me to ask you a question in return first”

“I guess it’s why I came here first to find out if you knew”

“Ahh and you see that answers my question thank you, ever the honorable loyal one William, always loyal to me its why you have not been touched, till now which is unfortunate, I had wanted to offer you a choice but” sighing deeply with dramatic flourishes of his hands

“This precludes that choice now I am afraid” touching a spot on his desk the virtually invisible holograms disappeared

“Mr. Takashima I didn’t look at the data if that is the problem but I do know Marks death makes this a crime of murder whatever is on that drive, was it worth his life?”

“As I said unfortunate events tonight very unfortunate, but no William he was not to die and should not have and neither will you. In your case my honor will not allow it but I will see to it your well taken care of never fear that you are very valuable to me”

He smiled reassuringly at Bill, which just chilled his blood to the core

“I do know you copied the drive as always thinking ahead and of my interests you would not have known who in the tower was responsible for what was going on you addressed the inner note that it was to be delivered to me upon your becoming missing

It will be recovered when it’s delivered to your home. Always the loyal one you have always impressed me with that trait and I will not allow it to die I can not, I refuse to see such a trait die, no never”

“Sir I can only gather that you have no intent of answering me let alone truthfully if you did. I regret to say sir that this is my formal notice” turning and heading for the lift

“William please”

Bill stopped the loyalty he’d always had pulled him to stop and listen

“You must understand I do this only because I can not risk you coming back and extorting money from me later and it will happen it always does, something always comes up and causes even the most loyal to betray me”

Bill looked back at the man “then you never really knew me sir, thus you can take this as my resignation”

Clearly not bothered by that an smiled coolly “William whatever you do don’t run…please, William, I cant guarantee being able to control them if you run, that was Marks undoing he ran from them”

Bill let the lift door close and pressed the parking garage level it raced down hard far faster than it should have and he realized his mistake “one of many tonight apparently damn”

Relaxing to take a hard impact the parking level shot by and the lift stopped hard hitting the huge springs at the bottom he flopped down and recovered quickly

Reaching up he smashed the lights with the butt of the gun then slammed himself against the control panel as the doors slid open to the darkness beyond

Silently he got the rescue phone receiver from its box and pulled it lose with its cord with a good yank

Voices came softly from beyond the doors in the darkness but slowly got louder

“Well now we’ve got a fighter for once” came from the left side

“Aww he's not going to run? Damn” from the right

“Yeah I like it a lot when they run” left again different voice

“Not this one boys n' girls, oh no.. not this one, but if I guessed right he grabbed that nice little stainless 357 magnum from under his trucks seat…its missing the firing pin hefty”

that voice….

“Ohh oh” one said with dramatic excessive glee

“Oopsy” evil chuckling resounded from all directions outside the lifts doors

He heard the click of a headset radio “yes sir he’s here hold up in the lift… not a problem, yes sir he’s absolutely not to be harmed, of course sir, to be taken alive yes sir”

“Aww” came from several voices

A female voice spoke up “can’t we scare him good though?”

“Takashima didn’t say anything against that” the one who had spoken to Takashima said with a bit of humor

“Well Good then, fun is always a good thing” Bill’s spine chilled at that voice again! That came from a voice he recognized! It was different but it was him it was clearly

Steven!

“And now he knows just how deep he’s fallen into trouble don’t you hefty”

His ears told him it was definitely a T hallway they had all directions covered

“Olly-olly oxen free” came from another voice several giggled at that

He heard ticking like dog claws on the tile floor

“He’s not coming out”

“Williams' no fool, are you hefty, you finally adding it all up yet?” said a clearly amused Steven "even giving you a box of clues wont help you now don’t try the emergency access cover its locked against that hefty"

“Aw come on don’t be such a fraidy cat”

"yeah we just want to play.."

They all chuckled at that Bill felt the inside of where the hammer hit the firing pin it was gone broken off

Making the decision to run not having any other choice worth taking he pulled the chamber off the frame

He pitched the gun minus its chamber hard towards the left the chamber right the bullets scattering the metal phone receiver was spun up to speed on its cord he flung it hard down the center following it close behind

Cursing as it went too high!

He heard the gun parts hit home and got yells of pain and a yelp, sudden confusion as feet darted towards the open door of the elevator

It was the yelp in front of him as the phone hit home plastic and metal cracking hard into a head

“GET HIM!” came from behind he felt fur and leapfrogged over the falling body slamming the head to the tile with a whack

He judged the distance about right his luck held the design was similar to upstairs cutting a corner in the pitch darkness clipping his shoulder as he cut the turn a bit to close

His mind registered the size of the furry body he’d leapfrogged over about then and he ran harder ignoring the pain now flooding in

Thinking my god that dog was HUGE I got to reach the secure freight dock I know where I can slip under the fence near the planting beds I reported that spot several times and no one ever fixed it

Hearing claws scrabbling on the tiles behind him he knew they were in hot pursuit he spotted an exit sign above the lights came on blinding him a bit but he kept on running sliding on those very tiles shoes squealing

He hit the wall hard looking back as they charged towards him

The lead wolf! snarled and yelled! “Gotcha now hefty!!! No where to run!” they all howled behind the lead

“Oh crap”

He leaped forward shoes squeaking as they crashed into the same wall piling up on each other

“AGGHHH I'm going to chew your leg off William!!” Steven yelled from behind him under the pile of bodies

It was the shock that the wolf WAS Steven and he was HUGE left him inattentive as he could see outside! He ran head first into a steel door that was slammed shut hitting his head hard

Ringing and stars flashing in his vision from the door hit and then the impact with the floor left him helpless he looked up vision fuzzy blurring glasses smashed and blood running down his cheeks nose now registering it was also broken

He recognized Kenneth! Coming in the door

“Almost but not quite Bill” then the world faded "almost.."

He woke

That was totally unexpected but so was the incredible headache it was so bad it made his stomach want to void its self but it was empty, a migraine was tame compared to this and he felt like he was upside down

Hearing voices he couldn’t fight if he tried his limbs felt odd and the flashes of nausea were horrendous

“Lester! God damn it! I thought I told you to tighten those bolts before using the carts!”

“I'm sorry dude”

“Crap this ones is bleeding look at the dent in its head those three were completely dumped off the carts if Takashima sees this were both dead”

One lifted the head of the cart and the other fixed the problem being level helped immensely

Someone else came in and the men stopped working

”Mr. Takashima sir, we had a bit of a problem with the carts sir”

Bill relaxed and tried to play possum not that he could have done anything

“I was aware of that gentlemen, you will find my displeasure of your sloppy work to be quite informative”

Bill heard a scuffle then a pair of bodies collapsing to the floor

“Standard procedure sir?” came from a nonhuman voice

“Yes these two were sheep no spine at all make them as they are”

“Sir”

“And get the doctor in here I want these HBED units picked up and checked if they are damaged badly we can not sell them and that will not do at all”

Bill felt Takashima touch his head the pain nearly made him moan out loud the flashes of nausea were incredible

He heard several people come in quickly through a swinging door somewhere

“Mr. Takashima what happened?”

“The labor were hiring is becoming sloppy those units may need to be destroyed and this one I want you to check he’s bleeding”

He heard people lifting fixing carts and finally a hand feeling his head clearly experienced medical hands

“Well sir he should be fine the damage is not permanent” Bill had to relax as he got fingers stuck far up his nose and literally pushed the dent out of his head

“The skull bones are still soft and somewhat flexible thus this is an easy fix if it had been left for another ten minutes or so we would have had to do surgery”

“Excellent and the other units?”

“One her arm will need to be fixed the others are fine”

“Good, good no major damages then…so my William survived the process well”

“Yes sir, may I say the choice of the AB1A 1.3 variant is an interesting choice we hadn't planed on making an early production run of it but it has numerous interesting differences than the normal AB”

“It still wont be a full scale production run doctor, this one is special to me, he was honorable to the very last he fought with skill as well as courage and nearly escaped. evading no less than seven wolves and their handlers."

“Yes sir five wolves injured one knocked cold with a phone receiver a pair got injured hitting the wall, it was security chief Kenneth Robinson that got him wasn't it?”

“Yes in a rather less than honorable way, so doctor I wish this one to be kept safe and well cared for weekly reports on his progress”

“Of course sir”

"Yes my William will be a champion, a leader thus his future will be assured and honoring my word to him”

He heard them walk away and with that he was left alone for a bit to recover as carts were fixed and moved past someone was told to move him into the next room with the others and to hookup the IV

Listening was his best defense for now bide his time he fully expected whatever had occurred he should thank his lucky stars that pair of men had been so poor at assembly the blow to his head had done something to him

He also expected escape was not an option for now, the tower was far too secure and whatever they had done to him and this AB1A variant he was sure it wasn’t human anymore and somewhere in his body he was sure there had to be a tracker identity chip

No, escape on his own was not an option yet, clearly he had been remade into something other than human to be sold as a possession and Takashima intended him to be comfortable

So it was now a matter of waiting till he was placed outside the tower he would have to become the beast literally. shed his human reactions and attitudes if he didn’t he was doomed to be caught and most likely killed for his mistake

He mentally cursed Takashima, Ken and Steven to the deepest part of hell for this and that was the drive he was going to need pure and simple revenge

What seemed like hours later and his dozing off he went blank as someone came up he felt a cold metal pad press on his neck near the middle of the right side

A female voice talking at someone else “scans as unit 221 AB1A”

A headset click “alright check that the inhibitor chip is installed and that it has an ear scan tag” came from a muffled male voice

He felt fear boil up as she moved over him and he heard a click from a pocket flashlight she then stood up feeling his pulse at the neck

“Chip is confirmed but there’s a lot of blood around it and yes ear scan tag is the correct 221 and code”

“Noted he took a bad hit to the head earlier so the blood is to be expected”

“Pulse is strong and regular”

“Okay next unit”

Now he understood what had happened that chip inside his head somehow damaged by the blow to the head. He recalled the urgent freight deliveries those high end expensive biomedical chips

Thinking for a moment he must be using them to interrupt and block the brains access to stored memories and experiences if he is making a product you wouldn’t want it to remember being human

Awfully inconvenient that part, so you install an inhibitor chip while the bone is soft and pliable into the brain once hardened into place permanent fix for that issue

And with that he now realized, damn I really am a freaking moron the new top-secret product line and the missing people reports from all around the city state hell the country he has his wolves go out and collect people for conversion into literally non human slaves

Engineered pets

No wonder the data Mark got to see was so important to Takashima it literally tells all about it

I am such a stupid fuck-up damn damn-it all

It was very quiet and had been for some time save for the sounds of snores and sleeping animal people opening his eyes for the first time since the night he was caught

It took a moment for it to clear a couple blinks and for the first time in his life he could see clearly the lights were set for soft illumination he now could tell the cart was moving slowly so his body fluids didn’t pool

Looking around himself without moving his head he had an even wider field of view than before as well. looking to the left then right he could see a cart with its load an IV bag on a hanger above each the IV fluid was milky

Making an assumption it was likely calcium loaded to help the bones solidify he tried to speak softly but it only came out as a soft moo like sound

Moo? Oh god he made me into some kind of bovine? He couldn’t help himself as tears flowed tightening up and sticking that emotion away in a box he willed himself to forget that for now

He looked at the one to his left it was bovine in appearance possibly female hard to tell honestly the one on his right was definitely equine long faced he heard something about sheep as well

So wolves, sheep, bovine, horse, how many more has Takashima made out of humans calm Bill calm just wait for your chance it’ll come one day for now you have to wait and recuperate let him take care of you one day you can repay him for his treachery

Sleep came after awhile again he found it to be strengthening actually able to lift his hand a bit and move fingers which felt odd and far away

Again he heard someone moving about he also heard soft calls from his fellow converts

He felt his ear lifted a beep and then an eye opened light flicked in and out he made that soft moo like sound and the woman smiled

”Good getting stronger huh 221 good” making a tapping sound on a tablet laptops screen

“Pupil response good” looking above his head at something “heart rate good viral load down to 32% very good”

And with that she moved on to the next one he drifted back into sleep his mind began playing tricks on him or so he thought more than once he had a wolf looking at him waiting for him to make a mistake his instinctive fight or flight response urging him to get up and run anger an fighting

He woke now not on a cart but lying on his chest an belly a rubberized flooring material he blinked and lifted his head slowly, which felt incredibly heavy he could see others waking and also looking around

He let his head settle down again and relaxed watching the others one tried to get up and promptly collapsed in a heap

He noted the walkway above the pens padded walls a doorway on to it from the level above

He could smell and hear water from the center stainless bowl and he found that was why the others were so driven to get up he was parched thinking hell of an incentive to get up

He moved a bit getting a look at what had once been human feet now were split toe hoof like feet, huge as well

His hand he slid forward and got a surprise it was also a lot like a split hoof but the halves moved and an opposable thumb! Which could shift to the center of the hand

The three finger tips were load bearing and yet somewhat dexterous

Shifting his weight onto his legs a bit which felt completely weird with a push leaning a bit on the padded wall

He noted others watching him as he pushed up on the fingers and got feet under him legs trembling standing on all fours he found it a disturbingly comfortable position to be in. But he could also feel the fact he could possibly walk on two once he learned how again just how the hips felt and moved

Marveling at the combination and adaptation he noted others had now made it up and were learning balance he wasn’t finding it too easy himself

But he moved one shaky step at a time just as a pair made it there before him with jerky head control the others ended up dunking faces and heads into the water he wasn’t much better as he dipped half his face in then pulled out just enough to suck up water greedily

He got bumped into and nearly knocked over by others as they made it to the trough he drank more and unsteadily moved a few steps away then a few more literally just to get out from under the others feet

He laid down by sliding down the padded wall belly full of water he heard a huge splash as one fell forward into the trough and soaked itself and numerous others he noted several had done as he had moving away from the crowd and laid back down

He spent the remaining time till he fell asleep again studying what the others were doing he would have to be perfect or someone would investigate why he was different than them

It was the smell

An odor an acrid musky one

Primal raw angry energy on the nerves calling to instincts that demanded to be listened to

It stirred the fear and from what he heard it did the same to the others as they shifted away from the walkway where a wolf was sitting hands on the hand rail nose just under the top eyes above it watching them

No, watching him

One of the others shoved into him and he fell over getting up slowly in the midst of several AB’s Kenneth walked out on the platform pushing the door closed then looking at the wolf

“Steven you were told to leave the HBED’s alone the smell of AA spooks them”

“Can you tell which one is him Ken...I can all to easily”

“Steve your nuts you know that right? He's been converted and chipped thus he's not William anymore your taking his escaping you and your hunters way to far”

Bill was listening intently and watching just like the others were doing a couple Mooed softly in distress

“Am I Kenneth?” snarling at him “I don’t think so, Takashima be damned, William’s too clever and he owes me”

“What, you were going to be converted in a week anyhow it’s why you were blowing off your job duties that night and he caught you dead to rights, he was doing his job! Just like you should have been

Now get your furry ass back to yours your supposed to be out collecting for the conversion line not in here terrifying the converted!”

The larger than human sized wolf stood up on his legs glaring down at the man

“You’re in charge for now Ken, be careful it doesn’t change”

“Is that a threat HBED? You know what happens to AA’s who prove unstable don’t you they become rejects and are recycled” folding his arms over his chest

The wolf’s tail drooped tucked in ears flattening to its head and then it sat down on its haunches “yes Kenneth I know” clearly cowed

“Good now Takashima has made it clear 221 is not to be harmed those are his direct orders its just HBED bull 221 you have plenty else to worry about forget him, go get to work”

“Sir” bowing its head

He left and most of the HBED’s relaxed watching Kenneth cautiously Bill laid down with a small group and relaxed with them

Kenneth was looking around at all the HBED’s in the room Bill had closed his eyes to nearly shut only a tiny crack just enough to watch the man

Ken shook his head and walked out touching his headset “Mr. Takashima please…yes sir Steven is becoming difficult he’s obsessed with AB221” the door closed behind him cutting off the rest of the conversation

Bill glared feeling his blood heat the entire night of capture replayed and he could swear he still felt the blow to the head from Ken oh he was gona pay dearly he snorted like a seriously pissed off bull the others all looked at him wondering

He relaxed and calmed himself thinking must control that I got seriously pissed fast just then I could blow this if I let my temper do my thinking

Sighing the others relaxed with him I have to learn how to walk to talk all over again my body has been made into not quite a Minotaur but a weird parody of human traits and bovine

Feeling his tail whip the wall he sighed and I've got to learn control of a new limb as well oh yay just what I wanted for Christmas ….not

He fell asleep with his head on the shoulders of another; someone else had their head on his hip. He reflected on the herd mentality in that all the HBED’s were clustered together in a group to sleep

He woke when his pillow got up chin whacking the floor he thought hey but “Mhoo” is what came out

Yawning he looked around others were getting up he noted why two large panels had come out of the far wall and were opening so they were going to force them into a hallway that had opened in the padding on the opposite wall

Getting up with the others several Mooed in protest of the walls moving towards them others had already fled down the only escape path the tunnel offered he moved off with them his legs significantly stronger since the walk to water but they ached within a few moments

He found himself sliding down a gentile incline head hitting the rump of the HBED directly in front of him he stumbled and fell getting a hoof in the face for good measure

Another tried to climb over him shoving him forward under the one in front he sighed inwardly if these dummies don’t kill me first

He kicked out with a rear foot hitting the back one in the chest and got enough space to stand up again a handler was walking up checking on them then shoved the ones in front of him down the isle of pipe pen rails made of stainless making the guide walls

He walked forward cautiously looking around as the others had been and promptly got a shove from another handler he Mooed in surprise and was pushed into a stall, which a gate closed behind him the side clamping down a bit

Two handlers came up on either side one checking his ear tag the other taking a blood sample quick and efficiently the one tapping notations on her tablet laptop

“Got a note here from Mr. Takashima, wants a report on health and general mood for this one“

“He wants what? Ehh just put healthy his viral load is down to 1% and mildly spooked like the rest of the AB with their first exam”

“Got it, identity serial says this is an AB1A”

“Really? Don’t see much difference”

“We wont not till he grows up a bit according to the file still effectively a pre-teenager, but one thing I can see is body mass he's wider in the shoulders”

The other leaned over the top rail “yeah I can see that, so” climbing down again “he ready for food?”

The other tapped a few times on her screen “according to the scanner he is, his blood sugar levels are low he should eat like he’s ravenous”

Bill heard rattling like pellets falling into a bin in front of him the smell of molasses rose to his nose Bill sniffed and leaned in it was some kind of dry pellet food he sniffed picking up a medicine after scent seeing flakes in with the pellets

He licked at them but didn’t have much luck they just rolled around away from his mouth

“He’s one who’s got to be helped a bit”

“Seems like several are in this batch” reaching in she scooped some up and pushed them under his lip he had to roll them out and into the mouth chewing was also new unlike bovines he had teeth top and bottom but the shapes were weird

He found the sweet flavor made him drool a bit as he reached in and lipped at the pellets a bit and got several they were watching him and smiled as he came up with some chewing

“Great one try and he got it” she petted him on the head “I hate the ones who take three or four tries thankfully most get it first or second try”

”Okay I think he’s got it, lets get on the next and check him in a bit”

“Right” they hopped down and walked off the one on his right with the pad she smelled very nice too, kind of made his nose tingle he enjoyed the pellet food the flakes mixed in were bitter though thankfully the brown sugar helped with that

He expected a tranquilizer or some drug to help them develop better but he wasn't assuming anything at this point he made mental notes on everything and looked around as carefully as he could

A man walked up to his stall Bill recognized his smell the doctor who had been with Takashima when he woke same cheap cologne

“Well how’s our AB1A today”

Feeling his head where he had been hit pressing on it Bill looked at him chewing his food

“Good no pain bones nice and solid” the girls came back over both climbed up “Sue how’s his viral load?”

“Its down to 1%”

“Excellent, Takashima just asked me to check on his progress”

“I sent him an email sir”

“Excellent great work this is the first AB1A unit if he's always this stable and does better than the AB’s Takashima may allow me to make it a full time production line”

“Didn’t this one take a huge blow to the head?”

“Yes, I had to reset the softened bone structures back to normal but he’s doing fine” rubbing Bill’s head

Bill sniffed at the one called Sue her pants were right at nose level

She shifted back away from his nose the other giggled

“He likes you”

Bill was trying to get a better sniff

“Sue? Are you just out of your menses?” asked the doctor still rubbing and petting Bill's neck

“Uh, yeah Tuesday” finally climbing down out of reach of nose range Bill sniffed hard licking his nose

“That’s it then your going to have to be careful around the HBED’s males they will pick up on the fact your fertile it could cause them to fight over you”

Bill thought ahh ha so that’s what I smell it’s got my nose all tingly HA that’s funny

“I'm going to temporally reassign you to the separated female pens but you’ll have to be careful there too as female HBED’s may try to mount you since you’re fertile

But at least the males wont be hurting each other and any handlers around them last thing we need is them figuring out were smaller by mass and start pushing us around”

Bill grinned as he went after more food, yeah that would just be too bad now wouldn’t it

Munching happily as they talked about other HBED’s he learned that there were nearly as many variants as types he found himself soon out of munchies he sniffed around and snorted

The doctor looked in “he's done”

Bill felt the gate at his rump open but he stayed looking for more then the doctor pushed him out

“He’s a greedy gut” laughing “go on you”

Bill sighed and walked off down the track which exited out in a different pen enclosure several of the others were there already they called to him softly he did feel the deep instinctive need to respond so he did mooing softly they perked up

A pair moved over and sniffed at him his legs hurt and he laid down they joined him their scents he noted were the pair he had slept with the one put his chin on Bill’s hip the other his nose at Bill’s arms his chin on a shoulder sleep came very easy

Over the next few days weeks he wasn’t sure as the amount of time spent asleep and being fed seemed random the reliving of bodily wastes was soon quickly trained out of them

They put an electric shock into the flooring you peed anywhere but on the metal grate to one side of the pen and you got a hard zap he'd seen it happen to others but had to get it once himself or be singled out it wasn’t pleasant

Only three seemed to make the same mistake several times and one Bill watched was a multiple time offender the female got zapped for relieving her bladder so hard made her hair stand up a bit with a loud snap and she blinked it was like watching a sleepwalker wake up

She moaned and Mooed at the top of her voice pawing at the walls falling down for her troubles literally in a complete panic

Bill wanted to rush over and stop her but the door slammed open the doctor and Kenneth came in the lights came on full

“Damn it I told them not to put the voltage too high its damaged the chip Ken”

“We’ll get her over to the lab doc just stay calm” tapping his headset “I need a pair of AA’s here in pen 4 we have a woken sleep walker”

Ken looked over in Bill’s direction but he was becoming quite skilled in hiding with the others, everyone had moved away from her and were clustered in a tight knot he kept his face one of fear and confusion

But hate boiled behind his eyes they were gona pay for this he could do nothing to help her

She was mooing and looking up at the men holding a hand out to them her eyes filled with tears looking at her hands then them again mooing mournfully

The sound tore at Bill and everyone else many were mooing back at her in response trying to calm her but the calls went unheard as she cried wailing in sobbing moos

The two AA wolves came in behind Ken one was Steven clearly disappointed it wasn’t Bill in distress

Ken turned to them “okay you two drive her into the track and to the lab don’t hurt her but I'm sure she wont go easy” he tapped his headset “get the track gates open to the lab were moving her now”

Everyone at this point were mooing loudly calling her to them as the wolves leaped over the rail into the pen

At first no one moved then a pair moved to be guards of the herd his two sleeping partners moved forward then he did as well, not quite afraid of being discovered now since all the males were moving forward

Steven walked over and stood between them and her “I've got this bunch of losers Randy move her into the track”

Bill thought damn Randy too well crap they were just harvesting the security force for the wolves

He noticed Steven watching him with a toothy grin he snarled suddenly and everyone shied back but Bill and his two friends

They stood their ground the others came back and Mooed loudly several pawing the floor snorting at Steven

Ken looked from Randy’s efforts to Steven “damn it Steve! Stop fucking with them! Help Randy!”

“Hey boss its not me its their leader there he stood his ground the others are backing him up”

He said with a tongue-lolling grin speaking softly right at Bill “you should have jumped hefty, now I know for certain”

Bill thought yeah just you wait asshole your gona be eating them teeth

Randy finally got her to run and she stumbled into the track the gate closing behind her he leaped over and kept after her Steven climbed out up to Ken

“You know you and Takashima are blind and stupid I'm not wasting my breath on you anymore”

Ken sighed and growled at the wolf “this again! He's just a goddamn bull HBED!! Not any fucking thing more!”

Steven grinned “and precisely why I should just let him do what he's planning so you are the first to die, but I like my hide and tail intact. you’ll see I’ll catch him William Morin is down there awake! And planning you’ll see”

He walked off Kenneth fuming at him the doctor had been listening to the entire thing finally turned to Ken

“He did show as mildly schizophrenic I advised that he should have had a chip installed to control it“

Kenneth turned slowly glaring worse than the wolf could

“Thank you doctor now if you have any further advice I’ll be sure to ask for it! Now go take care of that damn HBED sleepwalker!” storming out door slamming open then shut behind him

The doctor looked at the HBED’s still grouped in a protective formation one female in the group Mooed softly but they were all watching him

“Indeed, schizophrenic no one in their right mind would willingly stay and not try to escape if they woke up in this place. Hell I want to escape it and I'm human” walking out

Bill felt like the crap on the grate

Laying down after some water everyone needed at that point he began to question his sanity his friends came and clearly proud of themselves laid down on ether side as always they relaxed and waited for him to relax as well

He couldn’t

He fully expected the wolves to come any moment to claim the last bits of his soul

To imprison it, trapped forever behind the silicon chip in his head

233 gently nudged his hip 217 lifted his head from the floor in front of Bill looking into his eyes

They felt it they actually seemed to know he was afraid to relax

217 moved a bit so its head looked at the raceway and could see where the wolf went to 233 snorted which called several others over they laid down ears up listening

Bill decided to try, sleep did come but it was filled with nightmares of the wolf it was only the warmth of the others that kept him from the panic that the lady had fallen into

It was a couple days later when the raceway gate opened and she ambled out slowly legs stiff and head rocking back and forth several Mooed at her but she remained silent standing there drool dripping from her mouth which was slack

Bill didn’t need to look closer at her; he knew they had most likely lobotomized her. she turned and bumped into the water trough staggering a bit she just fell over and laid there breathing

“And the same awaits you William” all the AB’s jerked their heads around and moved as the wolf came out of the shadows of the walkway above his scent masked by something

233 and 217 were at his side others all lined up but he felt his courage wane the nightmares all to vivid

“Isn’t she lovely now, so quiet so complacent, hell if half of the women I've screwed could be that way…wait… they are now!” he laughed then chucked “oh William if you thought hiding in here was going to help you, piss poor planning hefty”

He slipped back into the shadows eyes glowing golden “it’s the medicines William it effects the mind they help HBED’s grow strong and boost the healing and growth stabilize the conversion but they screw with the mind you see.

Awakened sleepers either go mad or they show themselves screaming for help you’re a strong one William but the games over so talk to me cant hurt anything now just protecting my job isn’t that what you told me”

He wasn’t sure! Steven wanted more he wanted Bill to admit he was there

Bill wasn’t going to play into it thinking up yours wolf

233 snorted at the wolf then another down the line did

Several of the females bellowed then the males did

Steven clearly didn’t like that and got nervous Bill thought as he bellowed too you don’t like that do you son of a bitch wolf!

He's been disciplined or threatened by Takashima to behave and leave us alone damn him

Everyone now was mooing and bellowing males snorting challenges at the wolf the door was flung open lights coming up to full Steven had disappeared Ken and the doctor looking around

The doctor pointed at the lady he had taken she was dead “damn who let her out so soon?”

Ken looked behind the door at the large ventilation grate a few bits of fur on it “I think I know who, he hasn’t learned his lesson apparently”

“If this keeps up Kenneth these HBED’s wont be at prime condition, it needs to stop”

Ken sighed and glared at him “Steven is Takashima’s pet wolf least till I'm converted in the future I've been told to let Steven hang himself eventually he will cause a problem and Takashima will have him put down”

“Can’t happen soon enough I'm going to have this grate secured better”

“Have at” walking out the doctor right behind

The lights dimmed after a pair of handlers retrieved the dead lady Bill and the others laid back down in a defensive formation

Stevens voice drifted softly from the vent “well played William, damn you”

Bill snorted; as did several others quite satisfied the wolf was gone

A few days later it felt like days at least, Bill was relaxing after a good meal his two companions also stretched out

He was softly trying to speak again the day time was the best time as the wolf couldn’t sneak up on them and all of the handlers were busy with the daily chores

Thinking of the most useful words to him, and if another broke free of the chip how to stop them from freaking out long enough to calm them down and hide the fact they were free too

He decided on calm to try first then help

“Mmrrooooo” sighing then he decided on letter sounds first it irked him to have to completely relearn how to speak

Sighing okay Bill you can do this, the wolves can so can you

Rolling his tongue around as he tried sounds he found the ahh! “rahyy” for A, YES! Grinning 233 and 217 looked at him as if he’d grown another head he chuckled gave them a reassuring moo and they Mood back relaxing again

He practiced all day least he did long as no one else was there and he could be somewhat certain of not being heard due to the raceway filled with AB’s AC’s and the such being fed washed treated and apparently bred

The last bothered him a lot but he knew that would be the biggest test surrendering that last bit to the animal he had to become, could he become an animal and not allow himself to care…

It was later that very week or month? He still wasn’t sure with the irregular sleep patterns and feeding schedule being able to see the sun or even the stars would help a lot

One of the ladies walked over and emptied her bladder and walked back to her sleeping group of females the tingle hit his nose from across the pen 233 and 217 both started sniffing

He found himself licking his nose to stop the tingling but it only made it stronger it was a hundred times as strong as the handler Sue’s fertility fragrance and completely delicious!

After several hours of being unable to sleep and watching her, her smell flooding the pen the other females bothering her because she was sweet and ripe

Her friends drove off a male when he approached, then a fight broke out between that male and another male over her

Bill got up and walked over to the ladies without really thinking about it, 233 and 217 flanking him, two other big males came in front of him

He snorted; they bravely stood their ground clearly wanting her for themselves

233 pawed the floor 217 just circled around to his side as Bill walked forward his human mind completely shoved to the back seat as he came to be chest to chest with 275 out sizing him again by a quarter

Bill snorted again right in his nose and he wisely backed off his partner got a nip from 233 to the tail as he turned to move off too slowly

They walked slowly forward watching her, the others moved aside or were moved by 233 and 217 she Mooed at him clearly afraid so he calmly relaxed next to her hip leaning on her a bit he noted interesting things about AB females they had their breasts on their lower belly like a cow but only two nipples

She moved and he followed slowly when she stopped he licked her hip then tail that just made him all the more interested after a few minutes of this she relented and stood still

He claimed what she offered and then regretted it afterwards though his nose still had his attention it washed over the regret and lovingly forced his attention on her again

233 and 217 were sniffing and licking but he didn’t feel territorial towards them in fact it was more he didn’t mind at all

180 was walking over threateningly swinging his head snorting Bill puffed up and walked around 233 as he gave the lady his attention 180 rushed at him and they smacked heads with a loud crack!

Bill snorted loudly and shoved back harder sliding 180 backwards into the water trough they whacked heads again 180 bellowing out his defiance and willingness to fight

Bill bellowed, as did 217 who moved up next to him

180 looked from side to side at them two to one odds he didn’t like and backed off snorting

Bill turned back to the nice lady and moved back behind her tail he licked and she just stood still he thought why thank you miss and enjoyed himself

He heard a chuckle and the smell of a wolf everyone turned as Steven came into the room and leaped down into the pit

The lady was moved back to the wall by 233 herding her 217 stood next to Bill the lady’s friends moved over mooing

“You’ve let the animal take over, no wonder you’ve been so good at hiding William, and well now it’s just you and me, Takashima thinks I'm out hunting more raw materials for the machine”

He lowered down on his haunches a slow teeth-bearing grin exposing those daggers

“And Ken is off duty so lets play predator and prey hefty”

He dropped onto all fours snarled at Bill spittle flying into the air his claws cutting into the floor surface “I'm thinking beef its what’s for dinner!”

Leaping forward Bill bellowed and charged into the leap not even taking a moment to think about it

His head cracking into Stevens jaw teeth popping on his skull claws raking his mating swollen throat and chest

Steven staggered and Bill snorted shaking off the minor blow to his head

The wolf spit out blood and teeth snarling and leaping again 217 slammed into him from the side cracking ribs but Steven got his claws into him as well ripping cuts across his neck as he rolled away from the blow

Bill charged again and rammed the wolf into the center water trough the wolf yelped in pain as the tub rang from the impact

Collapsing to the floor blood flowing from his mouth 233 charged in stomping over the wolf, Bill rammed into him again scooping his limp body up on his head and slamming it into the trough again bending it inwards water splashing and pouring out profusely

The wolf slipped to the floor a bit, body broken his lower jaw now hanging at an odd angle

233 came up licking at both Bill and 217’s wounds Bill moved forward as Steven coughed blood and flopped flat to the floor

He leaned in close the wolf clearly afraid like any Bully who’d had the crap kicked out of them by the ones they sought to Bully

He whispered softly into the broken ear as best he could his eyes filled with anger an hate “rrouu rrrouuldd rret rrrit ahhrone rrropid rrrmooooll” you couldn't let it alone stupid fool he thought damn I need to practice

Stevens eyes went wide and he tried to laugh coughing blood he gagged on it his eyes rolling back as he gasped for air

The lights came on full flooding the place, which now looked like a bloodbath

The doctor started yelling for handlers over his headset and the intercom

Bill snorted, as did 233 and 217 as the handlers came to help Steven they looked up at the doctor wanting to know what to do

“Tranquilize those three, two are going to need surgey and for god sake get the females separated out of this group! And see if that damn AA Steven is still alive”

Bill and his buddies were shot in the necks with tranquilizers Bill moved back protecting his lady joined by 233 and 217 till they couldn’t stand anymore he staggered and bellowed finally collapsing in a heap

The world faded as they checked Steven for a pulse, water pouring out of the trough onto his gray fur and the floor

Bill woke and again it came as a surprise expecting to never know who he was, pain told him this was completely real

Lifting his head up a bit it hurt like hell and he had a headache again, not meaning to but he moaned out a moo in pain he was in a small pen with a pair of IV bags hanging from a wall rack

Seeing 217 in the next pen wrapped in bandages made him feel better he wasn’t going to die alone

Hearing footsteps a young green surgical scrubs suited aide walked up “hey there boy how you doin” opening the door he knelt down and felt his pulse and then checked the bandages

Petting his head “ill bet your in pain, what the?” looking at blood on his palm he leaned over and examined Bill head “damn you’ve got lacerations on the head too doc missed them hold on I think I can close them”

He went out, Bill carefully rolled so he was laying flat instead of on his side his head felt a bit better

The aide came back and sighed kneeling down “your going to tear those stitches open if you start moving around too much 221 so be good” he used the cordless shears to trim his head fur around the wounds

The buzzing was actually relaxing and he dozed off for a moment till Takashima’s voice burst into his head

“And what are you doing Mr. Peterson”

“Oh Mr. Takashima, 221 here had several more lacerations on the top of his head I was closing them for the doctor he missed them with all the other injuries” he finished shaving the spots and used skin glue which burned like hell

Bill Mooed out a moan

“He’s in a lot of pain Peterson did the doctor not give him something?”

“No sir, he was called away by the handlers, Steven was suffering a code crash his heart stopped again I can if you’d like sir”

“It would help William, I do not like my children to suffer”

“I'll get on it here in a moment sir just let me finish up only a couple more and he can rest”

The last few hurt more than the first few and Bill tried to stifle the urge to moan in pain but it still came out as the aide pressed the skin shut he panted a bit as he was left alone

He didn’t care at this point if Takashima found out it hurt too much to care

Bill could hear Takashima breathing and looking in on him

Crouching down Takashima gently stroked the part of his head that wasn’t injured from Steven’s teeth impacting with his skull

Softly he started talking “My poor William nothing but pain have you found in the new life I've given you, my honor is dirtied even though I did my best to prevent it that fool Steven has no clue how valuable you will be to me loyalty is such a priceless trait”

He heard the aide come up and the squeak of a needle in the rubber top of a vial of drugs “I can’t give him too much sir he’s still a bit under the sedative I don’t want his heart to stop”

“Yes, you know Mr. Paterson since the good doctor clearly is over worked and you know what you are doing and are clearly the reason he has been able to keep up with his duties I believe you shall benefit for all your hard work”

“Thank you sir but I'm fine”

“No, you will be officially the doctors second if he doesn’t like it he can take it up with me…personally” he stood up and turned to the aide as he injected the pain meds in to the IV line then reached through the bars and gave 217 some in his IV

Bill sighed knowing relief was coming Takashima wasn’t finished though

“I'm tired of his apparent lack of concern for my children with the two of you their care should improve immensely please hire several assistants from the employment pool Mr. Peterson”

And he walked away. Bill couldn’t believe how sick he felt being called Takashima’s child he so wanted to puke

Peterson checked on 217 as Bill watched then he closed the pen again and walked off

Soothing darkness slowly came and the burning wounds around his neck stopped hurting and sleep took over

It was several days later both he and 217 were healing nicely being fed and taken very good care of in the hospital pens the care had been excellent more food and even an occasional treat from the aides a carrot or apple chunk

He heard Steven finally died every time he woke he whispered Bill's name but didn’t have the strength to say more than that to those trying to save his life

Bill smiled thinking one down. Takashima will be the last to fall he needs to know what it is to fear his children, he created this body, one day he will reap the rewards for his betrayal

Takashima came in a short while after Stevens’s death to see the body Bill watched him go past to the gurney and uncover the mess that was once Steven

“I'm afraid the injuries were just to severe sir,” the doctor said looking from the charts “he kept on about William even to the last breath”

He tossed the cover back over the face “how is my William” looking at the body but not moving

“He’s healing nicely the 1A variant is a bit faster healing than the normal AB I'm noticing“ the doctor was looking over another chart which had 221 on the front

“Is he chipped is what I'm asking doctor”

“Yes sir he’s been chipped since day one”

Takashima sighed and turned walking over he reached in and petted Bill on the good side of the neck suddenly grabbing a handful of ear and twisting forcing his head to twist

Bill had expected something like this and didn’t pull away much he did moo softy as it did hurt a lot his ears being much like a bovines

He gave Takashima the practiced soft soulful mindless eyes licking at his nose and the bars letting his head be pulled down and around

Takashima relaxed his grip and Bill shook his head a bit sniffing at his hand licking at it

“Sir? Should we destroy 221?”

“No, no that would be too much for my honor to bear id be no better than that damn Steven on the table. Tell me doctor do the AB’s scar like the others, the darkened fur on the scars?”

“Uh well yes sir why? I mean it’s in all their DNA codes”

“Good these wounds will detract from their fur pelts but perhaps we can accent them I want you to cut them to match proportionally so both sides will scar the same it will accent their natural pelt and body shapes”

“Yes” standing back he took a marker pen from Peterson’s pocket looked at Bill carefully and walked back over drawing on his chest and good neck side the pen dragging through the thin fur

“That should look excellent do the same to 217 make the scaring accent them not detract see to it doctor let Peterson take care of other things”

“But Mr. Takashima they” he clearly had other plans

Takashima turned slowly to the doctor “now doctor, I want these two to go with the rest of their production run or if this is too difficult perhaps you could use a vacation”

“No, no sir I'm fine ill get them taken care of immediately”

“Good and what of the female 177”

“We separated out all of the females in that pen she was the only one to be caught sir” Peterson smiled from a tablet “she’s showing positive for pregnancy and was scheduled for abortion as per your orders for any pregnancies”

Takashima glanced over at Bill, his eyes watching carefully and nodded “yes good continue as scheduled”

Bill had become a master of hiding, his feelings especially and the ones flooding through were hard to hide, but hide he did, knowing one slip and he would be dead as Steven

Takashima seemed disappointed of the fact there was no reaction to the announcement and after a few moments he left

It was the shame more than sadness it weighed heavy on Bill now, he’d taken and enjoyed the animal lust, he’d have to live with it till this was done or he died

Couple days more and he had matching carved scars forming a collar and a diamond shaped pendant on his chest they were healing nicely and the both of them were put back into the general population

233 hurried over and sniffed at their ears touching noses smelling their wounds several of the others snorted at them but 233 spun and charged at the offenders happily loping back over to them

Bill laughed to himself and quite happily laid down enjoying the company of his friends with 233 watching over them it was first time Bill felt safe in days

He had been enjoying the peace and quiet basically fattening up gaining strength practicing his walking and then loping along building dexterity with his fingers by picking up a piece of HBED food

They came in and took 233 down the raceway both Bill and 217 were watching through the gate Bill had to admit he liked them both he wondered if as humans could they have been friends

They couldn’t see what was going on from their vantage point 217 called out a long lowing moo Bill kept his ears aimed for the lab area but nothing was going on there so it wasn’t fry the HBED bulls brain day

They both got a surprise as 233 came loping up to the in gate his nose smelling of female in heat

The handlers right behind him smiled “hey great 221 is right here”

“Well those three are the musketeers after all, all together all for one, they bred that female and kept her guarded from the others according to the tests”

“Sure did, well 221 its your turn come on in” opening the gate another handler leaped over and pushed him through before he could move away and they kept gently pushing him along

His mind raced for a moment worried about how had he screwed up and stopped dead mid thought seeing a female on the other side of a low pen wall clearly made to just hold her still

He heard 217 low at him but the lady in front of him she wanted attention flicking her tail to one side rump pressed to the bars

Apart of him noted the calm attentiveness of the handlers but again his human side was shoved back away from control he moved up close and enjoyed a few licks she Mooed softly and he obliged that call for attention

And part of him did not go where it was supposed to go it felt too cool though the pleasure was the same he sighed and slowly eased down wanting to lick her a bit more

“You get it?”

“Yep damn best one yet he nearly did double what 233 did”

“Tag it and get those to the lab so they can be froze”

“Okay”

“Alright 221 out you go” the handler shoved him but Bill didn’t budge

His human side was screaming move you stubborn ass! She’s not worth your life but all the bull did was snort at the interference

“Oh you’re going to be stubborn huh”

“Well he is the biggest HBED bull we have just be careful with him”

“I got just the thing been wondering if id need it with the leader of the musketeers” one said in a cocky attitude

Pulling out a collapsible whack stick he gave Bill a firm smack to the hip it had a hidden sting as well, a strong electric shock!

Bill bellowed and snorted slamming his head into the railing denting bars he sent the handler falling to the floor falling on his own stick a loud snap the yelp of pain quite satisfying to his wounded pride

He licked her a couple more times and she was moved away sighing after a call then another to her he walked back to the pen willingly the handlers were more careful of him now

He cursed himself for being weak the lovely smell of female was going to get him exposed yet he really sweated when Kenneth, Takashima and the doctor came out on the viewing platform above what seemed to be several days later

“So I hear our William is quite the HBED bull” Takashima smiled folding his arms over his chest

“He scared a couple of the newer handlers they just completed a semen collection and tried to get him to go back to the pen he got a bit aggressive with them” Ken said looking at his notes

“Should I schedule him for castration sir? It would eliminate that tendency,” the doctor said looking at his tablet

“No, never we need all of them able to breed. I will ask this, did they move the female away before or after the aggressive action?”

The doctor and Ken looked at each other “after” came from both

Takashima smiled “see the same problem Steven encountered he came in between William and his female, interfered with his mating what male would not be rather angry at such an interruption”

The other two had to reluctantly agree to that logic

“No I want him to father many AB1A’s he has a superior mind and body much too valuable to risk to just frozen sperm samples

His abilities far out weigh this minor infraction NOW that adult AC stud stomping on a handlers foot just because it was there that is another thing entirely” walking out ken and the doctor close behind

Bill sighed and got a huge drink of water dunking his head a bit in it he swore off tasty lady tails for the foreseeable future!

The next day at feeding time he got a checkup of his neck and chest, which was nearly, healed up though still furless in places they then did a normal full physical on him as he ate then soon as he was done he got pushed into another track away from the pens!

Walking along he found 217 right behind him a female AB in front from another gate path they got stopped at a series of gates the first he got several injections in the neck and rump

He Mooed as the ones in the rump burned then the next gate he was stopped and got his ear tag read then his identity chip checked in the neck he noted the location again one day he'd have to get it out

“Reads 221 AB1A”

“Check, transport bracelet identity number logged, system reads good strap it on”

He felt something wrap around his wrist and be tightened a bit he tried to look but the bars kept his head from dipping down far enough

“Tight and functional”

“Check”

The gate was opened and he was pushed into a bath tank scrubbing rotating brushes were quite enjoyable a quick spray rinse at the end and he was behind the lady again

The next station he got several more injections and an overall exam again then he was sent down to a ramp, which went right up into a modified aluminum semi livestock trailer!

He was stopped at a squeeze gate as the loaders secured the lady in with two others in her row he felt a warm spot on a shoulder

Sunlight

He actually backed away from it a bit the handlers laughed marking down another one afraid of the sunlight apparently a source of gambling numbers

He was gently shoved up and into the truck pushed to one side as 217 was put next to him then another female AB

A brace was pushed against their rumps and locked into place it was tight and the loader said so, a handler yelled in response it was 221 he was bigger than most of the others just lock it secure

Bill felt it pinch a bit and then click he Mooed loudly at that he sniffed at the outside air seeing the secure loading dock door that he had nearly escaped through brought up a lot of pain and hurt

The driver started complaining about loading time and the heat the handlers and loaders all yelled back at him they were working fast as they could more AB’s were shoved in and secured till that level was filled then they began loading the deck above

Bill sighed and felt the first of many wet droplets dribbling down from above

Thinking oh yuck and I hate water sports eww why couldn’t they have loaded us on top. Whew It is hot, damn that means its months past Christmas I knew it seemed like a long time now I know it

217 was getting upset thrashing about he whacked Bill in the neck mooing loudly Bill wondered if they could make this any more difficult on the HBED’s

The driver got a hose from the side of the building and started hosing down HBED’s inside the trailer

“I am NOT paying for any of these animals if they die from heat stress damn it will you people hurry up!”

As he sprayed along the sides one of the handlers yelled from the building “ you’ll be met at every stop by a watering cooling and refueling rig the trailer has automatic cooling sprayers the HBED's will be fine they're tough”

Bill thought well now that’s an advancement I can now appreciate, watching as the secure door opened and an AA wolf peered out from the shadows the smell of wolf sent everyone into a fit

217 reared up bellowing out a challenge whacking his head hard on the floors support above him Bill cringed at the crack of bone the others were crying out Bill bellowed as well just to make as HBED

he wondered what it stood for he knew with some shame what it meant for him human being enduring defeat

The door was slammed shut by a handler yelling at the wolf inside the hallway

But he watched 217 as he shook his head a bit lowing softly he sneezed hard a couple times the cold water sprayed over them and he snorted then sneezing, as a bit of smoke came from his nostrils!

The smell of ozone and cooking blood came and his eyes changed blinking clear advanced intelligence came awake and fear!

Bill was ready and he quickly uncharacteristically looked around as he leaped up on 217’s shoulder pinning him down to the braces

He’d been practicing hoping beyond everything he could save the next one from the previous lady’s fate

“Rkrraaalm prrease moo’re rey rill rind rout risshhh!”

The eyes looked wild but calmed, as did the frantic motions

he was looking around with his wide-angle vision ears checking around the calls of the others and the yelling slamming of braces covered his talking into 217’s ear

“Rif rey rind rout rere roth rrdead rease! re ralm ri’m ray riend” Bill Mooed firmly not only because a handler walked past checking the side door but also hoping 217 remembered the sound of a friends call of reassurance

He slipped down off 217 and looked at him still checking around them

“Rrrmmmoooo?” came from 217

Bill had to smile “rait ralk raterrr rot rafe” shaking his head a bit

217 nodded clearly confused

Bill put his head on 233’s shoulder knowing it had comforted before

“ri’m rorry re ralm rye rill rexrane rater” to the ear that was turned to him

217 nodded again he sighed now looking around a bit clearly confused and shocked

Bill kept an eye on him and the goings on outside this was perhaps the worst time for this to happen if he could keep 217 calm it would work out though

They got hosed again Bill licked at the water as it squirted at him trying to talk had dried his mouth out a bit

“Didn’t you people water these HBED’s?” the driver yelled at the dock personnel

A loader yelled down at him “yes we watered them, do you think we’d trust that to a truck driver? These animals are worth more than your truck! At a hundred and fifty thousand apiece!”

The driver cursed them out under his breath and kept the cooling spray of water hosing over them 217 finally licked at it as it came by watching Bill as he did it

After nearly another 20 minutes they pulled the ramps away into the building the large dock doors closing and closed the rear door of the trailer

217 had been sneezing off and on rubbing his nose on the rump of the HBED in front of his nose as he did

But as they started to move he saw Kenneth watching carefully from the gate out of the secure area Bill stepped on 217’s foot then played the simple HBED 217 for his credit took the hint and mimicked him he even held a sneeze till after they had pulled out onto the street

When he did sneeze again Bill saw something glint from the blood and mucus that came out he reached out and gently moved it into the light

A tiny corner of a circuit chip the contact lead melted

217 looked down at that

Bill gently moved it over to the side of the deck he’d wait till they were on the interstate to flick it out let the tires of hundreds of cars and trucks obliterate the evidence

217 gently touched his hand; Bill looked down 217 had scraped words in the muck forming on the floor

‘What happened to me?’

Bill wiped that away and replied ‘changed into a HBED a supposed engineered animal’

217 sighed lowering his head

Bill kept writing ‘don’t lose hope your free of the chip we can fight back in time’

He looked at Bill tears dripping from his eyes

‘We can fight but not now were like young children our bodies don’t know how to even walk upright yet’ wiping the words away after every couple due to limited space 217 was reading it

He sniffed and sobbed mooing loudly frightening himself for a moment then moaning out a long moo

Bill wrote more ‘I'm Bill, also known as 221 your number is 217 you’ll need to remember it like your name or they will know you’re free of the chip’

217 nodded

‘I'm sorry about this I'm glad I was able to calm you the last one a lady she got free of the chip and they lobotomized her, she died a couple days later I couldn’t get to her in time to calm her down’

217 looked at him a bit shocked he wrote ‘I remember her I remember fighting a dog or something’

‘Wolf’ Bill replied ‘an AA his name was Steven a real asshole’

217 looked at him then wrote more as they came to a stop at a light ‘you knew him?’

Bill nodded once then wrote ‘yes before he was changed into a wolf, watch how you respond don’t nod or shake your head it’s sure to be a dead giveaway humans do it without even thinking’

217 smiled and wagged an ear Bill smiled at that and replied in kind

They had to stop for a series of lights due to construction detours the truck had to make several hard stops due to traffic thus they got shook back and forth in the braces then the trailer got hit hard from behind

He could hear glass shattering and metal screeching as the truck rolled a bit forward then stopped the side door crashing open nearly hitting a woman on the sidewalk

217 pushed at him to go out the door but Bill held him in place with his larger mass

Bill gently kicked the tracker on his arm 217 lifted it up and sighed moving back away from the door realizing it wouldn’t work

Bill sighed knowing what 217 had wanted so much he too wanted to jump an run find a place to hide and escape the nightmare but the tracker arm band and chip inside Takashima’s wolves would find them all to quickly

Thus why even an open door held no freedom

People were ogling all over them as the various HBED breeds looked out from the trailer the driver and his co driver were cursing out the moron who hit the trailer while trying to get the door back on

217 gently touched his hand

He looked down carefully since the door exposed him to who knows how many cameras

Escape?

Bill wrote carefully ‘tracking chip inside body plus arm band’

217 snorted banging his head on the rump of the one in front who Mooed in protest kicking him in the leg Bill had to smile at that exchange as 217 Mooed in pain

Several kids were pointing and talking to their parents one of them asked the drivers about their load

“These are fresh from the HBED’s breeding pens folks they haven’t had any training and are kinda shy and a bit spooked” lifting up the door they got a bit of help from a couple others a Houston police officer came up on his bike the car owner was on his cell phone

One mother lifted her boy up to get a better look the kid was wiggling his fingers and hand in the holes the AB behind him was going to try a taste Bill gave him a gentle kick to distract the teeth

217 watched that exchange carefully, smiled and sighed deeply the drivers soon got everything cleared up the car driver got a ticket for following too close and a tow truck was pulling up

They were soon on the highway heading west into the setting sun he flicked the chip piece out into the road as they passed a slow moving semi truck and its load

217 tapped his hand wanting to talk more

‘My name is Tim’

Bill wiggled his ear with a grin

‘Bill, the last thing I remember was going into Takashima’s star tower to discuss problems with my homes mortgage they said we were in default’

Bill sighed and started explaining what he could the elevator becoming a trap helped Tim to remember what had happened to him he’d been taken at the elevator in the dark

Bill continued explaining what had happened to him personally

Tim finally looked at him like he was a moron then sighed

‘I'm sorry Bill I'm not being very kind towards you, you believed in Takashima, loyalty is rare these days I can see why the man values it so much’

‘No Tim I was a fool and I'm paying the price for it, but not again. The man will pay for this betrayal dearly. You and I already took care of his pet AA Steven’

Tim blinked and wagged his ear as a yes but he clearly had issues with killing

‘Tim, its us or them if they find out they wont have any qualms about ripping our guts open and eating them’

Tim sighed and wiggled his ear in acknowledgment

‘Tim, think hard did he threaten your family? I wouldn’t put him past it’

He broke into tears nodding

‘Fighting him killing when we must then is the only way we can help them and ourselves you cant be a fence sitter, I'm sorry I'm crappy at being any kind of comfort’

Tim Mooed at Bill but still sobbed head hanging looking at the last words Bill gently set his chin on all to familiar shoulders

They didn’t say much for quite awhile he fell asleep most likely due to the medicines they gave them at breakfast he found Tim sleeping as well

They were getting off the highway pulling over to a truck stop where a Takashima truck and trailer were waiting off to the farthest side

The heat in the trailer wasn’t as bad as it was when they left but soon as the truck slowed it got hot again

The trailer was parked along side the Takashima truck and it changed. Scanners went from front to back he felt his armband vibrate the trailer at the same time started huge ducted fans blowing cooling mist filled air over the HBED’s

Several technicians were checking on them examining them via side doors Bill yawned as they opened and lost the side next to him with a crash Tim woke with a start and a moo

He to his credit calmed quickly and showed a bit of curiosity at what was going on but not more than what the others were showing

The Takashima trailer extended arms into the livestock trailer through the oval and round openings in the metal sides and water poured out in a gentile arc in front of each HBED and each row not only washing the mess off the floor but also offering cool water to drink

Bill lapped and licked at it and found it laced with a drug giving it an aftertaste

Tim tasted it too and snorted at it tongue stuck out Bill huffed air at him to stop it

Too thirsty not to relent to it Bill kept at the water sleep would make the trip easier in the long run

Tim finally gave into thirst and got water as well Bill stayed calm as one of the Takashima guys put a code reader on his neck looked at a readout on his armband

“Send an email alert to Mr. Takashima let him know AB221 is a bit dehydrated but not enough to be alarmed he should be fine he's been drinking plenty of water”:

“Okay got it, you figure the boss wouldn’t care so much about just one of these HBED’s”

“That is because he sees them as his children so the man signs our paychecks if he wants an email on the bull he gets an email”

Bill watched as the man climbed up to the next level water was pouring down from above washing the goop out of their fur

He sighed and relaxed knowing the water in his belly was responsible but didn’t care they were out of the tower the wind blowing over him felt good he’d felt the sun again somehow escaping hell would have seemed easier than the tower

He listened actively to the banter between the men as they checked the cargo the drivers had gone for refreshment and to take care of bodily needs

The air conditioning soon stopped and the water bar was removed doors were closed the one next to him was tied back on the drivers told the next stop would have the parts to fix it and they were moving out back onto the road

Bill yawned Tim tapped him

‘Drugs?’

Bill wiggled his ear yes and set his head on the rump of the AB in front of him

Tim mirrored him yawning

The next stop was well after sunset they got water again the door was fixed with no small amount of hammering and noise and then they were going again

Bill when awake was watching the road and as a result he knew where they were going west on I-10

Three stops later they made it out of Texas and into New Mexico the road hum the tires singing as they tapped the groves in a musical rhythm then the wolves appeared climbing over the others killing them as they went

He jumped looking around sighing as they were still going and everything was fine Tim looked at him woken by his sudden movement he Mooed questioningly

Bill sighed wrote on the floor ‘nightmares I've had them for quite awhile’

Tim looked then wagged and ear smiled ‘after what you told me I'm not surprised’

Bill wagged his ear and sighed watching the road outside they rushed past the now entering Arizona sign several hours after Tim had fallen asleep again

He wondered where this truck was hauling them

The next stop was shortly there after the technicians going on about the numerous loads of HBED’s coming in for the training center

Bill smelled AA on one of them and had to resist the urge to snort

They scanned his chip and did the daily report to Takashima about him and then they gave them all water this though wasn’t drugged that told Bill that they would be there soon

He watched carefully as several hours later they turned off the freeway and then down to a stop sign turning right onto a new road through a still being built entrance the plantings and curbs not finished but the big Takashima logo was there all lit up

Tim was looking under and over Bill at where they were as they passed buildings and large open areas all behind fences

False sunrise was just lightning the sky as they slowed and backed up to an unloading dock at the end of the first row of numerous others

Bill had seen huge round pens shade awnings with a covered walkways over them another below it at ground level the unloading raceways going along at mid level the pens were 2 stories high on the sides so plenty of room apparently

He noted twelve round pens to a side twenty-four to a row, with plenty of expansion area

the rig in the distance wasn’t a crane it was a huge drilling rig disguised as a crane he turned and looked at Tim

‘That’s just odd Tim Takashima must be up to something more than just changing people into HBED’s we’ll talk later for now we have to be very careful okay’

Tim wagged his ear and pointed with his nose to a pair of AA’s watching from the covered walkway on the next row of pens both had on harnesses with Takashima’s logo on the chest and security in bright reflective white letters on the sides

Bill snorted thinking damn AA’s are going to make life difficult everywhere I go

The truck parked and shut down the unloading started shortly there after they didn’t get to unload till after the sun was up but clearly it was being done much more effectively as the drivers were happy with the progress

Bill got to follow Tim out to a ramp he was happy to stretch the cramps a bit as he walked out

They were funneled into an immediate quick check of health then a bath several young handlers scrubbing the worst off then they were led through brushes tanks of soapy water and sprays finally routed into one of three squeeze gates

His id was checked and the tracker bracelet was removed checking him into the system a man came up he was dressed nicely clearly the one in charge of the facility

“Ahh so there’s the bull Takashima has been going on about hmm our first AB1A”

His assistant handed him a file “Mr. Takashima even named him sir”

“Did he now?” looking in the file “ah so William it is then” chuckling “says here superior variant high intelligence rating. So we should expect 221 here to learn things faster than the others good!

I would actually like to have one batch actually learn things on the schedule given for once”

He smacked Bill’s rump with the file “send him to the pits with the rest” jumping down off the side and walking away

Bill snorted and trotted down the raceway then was turned into one the ramp curved around the inside then let out on the ground level

233 was there! And so was Tim who was clearly relived Bill Mooed to them and they did right back the ramp he had just came down rose up to the top of the pen becoming a part of the walkway above

Thirsty he went for water and got a surprise it moved, as he got closer Shifting along the wall stop then reverse direction

He looked at that and gave his best-surprised HBED moo in response it took a bit of walking but he got a good drink and went to lie down with his friends

The number of AB’s in the pen was double what was at the tower and they were mixed gender again as he looked around groups were reforming theirs grew by six as several decided they liked them

The central water trough had been replaced by a flat disk that came to life with a hologram of Takashima everyone got spooked by it and backed off to the walls

“My children it is time you learn I am father, fa-ther, fa-ther” it kept repeating that

Bill thought great now comes the brainwashing with bleach no less GAH I'm gona so kill him just for this

Bill looked to the walls and could see at least one camera but it was pointing away from them Tim had picked a good spot the walkway was also empty the sun was just flowing into the pen on the far side

Other than the repeating crap of a hologram it looked like the day would be okay

Tim touched his arm and was cautiously making letters with the tip of his finger Bill kept his peripheral vision on that

‘So who is 233?’

Bill wagged both ears saying in basic he didn’t know and Tim wagged one in response

Bill replied ‘been our friend since we got out of our first medial exam helped us a bit with Steven and the nice lady that wanted company”

Tim wrote for a moment ‘so now what?’

‘Simple we let them teach us how to walk eventually we can get outa here’

Tim wagged an ear to that ‘what’s with the talking holo?’

‘Brain washing 101 and since the HBED’s don’t have any experiences anymore you make the man who created them father it instills respect and loyalty to him if its one of the first things they learn’

Tim wagged his ear and sighed

Bill heard claws clicking and put his fingers on Tim’s stopping his writing

2 wolves looked in from ground level they didn’t smell of wolf they had a pleasant cedar chip smell so no one else reacted Tim went to snort his face all hateful but Bill stood and stretched blocking them from seeing Tim slip up

They walked on without reacting

Bill turned on him ‘you have to watch that, see how no one else even batted an eye they didn’t smell of wolf they must bathe them here or something all I could smell was cedar’

Tim cringed a bit ears flopping flat ‘sorry Bill I-I just couldn’t help it’

Bill walked over to the moving water trough and got a drink flopping down with everyone again he sighed ‘Tim you absolutely have to think before you act I swear to you they are waiting for sleep walkers to wake up

One sign your you, and your dead as a person they will operate on you I don’t want to seem harsh but damn it’

He was wagging his ear head drooped ‘I am sorry this is all so new’

‘I know you didn’t get told you were going to be saved by being changed like Takashima did me, you hadn’t just been converted and hit your head to be freed I've been like this for months hiding, waiting for a chance’

‘I swear to you Bill I'm a quick study’

‘I hope so Tim I want revenge Takashima is gona die slow for this one way or another’

Tim wagged his ear ‘I want my family back’

They watched and learned the security patterns which was easy no one did any more than they had to so the every couple hours on the top of the hour for a human guard every three for wolves

The camera they found out from listening to a guard talking to the main office that it didn’t work the installation crew had botched the job in fact much of the place had been built so quickly that the quality suffered

At feeding time they were forced to step up and walk after the bin to eat at the computerized feeder it read their ear tag and dispensed food three times a day but no more

The food as Tim found out was still laced with medicines he asked and Bill told him what Steven had gone on about but seriously doubted since Steven was off his rocker after being converted

Tim could only wag at that but did say the HBED chow was good

They went out along the raceway for yet another physical exam they fed them there he got to listen to more on himself and Tim they went on about health and general appearance

The main vet or doctor was measuring his body as he ate the assistants making notes going on about how different he was in size and look now that he was growing beyond the newborn body

“Now see this here on his head” running his hand over the top and back of bills head

“221 has got this bone mass forming it has to be a good 20% bigger than the others the horns he's gona sport are going to be massive once he's gotten to adult hood”

The others were nodding and writing

“He’s the first AB1A variant that Takashima industries has produced and he wants us to give him as much data on him as possible, from what Mr. Takashima has told me 221 has several bovine breed genetic progenitors and several non bovine but he cant give us those details”

“Sir if he keeps growing at this rate shouldn’t he be moved to the mid adult pens?” a good looking redhead spoke up

“I would but for the fact he cant walk two legged yet and hasn’t even begun training, but yes I can see where your going” holding his hand up to stop her

“We may for 221 here have to do his daily health checks near the pen as he wont be fitting in the raceways for to much longer and apparently there is a rumored new AAA variant that is quite large as well”

He sighed looking at the shoulder measurements “as a matter of fact if Takashima is going to make this variant a regular option were going to have to ask for changes to the pens and raceway walls”

“The good thing is 221 here is very placid and calm except around receptive females and that caution should be boldly marked on his file and he should be given a warning tag instead of a normal”

His cell phone rang stopping him he looked at it and blanched a bit he coughed “one moment please everyone”

He opened it walking out of Bill’s hearing range for who was on the phone “yes sir?…yes Mr. Takashima we were going over 221 right…yes sir, no sir he's a fine bull hasn’t given anyone any trouble”

He looked up at a camera, which was pointing right at the group, and the light was on

“Yes sir alright…yes sir” sounding a bit chastised he closed the phone walking back over he cleared his throat

“We wont be putting a warning tag on 221 here, it would detract from his sale value a note in his file should be sufficient for everyone and when he's in the more advanced training we will then address his issue with receptive female protectiveness”

He gave the measuring tape to a helper “send him back to the pen when he's done” and walked away in a hurry the others all around looked at each other in confusion

Bill munched on his lunch thinking and another person finds out Takashima watches everything anything he doesn’t like don’t happen marking me as dangerous in anyway would ruin any chance of me finding a good home

Takashima’s oh so precious honor couldn’t handle that, damn out of munchies he snorted thumping the bin a bit looking for any more licking up a few stray bits

Walking back in the pen 233 Mooed at him as did Tim who just incase had taken on the simple mindless HBED face Bill Mooed back shaking hard he got water stretched and relaxed with the others

Bill noted the camera was still not working Tim started writing

‘I was getting seriously worried’

‘Don’t be I'm the first AB1A Takashima has them doing five times as much checking of my development as yours the head vet here isn’t going to be much longer if he keeps popping off his opinions like he did’

‘Oh? What happened’

Bill told him and Tim chuckled softly

‘If they were to find out about me Tim you’ll know ill be bellowing and taking as many with me I wont go to be brainless id rather die’

Tim agreed

That night they started the fear training handlers put padded heavy duty pet beds down around the central holo projector led the HBED’s to them and then wolves came in

The AB’s immediately went on the defensive 233 side to side with Bill and Tim guarding their group the five smaller females staying behind them the two new males guarding the sides

One of the handlers came over and tried to move Bill with a lead and a nose clamp to the beds but Bill seeing how others had done moved him into the group to protect him from the AA’s

“Okay people hold it!”

Everyone looked up to a man on the upper level the AB’s were still lowing softly watching the wolves “AA’s out of the pen and wait”

“This isn't going to work with the AB’s they form up defensive groups Hank look at what 221 did with you he side shifted you right into the protection of his group even with the nose clamp Cindy you got the same”

He walked around watching the gate close behind the AA’s leaving

“Now then we want them to stay on their beds at night unless they need to relive themselves or get water now the AD’s they ran for the protection of the handlers and the beds

The AB’s because they know now they out mass us think they can protect us better than we can them which doesn’t help us. Now what we’ll have to do with this is get them to sit on the beds first.”

The one he called Hank led Bill over without much effort to a bed and Bill gave his most convincing I'm a sweet placid loveable bull act even licking the guys hand as he removed the clamp

He went to get up and Hank told him no putting him back on it Bill kept up trying to move off for a few times

The man watching from the upper level nodded watching as the others started the same with the others

Bill acted like he finally got it somewhat and let hank lead 217 over who ended up happily pulling him over to Bill 233 didn’t fully catch on and sat down next to Bill but not on a bed

“The three musketeers should be put together for now” they repeated it

Tim was led over and he moved to the opposite side of Bill sitting down the handler expected him to move

“As I expected those three have been a group since the breeding pens they tend to do everything together you will find the others will do the same the trio here got some added members you’ll want to sit them near them”

They moved the others and soon had nearly everyone on beds the few loners the handlers found would go into a group if they were led to it the lead bull of each group sniffed the additional member and sat up or refused snorting at them

Bill fixed the issue of a few unwanted simply accepting them

The man who apparently was the lead handler was quite good at observation Bill expected to have trouble with this one he’d catch a minor slip far faster than the others

“Alright now then handlers stand at the lead AB’s shoulder and AA’s come in slowly “

The AB’s all lowed at the AA’s as they filed in a good 20 of them each one had a different fur pattern

Bill couldn’t help himself and snorted scraping his fingers slowly as the lead AA grinned at him her tongue hanging out in an obscene grin

“Hank watch 221 and the trio they have met AA’s before and killed to protect a female”

“Right!” he held Bill by the lead he’d put around his neck

They had the AA’s walk around and then out a couple times

“Alright Brenda lead one of yours out away from the beds and the group AA’s come in and teach the AB where they supposed to stay”

A pair came in snarling and the groups all immediately called to the female who’d been singled out to run to them

The head trainer smiled in satisfaction as the AB ran back to the bed the AA’s loped past her and the others clearly pleased with them selves

Till they came round to Bill who snorted loudly dipping his head with a glare they both yelped and growled tucking tails ears laid back and retreated out of the pen

He thought yeah they know all about Steven…good

Bill sat up proudly 233 and Tim both mirroring him

“As expected the musketeers know they have the AA’s number, okay hank! Pull one of the trio out tie him out away from the others secure the remaining pair”

Bill watched as Tim was led over to the walkway and tied securely Bill tried to move but found his lead tied to a ring near the holo projector

Bill watched as four AA’s came in and terrorized Tim into submission Bill and 233 calling and lowing at him bellowing at the wolves straining the leads

“Now return 217 to 221 we shall see if the vaunted 221 is as smart as Mr. Takashima thinks” folding his arms over his chest he leaned back on the outer railing

Tim came over shaking clearly they had gotten a few good nips in Bill leaned on him a bit to reassure him 233 guarding his backside the AA’s came closer

Bill understood what the trainer was looking for

He put himself in between his group and the wolves forcing them on to the beds watching the AA’s instead of challenging them

“Excellent! He is that smart AA’s step out, Hank lead 221 out its time our Athos learned that being one of the musketeers is no immunity to proper discipline”

Bill was led out Tim was clearly in no shape to help even if he had wanted to Bill kept the innocent bull face but inside he felt his blood beginning to boil the threatening glow of AA’s eyes at the gate

Damn them for enjoying this god damn them all

He lowed and pulled on the lead as six AA’s came walking in slowly around both sides of the center safe area ears back teeth bared a couple their tongue flicking as they snarled

He backed his rump up to the wall and kept his head moving

233 was bellowing as was the others in his group Tim was hiding behind 233 being quiet

One leaped in to bite at him and he smacked out with a foot and got a wolf cry of pain the alpha female leaped in with another and they both got him in the face he could feel blood begin to run down his nose

He bellowed and snorted thrashing the lead and his head around the bull was taking control Bill was having to fight himself the bull wanted to panic and run from the pain

The wolves scored a couple more bites one was slow in its retreat and he got a crack to the head it staggered back chimes rung

The alpha female came in quick and bit his shoulder and he fell on that side intentionally smashing her to the floor kicking out as he did getting another wolf in the head then face

They backed off and he snorted swinging his head like a war hammer but he was getting tired too quickly panting already, the wolves were in far better physical shape

233 was in a blood thirsty state literally rearing up on his hind legs pawing and bellowing at the AA’s trying to get to Bill’s aid

The lead handler looked at Bill watching carefully

The alpha female wolf looked at the man her nose bloodied a bit but he made no decision she snarled and the remaining wolves moved in another pair scored more nips and distracted him from others who rushed in for more

Bill’s body was now begging for him to stop he couldn’t help it a moaning low came out of him his legs started to give out from the thrashing tossing his head around trying to defend himself finally falling to one knee and another wailing low came out

“HOLD! AA’s go out he’s had enough and made a fine fight of it”

“Sir! He hurt us!” came from the indignant alpha female

“Yes he did but you drew blood Ginny I told you nips not bites perhaps you thought a bit of punishment was due for the one he killed.

Well It doesn’t matter your even, he bloodied you, taught you all something tonight AB bulls are effective fighters even tied up and know what those big heads and horn bosses are for”

He pointed out at the alpha she huffed and walked out her troops with her

Hank came over and untied Bill leading him over to his group Tim looked into his eyes and saw not fear but killing rage and deep exhaustion 233 stood guard and would not let Hank into the group now

The lead trainer set the wolves on the other groups Bill was bone weary and laid down on a bed the wolves glared at him as they went by but he didn’t care he hated losing like that

One of the new females took to comforting Bill licking his wounds Tim came over and laid down near him 233 stayed alert and watched the wolves as they went back an forth

The training done for the night the handlers checked them over Hank and the lead handler checked him, using skin glue on the punctures he Mooed as it burned

“He’s a remarkably brave bull sir”

“Yes, William here fought Steven the AA in the pens Mr. Takashima sent me word he would be hard to break more spirit and courage than any of the others, has to do with the AB1A variant apparently his testing was remarkable”

Bill was just glad to be able to lie down again he got water after the wolves came through on a bed check Tim moved over and they both sighed

Apologizing to each other then smiling

‘You fought so well for being tied up’

Bill sighed ‘I was crumbling if they had kept up the attack id fallen I have no stamina it was literally my body that called out for mercy not me’

Tim patted his hand gently

‘You did the best you could Tim you aren’t a trained fighter you did the right thing to cover your vulnerable places and wait it out’

Bill just held Tim’s hand as another wolf patrol came through when they left he patted it and closed his eyes

“Rleep rim rlease” Tim stiffened a bit as Bill spoke in the open and knew he had to be beyond tired

The fear training went on for several days then they went to moving the beds which most stuck too wherever the handlers moved them they then moved to lead training most got that very fast

The move to walking training was accelerated due to the learning curve the feeding bins were changed and they now rose up forcing a HBED to rear up to get food the bins also moved forcing the walk

Tim got it easy 233 did as well but Bills legs trembled and shook hurting like hell after trying to eat a meal the rest of his group did quite well

He sighed hungry as hell the bin was just high enough out of reach he could smell the molasses after several tries to stand and hold on he snorted and head butted the wall below the feeding bins

He listened to the head handler who was watching from the upper level talking on the phone with Takashima

“Yes sir William 221 has been having issues with standing up the rest of the musketeers are right on track if not a bit advanced but William his legs aren’t building up muscle mass fast enough to keep up with the curve”

“We’ll why didn’t you say something sooner Patrick I will see to it a small change in his diet should help immensely this development is not surprising”

“What is he lacking sir? I mean the others are doing fine”

“As I've told you and his file states he's not all bovine he's a combination, a chimera of a sort he shares qualities with several bovine like species and a couple others he is quite a specimen”

“Sir, if he's not all bovine, what if he reproduces without guidance”

“That is why the one who gains ownership of him will have to sign a release form for all the top secret information they will have to know, now don’t worry about our William a minor change in his diet will have him up and walking”

“Alright sir thank you id hate to have to hold him back when they get promoted to one on one training”

“Yes that wouldn’t do, I will see to it his feeding program is adjusted immediately ”

He closed the phone looking down at Bill who tried again to reach the food scrabbling for a handhold to help but the bins were designed to not allow that

Bill lost his balance and fell backwards with a huge thud and huff of air he rolled over and moved back to the bin

The lead trainer left and Tim hurried over putting himself as a step up Bill sighed

“Rhank rou rim”

Tim wagged an ear Bill stood front part on Tim’s back rear on the floor and ate quickly so no one saw them his mood improved with a full meal they relaxed in the shade on their beds

‘Looked like that fall hurt’

‘Only my pride, you catch the conversation?’

Wagging an ear in confirmation ‘I'm wondering what you need that’s not in HBED chow?’

‘Don’t know a mineral maybe? I have no idea Takashima has never let slip what else I’m mixed with’

‘That could be bad if you need a daily dose of it to keep up your strength’

‘Your telling me, why’d he have to get creative with me, careful’

A pair of AA’s walked up to the gate AB’s not on their beds rushed to them watching the wolves

They came in slowly walked past and kept their eyes on him all the while, finally leaving

‘Do you think they suspect?’ Tim asked after a few moments

‘No, they just don’t like AA killers we’re a thorn in their side they cant touch me and by default you otherwise I'm sure as a normal AB id suffered some mysterious issue and they had to take care of it’

Tim agreed with an ear wag

Dinner was interesting the dispenser dumped not only HBED chow pellets the medicine flakes but also diced meat as well

He sniffed that and his salivary glands went into over drive the bin didn’t lift up so he was able to eat it in comfort within hours he felt far more strength in his limbs than he had in a long while

Tim asked what had the additional item been Bill told him and Tim just blinked a bit shocked

‘Meat?’

‘Tasted like honey ham but I certainly hope it wasn’t anything else’

‘Like what, what else can taste like ham?’

‘Long pork apparently, that path I do not like the thoughts of where it goes’

Tim looked at him with a confused look

‘Cooked human flesh is known as long pork Tim’

Tim’s eyes went wide and he stuck his tongue out at the thought

‘I doubt it is, but who the hell knows what kind of madness Takashima has done to us, to me’

Tim agreed

Within six meals his body responded to the new diet and he was able to stand for meals

He at night before sleeping would do squats using Tim as a helper, lifting another HBED up off the ground with his legs the muscle mass built up very quickly

He did not like the feeling of weakness the failing legs had left him with and worked hard to rectify the issue

Tim started doing the exercises as well so after another week they were eating on the walk as if born to it

233 as well as the rest of the group mimicked them to a point and all were doing very well, above the curve as the trainers remarked

Bill knew things were about to change when his group was pulled out of the pen he was led by Hank to the large fenced arena area they had seen on the way in Tim brought up the rear making sure everyone followed along

The handlers had HBED sitting pads laid out in neat rows many rows had HBED’s on them already

Hank led Bill to the end of the empty row the rest took up beds behind him Tim and 233 ended up pushing another male out of the second spot Bill sat down and sat up proudly and his group did the same

The lead handler was up on a second story walkway making notes several others were there as well

Bill had seen several variants of HBED’s he hadn't expected to see, he’d known about the horse, sheep, wolf and bovine added to that now was a deer several of which were elk and mule deer looking

More of the AB’s came in filling two more rows of beds then three rows of AA’s which the rest all kept watch on

The lead handler nodded talking to the others with him Bill spotted Takashima on the platform and gnashed his teeth a bit Tim tapped his bed

‘That him?’ with quick deft movements of the finger tip

Bill wiggled an ear in response he had described Takashima to Tim numerous times now.

He could just feel the mans neck in his hands the tissues yielding to his grip the hyoid bone beginning to crack the freaks eyes bulging gasping in futility for air

Tim coughed Bill blinked and realized he was starting to stand up plopping his rump back on the bed pad he curled his tail around himself flicking the end in agitation

Groups of college age men and ladies came into the yard they were oohing and ahhing pointing at the HBED’s

Some one blew a whistle HBED’s folded their ears down at the shriek

“Alright ladies and gentlemen please form two rows stand still till called and look up here please” came from the lead handler via a public address system

Bill scanned the new group of AB’s in front of him from another pen there was at least ten black and white Holstein variants that fact added yet another level of problems

How would a woman react after being freed from a chip finding out she’d been pregnant and had a baby every year the baby sold or even worse killed just so she could provide milk

Oh Takashima was gona be in deep trouble if others got to him before Bill did hell he was in for a living hell no matter who got him

“Alright people you were recruited for a training job, what you see behind you are the cream of the HBED’s at this facility they now are at a level of learning that they require individual attention

Now you all have excellent grades and are adults at this point I expect a fully professional work ethic, this job gives you college credits and Mr. Takashima here has set it up so many of you your loans and debts will be paid”

Gesturing to Takashima with a small bow of the head

“Each of the HBED’s here have immense learning abilities they are physically very strong so some logical caution is of course required what they need is a human to teach them the fine manipulation skills

Recognizing orders and requests, teaching them how to talk will also be expected, yes they can talk but like any child it has to be taught, their current intelligence level is not even the level of a one year old but they are quick learners

I realize many of you didn’t expect to be rooming with an animal that has nearly the intelligence potential of a human six year old but I think if you weren’t up to the task Mr. Takashima would not have chosen you

Each of the HBED’s here will eventually go on to be sold as house pets’, servants companions, unskilled general labor, body guards even working livestock which will revolutionize the farming industry

So as your name is called come over and the handlers will give you your assigned HBED’s file, which holds data on them, their schedules for training and your school classes with them as well as room assignment door key and the directions to it”

Takashima stood up and got a mild round of clapping several of the student trainers clapped as well

“I wanted to let all of you know I consider all of the HBED’s here my children. Please treat them with care, love and respect we want them to be the very best when going on to new families and opportunities”

“Thank you Mr. Takashima” the lead handler smiled and shook his hand which Takashima immediately wiped with his handkerchief as he went to his seat

The lead trainer got a list from the lead handler on the platform

“Now get your papers and your bags then go out and find your HBED roommate a lead rope will be provided but after a few days they should not be needed and must be returned to the handlers office”

He started reading off names and the handlers got the papers together below the platform

“Handlers are along the rows they can give you a bit of help finding your student you will all be under Frank head trainer of the facility and known as trainers not handlers”

Tim glanced over at Bill ‘were going to be separated’ his finger flicked

‘Its ok I suspected this remember, just stay cool and play the game’

Tim wagged an ear Bill had to be thankful for one thing as a HBED his vision was far better and he could see clearly thus seeing Tim wiggle a finger to spell out words without them risking too much

One cute little blond came along looking at the file folder and a small picture of 217 Hank walked over as she was looking up into Tim’s face

“Ahh you want 217 he’s right there, so you got one of the musketeers did you well good for you”

“Musketeers? As in three of them?”

He chuckled and pointed “that’s William 221 Porthos 233 and Aramis 217 these three have been herd leaders since the breeding pens always together always standing all for one, one for all. Thus they picked up the musketeers tag”

She smiled “217 and 221 look a lot alike with that fur striping”

“That’s where the similarities end unfortunately 221 is an AB1A he's bigger and is developing differently than the normal AB’s”

She smiled and to Bill’s nose started exuding sexual attractant pheromones she liked Hank

Tim caught it too and gave a tiny grin and a wag of the ear

“Oh well so they like being together all the time huh? That’s cool ill have to make sure to find out who gets them”

Hank smiled, leaning on Bill a bit “I can find out and introduce you later”

“Oh thank you!” she stood there smiling as a very nice brunette walked up looked at her file

“And this must be 233 one of the musketeers” looking at 233 who straightened up just a bit more

Hank introduced himself and the trainer for 217 but not her name which she then gave blushing a bit

“Hi I'm Cassandra, Cassie to my friends”

The brunette smiled “I'm Sylvia, listen you two seem busy so”

Hank smiled but Cassie said oh no and struck up a conversation with her

Bill watched as the entire group he’d been in got their handlers and they walked out a few reluctantly

The AA’s did as well which Bill had to wonder about was Takashima making chipped AA’s?

Cassie and Sylvia finally walked away with their charges Hank looked at Bill

“Looks like they might not have anyone who could handle you big guy” patting him firmly on the shoulder and went to go talk to another handler

Takashima was looking at him from the platform Bill had become so practiced at the simple HBED look that he defaulted to it at all times what surprised Bill was Takashima came down the stairs and walked across the arena right up to him

“Well hello William your looking much better and my have you grown” petting his neck and rubbing over his head he felt Bills front legs then crouched down checking his rear legs

The urge to kill him was screaming like a banshee in his skull but Bill couldn’t oh not yet he wanted to make the revenge sweet the betrayal equal to what Takashima had done to him

It was at that moment a young red headed lady walked up looking at a file, his file the AB1A221 in big black letters on it

“Umm excuse me but I believe that’s my HBED” she said with a tone that brooked no argument her red hair tied back made for a flaming halo and the fluffed mass above “just who do you think you are and what are you doing”

Takashima smiled and stood up turning around to face her “well I was simply checking on him Sara I do hope that is alright”

She stammered and nearly dropped the file “Mr. Takashima I'm so sorry, please forgive me”

“Not at all Sara, not at all, I find it a good thing, your already taking over the protective attitude I would like to see with all the trainers. the HBED’s are quite valuable and such innocent minds they could be twisted to very bad things

That is the last thing I want for my children, I gather then you have been assigned the training of my William?”

“Um yes sir he's got quite a history and is making legends for himself”

“He is indeed, quite the rare one William is, I expect great things of him. already he is impressive the AB1A variant is clearly a much superior line than the standard AB but alas the cost of them is also very much higher I'm hoping William is quite a prolific breeder”

She nodded smiling clearly relived Takashima hadn't taken offence but it was deeper Bill could smell it from her she really didn’t like him not that he blamed her at all

Bill liked her already but with the hair and nice body ahh being a HBED might actually have a few perks, Hank came walking up

“Hello Mr. Takashima is 221 giving you trouble?”

“Not at all Hank he has been a model HBED sitting calmly and patiently Sara here was giving me a bit of a reprimand for putting my hands on her HBED” he smiled clearly amused

Hank took it as the joke it was and chuckled “I was a bit worried the review board might not have found someone able to train him he's really an excellent bull”

Takashima smiled “yes indeed he is” patting his neck firmly

Bill had indeed grown, he expected to be nearly eight feet tall when standing full grown all the better to grind Takashima into the dirt

The lady moved over and was looking into his eyes then felt his neck along the scars

“The sick AA attacked him here sir?” looking to Takashima ”I can feel scars under the darker fur”

“Yes, HBED’s when injured the fur over the area goes dark to protect the scar from sun related damage. I had surgeons copy the lines onto the other side so his pelt would not be badly marred I think it enhances his appeal via the design don’t you think?”

She was nodding smiling politely Takashima got that look he liked her and his body responded

Takashima smiled and moved in, a hand slipping around hers “would you perhaps enjoy dinner to speak more about him” he stopped as she looked down at the hand

“Sir, please, I've just gotten here id hate to have to leave so quickly but that will make me leave” in a cold tone that meant business

Bill liked her! Thinking holy shit she stood up to him in public he's not going to take that well

Takashima let go and stiffened a bit lips going hard “very well” and he walked away clearly pissed

Bill tilted his head looking at her Mooed softly thinking ohh lady you just made a deadly enemy

she after a few moments of making like she was examining the file she sighed "crap. that was the last thing I needed around here why'd you let me do that huh?" poking him gently with the file.

Bill Mooed again softly blinking like the placid HBED he was

Hank finally cleared his throat "you know uh Sara he's the big boss the devil fears just keep that in mind" walking away

She again sighed "come on William 221 lets find our room"

She led him without a lead to the many cabins designed with communal areas places to read an relax smaller training an exercise areas HBED water fountains and human ones at regular intervals

Bills memories led him back to the old colored an whites segregated systems of the past knowing one day that was also going to haunt his life

Not to be mean but to teach her she needed to pay attention he stopped to check on Tim who was sitting with his trainer and 233's she kept on walking looking at signs and the numbers

William sat down in the center space vacated automatically by his friends and blinked placidly Sylvia laughed and Cassie ran after Sara calling out to her to wait

A few moments later Sara came back with her clearly a bit vexed

"221!" he blinked as she glared at him Sylvia frowned at her tone

"don’t yell at him, he don’t know any better he's just sitting down with his pals"

"they are the musketeers" came from Cassie "that hank is a cute one too"

Sara had to laugh at her "I think it’s the HBED's that are the musketeers um"

"I'm Cassie an that’s Sylvia, 233 is her HBED 217 is mine"

"Sara," shaking their hands "yeah I get here a bit late from a flat tire on the bus an then nearly get myself fired for back talking the boss when I find Mr. Bully here and him together an the boss makes passes at me"

the other two were shocked a bit at that Tim looked at Bill who wiggled an ear to confirm it

"ooooh honey could you have picked a worse set of toes to step on" Cassie cringed

"no I don’t, and I think it just shows I should find my room and bury my head under the pillows for the remainder of the day. But I'm glad to have met you both since these three are old friends it could help with training them"

"we were just discussing that idea Sara" Sylvia smiled "they seem to be more attentive when together"

"they certainly do"

"well excuse me ladies I'm going to go hide ill see you both at dinner?"

"sounds good"

"sure does"

they both smiled as she slipped the lead over 221's neck "come on Bully Toro lets get going"

he followed along as she led when she found the door to their cabin curious to see how the sleeping arrangements were to be he was already near 400 pounds and still growing

she turned on the lights smiled an turned to him as he blinked "come on in William, come" he walked in carefully the door was more than big enough thankfully the floor was solidly built and he saw the bed for her a small twin size but good quality an the large size HBED pad at the foot of the bed

he sat down on it and looked at her as she surveyed the room talking to herself after slipping the lead off him

"needs some decorating and a few home bits a baubles but it'll do nicely" looking past a sliding double door was the bathroom and the new HBED adaptor for normal toilets off to the side

he hadn't been taught how to use it but the shape an form could only be for that purpose he surmised watching her investigating the facilities thinking his rump would fit the bowl without the seat down actually

the shower and tub were normal human size a warning plate by the shower said HBED's were to be bathed outside due to the fiberglass tub she ran the hot water checking how fast it heated up which was apparently pretty quickly

walking out wiping her hand on a towel she draped over the end of the bed looking at the provided computer flat screen she pulled her laptop out and entered her password which he noted carefully she got its charger cord plugging it in she set out a portable scanner an printer

she plugged in her cell charger and then went to work on her clothes which went into the drawers under the bed she then put her bags into a last drawer and laid out on the bed and after a few minutes she was asleep

well he thought conservative clothes but the perfume she wore before coming which is still on the bags was racy enough her choice of laptop very new high end the scanner and printer also high end cell is a generic cheapo

he laid down on his pad

not all she appears to be that’s for sure, turning a bit to the water bowl it came on when it detected his ear tag he drank his fill and relaxed back down sighing slowly

He Mooed in surprise as a chime rang on the wall waking him and her up as well "easy William easy just" yawning "the dinner bell, come on let me hit the toilet an we can go get food"

he sat up blinking wondering what the hell had hit him he'd been so deeply asleep an AA could have chomped his tail off before he'd been functional

she came out looked at him "now do we need the lead? Or will you stay behind me, I'm going to trust you were going to get food ok food" smiling at him

He decided to be good and followed along as others walked for the dining hall with their handlers 217 Mooed at him Sara watched him as he Mooed back it was Tim that walked over to him his handler in pursuit

"seems that they see William as the leader huh Cassie" smiling as the HBED dragged the petite blonde over a bit

"yeah, hey you big moose your supposed to follow me" tugging on his lead Tim cringed a bit at her tone lowing softly. To Bill's ears it had the feel of an honest apology to back it up Bill snorted at him he moved over to her a bit more with a sly wiggle on the ear Tim played the game well

this exchange didn’t go unnoticed as hank came walking up with Sylvia and 233 in tow

"well I know what that meant an I cant speak HBED that was be good" chuckling as he smiled at Cassie and Sara "you two all settled in?"

they nodded then stopped looking at a trio of security AA's watching them from a hallway all people walking by went wide around them HBEDs shifting further than their handlers

Cassie turned her back on them whispering "I don’t like them wolves they give me the shivers"

Sara looked at the boys all watching the AA's "id say the boys don’t much like them either"

Hank smiled "well the AA's are part of the security around here they'll behave they also helped to get the other HBED's bed trained and such, these 3 AB's have had dealings with a rouge AA thus they are a bit jaded"

The ladies nodded

"so come on ladies lets get these bulls to dinner and yours as well" holding his arms out to gesture them all towards the dining hall

walking in they stood in line the lead trainer Frank getting HBED's to stand next to their trainer on the right side take a tray for their trainer and stay up with them as they got their food an put it on the tray cafeteria style service from there

and the messes that followed as HBEDs learned to hold the trays it was a quick fast lesson that the young trainers got as well the second was HBEDs were sent up to get their bowl of food an return to their trainer not old pen companions

Bill got the tray thing quickly by watching the second he drifted a bit to check on Tim and 233 who were sitting a row away but made it back to Sara with his food several spilled theirs and stopped to eat it but a majority got back with them so he was in good company

as they ate Takashima's face came up on the big screen that had been displaying training hints "good, I'm pleased to see everyone has gotten their food and are doing well" he smiled the very same smile that was on the holograms

"now then everyone I entrust to your care my HBED's they are but children they learn constantly an need guidance train them well and you will find my appreciation to be very large please do come forward when you have ideas thus why there are computer terminals in every room you can send suggestions or ideas to management

use them for your classes studies and entertainment but please don’t forget your roommate they need you they have never played treat them well teach and play with them

so they become good HBED's suitable for families and homes, thank you all"

and it went off there was spotty applause but enough that handlers and lead trainer didn’t seem displeased the others moved over with their charges Sylvia leaned in a bit "repetitive sort isn't he" gesturing with a nod of her head towards the big screen

"they're an important product I've already seen some in LA the advertising is really making them out to be the next thing to sliced bread" Cassie smiled still nibbling on a slice of bread pulling the crust off and offering it to Tim who carefully nibbled it from those fingers

"well I don’t know about you both but I'm glad my school debt was bought up I was falling behind I'm my payments" Sylvia said quietly "I'm going to make this HBED one of the best so maybe I can stay on and train more"

Sara nodded sipping her drink

That night he watched her use her cell as a wireless connection for the laptop typing to someone else via a messenger service his position was good an he was able to read it all

Saryberrybright: 'I'm in, nearly screwed it all to hell I faced off against T didn’t mean to but he got too friendly'

DurrmasterP: 'damn girl be careful'

Saryberrybright: 'I'm good they gave me an experimental one bigger more beef smarter too'

DurrmasterP: 'how long till you think you can get the stuff?'

Saryberrybright: 'give me couple weeks damn I just got here'

DurrmasterP: 'try to hurry F is getting impatient later'

Bill sighed a bit to himself thinking, likely corporate espionage Takashima's local security was either slipping or like the pens half ass finished this could help though, wont be easy I'll have to see how deep a sleeper she is I'll have to leave Tim out of the loop I don’t think were gona have time to talk about it

He waited a few days and after a particularly long hot day of exercising and training for carrying things carefully, she took a shower after having him bathe an helping him rinse off and crashed out hard on the bed he let her forgotten bottle of water thud to the floor waited and she didn’t move

He slipped over to her setup getting into the messenger service he nearly used his old one but made another account typing carefully with a pair of pencils in his fingers the track pad was easy

As he typed he downloaded an encryption program for her hard drive it would block programs for installing fully without knowing the password another on the wireless signal small add-on's operating in the background she'd never notice running might help keep spying on her clandestine activities down

TFM: 'Saryberrybright, if your going to do corporate spying an theft you need to be far more careful than what your doing so far. T security are the very best and only reason you haven't been hauled away to a fate worse than death is that the facility isn't fully up to speed I have taken the liberty of installing programs on your laptop that keep spying and signal listening to minimum. take care of yourself and roommate watch your back around T security they are MUCH more than they appear we will speak more later'

He sent that and logged out clearing the cache so her login was on it again laid down and got a drink of water

She woke up quite late and sat in her panties and t-shirt at the laptop logging into her messenger the gasp she made if he hadn't been awake would have woke him he sat up yawning an Mooed softly at her she looked her expression told him everything

He'd caught her unprepared to be found out so fast

"oh William god scare me its ok lay down go back to sleep its ok"

he blinked and laid back down still watching her

she clearly was spooked and sent a message to her friend

Saryberrybright: 'someone has made me'

DurrmasterP: 'what who? Is it T security??'

Saryberrybright: 'no, I don’t think so but they know I'm not legit and warned me about T security even helping me, forwarding their message'

After several moments she sighed "come on already ah there finally"

DurrmasterP: 'the account it was sent from is only a day old, were checking your laptop to see what they installed now, hold on F is on my back wanting to know if you’ve been made I honestly don’t think so'

She drummed her fingers on the desk a bit

DurrmasterP: 'who ever it is their smart those two programs will help to keep you a lot safer the hacked registration codes are available to the majority of the net F says pump them for info if its T employee might be our opening also says is worried about the fate worse thing BVC sister dear'

She shut it down and actually shivered a bit

Bill thought with his eyes closed BVC, be very careful sis alright big F could the feds already be sniffing around trying to find out more about the HBEDs? That would be good There's also Falcon Zephyr industries they had a lot of attempts before trying to make inroads on Takashima's bio-farm and pharmaceuticals market

He laid still as Sara laid down next to him with a blanket leaning on him a bit he looked at her "sorry William I'm sure you don’t mind if I stay here just feels safer"

He could smell the fear on her he rolled over to put himself between the room and her close to the wall head on his arms she watched that and then moved closer, after a bit she was asleep again

It took another couple days for her to calm down enough to let him back at the computer as she slept

TFM: Saryberrybright you need to be calm and be far less spooked they will notice it you lucked out they wouldn’t have left you wandering around with that beef if they knew the truth or suspected you, yes I used to be a T security but T has done something bad beyond what you can possibly suspect or imagine'

She moved and he sent the message frozen in place watching her she sighed and rolled over pulling the covers up higher

TFM: 'I personally am at risk of death, you if caught might get a second chance but never as you are now I do not know if I can trust you or this F one slip for me just one and I'm dead T watches everything and the AA's are too, they are what you should worry most about. now pay attention to what I say deeper meaning is the intent, the Stars are brought that which they feed upon by the followers known by A twice, they are but ghosts to the modern world only the living eye can see then they will have you as well, the birth of new is paid for by the loss of old, no one has beaten god at its own game not even T'

He sent that thinking a few clues at a time we will see what that stirs up even with what I put on her computer they have systems sifting the net these messenger systems aren't all that secure the data can be intercepted and read keeping the keywords to the minimum should help them get past without flagging

The next day he was sitting there working with a child's toy meant to teach dexterity a plastic hammer to pound on the plastic nail and a screwdriver to twist the screw and a pile of building blocks the day had been filled with teaching him how to hold the hammer and screwdriver handle

Now he watched her as he gently smacked the nail on the head flipping the toy over and doing it the other way hammer falling from his 'apparently' untrained fingers he did find out he was now ambidextrous

She got the message and forwarded it to her partner looking out the window past the monitors at the small courtyard a pair of AC and their trainers were there with the same toys

DurrmasterP: 'F is confused clearly the end is important and its being analyzed have you got any idea?'

Saryberrybright: 'whoever TFM is they know a lot and are totally paranoid but you know what the messages feel like genuine fear of discovery'

DurrmasterP: 'F agrees, says you need to try and find them in person'

Saryberrybright: 'that wont happen if were being watched, TFM wont show threat of death does that'

DurrmasterP: F thinks the first is talking about the T towers and the big bad's not sure about the middle, end is confusing still working on it F says keep safe me too later'

She sighed and typed more

Saryberrybright: TFM I know your scared so am I but you have to trust me tell me more please F can help'

She hit send and turned to him "so William lets see how well your doing show me how to hammer" he whacked it a few times and looked at her "that’s such a good boy! Now can you tighten the screw?" he picked up the screwdriver and lost it for a second picked it up again and tightened the screw

He Mooed at her she smiled "that's great William! Now lets see what else they want today" turning to the computer she called up the lesson plan "umm did that and that ahh" turning around to him "okay says to build something out of the blocks and then have you do it repeat for teaching speed of movement and dexterity"

She built a pyramid with them as she sat down on the floor with him he really did like her she was the type that would instantly be good with kids "okay now you do it" taking them apart

He looked at them then slowly put one block onto another it snapped together looking at her "that’s good William you can do it" he snapped another on then another alternating hands till he had it built looking up at her he Mooed

"Yay! You did it ohh your so smart!!" rubbing his head and neck "okay keep at it, Sara has her own studying to do" getting up and sitting in the chair

he decided to test her a bit others had tried to speak in the open he thought the human mind was wired for speech an much of the same connections were there least he thought they were though HBEDs were also strongly scent oriented as well "rrrroahhhyy" building the blocks concentrating on them

she was suddenly in his face "you spoke! Oh that’s awesome William!! GOOD boy!!" rubbing his head an horn boss then ears. he smiled inside as he looked at her his practiced HBED innocence eyes she had a momentary pause then smiled and grabbed a carrot from her snacks she took a bite and then gave the rest to him "that’s my awesome Bully Toro keep at it!"

He sat there doing the repetitive building an un-building of the building blocks one hand then the other he knew he needed this to do as they wanted to teach dexterity to get the nerves an muscles trained back to what they once were the carrot held in his lips munching slowly as he clicked and snapped trying to do it fast as he could

yes he thought she got a glimmer that pause instinct telling her to look deeper now she will start looking more noticing the truth all around her. the message will start to make more sense as she gets it

the next day was greeted with her being paged to the office so he got to sit outside with 233 and Sylvia as he kept practicing the blocks 233 was watching him click blocks together quite fast inside he was worried a bit could she have already gotten caught? No they would have sent the AA's and a guard after her here and moved me to a pen

Sylvia was watching as 233 started clicking blocks and getting better at it very quickly

"well isn't that something you guys do learn faster together"

233 snorted as he couldn’t get the last one to snap on right Bill didn’t mean to but it came out "rrrroahhhyy" patting 233's flexing fingers he turned the block around for him and snapped it on then went back to his blocks

233 leaned on him and bumped his head on Bill's then went back to his Sylvia was a bit shocked at that and took a few notes on that interaction after a bit Sara came walking up she didn't smell of fear but perhaps a bit of relief

"Sara your not going to believe what these two have been doing"

"oh I would and the world is just weird today so lets hear it"

"you ok?"

"yes Mr. Takashima wanted to talk to me he apologized for his conduct when we first met and asked me if we could perhaps start again clean. didn’t want me to feel like I was working in a potentially hostile job environment"

"did you accept?"

"yes, he seemed to be quite sincere, but he still gives me the creeps"

Sylvia leaned closer to her "me too honey and a lot of others as well" looking around a bit "well these two are doing just like you thought 233 is learning from William faster than if it were me and William talked said okay I think it calmed grumpy there down and showed him how to fix the problem he had"

"yeah he said ok to me last night I say it enough around him I shouldn’t be surprised" she chuckled sitting down "but showing another HBED how to do it that’s new. Hey lets test this you mind?"

"mind? Hey if it teaches them faster all the better please do"

"ok I'm gona go get a more test subjects" getting up William looked and Mooed at her "no stay with Sylvia, William its ok ill be right back"

"rrrroahhhyy" he went back to the blocks the girls both chuckled at that what was good was 223 mimicking him a moment later

"rrrmmoooooohhhyyyy" he looked at Sylvia for approval and she petted him a lot he started softly repeating it as he built blocks

Bill was surprised to see Sara bringing not only Tim but 6 other HBED's and their handlers Tim sat right next to Bill they sniffed noses then Tim and 233 did they looked as the others all sat down their handlers moving around behind them

a quite lovely doe sat down next to Tim William looked at her and she sniffed his nose and then put her nose under his for a quick touch a clearly young all white AA panted grinning as she licked Williams nose then others

Sara was making notes and stopped "ok did anyone else see that exchange? between 449 and William? Also 303"

Her trainer smiled "yeah she's done that to me too likes to lick" several laughed

"I notice she does that more with males or trainers" the does trainer replied

"it’s a submissive gesture, William and the other two musketeers consider themselves equals that’s why nose to nose well anyhow let them have their blocks lets see if this actually works"

the blocks were put out and the HBED's looked to their trainers

"alright William go ahead keep going"

he leaned over and went to clicking the others all started looking and then got the ok from the handlers and the handlers started various timers he kept up his best speed clicking blocks he knew the cameras were watching as well he heard one whirr as it moved to look at the group but he was safe midst a group

233 was again softly chanting ok as he worked Tim was trying to keep up with Bills speed and the doe was catching up the two horses were soon the same others were speeding up as well the AA she growled softly at hers when they fell apart

after several minutes Sara was clearly convinced looking around to the to other trainers

"damn now that’s something she's already twice as fast as before"

"mines far faster"

"more accurate he's getting it right far more and picking up speed"

"so everyone?" looking around "is what I thought right they do learn faster in a group?"

everyone were nodding as 233 softly said okay that got a few chuckles

then the doe tried to talk and huffed

Tim wiggled his ear at Bill who replied with a wiggle

"rrrroahhhyy" he said as he kept building

"rrrroahhhyy" Tim repeated then a much better "rrrroooahhhyy" came from 223

the doe shook her head snorted "rrrroahhhyy!" then blinked in shock looking to her trainer who gave her encouragement

Sara, Bill kept an eye on she watched these notable events and paused several times while taking notes watching them. the lights were coming on he smiled inwardly softly saying okay to himself like 233

The entire thing came to a screeching silence blocks fumbled the mare AC snorted and moved to get behind the AB's ears folded back, the male his ears twisted then locked on the pair of AA's that walked up in their security harnesses the one human guard smiled politely as they relaxed onto their haunches just behind him

"what is all this hmm?"

Sara smiled "training lesson 27 we decided to let them practice on this nice day so we can talk and shoot the breeze"

Bill watched the wolves as did Tim, 233 huffed piling his fumbled blocks back up

The guard scanned the group "well lets not get too many in a group alright don’t want any problems do we" nodding to the trainers they walked away the AA's one on all fours the other hunched over finger tips just touching the ground as it walked both their heads turned to glance back at them all. they grinned all too human grins and then looked back where they were going

Once well out of hearing the trainers all sighed

Sara blinked very, very uncomfortable thoughts the message from TFM now looking down at William who was watching the AA's then sighed his placid expression coming back 217 had the same change then 233 and the others she was listening to the other trainers as they agreed they didn’t like the AA's the one with them was completely different

But it was finally the light! Bill so wanted to jump for joy. Suspicion she KNEW something was massively wrong with the security AA's she got recognition! All the things he'd been hoping now! She would start thinking! And understanding

Sara turned to the others "ok lets not go bragging about this to the" gesturing with her head towards the departed security team "I don’t like the feeling I get around them your 483 she's fine" rubbing her head who happily wagged her tail

"so it really isn't me alone feeling like I should call the cops when them AA are around?" Cassie said softly

"no hon its not just you" Sylvia said "so I think that’s a great days work don’t you Sara?"

"I sure do! I think once one gets something really well we should bring them all together and see if this happens again"

they all agreed the blocks were gathered up Tim got a moment to write 'you ok?'

Bill wiggled an ear then wrote 'she's not trainer, corp spy nother co might be help for us working on it' Tim wiggled his ear Bill wrote 'you ok?' he wiggled his ear and wrote 'she's a nude sleeper I'm very good'

the next day had them exercising together no one was told exactly what to do to succeeded the lesson just run the obstacle course fast as possible together but each pair were sent back through with a fail

this wasn’t the first time a lesson was unexplained it had to be worked out but this one was the first physical one

she was panting in the desert heat his fur was shining with soaked sweat and foam from his mouth she gave him water from the bottle

he looked at her "rroahhy?"

"yes William I'm ok just wish we could get this done" inspiration hit her, he saw it she was thinking a lot better

tonight I think will be the night

"William carry me, you can do it, damn an your faster than I am ill bet that’s it I keep slowing you down"

she had him kneel down and wrapped her arms around his neck his heated body felt like a furnace "grab my legs just hold them" it took a couple tries to get it right

lead trainers were watching making notes

"ok go William go fast just like I showed you"

she weighed next to nothing to him and he was finally able to run hard and fast leaping over obstacles wade quickly through the water trap surging out with a splash he ran on all fours to go under the bars her hugging close to his back yelling encouragement

he literally ran over the balance log and slid to a stop at the finish line other trainers were stunned jaws hanging open but the lead trainer smiled

"Sara and 221 complete A+, enjoy the rest of the day off for being the first to figure it out"

he got a nice long bath to scrub the sweat and mess out of his fur and scratch his developing horn buds and relaxed with his blocks as she took a nap

that night after dinner she was in the tub soaking headphones on listening to music he was doing lesson 32 which was more blocks of different colors to be built in a pattern and going along very well

he waited till she was literally dozing off looking away from the doorway music loud enough that he could hear it. he slipped over and got the pencils again, making his typing speed match his block building watching out the window carefully and then her in the tub

TFM: 'Saryberrybright' ahh finally you saw it, I watched you see and awaken like the sleep walkers and the risks are no less for you, now that instincts have finally gotten you to know the truth of it, you looked upon the innocent an they too are like you asleep while the truth walks past you is the true nightmare of being awake, do you understand now? Are you awake enough to see into the sleep walkers eyes and find the truth? To know that they are but asleep yet awake'

TFM: 'I cant and wont be able to tell you more you have enough now can you help those who sleep? Help me, hell can you help yourself as you are awake to the truth the nightmare begins! since you saw the big bad's they showed you the truth! I wont send more you should be able to figure it out when you look into innocent eyes that sleep no more'

He made sure it was sent and erased the cookies cleared the cache and sat down with his blocks to wait and hope she was smart as she looked and behaved

She came out awhile later wrapped in a towel another around her head for her hair "I do wish you wouldn’t let me fall asleep in the bath" she sat down and watched him build for a moment "great work William good boy! You are so very smart!"

He looked at her with his placid innocent eyes "rroahhy?"

"yes very okay!" she chuckled and smiled " ok keep going" turning back around to her laptop she heard the blocks start clicking behind her

the incident with the AA's and other things had left her uneasy and opening her messenger came with it too the message from TFM popped up and she covered her mouth

DurrmasterP: 'you okay? F is worried hell I'm worried about you they’ve made some sense of TFM's message the star is T's buildings of course and the big bad's are self explanatory god creates life'

Saryberrybright: 'TFM sent me another message and my god I think I understand he or she was here yesterday with the group of trainers….' She paused

"oh my god" she hurriedly typed and forwarded TFM's message

Saryberrybright: ' it wasnt a trainer sis my god I understand oh my god'

DurrmasterP: 'what? F is reading the forward I know I'm not there but wait hold on'

DurrmasterP: ' F says they get it but it cant be possible you need to get out now!'

Saryberrybright: 'I cant sis TFM needs help TFM is one of the beasts'

Her cell rang making her jump she unplugged it from the laptop "hello? sis damn it scare me to death"

"F says wont take T's security long to lock onto the cell frequencies so haven't got long to talk get your ass out of there right now"

"I cant TFM needs help and my god its one of the HBEDs!"

"that’s not possible"

"I know but it has to be! Those parts about looking into the innocent eyes they like me were asleep till them damn AA security walked by I could see the intelligence the evil intent in those eyes I woke up I looked at the HBEDs there and they were all watching the AA's too they know those HBED AA's are different! They aren't HBED they're human minds behind those eyes!"

"all the more reason to get the hell out of there sis F and I figured out the part about they are but ghosts in the modern world I checked the cccd's all around the towers the recordings for traffic cams security alarms bank ATM cameras. at night the tower AA's go out and as they do the electronics systems fail then come back up after they go away

literally ghosts in the modern world I put it into a motion map and you could see dozens of them head out in all directions unseen! but cameras old film cameras F set one up with a wind up timer top of a building caught them heading out on film they have some kind of electronic stealth"

"the Takashima star towers are fed what they feed on by the faithful AA's who are invisible to modern technology" she said softly

"the thing is we don’t see them go back in to the tower only Takashima trucks heading to the tower from all over the city and more missing people reports come up"

she shuddered "the birth of new is paid for by the loss of old, no one has beaten god at its own game not even Takashima…the HBEDs are born out of the loss of humanity sister Takashima isn't making new life just converting it changing it no…enslaving it. I have to stay sis I have to find TFM and help them somehow they aren't sleepwalking or whatever it is"

"F told me we have to go they're moving us if Takashima security and technology is that good were in trouble please sis be careful"

"I will I love you stay safe ill send snail mail to grand mothers P.O.box alright bye" she pushed the disconnect

Bill could smell the fear rolling off her like the bath water had. his block building had slowed he knew it was a huge risk now but she had it all and he'd broken his own rule he'd come to like her and was willing to risk himself she could be headed for the HBED pens right now but she needed comforting "rroahy"

she turned quickly and he had this innocent look a gentle blink of the eyes and a tilt of the head

slipping to the floor she gently put her hand to his cheek

"yes William I'm okay…" she kept staring into his eyes and her face showed the change the realization the depth of it all "TFM its you isn't it" putting her hands on his cheeks never looking away

he let the HBED slip away "res ri" he sighed loudly made like he was writing

"writing? OH you want to write just a second" getting a pad an a pencil "H-How? Did this happen why?"

he held his hand out to calm her and started writing 'first calm down, to HBEDs your fear is like a huge neon sign the AA's will pick up on it instantly'

she read it as he held it up "I'll try but this, all of this is incredible the questions I've got"

he wrote for a bit 'yes and now we are both at risk I really do hope the F stands for federal we could use their help and they might be able to stop Takashima'

"no its not federal it’s a representative of a new company they want in on the HBED's market but now I don’t think they want in this"

he wrote then showed her 'they could profit from helping the HBEDs who will need a lot to become functional people again some may never recover'

"true, ok explain to me how? Tell me everything please" her eyes telling him she was eager to know an understand

he spent an hour writing it all out for her she read it in less time then sighed

"ri rnow rim ran ridiot, ri ront rive rup ri rant rim read"

"you believed in honor and loyalty William, Takashima did so as an excuse to do what he wants to people, he's a madman" she looked at the huge eyes as they were downcast and tears were preparing to drip from them "you haven't cried yet have you"

"no, rand ri rant" wiping his arms on his face he tightened down on the bottle and huffed "ri rant rim read ran rrrim rona roo rit"

Sara blinked at the anger an hate and leaned back as he snorted a bit of steam

"rand ri'll rill revery rAAy rat rotects rim" clenching his hands with a bit of tremble to them

"ok, ok calm down Bully Toro I know you’ve been living day to day survival but we need to think about this ok"

"ress"

"is there anyone else?"

"ress, rrrut ragh!" smacking his own face with his hand "rooped routh" taking the pad he wrote for a moment 'yes his name is Tim he's 217 likes the fact Cassie sleeps nude' he made a smiley face

'he has a wife an kids, he was taken when he went into a tower to talk bout his mortgage they told him it was past due and they were going to foreclose he was taken in the elevator'

"so they likely took his family as well"

he wiggled an ear took the pad and wrote as she looked confused

"me an Tim figured out best way for us to go unnoticed was to wiggle an ear for yes two for no a nod as a HBED would be a dead giveaway and our heads don’t nod well"

"yeah see now that’s damn smart thinking, see your not stupid, Takashima fooled you hell he's been doing it to a lot of people. When he made a pass at me what were you thinking?"

writing 'about? Him? That I wanted to strangle him right there feel his hyoid bone crumbling in my fingers' clenching his hand

she smiled "about me? My standing up to him" she actually blushed a bit

he smiled, narrowed his eyes and wrote for a moment 'I thought oh damn lady you’ve made a powerful enemy and I like her'

she read that and smiled "and is that why you’ve been so patient with me? Waiting for me to see the light"

"ress" he felt his ears fold back a bit and his cheeks warmed he hoped she couldn’t see it

if she did she only smiled and rubbed his neck "well we'll get through this so I guess first thing is this chip in your head lets take a look at it ok"

"rohhayy" he leaned his head back and pointed to his nose she tried to look and then had to grab her purse pulling a small flashlight she gently eased it into his nose and looked up the other side

"oh my god, don’t that hurt?"

"rrrno"

she just shook her head "well I cant see where it got broke so that’s got to be why no one else has"

he wrote and held it to her 'and Takashima has checked, testing me seeing if id reveal myself but I wont, I want revenge I want to destroy him and I want him to know it was me'

she nodded "how did Tim get free?"

he anticipated that and tapped the new sentences 'he was in the truck with me when we were being sent here he smelled an AA that was looking out of the tower side door where I'd been caught and went a bit wild, banged his head on the floor support above us it broke the chip an he sneezed it out the bit is on I-10 somewhere in Texas I was able to calm him down before he went yelling for help like the poor lady in the pens'

she nodded and thought for a moment

he was writing again and held it to her 'and yes I have become the bull to survive I bred the lady in the pen, if I didn’t I would have been less than HBED and thus id got caught Takashima tried to goad me into revealing myself when he made sure that she was getting it aborted. I will make sure he pays for that as well as making me have to be the beast he made me to survive. I will carry the guilt of my deeds to my grave never fear that Sara I do not like what I've done'

he sighed deeply as she read it then nodded "you have only done what you have to survive" she held the pad as he wanted it back "no, you did what you had to otherwise this could keep going for years how many people would be changed? And why? We still don’t know that"

"ri ravve rrno ridea rhy re's rooing ris"

"cant be money Takashima industries is worth billions"

he agreed with an ear wiggle

"then what? Ideas?"

he got the pad and scribbled "don’t know but its big, the towers in every major city maybe destabilize the US economy with HBED workers? Not that it’s a good thing but not major enough perhaps opening moves for war?"

"with who?"

'China is where Takashima industries was founded they wouldn’t want nuclear war even with their missiles the US would turn them to vapor…invasion maybe perhaps making a weaponized version of the virus used on us, leaves the US weakened they could then have AA's with their stealth come out and mop up but still enough people would be able to stop it'

"that’s the big question then why, why do this to people what is he doing that HBED's will be needed"

he wiggled an ear 'and why the drilling rig for large mining back the end of the property? I noticed it on the way to the pens its way too big for a water well'

she shook her head "way I see it we need to get the fed's involved but carefully Takashima is clearly ready for just about anything"

Bill yawned and wiggled an ear

"and I'm beat too, ok then tomorrow Cassie and 217 come in so we can 'study' together"

he wrote 'Tim will miss the nude sleeping but let me talk to him a bit see if she's trustworthy each we add is a risk to us all' she laughed and hugged him her head leaned against his

"don’t worry my Bully Toro we'll beat the bastard you'll see"

the next day after the quick tug of Cassie into the bathroom by Sara Tim and Bill sat there and he filled him in on all the goings on Tim looked clearly pained

'what? I told you if I got the chance to get us any help I would'

'yeah but another company? A corporate spy no less?'

'a spy that has every reason same as us her life is now just as much at risk she wasn’t a very good spy either if I hadn't helped her she'd been caught in days'

'ok so you think Cassie might be helpful?'

wagging an ear 'we need all the help we can get Tim the more there are of us free the better chance we all have to live when the shit hits the fan'

Tim agreed

'oh admit it you just don’t want her to stop sleepin nude' Bill poked his tongue out at him

Tim snorted and after a moment as they waited for a group to walk past he wagged his ear and grinned

That night Tim an Bill sat next to each other as Sara showed Cassie the Instant messages

Then she held the note pad out to her she read it then looked at Sara like she was crazy

"so your some kind of corporate spy?"

"I was going to be, till we figured out they aren't born HBED's they were human Cassie didn’t you read the messages?"

"well, I don’t quite understand it all"

Bill looked to Tim who finger wrote 'she's not a genius by any means'

'I see that'

"Cassie those two there they were born human just like you and me, Takashima made them into HBED's against their will turned them into animals used a chip jammed through their skull to block them being able to remember who they are"

Cassie looked a bit uncomfortable an began to blush

"Buh but! If that’s true I uh.. oh.."

"it is Cassie, I spent a couple hours last night talking to him" pointing to William "he's TFM or the first musketeer. His chip got broke by accident at the breeding pens Cassie he's been hiding ever since trying to keep from getting caught and stop Takashima from converting who knows how many more"

Cassie wouldn’t look at Tim "but Sara if, if that’s true then were all in danger!"

Bill snorted "ralm rassie ro relling"

She blinked an jerked in shock at that "I, I oh god"

Bill looked at Tim who was clearly the cause an finger wrote 'ok Tim out with it what's going on?'

He huffed Sara turned Cassie a bit to watch them talk

'she was all hot an bothered trying to take care of herself and decided I would make a nice playmate had me help her itch she then um was nice enough to take care of me' he licked his nose which made Cassie moan and cover her face

Sara then got it "ahh well you know what Cassie Tim was just keeping the secret he wasn’t HBED"

Bill wrote on the pad then held it up Sara read it "what two consenting adults do no matter the species behind closed doors is one of the freedoms were trying to keep instead of you abused an animal which Tim isn't"

Sara nodded "that’s very true alright Cassie whisper to me what happened okay hell I slept with William the other day after getting scared thinking about what might happen to me"

"yeah but you didn’t…" leaning over to whisper to Sara's ear who blinked nodded

"well as William said your both adults he had to hide the fact he wasn’t under the chip incase you weren't friendly to free HBED's thus he did as you asked a HBED to do for you and that’s the very obedience training were doing here"

Bill wrote then held the pad up "Tim is married with kids but we have no idea if his wife and kids survived the conversion much less if they were even converted to AB's I don’t honestly know if a child could survive the conversion process"

he looked at Tim "rim rorry rrim..ri rust ront rknow"

he actually nodded and sighed

"id say if anything his wife would understand the stresses were all under and the having to hide what was he supposed to do refuse? Write on a pad sorry I cant I'm married"

they all agreed Bill patted Tim on the back

Bill wrote on the pad again "Cassie what can you do? What were you studying before coming here?"

"I was studying animal grooming" the others all sighed "but I do know a lot about electronics my dad is a repairman I've fixed TV's to microwaves built my own computer with some help"

"Then you might know how to disable the chips, here take a look" Sara said holding out her flashlight pulled from her purse

"um okay" she eased down off the chair where Sara had sat her taking an edge of the bed to sit. Cassie went to William but Tim pushed him back a bit and put his nose in front of her

Bill didn’t need to ask they had to live together till some unknown future date possibly till Tim was sold to someone Sara gently put her hand on Bills head rubbing the horn boss gently

Cassie nodded an moved closer turning the light on Tim tapped his nose she leaned in and looked "lets see her….my god" sitting up

"that’s about what I said"

"that thing is the biggest I've seen definitely a high end CPU chip very custom, and you say it blocks the ability to remember"

"no hon it blocks everything even learned skills to thoughts to dreams everything that makes a person a person their life is simply not there the brain starts over with the new things that are being taught to them like a newborn even the memories of a mothers voice and heart beat inside the womb"

Bill held up the pad "though Tim when his broke remembered the old and then the new right?"

"ress" he wagged his ear as well

"weird, I mean yeah its clearly huge but to be working like that means it might be a self contained computer literally attached to the brain to block it"

Tim gently put his nose against her cheek "rhaim rorry"

She looked at him then smiled slowly nodding rubbing his neck affectionately

She nodded "definitely built for use like this the legs are insulated Ill have to get a hold of my dad and see if he can help he has several friends in the military but that chip is a monster built to survive even a direct overhead EMP hit"

Bill folded his arms over his chest remembering the chips from the shipments

"um EMP Cassie?" Sara asked Tim was confused too

Bill wrote for a moment "electromagnetic pulse usually caused by midair thermo nuke explosion fries computer chips and systems"

Cassie nodded "they make the chips thicker to add redundancy and shielding so that they can survive an this one has that my dad showed me some older chips from missiles and friends had given to him old declassified things but still very distinctive"

She looked up Bills nose "and they are the same chip can I have the pad an pen please" Bill gave them over she made a large rectangle and looking up Tim's nose then Bills

She made notes on her drawing prongs per side to numbers and identifying logos finally looking at Bill "you were Takashima security"

"ress"

"then didn’t you see any of this going on?"

"rittle, rodd rings re read rof recurity ras rorking rif"

”Takashima, and was deflecting Williams suspicions" Sara filled in "resss"

"ah so you did see some thing going on"

he nodded to her and pointed to the pad "ri rhot rhit"

she nodded "you said both of you hit your heads and that woke you up?"

"ress"

he took the pad back and wrote a bit "the fact Tim sneezed out a bit of the chip and it was sizzling, hot smoke came out of his nose" Cassie read then looked up Tim's nose then the other side "yeeaaah I can just see that a bit of tissue is covering it up"

she then looked up Bills nose "wow ok I can see how yours broke too but only just. Your chip is flat broke in half William if you get a sinus infection or something that makes the tissues swell it will show the crack really clear"

"so we keep my Bully Toro healthy then, Cassie can you help?"

"my dad he's the one, he has experience with all sorts of electronics and friends in the military as well if anyone can tell me how to disable this thing and what it can do its them I was going to go see him next week but I can go see him this Friday and show him this talk to him see what can we do to get some help in fact I was going to ask if you could keep an eye on 21..err Tim"

Bill wrote on the pad "no you call him 217 till he's given an official name otherwise you'll slip and the AA's will catch us"

Sara nodded as Cassie looked to her "the AA's far as Bill has seen of them the security ones are humans changed but no chip which is why we have that disturbing feeling with them around"

Bill wrote again 'I know you felt it Cassie that uneasy feeling like your being hunted it’s an old instinctive reaction to a threat don’t lose it. They are really watching for those who wake up from the chips were a huge risk to Takashima if it were to get out that he's enslaving humans changing them via viral means he'd be in deep HBED shit'

She nodded "yeah he would ok so"

"yes id be happy to keep an eye on 217 Cassie he should be good"

both HBED's laughed a hurfing sound

Bill though wrote more 'you be very careful Cassie don’t talk in the open about us Takashima will likely have you followed or monitored just as a matter of necessity

talk with him where you know electronic observation wont be possible try to make sure he understands how many hundreds of people are at risk here alone'

Cassie's face paled a bit "god four training centers around the country several hundred HBED's to each one"

"Cassie several thousand and the towers are converting more every day" Sara added

Bill got an idea and went over to the laptop and started typing Sara looked and smiled "good idea Bully Toro" patting him on the arm

he after several minutes printed it out a detailed explanation letter to Cassie's father

"give it to your dad when you think its safe to, Cassie it explains the need for secrecy and asks for federal help and a way to reach us here. Your TFM messenger? William"

he wagged his ear yes

"okay then its decided anyone else you want me to talk to?"

"id say my sister but she'd panic and think your one of Takashima's people ill have to text her soon to let her know were ok so far"

the days till Cassie left were calm and uneventful classroom teaching of things like how to clean a home, grooming and bathing oneself they even started teaching proper responses to human orders the yes sir or madam

Cassie delivered Tim to Sara as she was heading out just after breakfast affectionately rubbing and hugging him she waved and left in her car Tim had advised her of parking her car let her father drive them around as her car was likely carrying a tracker no use in showing where she was going for Takashima's people who didn’t need it any easier

They went to classes her leading them both they were getting physical exercising today Bill had actually been looking forward to it he needed a good workout to get better acquainted with his limits

Tim finger wrote 'she's got a nice body I'm surprised you haven't shown some interest unless your gay I didn’t mean to you know insult you'

Bill wagged an ear 'its ok I'm not gay I just don’t want to get so involved id hate to hurt her we have enough risks to worry about'

Tim wagged his ear but clearly didn’t agree

They walked into the open air arena many sets of exercise equipment had been moved in weights to medicine balls everyone lined up and the HBED's crouched down on their hind legs tails just relaxed on the ground

The lead trainer Frank walked along noting Sara he walked over "since you’ve got 217 and William your going to have double the work plus Mr. Takashima wants his usual report on William so pay attention alright"

Looking to the boys "you two best be good for Sara no trouble"

"ress sirr"

"ress sirr" both bowing their heads down to him

"good, good" he walked out and got the local public address speakers on to his headset "ladies and gentlemen trainers, today we begin the weekly physical exercise training now that the HBED's have grown into their adult phase their muscles and skeletons need the work to strengthen and develop fully and healthy

this will also stimulate the males hormonal systems so those of you with males keep an eye out for aggression between them

we made close examination of them in the obstacle course challenge and scheduled full endurance testing for each that will show up on your terminals the day of their test your excused from the other classes that day as the test will run for hours

now today its basically work them out find their limits and then bring it down a bit and do repetition to build up past that limit certain HBED will require special attention that is already accounted for

our resident specials are William 221AB1A Zeus 293AD1A Heart Fire 662 AC1A they due to the 1A variant will have greater limits and require weights above what the machines can provide we have made extra to add for them they also have a page or two more reports to make so do make sure you get those filled out by tomorrow

alright everyone get them warmed up stretch them muscles before you work them! Make sure when the bell rings you stop and get them water we don’t want any hospital visits and I mean NONE"

Sara smiled as she turned to them "alright boys lets get to work" she led them through stretching exercises then over to a rack of weights to carry as they ran she loaded Tim down with nearly 200 then she looked at Bill whispering "four?" he wagged an ear

He stood up and felt the weight settle in the pack something in this new body wanted this like an itch that needed to be scratched it wanted to work and hard as possible

The trainers jogged along the inside of the track as the HBED's went along the outside both got more weight on the first lap around

Bill's split hoofs bit deep in the track surface the lead trainer jogged along with Sara as he watched "how much is that Sara?"

"he's at 475 so far I figured we'd add more after this lap"

"yeah he's got some reserve remember were pushing them find his limit then back down a bit"

"yes sir"

"217 is just about right from the way his leg muscles are bunching id say add another 20 and let that ride doing good Sara doing good" he went over to others who were on machines

after thirty minutes the lead trainer rang a bell "check their heart rates then get water" he came over and had Bill kneel down fingers to the neck he looked at his watch as Sara checked Tim's after a moment he looked to her

"how much weight Sara? His heart rate was right where it needed to be"

she was writing Tim's down as the lead trainer took the pad and wrote Bill's down seeing the weight "550lbs well damn that’s a serious load and he's not tired and 217 right on target good"

he went over towards the water station the PA came on "alright people one thing you'll give them as we work today is mineral salt tabs they are going to need them after a bit ill have them out next water break the HBED's will know when they need it so offer but don’t force it"

Bill and Tim unloaded the Packs onto the racks as others came over and put them on Sara ran an got the water bottles Bill could feel the blood flowing to his hot leg muscles his lungs felt good he shook his head a bit for the first time feeling the pure physical power he had now and every lady AB there made moo's and clearly attentive eyes

Tim saw that and stood a bit straighter several of the trainers chuckled at the responses to William

Him and Tim walked around to cool down as Sara had told them to do she came up with the water "here you are boys" they both gulped some down but not all as she took it back she led them over to the weights

The AD ram Zeus was on the next machine drinking water his weights were augmented with large hunks of chain and lead blocks on them

He Snorted at Bill pushing himself up then pushing up close nose to nose with him trying to force Bills nose under his chin though the ram was shorter by a foot

Bill snorted back with such force the rams head hair fluffed back

his trainer and Sara were immediately pushing them apart "easy William eaasssyy"

"come on Zeus get back to work, so that’s Takashima's favorite AB huh"

Sara smiled looking at the weights on Zeus machine "He's an AB1A an yes he is"

She set the weight pin to the max on Bill's machine then got Tim to help adding the extras stacked there till she had more on it than what Zeus did

She whispered to him as she showed him how to do it "show that arrogant rack of lamb what you can do Bully Toro"

He hoped he could do it he'd never lifted more than Tim this was hundreds more pounds

He had Zeus attention and his trainer as he gripped the handles and pushed the weight up smoothly then eased it back down

"can you lift more William?" "ress please" "alright" she got Tim's help again to add another set of chains and lead blocks he pushed and felt the muscles bunch up blood vessels coming up a bit he snorted and shoved the weight up and eased it down smoothly

he looked at Zeus who folded his ears back a bleated softly his trainer shook her head a bit "damn that’s a lot"

the lead trainer came over and blinked in shock as Bill started his reps "holy shit Sara he's benching 1600 lbs that’s 600 over the human record"

"that’s MY Bully Toro! Showing Zeus who's the boss!" she proudly folded her arms smiling at the lead trainer "and that’s I think still under his limit"

he checked Bills arm muscles feeling them as he lifted "yeah but its real close to it you keep an eye on him nice an smooth reps nothing fast he'll tear a tendon" he smiled at her and as he walked by her "excellent Sara excellent"

she took her notes and got Tim to lifting when the bell rang she came back with fresh water and the tablets

Bill sat up sweat dripping arms hot with effort he stood as Zeus did and as he exhaled slowly the ram put his nose under Bill's chin then moved off with his trainer to do other exercises Bill snorted and came back to sit down at Sara's encouragement

She smiled an rubbed his arms firmly as he drank some water she held the tablet out to him one whiff of the minerals and he had to keep from drooling "you want this William?"

"Ress" holding his mouth open a bit of drool dribbled she plopped it in and he let it melt drinking water washed it down

she took another bottle of water and sprayed a bit over his head rubbing it in the water actually steamed a bit he looked at Tim who was panting a bit but water and tablet were recovering him

he fingered to Bill as Sara rubbed his arms 'good lord Bill you were lifting a ton'

'not quite that'd be two thousand' with a grin

Tim snorted in mirth 'nearly hell you were triple what I was doing and I'm beat ill bet you could keep going'

He smiled wiggling his ear feeling the huge surge of hormones and blood flowing around he'd have to thank Takashima for the body as he killed him with it cause right now it felt like a gods

After hours more of work Tim and many others were sidelined exhausted Bill Zeus the AC heart fire and a group of security AA's that decided to work out were still at it the AA's watching the HBED's as they worked Bill was lifting with his legs what he'd done with his arms his eyes on the AA's he snorted at them his own hormones pushing it past better sense

Sara actually smacked him gently with a towel "Behave William"

"ress rmadam" his ears folding back he tucked his head a bit

The AA's alpha female chuckled then the others with her like a pack of hyenas

Sara decided to enforce the humans over HBED's glaring at them as a group "what are you bunch of AA's laughing at? Do you want to provoke a confrontation with a fertile hormone charged powerfully strong AB1A Bull or are you all in need of remedial training in behavior?"

They looked to the alpha who said nothing

Sara marched over towards them "I asked you a question AA! Answer me!"

Even the lead trainer looked from his clipboard

"no madam" she tucked her head a bit

"id have to say then your mistaken you do need further training, as to pursue a fight with him is clearly going to get one or more of you killed as he knows how to handle AA's or you failed your basic training in behavior now which is it?"

the AA alpha growled softly either Sara didn’t hear it or chose to ignore it Bill heard it and stood up Sara didn’t even look she just pointed at him "William stay! Don’t you move understand"

"ress Rmadam" he snorted again feeling the blood surge as he crouched down head lowering like a battle ram aimed for the alpha

"now AA which is it and don’t you dare growl at me again I am a human! You are a HBED! Now answer me"

a pair of human security came hurrying up the lead trainer pointed at them an shook his head no

the alphas collar communicator clicked on ”answer her AA or I will have you disciplined" Takashima said clearly not pleased this had progressed to this point

"NO! Madam we are trained we did not fail our behavior training"

"then clearly your being quite stupid by choice aren't you, even so far as to force Mr. Takashima to become involved with your stubborn refusal to obey an order"

the alpha bowed her nose to the ground "yes madam"

"I would recommend you do not taunt fertile HBED males with females around or their trainers you wouldn’t like the results AA, a very regrettable way to end your service to Mr. Takashima"

"yes madam may we go?"

"yes"

the AA turned to her pack snarled and they all walked away the human guards behind them

the lead trainers phone rang and he answered "yes, yes sir alright yes sir" walking over to her "Mr. Takashima" holding the phone out to her

she took it "yes sir?"

"Sara that was remarkably dangerous and also foolish but clearly it was needed and you had total control. It also demonstrates something I knew you had in you, courage and willpower your excellent control over William who as you said knows how to handle AA's

those AA's are also not happy with him as in the early training taught them all to well an AB bull is nothing to trifle with he fought well even restrained but he had to be taught a lesson

this clearly was time for Ginny the AA to learn hers you were quite correct to put her in her place. She is just a HBED and must obey humans as alpha she could lead the others into disobedience and that is unacceptable. So I thank you Sara for your courage but please don’t back an AA into a fight I do not wish to find out you were hurt"

"oh I'm sure Mr. Takashima that if they had advanced on me William would have made them regret it quite painfully but thank you very much for your concern I do appreciate it a great deal"

"well then if you must be this way then I will have to use that fire to its fullest you can now consider yourself assistant to the lead trainer it’s a position that has been open looking for the right person for the job"

"Mr. Takashima thank you but not if it takes William from me I haven't finished his training"

Bill had heard all of it so had Tim the lead trainer had Bill sit down an then Tim

He was trying to get her attention trying to help her

"well indeed I was right, you are indeed just the trainer for my William the best fitting for his needs your courage an strength of will must be why he obeys you so well I would be" he chuckled "foolish as Ginny for coming between you and William you may continue to train him but if the work becomes too much"

"it wont Mr. Takashima William is a fast learner and hasn’t given me any problems I didn’t do to myself and thank you I have to admit I've come to like the big lug a lot"

"so I have heard Bully Toro an interesting knick name" he chuckled again "then please have a good evening Sara let me speak to Frank"

"yes sir and thank you" handing the phone over to the head trainer he had been clearly expecting the worst but then blinked

"yes sir, yes sir alright will do sir and thank you good evening sir"

he looked at the phone then her and smiled "well that went unexpectedly, next time Sara take a hint back off alright"

"I've kinda had it with the AA's acting like snobbish pains in the tails sorry sir"

"well go get these two cleaned up an head to dinner ill talk to you tomorrow about your new job duties" he looked at William for a moment "hell having him around you, might even make them easier to do"

their bathing took up two huts HBED stations she watched with great pride as they scrubbed and washed the dust an sweat out

Bill leaned against the water pouring out watching it drain away to the center grate his horns were itchy and when he rubbed them they were red hot to the touch

he knelt down after getting out Tim was still scrubbing

"Rhot rmadam" pointing to his head

"hot? Let me check" she felt his head and found the quite warm spots feeling the fur coming off on her fingers "your horns must be growing after all that work today I'm not surprised your hormones kicked started them into growing its okay William"

"rank Rou rmadam" as several HBED's and their trainers went by he got up and she stepped back as he shook a majority of the water out a quick toweling off a fast brush through the thicker head and neck fur then the chest and groin

Tim nearly shook off with William right there and she saved him just in time

dinner was a filling meal and some mineral tablets in bowls like the salt was for the trainers he slept easy knowing the AA's were outside the hut intentionally scraping the wood with a claw trying to disturb them it didn’t work

he stretched in the morning with Tim who finger wrote about the sounds Bill wagged his ear to confirm it 'they don’t like spirit Tim, Sara showed them hers all to well'

their first class was being taught to read Bill was trying to think of why they would teach a slave servant race to read

one of the trainers asked just about the same and the instructor paused her lesson "well think of it this way an owner is out most of the day at work and has to work late well the HBED shouldn’t have to starve a simple text message to a home terminal telling them to feed themselves an go to bed keep dinner warm various servant duties they would need to read for that"

"but with cell phones"

"have you ever seen HBED's try to operate a cell phone? The buttons are far too tiny and their ears are placed in the wrong spot for them to effectively use them no a text to a home terminal is more than sufficient a normal house phone might be useable by them an will be taught later"

and with that they started lessons in reading which quickly improved their speech skills a HBED came in with a box looking around then showed the instructor a note "ah Sara!"

"yes?"

"a box for you from the head trainer likely your new headset and congratulations on your promotion"

"thank you maam"

the HBED walked over and gave her the box flirting a bit with William her brown an white tail sliding along his side an belly as she turned an walked away

Sara fitted it in her ear an it clicked she spoke softly so not to offend the instructor "hello?"

"ahh good she got it to you its Frank listen I know your in class soon as its over before the next one head over to the pens and help check in the 2 new loads of HBED's coming in.. mostly keep them damn AA's away from the pens they like to spook the babies help out a bit alright? Shouldn’t take too long you'll make your next class in plenty of time"

"alright sir will do"

"not sir Sara were going to be working together a lot so just Frank alright? Any questions just tap the com set and ask for me got to go"

on the way over to the pens she had them repeating words back to her as they walked and sure enough a trio of AA's were near by making it hard for the handlers to unload the HBED's chuckling an whispering behind a wall the smell of them enough to cause the issues

"AA's! " they spun and yelped William stood there chest out he snorted then Tim did

"You have been told not to be around the unloading as it makes it difficult to do the job without stressing the young HBED's clearly your childish behavior shows you need further training in obedience as Mr. Takashima has told me disobedience will not be tolerated! MOVE your tails report for further obedience classes!"

"yes Madam" came from all three as they slinked away and then ran the handlers along the unloading area all cheered

she walked over getting thanks from the handlers "what can I do to help speed this up?" several had turned to look at William

"wow! He grew" one lady at the arm band removing station

Sara smiled "yes he did" the HBED's were still balking at unloading "hmm William tell them its ok they're safe now"

He let out a loud Moo that echoed over the walls of the pens they all looked an responded in their own ways calmed and went along smoothly he stood near the raceway they sniffed him as they went by the handlers were impressed

Sara explained the dominance thing that they likely looked to him as the lead bull if he said it was ok then it was, the others understood via smell from the AB's

They all smiled just happy she'd come the job done she had William carry her quickly back to the classes area Tim right behind them

The rest of the weekend was spent worrying about Cassie and new duties Sylvia helped Sara a bit with report writing as she was a faster typist Cassie came in late Sunday night clearly quite pleased she got Tim and headed for bed

Sara looked at Bill who held up the pad "its better if she doesn't jump right in to your room after being gone me an Tim have discussed this to make sure she's okay first"

Sara nodded "are you okay me being so much busier?"

He wrote 'yes actually it works into our favor you keep climbing the ladder it will get you closer to areas where information might be telling what Takashima is up to that is urgently important'

She moved over and hugged him rubbing her cheek on his neck "thank you for helping me William you took a big chance on me. I wont fail your faith in me I just wanted to let you know that very much" kissing his cheek she climbed back into bed and turned the lights out

He meant what he'd told Tim he didn’t want a relationship right now not that her being human an him HBED made that any easier to do in fact it would likely bring all sorts of further issues no he would have to avoid it at all costs

In the morning the girls met up and Cassie was all a bubble congratulating Sara on the promotion and thank her again for taking care of Tim while she was gone Bill was talking to Tim

'so she ok'

'yes just really happy she actually got a lot of help apparently the feds were already sniffing around Takashima's buildings trying to figure things out, she filled in some huge blanks for them but she'll detail it all tonight'

the day left Bill and Sara running around helping frank he got a lot of exercise carrying Sara around quickly to needed help points to classes an then the room so they could catch a quick bite to eat after missing lunch to help Frank

"I swear Frank is not the head trainer he's in charge of the facility for the amount he does every day" taking a bite from her sandwich "mmm BLT"

he was crunching HBED chow she'd gotten him some carrots as well they were like eating candy sticks to him she also slipped him a salt tablet which helped when they had to drop everything to run back out to the rear of the property to recover an escaped upset AB female

Bill hoped it wasn't a awakened sleepwalker there were just too many witnesses she'd already knocked her handler out cold and was tangled in the fencing she'd run headlong into it collapsed and dropped its barb and razor wire assembly top onto her

she was mooing and trying to thrash he Mooed softly at her, ears moving carefully to ascertain her reaction if it was a trap for him it would be just like Takashima Bill caught the scent of AA around her

she Mooed softly back clearly in pain and scared he moved up so she could see him she moved a bit the wire rattling Sara came up slowly "its okay 384 easy now"

she Mooed and tried to move Bill Mooed a warning at her she froze blinking at him her lovely face cut she was also bleeding a lot the Doc came driving up in a small service buggy with security following close behind Sara darted back to them to get them to slow down telling them she was all tangled in the wire and was in a full panic

the Doc set down a case "I've got a tranquilizer ready" opening the bolt action on a rifle

"but she's all cut up wont that make it worse" Sara asked

"we cant get her out of the wire if she's thrashing about and if her adrenaline levels are up it wont take effect fast enough but I cant hit her with a bigger dose that would kill her"

Sara saw the AA's coming turning to the security officers "get them out of here NOW" they jumped and hurried to run the AA's off "damn AA's always making things more difficult, alright doctor let me have the sedative I'm small enough to climb in there and give it to her William is keeping her calm we don’t have a lot of time she's bleeding out"

He filled a syringe and gave it to her she walked over to Bill whispering "she a sleepwalker?"

He wagged both ears far as he could tell she wasn’t

"ok lift me in over that tangle I can then climb in to her"

"ress rmadam" he Mooed reassuringly to her then lifted Sara up around the chest

her headset chirped she tapped it "I'm busy saving a HBED Mr. Takashima I am sorry but please hold" tossing it behind her to the Doc who just caught it from hitting the ground

Bill moved in slowly mooing to the female reassuring her with a slow approach he was able to step over a series of barb wires Sara telling him to go slow watch the wires softly

then he leaned out to set Sara down in a clear area between the triple fence line the middle fence had fallen in towards the female the inner she'd ran over in her panic

"someone get some tools out here wire cutters or something hurry!"

a couple handlers and a trainer hurried off fast the Doc was staying back "try to get it into the muscle around the hip better would be around the neck"

"ill try doctor she's got barbwire wrapped around her neck and razor wire tangled around her leg and chest easy now 384 easy I'm not going to hurt you, William tell her its ok"

he Mooed softly the reassurance call he'd used for a long time now she replied softly as Sara finally got close she gently touched her hip Sara pulled her jeans free of a barb an flinched a bit off a point of the razor wire sticking out

"easy now easy" she didn’t immediately give her the injection Bill knew Sara would check he hoped that this wasn’t a trap

she whispered to the female AB "are you in a nightmare you understand that escape isn't possible they have a chip in your neck they can track you for miles"

Bill was watching intently ready for a fight but the female only Mooed again this one was clearly one of pain not a spy alerting anyone

Sara gently slipped the needle in and gave her the shot and after a few moments she sighed and relaxed

Sara directed him to help with a fallen fence post to move the wire as they cut it free the razor wire springing a bit with a bent tip of the post able to hold the wire wrapped around the female as it was cut lose Sara climbed out of the tangle

"William pick her up gently" he crouched down and got her out of the mess

walking out to the Doctor he grimaced "need to get her to the hospital right now"

Sara nodded "William take her to the hospital NOW run! Hurry!"

he bowed his head to her and ran for the hospital they were right behind in the buggy too small to carry the HBED he leaped over a raceway feet clopping as he hit hard and cradling the lady to his chest her blood dripping over his legs

leaping up a series of ramps he surged forward leaping over a pair of AA's who ducked and yelped chasing after him he bounded over a rail and ran faster he bellowed as they got into the classroom and cabin areas. people and HBEDS were in the way the nights last class letting out

people and HBED's dodged or ducked out of the way yelling at him or calling out the buggy nearly hit the AA's that were chasing him as they came from the longer way around he could hear Sara yelling at them to stop it

he slid around a corner gravel spraying a bit as he surged ahead. out of nowhere amidst the shadows the alpha AA and her pair of helpers were right in front him there was an odd gleam to her eyes she snarled bearing every tooth she had and she ran at him clearly meaning to attack

Sara and the Doc saw this from behind him she was already calling security to call her off William

the Doc said something about crazy AA's and Bill knew this was a setup somehow they had panicked this lady into this issue

The distance closed as the pair with the alpha AA skidded to a stop but she kept on coming her jaws opened to strike he leaped up stomping his hoof right down on her nose with a crunch then another the middle of her back which slammed her to the ground with a deep huff of air and a yelp of major pain

He kept running right between the pair of AA's and headed for the hospital he slid a bit on the entry bashing into a sliding door that was too slow nurses had a gurney already moving towards the door

He heard the door crash to the floor as he'd knocked it off the track he cringed multiple nurses were telling him to set her down he did carefully they rushed her inside the Doc hopping a bit over the broken door to run past an inside

Sara came walking up talking to Takashima "ill get William to cleaning the glass up right now sir, I do think we got her here quick enough to save her, yes sir I think its damn strange the AA alpha Ginny was waiting for him to come running with her yes sir the pair with her listened to orders to stand down and did so instantly"

She patted him gently on the back he was bloody and sweaty panting a bit huffing just a little he looked at her "rohkay?"

"yes William its okay, go get a broom please lets clean this mess up, yes sir Ginny is being helped to the hospital now I definitely think her nose is busted possibly her back as well she was intent on killing sir, yes sir yes" she sighed "yes sir I can only believe you know best in this case"

she led him over to a closet and gave him the broom out of it "yes sir Frank is on his way now the outer fence is intact the inner and middle are both down I don’t think the center was solidly built it crashed down on the female HBED, no sir I haven't had the chance to speak to her trainer he is also being brought to the hospital unconscious at this time"

Bill swept up the glass and set the door frame to the side he got the dust pan and the trash can from the janitorial cart finishing up the glass cleanup he saw Ginny being carried in on a cart her back legs limp and face broken blood soaking into a blanket the trainer was next on a gurney

Sara came over with a nurse

"with all that blood I cant tell if he's been hurt any but Mr. Takashima wants him given a quick check over"

the nurse did after pulling on gloves "no he's fine not even a scrape he might have a bruise from the door hit but if it bothers him we can give him something for it"

"thank you"

he bowed his head to the nurse "rhank rouu"

she smiled "your quite welcome William"

Frank came in saw the whole thing patted Sara on the shoulder William had crouched down on his haunches near the doorway where HBED's were supposed to wait

they discussed what went on for a moment then the two AA's with Ginny came in without their security harnesses flanked by another pair of AA's

Frank turned to them "alright you two Ginny was the cause of this wasn’t she, answer me truthfully or ill have you destroyed right now"

they lowered their heads "yes sir" came from both

"an there we have it again AA's do not like William because he killed the one at the breeding pens guarding a fertile female against a rouge AA" Sara nearly snorted fire

Frank nodded "and at this point Mr. Takashima agrees with you Sara, Ginny if she does recover may be destroyed outright for being unstable, you two will go back through training until you learn proper obedience another episode of this will get all security AA's disciplined am I clear on this AA's"

they whined all bowing their noses to the ground "yes sir"

"good now get out of here put these two on chains at the fence breach till its repaired take their food to them"

"yes sir" came from the human guards

they all left Frank and Sara walked out to William sitting on the pad he looked to Sara clearly a bit upset "are you worried about the broken door my William?" gently rubbing his head

"ress, rad Rilliam" lowering his head in shame "roke roor"

Frank rubbed his head "its ok William Mr. Takashima said so"

distasteful as it was "faather rokay?" perking up

"yes he said it was okay" Sara smiled "lets go get you cleaned up and some dinner since our lunch got interrupted, want some carrots?"

he smiled "ress rease rmadam" tail whipping happily

they walked back a groundskeeper was washing the blood off the gravel where he'd stomped Ginny flat they went on, as he bathed Sara explained to Cassie and Sylvia along with several others what went on

they got a replacement meal and soon as he hit his bed he was asleep Cassie and Sara talking to Sylvia

the next day was quiet hardly anything but exercising and a cleaning house class again learning how to mop dust and sort laundry he got an A in it they did a few jobs to help Frank, Bill watching as Sara sorted applications for purchasing a HBED the credit ratings being the biggest factor

he noted that the ones they wanted most were the midrange ones likely to not only repossess the HBED and then convert the former owners when something went wrong though a lot of the best credit ratings were already given a good to buy mark

she was sorting them and handing them to him to put into files then into cases of a hundred his legs were a bit sore from the running last night and then exercising today

Frank came walking up with a smile "384 is going be okay Sara I just came from the hospital AH wow your nearly done excellent"

"hey once you get Sara an William on a job it gets done. I'm glad she's going to recover the scarring is going to be an issue isn't it"

he sighed an nodded "yes likely she's going to be made into a permanent breeder or wet nurse for take in babies her qualities are just too good to see her destroyed"

"her trainer okay?"

"yes he told us what happened she got spooked by Ginny he ran after her to stop it an Ginny bashed him into a wall he is really despondent at how hurt she is Mr. Takashima has already called and told him he's to stay with her long as she lives"

Sara nodded Bill was deep in thought still doing folders trainers like that one needed to know the truth she needed to be set free they all did

That night Cassie and Sylvia with Tim and 233 were enjoying a snack in Sara's cabin Cassie an Sara had decided the best way to explain to Sylvia was to show her and get the update

Sara started by finishing her dinner and set the tray aside "Sylvia we wanted to talk to you for a bit about the boys its very important we need to know can you be trusted to keep a huge secret it can get a lot of people hurt and or killed"

She stopped in mid bite "ah well yes why what's going on something to do with your promotion and the other stuff going on?"

"its part of it the AA alpha Ginny she was nuts because she used to be human"

Sylvia was shocked confused then denial came in looking to Cassie who nodded to the unasked question

William and Tim both had pads which 233 was sniffing William started writing

"oh wow Sara when did they teach …William…to write"

he smiled and held the pad up "I was human just like you Sylvia"

Tim held his up "so was I, with a wife and two kids"

Sara put her hand gently on Sylvia's "William was Takashima security and betrayed by Takashima himself because he found out something he shouldn’t have Tim or 217 he went in for business and they took him and likely his family as well"

She swallowed and set her remaining dinner down "why"

Bill held his pad up 'we don’t know yet but Sara getting that promotion gets us one step closer to being at a Takashima trust level where we can get into the information as to why in my case I do know it was because a guard gave me a copy of what was going on and he got killed for it murdered by AA's

I was supposed to give it to the feds or the media I trusted Takashima I didn’t believe he could be involved in the death of a guard and the other many things going on I went to him and this was my reward for loyalty the thought he cared, a new life where his honor would not be sullied by my death a new life as a HBED and not even a normal one a chimera mix"

Tim lifted his 'they somehow had gotten my mortgage to be near foreclosure all a lie to force me to come in I spoke with Takashima's representatives tried to negotiate with them but they wanted the money immediately or they would take alternate action to settle the debt

They took me after the elevator dropped to the bottom hauled me along the hallway like a rag doll injected me with something an dumped me on a table I heard them saying things about my family it was all new memories from there me a HBED becoming friends with William and 233 only when I hit my head was I set free to be me the me before being converted'

Sylvia was stunned

"and I got to talk to my father and his military friends who got us in with the FBI and some other black ops people they didn’t say who they were but clearly there's something going on Takashima has them all running around in a fit

the chip they did tell me what it does an can do they just didn't know its true use till I told them. The chips guys, are possibly still very dangerous they have a self destruct ability and it might even do more they're just not sure but they gave me a kit of cool stuff to use and check yours an permanently disconnect the ships as well

they're particularly interested in meeting you William your being Takashima security they have a huge list of questions"

he wrote for a moment 'ill bet, no one would have a clue how deep the security control is in a tower the safeguards and monitoring alone'

Cassie nodded "anyhow I told them about your chip an then Tim's they were amazed the safeguards in the chips didn’t activate though in your case William they said it may not have had a chance to charge since it broke just out of the conversion area newly installed an all"

Bill was writing again then held it up 'Tim did have smoke rolling out of his nose and the bit of chip sizzled when it came out with blood and snot'

Tim held his up 'I had a killer headache after that head blow worst migraine ever I thought it was just the hit to the head'

"nope the self destruct feeds an electrical charge to the circuit its attached too to completely destroy it"

Sara took a sip of her drink "in other words their brains, so Sylvia believe this yet? Take a look at the chips" pulling her flashlight out of a pocket and holding it to her to use

She knelt down and went over to 233 telling him easy just wanted to look. The light up his nostril she actually paled. Bill and Tim both lifted their heads a bit for her to look up their noses which she did slowly then sat on her rear staring at the three male HBED's one with such innocent eyes the others with souls that had known pain and love

She knew the AA's their eyes showed much the same but there's there was a madness as well there was none of that here in these eyes

Sara finished her drink tossing the can in the trash "and as William said to me the light comes on she sees the truth"

"there are literally thousands of people trapped like this" Sylvia spoke out

"Rand rmore revery rrday" William said which got Sylvia to look at them again

"all the more reason to keep quiet and secret we free HBED's and tell their trainers we may even have to sell those who we free to owners and they hide there till we can find out what is going to be the big thing, Cassie the feds had no clue?"

"they didn’t say what they knew but what William told them in the note to my dad got their attention they within hours got me this wonderful pedicure kit" she brought it around from the desk unzipped it

"security at the gate looked it over and didn’t find a thing" she pulled apart the cover flap the thick heavy duty hook an loop ripped apart. she pulled out a pair of long wires with thin long handle clamps on them which made up the thickened edge where the case laid out flat

pulling more items from the case the heel sanding block popped open to reveal a circuit board and a large coil of wire to this she connected the leads with clamps then the decorative cover to a lotion can was a silver fan which attached to the block pointing at the coil of wire

she then twisted the toenail cutters around they came apart then fitted together differently long handles came from the ornate emery board and its handle when done she had very long handle right angle cutters that a squeeze of the handles made the narrow thin jaws cut

"the nail polish was my idea it didn’t look right without it" Smiling at them "it’s a cute color"

Bill sighed Tim drooped his head as Sara tossed the pillow at her

"hey! Careful they gave me this too" holding up a large body felt tip marker "it’s a bug killer I used it last night in here an no one noticed"

"risky" William said softly

"why?"

he wrote and held up the pad 'security has bugs everywhere if they don’t id be surprised but in the worst din a note of silence attracts attention where the noise is ignored'

they all nodded to that

"anyhow alright Cassie show us how this works" Sara gestured to her to go

she looked to Sylvia "233 first?"

Sylvia nodded slowly "yes please"

She moved over as the boys got on either side of him just incase she reached in with the leads and shining a bright light locked them on the right legs of the chip the circuit board came alive with numerous tiny LED's flickering colors and settling down

"fully charged diagnostic says its never discharged he should still be in there draining now" touching a small contact on the board the coil heated up the fan blowing the heat away

they all watched as the coil cooled and the lights dimmed till nothing remained she removed the clamps and reached in with the cutters "this will sting I have to press hard to cut it below the tissue to hide its been cut"

she squeezed the handle and 233 Mooed Bill an Tim replied it was ok "that’s the kill lead and" squeezing again "he's free" she moved back the girls all were sitting on the end of the bed

Bill watched as the sleepwalker awakened their long time friend his eyes blinked and he looked first to Tim then Bill his jaw trembled and he went to let out a wailing cry but Bills hand muffled it

"RTOP rit roull ret rus rall raught"

Sylvia came over and hugged his head "shhhh its ok please don’t cry out were friends"

Bill sighed he didn’t mean to be so mean

she was able to calm him down he laid down on the floor sobbing Cassie took care of Tim's chip "discharged least once also nearly dead no power so it almost got you" he wagged his ear an touched his nose to her hand

she moved to Bill and the tingle the leads made him want to sneeze she shook her head "full charge shows its tried to fire four times ill bet the internal parts are shifting rubbing making partial contact well we'll fix this nasty thing" it burned as she cut the leads after discharging it

she took a cotton swab on the end of the modified handle and put it on the cut tissue "clotting agent so you three don’t have a bloody nose tomorrow"

after a bit they got 233 to sit up he shuddered and sniffed hard Sara put a note pad down for him

"do you remember why were here? You do realize if you don’t keep the HBED act going they will kill you and likely catch the rest of us"

he nodded sighing and sobbing a bit "Rhyyyyyy"

"we don’t know yet 233 if we did we’d tell you, what's your name" came from Sylvia as she again sat right in front of him trying to help her hand rubbing gently on his arms

he took the pen up and with a bit of trying started writing then stopped Sylvia picked it up

'my name is Hank, those damn wolves they took me in my place a friend she came to help me get off the street said it was getting dangerous too many going missing they got her too'

William wrote for a moment Sylvia read it out "likely a hunter gatherer team sent out from the tower no one would immediately miss the homeless and street people which are the first ones he started pulling in to the towers"

Hank looked at Bill and leaned on him Bill gently patted him on the back

"Hank we need you to keep being HBED alright were not safe"

he nodded "and to say yes to others like bill or Tim wag one ear to say yes two no alright as HBED's don’t know how to nod a slip like that would be bad"

he took the pad up and wrote "I didn’t ask for this I cant help"

Bill snorted and went nose to nose with him "Rou rrwere Rave ras ray rhhHBED remember! Rhat rou rave reen! Rouh rahnt rou rie rlike rome rhanimal rohr right! Rhight rhor rour rheind rhey rook rsshheee reeds rouh!"

He blinked and sobbed

Sara walked over a lifted hanks head "she mean anything to you? She was captured with you likely she's here! If you want to help her if she means anything to you you'll fight you'll get a backbone or you know who will report you to the AA's I will, I'm not risking my life for a coward"

His eyes went wide "rnoh! RNo! Rease"

Sara sighed "then you do your best you know how to be HBED you three have been friends since the pens that makes you stronger the AA's fear you alright then this is the plan

William the feds are going to want info I want more of those kits as we free HBED's I want more people able to do it and I want help, you know Takashima too well what will make him happy I want that so he trusts us I want the feds to help us alright"

He wagged an ear

"the rest of you be HBED's listen to people the trainers don’t pay you any mind we need to know everything going on around here we need to find trainers who we can trust and tell them then free their HBED's first than just random ones. we build up our forces so start listening for those who don’t like the AA's that don’t like how the HBED's are treated anything we can use"

she smiled

the next day was more helping Frank Sara was checking off quantities of HBED chow being delivered as he was carrying out huge blocks of mineral supplement from the truck stacking them carefully as the forklift had broken down in mid unloading he'd had to shove it out of the truck and push it off to the side to wait for a repair crew to come

he set the last one down and she smiled giving him a piece she'd found in the truck "rahnk rouh rmadam" the salty mineral was delicious

"good boy William sit an wait please" as he did the driver and her checked off the load and she signed it sending him on his way he went for the bathroom while that went on Bill got to get another look at the drilling rig out the back of the property where the freight docks had been put facing out

watching carefully he noticed another forklift carrying a heavy tarp covered container onto a lift he could tell it was very heavy as the forklift struggled under the weight and the lift bounced deeply as the wheels hit it a lucky gust of wind moved the tarp

the symbol he saw made his blood chill the radioactive symbol thinking as he watched the lift descend with its cargo and the supply semi leave the dock. Lead lined container thick enough to strain a 3 ton forklift from the rating on its boom arm ten ft to a side big damn thing and radioactive as well the feds aught to like that info

that night he got into his messenger account and almost immediately a message popped up

HOTandBOthered 'TFM confirm its you in your message your restraint was broken…"

TFM 'in half'

HOTandBOthered 'go here install software'

And the connection died leaving him with a link he used it his protective programs warned of it but he allowed it to install the hard drive started writing and working he watched as different things installed and were modified then it stopped

Waiting a bit a program activated encryption protocols were negotiated and the laptops camera went on he covered it with a finger quickly as it went to a full view of a strategic ops room dozens of people came to a halt or looked up from their terminals the audio he had on low

"connection is active sir the cameras being blocked at source"

"alright TFM the lines secure you can trust us"

he typed with one pencil seeing the words come up in the black preview square "trust comes with time you don’t understand how risky this is for me an others who are awake or helping"

"well we know your one of the HBED's we just need to confirm it"

"can you guarantee that none of your staff there aren't working for Takashima?"

"yes I can"

Bill sighed and uncovered the camera typing with both pencils "then the lives of thousands depend on that fact don’t forget it"

they all were looking "rhi rould ralk rhut rou rhear rmy roblem"

"just a bit of a speech impediment, not used to the way the mouth works?"

he typed 'exactly'

"alright then TFM can you tell us"

Bill held his hand up to stop him and looked outside just incase then typed

'ill give you a gift something I spotted today more will cost you'

"cost? what your going to charge us for information?"

'for help yes I give you information you give us help we need more of those pedicure kits' he smiled 'clever things, and thank you my chip was broken in half but still charged its disabled now we want to start setting HBED's free of them to lay low able to help us here even sell them to people so they're safe away from the training facility'

"ah okay I see your trading info for that kind of help well we planned on that"

'yes but on your schedule which may not be good for us remember Mr. Human we as HBED's have no rights other than which animals have were being sold bred and destroyed if Takashima wants he could have us all barbequed for blinking wrong'

they all got an uncomfortable embarrassed look

'I see you all forgot that part I'm just like you inside this damn HBED body I didn’t ask for this those crazy damn AA's yes them damn werewolves they wanted it and look at them doing things no sane human would'

"alright so who are, were you what was your human identity"

'cant tell you it would set off Takashima red flags when I was security we would get warnings from the information division that people were being investigated or checked on by police or others even credit checks were reported to Takashima'

"alright we wondered just how deep his ears listened"

'here is your important freebie today I saw at the drilling rig which isn't one, its painted an camouflaged to look like it’s a crane. A 3 ton forklift moving a ten by ten square container so heavy it was nearly overloaded to the lift inside the rig where it went down a shaft the container had the radiation warning placard on it under the tarp covering it"

the agents eyes had gone a bit wide his cheeks a tiny bit of color others had started typing quickly 'I gather this is a bit of a shock to you'

"yeah just a bit we don’t know how Takashima is moving that kind of cargo around so easy"

'lead lined sealed containers inside other containers remember Takashima incorporated owns shipping companies construction rail air if he wants something it will get there eventually'

"what's the security there like"

'heavy, triple fence line motion sensors in the empty areas cameras listening devices the AA's who are totally loyal to Takashima and are either crazy or nearly so never chipped patrol in two's or three's though they are mostly looking for sleepwalkers that wake up'

"HBED's who break free of the chip"

'yes, if the failsafe in the chip fails they take them to be lobotomized'

the agent swallowed Bill watched his adams apple bob as he did it

'my turn to ask what is he doing why converting people into pets an servants?'

"we have several leads TFM your note helped a lot"

'answer me what is he doing? You have some idea the radioactive container spooked you'

he looked behind him another older agent came forward "it would be best if we didn’t tell you your not safe to inform of current situation"

'I am safer than you all are Takashima's people are the best the AA's are impossible to detect and fierce as they are blood thirsty isn't a bloody enough descriptor if you want more information then your going to share

I was a lieutenant in his security with years of experience I know how he works and his systems. Paranoid and Takashima are one in the same'

the older agent whispered to the younger one then back and forth

"alright TFM tell us where you were converted and we will tell you what we know"

he described the little he'd seen of the conversion line the cart incident which was how his chip was broken and the subsequent conversion of the men who'd failed at assembly the pens the learning to walk the loss of the lady and he told them about Steven all the little personal details he left out

he noticed them making notes and nodding

"well TFM we didn’t know the facilities he'd built were that extensive under his towers thank you"

he took a page from the older agent "that Steven you mentioned he was a guard for Takashima originally?"

"ress"

they spoke for a moment then looked back "he was reported missing by his ex-wife"

'I caught him one night banging a blonde on a grounds keepers golf cart hood while on duty he went to Takashima after being fired and never seen again several more of Takashima security disappeared as well we had to adjust schedules an such to cover for the losses

I didn’t know what had happened till the night Takashima betrayed me and Steven with his AA hunters tried to catch me I nearly escaped the tower but Kenneth head of Takashima Houston security slammed a metal door in my face so hard fractured my skull I woke up converted'

Several agents shook their heads

"alright well we know he's doing this in every city with a tower we've intercepted other radioactive shipments clearly though they were meant to distract us from the bigger ones we did catch a lucky break a driver was forced to open his rig for a random inspection and we found five of those containers like you mentioned

they had nuclear bombs in them with odd configurations and shielding attachments were trying to figure them out"

'the driver is dead or missing an so is the officers who forced him to open the trailer aren't they'

they blinked "uh yeah missing actually, only the truck is left cause we had it in route to a military base for examination"

'alert the base they eventually will be attacked by AA's to recover those bombs electronics will be useless around them'

"already done, the ghosts in the real world fits all too well a competitor of Takashima's provided us some of your text messages to them they gave us film proof of the wolves stealth"

'you’ve captured one already haven't you? seen its fanatical loyalty'

he shook his head "yeah we have, now your turn again"

'I'm sorry HBED's have sensitive hearing and visual acuity I can see the changes in your eyes and skin tone hear the stress or lack of in your voice being I was Takashima security I was trained to observe and gain info from those cues I don’t mean to make you uncomfortable'

"um alright so your former Takashima security could you get us into the computer systems?"

Bill typed 'the system is isolated from the outside net by four systems of computers dedicated to keeping virus and other problems out to negotiate through all four before an alert caused the path to be cut is impossible

you would need the code prefix for that month, identity code of an employee with sufficient access level, the daily assigned access code for that employee and the supervisors access identification a watchdog program monitors all access from outside the tower any time it even begins to look suspicious it disconnects

trust me the only way into Takashima's computer net is from the inside if you could some how get a backdoor installed past the watchdogs you could then theoretically then get access to level 4 and below security code clearance'

"why not any higher"

'locked out for outside access you have to be on a Takashima terminal inside the building for any higher'

"and all of this has to be top level highest security"

'yes and likely not entirely all on the computer system due to that Takashima still has paper filing for ultra secret projects a sealed coded time locked vault door allows entry to that area of the 50th floor the head of Takashima security or highest ranking officer available and the office manager must be there to open it'

"damn you really were telling the truth, paranoid is Takashima in a word"

'and he is clearly over reached right now as his security hasn't caught on to this communication your people keeping an eye on things and I'm glad finally I can talk to someone about this and get help'

"were trying TFM Takashima caught us with our pants down" he sighed made a mental decision from his change of expression

"alright we got an agent into the north east HBED training center where four shipments of those containers have made it in she described a mining shaft and equipment painted to as you said look like a crane

the security was incredibly tight she had to kill five AA's to get into the shaft and said they had been busy with a tunnel boring machine the walls were all well built she got up to where the business end of the tunnel was, having to kill 2 more guards and found the entire thing mined out for a huge cavern the direction and location of this cavern is unknown

she didn’t get a chance to look around as the AA's now in force chased her out and she just got clear of the shaft got the data burst to us and disappeared there has been no sign of her since"

'if she was taken alive they will have converted her into a HBED purely thinking like Takashima what better way to force information out of someone then to threaten conversion let them see what happens and do it let them free of the chip then let them live be bred like an animal the mental destruction would break anyone'

the older agent clearly didn’t like that and walked forward "you have no proof that she was taken at all you stupid animal they couldn’t break her"

the younger agent glared at the older one

'no, but I have lived in the conversion pens I survived them to see the sun again I was milked like an animal for semen, degraded having to learn how to piss and shit to walk to talk petted and treated like one to hide and wait when any normal human would have tried to escape

if it were not for my desire to kill Takashima id given up and let the animal win, you sir have no clue what it is like to wake up to this! A nightmare you cant escape!' he snorted at the screen

'death is a blessing denied agent it’s a happy dream forever out of reach yes Takashima gave me a body that can bench press sixteen hundred pounds I can run for long distances carrying a quarter ton but look at me I am the cursed Minotaurous the product of beast an woman and worse yet I'm not even like the others I'm a chimera a mix of bovine genetics and others

nether human nor animal where would I be accepted agent? Where could I go to work to make a living? To have a home? No agent you don’t look beyond today much less tomorrow already here they are segregating the HBED from human and its totally okay! because we aren't human… but a humans color race creed or gender means nothing to the HBED conversion line they all convert equally ready in months for the market just for other humans to enjoy'

he shut the laptop and fumed

Sara gently put her arms around his neck "I was watching and listening talk to them again later"

he sighed as his body trembled a bit "rwe ront rhave rime rfor rhis rrap" getting up he sat down on his bed and got a drink of water flopping out on his bed

she opened the laptop and messaged her sister and the camera program came online again after a bit the agent looking rather surprised

"um"

"I'm TFM's trainer and you recently talked to my sister about Takashima and the messages"

"Ahh! Um is TFM still there?"

"he's a bit bullishly pissed at you right now an HBED bodies amplify emotional states a lot we don’t want the laptop squashed so talk to me for now alright

I was listening and watching basically from what I see an we now know from you and he knows the only way to get the information needed is to get into a tower past the guards and systems to get the paper records and access to the internal computer net if we could get into one could your people make something so you can access the data without them knowing?"

The young agent looked at the others around him a bit "I'm sure we could why?"

"I have ideas so hear me out now we have people here who have missing family even knowing their number would help them just to know if they lived or died in the conversion process so we want the files too

so right now there's three HBED's free of the chips we want more we want to find the fighters the spies you need inside the HBED market and the training facility and I have the way to do it we know Takashima is paranoid but he loves profit and he wants his plan to go forward

if you jump the gun and cause him difficulty those chips in the HBED's heads will kill thousands so everything we do has to be sly clever and quiet

I got promoted to assistant lead trainer and already I'm seeing hints of what they want middle class people to buy HBED's then they cant make all the payments on their HBED repossess it and convert the family to recover the loss"

"really?"

"really me an Wi, uhhh TFM were sorting the applications for the office here. Sorry I almost let his name slip" she smiled at the agent "I don’t know if you have the technology but the forklift which broke down the other day is why he got to spy on the rig, the repair truck from the company owns the leased lift still hasn’t come around

perhaps your men could fix the lift while some kind of remote launcher shoots a sticky camera up onto the side of the freight dock into the dark trim above the painted concrete it would give you an excellent view of the drilling rig

we know the cameras will watch and follow your men but they wont pay attention to an apparently empty truck filled with tools an parts it would get you inside the fence line since Takashima clearly has the satellite observation covered"

"yes he does the camouflage done in all cases where he's doing things is impressive blocks infra red and visual we've only gotten the barest glimpses of things and never of anyone moving or doing anything"

Bill snorted "rhas rour ratilites rtimed, ralarms round to rtop rthem rhen rthey rover rhead"

Sara turned to the camera "TFM says he's got your satellites timed, alarms to stop workers when they're over head"

"RESS!" snorting again "ramn rmouth" mumbling a bit

the agent nodded "yeah we figured that one as well we had a global hawk fly over your location and got the same. So somewhere he has a radar unit as well and recently we've tried to get observers up onto the nearest high ground to the south and they went missing their vehicle showed up in LA at a used car dealership"

"Damn RAA's rremote rensors ron rlikly rots"

"I heard him" the agent nodded to her "he is quite knowledgeable of Takashima's strategies" she read the text typed in below his image 'are you sure TFM isn't still working for Takashima?'

"yes agent um?"

"Garret, James Garret"

"agent Garret TFM isn't working for Takashima if you could suspend further suspicions of him I would be quite happy. He knows so much because he's a damn genius his being a security guard made a paycheck he's a survivor and now I can see why he's rather upset with you, can we get with the fixing thing instead of the stupid suspicions? Thanks"

"sorry just a second" he turned and clearly yelled at the older agent at a terminal and told him to leave

"please let TFM know my apologies I wont let that agent into the room any more we really do need your help to stop Takashima"

"alright then here's my main idea TFM has been talking a bit about me being promoted to Takashima's trust levels so we do everything we can to improve sales we find clothes designers to make HBED's clothes as accessories you find anyone you can with great credit to buy HBEDs groomers advertising everything make it look like my ideas ill keep getting promoted till Takashima wants to bring me in a tower"

Bill had rolled over and moved over typing on the keys 'that might work if she were to get a huge improvement in sales with a lot of positive calls about her Takashima would promote her and big sales improvements are always big news at the yearly investor party in Houston's tower every year he tossed a huge party food booze music it distracted the guards people wandering around made for major issues

A group of strong HBEDs could get past the secure doors I know of various weak points running up the fire stairs to 49 where the main computer area is and with something to cut through to the floor above they could bypass the vault door entirely getting access to the files they could install your backdoor to the system from there and yes HBEDs because humans are too slow the stairs are the best choice the lifts can at a button be disabled or dumped into the basement with the conversion line and we can handle the AA's

But if you’ve captured one then you got the stealth technology that would be invaluable to us as it works on Takashima's own camera systems'

"sounds like a plan an knowing that the stealth unit works on his own systems is another thank you you'll have them when its time we have to duplicate it first let us start checking around find various people and get them into the plan"

Bill typed quickly 'if they owe Takashima pass them over he will use it against them eventually pulling them in to be converted'

"yeah I was adding that to my notes"

'then agent Garret we have a working plan we free HBED's and start getting them out as needed some just aren't fighters already abused by the world becoming HBED is just too much for them and it could hurt us one wanting to be re-chipped to hide again as just a HBED might go back to Takashima and talk

the agent smiled "I'm glad you thought of even that eventuality TFM"

" I think agent Garret that he's thinking of one of our three free, he's still coping with the fact he's been changed but hasn't seen the positives to him his health before wasn't good living on streets drugs and booze now he's healthy strong but the mind is still in the past"

she looked to Bill "give him a bit alright, like you did me"

"ralright" going back over to his bed

"alright then you keep your team safe gain members we will find ways to send things into you. Every week get on here alright let us know your all okay the code will be.. ah I know FFH freedom for HBED's you tell me what the FFH stands for"

"got it agent take care"

she got up and looked at Williams back he was curled up on his bed she knew his mind was churning away with all the information how Takashima had missed the genius that idled along showed that Takashima was clearly not as all powerful as he wanted everyone to believe

she took up his brush and knelt down behind him and started working at the head and down the spine the tension stress and worry drained away she watched the huge body relax and she smiled as he started to snore a purring sound

there now she thought now I did my job as a friend for once not just a trainer she grabbed his blanket and draped it over the prone body

after a bit she got her blanket and curled up against him his massive arm gently draped over her his breath tickling a few hairs on her head the warmth from his body helped the ache in her lower back

in the morning they got the note that it was his turn at the endurance testing Frank even came by to talk to Sara as they hooked William up to the machines cables tubes wires he worried a bit they might try to hook the chip up as well like a car diagnostic port for all the harnesses tubes an wires and such they strapped onto his body

a special camera was set up just for Mr. Takashima to watch the facility supervisor was there watching William was walked carefully up onto the treadmill technicians keeping the masses of wires an such up from under his feet Sara was clearly concerned many of the connections had electrical conductive needles stuck into him

He Mooed at her as they wanted to put a mouth an nose piece on him "its alright William its okay"

"rohayy" he let them put the face cover on, the mouth piece held his jaw open a bit

"is it wrong of me to be upset seeing them do this to him? I mean some of those wires they're on needles stuck in him" Sara looked at Frank "damn they have to hurt" she said softly

"not at all they all will eventually be tested like this in his case its got more going on than normal because he's an AB1A and the first to reach this development level. I will say this he's taking it a lot more stoically than others"

"still don’t like it, its hurting him and that bothers me" watching as the harness of cables and tubes was suspended up higher away from his body

his phone rang "yes sir Mr. Takashima, yes sir" holding it out to Sara

she took it "yes sir?"

"I wanted to say thank you Sara for your deep concern, I'm sure if My William could understand he would be quite grateful for your strength an loyalty being there while this goes on I know I appreciate it. If this test goes well there may well be more like him in the future"

"well sir I will say this with all these tube an wires and such he's more machine than HBED at this point"

Takashima chuckled "well if there were any other way to collect the data needed I would be happy to implement it, I too do not like to see my children in pain. Again you prove how right I was in believing you were the perfect choice for my William thank you Sara"

He really did balk a bit when the oversized tread mill started moving snorting inside the mask one of the lab people shouted run William run and so he did

it was setup so he could run on two or four legs and so he started on two his huge cloven hooves clopping hard on the surface the huge springs set so to keep it firm under him

"okay he's at a relaxed lope" someone yelled from behind

"speed 38mph"

"heart rate 50 and climbing"

"So2 levels holding at 98%"

"body hydration is perfect"

Sara gave the phone back to frank who was clearly impressed "he's got a good lope speed now if he can do endurance its been the Glycogen wall that hammers them"

"ok I'll ask" Sara smiled "I know Glycerin not Glycogen what is it?"

"it’s the secondary fuel muscles move to as their primary stores of energy burn out then the body moves to burning fat which HBED's are very lean thus don’t have a lot of that reserve to move to" the facility manager said from his spot at the rail leaning on it a bit

"most of the HBED's begin to hit the wall at six to seven hours of this lope in 221's case I'm thinking due to his size it will come on at maybe six hours"

Sara scoffed "I know my William he's going to go longer"

The facility manager looked at her annoyed then walked out Frank gently got her attention with a touch "Sara what is it with you I mean first you get into Takashima's face and now the facility super?"

She grinned "I want his job to put it bluntly. I know I can do this better and make Mr. Takashima more money and find awesome customers I have a lot of great ideas for HBED's if it means I have to I will stand on Takashima's toes to get him to see it"

Frank laughed "well lady if you can do that id be happy to work for you but don’t think you can get Takashima's job"

She grinned knowing Takashima was listening "a lady can dream cant she?"

She stood there all day watching as he loped along eating miles of distance his body clearly getting smoother as he ran the muscles getting into their rhythm his breathing was smooth and deep

The scientists and lab people were constantly monitoring they gave him a trickle of moisture through the mask when his airway an throat showed a bit of dehydration but only just enough

Tim and Cassie brought her a sandwich an soda, Sara made sure Tim saw the camera by asking him to be careful of it as he stepped around

"how long has he been at it Sara?"

"five an half hours needed a bit of water but nothing else so far"

"wow, what's the best so far?"

"one of the Female AC she went for seven hours and thirty three minutes"

"think he'll beat it?"

"maybe the testing shows the lactic acid in his muscles is starting to build up they're watching his oxygen intake levels which they expect to rise soon"

"uh again in simple English please?"

Sara chuckled took a bite of the sandwich "he hasn't started breathing hard from the muscles being worked hard but should soon"

"after 5 hours and he's not breathing hard? WOW"

Sara chuckled as Cassie rubbed Tim's neck

"you two between classes?"

"yeah Frank asked me to help him since you’re here with William we stopped got lunch and heading out for the cargo docks the forklift company sent someone out to fix that one an want it pushed around a bit"

"good, not that the HBED's mind unloading their own food and mineral blocks but they use the forklift for other stuff" Sara patted Cassie's hand looking at her clearly saying the forklift thing was special with that look

"well we got to go my moneys on William"

"thanks Cassie 217"

Bill had run a lot when he played football in school and the stupid presidential athletic requirement testing every year

always the last one to finish but that changed after high school the military didn’t want him due to his eyes and the police decided to shelve his applications as he didn’t have the endurance to chase on foot

He'd worked hard to be fast at running for short distances and could so quickly out distance others thus better able to catch a suspect quickly don’t give them a chance to think just race up so fast he could pounce on them but this was another thing entirely. He focused on the wall ahead and let his mind idle just thinking letting the feet hit the ground and run

So much can go wrong Takashima getting to finish his plans what the hell is it he's doing digging and taking Nukes down into those places? I cant believe we've been so perfect that he hasn't suspected something especially after that dumb bitch Ginny

What the hell was her issue anyhow? has to be because I stomped Steven could she have known him? Could he have said something to her about me? Damn AA's I don’t want to know what an AAA looks like freaking nightmare monster ill bet

I smelled Cassie on Tim again an not just the hug the HBED smell guess they’ve gotten over the omg it’s a guy inside point chuckling to himself inside

Sara slept with me again last night it wasn’t out of fear this time, have to admit I was exhausted wonder what brought on the affectionate grooming but it helped and it felt good to have her there. Damn Bill why would you risk everything including revenge for the chance at love, can you? Christ should I?

What if Takashima found out, she'd be an immediate target he couldn’t do that to her he felt his heart beat hard thoughts of impossible love, of her

No she wouldn’t love something like me, she deserves better, yeah she just wanted company enjoy it while you can bovine boy there will come a time when that connection would have made you regret and it will cripple you Takashima has to pay and god damn him I'm gona be the HBED to pound every coin of cost out of his sorry hide!

He snorted hard with a bit of a toss to the head

He glanced at the time after running literally through what he could think of Takashima's grand plan could be and he didn’t like any of them the worst was the total devastation of the united states the HBED's becoming wild animals to feed to the world's populace when the crops and such failed

He'd been running for going on almost seven hours and his legs were telling him about it every foot fall thrummed up the leg and a jab of pain to the leg made him drop onto all fours not faltering at all in his speed going to an alternating leg lope they had to adjust the springs load to compensate for the stride

The people all around him quickly took measurements and readings

"readings show a muscle cramp caused him to shift a lactic acid surge"

"his So2 levels are still good"

"lactic acid numbers are falling his Oxygen intake levels are up"

"his Glycogen levels are at 65% and coming back up!"

"what? Are you sure??"

"now at 66%"

"where's he getting that reserve from? I want a thermal scan of his body and a full blood profile find that reserve what's he burning or converting to fuel!"

after a bit his leg felt better he shoved mid movement of his arms and was back on his feet loping along he snorted and shook his head, a bit more mouth room would have been nice inside the face cover he bit down on the mouth piece nostrils flared wide

they were all in a flurry of work as he did that getting more readings it was hours more of the same monotony thinking if they just had a movie of moving terrain to show progress

when he felt it coming it was slow like going up a slight incline that kept increasing when it came he slowed significantly but Mooed inside the face cover and pushed harder snorting as he recovered the lost speed thinking it was that smug son of'a bitch Takashima just out of reach he had to get him

"wow the wall came and he kept on going his lactic acid levels are coming up again faster this time" "Glycogen levels are really faltering he's at 30% and falling" "second wind isn't going to last him long like that" "just like all the other HBED's"

"you can do it William! Keep going!" Sara yelled she looked like she'd fallen asleep in a chair near by as he looked forward again

He Mooed again feeling the muscles begin to burn but he kept going

When he had another leg cramp his drop onto all fours wasn’t as smooth and he stumbled a bit but the moving to all fours helped let him keep going panting for air his fur damp with sweat it was dripping like rain onto the tread mill

Frank came in and was surprised "he's still going?? Holy shit"

Sara grinned "yep and is going on 10 hours though poor dear don’t have much left at this point they're just waiting for him to slow to a stop he's at half the pace he was at and slowing"

"still that’s incredible, best one yet ok when you get out of here you go right to the kitchen an get him leftovers alright. Carbs and any meat you can get him to take and" searching his pockets "mineral tablets not too much water at one time, if he cramps walk him around and rub it out, he's going to be sore for a bit so tomorrow get him out on the exercise yard and let him walk around no running if you need it"

"anything worse hospital"

"exactly this test is incredibly hard on the HBED's we still have an AD in the hospital with a cramp torn tendon"

"hot wash down?"

"yeah that too"

"alright Frank thank you"

she watched him leave thinking he was a good guy and likely would help them with the free HBED's if he found out the truth, slipping under the rail and walking into the test area she watched as he was drooping the lab techs and scientists were just waiting they had the information needed

she walked around in front of him knowing this was in part his stubbornness and the need to show Takashima just what he'd made as an enemy "William" that pure drive that made her want to help him so much

he looked up at her the face cover fogging with steam as he breathed

"its okay, you can stop now" smiling her hand gently rubbing on his head

he slowed and stopped still breathing hard the heat in his arms an legs made them near numb

"were feeding him oxygen to get the lactic acids out of his system so leave the mask for a bit longer"

"alright, so how much better is my William than other AB's" rubbing his arms as he sat on his rump

they all smiled "incredible stamina only at the very end of his resources did he finally falter and begin to slow down he has the record at ten hours fifteen minutes five seconds holding the same speed total time is another thirty minutes past that"

after a few moments they started removing the sensors and such finally the mask he flicked his tongue a bit finally rid of the mouth piece looking at her "Rilliam hungry rmadam, rwater rease" looking at her with a sad face

"that’s good were going to go get food right now"

her headset chirped she tapped it "yes?"

"I just wanted to let you know Sara that William will be getting a special medal for his very impressive performance today and a bonus for you. The data collected is already telling us incredible details on his genetics combination and its effects as well as how we can improve the normal AB's

once his horns grow in the medallion can be fitted on a chain around both horns to sit on the boss at the middle of his head. My AB1A champion I am so very proud of him thank you Sara"

"thank you sir I will make sure to tell him his father is very proud of him"

"your both tired and he needs food please go take care of him I am simply being a proud parent and holding you up"

"thank you Mr. Takashima I hope you have a great nights sleep" tapping it off

the last of the wires came off and she led him out of the lab he headed for a water fountain and she promptly cut him off from it "water in a bit William not yet you'll get sick"

"ress rmadam" walking along slowly behind her he had to admit that had beat the stuffing out of him but he also had the knowledge that he didn’t actually run himself into the ground he could go more another ten fifteen minutes at least then he'd drop from exhaustion good to keep an emergency reserve

she walked with him rubbing his damp shoulder and neck it was dark and late they were heading for the cafeteria his nose caught the smell of AA nearby he snorted and looked around

"William? What is it?"

"RrAA"

"likely a security patrol my Bully Toro just take it easy" she rubbed his neck again firmly patting it

they went in an found the clean up crew at work on the empty floors save a pair of tables nearest the kitchen

the cooks and helpers at one table saw them "holy sweet lady Mary is he just now coming off the treadmill?" others were waiting for Sara to answer

"yes ten hours forty five minutes a new record" she smiled having him sit as wads of money were tossed towards one helper who was all grin

"well the winner should go get William food" one larger older lady cook pointed at him they all agreed the young man laughed and agreed getting up

Sara decided to have some of what they mixed up for William a bunch of rice and pasta mixed with diced grilled chicken and some butter sauce

She looked at the container they got the butter from it said pure HBED butter "is that right?"

The helper smiled "yep everyone's been eating it great stuff a third the calories than normal butter and tastes better we just don’t go telling everyone"

She smiled and scooped a bit more into the big bowl for him he laughed and mixed a bit adding a bit of some herbs then dished her helping out "you sure? We were holding a plate of lasagna for you"

"nah this looks excellent and smells awesome I could use some juice though"

"coming right up ill meet you at the table"

she carried the bowls out and put Bills down he was already drooling "wait mineral first" she held one out to him and he took it with a small crunch she then gave him a water cup and he drank some her taking it away "great now eat please"

"rhank rou rmadam" and he tucked into the food his hunger nearly got him to dive face first into the bowl but he didn’t knowing Sara might even expect him to do it the HBED designed spork he employed didn’t stay empty long in between bites

a pitcher of ice cold mixed fruit juice was set down on the table with a pair of cups

she poured him some and offered another mineral tablet which disappeared in an instant she held the water and juice away from him for a bit but then let him sip some as he continued to eat

he sighed full finally she chuckled and smiled "ready for a wash and sleep now William?"

"ress rmadam rhank rouu" he got up trying to stand an stumbled planting a hand on the table with a firm bang everyone looked a bit startled even he was genuinely surprised

Sara was next to him instantly "easy, lets try that on all fours please, your not ready to walk again yet"

"ress rmadam" settling down onto all fours

"don’t worry we can get the dishes dear you get him to bed" "poor dear" "he'll be fine just needs some sleep"

they got to their cabin and she helped him with a hot wash off and got him inside he relaxed onto his bed and she smiled

he took the note pad and told her to check the room for bugs she'd been gone all day she gave him a quick nod and silently went about checking then not finding anything she pulled out Cassie's bug killer and used it looking over he was out cold

"my exhausted Bully Toro" getting her blanket again she relaxed back against the wall her bare feet gently rubbing on his chest soaking up the impressive warmth she had the laptop in her lap

Saryberrybright: DurrmasterP: hey you alright?

DurrmasterP: me? Are you okay?

Saryberrybright: yes I'm fine they ran poor Bully into the ground testing him today

DurrmasterP: I'm with a new boyfriend BTW he says FFH

'ahh your with the big Federalaies huh sis, well they aught to keep you honest' thinking as she typed

Saryberrybright: HBEDs are always up for freedom glad your safe

DurrmasterP: might lose connection hold on

The screen went dark and the camera shot came on she was glad she'd chosen to wear her long sleep shirt instead of a light nightgown agent Garret and her sister both smiled

"well I'm glad you found her agent Garret"

"yes well she tried to hack into our system to find out about you"

her younger sister smiled and acted cute

"so what did they do to TFM?"

"endurance testing, they set him to running covered in testing equipment and ran him till he stopped "

"marathon testing? How long did he go?"

"ten hours forty five minutes we just got in from eating and bathing him he's out like a light"

Garret nodded "impressive, so I gather nothing else?"

"was that your people who did the forklift repair?"

"yes it was excellent idea, your friend Cassie and her HBED helped to keep the cameras an such distracted from the truck we were able to plant quite a few cameras an sensors in the area around the drilling rig"

"excellent, I thought they might that HBED is Tim he's another free of the chip"

"ah alright, so now that they’ve done that test its possible that TFM might get sold?"

she hadn't thought of that possibility "I suppose so" and she didn’t like the feeling it gave her deep inside

"ill have to see who we might be able to get over there an snag him away from there then I don’t want him being sold to someone and then he gets reported as missing when he escapes or we take him to convenient and would raise suspicion make it harder to get into Takashima where we need him most"

she nodded "ill be honest with you agent Garret if it weren't for him id had no clue that Takashima was doing this and id likely been caught attempting corporate espionage and been converted into a HBED ill find away to keep him here with me"

"alright, let us know if we can help then"

"as I don’t want to but getting this plan moving I'm going to have to say we need to have the facility supervisor out of the way so there is room for me to move up"

"an image of him came op on her screen "that him?"

"yes that’s him"

"alright we will find something for him to do elsewhere we'll give it a day or two"

"alright, thank you agent Garret for getting my sister into safety"

"yes well even we are getting cyber attacks now, so far their coming in from various locations and are testing our defenses your sisters system was nearly taken if we hadn't cut the hard line in time"

her sister nodded and sighed off to the side

"Takashima's people and his tech are damn good sis you have to be careful they'd gotten a shutdown prevention virus into my system I couldn’t get it to shutdown an as I was trying to unplug it they cut the T-1 and the main power" pointing a thumb at the agent

"They were trying to scan my drives sis Takashima knows something is up"

"good thing is we've started some distraction on the east coast to divide his attention so that will help were planning a few other things as well he cant watch everything I don’t care how much tech he has"

Sara nodded yawned "I'm off to get some sleep ill let you know if anything happens"

They nodded her sister waved and it went off

She got her blanket an curled up with him

In the morning he felt quite good actually warm relaxed he'd slept well

Sara her head against his chest partly laying on him her blanket over them both his arm had wrapped around her back

It was the arousal he was sporting pressing on her warm nude thigh the tip caught under her night shirt against her belly that ruined it all he tried to think non arousing things but it refused to relax

He tried to move and she grumbled wrapping her arm over his chest he could only sigh as the foot of her bed was right behind him pinned he couldn’t get it moved away from her and as she breathed her smooth skin softly rubbed and moved it

He closed his eyes and tried to relax feeling it twitch ready for use each gentle rub her skin made kept it alert

thinking to himself she's gona kill me, why now of all times would my body decide to do this damn it all, I've been good and resisted fertile females I got zapped for it enough in the trainer box stick a wanting fertile female AB in my nose an give me a zap for being interested getting an erection was even worse!

Cringing at the pain they had caused in that 'class' the trainers off doing other things as the HBED's were busy being electrocuted for being interested in fertile smells he'd told her and she'd been stunned an confused by that training

He sighed I passed the tests I could even lick an not lose control now I wake up with Sara and I've totally gone super blue balls hard, god I am so dead

Oh no she's waking up fake it don’t move don’t react she'll let it pass due to my being tested… I hope

She yawned stretched a bit and froze, he felt her look up at him then down under the blanket ever so slowly she lifted her night shirt off the tip of his erection which twitched a bit

Slowly she moved a bit looking up at him, his purring snore all to practiced

She moved again pulling the blanket up over her head a bit sliding down and he felt fingers gently touching feather light on the head then more of his erection feeling the smoothness and the shape

thinking she's curious about my stuff? Ah easy don’t do that too much

Bill nearly blurted out her name but lost it stunned to silence as her finger movements were joined by a warm soft tongue taking a gentle exploratory taste then a longer one slowly paying gentle attention to all of the tip as it twitched reflexively

She lifted the blanket up to look at him for a moment then let it fall back down slowly her fingers felt the length and girth sliding along it smoothing a bit of the clear dribble oozing from the tip around the tip and licking again then sucking on the finger an sliding it again over the head

Slowly she got more adventuresome and sucked the tip into her mouth licking it fingers caressing the length and feeling further down to the heavy testicles covered in soft velvety fur as she licked and sucked on the tip her fingers slid through the fur of his pelvis

He finally couldn’t hold it any more an moaned in pleasure she licked along the shaft slowly "about time you woke up" kissing the tip followed by a lick to get the sweet fluid oozing out

Lifting the blanket "Rwhat rare rou? Roh ruh"

She smiled "being a brat by enjoying my Bully Toro who needs special attention" she slid up a bit an kissed him hands holding his face, softly in a husky voice she spoke to his neck aimed for the ear

"sit up some"

he did putting his shoulders against the bed as she dipped her head down again licking and sucking the tip then shaft her fingers sliding through his belly and chest fur he slid his fingers along her small arms

again she moved up but this time a long slow slide along his erection which suddenly found a warm cleft her hand slid down between them and moved her panties to the side a pair of fingers opened the lips and he slid in a bit

she looked at him with a sexy hungry grin an she gently pushed back against his chest which just slid him inside deeper "ahh your big but in the right places" her hands resting on his chest as she eased up right her pelvis not quite on his "long too ahh god that feels good"

he slid his fingers along the cloth of her sleep shirt feeling her breasts and firming nipples her body's heat was cooler than a HBED otherwise the tightness and sensation would have had him orgasm really fast as it was it was building up pretty quickly as she eased up slowly then back kissing him and smiling she was moaning on each movement

his nose tingled licking it he knew why! he had to tell her before it was too late "rara" she kissed him holding his face rocking on his erection "shhhh don’t ohh god talk" "rut" "hush you! ahhh god yes!"

he went to try again an she kissed him her body shivered and trembled the sudden heat flowing around his shaft and the movement of her muscles as she climaxed made his erection swell he leaned his head back banging it on the bed and grunted hard testicles pulling in tight feeling the huge gush of semen flow out into her, the tight fit of his swollen penis meant little escaped around it onto his balls

she moaned and clearly reached another orgasm leaning over a bit kissing him "ohhh god that is so hot inside me Ohh!" she trembled again pulling up a bit and relaxed on his chest breathing hard "I love you so much my Bully Toro" she sighed deeply, hugging him

concentrating he needed to say this right "ssara ri…" his heart shields shattered and he shivered a bit all the cold calculations the anger an need for revenge all faded and the hope exploded burning inside "I love you very rmuch"

his arms wrapped around her and for the first time since the moment his head got dented he felt happy there had been that moment happy to be awake from the hell Takashima had planned for him this out shined it like day after a long night

she looked at the complete fundamental change in him even his eyes she kissed his nose sliding her fingers along his neck "alright so what were you trying to tell me at the worst time?"

he clearly got worried then sighed "rryour fertile ri rmelled it ttried to tell you refore rit ras roo llate" his happiness a few moments before now faded colored with worry

she blinked trying to get up realizing he was still in her and a bit stuck planting a foot on his bed she pushed up an got his shaft out and the trailing string of thickened semen confirmed he'd climaxed a lot of it and it wasn’t coming out, she grabbed her cell phone from the laptop cord clearly getting worried and agitated

"no, no, no! damn it no, that was days ago where's the date on this…oh crap" she looked at him as he held a pad up in front of his nose

'I don’t know if HBED an human are able to be fertile together but I'm so sorry I didn’t know till your scent told me'

she sighed going into the bathroom sitting down she tried to use a finger to get more out but didn’t have much success she then pushed firmly on her lower belly and did get a gob out into the toilet as she pee'd and wiped trying to get more out

looking up the pad was being held up to the side of the half closed door 'you just pee'd its really strong with fertile scent I'm very sorry please don’t be mad at me I was trying to tell you'

"I'm not mad at you Bully, but damn it first time I get the urge to jump you and hey his body is cooperating too by having a nice yummy erection at the same time and mine sneaks an egg into it"

the pad came back up 'your body knew and mine must have smelled it approaching I didn’t understand how I had an erection for you to play with. Perhaps the doctor has something like the morning after pill? Just incase'

she sighed "yeah ill have to go ask in fact your probably right just to help the trainers and handlers keep from getting each other pregnant in this isolated location" she got up and slid the door aside he was right there nose wet from licking it "what's it like hmm? The smell of a fertile female"

he wrote as she leaned over and lovingly kissed him she looked at the pad as she broke the kiss

'spicy like pepper an smooth, a warming smell like cinnamon and cloves at the same time HBED females are incredibly strong a male could smell one pee miles away with the right wind'

"and me? Not as potent but just as tasty?" there was that hungry look in her eyes again as she asked

he looked up at her as she smiled rubbing her finger on his nose "there's your treat Bully Toro don’t think this is your escape, you need to make me feel good later too after I get this fixed"

she jumped into her jeans tossing her underwear at him "wash your bed cover and those might as well grab my other things too we don’t want the room too obvious smelling of cross breeding do we" she smiled giving him a wink "be back after a bit"

he blinked a bit pole axed he licked his nose an got a jolt of fertile female which left him wishing she hadn't left! "Rwow"

He found his legs sore but not so bad as to hurt and make walking difficult once again he marveled at the body he'd been given wondering now why his body reacted so quietly to a human fertile smell but if it had been a HBED female it would have woke him out of a sound sleep to get his attention

he carried her clothes an his bed cover to the laundry rolled up so the smell wouldn’t attract other HBED's he'd taken a moment to get the cover wet and washed in the tub so the mess they'd made on it wouldn’t be noticeable not that much had gotten on it most was inside Sara

The laundry was staffed by one man and a dozen HBED and their trainers learning to fold clothes he walked up and set it all into a basket now noticing the fact that HBED males had female trainers and the reverse for female HBED making mental notes on the numbers he knew

"well hello there William you look good after that major run yesterday got some stuff to wash?"

"ress rease rsir rmadams ritems" sliding the basket up on the counter

"your bed cover is all wet what happened?"

"ri rilled rwater" looking a bit ashamed

"you spilled water, ok well here's a clean one and as for Sara's stuff that will be ready by 2 alright" putting a numbered chip for that basket on the counter with the folded and wrapped bed cover

"ress rank rou sir" bowing his head to him

taking the numbered chip an cover he walked out right into a group of female AB and their trainers going the same way

noses started sniffing one Mooed at him softly with a bump of her hip the trainers were chuckling a bit remarking at how good he looked even after the major run he'd done and the ladies knew it

he thought yeah an if those trainers had any clue as to exactly what their HBED's were smelling id be in deep trouble though damn me were not the only ones doing it Tim and Cassie are definitely he'd caught occasional sniffs of other lady trainers with a decidedly stronger than the hug smell of HBED on them but also a quite few men as well

in fact his nose told him 4 of the group around him walking had a bit of fun with their HBED's just this morning thinking what the hell is going on? people don’t normally jump into bed with anything other than humans an this many now that I'm paying attention is a lot of people

going back into his room he sighed 'I wonder if Takashima is testing that as well, trying to see if HBED's can interbreed with their parent race why else make it so a human woman can get a male's interest timing is about right HBED's here in training are becoming full breeder age' he needed to mention it to agent Garret

he made her bed and put the cover back on his he wasn’t really hungry yet as he'd eaten so late and a huge meal at that so he cleaned the cabin then went out an bathed the smell of their coupling off dried and brushed he sat down

it was too risky to use Sara's laptop at this time of day so bored and with nothing to do he laid down and went back to sleep

Sara came in and found him like that she smiled and got her blanket which hadn't gotten dirty and laid down with him cuddling up his arms wrapped around a bit and he looked at her

"rohkay?" the concern evident in his voice and expression

"yes its fine" kissing him "I'm hungry lets go get something to eat and use your day off for some fun exercise" giving him that wink again

he smiled and Mooed at her with a snort fluffing her hair up she laughed and kissed him again

that night Tim an Cassie came over after Sara called them Sylvia came in as hank followed their expressions were quite stunned as Sara was sitting on Bills lap in her night shirt

the boys knew of course Tim blinked a bit then Hank who licked his nose

"sit down everyone"

they did Sara looked at Cassie "why didn’t you tell me about how they climax here I ask you what its like and you just grin at me and say its ok what a huge tease!"

"wait you um did it with William Sara?" Sylvia asked "an you too Cassie?"

"well she started it with Tim, but yes I did and I know from his nose" pointing up to Bill's head "so have you Syl so don’t fib"

Sylvia went to deny it and stopped as hank shifted a bit turning his head away a bit "it was to help hank, he needed it an yes it was quite um.. special" she blushed bright red he actually smiled and gently put his hand on her knee

"ok well we have to be careful doing that with them I got interrogated by the blonde nurse who works at the hospital I …I needed to get a morning after pill as we figured out too late that I'd ovulated

she was a real bitch trying to get me to admit id done it with William, doc was good he didn’t care I still didn’t admit it, so watch out for the blonde ill bet she's a Takashima loyalist waiting for the conversion like Ginny"

"can we get pregnant with a HBED?" Cassie asked clearly worried "I didn’t think" covering her mouth a bit

"we don’t know and William brought up the uncomfortable fact that the trainer HBED pairings all tend towards the male female pairing Takashima might be testing to see if it happens so precautions should be taken

an if it is the case that they can then we need to get working right now as all the HBED's in training are reaching full breeder age"

"um if its important I noticed Stacy's been getting sick in the mornings she's my neighbor and I can hear her" Sylvia said putting her hand on Hanks

Bill sighed and wrote on the pad 'is she trust worthy? We need to start somewhere we need free HBED's and freed ones can make a choice not to do things that will make problems such as a chipped HBED will do as he or she is told trained to do"

Sara nodded "she's got an AC um 414 I think, then tomorrow morning you be ready and get in there as she's getting sick she cant deny its happening then talk to her"

"alright" nodding

"Hank I have to ask are you with us? Do we have the musketeers the three brave males to stand against the forces of Takashima"

he looked at Sylvia turned and looked at Sara

"Ress Rim rin" nodding

Bill and Tim put their fists out touching Hank added his

"good thank you I know its not going to be easy but we have a lot to do and every hand that can will make it easier"

"Cassie tell your father we need pedicure kits their going to be very popular"

"right"

Tim finger wrote a big grin on his face 'finally she did it, she's been asking Cassie for details for days making Cassie all aroused not that I don’t enjoy that but still'

Bill raised an eye brow up a bit 'what you couldn’t tell me she was interested? I've been busy you know dodging AA sized bullets running a marathon and trying to figure out what the hell Takashima is up to'

Tim an Hank both laughed the hurfing sound made the girls chuckle Bill snorted and Sara gently pulled his head down kissing him "I know I didn’t make it easy for you and you didn’t seem interested" smiling a bit at him

He wrote for a moment 'it wasn’t that, I didn’t think you'd want to be involved with an animal or the complications that will happen, look at this morning and I honestly don’t have all that much experience, I thought it best to stay out of making more trouble than we needed'

The girls blinked and Cassie leaned forward "you mean to tell me you hadn't done it as a human?"

He nodded once a sad look in his eyes

"so the first time you ever… was that female in the pen?" Sara asked

"ress" he leaned his nose gently against the back of her neck his head pressed against hers

"So I … wow um alright" she looked at the amazed faces on Tim and Hank "cut that out you two, not every human male has sex on the brain even I know that so he didn’t get the chance to before Takashima converted him he's enjoying it now and Takashima thinks he's the golden bull wants him to make lots of little AB1A's"

"he nearly did this morning" Cassie said softly Sara mimed hitting her an she squealed seeking protection behind Tim laughing

"I think I've got one he's a good guy the one with the doe AE449 when we were block training I've been getting feelings he's quite soft on her he doesn’t like the fact the HBED's are being trained for slavery" Cassie said as she relaxed back on the chair

"sounds like it be careful but lets get him in the loop"

they got an early call from Sylvia so Sara told Frank they'd be helping an going to classes in a bit wanted to check on Sylvia's friend who was sick

he okayed it and they went over Sylvia and Hank were there Stacey was clearly confused and the cabin smelled of vomit and something more

Sara talked as Hank finger wrote to Bill

'we came in right as she was vomiting Sylvia caught her off guard asked if her an 414 had been playing around she admitted that she thought she had just once when he'd been sniffing her rear and none since said it felt weird and he'd just did it wham said she thought it was a weird dream till the morning sickness started'

'she thought? What's up with that? Well he nailed her first time then, he'd been catching the fact she was fertile dear god what the hell is Takashima thinking, she's puking from morning sickness she's already got several weeks at least into it from the smell of her'

hank wagged his ear 'this is going to complicate things'

'a lot hank a lot, now we have to make sure she isn't found out and once we can get everyone out anyone who gets caught has proper medical help I don’t think any crossing is going to be easy on the mother'

the three ladies had been watching the finger writing then Bill turned to them on the bed taking the pad from the desk he wrote

'we're discussing the fact that your likely not going to be the only one to get caught like this Stacey HBED's produce strong pheromones its quite likely in times of a human female's fertile period the smell of a male HBED could relax the normal inhibitions of enjoying the company of said male and since you’ve been sleeping in the same room with one its effects made it easier to get the desired result though the forgetting you’ve been sexually involved with a HBED is troubling'

Sara looked at her "so you'd bend over and let him breed you which he has, your suffering morning sickness"

"I'll let Cassie know her dad needs to get us some pregnancy tests abortion pills and we really need to make sure to spread it around not to play with the HBED's like that" Sylvia said

Sara nodded "we need to get the doctor in on our side his nurse works for Takashima but he's a good guy far as we can tell we need to get you a pill to help you abort Stacey"

Bill wrote more 'the pheromones may make it hard to resist a males advances some even warned may still not have a choice HBED's are strong an determined when it comes to breeding and that with the pheromones'

Sara and Sylvia nodded

Stacy's face was flushed and she'd been crying a bit clearly the fact that her roommate a fertile AC stud was a man inside asleep and trapped that way and had gotten her pregnant had all sunk in

The door opened and Frank came in closing the door behind himself "sorry don’t mean to just barge in but wanted to check and see if I needed to let the doctor know" he stopped dead seeing the faces and the silence

Suddenly William the biggest HBED on the property surged at him so fast he didn’t get a sound out before the massive strength pinned him crushing the air out

Sara and the others all cursed or exclaimed out loud but instead of helping him they checked the windows and Sylvia grabbed his headset

"easy now William don’t kill him… yet"

"ssara? What" the tightness of HBED fingers around his throat pinching a bit into the major blood vessels an arm pinning his arms to his ribs limiting his breathing

the eyes glaring right into his the massive bull was ready to kill, but there was more a deeper fire like the security AA's had

"Rou rscream ror rell rand rour rona ruffer"

Frank blinked in shock he really was like the AA!

"ill translate that a bit for you Frank, you scream or yell and your going to suffer now I've been watching you and so has William here, how deep is Takashima in your pockets?"

he tried to swallow an gagged a bit everyone but William turned as Stacey ran for the bathroom to vomit again

"you need to answer me truthfully the first time Frank HBED's can smell a liar they also can smell when a human female is fertile and apparently can make them pregnant too possibly even just from one time so now you know why Stacey is sick

now! Do you just work for Takashima or are you a loyalist who is waiting for his turn to be like the security AA's"

"wha hell I just work for the guy. she's pregnant from a HBED? How?"

Sara looked at William who sniffed and nodded he relaxed his grip "the usual way females get babies stuffed into their bellies, 414 a male helped her of course, here read this then we see how much you see the light"

He read the pad and Sara told him everything that had gone on and how William had come to be, he looked at William "good god you were"

"ress"

"and the security AA's like that crazy Ginny? The one that attacked you in the pens"

"Rhumans ronverted rut rith rout rthe rchip"

"dear god what have I been doing" he sat down in the chair with a thump hands limp on his lap

"selling training breeding and helping Takashima enslave humans converted into HBED's"

he looked at Sara "we have to"

"were already working on it Frank, we have a plan and were working on it, you were next on my list to approach you cant reveal you know or change how you are you do Takashima will know and the AA's will see to it you join the ranks of the converted" she gestured to 414 and Hank

he nodded still shocked "I get it I get it good god"

"were slowly finding out things like this breeding program Takashima has us in as trainers. Young nubile females healthy men the all too willing HBED's that are reaching prime breeding age

not everyone will of course but enough. the other is the fake crane in the back and the nuclear bombs he's sending down below us somewhere but we need help Frank can we count on you?"

He nodded "I'm just as much at risk as any of you"

Sylvia nodded "exactly right, I think I can let 414 free of his chip"

"no, let me please, show me how" Frank looked at Sara who looked at William Frank turned to see the bull who'd been silent and clearly menacing he wiggled his ear in response

Sara showed him the chip Frank was clearly sickened by the implications he looked up Bills nose who clearly glared past his nose into his soul and then Hanks he couldn’t believe it he looked at Sara

"that means every single HBED here save those damn weird AA's they're…"

"people yeah used to be just like you and me ok pay attention" she drained the chip and then clipped the kill lead "drained the self destruct and kill parts are permanently disabled"

"let me please Sara" Stacey asked "I know now he didn’t mean to do this he wouldn’t have if he'd had a choice" moving over

"alright clip the leg lowest on the chip with the little white triangle next to it it's the one that keeps them asleep press hard into the skin you want to cut it under it yes he will bleed a bit"

she took the cutter and did it stepping back a bit Bill watched Frank for any sign of trouble but it looked like Sara had found a good one

414 blinked and looked at Stacey his hands gently reached out and touched her hands gently his eyes instantly expressed his horror "rrhim ro rorry racey" he covered his face and sobbed yelling into them getting up he went into the bathroom Stacey walked over to the doorway following him

Bill watched Frank nod a tiny bit his ear com chirped in Sylvia's hand "crud they must be wondering where you an me are Sara"

"answer it then" Sylvia held it out to him as Sara nodded it was okay

Bill moved silently and was behind him ready to snap his neck Sara glanced at him then back to frank

"yes? No I'll be there in a bit I'm with one of my trainers she's sick and I was checking to see how bad I'll ask the doctor to come over an check on her she's feverish so I think Sara was right to tell her to stay in bed, yes alright I'll bring them to help"

he never looked away from Sara but took a deep breath "he's right behind me ready to kill isn't he"

"with the threat of death for all freed HBED's conversion or death for human friends with no other options would you be ready for any less Frank?"

he glanced back as Bill huffed hard at him mussing his hair

"no, no I wouldn’t, um they're doing the rip out of the raceways on the far intake pits as they're too narrow installed incorrectly and wont even fit small.. converted people. And they want us three to help. William because they cant get a forklift in there to get the gate switching platforms and such but he can walking around the bolts an such in the ground"

"alright" she sighed "414"

he walked out shaking a bit still crying "ress?"

"hi I'm Sara this is William Hank Sylvia and this is Frank what's your name"

"rroseph"

"alright Joseph you have a lovely pregnant young lady here who needs your help and comforting, Sylvia can you get him up to speed on what were doing ill be back later"

Stacy moved over to him and hugged the equine HBED and they both cried together

"I can handle this Sara what about if someone else tries to come in"

Frank held out his hand to stop Sara "lock the door and tell anyone if they ask your keeping her company on my orders no ones to come in due to the fever"

Sara nodded to that and they walked out. The next four hours he ran on empty busy watching Frank and the many people around he kept up his sweet placid HBED look

He gulped water from a hose as they washed the concrete dust away he had used large hooked pry bars to pull bolts set into the concrete after moving the switching gate assemblies

mechanics were drilling new holes for the raceway fencing move Sara took the hose an sprayed him all over under cover of rubbing it in his head and neck hair she whispered

"go easy on Frank I think he's okay" William wiggled his ears "don’t be a stubborn bull we need him"

he huffed and wiggled an ear at her "thank you my Bully Toro"

Frank and the lead handler walked over he smiled "great work you two later tonight we'll get back in here and do some drilling an setting new bolts filling in the old holes its getting to hot and the metal is beginning to burn people record high heat today so head on up, get to class"

"alright we'll check on Stacey as well okay Frank?"

"alright, sounds good" the lead handler shook Franks hand and walked away, he looked at William then Sara "I know you’ve been drilling holes in my back all day William trust me okay" he said softly "I don’t want to be HBED"

William had his curious innocent HBED bull look on but as Frank went to leave he couldn’t as William had his shoe pinned with a finger

Sara pinched his ear "be good"

"ress rmadam" standing up to follow her

she looked to Frank "he's grouchy hasn’t eaten all day"

"well by all means please get him some food he deserves it" smiling he patted Bill on the back and walked away

they went and visited Stacey and Joseph who were doing better they were talking and making good time so they got some food and went to class he worried the entire time and his grade showed it they went to their cabin and she sighed

"William, I know it was sudden but you have to accept we need more people being friends with Frank will help us"

he wagged his ear looking uncertain

"you just worry alone he's going to screw up?"

"ress"

"to be honest me too, I say we invite him in tonight that way the feds know him too if he gets us killed they know who to get sound good?"

"ress!"

"now comere an help us both relax for a bit hmm" giving him a sexy grin and a come here finger motion, she kicked her jeans an shoes off and then let him slide her panties off the smell alone made him drool but licking brought him so much more sexual enjoyment

after several minutes of his licking she moaned loudly and grabbed the pillow to muffle her climax he gently opened her folds and held them aside licking deeply she shivered and climaxed again he gently rolled her over onto the pillow legs hanging over the side of the bed

his erection slid in and she moaned deeply pushing in to the hilt she grunted and he could only snort hard licking her neck as he came hard inside she climaxed again he could feel her cervix bumping the head of his penis repeatedly in quick thumping beat and that just made him sigh in orgasmic bliss as another jet of semen gushed out

"did you just cum again?" she said into the bed

he leaned over her a bit "ress"

"no wonder I feel so full oooh god I'm going again! Ohh!"

her climax again started bumping his penis tip again and elicited him to pull back before he came yet again inside her it ended up gushing over her rear and back she wiggled around face muffled in the bed "hot! ooh god that’s hot wow"

he picked her up and set her in the shower she smiled an tried to wipe the semen off her butt and failed as it was sticky as glue it just smeared making strings of it

she looked at him and licked it a bit off a finger an grinned "not bitter at all very sweet and a bit musky"

"rowwer refore rit dries" smiling at her antics

she smiled and took her shirt off "wish you could get in here too" kissing him

she found water did finally dissolve it soap helped but not much, it just took a lot of water on it he made mental notes on it all watching her push on her belly a bit as he held the shower wand in her crotch thick blobs of white semen plopped out to flow down the drain slowly

"your very prolific lover if I try to do you orally I'm gona get into trouble but I still want to try" she laughed kissing him as he watched enjoying the view "ill bet the reason why your so annoyed with Frank is because part of you sees him as a rival for me even if he isn't"

he blinked realizing she was right! Even the mention of his name made the bull want to snort he wagged his ear

"well lover as I've said you’re my Bully Toro and I know where my safety an future is, you have no worries in that"

that night he felt better about it when Frank showed up with Stacey and Joseph right behind Sara explained a lot to them what they knew what they'd guessed at which was a lot and what help they had came up on the screen

"agent Garret"

"Sara TFM I see we have some new people?"

"yes, this is Frank head of HBED training here at the facility TFM has been leery of him but is getting better"

"TFM?" Frank asked

"the first musketeer Frank we haven't told the agents his real name it would cause red flags if it were searched electronically Takashima would know in minutes something was up"

"ahh that makes sense"

"his technology is quite frightening Mr. Solon yes we have your file I'm glad that Sara and TFM have woken you up to see the truth"

"oh yeah my wake up call was delivered via one pissed off HBED bull" rubbing his neck

the agent smiled "well I'm sure that Sara and TFM explained much as they know or thought it safe to let you in on thank you for joining us"

Frank smiled "Id been having bad feelings about a lot of the things going on for a bit especially them damn AA's every time they look at a HBED or one of my trainers they give me the creeps"

"and they are quite skilled in detection so you must be extra careful they in many cases have received quite extensive training beyond just security work we believe from some other evidence they could well be proficient murders and killers"

"more attacks Agent?" Sara asked brushing Bill's neck Stacey saw that and asked if she could borrow it and to Josephs surprise she sat down on the bed behind him and started brushing him

"yes and these two are Sara?" smiling as Joseph leaned into the grooming a bit

"Stacey and Joseph AC414 we now have another purpose as to why he's got the facilities set up as he does, Stacey is pregnant with a HBED child"

the agent and the others in the room around him came to a dead halt

"What? Your serious?"

"the trainers are all young healthy fertile and the ones we've fished answers out of, its only a few mind you, but I fully expect a lot more as we collect information either don’t use birth control cant or aren't sexually active thus don’t believe they need to around the HBED's as they theoretically shouldn’t do that to them

the trouble is they are sleeping with sexually active breeders in the same room that produce high amounts of pheromones that are clearly designed to encourage sexual relations and reduce the potential mates ability to resist their advances

we know humans are normally not supposed to be sensitive to pheromones but HBED's are crafted by Takashima clearly they can effect humans some more than others

the HBED males are trained to ignore HBED females in season to control themselves even when they lick that source directly, but not human ones which are quite similar

this is what we believe happened with Stacey, she ovulated unconcerned her trusted HBED would bother her even if she knew it had happened, he got a sniff of her sexual readiness and after a lick which she didn’t mind due to the pheromones effects he bred her in a very quick and simple thrust and inseminate movement the pheromones left her in a dream like state

the trouble then is HBED semen is at first thin and hot very fast flowing a large forceful gush of it relaxes the cervix quickly that combined with the quick orgasm it causes in a woman, a lot of it gets into the uterus that single large shot in a moment thickens around and in the cervix to a custard like consistency so that it cant be washed or forced out easily thus insuring that one breeding should do the job

but they if given the chance, can do it again very quickly within moments of the first or second ejaculation literally filling a fertile ovulating woman's uterus leaving the egg to swim in sperm"

"um your quite well versed with it" agent Garret said uncomfortably

"I should be, I became fertile and didn’t realize it, I was cuddled up with TFM as his warmth helped my sore back which should have been a warning to me my ovaries were getting ready but I didn’t pay attention to my body really didn’t care either, his body responded to it and was sporting a raging hard on so I got randy and enjoyed his company

he tried in vain to warn me before we went too far, but I didn’t want to listen, well I tried to get his deposit out and couldn’t what I did get out got thick an sticky like glue I went to the doctor and before I could see him his nurse grilled me repeatedly trying to get me to admit id just been bred by a HBED

I refused to tell her what she wanted to hear but the doctor didn’t ask so if were going to fix this we need to get rid of her she's clearly a Takashima loyalist who's trying to find out how many have been bred for his experiment or plan I think the doctor is a potential help"

Frank was thinking "this the blonde? Um Trixi?"

"I didn’t ask her name but yeah she's blonde the only one over there"

agent Garret coughed "this her?" an a picture came up

"yes that’s the bitch" Sara made the single finger salute at the picture

"Trixi Sanderson she's been in the LA tower dozens of times past few weeks seen with numerous known Takashima loyalists who've suspiciously gone missing recent months

as well as several recently paroled state prisoners with some very nasty records. she's been visiting them in prison prior to their release. Up to about 7 months ago when she started going to the training facility" People behind him started bringing up prison parole records for the state

"So Sara say that this is true the HBEDs are able to breed with humans why? To what purpose"

"to see if HBEDs can, I don’t know agent Garret. your guess is good as mine I just know HBED males are engineered to do it and do it well likely the females as well"

Bill had removed the keyboard from the terminal at the desk and had it in his lap plugged into the laptops auxiliary keyboard port Sara was just in front of him

he started typing 'question, you’ve captured more AA's agent?'

"yes we have in several cities TFM why?"

'ideas, always thinking agent I'm always thinking working around here exercising mind numbing things my mind goes into idle mode it thinks,

now Takashima is playing with nukes ill bet HBEDs are either resistant or immune to radiation doses that would cause issues with humans you need to test that to make certain'

"what?" came from many sources

holding his hand out "rwait" he started typing "ri rwill rexplain"

'if it comes out we HBED's are resistant to radiation levels that humans cant handle then that leads me to certain theories and ideas now one is HBED's are being engineered as we are to survive his planned detonation of those nukes

that means were running on a bigger clock one we don’t know how long till it goes off but it will! so that’s imminent deployment of nuclear weapons on united states soil so we need it confirmed.

Those AA's are killers and murders they don’t deserve your pity at all USE them if they wont talk an give you information use them to find out what we need to confirm

Now two, the training of HBED's encourage them to serve loyally till they lose their owner or family their natural instincts to survive will kick in becoming herding animals due to fear and loss of owners guiding humans alpha males will find an collect HBED and human females who are fertile and breed them keeping the weaker human females around via force and pheromones till so gravid they cant leave safely

this of course will happen as people will be stunned and shocked from the devastation the losses and horror they will see a wandering HBED male and trust which has been created by months or years of advertisements seeing him as either help food or even companionship they will take him in

once around them the male will wait till she or others are fertile an then breed them even taking them away from a group to do it the pheromones will only make that easier

three, at that point after the disaster caused by Takashima there will be herds of HBEDs the bred human females and weakened groups of humans ripe for the collection nation wide, as hardy as human women are when pregnant they don’t move fast and HBED induced pregnancy seems to cause a lot of hormonal upset in the mother more so than normal pregnancy' he looked at Stacey for a moment

'thus the superior thinking human AA's can round them up far easier in the end more HBEDs via birth and then conversion to capture further land or humans. This is of course all theory I have no complete evidence but it all fits Takashima's currently known works

in the end the US will be terrible trouble who would you turn the military might on? Where would the bombs go? Who would the men shoot to defend the country? The women an men enslaved and chipped HBEDs? Doing as they've been literally programmed to? A man behind thousands of AA's who have all the killer abilities and the power to dominate the fight'

they were all quiet looking at him several blinked the ramifications if true meant disaster finally the agent nodded grabbing a pad making notes

"I'll get the tests done, also we have found out a few things about those stealth devices the AA's have under the skin at the back of the head they don’t work in humans and we found why HBEDs have a protein that acts like a key in a circuit built into the device so until we find out how to bypass that only HBEDs will be able to use the device surgically implanted in them"

William typed 'alright don’t know how many we will need so keep collecting them'

"we also have intercepted more of his nukes and as you predicted the AA's attacked the military base where we had the first ones its where we got to test several combat techniques we captured several dozen AA's and the military had a few human losses as well showed the weakness in the defensive works against HBEDs"

'captured troops? Or dead?'

Garret looked at a page "several dead 4 missing"

Sara nodded "they're already being converted or have been and are being tortured for information"

The agent had to nod getting another page of information from another agent who walked up

"We just spotted Trisha Sanderson outside LA heading in she's being detained right now and the facilities supervisor is at home he's going to go missing tomorrow"

"sounds good to me" Sara grinned

Joseph clearly had been thinking listening to everything Bill recognized it Joe sighed and held his hand out to Bill seeing him watching

"Rilliam ret rme rave rat rease"

"ri rknew rou rould ro rthe right rthing roseph" handing the keyboard and then the pencils to him

Joe started typing 'my name is Joseph Manning a retired US navy seal I saw action in Vietnam and a few other places after'

Agent Garret smiled quite quickly "thank you Joseph we have your information here our last report was you died…"

'died hell! them AA bastards carried me out of my bed into a truck and next thing I know is I've… force bred this wonderful young lady who I could have been her grandfather and then some god I feel sick for doing it even if it was beyond me to stop it at the time'

"the rest home you were in is owned by a Takashima subsidiaries company, well we can see where they are getting even more humans for the processing line" shaking his head clearly troubled "Joe, William is recently Takashima security but your former clearance and rank will be reactivated privately we need you to take this missions control"

'no, and I'm sorry agent, but I know nothing of the towers hell I don’t know anything of the past 20 years other than the little news and soaps I watched while trying to not piss in my man diaper

William is a classic symptom of our countries short sightedness and now Takashima has taken her shoved his dick right up her and is threatening to shoot her full of trouble! Its only a matter of time till it happens he's just dicking around right now building to the climax No agent the military lost a splendid tactician and planner by not taking him I've seen it before

Now I can help, and thanks to this equine stud HBED body they put me in I can fight and teach these people how too as well but William is the thinker the planner I've seen his type, very rare but you don’t ever want on their bad side they can find fifty fucking ways to ruin your day before breakfast'

Everyone blinked a bit at the language

'um damn sorry all I'm a bit pissed, so any ideas you have agent Garret you need William in charge but if he'll have me id be happy to stand near him in the fight'

Bill took a pad 'thanks Joe an I think we can together make Takashima regret doing this to all of us'

Joe thrust his hand out to Bill but Bill rose up writing 'we are HBED Joe we will live differently and are our greeting is the nose not the hand' Bill leaned forward an touched noses equal with Joe

Joe smiled nodding Bill reached out and held his head still "rwiggle ear rone ress rtwo rno rhead rnod rdead riv away rundrestand?"

He hurfed laughing and then smiled wiggling an ear "ress rir!"

"alright now we have better knowledge who's with you and abilities those two are going to be gone out of the picture keep your eyes open things are likely to be troubled Takashima isn't going to like what were doing to his loyalists

but to get you into that top management slot Sara and into Takashima's trust zone it has to be done"

"no wonder you want the facility management job" Frank smiled "still takes a lot of brass to tell what your plans are"

"and you'll see I will do it and then we can take this fight to Takashima who already likes me in other ways"

Bill snorted "re rtouches rher rike ratrill rip rhis rballs roff"

She smiled and hugged Bill "easy my Bully Toro easy"

"ah an Sara" Garret smiled "you work for us now your former employer thought it best"

"oh? Well if that’s the case got a dental plan? I've got this chipped tooth" pointing into her mouth

both HBEDs hurfed laughing Stacy was giggling an Frank guffawed

"alright, alright keep safe all of you" he paused as someone came up to him holding out a file folder they nodded an walked away "and TFM or better known as William Morin you let it slip"

Bill was quiet but cursing inside putting a hand on his face Sara reacted first "don’t use that name on any computer!"

"we do have our own sources of information that Takashima cant flag or use against us Sara we have extensive paper files on all of his security personnel past an present waiting for just this moment" he smiled

the picture of him as a human came up from his drivers license and pictures of him in uniform from around the tower even mowing his lawn

"only son of William Morin Sr. and Kate, school testing scores evaluations and IQ show you to be all too correct Joe refused service by medical disqualification police refused his applications due to medical disqualification damn, Hmm your father is still alive Bill we'll get him into an observation list so incase something happens we can help him quick,

also says you’re the major suspect in the murder of another guard at the Houston tower a Mark Spurbest interesting thing is he had contacted us just prior to his death and triggered our interest in Takashima said that if something happened to him to find you quickly, you preferred Bill over William didn’t you"

"ress" sighing a bit looking at Sara's neck an back

the pictures Sara was paying a lot of attention to brought up the long forgotten self consciousness again and more it reminded him of what he wasn’t anymore

"with all of this Bill I now have two of my superiors telling me we need to get you into federal witness protective custody immediately you’re a material witness to everything Takashima has done, from the towers to the training facilities and its due to who you are it would make you an irrefutable witness for the prosecution"

"no, ri rwont reave rmy reinds rstop ris rnow rore rthis ris rover" he snorted hating his mouth so much hands clenched annoyed

the agent blinked

Sara sighed "he said no, I wont leave my friends stop this now or this is over and I agree agent Garret you have the chance to get inside Takashima's computers and the priceless data on people converted so no"

The agent sighed "then please Joe make sure you keep that stubborn bull safe! That’s an order and ill get it on paper if I have to"

He typed 'I can do that best by making sure we take our objectives and win this war'

Garret nodded and they shut down the laptop

Frank looked at Sara an then Bill who had gone into the bathroom and was looking into the mirror there

"Sara I don’t think he's ok"

she looked "I know ill take care of it go on, remember everything is same old same old"

everyone left but Sara who walked over to him he heard her walk the soft rolling footsteps showed her uncertainty the caution of a person approaching a possibly unsettled animal not the man that once existed there….

"you haven't ever looked at yourself have you, its why you made it through the tower through the hell there, you didn’t look at what you'd become never even once"

he sighed reaching up touching the unfamiliar face in the mirror showing it happen feeling the touch of fingers he knew he'd used them for so much as the tears now could not be refused any longer they welled up in the mirrors reflection and he felt the wetness spread

the blurring from too many tears in the eyes of golds browns an blues made the reflection blink they flowed out into already wet fur the ears went limp the huge bovine nose started to run dripping down onto the lips an off the chin

black to dark brown fur covered his head with light gray in the ears his chin nose throat and the damn fur pattern Takashima put on him permanently, forever marked, the huge head an bone mass at the top there was nothing human there at all, even the eyes, the windows to the soul were so very inhuman

he Mooed in grief and it came from the face there and so did the next ones with the sobs an tears the nose trembling in its mass sagging unable to stand anymore head leaning on the sink his tears rolling down the drain

"ress Rgod Ress" he Mooed mournfully and that just made it worse

"I'm sorry hon I'm so sorry" holding his hand

"rrrhy reits rrrot rour rault" sobbing around the words made his impediment worse

she moved over and hugged him best she could holding him for hours finally getting him back to his bed she covered him and herself

"rou rtill rike rrmee?"

"of course I like you, William.. I love you"

"rwhy?" clearly confused sniffing wiping his cheeks with his wrist

"because I see your heart felt it beat with mine, I made love to you and enjoyed it to a point I'm proud I did it, and brag about you to the others I love you for who and what you are and even who you were"

she smiled kissed him lovingly wiping the mess of his nose off on the blanket then mopped the tears from his face "and when this is all over my handsome lover of a bull I want that belly fulla babies to hell with the other people an their opinions I love you don’t you ever doubt it"

she hugged his head to her stomach his nose between her breasts tears still came but slower now she kept gently petting his cheek and neck finally sleep took him she sighed smiled and kissed him again laying down with him quite warm as his arm pulled her closer

the next few days the front office had Frank busy doing jobs they couldn’t since their boss was missing Sara got to be head trainer by default and took advantage of the opportunity sending HBEDs and trainers to Stacey's cabin taking food or some other reason they got to learn the truth the HBED that left that cabin was another ally

Sara cornered the doctor as he was examining the AB female Ginny had harmed when she set her free of the chip Doctor Victor Hanes stood there stunned beyond words to see the AB crawl out of bed and sob at his feet begging in Spanish about her children

Bill knew just enough Spanish to explain it to her she sat up shivering her trainer hugged her head and she sobbed in his arms

the explanation done there as William had yanked the cable for the camera out when he'd came in Sara ran down everything they knew so far to the three of them and what was going on to a certain point then she stopped

"now doctor this is where I ask you as primary Doctor of this facility tending both humans and HBED, what do you know, but understand this HBED's are able to smell if a human lies, Takashima has a HBED body waiting for anyone that he sees as a risk or an opportunity like my William there

once a loyal Takashima security officer he saw something he wasn't supposed to and to protect his god cursed honor he had a loyal employee converted after being hunted by his god damned professional killer AA's William has killed two so far to keep alive to keep us all safe and hopefully stop that madman"

she sat down on the end of the bed, her hand reassuringly settled on the sobbing AB's shoulder "what do you think he'll do to you if you lie to us? We need your help and must know we can trust you"

he turned a bit to look at the AB1A the eyes told him everything those eyes now watched his every move and blocked the door

"I know only what he's got me studying here at the facility the human HBED interactions take care of them both insure that they stay healthy"

"and do those studies include breeding between them as well?"

he paused at that

Bill smelled the doctors fear level shoot up

"t-that was a possible potential I was told that I didn’t need to worry about things just keep those who might get pregnant healthy and happy"

"and pregnant no other options like abortions? Perhaps birth control meds?"

"um no why has it happened?" hope fear anticipation smells radiated from him

she looked at him "I don’t know if I should tell you anything doctor, William dear? What do you think?"

"Rhe rknows rmore rhes rnot raying"

"Persuade him my dear"

Bill reached out and his fingers clamped down on the shoulder and collarbone squeezing just a bit the doctor yelped and tried to fall out of his grip and hung there defying gravity agonized he stood up again trying to force the fingers open

"ok, ok!! Make him let go of me!"

"I don’t make William do anything he doesn’t want to do, you realize he can dead lift nearly a ton don’t you? Id say he's showing quite precise control right now usually he doesn’t suffer stupid people"

"alright, alright I'll talk! Goddamn it, it hurts! Takashima will convert me too if he finds out I talked"

Bill eased up but held him there

"Takashima has sensors on the sewage lines from the cabins made to detect several things like pregnancy related hormones in levels from HBED caused impregnation HBED semen profiles pregnant HBED's.

The last data sheet shows at least fifteen pregnancies and several dozen of the trainers are being sexually active with them like you Sara, Takashima made special note of you

I swear I didn’t know about the forced conversions he told me they were all volunteers for the process, but it failed to keep their minds intact like with the AA's god I didn’t know about the chips or what he'd planned"

She looked to Bill who wiggled an ear he'd spoken nearly truthfully about what he knew it was good enough for now

"I find it very difficult to believe you bought the volunteer bull from him, but I've known of worse decisions made, sorry hon"

"rits rtrue rold rou ri rwas rstupid" tilting his head a bit which was their shrug

"I told him you got the morning after pill and he said to me, give her time she wont next time it happens and left it at that"

Sara's temper flared she got up walked over to the doctor and punched him hard in the face "you son of a bitch! I aught to have William put you down those damn toilet drains let his damn sensors read that going by! now your working for us! Got me or you'll go missing like your bitch nurse you understand me doctor?

The job you have now is to give me the names of the pregnant and ready this place for abortions and I want who's busy with HBEDs as well so they can be given birth control at least the morning after pills since its so hard to tell the HBED's no due to the pheromones"

Bill didn’t want to but he picked up a pad

"no damn it William don’t you dare tell me…" she stopped as he sighed

he held the pad up slowly 'some must keep the babies or Takashima will know something is wrong, we will have to ask for volunteers if things go bad they will be priority to evacuate them I know it wont be easy to ask of them but again there's a bigger picture'

she breathed hard rubbing an flexing her hand it clearly hurt. doc was already developing a black eye "alright you bastard you get me that list, I will get our friends to send in help for this. You don’t tow the line and William will be the very last thing you see in this life am I clear"

he looked at Bill who snorted hard at him "perfectly Sara, there is no way id tell Takashima about this id be far worse off then, let me go get those printouts"

Bill stood aside letting the doc walk out

"follow him lover" she smiled as he was already moving as she said it

he followed the doc to his office where he disabled the camera in a smoke detector without being seen, the doc unlocked a safe and retrieved the files holding them out to him Bill spotted his number on one in the vault reached in an took his file as well

"how long do you think you can fool Takashima William he's going to figure it out eventually"

Bill leaned over knowing the office was likely bugged as well but he was annoyed just enough "rong renuff rto rmake rim regret retraying rme rorever rand ruining rmy rife rhell rwill rseem rike rparadise"

He had the doc head back to the room Sara nodded to Cassie who was there and Tim who had heard glaring at the doc

Bill handed the files to her "ok you two get these trainers collected tell them its special duty training, William where can we talk to them all safely?" giving a printout to Cassie

He snorted fingering to Tim 'we need to disable the cameras in the cafeteria first'

'ill look an see if I can find the feed cables'

'its likely right along a roof rafter going out along a wall get Joseph in there too'

'he smiled and wiggled an ear'

they headed out she looked at doc "your on notice doc screw up and there's nowhere to run the feds will know your working with Takashima for now they wont do anything

so you be good, help out an play your part and you might live out your life as a human go on go back to your rounds or whatever if Takashima talks to you I want every word"

"ok Sara" he nodded clearly scared

she went over an hugged the lady HBED who had calmed a lot hearing them talk she looked at Bill who's hard angry face softened he Mooed reassurance to her and she smiled holding onto the arms of her trainer which were wrapped around her neck tears still falling into her fur

he examined his file with Sara it was the basic health his detailed marathon information and amounts of detected HBED semen down the drain her getting the pill and the such nothing revealing

that night just after dinner Sara asked the cooks to be absent for a bit they looked to Frank who nodded "ill explain later once we know its safe to"

Bill found the camera feed line outside the building and shoved a maintenance cart into it smashing an severing the wires damaging the concrete a bit denting the cart leaving its green paint ground into the damage so it would appear to have been someone's carelessness

Joseph nodded from his keeping an eye out for AA's Bill picked the cart up setting it back in its stall Joseph laughed softly and smiled all Bill had to do was push it back not pick it up they trotted back over to the main doors Tim was guarding there with several more doing HBED lessons

Guarding the back doors from between dumpsters Hank an Sylvia sat back to back a big cardboard box pile over them

Sara smiled at the fifteen pregnant there she also had nearly half of the ones sleeping with their HBED's and one lady specially brought in, the place was pretty packed

Joseph walked with Stacey up to the front where she sat down he settled onto his haunches and rubbed her back a bit being supportive

Sara nodded to several as she walked to the front of the room Frank sat down doc was invited and was already hiding best he could behind napkin holders and condiments

Bill wagged his ear at Tim who replied the same closing the door, Bill estimated they had over three dozen HBED's about a dozen of those were females Sara looked at him he bowed his head a bit

"alright everyone quiet down please thank you" she stepped up on a table where a podium had been set up she took the printouts and held them up

"you are here right now because of these printouts and the information they contain sensors in the waste pipes from your cabins made to detect the presence of HBED semen and or the high hormone levels of a HBED induced pregnancy now just be quiet and listen!"

she sighed as many were still talking and denials were all over the place some actually yelling at each other for talking

Sara looked at Bill with a please help look

he bellowed out a warning then snorted hard as they all went silent staring at him

"thank you William dear, now I didn’t make this list the sensors did, Takashima's sensors! The reason is because he wants the HBED's to breed he wants to know they are! an we make the best targets and I intend to prove it to you since so many are in denial that their HBED did it already I'm sure that once you see and we talk about it you WILL remember it

14 of you are showing signs hormonally of being pregnant! The others are actively bedding with them so ALL of you here are known to Takashima and I'm here to help save you"

"SO! when did you get promoted Sara" a black Hispanic decent woman spoke up her AC111 blinked at her annoyed tone

"when I became trainer to William Morin also known as 221AB1A first of the free HBED's" they all looked at him as he walked forward and stood next to her folding his arms over his chest Sara grinned a bit of sexual pleasure radiated off her seeing him flex like that

"bullshit Sara this is such bull crap" came from the same one that had interrupted before

"Shut up before I tell your babies father to shut you up after I set him free" holding the list up "your nearly three weeks gone was it one time fast an quick or did you do it again after?"

the lady went silent angry but she held her tongue Bill could smell the confusion in the room some clearly knew something happened

Bill remembered her name Lateesha he wrote it on the pad in front of Sara

"now Stacey here is farthest gone at a bit over five weeks the hormones are horrible on her and I'm quite sure your all ready starting to feel it in the morning Lateesha" glaring at the lady who lost her angry look

"now the HBEDs were designed and trained to do this oh damn Takashima was clever! But he didn’t count on things like William and Tim being free of the chips in their heads

now take a moment look in the nose of your HBED see the truth each and every one of them is a human trapped in a sleepwalker nightmare converted enslaved asleep forever"

they did and clearly horrified looks came back to look at her murmurs and gasps echoed

"the doctor here under duress provided these printouts, now there are still several out there enjoying the company of their HBED roommates we just couldn’t gather any more in here so we chose the highest incidents of detection and JUST so you know! I'm on the list too!

Yes I've had my Bully Toro breed me good I'm proud to say damn its good and he nearly caught me too but I got a morning after pill immediately as he told me I was fertile since he's free of that chip he could warn me, he cared"

She let them absorb that and many of the still angry confused faces changed realizing the admission was even more than just admitting, she was proud of it

"Stacy would you come up and tell them what happened to you, best you can I know Joseph you still feel bad but you couldn’t help yourself being under the chip"

He picked her up and gently set her up on the table where she embarrassedly detailed what happened what she remembered finally, then sighed. Sara nodded gently the Fourteen others pregnant clearly showed themselves at that point looking down at their bellies

"now I want this to stick with you all, it might well be unnecessary but when you leave here tonight your going to be working for the freedom of all HBED's that Takashima has enslaved I want you to remember what he has done here and the three other training facilities who aren't as lucky as we are they don’t have free HBED's to stop this"

she explained how it worked the pheromones the trust and the training

Bill tapped the podium as the special guest was about to ripen. Sara gestured to Her and her HBED an AC, Bill had as he walked by her earlier today caught her impending ovulation and she was very strongly scented for it even prior to it happening

"now this is indeed a special teaching lesson" every HBED in the room started sniffing the girl blinked at maybe twenty she was quite well figured "Brenda you do have that pill I gave you?"

everyone noticed all the HBED's reaction and were now paying a bit better attention clearly this was different response from the HBED's norms

"yes, but I don’t know why, I've never done that with 391 he's a good boy he's never shown any response like you described"

he was already leaning over and sniffing at her rear licking his nose his arousal dropped out of its covering sheath and growing firm

"that’s because you were still on the pill before, you ran out a week ago or so?"

"yes but?"

"well you just ovulated, and your body is sending out pheromones that we humans cant smell but the HBEDs can, and they all know it, don’t worry the pill will take care of it in the morning but we have to prove just how strong the HBED Pheromones effect is on people and that it makes them forget"

391 reached out an planted his hands on her hips "hey 391 stop that" pushing his hands away that came right back gripped her jeans and pulled them down she yelped in surprise as he shoved his nose in the crack of her butt licking an slurping she tried to move but his powerful hands held her in place and as he did her willpower to fight simply dissolved melting away as he licked

others stood to help but Bill held out his hand to stop them they tried to tell him to stop

she moaned and begged him to stop ineffectually her voiced complaints faint mixing with the moans her body relaxing with each lick he made

he came up his chin leaned on her back and shoulder pressing her body down a finger ripped away her panties the last obstacle in his way and his shaft slid home in her he humped a couple times tail flagging up as she moaned softly trying to tell him to stop and he snorted hard and it was done

she stumbled a bit as he let go Sara caught her arm "easy I'm sorry but everyone including you needed to see just how deeply the pheromones have effected us, she wanted to fight to stop him ordering him to stop but in an instant her ability to do so was gone" looking at the shocked faces of the trainers

some were remembering and it clearly scared them

Frank walked around and held a blanket up to give her some cover till she could get her pants back up Brenda put her hand down there looking at the sticky white semen on her fingers

Sara offered her several wet wipes "they wont help much I'm afraid it takes a lot of water to dissolve the stickiness and a woman cant put a hose up herself to wash it out, it will dissolve in about ten hours dribbling out as you use the toilet"

Brenda looked around confused "what the hell just happened? Why do I feel so full? And damn why am I all sticky!" shaking her fingers flinging strands on the floor

Sara looked at everyone who clearly got it she helped behind the cover to put the wet wipes on her groin trying to reach her jeans around her ankles suddenly 391 was there again going after Brenda's bent over body his bouncing arousal intent on use again

Sara smacked 391 on the nose as he tried to get Brenda again "NO 391 bad! SIT!"

He snorted and reached again for his female and a bigger hand gripped his wrist William snorted in his face "rcontrol rour self rbrother rHBED Ror ri rwill"

He snorted at William and tried turning to kick wanting to land a rear hoof Bill snorted and lifted him up into the air holding the AC there waiting for him to calm down and admit defeat but he just thrashed around and tried to kick him

Brenda called out For Bill not to hurt him Sara shook her a bit "he's not hurting 391 he's keeping him from breeding you again"

"breed me? I he.. 391 he…not… no my… 391 … oh my god" she looked in her pants and shook her head more she went pale then a furious angry blush came to her face "that! That Animal!"

Sara held her back "did as exactly as Takashima wants done, calm down Brenda at least we got your head clear and you have in your pocket a morning after pill take it later and you'll be ok most don’t get clear headed till hours later sometimes a day

Due of course to the HBED keeping you breeding with them in private which by that time its too late the fertilized egg is on its way to the uterus or there already getting to work"

The fourteen clearly nodded many others did as well everyone clearly still shocked

"some of you I can then now assume quite easily this also happened to you and for some reason it didn’t catch, you got lucky, but continued playing with them is only going to get you pregnant as the pheromones make it easy for them to take over such an encounter now we have friends outside they're getting us birth control for just incase there's an accident but the best way is to free the HBED's from their sleep"

she got the kit and Bill had to drop 391 and pin him to the floor he was in a breeding fury thinking Bill was after his female

Joseph came over and they shared the AC between them holding him still as she drained the chip detailing what she was doing Frank had got the camera that connected to the big screen above

the images of the chip in his nose her making the connections all in huge clear color Brenda was hugging the blanket around herself Stacy moved over and helped her to sit down the last cut to the chip done AC391 calmed blinking looking at his hands then William and Joseph as they relaxed a bit

his eyes went to Brenda and the remorse an horror flooded the equine face "ROH RMY ROD rhat rave ri rdone!" showing the whites of his eyes

every trainer there stood up as 391 collapsed to the floor sobbing pounding the floor with his fists trying to hit his head on it Bill again lifted him up hugging him as a friend "Ri Rknow Rits rnot rour rualt"

Joseph patting a shoulder as 391 beat his powerful fists into Bills back trying to fight it anything just to pound the grief out he stopped finally sobbing limp in Williams arms

Brenda was there scared of him angry too but she touched his side "391"

He tried to run pull away still held up then stopped going limp again "rnoo rease rgo rway"

Sara walked over looking at him "I'm sorry 391 we had to get it into every ones heads how really strongly the pheromones effect us its my fault you did that to Brenda, but you would have tonight in private and continued to till morning her mind an body totally willing to allow it

she would have been tired and exhausted in the morning with her privates sore sticky and flooded with your seed her mind either unable or unwilling to make her upset over it she would likely taken a shower and gone to class with you hovering at her side your job done at that point you'd be the happy good boy she knew

in a couple weeks the hormones would begin to tell her the truth too late"

Sara looked right at the gathered trainers and they paled a bit

"an don’t think guys I'm going to leave you out of this though a bit different conditions I'm sure" she pointed at the doe's trainer "she kept putting her rump to you bugging for attention pestering you her scent sharp and strong in the cabin's enclosed space"

The guys clearly just as uncomfortable at this point "how did she do it while you were asleep, or you unable to get to sleep because her smell had you painfully aroused? A touch at that point a lick"

"yes" came from him and others nodded some clearly glad they hadn't been alone in this problem

"my 101 she sat on me in the bed ripped the blanket open to get at me"

"279 she tripped me on the way to the bathroom to relive myself for the 3rd time sat on me and… well you know.. she left me alone for rest of the night and her scent went away least till the next day"

"and that went on" Sara was walking towards them "till they clearly got bred and their body let them know it" she waved the sheets "HBED female hormone pregnancy level alerts people, normally HBED's would be breeding with HBED's but!

Takashima has something else going on and were trying to fight it, this is the big one getting the HBED's free of the chips so they can think! Instead of act on their bodies needs to breed which for them is a HUGE! urge only a thinking mind can resist the animal as its clearly apparent I'm sure"

She had him hold her head a bit and she could just get the tools into her remarkably thin but beautiful face the drain and clipping done she backed up

"she might be more upset about the HBED than being pregnant but be careful" Sara cautioned him

"I deserve anything she wants to hit me with, I should have found away to avoid it"

the doe was just looking at him her eyes watered and she leaned forward into his arms sobbing into his belly her words muffled and distorted by crying but she was asking him for forgiveness

Sara gently put her hand on the does shoulder she looked eyes filled with tears "we will see about getting abortions setup soon as we can"

She looked up a bit into her trainers eyes and hugged him again sobbing more "rno ri rdont rant rthat rou rknow rou rneed rsome rtoo re regnant" looking at Sara her head against him

Sara nodded "indeed that was going to be the next part to this once everyone was de-chipped some of you will have to volunteer to carry possibly to term. Takashima expects it and is likely wondering by these printouts information when those who are, will go in to the doctor for help"

She walked back over to the podium as Frank went to set more of the HBED's free William an Joseph ready to lend a hand

"and I know he wants it that way, because the doctor… " pausing a moment to glare at him he cowered closer to the table

"told me what Takashima said when he found out I had gotten a pill to fix the problem id gotten myself into willingly and eagerly, give her time she wont next time it happens, the bastard" several growled agreement to that

she turned back to the room "I see the black eye I gave you Doctor is quite large remember it! Alright everyone we don’t have a lot of time left lets get your roommates set free remember tomorrow nothing is changed! Or the AA's will find out an were all screwed"

the tears and upset of the HBED's were matched in part by their trainers finally the last one was freed from the chip Sara was helping with her she was trying to scream holding her head

Bill looked out at Tim who fingered 'AA patrol been around twice now they're sniffing around too much'

'ok I'll go check on Hank and Sylvia if they give ya grief Franks orders'

Tim ear wiggled and went back to his lesson on stacking odd sized dishes correctly with the others it wasn’t quite dark yet so they were allowed to be out

He walked past Frank "rwe rneed ro rcheck ron rank" taking a hold on his arm to pull him along a bit

"okay, okay let me catch up"

"rorry" he grabbed a full trash can and Frank got the idea quickly

he shouted at the door "William! Get that trash can there, damn people! this is why were having food related issues! Trash left full all NIGHT! Damn!" he shoved the door open "go empty that can William and get back in here for those others of food that’s clearly bad"

"ress rsir" carrying it out to the dumpster he smelled then spotted two pairs of AA's one set was patrolling just past some of the classroom buildings the other was stopped listening to Franks tirade into the cafeteria at the cook staff inside just down the side of the building they saw him and Frank and moved on

Bill made a big show of getting the can completely empty "row rong rwere rthey rthere?" he said softly hanks finger came out

'not long they’ve kept moving those two stopped just a second ago so they only heard what Frank is going on about'

"rgood rwere rnearly rone ri rill rend rim round"

Hanks hand made the thumbs up sign and disappeared back under the boxes the smell from the dumpsters was enough to cover the HBED an human smell between them hell it was enough to cover a skunk! He thought

Going back in he an Frank kept up the emptying of cans and his annoyance with people that weren't there

Sara came out back waving her hand as she got close to him "wheew William you got some on you"

"rorry rmadam"

"its ok you needed a wash anyhow" she spotted the next pair of AA's coming around the other end of the building Frank was behind the door yelling she let them see her kiss his head and rub the horn boss affectionately putting his nose right between her breasts hugging him

their eyes betrayed the fact they had been waiting for a sign of something like that they abruptly changed course and went off towards the front of the complex

"they now have a juicy tidbit to tell Takashima" kissing him fully "and he can go screw his own AA's if he don’t like it"

"rhe rwants rit"

"I know" hugging him again he leaned into her scratching of the annoying horn buds developing "itchy horns again huh"

"mmmresss" nearly purring at the attention

"wont be long they have the skin hot again and the fur is getting thinner"

he looked up at her "rgood ri rwant rhem rig rones"

"that’s my Bully Toro"

they all went in at that point Bill patted Frank on the shoulder gently "rgood rwork"

"thank you I thought it was" smiling "a good bit of acting improvisation"

Bill gave him a thumb up

they went over to the group there most were wiping towels on cheeks and noses

Stacy smiled "I'm volunteering and Joseph will help me much as he can its for all of us"

Sara looked out over the others "anyone else?"

five more of the pregnant trainers held their hands up and nearly all of the HBED females

"excellent thank you all so much I know it’s a lot to ask but this gives Takashima the jollies he needs to leave us alone to plan how to ruin him totally those of you who simply cant do it please get with the doctor.. over the next couple days to get the abortions alright don’t all go rushing over"

She looked at him "I have things all ready Sara, okay.." cringing a bit

"good and you might as well start getting the data he wants on the pregnancies as well as they come in to you I imagine you were supposed to tell them sorry cant abort it or something to that effect"

he sank lower she just growled an made angry body movements towards him "Stacy you need to go in tomorrow as the hormones are tearing you apart maybe he has something to help calm your stomach down so you can eat"

"ok Sara" smiling holding Josephs hand and arm which were protectively around her

"alright then HBED's what are you? Calm happy simple HBED's right?"

they all calmed and went placid their eyes in a few cases still needed work she went along as did Frank to help a bit and they were told about the ear wiggles

"head out everyone get some rest and again thank you"

the group filtered out safely and headed for their cabins Lateesha shook Sara's hand an hugged her she was one of the volunteers willing to go the term

he looked to Tim at that signal the group got up then decided to go for an evening run around the building to get the kinks out after sitting there for so long

they walked back to their cabin Sara talking to Frank as the group of joggers went by with Sylvia and Hank in the middle

"ok thanks for the help you two get some sleep lots to do tomorrow"

"okay Frank sleep well"

he got a quick wash in the night's radiant heat rising off the rocks and concrete the water was lukewarm to cool an refreshing he got a surprise as Sara slid in and let the water pour over her sweaty body as well, shirt instantly gripping her lovely skin

she smiled flirting with trouble enjoying the risk of lightly feeling things out in the open

"I thought you might need some help Brenda was really potent apparently"

he glanced around to the Cabins that faced the HBED bathing area there. The lights were off she took that as a yes and in the cover of the water pouring down on and around his shoulders knelt down as she did things by hand licking occasionally

she'd paid attention to how he reacted inside her and gently rubbed an then tapped on the tip several times he grunted snorting with a small hip thrust and couldn’t hold it gushing hard right up into the shower

she squeaked and laughed softly as it happened she quickly licked her hand smiling up at him standing up she got the soap and scrubbed him and herself a bit to get any residue off and grabbed towels

the AA's walked by but didn’t look over at them they didn’t need to the smell of HBED semen was all to clear in the air

"really William did you have to get me all wet too"

"rorry rmadam"

"yeah your rorry alright get your brush and lets go"

inside he helped her get her soaked shirt off and pants then her bra and panties he set her up on the bed getting towels she let him dry her off being careful and loving in his attentions her body trying to relax from pheromone effects as he learned trigger spots it was clearly strongly effective when fertile

he wrapped the towels around her then his arms smiling "rwhy rdid rou ro rthat? Rthose rAA's"

"well I didn’t know they were coming around, and I don’t care, I love you and its fun, I enjoy being with you so much like that, I know its probably the pheromones that make me want to do things so risky.

I don’t care if you didn’t have them id still love you and let them AA's tell Takashima I did things with you in the shower just makes it more believable that I'm yours to breed"

he sighed and nuzzled her neck kissing it and her "rtrouble rmaker rou rare, rove rou rfor rit" licking gently at her breast as a towel slipped

she giggled and hugged him "sleep now I'm beat and another long day tomorrow"

she cuddled up against him nude for the first time head on his chest his chin at her neck

the blanket pulled over he sighed

she whispered "I feel safe here like this nowhere else but here anymore"

"rme rtoo rou rdid rit rtoo rme rfirst rnight rtogether"

she looked at him in the dark room "when I took a nap that first day?"

"ress ri rslept rike re rdead rwas ro rscared ri'd rsslip rand rwake rup rith rAA's rafter rme rbut rnot rsince rith rou rhere"

she put her hand on his cheek kissed him then snuggled in close again "you were a handsome man nothing trophy like but I think as a HBED you are and if I were to be caught Takashima ready to inject me for the change id want AB like you I know eventually you'd save me and things would be good"

he hugged her tighter for a moment "rets rnot ret rhim rdo rthat rif rwe rhave ra rchoice risky rand rnothing rcan replace rou"

in the morning they got with Frank towards the back of the cafeteria he was talking to the head cooks they looked at Sara an William completely different

Sara looked at him incredulously "Frank what the hell"

Bill snorted

"easy William, you poor dear" came from the older black cook her face aged but warm filled with concern

"Frank was explaining what is really going on here far as you all know its okay we believe him and think its monstrous" the slightly younger Yugoslavian born cook said

"to think Takashima is doing this after years of giving people jobs and the best working conditions it’s a betrayal of everyone who work for him to think I came out of retirement just because he asked me to run this kitchen" she reached out an put her hand gently on Bill's hand "were on your side dear"

Sara sighed "well it'd be nice if Frank told us first, here we are in a place where anyone could be a Takashima loyalist looking for things just like this"

"we cornered him dear"

"we did I've worked with him before I knew something was going on.. and what is that sticky goo on my clean floor?" she folded her arms looking at them

"um that I don’t think"

Frank smiled an chuckled "Sara William this is Betty" gesturing to the black cook "an Irene I've worked with Betty before"

"well young lady? What is that mess on my floor" Betty Demanded

she sighed actually blushing a bit "HBED semen it thickens to a sticky glue and I'm sorry we were trying to get it in peoples heads what's going on around here I forgot to get it cleaned up"

"an that part needed goo on my floor?"

Frank smiled "it’s the fact we are all exposed to the HBED's pheromones and they can render anyone unable to fight their sexual advances so one of the trainers got HBED bred there"

"Franklin! What hogwash! Now I can believe that with today's medicines and such someone might take advantage and do things like poor William and the other HBED's I mean the proof! Is right here in front of me, but unable to resist someone about to rape them really now"

Bill shifted to the side a bit knowing the cooks were likely even more exposed as they were around dozens of HBED's all day in and out eating cleaning helping he reached out and gently placed his hands on her hips

"wha…ohh…my" her eyes went wide she sighed relaxing going silent

Irene was wide eyed "my god look at that you actually made her stop talking that is quite frightening"

"that’s what we were trying to tell you both"

Bill removed his hands from her and sat on his haunches

"how long does it last Sara dear?" Irene was looking at Betty's eyes

"Depends on the person the effects seem to vary some it makes them compliant weak unable to fight some sexually encouraged super charged as the HBED gets their way others it renders them totally out of it often with little memory of it happening"

Betty blinked as Irene snapped her fingers in front of her "wha? Frank what's going on" looking around

"Betty dear you were just left speechless by Williams touch"

she looked at him "I did not! Nothing of the sort"

Sara looked at Frank "I think another test, begging your pardon Irene"

Frank got the idea and put his hands on her hips and it worked she just moaned deeply and her cheeks flushed she relaxed and tried to fall down With a hand Bill caught her and held her up carefully Betty now was the surprised one

"ok child that is …I believe it all I believe all of you an I'm sorry I didn’t to begin with my sweet Jesus above" she wiped her hands on a towel

"its like the pheromones render the erogenous zones over charged with sensitivity the right touch and the brain goes into duh mode" Sara said watching Irene as she woke up blinking a bit she then started fanning herself

"My oh my oh" cheeks flushed

"you alright dear?" Betty asked

"oh my hell no, if Gregory were alive god rest his soul id had him off in the kitchen doing some cooking with me! dear me that is powerful"

"sorry Irene but it shows you what were fighting along with a lot more you need to stay quiet about all of this and be calm you'll know the freed HBED's by the fact they wiggle their ears to say yes an no when not speaking" Sara smiled

"an so that’s what got that sticky stuff on my floor one of the HBED's caught someone?"

"yes" Sara shrugged a bit embarrassed

"well next time clean it up please" waving a finger at her

"yes ma'am ill remember to but I think one lesson was enough to get through to them"

William laughed softly at Sara's tone

"well can we get our breakfasts ladies we have a lot of work to do and its all up front today" Frank said with a smile

"well you youngsters take a seat we'll get your food for you just give us a moment"

they all sat down at the nearest table he was watching as AA teams were coming in for food freed HBED's were watching via the corners of their eyes their trainers trying to keep their conversations going without disruption

the cooks and a helper came out with their food Bill's nose instantly registered fear from them then something familiar gun oil…

"eat up you two" "an special HBED chow for our champion bull" Betty set the bowl down the helper put Sara's plate down and walked away

"thanks ladies!" Frank got his fork and dug into the eggs as they walked back into the kitchen

Bill stopped him holding the hand his fork was in, sniffing "Rbad" he said softly sniffing his bowl sauce was bacon grease he wrinkled his nose at it

Sara touched hers to the tip of her tongue and made a face she looked at Bill

"trouble?"

"ress rlots" he got up and so did they keeping calm as they walked into the kitchen soon as they were out of sight of the AA's Bill hid behind the counters and appliances the others kept down behind him Frank closed the swinging doors looking out carefully then hiding again

sneaking along a lot of the helpers weren't at the stoves they were out at the serving line finally he spotted the helper holding a gun on the cooks he was clearly waiting for a security officer to come up towards the window looking out not wanting to alert the HBED's an trainers which would have created a war zone

"just stay calm ladies, Mr. Takashima will take care of us very well, he told me to keep an eye on things who would have thought his champion HBED would fool even him for this long been free of his chip for quite awhile and freeing so many others damn he's good but they slipped up"

"you don’t have any clue do you young man what Takashima is doing is evil"

"shut up" poking her with the barrel of the gun

Bill smoothly an silently slipped up behind him the cooking pots and chatter out on the serving line making plenty of noise

Betty looked and saw them behind him "you wont be tellin anyone about them honey child William knows already about ya'll and its too late for ya"

He realized far too late trying to turn Bill wrapped a hand around his mouth biting down on the shoulder which the hand with the gun was attached he took it from his fingers breaking bones in several fingers

the collar bone gave with a snap under his teeth he flattened himself an the helper to the floor right behind the ladies as a security officer walked up Betty ended up sitting on his shoulder he was so close legs scooting under the counter to hide himself

"ladies I do need the trays for the guards in the security office please"

"OH of course just a moment" Irene smiled getting a pair of trays together

the helper was yelling in Bills hand as he bit down harder to shut him up the main shoulder bone creaked and cracked he felt a front tooth in the mans mouth pop off its root

Sara slid over out of sight and got the gun putting it on the mans head "shhh" glaring at him

Irene gave the guard the trays "don’t forget to grab them a few cinnamon rolls dear"

"thanks I will" walking away

Bill lifted his head an bashed the helpers into the floor rendering him unconscious

Betty looked behind her carefully whispering "the basement freezers dear hurry"

He held the body in his teeth and slinked across the kitchen and down the stairs quickly the ramp under one hand an foot the body thumping a bit on the stairs

Frank an Sara were close behind they looked up the stairs then came over as Bill spit out blood and shirt fibers, his mouth felt weird tingling rolling his tongue around a bit spiting again

"god damn that was close" Frank was wiping a hand over his head

"independent loyalist id bet" Sara pointed the gun at his head but Bill took it from her gently wagging both ears "too loud?"

"ress" he ejected the ammo clip and emptied the chamber putting the round back into the clip he handed them to her already looking at the helper he was alive but not for long if he had a say in it. blood was already seeping out onto his shirt from the broken bones near the bite

"we cant leave him like this he'll be found" Frank looked up the stairs again

"William?" Sara looked at him questioning

"Rrank rgo"

"what?"

"he said go Frank, we can handle this check on things be casual head for the front"

he clearly thought about it for a moment and nodded "ok be careful you two"

going up he disappeared from view

Bill turned to the helper who was starting to wake then looking at Sara who was afraid and apprehensive he turned her around gently quickly caressing her hips butt and neck lovingly she for a moment knew what he was doing and then couldn’t stop him

he let her ease to the floor mumbling that he was evil, her cheeks flushed her body smelling sexually warmed ready to play

He reached out and gripped the mans neck in his hands and his eyes opened as he gagged for air seeing the fire in Williams eyes "rfor relpping rtakashima rwillingly you die"

snorting with pure anger he squeezed hard and the mans neck cracked and crunched his eyes glazed an rolled a bit his bowels relaxed in his pants

Bill got some boxes and laid them out and rolled them around the body tying them up with the wire used to bale boxes up for recycling he slid the body into the back of the large items walk in freezer Sara came in she wasn’t mad though

"rorry Rara rour rnot a riller ri ram rou rdont rneed rthat curse rtoo" it was bad enough he one day would suffer nightmares over this and others he was all too sure he would have to kill. Takashima was special, soul be damned he was going to enjoy killing him

She nodded "was it quick?" she put her hand over her face holding her elbow the gun an clip in her pockets

"ress" stacking large boxes of stuff in front of an on the body to hide it

"I think trash pickup is tomorrow we dump him in?"

"ress rtell red's rtoo rget rbody"

"tell the feds to get the body out, right so we come later and finish up"

"ress" grabbing a plastic bag off a bunch of frozen bread loafs he walked her out of the freezer and closed the door

"the gun hon?"

"rou rmight rneed rit reventrouly rhere ret rme rshow rou rhow" she gave it to him he slipped the clip in showing her how, pulled the slide back showed her the safety "ready to rhoot" clicking the safety up "rsafe, Rthis rend Rto rbad rguys"

"ok I think I got it" looking at it clicking the safety on an off

he un-cocked it and popping the clip out he cleared the chamber again he wrapped it in a part of the plastic bag

"to hide it outside under the rocks near the door?"

"ress runder the rplanter"

"ok… thank you for.. it doesn’t get easy does it"

he gently kissed her in response "rnever reasy rto rkill, rthat’s rwhat rmakes rus rgood rguys" she smiled.

They walked out calmly a quick glance to the cooks Betty nodded once an eye brow went up Bill wiggled an ear and they went out. the quick stop near their cabin hidden from view as it looked like she was brushing him when she was actually hiding the gun

they found Frank in the front offices trying to handle important needs for the facility an clearly sweating about the helper

"problem all solved Frank every things ok"

he sighed "ok now you get to save the day elsewhere" gesturing to the front where the sales went on "whole group just arrived via Takashima limos for a tour and buying, we hope I'm tied up here so here's your chance to impress Mr. Takashima" he sighed

"alright! We can do this no worries Frank"

she quickly tidied Williams hair for real and her own walking out with him in tow

the room was furnished in modern stainless and white leathers large holographic displays showing off the various HBED types the couches an chairs were occupied by a dozen people a pair of kids were playing with a hologram display making it go fuzzy passing hands through it

"Hello everyone it’s a great pleasure to welcome you to our facility I'm Sara Cassidy I will be your guide today I hope we can show you a bit of the future" she smiled at them but clearly they were looking at William as he settled down on his haunches all sweet and innocent HBED

the kids immediately yelled and ran over stopping just out of reach, their mother watching carefully

"are they going to"

"they're fine, William is a sweet gentle HBED bull, he wouldn’t hurt a hair on their heads and would likely protect them faster than he would an adult human it’s a herd instinctive response to protect babies"

she smiled as the mother smiled "you two be good!"

"well now first on our list of things is the tour of our facilities our trainers are just starting their day some are getting breakfast others are already heading for early classes with their HBED's"

one man was looking the Bill intently and then a sales brochure "what kind is he? Sara I don’t see his type exactly"

"Well William is actually an experimental Model an AB1A Mr. Takashima is seeing if the improvements and changes made work well over a normal AB's genetics so right now William is a one of a kind"

"well he's certainly most impressive" several others agreed

"thank you, I take great pride in William and so does Mr. Takashima who recently awarded William the HBED champion award in the testing he surpassed the very best HBED's available right now"

they all smiled nodding the mother walked over looking at him then reaching to pet

"is it ok?"

"if I said no William would never forgive me he loves attention so yes please"

the woman smiled and rubbed a bit on his head remarking on the softness of the fur noticing the thinning spots she looked at Sara as she rubbed and Bill leaned a bit into the rubbing he purred a bit

"he's got horn buds growing an they itch your hitting them just right" Sara walked over and smiled "does that feel good William?"

"ress"

they all looked and got up "they can talk?" clearly surprised

Sara smiled "yes they can, an read as well about a 6th grade level, they aren't mindless animals watch"

Stepping back a bit "William please get the water pitcher I'm thirsty"

He bowed his head "ress rmadam" standing up carefully so not to step on the kids who'd tried to sneak up behind him he went around his hoofs clopping as he walked over tile from the white carpet got the tray and walked over with it he gave her a glass and filled it from the pitcher holding the tray waiting for further orders

They were all amazed at that, Sara drank the water and held it out to him he took it and replaced it back on the tray looking to the mother "rdrink?"

"um no, no thank you William" he bowed his head to her and walked over to the couch offering to them they said no watching as he replaced the tray on the table he walked back over and settled onto his haunches fingers touching the floor just behind Sara

she smiled most were clearly impressed "and that is just the basic training that HBED's are taught they have an extensive list of training options that can be of course ordered with your HBED"

the boy stomped on Bills tail tip and he blinked with a flinch of pain the mother saw that about to yell at him

Bill responded with that tail tip fluffed in the boys face like a feather duster he fell on his butt and Bill poked an tickled the kid with it while looking innocent

several adults were chuckling as the kid was giggling and laughing pleading with him to stop he did finally and wrapped his tail up close to his body he Mooed softly

the mother laughed "serves you right Frances stomping on his tail like that, that’s quite an amazing amount of restraint for such a big animal Frances has made even peaceful dogs dislike him"

"well HBED's are trained to control their temper they are quite capable of feeling love anger sorrow being happy they can laugh and great tolerance for children they love to play, your children are in fact the first that William has seen he's just as curious about them as they are him"

the younger daughter had snuck up close hiding behind Sara's legs a bit he leaned over and tried to look at her she hid so he laid down on the floor and covered his eyes

several laughed and were talking to each other at how cute. the little girl came closer and touched his arm he opened his fingers looking at her she squeaked and hurried back dropping her doll

he gently picked it up and fixed the mussed dress holding it out to her

"mommy" "you have to go get it look he's holding out to you"

he moved a bit closer and set the doll down far as he could from himself and stretched out using his finger tip to push her closer to the little girl then he scooted back covering his eyes again

Sara laughed "are you hiding from the little girl William?"

"ress"

"is it working?" Sara asked trying not to chuckle

he looked as the girl hid again "rno Rilliam rig"

they were all laughing

"Are you too big? Is that it?"

"ress"

that brought on more laughs the mother clearly made a decision "Anne go on get your doll look at the HBED hiding just so you can get it"

she hurried over and grabbed the doll but then moved closer to Bill sitting down she touched his hand again he opened his fingers

"boo!" she made a big flourish of her arms

he blinked an Mooed at her covering his eyes again that got more laughs one woman was in tears

"and as you see HBED's are wonderful with kids as in many ways they are kids Mr. Takashima considers all HBED's his children and expects all that a proud parent does of their kids, he wants great homes where they can help and play become family to you but they know how to be responsible as well"

she smiled at them as some coughed from laughing the one woman was still giggling wiping her eyes

"shall we take our tour? I'll have some treats readied so when we get back we can sit down and talk more"

one lady raised her hand "can they get mad?"

Sara smiled "yes but they have deep set control over it and hate to its just not in their nature to get mad. oh everyone has a bad day and even Mr. Bully Toro my nick name for him, can sometimes wake up a bit grouchy but after a bit he brightens up usually its because he didn’t do well at a complicated task and it left him frustrated just like any one"

"well not quite like that um mad like to protect their owner" she was clearly uncomfortable expressing her weaknesses

Sara walked over and sat down near her "HBED's will do everything they think they need to, to protect their owners, first thing would be to carry them away from the trouble and they are incredibly fast and strong but if you mean like a body guard or guard dog they can be trained for self defense an home protection"

she got one of the brochures and turned to the page and giving it to her "any HBED can be trained for it but I can say this they protect a family an owner as they are family and often times the best reaction is to get out of the range of the trouble not to stay and fight though… the AA's they being the closest thing to the big bad wolf we know many enjoy a good tussle they are big puppies till family is threatened then look out"

several nodded the lady walked over to William and crouched down looking at him he tilted his head Mooed softly "not sure why but I feel very safe near him" her voice had a true depth of terror let go as she said that her hand rubbed his neck and arm

"wow he has some serious muscles too" looking at Sara

"right now he's also the strongest of all the HBED's here dead lifting nearly a ton" Sara smiled as she came back over to him "and he's getting stronger much like a gangly 17 year old still developing but verging on adult"

that got a bunch of exclamations

Bill was still playing a bit with the little girl who was talking to him about her doll the son was pouting off to the side Bill reached into a planter and got a perfectly round glass marble from the top and rolled it at the boy right between his feet where it stopped

He looked up at Bill who smiled "rlay? Roll" gesturing the kid pushed it back with his toe and Bill sent it right back this went on for a bit Bill added another and the boy had to sit down and pay attention to keep the marbles rolling

Sara cleared her throat stopping her talking to the fearful lady "William what are you doing?"

"rlaying" "are you supposed to play with fathers glass marbles"

he slumped lower ears drooping looking guilty at the boy who was as well "rno" he said softly

"put them back please"

"ress rmadam" he did sitting up the adults in the room were all smiling the boy sat down next to him he had another marble rolled it carefully to Bill who used his tail to roll it back clearly playing at being innocent

that alone made the frightened one relax even more "so they really are big kids too"

"well they develop their own personalities I've seen from giggly to serious Mr. Marble here usually is serious but the experience of meeting children has him in play mode" rubbing his head an patting his neck several smiled or chuckled

"well I know I want one I'm af-afraid of the fact I go home and had to make it like a fortress four home invasions an-and a decent neighborhood don’t like dogs but I like William's type can he scare off someone who breaks in?"

Sara didn’t know if she should but it was a valid question "well they can get mad and if provoked to that point which they don’t like doing they can be incredibly ferocious that would be cornering them with family at risk no other options so yes"

Several nodded an asked to see

"alright I'll ask him to I hope he will" she looked to the kids "William needs to scare the adults alright so don’t be scared he wont hurt you I promise"

they nodded

"William stand, the babies are going to be hurt be mad! You have to protect them!"

he titled his head as he stood "rmad? Rbad Rilliam"

"yes dear I know but do it its okay"

this was risky but he thought of Takashima and his face changed fur stood up shoulders hunched muscles bunched becoming the raging bull he so wanted Takashima to fear and he snorted bellowing so loud the windows shook his eyes became like they did with the helper

everyone was shocked "easy William easy" he settled back down and had the sweet innocent HBED look again

"rilliam rokay? Rbabies rafe?"

"yes dear that was good thank you" Smiling at the people

"wow" came from several the mother who'd been closest next to the scared one wiggled a finger in her ear "well if there was trouble everyone would certainly know about it"

"well in that situation a HBED would likely then grab the family and run past the threat again to flee from the trouble instead of fight, possessions and property can be replaced not lives"

they all nodded to that

"alright well now that we've scared the office staff into wondering what were doing" she laughed softly "we really do need to show you around" she knelt down to the kids "you alright? "

"yeah! That was awesome"

the girl instead of talking rushed into Williams arms "Bully Toro!" hugging his arm an petting his nose

"well it’s a long walk and I think William would like it if you rode on him, want to ride?"

"YEAH!" cane from both as she helped them up onto his neck he settled onto all fours

"you can ride them?"

"well there are times I need to be on the other side of the facility quickly and William is more than strong enough he can out distance any human runner and is very fast so I have and its definitely an experience we have a cart transport to take us back to the intake pens where the youngsters are brought in from the breeding pens"

she guided them out the front door to the tour cart William walking along beside her the kids already laughing the cart pulled away as she told them about various buildings Bill smoothly trotting along the mother reminding them both to hold on they were having a blast

the handlers were doing physicals and bathing today William stood up with the kids on his shoulders they were looking at everything going on with rapt interest one of the handlers was having trouble with a female AE who was trying to drown he yelled for help

"William! Help them" Sara pointed

he set the kids down and leaped over the rail falling his hoofs clopped loudly as he landed reaching into the bath he lifted the AE an her soggy wool out setting her to the side she was coughing an huffing for air

"she okay?" Sara asked as the lead handler checked her

"yeah she'll be okay we need to get her wool shorn hers grew in too thick got wet and weighed her down" he turned to William "thank you William good work"

He bowed his head an made his way back up a pair of AA's were patrolling turned away from the ramp up the kids saw them and ran towards them thinking all HBED's were alike

one snarled bared teeth scaring the girl into falling on her rear she shrieked and ran for William the boy did too Sara an all of the visitors saw that

The AA's walked off flicking their tails in annoyance Bill guarding the kids watching them an arm around both the girl was trembling

"I have to beg your forgiveness our security AA's aren't very friendly… they do one job an do it too well they keep Takashima's facilities very safe from corporate spies thieves and technology pirates HBED's being many different expensive developments Mr. Takashima wants them and you safe they just don’t do friendly"

several nodded "well that’s what I was hoping to see actually Sara I'm interested in getting several AA's to protect my property and that was my decision making point…they can be trained to be friendly? With owners"

"absolutely! They start out that way it’s the guard training and other procedures that make our AA's a bit grouchy but it keeps them from becoming too friendly with handlers and trainers various other employees"

"good security practices" he said nodding

they went around to the classrooms showing trainers with their HBED's the visitors were impressed the instructor smiled looking at the group

"sorry Mrs. Hawks didn’t mean to interrupt your class"

"not at all Sara the HBED's need to learn how to stay on task even with a distraction"

she pressed a button on her computer and a HBED's phone at their desk rang she picked it up "rello? Rno rones rat rome Rmay ri rtake a rmessage?"

"excellent 348"

they left moving onto the cabins then other classrooms the cafeteria where they were watching everyone eat she got Cassie's attention and pulled her aside "can you an 217 get a bunch of treats together? Ice cream butter HBED milk stuff"

"sure!" "great front sales area bring along Stacy if she's up to it an several others males an female"

"can do.. um something bad happen?"

"later"

she then led the group out to the exercise yard where many were working out

Zeus walked over with his trainer beside him "I think Zeus wants a rematch Sara" she laughed

"not today William is helping with sales"

several smiled

"Hello everyone, Zeus is our champion AD1A an our two male 1A have a bit of a rivalry as to who's the strongest but your right not today"

"Sara you didn’t say you had other champions here"

"well they are as I said experimental but yes we actually have three of the 1A variants the last is our AC Heart fire the mare she's in classes at the moment"

everyone nodded "do you think they might add HBED AC's to racing competitions?" a visitor asked

"I have to admit that would be interesting to see" looking at Zeus trainer she nodded

"id have to say so AC's like to run fast challenging each other to go faster well ill let you all get back to your tour come on Zeus nice to meet all of you"

they looked over at William an the ram nose to nose William snorted so did the ram till William picked him up to be eye to eye he snorted again fluffing the rams hair back who then dipped his nose under Bill's the kid's giggling on his shoulders

"now Zeus can go" Sara said with a funny face which got the visitors to chuckling as he set the ram down

they arrived at the front office to find HBED's of each kind some like AB had several variations their trainers standing to one side proudly each groomed nicely

the kids stayed with William as he moved along past the two AA's who were curious but the kids didn’t want anything to do with them

"ladies an gentlemen I hope you’ve enjoyed the tour I know I had a good time and I've arranged for some snacks sandwiches ice cream so please help yourselves!" she leaned a bit towards the kids "William loves carrots"

that got several chuckles from the trainers and the visitors William sat down on his haunches next to Tim and AB female 330 who Mooed softly welcoming him he responded the same

the visitors got plates of food and sat down some examining the HBED's the kids had gotten a bowl of carrots and ice cream slipping the carrots to the HBED's most to Bill Tim played cute sniffing at the little girl who giggled profusely giving him a carrot too

behind the cover of the kids Tim fingered 'what the hell happened in the cafeteria? We've been hearing all sorts of rumors one of our friendly AA saw something in the kitchen said you were involved'

crunching a carrot he fingered 'independent loyalist a cooks helper overheard Frank and the cooks as me an Sara got annoyed with Frank for talking to just anyone we don’t know when he started hearing but he got enough to know I was free of the chip and a lot of others were free as well he held a gun on the cooks about to tell a guard he's dead in the freezers we have to go back later an bury him in the dumpster which is emptied in the morning'

Tim swallowed hard he shivered a bit fingering slowly 'Jesus that’s way too damn close'

Bill wiggled an ear fingering 'and it will only get worse the more of us free of the chip but to get the help we need to get the numbers we must dance on the double edged blade we nearly had to pay the piper but we skated away just barely'

'I'll pass it along we need to be far more careful' Tim sighed

Bill agreed getting another carrot from the little girl she giggled and ate more ice cream

Sara while this was going on had been answering questions and talking about various traits the HBED types had finally she smiled "I think you’ve all had a chance to meet our various HBED's they have studies and meals to get to, thanks everyone"

They walked out she patted Stacy an Cassie as they walked out "thanks for the help you two" they had worried looks but nodded Sara knew Bill and Tim had been sitting next to each other likely talking explaining things enjoying carrots

She walked out an stood next to William who smiled as she rubbed his head "so are you enjoying the snacks?"

Everyone smiled nodding "well you should know your enjoying HBED based products the butter milk cheese the sauces all HBED milk products I have to admit they are very delicious

and the fewer calories far better taste and from what I've learned healthier than anything else currently on the market containing many of the best beneficial fats such as omega 3"

she Smiled not looking but rubbing Bill's horn buds firmly he had to purr a bit "rmmooohhh"

when she looked they all were back to eating

the snack done the kids relaxed against William the little girl had fallen asleep

"well Sara I will say this I came here not really wanting but it was an idea, that has completely changed look at my children both of them completely at ease the display of a HBED being able to protect them from someone trying to take or harm them would have to be stupid or crazy I want one but not just anyone I want an AB1A and I'm willing to pay the extra for it"

Sara blinked "uh well thank you but I we don’t have any pricing on the 1A"

"then you should find out because I want one as well" the frightened lady spoke out still sipping milk "I felt Safe near William but not around the others"

"and id like one as well though a female" another woman smiled she'd been devouring ice cream "this is incredible"

Sara was at a loss "I can ask of course give me just a moment" an as Bill expected her headset chirped she tapped the headset knowing who it had to be "yes Mr. Takashima"

the visitors were now listening intently

"ahh Sara quite the predicament you’ve gotten yourself into… they want which is not truly available but yet they have seen and desire only that"

"yes sir"

"perhaps the children would like William to be part of their family clearly he does very well with children" he clearly was fishing for something and had Sara cornered

"well Sir, if …if that’s what you would want to do" she sighed the hurt evident in her voice

"hmm… no… William isn't ready just yet, he has other things to finish.. learning, so then please tell them the price for a 1A variant due to production costs will be two hundred thousand, more than the current price the contract period also extended to ten years since 1A's are incredibly limited they can of course add optional training as they wish thank you Sara your work today most impressive"

it clicked off she smiled "Mr. Takashima has authorized the creation of your 1A's but the cost wont be cheap and their contract time has to be extended mostly because they are experimental he is of course concerned with their health and your happiness if something should cause them to be …less long lived then you wont be happy and that we do not want"

Bill saw it in her eyes she was gona pull a risky move

"the 1A variant will cost an additional two hundred and fifty thousand in addition to whatever optional training you would like" she smiled but with a professional pain it was a huge risk that could ruin the sale

The mother looked over at William both kids now asleep leaned against him his calm curious look at her his tail curled around the boy to his side a bit "it’s a lot, enough for another whole HBED and training but after what I saw today both of my kids feeling safe an I personally knowing they are safe all the time its worth that cost for the peace of mind sign me up"

She looked at the home invasion frightened lady "how about you?"

She sipped her milk looking at William "just to know I'm safe someone there to help me to protect me without the jealousies and issues of a partner brings in… yes its money well spent"

Sara looked to the ice cream lover she licked her lip a bit "I have several stock options and savings I can cash out.. if you can get me this recipe I want mine"

Sara got it an now riding on the wave she looked at the major buyer "an now you sir? You’ve seen our AA's both the trained an untrained have you decided?"

Crossed his leg looking at his cup of coffee with HBED milk "yes but the standard price is one hundred fifty each"

"usually yes"

"now we see how much you want my business and my influence" he grinned setting his cup down on the table "make it one twenty each full training options matched pairs males females in each of the four types of AA" gesturing to the brochure on the table open to the page

"eight HBED AA's my, my" she walked over and sat down in the chair that faced them all she rested her chin on her fingers "making a deal hmm then I propose a counter offer with a bit of risk in it, there is a rumored AA1A known as a triple A HBED if indeed they are so much more than the average AA then that would be quite the HBED"

she relaxed back "you pay the extra fee for the chance, the chance mind you… to get one of the rumored AAA the decision and gender would be up to Mr. Takashima as they are so limited and rare but you run the risk of not getting one at all if they're none available a risky gamble but you would still get your eight AA at a slightly reduced price but not as much as your offer"

he grinned "I like you Sara, you like to risk it all… you have a deal, and make it ten years on them all I want them around me for a long time I've made a few enemies over the years and my money gets me nothing but trouble so why not buy some friends who will also keep me safe and having a rare triple A what an excellent way to piss off my neighbors"

she smiled and thanked him the others all decided on the normal HBED options one lady though got a pair of AC instead of a single she smiled as Frank came out with a laptop he set it down in front of her and she got to work filing out the contracts ownership papers secrecy documents and such she looked to William

"William can you get those for me, I know the children are asleep"

"rafe"

"an yes safe, its okay they will be fine"

he gently picked each up and set them on the giant ottoman the mother just smiled

he got the documents as they printed he saw the note that popped up on the laptop screen from Takashima to her 'very nicely done Sara but we need to talk once everything is settled'

each signed their contracts and Sara walked them out to their limo's William carried the kids the doll held in his tail the mother smiled as he set the little girl in her car seat and she smiled hugged his face and kissed his nose "bye-bye Bully Toro" yawning at him he smiled setting the doll in her hands

"rbyebye" waving his fingers thinking seeing her as a little AB waving the same way his heart melted he knew he wanted kids

the mother smiled "thank you William" rubbing his head her car was the last to drive out

he walked back over to Sara who was by the doors waving to them her headset chirped he settled down on his haunches in front of her as she was taking a deep breath "yes sir?"

"well quite the day, I've seen some remarkable things today a side of you I did not believe existed. A risky group of chances you took but clearly they were very impressed with you an William."

"well he is an excellent AB1A Mr. Takashima he was superb today"

"yes…indeed he was, well the extra profit is always welcome and Mr. Violas will get his triple A she will be the alpha of his group of AA's. Those with his influence it is always best to give them benefits thus you found his weakness, he likes a challenging bargaining opponent, he of them all was the least likely to buy tonight"

"was this a test sir?"

"only for your skills you made real sales and I am impressed, but also a bit concerned, you clearly do not wish William to move on"

"no sir, and I will admit it completely to you. I've come to be very attached to the big lug it will break my heart to lose him" and her voice cracked a bit at the last words with heart felt pain

"indeed, No I knew in the beginning your fiery spirit and heart could tame him like no one else could. He is indeed a massively powerful bull but so very gentle is he not, he is a study in counterpoints my William"

she looked worried at Bill

"I am no fool Sara thus it would be indeed foolish to lose that which has happened to you two I know something good when I see it and to prevent losing such a skilled woman as yourself to separation and sadness just foolishness overall ah well… he is yours Sara, you will still have to train HBED once he is done, and if you continue to show such fire in sales perhaps that job you have wanted will be yours as well,

but for now I would be remiss in separating such a matched set that clearly works very well together. take good care of my William, I do hope he gets to enjoy himself regularly, sleep well Sara" and it clicked off

she was genuinely amazed she screamed and laughed in joy hugging his head bouncing a bit "he gave you to me!! You’re really my Bully Toro!" she leaped up on his shoulders hugging "lets go tell everyone and get some dinner!"

she had him run to the cafeteria where she got off and they walked in getting food she found Stacy an Joseph eating apparently Doc had something to calm her stomach so she could eat the word Takashima had given William to Sara exploded around the entire place even the cooks came out to congratulate her Betty left a note in his food though

'they fixed the cameras we heard them talking about it an we found the body in the freezer we hope your not going to leave it there too long' he ate bits of it with his HBED chow and chunks of meat

so many were congratulating her and hearing about the sales she'd made they started joking about the money he finally caught her eyes with a wiggle of both ears she knew she needed to stop messing around

"got to go check on the kitchen Frank mentioned they weren't cleaning up right be right back everyone, William"

they got over to an area where the cameras couldn’t see he stopped her "rcameras rfixed"

"ah! Damn still None of the HBED's are acting differently so they know that’s good, how did you find out?"

"rcooks, ri rate rnote" she laughed "you ate the note how cloak an dagger" kissing him

"so how do we get the body out?" he lifted an empty trash can "a…oh I don’t want to know" shaking her head waving a hand

they walked in and she started checking the food temps and trash cans the cooks glanced over at William who wagged an ear

"we got the message From Frank last night and we cleaned up there's some stuff left down stairs but that’s all"

"alright well we have to keep it clean in here sick personnel cant work William go get that trash in the basement an empty it please"

"ress rmadam" he went down with a large can and got the body nothing had been moved so he picked the rolled box up and bent it folding it in half ignoring the sounds from it

wrapping a trash can liner over it and then another grabbed from the bottom of the can where extras were he slipped it into the can and carried it upstairs

walking past the cameras and the people he went out the back door and opened the worst of the two dumpsters emptying the can into it the bag rolled to the back and he closed the lid thinking the feds are not going to like finding that one

he went back in replaced the liners and put the can back relaxing on his haunches with Sara as she talked to the cooks about their plans for different foods

Betty gave him a carrot "thank you William that one was heavy" winking

He wiggled an ear crunching

Finally they got to their cabin and she collapsed on the bed "I am! so exhausted all day hungry the terror this morning then the sales thing" Bill used the marker bug killer just in case she saw that and sighed "and we still have to report things to the feds agh" flopping back on the bed again

He disappeared into the bathroom starting the tub filling

Walking over with a smile he removed her shoes then socks then her pants and as she sat up her shirt, already the pheromones effect had her compliant from his brushing fingers over those spots he removed her bra and panties carried her in and set her into a hot relaxing bath which being lowered in woke her from the pheromones effect an she smiled

"you are so very much excellent lover ahhhhh god yes" sinking into it deeper

he sat down drying his hands off on a towel got the laptop and made the report on everything that had gone on typing like mad the agent finally nodded

"quite a day we will find that care package you sent"

'yeah Sara's beat I'm ok but want sleep please tell me you have good news to go with mine and thank you'

"well we've captured even more AA's sounds like you were all quite busy so you can pick an chose a team that’s good then were nearly there we have developed a backdoor system that will allow us to get into the computers without the 4 guardians alerting or being able to stop it"

'excellent news'

"yeah we lucked out an got to one of Takashima's contractors he had kept a copy of the gateway system against his contract terms ah and you were right by the way"

' ? '

"the radiation resistance, according to the doctors an incredible bit of genetic construction I wont say I understand it all, but apparently your HBED DNA has a triple helix?"

'yes DNA normally looks like a twisted cork screw ladder'

"well HBED has a third side it’s according to the doctors a checklist for the DNA if its not right it refuses to copy it until its right thus risk of DNA damage or mutation is incredibly low if impossible and your bodies are really tough too they examined one who had been shot several dozen times and even some organs hit he was still alive an kicking willing to go another round of fighting

it took ten thousand times the amount to kill a human to make a dent in one of the AA test subjects some natural protein produced in the blood neutralizes the radioactive components capturing and reacting to the particles" he picked up a printout from one of a dozen folders in front of him

"the AA urinated a large amount of a smooth crystal sand to small conglomerated stones after exposure to element source which was analyzed as a totally new potassium based protein that when it encounters radioactive elements or energy particles binds with them instantly to produce a crystalline form which is excreted from the body

oh and they checked the AA's reproductive cells they clearly don’t have the third helix but they can an do make human ova fertile so human HBED crossing which you know already is very possible"

'wow ok ill give Takashima that is remarkable let me guess the protein is the one that makes the stealth circuit work too'

"give that Bull a prize, so yeah HBED's are engineered to live an survive in a radioactive wasteland. My superiors took a condensed report to the president, he isn't happy they informed him we were working with a animal rights group the FFH to protect you and the others the president is a politician and.. well you know"

'they talk too much'

"exactly well he approved extra agents and resources so we can help you more I have a list of numbers for Sara to call about those groomers fashion designers people who can help with the plan"

'good id like some pants or something hell a kilt would help'

the agent laughed "I feel for you William, we are also working on a fix for the pheromones issue and have taken it into account with our prisoners one thing is a carbon filter but little way to use that there"

'no I'm sure the AA's would notice those eventually'

the agent an others chuckled a bit "so they fixed the camera line that quick huh hmm well looks like we should equip some of you now with the stealth units that would fix that trouble pretty quickly ask Sara to call these numbers lets get some of you out of the facility and get something done

ah an could you make one of them a HBED pregnant by human?"

'why?'

"doctors, they want to examine her and the baby developing get a blood sample you know how they are"

'yes, ill tell Sara' he yawned wide and sighed 'I'm going will report again in couple days' he wrote the numbers down and smiled

"alright William an congratulations its official your owned"

Bill dropped his head to the floor '"row" hearing the agent laugh and the connection go silent he sighed them laughing was good showed things weren't as bad as he expected yet

He set the laptop on the desk and again as always checked outside walking in to check on Sara she'd fallen asleep again he drained the tub and with towels gently dried her off best he could without juggling her around

smiling as he carried her out an stopped though he wanted her with him in his bed it couldn’t be as comfortable for her as her bed an she was sleeping so well

using his tail he slid her covers out of the way an set her gently in bed putting the blankets up she mumbled smiled an snuggled down into them

She rolled a bit clearly mostly asleep "aw but I love sleeping with you lover"

He whispered softly gently caressing her hip and side through the covers "rsleep rmy rlove rdream rof rme rand rthe rfuture re rill rmake, rsleep… rsleep"

She sighed and smiled drifting off he cleaned up the towels and the tub her clothes into the basket then the light off he laid down on his bed feeling for the first time in his life what he had read about in the history books when slaves were freed

the pure taste of freedom and the fact he really never knew it before made it bittersweet so much hinged on stopping one man so much already done never to be reversed Takashima even if defeated had brought chaos to the human world an none of them knew it yet…

in the morning Sara yawned feeling the bed realizing it was hers thinking a bit as she sat up and looked over the end at him there sleeping. again he'd used his love and the pheromones effects to be so much more than most men would have with the same power

'clean dry warm an in bed and I don’t hardly remember any of it after getting put into the tub but I do remember that touch his saying to sleep an dream'

she got up got dressed and gently nudged him with a rub of her foot "hey lover oh handsome bull of my dreams wake up time" the chime for breakfast rang right then

he blinked yawning wide she blinked "yeow lover what happened to your breath"

clearly still asleep he rolled his tongue around his mouth "ront rknow" sticking his tongue out "rblech"

she laughed and got his tooth brush slathered in paste "here fix it or no kissing" making a face at him

he smiled "rfor rour rkisses ri rould rscrub rith rire" as he started scrubbing finding the roof of his mouth behind his front teeth sore getting up he headed for the sink

"wire huh ow.. no I think that will help plenty Bully" her headset chirped she put it in her ear "hello?"

"Sara its Frank its your turn to do the office job if I look at one more page of figures and stuff ill go mad, and congratulations by the way"

"thanks, I'm so happy he's mine all mine! And I can get him all groomed and some cool accessories too"

"yep anyhow the office ladies will have the priority stuff with blue pages on top try not to put the company out of business huh" he clearly teased "got to go any questions call me"

"got it" she looked in at William as he was checking his teeth an mouth in the mirror "lover?"

he looked an pointed to his mouth she came over and looked in just behind his front teeth were two sores small round ones "what in the world? Could those be from biting that guy?"

he wiggled an ear pushing gently with his toothbrush on the area behind the sore an she jumped as something jumped out of the sore! And It retracted just as fast as he jumped too

"what the hell is that? Here let me have that" he gave her the brush then held her hand gently

"rcareful"

"yeah, um wow that" she gently pushed and it slid out slowly as she stroked the brush handle closer to the sore it was a fang a hollow fang she felt her gut twist a bit as the sharp tip gleamed "ok its official Takashima has gone too far"

he looked very worried at her she gave him back the brush "scrub lover just leave the sores alone for now okay"

she sat down on the bed as he finished and rinsed he came out and sat down in front of her

"fangs hon sharp needle tip fangs, they stay retracted till you bite hard on something or press hard on the roof of your mouth they slide out right behind your eye teeth ill bet since it’s the first time you’ve used them the bad smell is from them"

he slumped "rwhy rme"

"well now we know what else he added to your genetics apparently some kind of reptile DNA its expressed itself in fangs like a snakes yours are more like a longer version of an AA's fangs curved a bit too yet I can see a small hollow in them likely for venom or something"

she hugged him close "it goes with needing a bit of meat too in your diet" rubbing his head and neck "I still love you don’t you dare think it changes that"

he sighed kissing her knee softly she rubbed the ears lovingly

"I know its just another thing, but lover just think on this Takashima gave you those he aught to enjoy feeling them too one day don’t you think"

his head still buried in her lap he actually rumbled a bit "ress re rshould"

"our secret then, the others don’t need to know they know enough you’re a chimera that’s all they need to know okay"

"ress" he slipped his arms around her and hugged she smiled and kissed his head "work lover another long day"

breakfast was good as the cooks let them know carefully that the dumpster was emptied without incident

he spent most of the day sitting behind her as she worked on forms documents and cost pages Takashima companies making bids on various improvements to the facilities to supplies requests

Frank came in a huge rush as they were getting ready to leave lunch talking with Cassie an Sylvia "he's coming in ch-chopper 20 minutes"

"Takashima?"

"yeah!"

she got up an Bill did as well "then calm down Frank we welcome the boss to the facility"

"o-okay" they all saw the AA's who turned and trotted off

soon enough they were out in front of the sales building the hela-pad was a groomed area out in the front lawn area with the stylized T in it Frank had gotten his best Takashima shirt on

Sara did as well brushing Bill to a nice shine he sat back on his haunches again watching as ten security AA's loped up all brushed and polished they formed a ring around the pad and a corridor to the building none faced in

The chopper came in fast from the south it circled a bit then landed the left side to the building the rotors slowed and the pilot got out opening the door for him as two human security came around from the other side

"attention!" the AA's performed a perfect one eighty turn and faced Takashima they all bowed noses to the ground as was expected of all HBED's

he strode forward immaculate fitted white suit not even shifting as he moved as he neared Bill bowed his head to the ground touching his nose to the hot pavement thinking god why today? is he here to finally get me? ten AA two men with guns crap what a way to lose

he walked right up to be in front of William his polished white shoes so new they creaked "come now my William look at me, come on"

Bill blinked that tone was for a HBED he lifted his head a bit

"that’s it its okay, I said so"

he blinked and lifted his head all the way up to look at him "rokay rfather?"

"yes indeed, well haven't you just developed impressively" rubbing his head checking him over a bit "stand William I want to see all of you"

he stood up to his full height chest proudly held out Takashima was clearly studying him

"really just superb development! Don’t you think so Sara?"

she smiled "that’s my Bully Toro AB1A excellence"

"I do see why you became so very attached to him, handsome body, powerful, intelligent attentive…" walking around feeling muscles thumping a palm hard on a thigh "endurance well an above what we’d hoped for any 1A yes indeed a real champion. William sit"

he set back down on his haunches Takashima smiled looking at the scars and top of his head he stopped right there feeling the horn buds "Sara I did not see this in any of the reports on his development"

"his Horn's sir? They're developing"

"yes but" feeling around more pressing a bit "not a normal AB set of horns for my William no.. here this here" gesturing for her to look "feel there and there"

she did feeling right behind his horn buds then looked at Takashima "four? Horn buds no wonder his head itches him so much"

"indeed how interesting other AB1A which have come after William do not have this development an interesting toss of chance I look forward to seeing my champions set once they are grown"

he turned hand on Bill's head rubbing almost absentmindedly he gestured and the pilot came trotting over

"I wanted to deliver his papers to you Sara in person so that way you have proof of ownership and of course the contracts but as I know you signed one for ten years my concerns are few for my Williams health, as the both of you will be here. He has been behaving himself hasn't he?"

"oh Mr. Takashima he's a wonderful Bull helpful and always ready to work"

"good, good I do hope when females come in I can call upon him to take care of their breeding needs if asked for"

"of course sir absolutely, I wouldn’t refuse him that ever"

"indeed… such excellent care Sara, again an impressive pair you both make"

the documents were set on the case as the pilot held it she signed them they were all slipped in an ornate gilt leather folder already filled with items, his name an number on it a gold chain and lock kept it closed he gave her the key to it

"thank you sir we wont let you down or give you any regrets in this"

Takashima leaned a bit towards her "many important secrets in there about him development notes from the moment he was created.. take the best care of him my pride and honor lies deeply open I am trusting you to keep it and him safe…"

"absolutely sir" she smiled proudly

"good, very good"

he leaned in close to Bills head whispering very softly "so many things have gone wrong, so much pain this has done to you that should not have happened, leaving my honor dirtied and near dishonored no more. now you will be safe an happy yes, perhaps I should have done this differently but now you have her, such a treasure as well keep your female happy William live safe make babies"

he rubbed his head more "ahh I do love my children. Now then!" smiling "Frank! Sara as I'm sure you both know the facilities supervisor has gone missing"

"missing? Sir?"

"how?"

"were investigating that, his car was found some miles away from here by the highway patrol run out of gas abandoned, there are signs of a struggle but no signs of who or where they might have gone whatever happens I'm sure it wont be good

thus I am asking the both of you to continue officially as you are doing now managing the facility training an sales this does seem to be working well and a benefit you both know the HBED's very well I'm afraid Gary did not wish to an was not perhaps the best choice for this so now it is yours divide the duties as you see fit"

"we can do it sir" Sara smiled

"yes, as I said I'm only making it official so that even the AA know and I do not desire any further friction between them and my Champion Bull and his owner trainer"

the AA's clearly heard that flicking their ears away from listening Takashima grinned a bit "they can be temperamental and stubborn not forgetting Williams lessons to them even when he was young but clearly his being special created much friction no more fighting"

"yes sir" came from Frank and Sara

"hear me William, no more fighting the AA's be good" he gripped Bills ear firmly and letting go patting it

"ress sir" bowing his head down Takashima patted his shoulder firmly Bill caught a scent past the new leather and cloth bringing his head up he sniffed carefully as Takashima put his hand on Bills nose then patting his cheek

his thoughts raced he knew that scent it was HBED pheromones an not his or any others Takashima was producing them! thoughts instantly came to one and only one stopping the world for a moment this wasn’t Takashima! it was a HBED crafted clone!

He blinked and held his HBED face feeling deeply shocked now questioning his sanity thinking the man was so insane so far gone he would create copies of himself out of others…

"so that done I want you both to do your best here I know you do not have aspirations for the management job Frank but I need to see more of your skills Sara before I decide on which one should take that position so work together take care of the facility for now"

he smiled still rubbing the top of Williams head "and finally before I forget, my Williams award medal" the pilot opened the briefcase again and Takashima removed a huge enameled blue case engraved in the cover was 'William 221AB1A awarded champion AB status with full Stud permissions'

"I do hope to see this spectacular medal shown proudly once he has his horns Sara, there is a second set of gold chains that will go to a nose ring which he'll likely have to have once he begins breeding regularly as breeding bulls sometimes become very focused on their partners…you'll need to tug on it to get his attention away from it

they can also hold further smaller award medals on them as well" smiling

opening the case the brilliant gold plate was blue in the field to show off the polished patterned silvery stylized T and the surrounding ring of text announcing his achievements he set it right on Bills head like a huge forehead shield

"I hope to see HBED shows where champions such as my William walk through and become that which others aspire to make their HBED's into but I expect him to still take many awards before someone else comes along to take them away. perhaps one of his sons, yes perhaps"

Sara smiled "I know it would be wrong of me to say sir but isn't that hugely expensive? Solid gold?"

"well not solid gold but a great deal of it is gold and yes it would be, this is Williams medal not yours Sara its my gift to him my first champion 1A the first I want breeding freely" standing back a bit to admire the look of it

"well sir its really spectacular on him" Frank said smiling

"yes it is Frank, thank you" he put it back in the case and handing it to Bill "this is yours William not Sara's not anyone else's, yours understand"

he gave him the HBED huh look "ress rfather" blinking and taking the case setting it down gently to pay attention to him

he rubbed Bills head again and smiled at Sara "indeed… such excellent care, I must go, oh and please both of you enjoy the rest of the day off go relax let William exercise or just laze about in the shade quite hot today" walking towards the chopper the pilot moving a bit faster than him to open the door and wait

he stopped just in front of an AA William was doing the HBED curious examination thing of the case but his ears were fixed on Takashima

"sir as reported she has been mating with the AB1A an on more than one occasion open displays of affection"

"of course she is dear boy, her body barely resisted the pheromones one time when fertile. So now she plays, she enjoys him, feeling safe trusting not expecting the next cycle, soon she will take unable to resist him… I want a priority report immediately when she shows pregnant"

"of course sir"

"and no more fighting, I do not want him injured do not provoke him into fighting with a fertile female or.. in this case, one he is actively working on impregnating. You would only interfere and delay things getting several more valuable AA injured or killed am I clear all AA have been given this command"

"sir, we do not seek confrontation"

"then see to it doesn’t happen, too many AA have already created too much interference if he were indeed free of the chip as some have protested he would have made a move by now, hmm such a child those two will have

the very best outcome would be AB1A female with her mothers red hair and his black an brown body color such a HBED would be priceless in many places, we have constantly failed to produce a satisfactory red ahh well time all in good time" walking away towards the chopper

it took off flew around then away towards the west Sara an Frank waving Bill did a little like the little girl had done the night before

the AA formed up in pairs and trotted away the leader who Takashima had spoken too trotted over staying well back from William who shifted over hands on the ground ready to protect Sara his head lowered to smear him into the pavement

he lowered his head to the ground submissive rolling on his side "peace William, I do not threaten"

"what is it AA" Sara asked "easy William dear" she put her hand on his head as he sat up a bit

"as you both now are in charge of the facility are there any changes in orders for security?"

Sara smiled "actually I did have a couple thoughts I notice you make no patrols around the outside of the property"

"it was not ordered madam"

"well you tell me AA, if someone were to get up close to the fence to photograph even listen in with the technology available would not it be a good idea to stop them? Or at least know where they are doing it"

"yes, do you wish patrols outside the fence?"

"yes, mostly at night and if your AA's find a juicy rabbit or two or other bit of fun by all means enjoy them while working I'm not unreasonable AA I heard the gardeners cursing the rabbits for their damages to the flower beds and lawns"

the AA lolled out his tongue "thank you madam! I will see to it"

"and if you do catch someone leave them alive I'm sure Mr. Takashima would want to find out more from them but I don’t see why you cant play a bit with them as well"

"but of course Madam thank you, may I go?"

"yes, thank you"

Bill watched as he slinked back a bit rolled over and trotted away tail held high

"well that makes one hell of a day" Frank sighed wiping his head with a palm

"well William you got a gift from father"

"ress"

She looked at Frank "I've got more urgent must be done today things in there I cant take the rest of the day off you go Frank go kick back relax"

"he said both of us"

"I know but the papers and other stuff don’t just get done go on Frank enjoy come on William"

they walked inside and she sat down at the desk getting the plans for expansion of the facilities in different phases "the construction company wants to start the new pits but were not using a quarter of what we have already, no we need more trainers and handlers then room for raw HBED's" talking to herself

as expected her headset chirped "yes sir I know but I'm not really working I'm studying"

Takashima chuckled "then study elsewhere hmm"

"well this one has to be done and those three I'm waiting on the figures from supply but this one I'm glad I have you for a question"

"then ask"

"they want to start expansion phase 3 but without the volume to warrant it I cant see it but! Phase 4 would work building more cabins for trainers and handlers other staff as well that we need but not pits which we aren't even using a half of what we already have"

"indeed, then make such a decision, they will reschedule 3 when its needed, now go let William play and you as well"

"could I… ask about some of my ideas, like getting grooming done an other accessories an the such I can make sure the companies pay a percentage for the HBED logo for licensing of course"

"yes you can take HBED's off the facility but you must take their trainers and stay together I do fear someone might try to steal one of the HBED so none who are too young, I want them bonded to a trainer an yes you can negotiate with my permission do try not to lose my good faith in you Sara"

"alright, thank you sir I know you'll like the results!"

"good I look forward to your reports"

it clicked off she looked over at Bill he was biting on the medal a bit "William your not supposed to chew on it"

"rorry" she laughed picked it up and dried it off "silly Bully Toro"

she signed the form stipulating phase 4 implementation phase 3 to be put on hold signed the other form for an increase in waste treatment plant costs

"ok dear lets go" she tapped her headset "Frank"

"yes" yawning

"I'm going to need a truck tomorrow to drive HBED's an trainers into town tomorrow for an idea of mine"

"okay ill get one arranged it okay with Takashima?"

"yep"

"ok"

he smiled an held his case out for the medal she put it in and he closed it walking behind her

they got to their cabin and she sighed relaxing on the bed he used the marker and around the medal box still he didn’t like it suspecting Takashima could be up to anything he was also writing on the pad with his other hand tapping the back of the medal listening to it

she rolled over and looked over the end of the bed "big an flashy that thing is"

"ress" the metal pinked as he tapped it with his hard finger tip

"you think its bugged or something?"

"ress, rhere" he held the pad out to her detailing what Takashima had whispered to him and the conversation with the AA still pinking on the metal his mind thinking on the clone part he wasn’t sure if Sara would believe him but wrote more on another pad

"that bastard, he really does want me nailed for his profit damn him and the whispering to you what is that he trying to do appeal to you inside the chip beyond knowing"

he held up the next pad "or he knows and wants me to stop before it goes too far, but its too late now the insult that broke this Bulls back is the belief id let him have any child of mine willingly to sell and breed and there's more but I don’t know could be my mind playing tricks on me"

still tapping on the medal pink, pink, pink he took the pencil and marked where he'd checked so far

"what is it lover? What else? I'll believe you, you know that"

he held the pad up "I'm not sure I believe what I thought but if its right our chances to get him personally disappeared totally" pink, pink, ponk

Sara looked "that didn’t sound right"

"rno… rnot rgood" tapping again it made the same sound carefully he found the edge marking it with the pencil and working along it till he finally had a 5 inch square area in the thickest part of the medal he held it up for her to see

"hollow?"

"rwas ris rdiferent rnot rsolid rmetal" he reached up scratching his horn bud he looked at her as she moved over and put it to the side she sat down with him hugging him

"were in this together talk to me"

he sighed and wrote it out

"when he was petting me my nose caught it he makes HBED type pheromones only a HBED does that" Sara looked at that thinking

"not from you? or another HBED he might have touched?"

"rno" taking the pad back for a moment

she got it "also Takashima I knew was a germophobe didn’t like touching other people or anything always wiping his hand. He didn’t do that! He was rubbing all over you"

"ress"

"so what who was that?"

"rcopy rclone rmight rbe rpossible rith rthe rvirus rused ron rus"

"oh god I see what you mean now. He could have one, one hundred a thousand copies of himself and not even be where we think he is. Ah! but lover you caught him! If he is some kind of HBED virus made clone copy then they aren't a perfect copy a free HBED can detect if it’s the real one or not!"

he wagged an ear as she hugged him rubbing her cheek on his neck he hugged her gently avoiding her sensitive areas

she kissed him and smiled "and if I get pregnant then its because I want to he isn't going to change that"

he kissed her forehead softly "rgood"

she played a bit with her fingers on his chest "so handsome you doing anything fun right now?"

"rnope"

"well how's this for an idea" leaning forward to his neck she whispered to him and then smiled

"rounds rlike ra rplan"

leaning towards her forcing her to her back she giggled laughing as he suddenly slipped his nose an then head up under her shirt licking and nibbling bare skin his hands holding her legs as she laughed pushing on his head trying to pull the shirt off he stopped and blew hot steamy air down her pants

"oooh that tickles stop that" still giggling

he did it again and slowly licked her stomach "eeK!" he chuckled kissing lightly breathing hot air over her breasts

pulling the shirt off his head he smiled at her "that is not what I meant by play around you silly Bully bull"

he chuckled and she laughed kissing him

after dinner she took him on a walk around the facility the hot day finally cooling off he looked down at the pens the HBED's there untrained just learning to walk upright others were a bit more advanced she stopped in an area where the cameras weren't working

"so many to fix"

"rhas rto re rdone rits roly rair ri rahve ran ridea rou rcan rdiscuss rith rtkashima"

"ok what is it"

"rdouble rup HBED rtwo rto trainer" he blinked finally getting a word out without slurring"

she smiled kissed him clearly happy for him "two to a trainer huh using the fact HBED learn faster from other HBED and the more advanced HBED would literally pour knowledge into the younger one and of course as they do we set them free too"

"ress"

"sounds good to me lover ill see what people think"

they walked back to the empty pens she'd never been down inside one an he showed her how she sat down looking around "you an Tim in one of these learning to walk to sleep" she sighed shaking her head

he lifted her up and out of the pen and they walked along he noted the cameras back here were all nonfunctional making his way down to the main cable electrical runs and the camera control box cable wasn’t even run to the structures cameras

the area between the pits was huge for eventual raceways to be run to even more pits of the phase 3 expansion

"hmm a large open area with limited access into it, no cameras, an that can be guarded from else where to alert HBED's training with Joseph to hide from AA patrols"

he smiled and wrapped his arm around her kissing and nuzzling her neck "ri love rou rso rmuch"

she smiled enjoying the moment "all I did was think just like my Bully Toro… ahh now I get it" hugging him lovingly

their report to the feds that night detailed the bit on Takashima an their suspicions Bill was still trying to figure out how to get the medal open finally he whacked it on the floor Sara and Garret both jumped

"rorry" shrinking a bit he went back to examining it the whack hadn't done anything

"what is that Sara?" Garret asked as he was taking more notes on the HBED clone ideas an Bill detecting the HBED pheromones on Takashima

"it’s a gold medal Takashima gave him for being his first breeder bull champion and such its got an odd sounding part in the back Bill's worried it might be something bad but short of destroying the medal he cant get it open"

"might be almost anything Sara and from what we know of Takashima he's got good reason to be concerned perhaps a visit to the doctor would cure the problem?"

"ahh! An xray! Wait that wont work its all metal"

"does the facility have any other.. wait why are we worrying about a medal Takashima gave him just stick it on a shelf an let it collect dust"

"I.. Bill lover, why are you worrying about that thing?"

"ri rmight rhave rto rwear rit rone rday rdont rust rit"

"ahh he might have to wear it one day doesn’t trust it"

"ok yeah well bring it with you we will see if we can get it open alright, he's right depending on how long things take to keep your cover intact Takashima would want to see that medal on him"

"its so gaudy, an yes your right"

"so tomorrow call the numbers Bill wrote down last night talk make it good and then bring out some HBED's an trainers alright"

"right, ill do it here in a few minutes its not that late yet… Takashima said id likely have to get Bill a nose ring" making a face

"well has our friend there shown such bullish aggressiveness?… um let me rephrase that" laughing a bit

Sara laughed as well Bill had to chuckle

"we will see what we can come up with something like a clip on for showing off or something did you investigate his owner file"

"no we haven't Bill's been tied up with that medal though we have found out something else about his genetic heritage"

he looked up as she was about to tell the agent "is it okay hon?"

he wagged an ear whacking the medal again an huffing in annoyance going to the bathroom

"he's given up finally on it.. my stubborn bull, when we had to stop that helper in the kitchen Bill bit his shoulder to get the gun from him and hold him so he'd have use of both hands"

"we noticed the bite marks the crushed scapula and collar bone this is about the punctures in him isn't it"

"yes apparently he has retractable fangs hollow ones up in the top of his mouth"

"ahhh yes that explains the other thing we found then" picking up a sheet "in addition to being folded in half in a box…the broken bones, his shoulder was full of a nasty bacteria mix and a slow acting long lasting venom which if he'd lived would have killed him by shutting down his immune system the bacteria would have gone wild turning that and any other wound septic"

"ok that explains the bad breath he had next day"

"likely the bacteria in the venom leftovers from the attack best thing he should gargle with mouthwash to help that if he uses it again the doctors want to see this too

a Bull HBED with a bite that like a komodo dragon kills via turning septic, nice Takashima is a real piece of work"

"well thinking that as a chipped HBED he'd maybe never use something like that except in self defense"

"true or a fight over a female"

"no bulls butt heads and they did that with him quickly learning his was harder"

"well bring the ownership folder or its contents with you as well alright we want to see what he at least admits to doing"

she nodded "and he's growing 4 horns that surprised Takashima too apparently not an expected trait"

"four? Ok so the doctors are going to be busy with him"

"we found a place here that we can finally get groups of HBED together with Joseph and a couple other HBED who can teach fighting were getting a list together of what each person can do to help to get more out of the pits Bill suggested doubling up HBED with trainers"

"not a bad idea that would double even triple your available troops Sara we've begun sending in those kits and with them vitamins which are of course birth control pills and morning after ones they will be coming in slowly so not to spook the security people"

"alright good and being put as half of the head of the facility the AA's leader came to ask if we had any changes to the AA duties I added going outside the fence to hunt rabbits and look for spying people"

"ok we can perhaps even take a few of them out that way we'll have to look into their patrol patterns maybe even give them something to worry about out there to distract them from inside the fence"

"Takashima was telling the damn AA to report when I got pregnant wants a female AB1A out of me, the bastard. Bill told me that an oh I was GRR"

"well like you found out he's playing a breeding game with your trainers I'm not surprised he did it looking for certain combinations he has every trainers DNA from drug or health testing I am glad you were able to keep a few volunteers so he thinks he's getting what he wants

I told William we are trying to find a solution for the pheromone issue perhaps an injection to keep people safe from it I don’t know not a doctor or chemist"

She nodded sighed "Garret if something catastrophic happens can you get us evacuation help? Especially for the pregnant ones, an if it gets into fighting we'll have injured and need help to defend the younger HBED who cant run fast stuck on all fours with no endurance"

"you'll have it Sara I swear. Ill get a response team set up at the military base that’s twenty minutes away from you, you call they move out blow the gates and help we know a lot more about the AA's an how they fight now all of your free HBED's especially the AA's will need to identify that they are friendly we will setup something for that"

"yeah Bill wasn’t too keen on freeing the normal AA but after several they're just people like him and others not Takashima's murders"

"good still be careful I cant blame him for being paranoid"

"I know"

"alright see you tomorrow then one pregnant by human please the doctors insist"

"ill bring two one of each you can then talk to Joseph in person"

"excellent sleep well you two"

she closed the laptop and looked into the bathroom where Bill was sitting on the floor looking at the contents of the folder Takashima had given as part of his ownership

"lover?"

he looked up showing her the bloody picture of him tranquilized after the fight with Steven then the picture of the AB female he'd bred the attached note confirming the abortion of a female AB1A

"oh hon"

"rits rokay ri rdid rit ro rstay safe rafter ri rfelt rike rcrap"

she still hugged him gently and sat down with him to look as expected it didn’t say he'd been human but showed the test tubes his genetics had been taken from and combined in then clearly a premature bovine calf which was supposed to be him as a new born

the picture of him relaxing with Tim and Hank in a three headed pile was nice even pictures of him at early physicals right here at the facility

"some nice pictures some stupid attempts to deny the truth"

he nodded showing her the mess they'd made of Steven the death report attached detailed smashed and crushed bone and organs official cause of death was massive internal trauma "wow hon"

"Rme Rhank rand rTim, Rtim rand rover rhim rstomping, rme ri rhead rhammered"

"that big head of yours like a big wrecking ball" he smiled at that "ress" nudging her with his nose affectionately

morning came too early for him he'd had nightmares all night even scaring Sara they weren't the skeletal AA but him doing bad things hurting Sara hurting the others then marching on American troops who fired guns at him but he couldn’t feel the bullets hit

he was watching it happen trying desperately to stop it from inside his own body as his head smashed a marine flat into the side of a Humvee rocking it caving the door in his foot slamming down on the face an head crushing them together inside the bent helmet

tanks and APC came AA's with others charged past leaping on them planting charges even as their guns fired killing HBED's the vehicles exploded violently metal and the flames rained down around him it was all so real!

most frightening was the pleasure it gave him to see it happening finally they stopped letting him get some sleep more drained than when he'd went to bed

he was still worried stopping her in the middle of getting dressed to check her

"William are you okay?"

he sighed letting his hang a bit "rbad rdreams rwas rorried rabout rou" his eyes filled with tears

"I'm fine though I think…" she looked at the medal on the floor just under the edge of her bed "damn him! ill bet its something to do with that thing" picking it up she tossed it back in its case and in her shoulder bag "if they open it and find something in it I…I AGH!"

he sighed looking at the floor feeling depressed and hopeless again

she lifted his chin and kissed him "thank you for worrying about me enough to check even when it was just a dream

damn strange you have issues the nightmares and now all depressed the only new thing is that damn medal with its hollow center too damn suspicious"

he wrote on a pad explaining what he remembered of the dreams and she lifted his head again "lover! Remember what that nut Steven told you they mess with your minds he thought it was the medicines who's to say it isn't something else huh"

he wagged his ear her smile gave him hope again

"good lets get out of here for the day okay"

they got breakfast and Sara got her HBED choices explaining to everyone she'd take more later for grooming an accessory crafting

she was picking right now smallest to biggest the doe Amy 449 the feds wanted to see to Bill and several in between an offered to pick up snacks and other things for people on the way back which quickly mollified the hurt feelings greatly

they were walking out heading for the front talking Sara detailing what they were doing fitting clothes for HBED's to grooming them to the max for a series of photo shoots

"and once there…we have no truck" she sighed tapping her headset "Frank"

"hey Sara wow these headsets…oh your still here an looking annoyed" he moved back from the window of the office where Sara was glaring at him

"You forget something?"

"no I didn’t honest let me check"

her headset chirped Takashima was calling "yes sir?"

"Sara I changed the plans a bit I do apologize but there's a large gardeners truck coming into town he should be pulling up in a moment he's to get some rabbit poisons fertilizers seedlings and traps I thought you could ride in with Jose help him load"

"rabbit poisons traps? I'm sorry sir, but I asked the AA to patrol outside the fence and if they got the opportunity to enjoy a rabbit or such they were more than welcome to since I would worry about poisons around the HBED's and I heard the gardeners were having issues with them I'm sorry if I over stepped my bounds"

"the AA interesting… well they would actually rather enjoy that to get a chance to hunt a bit and it increases our security zone around the facility nicely"

"my thoughts exactly sir and I told the new alpha AA exactly that, an if they find anyone you’d want them alive… but they could play a bit with them if you get my meaning… and its cleaner gives the AA's who do tend to be a bit moody some good exercise and a bit of fun"

"an it saves money using existing deterrents… excellent Sara very good… please inform Jose no traps or poisons and thank you Sara indeed I would want to speak to any spies they find they do sometimes need to be reminded of that"

"um I was wondering how will we get back?"

"ah yes I was getting to that, there's a new truck here at the tower waiting for someone who was going to the facility to take it there I cant see you and some of my finest HBED's going around in a shabby gardening truck so this nicely takes care of that"

"well thank you sir! I hope it has Takashima industries on the sides the photographers might want to use it as a backdrop"

"it does indeed! across the sides a very nice large cab truck all black with a special shade covered bed designed to hold HBED's safely and comfortably as once sales pick up you and trainers will be able to use it for delivery of HBED's to new happy owners" he sounded very pleased of its design

"awesome Mr. Takashima yeah it does sound better than a dirty gardeners truck after getting them groomed"

"Sara, please be careful the HBED's haven't seen the city much just a bit when they left their breeding pens in a trailer and it is a new truck"

"I will sir trust me Dave is nearly on pins a needles about 449 but she's such a beautiful example of the AE and the smallest HBED type I wanted to give the photographers and designers old friends of my sisters a chance to see and photograph them and I will absolutely have the best shots or any movies couriered directly to you in the tower"

"excellent Sara thank you, well then we will see you at the tower shortly then"

"on the way back I promised to pick up a few things for the trainers and a few handlers so we might get back after dark"

"understandable simply alert security at the gate as you go out"

"I had an idea"

"you are half of the manager for the facility Sara if you have an idea that will improve the facility and conditions for the staff then by all means.. just do not destroy the facility"

"well sir it would make it a bit more home like, a commissary or company store to buy shirts candy books an essentials that um… ladies need instead of the long drive to the nearest town"

"indeed manager of the facility…"

"thank you sir! the truck is here thank you for letting me talk your ear off"

"quite alright" he chuckled and it clicked off

she winked to Cassie who smiled passing it around the HBED's all wiggling an ear

"Oh Frank"

"hey Sara I just heard see I did do it"

"yes need anything from town?"

"yeah sun screen I'm out an my ears are getting burnt"

"can do, Cassie could you"

"sun… screen Frank check" writing it on the list

"ok were outa here" they walked over to the truck an Sara passed on the part about no traps or poison he nearly decided to talk back to her but Stacy saved him by saying something about her being half of the management of the place being so cool as she climbed in and scooted over to the middle of the backs seat

Sara walked back looking at the HBED's sitting there with Dave "well get in everyone"

"Sara they don’t know how"

"oh for Pities sake! Like this watch!" opening the tail gate she stepped up on it holding onto the overhead racks support "hold here step up careful of your head Bully Toro, now come on 217"

he tentatively stepped up and the truck sunk a bit he snorted and stepped back

"William! You get up here show them how please some times HBED's just need the big bull to do it first"

he grabbed the rack ducked his head checking for clearance and stepped up a bit unsteady as the truck sagged a bit standing up in the bed he snorted mooing at them for being weak

they all snorted or whickered at him and started clamoring up into the truck Sara hopped out before HBED feet crushed a foot or worse

"ok alright everyone sit down settle down" they did three across the front of the bed Bill and Tim had Amy on part of their laps the others down the sides "excellent now hold on don’t move! Sit still!"

"rokay rmadam" came from them all Dave laughed and got in the truck

"hey! Manager here I called shotgun! Agh darn it " climbing in the back seat

the quick stop at the security gate each HBED was ID Chip checked and signed out of the facility and they were out on the road heading for the freeway

Tim fingered 'Sara is gona chew on our tails'

Bill 'nah she knows better, we had to do that way or it wouldn’t have been right now we've done it once its different, you alright Amy?'

'I'm good just enjoying being out of that place its so terrible we still cant escape the nightmare yet'

'we will don’t you worry Amy, William is Working on it' Joseph smiled

'thank you for inviting me William I know you don’t much like AA's I don’t blame you' Kim the pure white wolf AA smiled at him

'give him time Kim all he's known is nutcases who want to kill him' Tim wrote

the quiet one was Candy 262 the AB that recently got set free she was looking back at the facility she sighed 'still its not such a bad life I have a healthy body now' from what shed told them she'd been dieing of cancer in a hospice an woke up HBED

'well Candy its what were trying to do most is make sure you have the right to enjoy that life right now were property and if Takashima wanted to he could easily have us all slaughtered as animals' Tim wrote

she wiggled her ear 'I know, an that’s my biggest worry finally able to have kids and someone's going to breed me an sell them god is a jerk'

'isn't god Candy no he who would be a god Takashima, if I were religious id say he or she actually put those two men on the job to assemble the cart that collapsed under me just so my head would get smashed breaking the chip.. perhaps that small action would bring justice for all of us'

again she wagged an ear then looked at him with a warm smile 'thank you William'

he smiled 'if a car honks its horn at us call back at them"

they all laughed

as they got into the cities southern California was famous for cars did honk and people stared trying to look at them causing a few traffic issues a CHP officer rode up with his partner on cycles to see and got curious innocent HBED faces glued looking at them Tim Mooed loudly at them and they accelerated away he snorted an they all laughed

the hot wind blowing over them all the way in was leaving them all thirsty he felt like he'd be happy to see the tower if there was water

finally as they turned off the freeway they got onto city streets they were close to the tower here he wagged ears they went back into full HBED mode the cameras around for miles Takashima likely had access to

they pulled into the huge parking lot and security came out clearly amazed at the HBEDS in the back of the truck "um identifications please"

Sara collected them he ran them through the reader an smiled "ma'am Mr. Takashima said to be expecting you an your group, no troubles coming in?"

"none at all lots of curious people seeing adult HBED's for the first time but it went well"

"excellent um they look thirsty" typing in details to his work pad

Sara looked back all of them were panting a bit "mind if we get some water for them officer"

"not at all there's a HBED water station for the AA's over by the garage entrance help yourselves also um there's an AA on the way out to you from security command so just incase the males"

"ah yes we'll keep them roped in, Jose you going in or heading for the plant store?"

"plant store seniorita Cassidy, then back to the facility"

"good get some prices for roses nice ornamental ones with thorns I know people have those and will likely want their HBED's to trim them we need to add that to the garden training alright"

"yes seniora"

everyone piled out and got the HBED's out Traffic slowed to look at them

a limo pulled up into the driveway and the window went down "excuse me are those the HBED's that are being advertised?"

Sara walked over and took out a card for the facility Bill walked up behind her and that got even more traffic to slow down "yes they are, here's our card Takashima industries has a training center near here are you interested in getting a HBED?"

The lady got out of the car her white furs slid off into the fingers of her driver as she took the card the dress she wore was close to nothing and her breasts colored nipples firmed cheeks flushed as she got close to Bill "I am indeed" she smiled beginning to smell of raw sexual charge

"well you certainly have a good eye for quality this is Mr. Takashima's champion HBED AB1A breeding bull known as William he's my personal HBED" offering to shake her hand "Sara Cassidy, facility manager"

she shook it "well he is just impressive I'm speechless"

"William I know your thirsty but sit please, long drive in they're all hot an dried out"

"oh! well I don’t mean to stop you but I just had to see for myself" looking over Bill then finally noticing the others "simply stunning creatures yes I must have one" she put the card in her cleavage shook Sara's hand again "you will be seeing me again my dear thank you for the preview"

as she got in her car Bill noted the wet spot she made as she sat down on the leather an scooted over a bit hot an bothered to the extreme that one is he thought

Sara smiled to everyone as they moved over to the water station "exactly what I want to see people taking notice of them! Not ten minutes an already a potential customer" they all smiled at her the line for water took a bit but everything stopped as the AA in security harness rounded the corner right into the middle of them

Two AB bulls and the AC stallion snorted loudly the AA yelped and leaped back claws skittering on the concrete running back away from them tail tucked she looked up over the back of a car "Madam I was sent to you, I am not attacking or aggressive, peace HBED's peace!"

"easy you three be good Stay there AA I'll come to you" Bill snorted and went to follow her "William NO! I'm ok I am safe stay!"

"ress rmadam" he thought oh they know now only in superior numbers could they take on an adult HBED male, he still stood up and watched his mate waiting for any threat to her and that thought just made him prouder that the AA feared him

"see if you can get Mr. Bully to drink some water Cassie"

"I'll try but he's worried about you, come on William get some water"

Sara walked over to the AA

"peace madam, no fighting with fathers favorite breeder bull"

"its ok AA he's fine"

"Mr. Takashima father sends me with the keys for the truck madam" she turned her head and put her nose into a side pocket removing a key fob with keys setting them in Sara's hand "the truck is full of fuel and he hopes it is comfortable" bowing her head

"thank you AA um where is the truck I haven't seen anything like he described"

she lolled out her tongue with a grin sitting down she pointed with her hand "it is around the south side of the building near the fence for advertising till it could go to the training facility do you want me to show you where?"

"no that’s fine thank you I'm sorry for them they learned from William some AA are difficult to trust the bad AA that started the problem now I have to get him to trust AA we have one with us in fact"

"yes I see, she is quite a lovely white, may I go now madam?"

"yes thank you AA good job" she wagged her tail happily and hurried off

Sara made mental notes on that she seemed almost simple child like walking over Bill sniffed her a bit "didn’t drink till you knew I was safe huh go on get some water" pushing him a bit towards it

"ress rmadam" and he gulped down a fountain full at a time waiting for it to refill a moment then getting more she climbed up on his back as did others on theirs

"the truck is around the other side of the building so lets get going"

Amy and Dave jogged along side the others when they spotted it Sara was impressed the design clearly showed a lot of thought and expected it to be bugged too glad they had discussed the entire trip first thing this morning

an air vent in the roof allowed air to blow through the bed but it was limited so not to wind blow their fur off like the bed of the other truck and there was a water tank with a fountain for the HBED's to drink from

she pushed the key fob and the locks and alarm responded with a chirp the others were all talking looking it over smelling the new car smell

"No sticky foods in it an I mean it people, lets keep it new for awhile get the HBED's loaded "

"hey Sara they got seats built in for the HBED's and belts too"

"Good! Means they will stay safer in traffic too" the tail gate opened electrically with a ramp unfolding from it so HBED's could just walk into it

"this is excellent exactly what we needed" she said smiling

"oooh! Leather seats!" Stacy exclaimed from inside "and a DVD player too!!"

Sara sighed laughing "ok, ok and you want me to load 414 for you?" she said sarcastically

"oh yes please! Thanks!" the others laughed

"you! get your pregnant rear end out here and take care of your HBED woman! You and the oh I forget who I slept with baby, your not shirking your job with me pregnant or not" Sara pointed to the back of the truck with a foot stomp where the HBED's were clearly waiting

more laughs she climbed out making a pouty face at Sara as she walked back to help Joseph in got him buckled in his seat he watched attentively and gently bumped his nose on her she smiled and winked at him

the last loaded was Bill the ramp folded up and the tail gate closed Sara checked the latches "alright now everyone sitting and seat belted? Yes good"

"ress rmadam" came from all

she smiled "good" she produced from a bag in her pocket a treasure of mineral tablets which everyone licked lips and drooled she gave one to each stopping at him

he held his mouth open tongue eagerly hanging ready for that tasty treat "I don’t think so Mr. You were bad"

he blinked "rbad rilliam?" mouth closing looking sad

"ress rbad err yes bad William you need to stop being mean to the AA so no mineral for William don’t look at me like that go on stop it"

he sighed wiggled an ear she nodded and got in the truck the big diesel engine rumbled to life and they backed up pulling out towards the gate

Takashima had watched it all smiled an made a few notes

The rest of the drive the HBED's talked an laughed about their acting and Sara's the ladies taunting Bill for being bad Bully Toro he smiled a lot laughing frequently thinking this was exactly what he needed after last night

Tim remarked about how the tower was set up Bill could only say he knew nothing of it his had been the Houston tower they didn’t have a water fountain for anyone outside

Almost together they all sniffed the salt air that rolled over the truck it was so different from when human an remarks went flying fast as fingers could move he sighed remembering the smell as a child but nothing with this much detail in it

They pulled into a parking lot and people all around looked Sara parked it over two slots due to its length and everyone climbed out looking at the pacific ocean the sun gleaming on its ripples

a parking lot attendant came over she smiled paying for both slots he stood there stunned as the HBED's unloaded William stood there looming muscles rippling a bit he looked at the man an Mooed softly

Cassie gently moved him a bit "excuse me sir, come on out 217" another huge bovine clomped down the ramp and a crowd was starting to gather

For several minutes Sara handed out cards talking a bit to the people as they touched an petted the HBED's a few kids were beyond control screaming at these gentle giants like they were living toys finally Bill spotted a familiar face

Agent Garret

he waved carefully from a hair stylists doorway just a short walk down the street Bill touched Sara on the leg she glanced his way and he wagged both ears she smiled looking at the time asking people to forgive her but they were running late to an appointment at the groomers

people were all smiles and admiring several still following along as the HBED's walked along single file Bill bringing up the rear the shop door opened

"OH! MY dears will you all just look at the WONders of the universe! God must love me! Look at all these so sexy gorgeous beasts! Oh oH! OH! Dear god just look at YOU!"

the man literally flew from the front to the back right into William his arms going around him "I have died! I have simply died an gone to heaven! Ohh!" fanning himself "I am just going to faint oh god what a hunk of sexy body!"

Bill blinked

Joseph fingered 'just a bit gay' everyone wagged an ear

Bill fingered 'help please oh come on help please'

Sara cleared her throat "excuse me, that’s my HBED you’ve glued yourself onto sir"

"oh honey! Isn't there enough here to share?! Oh I am such a whore but for this beef I'll eat meat again regularly!" laughing loudly and dramatically

"um are you Justin?" looking at her notes a bit embarrassed

"oh dear love I'm always Justin, time please, please come in come in!"

pulling Bill in by his hands people were laughing and smiling he stepped back out "go on go I'm creating an cant talk to you now shoo! You can just wait till I'm done" closing the door he turned the closed sign round and pulled the blind he sighed as his helpers closed the window blinds as well

"I'm so sorry dear loves, I have a certain image I've cultivated to people around here an much as I am fully flaming and flaunt it wildly.. I am appalled beyond sick what has been done to you all" turning to them he sighed and patted Bill's hand gently rubbing it

"If it were done by choice sweets id be worshiping at your feet for your affections but not like this I'm sorry to have embarrassed you"

"rits rokay rwas rmore rsurprised rthan rembarrassed"

"oh you are! Such a sweet dear, come on now all of you there's a party going on in your honor back here" walking past to the back through swinging double doors they walked through to a technology emporium lights medical equipment computers and cameras monitors for all around the area outside

Agent Garret walked over smiling from the back area was connected to the next building where medical examination tables and doctors waited

Even Sara was stunned "wow"

"Sara its good to see you made it we watched the little show you put on at the tower for Takashima damn convincing no wonder your doing so well"

"fear of death an conversion does that"

"yes, and you must be the famous TFM the First musketeer, William Morin William 221" he held his hand out to Bill who gently took it and shook his hand

"ragent rgarret"

"alright in basics we need data on all of you so its going to be busy for a bit each gets a doctor an exams right this way" gesturing to the tables waiting with a smile

"6 tables no waiting huh Agent Garret?"

"seven actually they want to examine the humans as well due to the pheromone issues" he smiled taking the offered medal case from her "and we'll get this thing open as well" handing it to another agent who whisked it off to another area

full physicals blood letting and body orifice exams done they had Bill sit and lean over an arched wood frame which supported his head letting his jaw hang open doctors moved over step stools and started brushing his hair up near the base of his skull the hair stylist helping so they wouldn’t make a mess of his hair them talking about his grooming to hide the incision till it healed

"can you reach here William?" he reached around and touched the spot they had "ress"

"perfect" they started poking him with needles "local as we have to cut and remove a bit of the tissues under the skin alright its going to take a while to finish and it might hurt for several days after"

"rokay"

Agent Garret moved a table over its displays started a presentation "everyone else have a seat while they install Bill's stealth assembly we found out how to intensify the effect and will be installing longer antennas than the AA's have

Now these things when activated make a click every five minutes it cant be heard but you can feel it when nearly drained of power they click a lot more frequently they with constant use last about six hours with a new range of about two hundred yards you turn it on by pressing an holding for a moment" demonstrating on one the bulb switch squishing

"I hope they don’t use batteries" Sara said sliding a chair over to be next to Bill

who then had a doctor in his mouth examining things with a light he gagged a bit and coughed "sorry this will fix that" spraying something it was bitter and instantly numbed his throat and further down he could still feel the man shove something down his throat

an agent came up with papers and the medal nodded walking away

"they charge over about eight hours time from the bodies natural electrical field Sara more of the chip technology were examining we've also found out what was in that medal Takashima gave Bill it’s a signal generator tuned to a very narrow bandwidth and very short range less than ten feet"

"SO there was something in that thing what did it do to him?"

he blinked at her vehemence an wagged an ear

"did you feel anything odd last night Bill?"

"he had severe nightmares kept waking up, even trying to run while asleep scared me as well"

Bill made like he was writing mouth held open the one doctor still looking and examining it seemed like up to his elbows down his throat

Sara smiled "I'm leaving out details, I know lover" she told Garret and the others everything he'd told her in detail

all blinked looking at him "there just dreams nightmares" Sara said clearly hoping "aren't they?'

"actually we don’t think so" everyone but Bill turned he didn’t want the scalpels at work behind his head to damage things several agents reached for their weapons Tim and Joseph stood up ready to fight

three nicely dressed people walked in the lead was a strawberry blonde bombshell who opened her ID

CIA id card and badge inside

"easy everyone, were all working on the same thing just approaching it from different directions"

Garret walked around "interesting time for you to show up agent Brown we've asked for assistance several times an got nothing not even a screw you were busy"

"we have had issues Takashima got several moles inside several offices and we had to make sure there were none left but we are here now to help and combine efforts, excellent acting miss Cassidy"

Bill sniffed and recognized the woman the limo! And so did Sara "well I can see your interest really is in the HBED's nice dress earlier by the way modesty much?"

"it does what its intended distraction.. especially the male gender, now as for these nightmares William suffered from that transmitter we suspect there's a further purpose for the chips in the HBED's heads to lock away a combat mode till needed"

this left them all blinking the HBED's sat back down as she walked past Sara coming around to look at William she offered Garret a thumb drive

"it’s a pleasure to meet you officially William, your information and help has gotten us deeper into Takashima's plans than anything else we have done independently" clearly condescending in her tone

she gently patted his cheek with a smile he sniffed checking the scents carefully her perfume couldn’t cover the fact she'd recently been around AA and an AC both under stress he looked at Tim who wagged his ear he got it too

Sara folded her arms over her chest "so you’ve been monitoring our talking with agent Garret then?"

She smiled sat down on the edge of the table and crossed her legs smiling "indeed" her skirt showed she had a leg holster with a small automatic as well as the larger one in a shoulder holster

He watched her as the doctor in his throat made it impossible to talk

"I do apologize for catching you like this William I'm sure your lieutenants are more than capable of voicing that which you would if you were able to"

Tim held up a pad he'd found 'you’ve been around an AA and AC recently and both were under a lot of stress our noses don’t miss that'

"indeed I have, we stole the AC which you'll be finding a report about at the training facility Miss Cassidy and captured the AA we had to check the chip to see if there was indeed an extra hidden complication, there was"

"so your saying that the chip not only has a memory blocker it also kills and can activate a combat mode?" Garret asked slightly annoyed

"indeed several alternate modes apparently. Watching it happen is quite frightening to see the AC a young HBED female peaceful and placid stolen from a truck shipment headed for the north west training center in Idaho"

Cassie was clearly pissed "you killed her didn’t you! Screwing around with the chip in her head"

"actually we clipped the wrong leg on the chip and activated the combat mode by accident. She instead of attacking the AA as one would have expected, killed two of my agents smashed through several armored doors and attempted to escape the facility she had to be killed the AA followed her giving orders what to do is still in custody though just barely"

she smiled at Bill "I dislike being the bearer of bad news William but you either haven't been able to fool Takashima completely or he's testing to see if you are actually free of the chip which far as we have discovered HBED's are created, trained if you will, with several modes of operation combat is but one, sally the maid an homemaker is another

we have various sources around the world an we were fortunate that one who works within a major terrorist organization recently got this for us, ahh Garret would you be so good the USB drive thank you"

he stuck it into a computer looking an smelling annoyed opened the file which held a video file he clicked it bring it to full size in the monitors Takashima appeared there

"this is a video detailing a new advancement in bio weaponry for your consideration the costs for the initial units are quickly offset by the fact that the weapon units are self replicating with various modes of operation from stealth to total occupation an pacification of local civilian and military personnel all units come complete with close combat with highly skilled troops training is standard

the various modes of operation are quickly achieved via the installed control chip and best of all it uses your own unwanted human population as raw source for conversion and birth of new units"

shadowed images of the all to familiar HBED bodies came up slowly rotating as Takashima's faded still talking

"the units can be near human sized able to utilize equipment and weaponry to several times larger all are immensely strong and resistant to combat damage response times are faster than any human vision hearing olfactory senses all heightened far above human norms" the images became highlighted showing the HBED's clearly, each changing sub types as they slowly rotated

"all HBED's are completely immune to radiation thus if your enemy in a last resort uses nuclear weapons in an attempt to stop them it’s a useless waste of human life and contamination of the combat area the surviving HBED units outside ground zero will simply continue the mission"

they are highly mobile in both bipedal and quadruped modes endurance is very high able to carry in most cases over twice their own weight into combat and they can quickly recover given water and food in occupation and pacification mode the HBED's or Humanoid Biologically Engineered Devices are excellent for any terrain or climate conditions from desert to urban city sprawl woodlands to sub arctic regions

if desired HBED units can make use the local populace for breeding, creating new units that quickly learn all combat and other skills more experienced units have gained they then with the adult HBED move on to further mission goals, human females and males are pacified via pheromone exposure. unable to resist the male HBED units human females willingly submit to male HBED unit for impregnation within days of exposure and cycle fertility"

"once a human female has brought a HBED unit pregnancy to term, antigens her own body produces will prevent any human child after that by causing miscarriage and or massive birth defects only HBED pregnancies will be carried to term healthy this fully strips local populations of the ability to rebuild after HBED use"

Stacey looked at her belly a hand resting on it looking up at Joseph who was clearly troubled now

"as both male and female units are able to use humans for reproduction a female HBED will claim human males one to several depending on conditions an if the unit detects human female sexual interaction will dominate the male into total submission further transgressions will cause the unit to terminate the male an move on to another viable male for reproduction

this is why female units are more limited an should be used primarily for the support an pacification of population rolls, not full combat though if HBED units detect resistance in those modes combat mode is automatic and quickly effective to quell any resistance from humans"

Amy shivered even as Dave put his hand on her shoulder to reassure her

"optional units for advanced command and control of normal HBED's are available, these units due to individual qualities carried in human's DNA can be crafted into the 1A unit bringing out the best traits the human had prior to conversion. All HBED units respond to these 1A units immediately, a genetic imperative, here I give you an example of a superior 1A HBED breeder unit with other HBED's during recent physical training"

and it was Bill

his exercising lifting weights specifications and details were being scrolled alongside the video then the full run only days ago again showing scientific data and readouts

"this is an AB1A, formerly one of my own security officers with superior skills in deduction, learning, information retention, analysis, observation and combat who's loyalty to Takashima industries brought him to me when he gained classified information about the HBED project, his required conversion has proven him to be one of the very best AB1A units created to this time, a prime breeder for future HBED command units"

it switched to when he was clearly younger before he'd left the tower "early training showed the hidden qualities he had held as a human come to the forefront and he quickly proved to be tactically very deadly with strong leadership skills leading HBED units through simulated combat missions which should have ended in total HBED unit loss

these simulated missions using various theater wide conditions the 1A took losing situations and created victory even at the cost of all HBED units. in pacification and occupation rolls the 1A unit creatively kept human resistance to near zero levels with few if any fatalities of needed human resources for furthering the HBED unit creation

these 1A conversions are optional, or command units can be purchased separately with unit purchases of one thousand or more"

it had showed him wearing some kind of harness and helmet as video windows showed what the HBED were seeing inside the helmet the explosions the pain from being hit expressed in signal lights. it showed him leading a rush of various HBED's at a marine armored convoy from both sides of the road

Tim blinked seeing himself and Hank standing as always to either side of Bill as he snorted and pointed giving orders via electronic commands to other HBED's then he watched as Bill bellowed

Leaping into the fight clearly bringing the HBED's into close combat to prevent the marines from using their guns for a stand off distance advantage, hand to hand the HBED's were far more than the marines could handle with their superior strength and speed close quarters gunfire barely slowed them then it showed Bills face frozen inside the helmet as he crushed the marine commanders face it was twisted with a joyous killing rage

"the control chip allows for the complete control of the converted and if needed they can also be destroyed as quickly via the remote if for some reason the HBED units fail to function correctly"

It faded slowly an started showing life around the many training facilities their working and training for more domestic duties

"HBED units can be then used for civilian support roles rebuilding infrastructure providing general unskilled labor with impressive power, untiring and powerful HBED units are clearly the weapons that make the greatest sense in this unstable world of ours they also produce resources and collect them for you as an added benefit" showing HBED milk products and various wool items then farming an building harvesting crops

"thank you for your consideration I look forward to hearing from you"

Bill was beyond feeling anything at this point his mind trying to add up all the things he'd seen memories that just were not there but clearly they should have and he felt sick

Agent brown smiled gently delicately folding her hands together on her knee "and you don’t remember any of that early training do you William" leaning forward towards him like she was gloating

"Didn’t you notice The large gaps in time, strange feeding times odd hours that felt like they should have been far longer suddenly overnight feeling stronger or tired weeks days months all run together as they program trained you in combat mode you really don’t know how long you were in that hell hole do you"

"half a year at least" Sara moved over next to Bill and put her hand on his cheek she felt the first tears slip into his fur as his body trembled a bit

"more than enough time with how the chips seem to work acting like a CPU the brain becoming a hard drive for the data they put in it literally making killing machines out of them, it holds a program of electrical signals that are sent into the brain to activate the various modes most likely the conditioned brain switches to different modes like changing personalities

the brain isn't a machine though it knows what it learns thus why you knew how to use that head of yours William just like a hammer in close combat with that AA Steven even that may well have been a test by Takashima seeing as Steven was obsessed with you likely from his watching you in combat mode"

Garret picked up the medal and the transmitter that had been in it "so why this"

"testing him, the low power signal just enough to activate a test sequence of the combat mode his memories of that were the nightmares he had, they clearly are exactly the same to the combat shown in the video I would suggest Takashima is looking for a report of disturbed sleep, agitation from a clearly peaceful placid bull of good nature and the sooner he gets it the better for William and the rest of the free HBED's the transmitter isn't long lived the batteries cant be recharged so clearly it’s a test unit that would last a few days at most"

"ill get our people on to altering this so they can tell how long its still active"

"okay Agent Brown" Sara clearly annoyed "since you know so much about this how do we help them keep from being used like that and how could Bills chip still work its broken in half"

"I'm glad you asked Miss Cassidy" with a clearly artificial smile

"we did find out that cutting another leg on the chip prevents the activation of the other operation modes returning their minds fully to their control total removal of the chip after that is then available" she smiled and held out a printout to Sara detailing which lead to cut and even which not to which was right next to it

"since nearly 3/4 of the HBED's at the training facility are now free to think and are simply hiding while plans progress I think that should help keep them from being used as weapons against the three military bases in the area if Takashima decides to advance his plans" she smiled again

the doctor in Bills mouth came up finally removing his tool "they are just like the AA the clipping of a nerve in the throat will allow them to speak normally agent Garret"

"good fix it" came from all the trainers and Garret who smiled

"you'll have to keep up the slurring around others of course" he smiled at Bill

"and we all know how good William is at acting quite excellent at it in fact, as for your remaining question Miss Cassidy half of the chip clearly is still functioning it is actually several hundred processors a signal receiver and capacitive discharge termination device all in one very complicated annoyance"

the doctor smiled "I'm just going to make sure, a local will block the nerve it should allow you to talk normally if it’s the right one"

"why do that to them" asked the hair stylist still helping with the hair around the other operation "why make them so they cant talk clearly?"

Sara was first to respond now looking at Bill with a smile "to keep them from appearing human even a little, so inhuman most people wouldn’t even try to plead or try to gain their sympathies just another form of warfare, psychological"

Brown politely clapped softly "you're influences William" again dripping with sarcasm

Sara scoffed annoyed and ignored her making a face only the HBED's and Bill could see mocking the Agent

the doctor was injecting the nerve as he explained "looks like they designed it so that as they talk the nerve causes muscles in the mouth an throat to work against the proper function of speech occasionally a clear word might come out as the nerve and the muscles its influencing get tired but unless its clipped normal function is impossible"

he moved back "its just blocked so incase it’s the wrong nerve I haven't screwed things up worse for you… try it out"

he thought about it knowing deep inside what he needed, he had to say so very much it hurt

Sara moved up close her hands gently holding his face "well love aren't you going to talk?"

Tim and the others all smiled

"I…" blinking a bit at the new clarity of his voice he smiled "I love you so very, very much Sara my heart hurts from it all"

"oh…" she smiled an her eyes got shiny and she hugged him best she could kissing him

Agent Brown sighed shaking her head "foolish and stupid, an I expected a baritone not a tenor"

Garret pushed her "shut up, you don’t have a clue what love is or the hope it can give your cold hearted and it shows"

"yes well that sometimes is the price we pay"

"too high in my opinion"

walking past her to check on the stealth unit installation process which was nearly done they were feeding the longer antenna wires up to the top of his head carefully under the skin they were putting some sutures in to hold them in place near his horn buds

"nearly done Garret were closing now a bit of protein glue to keep it from scaring and changing the hair color" the doctor smiled "an done"

"okay Bill you can get up let the other doctor permanently fix your voice while we get Tim in here"

he smiled nose gently rubbing on Sara's throat an neck "alright I can do that" she sighed and smiled brighter again hugging him getting up he glared at Brown who clearly needed a HBED in her life to teach her a few things

the Justin smiled "you just sit right there on that floor drain while I get to work on the rest of you the head we'll handle last let the wound heal up a bit" and as the doctor worked on his throat the back an shoulders were vigorously attacked with soap water and brushes

a quick cut and the doctor smiled "all fixed ill get a cutter for you Sara so you can clip that chip lead too"

"thank you Doctor" she smiled and got a brush and helped to wash his front and more private areas

Garret got the clothes designers in who had been briefed but clearly weren't expecting how big Bill was quick revisions of their designs and styles were made for the biggest sizes

He smiled at them "a good kilt would be nice perhaps like a roman centurions? The leather straps over a cloth kilt"

They instantly started sketching liking the idea

Sara smiled scrubbing his hand getting a lot of lose fur off "you do bathe don’t you love?"

he smiled "ress ri rdo" she laughed as he bent over an nosed her rump "yum" an she laughed more bopping him on the nose with a soapy brush leaving suds on it

The stylist smiled "he's just losing his young bull hair for the lovely adult, it is coming off honey just takes a bit of scrubbing to get it lose I'm just going to get a power sander for those hooves just look at those scratches and chips! Oh for glue on nails in hoof shape OH my!"

Soon the helpers were involved even agents were conscripted to help scrub and condition rubbing oil into their fur and skin the clothes started to trickle in from another shop further down for test fitting

Joseph was working with captured AA harness to be used for their tower assault as he was being surgically worked on finally he dragged doctors along as they were trying to finish the stitches as others were brushing his tail and fetlocks

"William I need your advice on these you know the tower and what were up against I've got them fixed for us stripped of the junk maybe now we can talk about the plan"

Bill looked up his head hair being further brushed and worked someone polishing his hooves with a buffer

"well we're gona need pry bars an holders on the harness for them magnetic or something several equipment pockets signal clickers we can use when the stealth isn't on I don’t want us talking while in the tower too many listening devices were very good at ear wags and finger writing"

many replied with ear wags an grins

"pry bars?" Garret came over "I thought you were going up a fire stair"

"we are, but the doors every five floors open only going down their opening automatically with a fire doesn’t help us, their alarmed but the alarm circuit on them is junk we used to carry a paper clip on us to keep the circuit intact open the door and remove the clip you can access the alarm switch from both sides of the door"

"how?"

"they used the door frame as one part of the circuit the bolts holding the switch insulated make the other stupid way to do it it’s a very low voltage system a conductor across the two the alarm wont sound when the magnet is moved, I expected we could use some kind of metal tape then jamming doors open as we go up so our race down is smooth"

Joseph smiled and chuckled, agent Brown had moved over near by

"and why did you insist we would need one for an AA nearly unaltered?" Joe asked

"because that part is the riskiest yet easiest to escape from job um Garret got a page of paper?"

"I've got better! just a second wanted to give you bunch of these they connect to us via satellite no more security issues with Takashima" he came back with a stack of tablet pc's

"oh hey those are nice" giving Bill then Joe each one then the others Sara smiling at it

"expensive"

"yeah top of the line some top secret technology in them as well ill bet"

"biometric locks in the case of Takashima getting one, everyone real quick put your thumb on the silver pad along the side it will activate the security program" they all did it came up analyzing scrolled across the screen and each read complete

"they are now useless to anyone but you, the drives are solid state and the moment they are removed will self destruct there is no way to bypass the security on it without causing it to self terminate"

he smiled "am I good or what?"

"excellent Garret quite excellent" Bill was already typing on the projected holographic keyboard and changing things each tablet in the room beeped in response to his

"um Bill what are you doing?" Garret looked at the one he had

"closing the open links to all tablets of the same kind, as these are left open per factory specs its so technicians could do easy repairs and limiting it to the workgroup known as FFH" finishing his typing with a smile the tablets all beeped "we can now send notes to each other without worry as well I added a simple password so FFH people can enter the group from elsewhere as you get us more of these"

Garret chuckled and shook his head smiling "password? What is it so we have it too"

Bill grinned "Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before"

Everyone laughed Sara hugged him

he started detailing out a drawing of the third floor where the security desk was an the hallways behind it this drawing immediately showed up on the other tablets

"the problem is with my plan is this here, it’s the main security desk always an officer on duty now possibly an AA as well which works into the plan nicely

we enter here 'making an arrow to a door on the outside of the building' this is an old door that never closed right storms could blow in through the parking garage and cause it to pop open alarms went off they disabled the alarm circuit put a cheap camera facing at it from the inside a quick pull with a big strong HBED capable pry bar door go open, one with a stealth makes the camera fuzz out and everyone slips in hiding in the dark"

he drew an arrow along the wall 'this is a ramp leads up twenty feet to a right turn which goes through a glass door no alarms, up this ramp another twenty feet this opens out into a huge area dominated by the security station and the guard break room at any time they're could be one to ten guards there and dozens of cameras as the front doors are here and it’s the major entry point for the building

if there is an AA on duty there our AA Kim goes up tells them she saw something strange down by this door" she blinked at that

"me? Y-you want me? To help?"

"yes Kim I do, your young, small goofs will be quickly forgiven and you talk right as I said it’s a dangerous job but because of the location there's four escape routes ill get to that in a bit, anyhow you lure the AA on duty down to us where we pry a bit of sense into its head"

Joseph and Tim both grinned "one AA down"

"exactly now Kim an AA in security harness takes Takashima's AA radio collar and goes back taking up the guard spot her Stealth on blocking the cameras at her signals we make for the Fire stairs door here" making an arrow to it "its just past the large freight elevators and on the same wall as the normal public ones no cameras in the stair well so quick move up to 49th floor"

he looked at her "if someone calls because of the cameras are down you clearly being young it’s the oh crud I'm sorry sir I'm new at this excuse"

she smiled lolling her tongue out a bit wagging her tail "just a cute young AA that’s me"

"yep, now if the shit hit’s the fan and they realize your not Takashima you can go this way that way over the guard out the doors to the front, worst is going to be this way as you will have to smash through 3 doors and an alarmed fire door" drawing various arrows and the doors

he looked at Joseph and Garret "I want each harness equipped with a large quantity tear gas can and a pair of flash bangs strapped together so we on the run can pull a rip cord with our teeth setting it off and dropping it at the same time behind us

any AA that runs into that on our tails will be more scrambled then a 8 egg omelet the tear gas will really do the worst to them as our sense of smell as HBED's is so much more advanced"

Garret was looking at his making notes off to the side "easy enough to get and put on"

"good, Kim that’s where if your left alone just sitting there when we come barreling down the stairs we will signal and you will run forward drop your cans and run like hell is on your tail as the building above is going to be erupting all around us"

agent brown who had been listening leaned forward "what is your full intent William?"

"my intentions agent Brown is to insert the back door program were going to call sleeper in one of the terminals there as a priority data communication then see to it that its loaded into the gateways off site ready for the 1 am data transmission of secure communications to all towers and installations, get into the secure data files vault via the 49th floor being directly below the unarmored floor of the vault on the 50th which the door is impossible to get past

the computer tech that had that office prior to being fired told me when they built the place he was running computer line got to see its construction they put in hardened walls and the mega door but its just normal floor I also got to see that floor when they were replacing the tiles an lights after a minor fire suppression system leak..

the roof is inaccessible from 51 as that’s Takashima's private floors unless you can get us Takashima's key to his floors agent brown?"

she shifted a bit an frowned

he smiled "so! while we evacuate down the stairs loaded with files we blow the entire 49th floor and above it to a flaming ball of hell ruining any chance of knowing what we took though I doubt there will be anyway to stop Takashima from realizing the data files were the target

he wont know exactly which ones were taken and any recent activity on the terminals there due to the damages will be gone the back door will go out to all Takashima computer systems while he's busy being pissed about the data files loss and the burning of his damned star we give the data to Garret get cleaned up head for the hotel room where we've been relaxing after a long day of pictures an such so that if he suddenly gets some brains an suspects us all he will find is a group of HBED's playing with their toys."

Joseph started clapping as did Garret and others

Sara moved around an kissed him lovingly

Brown clapped softly sitting in the chair she gently turned it around "yes, Takashima is really quite the fool, something I'm curious about if he had asked you William

I have need of you, your loyalty, your mind could better serve me, by becoming one of my converted one of my warriors that I would see to it they would become like gods women to care for your needs to pleasure you

I will make sure you want for nothing. all I want is the loyalty you have shown me for all these years…the price for this is you surrender your humanity, become one of the elite what would you have said to him? …"

Everyone had gone dead silent looking at her then him his nose flared and eyes narrowed

"what the hell kind of question is that Brown?" Garret said annoyed

"no Garret,' Bill waved gently at him "she can ask, since clearly she wants to grab this Bull by the horns she's not going to like my answer, the answer at the time before he betrayed me agent Brown…" he inhaled deeply

"I would likely have said yes, I owed him everything, my truck, my home, my life he came to my aid when my mother died from a long illness as my own family couldn’t be bothered with it or me

I gave up promotions to keep the peace with the other bastards there while they were human, they took that path he offered willingly yes even eagerly… and yes they are likely still there as AA's if they turn up they will find not the large glasses wearing man who would have rather kept the peace so that Takashima's building operated efficiently and without worries for the man who had a industrial empire to run

they will find that the Bull shit they gave me is coming back like bad karma only ten times as big an stronger willing to smear their insides on the walls… now are you done being an unhelpful ass Agent Brown or will you be drying up an blowing away soon like the slime under a rock when its out in the sun?"

she blinked her expression changed a bit he smelled anger disgust

"I think CIA stands for Certainly I'm Asinine in your case, now you’ve been riding me since you came in the damn building" he snorted head lowering glaring at her

"what is your desire! cause you’ve stuck an speared me lady like they do the bulls in Spain well! you’ve grabbed this Bull by the horns you best be ready to pay the price for it!"

she actually reached for her gun freezing motionless as every HBED instantly changed into killers no matter how fast she pulled it one of them would reach her the instant later

her companions were suddenly the targets of several FBI agents Garret moved quickly between the HBED's and her

"I think your done here Brown you just about have them literally ready to stomp you flat I don’t know what the hell your up to but your done" he took her gun

"she's got another strapped to her thigh Garret" Bill snorted hard glaring

he reached down an took it too "nice loaded for trouble huh Brown, come on" he pushed her towards the back

"and your not pulling jurist my fucking damn diction lady!" Joseph yelled towards the back "were working with FBI professionals not CIA morons"

Bill relaxed back and huffed closing his eyes calming the bull

"alright she's out of here Bill I wont apologize for her she's not one of mine but I am sending in a report of her issues we don’t need this we need the CIA's help"

"what the hell was her issue? What'd we do to her to deserve that?" Sara asked brushing Bills chest a bit harder than it needed showing her agitation

"I don’t know Sara but Ill find out, if she was telling the truth about moles in her office could be she's having a bad day or something either way that I agree was not called for"

"it was something I needed to say something you all needed to know" Bill said his head up eyes closed "an id likely taken the AB1A over the AA1A Takashima did know me well enough to get that right" he sighed looking at them an then Sara

"I didn’t have anything that tied me to being a human, yes I didn’t want to be changed an you saw that Sara I got through hell by never looking at myself not even once… but if he had asked me id said yes"

"an promptly been sickened by what he was doing an turned on him, I know you too well my Bully Toro you cant tell me you would have allowed him to continue this" she smiled and kissed him

"my lovely warrior with her flaming hair, god how you've captured my heart" several smiled or chuckled as he leaned his head gently against her arm around her back

Justin called a restaurant near by and got several large salads and a roast delivered Sara had to tell him to have one as a chef's salad with meat all with simple oil an vinegar dressings they were devoured as further grooming and clothes were fitted more tests were done to the ladies who were pregnant as blood tests came back and doctors wanted more data

More modifications were made for the harnesses to carry the huge bags of treasured data files so the HBED's could run unencumbered and carry the explosives for not only the floor cutting but also the demolishing of the entire floor Garret would work on some weapons for them other than their own bodies or the giant pry bars

Finally after so much grooming their skin was starting to hurt Justin walked along the HBED's and nodded "my dears it’s the very best I can do and each is like a gemstone you have your beautiful glimmers that I've polished to the very best and those tiny flaws I've done all I can to hide ahh the life of an under appreciated artist!" sighing dramatically and leaning on Bill fluttering his eyes fanning himself

"thank you Justin for your incredibly Herculean effort on our behalf I'm sure there will be a special place in the here after for you"

"oh you are a terrible, sexy! but terrible liar William dear I'm sure that it will come to me before I die eventually. Now you don’t use those claws for a bit that last coat of polish is still soft" pointing at Kim

she smiled looking at the brilliant multiple blues that had applied sequins for glitter "I wont"

Garret smiled "I have several photographers waiting over by your truck people and I've mentioned you to the media as well after a while along the beach id recommend you go to the cornerstone mall its in one of the more affluent areas of town

its an open air mall so we can keep an eye on you from above an more people in the loop run stores there too there's also a lot of cameras for Takashima to get his jollies off on we've done about all we can this time good luck all ill get right on these other items like the washable hair coloring" giving Sara a list of stores

Justin looked back as the Trainers took the tablets and slipped them into cases that they would carry as the HBED's when they walked out would be the instant center of everyone's attention around and there were already a lot as rumors had spread that Justin had 6 of them in his shop and people wanted to see

He nodded to his helpers and the blinds went up the bright light blinded everyone for an instant and then the grooming started to show its results as he tossed his doors open to the crowd gathered "I have taken them and created gods! Worship them my dears! Worship art and soul made real"

Tim went first his brown fur flowing like molten chocolate and the ooohs camera flashes an cheering said everything Cassie had gotten a good deal of grooming herself smiling for the cameras and then Joseph came out his long white mane an tail flowing in the gentle sea breeze held his head high his steel gray body gleaming braided fetlocks rang with tiny bells as he walked he gave a proud snort an a whinny. like Tim he wore a dark blue kilt

People were cheering wanting more now blocking the street as more people came to see them the small Amy walked out bleated softly her lower body wrapped in colored veils which went to her wrists they ballooned out in the air Candy followed her out dressed similarly they walked smoothly to either side of the boys letting the cameras devour their images the trainers told an showed them to pose in certain ways they did

People called for the others and Kim let out a chilling howl that brought silence as she walked out slowly blue silk loincloths were all she wore it was the icy snow like mist her fur made that made the crowd scream an yell cheering and applauding she preened under the attention and smiled as a big strong biker catcalled she howled back at him touching a finger gently to his nose walking to the front of the group she leaned back on Tim and Joseph as they folded their arms

Justin came around "aren't they just magnificent! Ohh be still my poor heart and there's still one! Ohh but what a one! Sara! Honey! Please! I beg of you to reconsider just a few minutes alone"

"no Justin you cant have him even for a few moments" she walked out of the shop smiling more pictures and cheering "I'm sorry"

he sobbed dramatically "you are such a lucky an evil woman! Ahh an here he is Takashima industries first champion HBED breeder bull…god my heart will simply burst… 221AB1A known as William!"

he took a deep breath head held high remembering what he was, what he would be what all of this was to do in the end he wondered if HBED's would hate or accept him for all of this that had to happen to them and himself

he strode out his body shimmered as the muscles rippled head hair black long an flowing along his neck to nearly his tail his red kilt covered by black leather straps and gold disks at the ends made him look like a roman gladiator

a matching red leather collar and thin width chest sash with black leather straps leading out to arm bands over his shoulders gold buckles and accents finally the Takashima medal hung from the collar like a pendant the cameras went wild with the cheering people

he snorted and Mooed loudly walking up behind Tim an Joe who moved aside he took the center of the group and flexed his arms up in a classic body builder pose

Justin collapsed into his helpers arms with his dramatic moan

People were applauding trainers were handing out business cards they moved along the street to the truck where the professional photographers wanted to use it as a stage an backdrop

The pictures started and someone got music playing near by in a car and people stood by shouting and encouraging enjoying the show as the HBED's instructed by their trainers posed and flexed showing off their strengths and beauty

Sara was talking to the people giving out business cards cheering William on as needed he knew that they were doing it right as the energy of the crowd rolled scents to them

several of the ladies dancing and showing off to the men dancing seductively around the HBED's were fertile them in their skimpy thong suits if they had been chipped this photo shoot would have gotten a lot more X-rated and their pheromones were even more active after the grooming so some were getting quite worked up or melting into HBED arms

He watched Sara her body smells telling him she was enjoying it as well an trying to resist watching him she resisted trying to dance with him so he danced for her though his heart wanted to reach out and pull her to him dance till the sun faded and the stars came

Finally the photographers called it to stop much to the crowds disappointment they all settled down Sara went along talking to them saying they were heading for the mall then they were eager for more in the new location

Justin who had been sitting off to the side brushes at the ready to fix any mishaps smiled as the HBED's walked over and bowed their heads low to him "rthank rou" came from all

And he broke into tears moving forward he hugged each pausing for a lot longer with Bill Sara had to cough he kissed Bill on the head his eyes told Bill more than words he really did hurt for them

The drive to the mall was a bit more somber but they were all talking via finger writing enjoying themselves Bill though was preoccupied with the video they had seen trying to remember it and work with the thoughts about Sara

Tim noticed and smiled 'hey Bill if your worrying about that stupid video don’t, you have done a lot more good as a HBED than bad you’ve worked your tail off using your mind and body to get us free for the chance to fight back instead of helpless we, well I am damn glad you did' he pushed Bill a bit with his shoulder smiling

He smiled 'just feel so used, I'm the demonstration HBED for that bastard an its likely that due to my chip being broken is why I was so good at it'

Tim wagged an ear an smiled putting his hand out 'HBED's all for one, one for all. We don’t surrender till Takashima is done' the others all wagged an ear an put their hands in Bill wagged his ear and put his hand on top

They parked at one end of the mall an media was there recording them from the moment they walked out of the truck they stood proudly their polished an groomed bodies the serious object of attention watching the media talking to Sara as she explained to them about HBED's as pets an companions sales pitch

She finally excused them as they had things to do walking into the mall the stores quickly emptied to line the walkway with people an kids who were cheering some thinking they were giant costumes

Kim howled leading them in and that chill brought quiet from the people watching them then they cheered as Joe whinnied loudly Bill and Tim Mooed just as loudly Amy bleated as Candy Mooed as well Kim howled again announcing they had arrived to the mall an unintentionally they had fallen into a marching step tails an bodies swinging in time and the kids ran along behind mimicking them

Sara laughed realizing that the music playing around the mall had given Mike the idea at the head of the line with Kim she stepped in next to Bill and started marching as well they went to the center of the mall and its fountains Mike called the HBED's to a halt and they all stopped an turned in a line

Sara looked at her notes to find the right stores which were around the fountain area this was an impromptu advertising visit and the photographers were eating it up media was filming reporters making commentary she walked over to a custom jewelry store the owner smiled coming out eyes wide looking at the HBED's

"hello there I'm Sara Cassidy, Garret sent me"

recognition hit the lady's face and she smiled "OH yes oh my so oh wow they look incredible"

"the awesome work of another friend so were here to help a bit and such"

"ah yes well exclusive trademark accessories for them huh"

Sara smiled "a small percentage for logo usage gets you advertising space in brochures and ownership folders word of mouth to the rich an powerful it’s a winner for both of us" Sara gave her a prepared business card written on the back was the real message

'were here to help you as you help us the sales you make to HBED owners make it possible for plans to move forward towards stopping this nightmare thank you for helping'

She pocketed the card smiling at Sara "well that’s excellent! I look forward to it!"

"great here is the logo you can put on tags and items" it was the stylized T in a circling loop "I just need to get a signature on an agreement and an acceptable percentage usage fee and your store cards and a logo for brochures"

"oh alright come on in um I don’t think the big one will fit inside to well yet" looking past Sara

she sighed "yes William?" turning to look he looked embarrassed

"Rilliam, rothers rneed rathroom"

the shop owner laughed pointing the way for the HBED's to the restrooms just down the way Sara gestured to Cassie to help who laughed and they all marched along to the doorway

she went in with the owner an smiled seeing the very unique pieces soon enough she using her new tablet pc printed out a contract with the owners signature to the shops printer hearing the cheering as the HBED's were back to work right out side

she saw several very large bracelets and a thought came to her "could you make this even thicker? Maybe do some scroll work engraving that would flow into a name?"

"sure custom is why I made my shop" smiling

"its for my HBED out there, the big one who came asking for the restroom"

she smiled "it was cute I didn’t expect them to talk, so a bracelet for him?" they were both looking out to see if anyone might overhear

"actually no a slip on nose ring, he is a bull and Takashima said id need to get him one well I don’t want to poke holes in his nose its one of his most sensitive spots I'm thinking a custom fit slip on would do it something with his name on it in the front flashy an better looking than that ugly medal" she sighed

"but I guess the best way to keep the peace is like his name to be engraved an filled with blue enamel or something oh Garret said you could fix the Medal in the back its got a small hole and scratches"

"sure can Sara you'll have to slip it to me before you leave I can deliver it and the nose ring in a few days can I sketch up a few ideas for you tonight an email them to you?"

"awesome an this is my money being spent so"

"so solid gold an diamonds" smiling as she made some notes on an order pad "ill need to take a few measurements of his nose an the shape to get the fit" clearly joking about the materials

"oh please I have some money but not that much! Takashima gave him that awful medal to hurt him, it had a transmitter in it if you want shave some of the gold off that thing make it less obnoxious" they both laughed

"I can certainly do that if you'd want"

""yes please!" nodding

"well depending on how much I get off the medal it should make it a lot cheaper"

they walked out and Bill was holding Amy up carefully as she made it look like she was laid back swinging in the ring the shop owner had as part of her sign he brought her down very carefully

"William dear I need you to sit so Jen can make some measurements"

"ress rmadam" he crouched down smiling as she measured the shape an depth of the front of his nose looking inside it a bit making a few more notes he looked at Sara wondering wiggling his ear

she just folded her arms a sly grin on her face "Bully Toro you'll like this an it wont hurt"

nose measurements done the owner smiled and slipped the medal off his collar hiding it in her notes Bill thought that was smooth Sara noticed the missing thing an smiled "alright everyone next store"

after several hours of pictures an posing they got dinner the various shop owners not even involved with the feds came over wanting to know how they could get in on HBED accessories an the people clearly attracted due to the advertising show they were creating Cassie an Dave were talking to them as a group

Bill was enjoying a huge salad in a serving bowl the grilled chicken chunks from another restaurant quite awesome meal actually. the garbanzo beans quite interesting he'd never enjoyed them before, sitting on his rump tail coiled around himself as people behind him didn’t look for tails on the ground, sitting at a table meant for two but his bowl was so big it didn’t leave much room his fourth water was near his knee

he was enjoying the opportunity to people watch sniffing the scents around he found his ears picking up conversations around the area hearing Sara talking with the salad an soup place about getting real licensed HBED chow delivered to his shop so he could offer salads for HBED's with it in the mix and using images taken of himself holding Kim in his arms her with their 3 meat soup and him with a huge salad bowl for giant posters touting the HBED specialties there

he heard the jewelry shop owner telling her assistant to take over the front she wanted to start working on things thinking the medal needed a bit of repair a small hole and scratches on the back showed where they'd gotten it open the FBI electronics wizard had put a light on the thing which with his tinkering wouldn’t send the signal but it would light up till the battery was dead it was in Sara's bag wrapped in plastic inside a messy sandwich just incase

he did catch someone nearby talking to Takashima saying the crowd an potentials were incredible then something about Sara being right and that the HBED's looked amazing

a little boy ran up smiling asking if he could pet him the mother clearly unsure Bill carefully leaned over an put his nose against the boys hand he laughed and bounced hurrying back to his mom who was all smiles the smells of peanut butter an jelly plastics and soap came from the kid

his mind wandered as he ate watching Sara her body an movements always brought him peace of mind wondering if once this was all over what she'd do she couldn’t work for Takashima he'd be dead

maybe the FBI an her former employer would put her in charge of HBED relations with the world that'd keep her in her element wheeling a dealing and he could provide bodyguard service or something for work he certainly wasn’t going to get by on his looks after the lid was off an he ate too much to not work an earn his way

an then there was the idea of children.. he was glad he loved kids, Sara showed a great affinity for them as well an they certainly enjoyed the process to make them too

she walked over carrying a soda an bowl of soup "finally I get to sit down an enjoy my soup huh handsome the salad good?"

"ress rmadam" wiggling an ear

she smiled sliding a chair over and scooting his bowl over a bit for her bowl to fit

as she ate her smile an scent told him his earlier performances had gotten her quite worked up and she was still simmering apparently. her index finger moved slowly next to her cup

'we get home you are so mine Mr. Bully' she ate some soup her foot rubbing on his thigh and that grin on her face

the drive home was quiet several actually fell asleep. overall he fingered to Tim that today was a huge success the media coverage alone was priceless the pictures and movies people would post to online blogs via cell phones all of it would bring HBED's into a positive light and those were free the professional pictures for advertising would be even more icing on the cake

Tim wagged an ear an yawned 'sorry I'm beat'

'yeah I am a bit too no real sleep cause of Takashima screwing around but Sara must be loved on I got her wound up'

'knew you were posing an dancing for her all day you really are impossibly lost in love'

he smiled wagging his ear 'but its what gives me hope when life isn't enough I was actually thinking about asking her… you know'

Tim tilted his head 'asking… oh bill.. you mean… right now? With the mission coming an everything else?'

He wagged an ear just once a bit concerned at Tim's expression

Tim was wide awake now! 'Bill please wait okay, I know your serious an you like everything else, you think its thought through, but not all of it this time she's under a lot of stress and the worry now that the plan is moving she's daily under more an more load an you cant help her carry it'

Bill sighed 'I want her to know this isn't just fun for me it means everything I'm working for not so much the revenge now but for the future for life my life hers too'

'I know trust me please, just make sure she knows your there for her the complications of asking her to marry you before things are settled.. god what a mess that would be' he made a face

Bill blinked face kept neutral knowing Tim was right too but so was his need to let her know he was serious that he loved her very deeply and never wanted to lose her

Tim dozed off leaning a bit on Bill he watched as they rolled up to the gate the guard getting everyone's ID's sent the other out with the chip scanner

he stopped an smiled "well hello William you’ve been on the news all day an wow don’t you all look incredible even more in person" he pressed the scanner to his chip an it beeped he looked "yep 221AB1A"

he climbed in as the HBED's woke up a bit scanning chips "its ok all just welcoming you all home" he climbed out walking to the front "really great truck Sara Mr. Takashima's idea?"

"sure is and it drives excellently comfortable and keeps the HBED's safe too"

"saw that seat belts an seats for them too"

"here's your ID's back people" the gate guard was tapping on his screen "lots an lots of messages for you Sara an one priority note from Mr. Takashima he wanted to let you know no working head for your bed very excellent work today"

"aw pooh an I wanted to do reports too" chuckling the guard smiled at that "thank you guys yeah were all beat but it went awesomely later! Stay safe" driving in she pulled up in front of the office building and backed into a spot putting it in park she sighed

they all unloaded slowly William sat there on his haunches waiting for Sara she walked over finally as the others all dragged themselves towards the cabins

hanging her bags and the tablet pc's on his arm "ugh I am so tired love" flopping into his arms "take us to bed" pointing to the cabins

"ress rmadam" he stood up an carried her carefully he knew Takashima was watching so he kept his eyes forward totally HBED occasionally the metal disks on his kilt clinked it was so silent his ears an nose busy checking she leaned up a bit an kissed him

"my champion Bully Toro" yawning she brushed her fingers through his silky fur "all day I've wanted to jump you an when we get home I'm exhausted funny huh"

he wiggled an ear but she didn’t see it snuggling up next to his chest he gently moved his arms a bit to hold her better and finally he got to their place he opened the door and closed it the lights on he checked things as he laid her out in bed she didn’t even wake up

the laptop had been moved so he checked the room bumping the desk with a hip a stick on bug fell off an he squished it with a crunch then he yawned snorting a bit he found no others so it was just a junk attempt an a quick use of the marker bug killer many had now made sure of it the laptop though was annoying

he sat down with it an checked it the security program he'd installed showed three items installed and were blocked from fully installing and functioning he deleted them after making note of the names to the tablet sending a note off to Garret putting the now unwrapped transmitter on the floor

after a quick visit to the bathroom to remove his clothes an hang them up he found her on his bed asleep again he laid down an curled around her his tail gently wrapping around her ankle she sighed an relaxed further mumbling she loved him

he sighed and gently nuzzled her neck seeing the light come on the transmitter Takashima wasn’t going to let him sleep peacefully damn him…

in the morning he smiled as she went an showered coming back out nude an a bit wet "well don’t we look lovely an tasty this morning"

she laughed "tasty? Am I fertile again?" expression changing a bit

"nope just a meal for the eyes" he rolled onto his back stretching out his head now out where she was walking she had to step over to get past him "yum"

she stopped half way over "oh you like that do you huh, you still owe me mister you were dancing for me I could tell got me all hot.. I'm sorry I fell asleep on you"

"its okay love of course it was for you an it worked you enjoyed it that was the point" he smiled licking his nose slowly

she giggled "don’t make threats you cant keep Bully" wiggling a bit

"cant keep can I huh" he rolled over quickly an lifted his head up so she was nearly sitting on his nose he snaked his tongue out her giggling like mad

"now you be good don’t you do it" his fingers didn’t touch her hips but they threatened an she knew all it would take was a touch

he smiled gently pushing his nose up against her butt "cant keep huh?"

"we have to work lover, but you can give me a rain check"

he smiled an licked her inner thigh "promise?"

"eek ooh yes I " her headset beeped she looked at him "the transmitter?"

he wagged an ear yes pulling his nose away to be good sitting up with a sad expression

she smiled an put it in her ear "hello"

"hey where you two at? Its second breakfast bell you got a lot to do today thanks to that media storm and we need William in the back for the gate controls"

"ahh hey Frank yeah Bully Toro had another bad night last night nightmares all night again I didn’t want to report it just for one time but this is two nights in a row him running in his sleep twitching moaning snorting he's beat an a bit grouchy can you get Zeus to help?"

"no the handlers and mechanics want William he's a lot more careful an stable with those big loads an his wide feet apparently they tried to get Zeus to help yesterday but he nearly dropped what he was carrying its his tiny feet compared to Williams

tell you what you head up to the office an ill take William back once its all done ill have him wash an go to you maybe he can catch some sleep in the office"

"that should work Frank thank you, I feel bad I don’t know why he's having nightmares an I don’t know what to do to help him" rolling her hand as if to speed Frank up knowing Takashima was always listening

"if it keeps up you may have to take him in to doc let him see what's up could be he's sick or something"

"I hope not, alright give me a few more minutes I'm just getting him up and myself fully dressed"

"right ill get his food being made"

"thanks Frank"

she looked at him an leaned over a bit kissing an smiling "tonight you, me.. much sexy play yes"

"ress rmadam" licking at her as she laughed and got dressed Bill put the transmitter into the air conditioning duct that was near his feet on the wall

his day spent around Frank wasn’t as enjoyable but the work felt good he didn’t wear his stuff the lifting an dirt would have ruined it he snorted an heaved up a car sized chunk of gate rotating machinery thinking as he walked forward slowly he bellowed at a pair of mechanics to move their tails out of the way they cursed and moved fast

Frank let on at breakfast he'd seen someone go in our cabin using a key but couldn’t see who did it they didn’t leave any scent so they used gloves I wonder if Kim could sniff them out with that AA nose of hers

The engineers were watching as he walked over boards set on top of the bolts now set in epoxy into the new holes so he didn’t injure his feet the rotator shifted a bit an he stopped then moved on Frank walking along side carefully apparently guiding him but Bill knew what he was doing better than Frank did

Took a couple minutes to walk carefully along the path the raceways were in they said he should stop Someone slid some boards in and they had him set the machinery down in place rotating it around a bit

"perfect! Alright William great work"

"rhank rou rsir" they all smiled

"the TV star that does real work too, an it only took Takashima engineering for it to happen" many laughed he smiled wasn’t the first TV picture or other wise joke today "ok lets get those nuts an washers in here an get this thing installed alright William lift here hold it up"

he moved over to the spot an lifted up a bit he waved at Bill and the boards on that side were removed "down slowly now"

this was quite mentally boring he noted AA's outside the fence but they were just standing there watching him if it hadn't been for his HBED eyes he'd never seen them he set the machinery down an they were happy

this went on well past lunch which Frank brought him he sat there with him offering mineral tabs which were munched eagerly he whispered very softly "you look incredible by the way Takashima is mightily impressed with how well you polished up"

he wiggled an ear with a smile munching

"not sure why Bill but Takashima mentioned that I should keep an eye on you for temperament issues"

he fingered slowly for Frank 'its because he thinks he's torturing me with his toy, nightmares all night if it goes on for too long I'm likely going to have an outburst to keep him happy'

"ah crap I got most of that what is this another test?"

"ress" he said softly and held his empty bowl out to him

"uh great job William rinse it out an lets get back to work"

they kept finding things for him to do that only he could be the one to do it an after it went on enough they clearly were delaying him going to be with Sara he knew this was arranged by Takashima he nearly had his attitude issue right then

Sara spent most of the morning organizing the calls into actual potential sales an business opportunities media and crank calls which the latter went right into the trash she quickly wrote out her report on the day prior and the events that Takashima needed to know the signed contracts by over 13 business that wanted to make or offer HBED certified products

And then her opinions on the business an their ability to produce said items or services finally she made out her report on Bill detailing the first nights nightmares explaining she hadn't reported it as a one time event but now it was two nights in a row she then put that William was still in good spirits but she was concerned

Sent off she went to work on the new business opportunities making return calls to them after the fifth her headset chirped "yes sir?"

"ah Sara first superb work yesterday an the HBED's purely magnificent! I would not have thought they could look so remarkably beautiful or so very desirable.. the calls we have received about them are beyond expectations"

"thank you sir, just a few of my ideas"

"indeed! Well then please by all means continue to have them. Already there is a traceable difference in public opinion and sales immediately jumped in potential customers also several of the shareholders are impressed with you Sara very impressed they hope to see more of this"

"I certainly hope to sir already today I've five more business that want to join in and still more to call back"

"then I wont keep you too much longer Sara but… your report on our William, these nightmares can he tell you anything about them? Has he?"

"just that he keeps saying bad William not bad William… it took a bit to calm him down this morning we were late for breakfast because of it and from the looks of today according to Frank who has him helping out with the raceway rebuild he's not going to get the chance to rest much"

"well I will see what I can do to help but I cant promise anything he is the best HBED we have and quite capable of handling a few nightmares for whatever reason they are happening I'm sure your reassuring presence is a huge help to him Sara"

and it clicked off she sighed going back to the calls she needed to make thinking yeah you'll help slimy son of a bitch you’re the one doing it to him if he hadn't been suspicious of everything you do now, this problem would be real, bastard agh!

She finally got lunch an a message from Frank that they had more for William to do and would likely keep him busy till night

She growled and went back to work tossing the note at the wall cursing Takashima inside silently

She found Bill at dinner with Frank he looked tired freshly bathed but tired she came around an hugged him gently "I missed you all day my Bully Toro was he good Frank?"

"he was excellent they really worked him hard today but he's a trooper good nights rest and he should be fine" his face didn’t agree with the cheerful words though an he excused himself for bed

they ate and went to their cabin where she had him lay back kissed him and had some simple relaxing fun nothing to energetic he smiled clearly very tired

"I guess you know what he's up to huh lover?"

"yes he's testing me again see if ill break, if I was free of the chip and didn’t know about the signal" looking "bastard its on right now too he would get me to literally beg him to kill me or get myself killed after a few days of nightmares trying to rest but not getting any then working my ass off during the day"

she snuggled up against his chest her blanket over them both "bastard god damn bastard but we give him a general fuck off we have him figured out"

"yes but in reality ill have to have some kind of episode moody tired grouchy even as a HBED no sleep will take its toll"

"alright so when?"

"couple more days, I am after all A champion 1A I have to stretch it out but moodiness is easy I'm a bull comes naturally me annoyed with this working my ass off doing stupid lame work" kissing her neck breathing in her scent the shampoo in her hair feeling her skin so soft under his fingers she purred a bit to him

"I love this mood Bully"

"so do I love so do I" sighing

next day was more of the same they wanted help ripping out a concrete pad that supposedly was built wrong not enough rebar in it so they set him to work on it with a big custom made hammer the engineers had made just for HBED use

a jack hammer was being used but the guy using it was being lazy that was alright the hammer Bill liked it made his muscles hot an more of his hormones flowed making it easy to snort hard at annoyances cameras in the area all watching him

he heaved a huge chunk up an carried it over to a roll away dumpster tossing it in with a boom the lazy jackhammer guy yelled at him to take it easy he snorted hard lowering his head eyes narrowing he yelped an stumbled backwards over rebar

"Easy! William! Easy!" Frank called out from shoveling busted concrete into a front end loaders bucket he walked over he really believed Bill was upset and he wiggled an ear at him that made him wink back in understanding "easy big boy what's wrong huh"

"rilliam rwater rease" tongue out a bit

"water ok we can do that come on" they walked over to a hydrant an he let Bill drink for a bit giving him mineral tablets as he crunched he finger wroteo Frank

'asshole isn't even trying to use that jackhammer Frank, letting me do it all'

he leaned in to check Bill whispering "I heard the handlers saying that this is all Takashima again there's nothing wrong with this slab an they know it good moodiness though"

'not faking that I am mad at the ass lazy bastard'

it would have taken too long to go to a bathroom up front frank had him use the bushes near the fence he got to see handlers going down the lift inside the rig thinking so they don’t just handle HBED's they work with nukes as well huh

refreshed a bit he got back to pounding the concrete into submission putting his whole body into it building muscles the thoughts of Takashima under each hammer blow made it easier to keep going

Sara finally free of the office hurried back and met Frank an William walking from the back area each step William made dust an rocks fell off his massive body and as he got close she could smell him the deep male musk an sweat made her body tremble a bit inside in a strange sort of thrill that made her a bit more exited to be near him like this

"what the hell have you done to him Frank look at the mess of his fur" brushing her hands on his arm and the dust that fluffed off

William set down the hammer with a thud Mooed the HBED greeting at her an sighed

"we just got done for the night Sara give me a break okay, I haven't even gotten to eat dinner myself alright who do you think had to help him all day busting concrete an ripping out hot rebar? While you sat in the Air excuse me" walking past her he winked and kept going

she sighed seeing Bills ear wiggle concrete dust fell off getting her cell she called Justin

"Sara? Oh honey how is my handsome HBED lover tell me he is still beautiful"

"well that.. he's not your lover Justin! Cut that out"

he was laughing "Oh but he is such a wonder I cant help but keep trying"

"yes well he's a god awful mess right now covered in concrete dust an a huge mess what's the best way to get him cleaned up an not ruin all the work you did"

"flush that mess out of his fur hon wash an wash again a bath would do well no soap till the last wash then condition! Oh dear we forgot to get you some"

"its alright I have a big bottle so just get it washed out first huh"

"yes don’t rub too much or it will shred the hair honey concretes nasty stuff on hair an skin so he's going to need you to brush him good after to get his hair an skin oils spread back out alright…sure you wouldn’t want me to make a house call?" sounding all happy

"no Justin but thank you for the offer an the help"

"no problem hon anytime for my handsome hunk of a bull an his trainer"

she laughed an sighed looking at him "alright Bully Toro lets get you cleaned up" she said with a sigh

Every night the transmitter came on the fifth night in a row they finally asked Garret how long was the thing going to last his best estimate was a week at most, but his good news was Sara's work the advertising was having the desired effect the news and the online comments were causing sales and Bill's image was showing up everywhere news magazines TV

his buff body in one looking down at the camera confidently arms crossed was on the cover of a major stock market guide the only bullish stock that everyone wanted the Takashima logo an name across the bottom

He smiled "anytime Sara he's going to have to, the stock market in three countries has shown massive increases in Takashima inc. stock values all of it from your initial work an our help behind the scenes"

"thank you for this Garret" Bill held up a William HBED fully articulated action figure

"hey I thought it was a great idea an so did Takashima he bought it, gave my contract the personal signature they say your in the big time when they make action figures of you I'm also making a bid for more of the 1A hero HBED's"

"dear god please tell me there not going to be a cartoon show" Bill leaned his head into his sore palm nicely toughened from all the work but still sore

"no but its an excellent idea" Sara giggled as Bill flopped over backwards at her suggestion groaning

"I am so going to lick you into a puddle of orgasmic bliss…once I've had a day or two of rest"

she blushed nearly as red as her hair looking at Garret "uh umm"

"so what was it today Sara?" he tried not to laugh

"moving the weight machines off the exercise area so they could fix some dents an holes an resurface it with a new rubberized coating valid enough reason but again Bill was the only one they wanted for the job

an he was so tired one of the add on weights fell and hit his knee it took a bit of fur off bruised it good he was limping when I arrived to take him to the doc

Frank tried to get him to go with him but playing the moody HBED bull Bill refused and waited for me"

"good so when he finally loses his cool which is at this point clearly what Takashima is wanting he wants his champion HBED either to go postal or simply refuse to obey"

"both id lay odds Garret but its not right" Bill held the toy him up into the camera Sara laughed he turned it "hey I'm talking here not polite to laugh" turning back to the screen her giggling "think about it what would a human do worked to exhaustion hurting in pain an no rest?" lifting the arms of the figure up a bit

"they'd scream an go nuts they'd go wild they'd quit… an ahhhh I get you!"

"I'm not human I'm HBED Garret when they get hurt stressed beyond consoling angry so bad they near breaking the first rule no anger at humans you become Rbad rilliam… they go to their father an beg forgiveness asking for help to calm down he wants to see me break to beg

he needs to see HBED 221 AB1A break an run like with the AA testing in that case I hurt several of them but it was my body then it gave up calling for pity he wants me to call to father an get his forgiveness plead for his pity"

Garret nodded "a normal man couldn’t do that not with all he's done to you I.. I admit I don’t even have a clue how you can do it"

The figure clearly sighed "I have Sara an my friends the words father mean nothing to me but he will get his one day that’s why I can"

"tomorrow then love?"

turning the figure to her "yeah your reports of my temper and increasing moodiness the fact I actually snapped at you snorting over the fact you wouldn’t let me sleep a nice bit of fiction she thought up huh Garret"

"well if it goes wrong head due south over the ridge about 2 miles there's a place where you can hide we've been slowly setting up rescue sites around the area where if you have to evacuate early your HBED's can run an stay safe till rescue teams can come you'll know it as an old shack the floor near the door has a lose board an a touch pad lock to the safe area below it FFH unlocks it"

"excellent how many of them you got set up?"

"six so far each we've had to be just as sneaky as Takashima as he has satellites viewing the entire area as well we've got a couple of cures for that drifting their way"

"old cold war ICBM killers?"

"yep military doesn't like losing them but they know a bit of what's going on now due to the attacks on the army bases we've held the captured nukes in gained a ton of info on them as well they're something totally new someone figured out how to turn a nuke into a shaped lifting or cutting charge of incredible power

they tested one, the CIA did it clearly not thinking these might be more than just a nuke they in fact doubted it would work at all. well apparently it completely unburied itself and the test chamber thankfully they did it on an off the satellite area otherwise Takashima would know though its likely he does due to seismic alerts

so he's daisy chaining nuclear shaped charges that one left a huge crater in an island to a depth of over twelve hundred feet all of the radioactivity was vented off major issues down wind of course comparatively little to no deepening of the hole just emptied it like popping a cork"

Bill thought on what they knew already "Garret your going to have to stop him getting any more nukes this is bad really bad"

"oh we know were trying"

"no you don’t understand Garret, you said that one agent of yours she got to a large chamber dug out an it already had several of the same nukes right?"

"yeah we still don’t know where it is"

"easy think oilfield science, get sounding trucks they use sound to boom down like sonar to read sub surface structures"

"WE can find it an his tunnels!" smacking his fist into his palm

"I know pretty certain where that that one is though…what would get him the biggest bang for his buck ruin so much of the USA that it would effect millions"

"so many high value targets I have no clue" Garret shrugged holding papers in both hands

"your not thinking Garret not single targets bigger!" wagging the toy "areas! The nukes he has are for area effect"

Sara blinked "lover even I'm a bit lost"

He turned the toy to look at her "love think, he wants to destroy the USA, northeast US major trade cities commerce centers how would you get it all cripple it all"

"power, rob it all of power?"

Bill sighed "that an more love, to ruin the area Garret an ruin it all he's going to blow his shaped charges somewhere near Niagara falls major power production area tourism shipping an trade all over the great lakes.

lose the Niagara escarpment the hard stone cap that keeps the great lakes from draining a lot faster than they do and flood waters alone will wash a huge part of the area away down stream and so much more, wrong wind conditions and New York DC all glow in the dark paradise for HBED's"

Everyone behind him had come to a stop he turned to them "get me geologists and those sounding trucks we have to find that chamber! How do you know so much about geology? You’re a security officer"

"I lived on the science channel when there wasn't any good movies or football games on and as a kid I wanted to be a geologist or volcanist I also have something like a photographic memory

so look for seismic events in the area Garret they can triangulate where to concentrate the search and look for large areas of his land he'd want to keep people from feeling the vibrations of those tunnel boring machines and then the excavation of the chamber"

"right! Absolutely god Bill your right were just not thinking like he is, areas entire regions"

"exactly and 4 lonely strangely isolated training centers…. Idaho is so very close to Yellowstone"

"the stolen HBED Christ! I forgot that the CIA stole her from the truck headed to Idaho an its near umm.. Pocatello! Crap, that’s only a few dozen miles from Yellowstone" looking at their map of various Takashima locations

"one of a rare few gigantic volcano's known as a caldera volcano Garret, it is so huge its dozens of miles across the cone nearly flat the towns an park are all inside the volcano past few decades its been quite active shifting the valley floor around, lakes moving, geysers stopping or others restarting it hasn’t erupted in hundreds of thousands of years but if it did"

"millions would die everything east of it would be destroyed a huge swath of the bread belt of the US… god"

"and we don’t know if he's doing anything under his towers who knows what he's up to under them!"

"we need those files"

"an aye he would ride upon a pale HBED known as war, beside death bringing famine an pestilence" sighing "an in today's modern version the 5 HBED's of the apocalypse

war death famine pestilence an conversion AB AC AD AE AA"

"an it fits his twisted sense of irony too" Sara said shaking her head

Garret clearly was catching on "I get it Bill an that’s just a possible two sites we have ideas on"

"oh Garret you know in your heart I'm likely right, now its just the burden of proving it you cant call for action till you have it an he's counting on that as just one more delay he's using for his plan it gives him time all the time needed to teach us very painful lessons"

he put the HBED toy back up in a classic super hero pose "Hero HBED's to the rescue! willing to bust into high towers an secure vaults to find the evidence to save them all tadahh"

Sara couldn’t help it an she laughed "sorry"

"its okay Sara I'm sure he wanted you to, an laughing helps to relive stress his way of healing" Garret smiled "we are going to stop his nukes totally Bill we have too till you can get us that proof then we can seriously cripple him"

"and hope you can catch him an not a HBED type clone"

"yes we have gotten the way to test for the pheromones so were working on that too listen the sat is moving out of range an you need rest Bill"

"alright Garret when this is all done we really have to go get lunch talk about all the fun we had saving the world"

Garret chuckled so did Sara "good luck tomorrow Bill sleep well"

"I do it’s the day that leaves me flat" flopping the figure over on its back "night Garret"

the next day started with moving bags of HBED chow to the pit feeders then the cart mysteriously broke spilling his huge load off he snorted quite annoyed for real his gut growling as he had to rush woken early they demanded help to get them food so the young HBED wouldn’t starve so all the food available an he couldn’t touch a bit

now forced to carry them the handlers yelling at him to hurry up Frank tried to get them to ease off and strangely enough he got called away to help with another problem

lugging the bags half way across the facility up stairs the handlers not doing anything to help lazing about one hit him in the rear with a snap stick the electric jolt hurt he snorted and huffed at the handler

"hurry up HBED!"

"yeah faster! You cow!"

He ignored the insults A HBED wouldn’t know them he poured the feed into the auto feeder an then the next one an the next six after that the heat was oppressive an they wouldn’t let him get water while they drank an spitted some out

He lugged a huge mass of empty bags up an started down the stairs and suddenly he was falling head over heals back smashing an grinding into the gravel hard with stars and loss of breath bags fluttering around the handlers were chuckling

"you not watching where your walking HBED bad boy"

"god damn its hard to believe that these things used to be people they are so damn stupid"

he got up slowly oh he was going to feel that for days muscles reported in serious pain an he couldn’t help the tears that came they were also for the anger he felt hearing that admission the handler had made

"hurry your bovine ass up an get those bags cleaned up! Were running late because of you! it’s the chip limits their abilities they can only get so smart" he yelled back up to the others

he suddenly got another hard zap and that was it! The bull an his temper detonated inside too much pain the anger He stood up quickly bellowed an snorted the ass who hit him with the prod was way too slow the Bull wanted death now! the pain did it they had goaded the bull too far! and it was getting away from him

he swung around an snatched him off his feet the others were yelling an trying to reach them but they would be far too late he got his other hand on the mans other shoulder an squeezed the bull bellowed in his face he'd had it with their crap and the pure fear there in his face was what broke it

he just stopped the others were nearly there his face changed from anger to sorrow his started shaking an quivering he dropped him and knowing what he needed to do now he turned an ran from them avoiding the others who'd been called to help ignoring their calls to stop

he went right for one of the HBED pens where the hologram was playing Takashima speaking to them he leaped over the rail and knowing the camera was working in that area he sobbed mooing loudly head pressed to the feet of Takashima's image the others were all mooing in distress as well but his was louder as he called to father sobbing mooing wails

he heard them run up an Takashima was talking to the head handler

"someone get a tranq gun!"

"no"

"sir??"

"I said no!… we are done pushing my William… again he has exceeded my expectations taking days more to break than expected now let him be. the test is complete, have Frank tell him to go to his bed an stay there"

"but sir he physically attacked"

"he held him, if he had attacked your stupid handler who got far too close knowing what we were doing to William would potentially set him off he should have been crushed dead not dropped in horror of nearly being crushed by an enraged HBED bull who knows how to kill, that is absolutely certain!

now do as I tell you! leave him be, if he were indeed William Morin after all this time all of what we have done to him, his mind would have shattered.. no… he is indeed my William.. a champion HBED Breeder bull an I do not want him further hurt or broken.

As it is we may have pushed him too far only his trainer an mate who we've kept him from much as possible to add to the stress will likely be able to consol him, he broke he finally broke the first rule, and did as he had to, he came to me to my hologram for help an forgiveness

No.. there is no way he could be human still after all this. Frank will send him to his bed father will forgive him an she will calm his terror an sorrow. am I clear leave him be"

"yes sir" sounding slightly annoyed

Bill wailed more mooing piteously at the hologram "rorgive Rilliam!" crying an mooing sobbing the others had calmed down seeing he wasn’t a threat but apparently in pain they called out to him reassuringly

Frank came running pounding up the ramp sliding to a stop he'd known Bill was being pushed and the plan was to break eventually but this! He could see the blood dripping off his back

the handlers some armed with guns others with tranquilizer rifles but looking over the rail was the huge HBED sobbing an mooing at the hologram of Takashima

He turned on the handlers "what the hell! What the fucking hell have you been doing to him!!"

They just turned away an walked off the head handler looked at him " Takashima said for you to send him to his bed, he's called Sara already…" and he followed the other handlers down the other ramp

"son of a bitch god damn" he lowered the ramp so he could get into the pen an found the HBED's trying to stop him reaching William "easy its ok easy I'm trying to help him" they moved aside watching him

he moved over an tried to get in close seeing the blood dripping worse than he thought "William its Frank remember Frank" he didn’t move didn’t respond "William"

"Rad Rilliam!" he sobbed banging his head on the hologram projector then mooing loudly

the Frank noticed the ear it wiggled then did it again "William Stop this go to your bed" still no response his headset chirped "yes sir, what did the handlers do to him?"

"I believe my William needs a break from working, I will insist the handlers find others to help them tell him it's alright Frank say I forgive him for being weak in this one thing when clearly he is superior in all others…tell him father forgives him an send him to his bed, he should go then"

"yes sir… I personally believe this was uncalled for whatever they did to him to cause this"

"yes, good evening Frank" an it clicked off

Frank mouthed several choice curse words where the cameras couldn’t see sighed "William father says he forgives you but you must go to your bed now"

The face turned a bit and the hate there for Takashima was blood curdling "Rather rorgive?"

"yes now go to bed right now" pointing "go now" saying it firmly

he snurrfed an sobbed climbing out of the pen he ran to his bed

Frank ran along to try an keep up but was left behind he called Sara "Sara William needs you now"

"what? What happened??"

"just get to your cabin now" he came in behind Bill's path HBED's set free of their chips clearly confused the trainers confused Cassie grabbed him to slow him down "explanation later bring 217"

"right" they followed

Frank got to Sara an Williams cabin an could hear the wailing mooing inside which was attracting people "ok, ok everyone go on go about your business! He's ok just get going"

Sara came running up the doc showed up as well " Takashima said something was wrong with William?"

"don’t know doc Frank care to explain? What the hell has happened to MY HBED!?"

"they had me elsewhere Sara I don’t know what the god damn Handlers did to him he was down in a pit wailing an crying asking the hologram for forgiveness Takashima called me told me to tell him he forgave him an send him to bed no other explanation" he winked as Bill had wiggled his ear Frank hoped Sara got it

her eye blinked fast "alright whatever happened he's clearly very upset doc stay here please let me check see if even I can get close to him"

"well I brought a sedative an a first aid kit"

"alright" she walked in carefully "William its Sara..." she closed the door and he was in the corner on his bed facing it

he turned slowly with a very evil grin mooing loudly in anguish but with that smile she walked over an hugged him tightly

whispering to his head "god damn it Bill I was so worried, I knew you were going to do it but damn it I was still so worried with how Frank called me"

"it had to be that excessive love a HBED breaking that first rule against a human would have to be, an the god damn handlers every damn one their all Takashima loyalists bastards made me fall down as I was heading for the stairs an used a zap stick on me twice the pain set the bull off for a moment I forgot where I was I nearly killed the bastard" he Mooed again but softer

she hugged him feeling wetness an looking it was blood on his shoulder "your bleeding all over damn them, if we have to evacuate were killing those scum on the way out.. they know don’t they HBED's are people?"

"yes they do an don’t care any"

"then they are so dead"

"they have guns we will need to fix"

"then it'll get taken care of lover now lets get you fixed up"

he kissed her belly softly holding her firmly sighing mooing softer again she kissed him again and gently moved away he turned around back to the corner she could see the bloody mess his back was in

she took a breath and eased backwards out the door "its ok William ill be right back alright just be calm okay" closing the door she turned to doc "he's injured Doc don’t know how bad but he's in pain and really damn upset if those damn handlers think they are ever touching my William again they have another thing coming! I aught to go back there an feed them to the coyotes"

her headset chirped an she calmed "yes… sir" growling a bit

"calm Sara.. they will not bother him anymore unless you personally are there, he is very valuable to me as well I! Do know how much you care about him…but being calm now is what he needs let the doctor check on him"

"what the hell did they do to him sir? He's hurt I've never seen any HBED helping get hurt and the damages! His entire back is bloody"

"I'm investigating right now but it looks like he fell down a staircase from the upper level of the pens one of the handlers approached him to check on him an he grabbed the handler an would have killed him save for his deep set training…

my thanks to you Sara for that… I think William needs rest, no classes no work let him rest I think that the nightmares you’ve reported an too much work left him barely able to function.. so let him rest"

"yes sir… he's not leaving my sight again am I clear?" her face a true reflection of her fury

"perfectly.. and it’s again a credit to your character an concern for him an my HBED's thank you Sara take a break let Frank handle the office for a few days" an it clicked off

she nodded to the doctor who with Frank came in to the cabin

he was sitting there looking at them "I heard, lying bastard he watched everything they did to me"

doc was stunned "Jesus you can" stepping back a bit bumping into Frank

"talk clearly doctor? yes another damn gift from Takashima, a nerve that is engineered to interfere with proper speech one little clip an tada" making a flourish of his fingers "now if you would be so kind my back is all torn up and hurts like hell thanks to the handlers could you fix it, thanks"

he stayed leaned over as doc gave him an injection for pain and checked him over a good half of his shoulder down nearly the entire back an a bit of his hip was road rashed the other half was painful bruise

"ill have to shave it to clean it up"

he waved him off annoyed already with the mans simpering cowardice and it was making him angry "leave it it'll heal doc just leave me some pain meds long as its nothing needing stitches ill heal"

getting up he walked into the bathroom "Sara love, tell Frank what we know so far the people need an update alright I'm going to soak my face its been too close to Takashima even the hologram stinks like rot" and he started washing it

even Sara blinked at the tone "sure lover people are going to wonder"

"um here Sara" setting a jar of medicine down an couple syringes " I think ill retreat back to my hospital now um just wash it clean hot water should help a lot dosage is on the bottle"

after awhile he sat down in there by the sink drinking his fill of water and sighing she finally came in Frank with her

"lover"

"yes?"

"he pushed to far didn’t he.."

"no an yes.. it’s the same as before but now its worse for others after I go wash up I'm contacting Garret its time for the FFH to make Takashima's handlers bleed for their loyalty"

Frank could now see in the light the raw meat on his shoulder back an hip an several drops of blood on the floor

"go easy Bill okay"

"no Frank not anymore, the handlers are guilty an they are going to pay as well it just wont be HBED's doing it"

"but"

Bill turned to look at him "they laughed Frank.. they laughed like schoolyard bullies as they taunted me shoved and zapped me the trip an fall all their plan they know an gloated that they know HBED's were human an didn’t care

do you know how to fix a Bully Frank? You stand up to them, now go tell everyone they are not to be trusted and I want Joseph and Tim"

"alright ok" holding his hands up to calm an back away

Bill watched as he headed out an he sighed his eyes still glaring quietly he spoke

"A man can scarcely pride himself on having beaten on a sleeping enemy it is more a matter of shame, for the one beaten on. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the enemy does, since it is certain that, angered and outraged, he will soon launch a determined counterattack."

She put her hand on his good shoulder "who said that? Lover?"

"Japanese Admiral Yamamoto after the sneak attack on pearl harbor beginning world war two it’s the basics of it not perfectly exact but Takashima has done a lot of attacking and beating on the sleeping people of this nation its damn time someone hit him back and damn hard"

Bill told Tim an Joe once they came to get the members for the team filled in and they were to start training so get the AA patrols schedules and get the young HBED's freed soon as possible they agreed and left

That night late she got him outside an she put him under the shower the water pounding on his hurts she gently brushed her fingers along the wounds finding rocks an dirt caked in the blood she whispered to him she loved him an she was sorry for each bit of pain she caused

"I love you so much Sara your touch could never hurt me"

she worried a bit at his open speaking as the water flowed over his head now he exhaled hard an it sprayed water an mist she watched as the blood kept coloring the water running down the drain

"please love.. rub my horns they hurt an itch so much" easing down to his knees water still pounding down

he said it far softer than before she reached up and was shocked at how large they had gotten the skin tight on them hotter than the water which she let it wash over her soaking her shirt and shorts

"they're huge lover" whispering a bit surprised "swollen an incredibly hot no wonder they hurt" she rubbed them and he sighed pressing his nose and cheek against her belly

"all that work pumping gallons of hormones around inside me I'm not surprised" he said softly

she got him inside after a bit longer and dried him off the towel bloody spots covering it he relaxed looking at the transmitter it wasn’t on finally it didn’t come on! she relaxed in his lap gently brushing his neck an chest fur

the tablet set up like a laptop after Sara had fallen asleep in his lap he looked at Garret

"hey your up late"

"its time for the FFH to do some damage around here Garret, the handlers are all loyalists I want them to hurt"

"what happened to your plan"

"I'm ok, hurt sore bloodied but they laughed Garret they revealed the fact they know HBED's are people they an Takashima need to bleed too. Got any snipers that need practice? Make it the FFH doing it since they saw the handlers torturing an nearly killing a HBED bull who was doing as he was told fast as he could"

"you?"

"yes, they took perverse pleasure in it today they forced me to nearly turn animal the fact the man I nearly squished his sudden terror shocked me back to my senses it was a final test for me the final straw on my back

Takashima said to the lead handler if he is still human even after all of that all that we have done.. his mind is surely shattered, no he is my William HBED bull not human"

"yeah…"

"so the handlers they park their cars towards the back near their cabins which are all not to far from the rig I've seen them helping there as well so targets of opportunity but one needs to die the one who helped plan this on me the lead handler he wears a button up green shirt with Takashima on the back wears a cowboy hat against the sun the other handlers use t-shirts and baseball caps so big difference there"

Bill's head trembled a bit hands as well

"alright, your in a lot of Pain Bill you sure your okay?"

"I'm fine.. fell thirty feet on my back an hip into gravel it was the little bastard that hit me with the stinger in the ass as I was trying to get up that really hurt"

Garret grimaced

"I'm so keyed up on adrenaline an pain mix that I cant sleep even with a pain killer in me and being exhausted. Worst still I'm mad an trying to calm down isn't working I debased myself to finish this abuse of me and I want some blood, so either you do this or I will"

"alright we needed the FFH to show up around there too I cant think of a better way to show it that they saw Takashima's people abusing you"

"good send this to the tower and the local fax machines" he started typing shoulder hurting his hand trembled a bit slowing him down

"your in more pain than you let on you’re a terrible liar"

"I'm HBED… my life is going to be a lot of that and more to come… send this"

'we the people who have watched long enough and done nothing declare that Takashima and his employees who abuse the HBED's will pay dearly for their actions we watched, we saw, an now passed judgment on the guilty. HBED abuse will not be tolerated the FFH'

"alright ill handle it, try to get some rest Bill"

he nodded an shut off the tablet sighing feeling his body trying to hurt more as a muscle tightened trying to spasm

in the morning as Sara woke she looked up at him his face full of pain an exhaustion "oh honey why didn’t you sleep" gently caressing his cheek

"couldn’t pain and still hyped up from it all, I'll sleep today though could you get me some food please an a huge jug of juice I feel the need for juice please"

she hugged him feeling the wetness on his back wincing as she looked at small spots of blood on her hand "of course lover give me a few, I'm off for a couple days to tend to you"

"thank you love" trying to relax

she watched hurting with him as he tried to lay down but finally had to lay out flat as trying to fit on his bed made him curl around which just hurt too much she gave him a dose of pain meds and headed out for the cafeteria

she was just about to walk out with Cassie who had Bills food as she had her food an his juice when security went running past AA's rushing as well barking at people to move

"what the hell?"

"don’t know but it don’t look good there goes doc too" Cassie pointed to the buggy hurrying off along the back road

Sylvia an Hank came hurrying up "did you hear?"

"what?"

"the FFH attacked, shot an killed the lead handler wounded several others shot up their cars an such several holes in their cabins too"

"damn" watching as a helicopter Takashima's went flying by

Sara didn’t say anything for a moment "come on Cassie Sylvia help out here would you"

They walked in an he was nearly asleep

"lover did you arrange that" Sara knelt down at his head

he roused a bit "yes abuse of HBED's will not be tolerated" sitting up slowly clearly in pain she gave him the juice which he gulped some down "its time the loyalists realized that Takashima is really bad for their health"

Sylvia nodded as did Cassie their tempers an resolve mirroring their moods at seeing the mess made of Bill. Sara sat down and asked for the bowl of food

"love I can eat" smiling at her offering a spoonful to him

"shut up an let me take care of you alright you big lug, thanks both of you"

they smiled an nodded walking out

later on he finally fell asleep she opened the tablet an Garret came on seeing Bill asleep head on her lap "good he's finally getting some rest he was really bad last night"

"yeah, FFH attack? Your people alright?"

"yep their fine, shots were taken over a mile away and they're still watching they’ve figured the AA's out an have damn good cover"

"good I'm glad, I'm sure Bill told you were soon going to start training for the mission"

"yes but HBED's are naturally quite strong I did take a note of something while they were here and I've got rubber shoes being made for most of them except Kim the AA"

"rubber why?"

"they clop loudly an Bill wow, and they will get a good grip on the ground as well"

"okay I can see that, I live around it so don’t notice anymore"

"well he mentioned the towers are bugged no use on giving Takashima any help in figuring out how many HBED's were there"

"sounds good, Garret"

"yes Sara?"

"thank you for getting those snipers.. otherwise I was likely to kill the bastard myself he got Bill hurt quite seriously"

he smiled "I understand, lets talk more later alright"

"alright"

hours later she tried to ease out from under Bills head without waking him but his eyes opened a bit he lifted and she smiled scooting over "thank you lover need the toilet"

she came back and smiled as he had made a heart out of HBED chow bits their names in it someone knocked and she set the tablet on the heart to hide it checking the door

"its me Sara" "hey Cassie come in"

her an Tim came in both cringed seeing the damages to Bill clearly worse

"yeah last night it didn’t look this bad, the bruising an swelling are still developing"

"damn that has to hurt"

"and he fell from the upper deck Tim, so the bruising is going last for awhile"

"if he'd been human an fell there he'd been even worse or dead" Cassie added

Sara agreed sitting down with him "could you two get us food? please"

"Sure can, Frank sent us over to check on you and do that" Cassie smiled

"the Handlers are keeping hid today trainers an HBED's are doing their jobs" Tim grinned "those shots this morning have them scared shitless"

"then they shouldn’t have abused anyone much less a HBED I don’t feel any pity for the son of a bitch me an Frank were both considering approaching him, an crap if we had"

"we would all be in a lot of trouble" came from them both

Sara moved the tablet an the heart was still there Tim smiled "he is totally lost in love with you Sara I don’t doubt the fact if you asked him to he'd find a way walk to the moon for you"

She smiled "I know Tim and I love him so very much.. I guess we'll have to thank Takashima one time for getting us together and then rid the world of him"

They smiled at that

He woke up much later back on fire he Mooed a bit in pain trying to get up arms shaky he groaned an tears flowed "ahhh crap shit fuck damn" sobbing a bit

"easy lover easy" she put her hands on his good arm helping him carefully "pain ill bet lets get some more meds in you" he was sitting up now eyes clenched tight his breathing a bit jerky

she got the dosage in the syringe and then slipped it into his neck tissues "there hon that should help in a few moments"

"th-thank you gorgeous goddess of my heart… damn I hurt"

"I didn’t wake you but Tim an Cassie brought dinner you slept through lunch an then dinner"

"so'kay needed the rest… ahhh ow damn anyone got the number of that bus that hit me"

"actually I did 221" she smiled trying to cheer him up

he turned his head slowly around to look at her "I am so going to make you regret that well maybe you wont, but you still deserve to be licked to death"

"oooh is that a promise?" grinning happily clapping her hands eagerly bouncing a bit

he couldn't hold it an laughed then moaned an laughed again she moved over and hugged him pressing her face into his neck

"no more going easy on him lover, now we hurt him in kind we make him regret we make him and his loyalists scared"

he gently put his arm around her back "absolutely my mate absolutely"

she smiled hearing that and kissed him "I like that lover, now lets go get you under some hot water help ease the pain"

"alright"

she had to be a bit harder on him finding more rocks in his skin this time she used the scrub brush and a lot of blood went down the drain a pair of AA's walked by an stopped to look

"you best keep walking.. he's kinda drugged an half asleep right now but in a lot of pain me having to scrub gravel out of his wounds he wont be controllable if he realizes your there" she never even looked at them gently flowing water from the hose over his back his head leaning on the side of their cabin ears limp

"we may be AA but abuse of any HBED effects us all madam, thank you for caring so much about him an all HBED's" an they loped off quietly

Bill heard it but couldn’t believe it but if it were true maybe some of the AA's might actually be worth the trouble to help

"well will wonders never cease" she folded her arms shaking her head

she later had him dried off and several towels stained with blood again

slowly she went over his back finding a few more rocks an cleaned them out she sighed "there now maybe things will heal up I think you might need an antibiotic shot and definitely more pain meds found a few spots of pus already ill get some tomorrow lover"

"alright love" he even in pain knew she needed attention and he kissed her lovingly touching an relaxing her he licked and pleased her till she finally put her hands in the way panting

"stop oh stop I cant believe I'm saying that, but let a lady catch her breath"

"I don’t need my back and body do I" he said with a smile gently softly licking her fingers and she trembled and exhaled lustfully

"ooh I don’t believe that you, you licked my fingers and it oh god" she got up and on wobbly legs headed for her bed ”ok lover ok I surrender god I'm happy goo but wow" sitting down on the bed

"you needed love an relaxing my lovely mate"

she flopped back on the bed "thank you lover, lady goo is now getting sleep pardon me while I melt now… I love you very much my William"

he smiled and relaxed feeling better. he had pleasured her he didn’t need it right now but she did an he was glad to have done it within a few moments she was asleep and he laid his head fully on his bed

eating his dinner slowly thinking about the AA's wondering if they were just another trick by Takashima they could use the security AA's their help would be priceless they could train without fear of detection they could get so much more done

he made a decision an tried to get up then laid back down "yeah ill send Tim Hank an Joe a note" using the tablet he sent if off and got nearly identical replies of his sanity was in question his reply was short an quick "if they aren't then they die"

they agreed though reluctantly and several minutes later there was a soft knock on the door he got up an walked out stiff and hurting a muscle cramped resulting in his face twisted up in pain as he sat down on the step

four of the free HBED's had the pair of AA's gagged an blind folded noses smeared with what looked and smelled bacon grease and vapor rub to mask peoples scents

their fur showing they put up a bit of a fight their ears moving trying to listen but the HBED's were finger writing he expected either Tim or Joe had their stealth circuit on

'they struggled an tried to resist but were stronger than they are' Tim smiled 'but we have a new friend she's a lot like you Bill she was a cop we thought she'd be a good addition to the mission'

Bill was surprised as Heart Fire the AC1A walked up an bowed her head a bit to Bill he did the same fingering 'well hello Heart Fire or'

'Sophia please, officer Sophia Lyndon LA police department these two didn’t give us much trouble'

'alright then, I gather your with us no matter what it takes?'

she wagged her ear an stood proud hands on her hips built like a draft horse she looked quite imposing her deep gray body an brown accents made a remarkably gorgeous AC

Bill shifted a bit on the step trying to ease a cramp developing "well, well a pair of AA's who sympathize with the trainers how interesting.

perhaps it’s a trap or.. could it just be possible that an AA could be anything other than a loyal Takashima slave hound, a dog that when he wants will die alone an in pain"

He reached out an took hold of the gags "if you yell or call out you wont live to see rescue am I clear nod" they did he removed the gags

"Takashima said we'd be given girls an respect, help for our families all we do is walk around all day getting crap from his handlers threats of discipline an stupid leaders like Ginny the dumb bitch who wanted revenge on that HBED Bull she was crazy"

"dude, let us go what the hell, we haven't done nothing to anyone. we volunteered for this cause we needed help an we get threats an crap"

"both of you shut up.. do you have any clue what he is really doing or did you just go into this for promises"

they shrugged

"so then young an clueless both, gave up your humanity for worthless promises" Bill had Tim lift an hold ones face an looked up its nose there was a chip and the memory lead was removed

"chipped too, nice.. you know that chip in HBED's makes them forget who they are. blocks access to their memories their lives… its also a remote self destruct device and even you could be switched into the combat mode losing who you are enslaved to kill an destroy humans any human even your families friends if you haven't figured it out Takashima honors no promises"

they both wilted "he said the chip was part of the change it helped make sure it worked we’d keep our minds"

"lies he always lies" Bill sighed "surely even you must see that"

"who are you man get your HBED's to let go it hurts"

"you'll wait or die, relax if we wanted you'd be dead already.. right now members of the freedom for HBED's the FFH are here listening we know about Takashima's monstrous plans and he's enslaving thousands of humans turning them into beasts that if given the chance breed humans against their will just to make more of the HBED's

so yes we know Takashima his lies and we have helped against him we cant trust you …yet, but know this all around you there are eyes watching

if you wish to have more in life than the future of a slave dog used an left to die we will give you a gift to show that we would rather you work with us than against, wait a moment"

Bill turned flinching in pain an went in waking Sara he shushed her "come out cut the kill leads on these AA don’t say anything they cant smell or see anything right now"

"what AA's?"

"the pair from earlier they aren't all that enamored on the lies Takashima has made even installed chips in them"

"no shit, alright give me a second to grab a shirt at least"

he stepped out and she came out in just a shirt blushing a bit at the five free HBED's there

"hold their heads still" Bill said

she got the kit open and reached in their chips were full charged and she discharged them

then cut them free of them she snuck back into the cabin keeping the door open a bit

"your chips have been drained of power and disabled so they cant kill you but they will if Takashima wants to turn you into killing machines if you want to keep your minds an lives you'll help us around the facility are there other AA's like you?"

"yes though some are like Takashima is a god they're crazy man"

"completely whacked dude"

"yes we know those, they are beyond helping because of that there is nothing human left inside those AA's, if you wish to help us want to be trusted to be given a future with hope of more than slaves to enslave the people of the US

think on it then, leave a note near the kitchen door there are no cameras there to see you leave it but remember there are always eyes watching you, if not then go about your happy little lives being Takashima's lap dogs but always at risk of becoming dead for siding with him

take them out to the pens an let them go you wait for a count of a hundred then move on you don’t try to find us we will find you that clear?"

they both nodded "yeah" "sure" their scents agreed with the fact they had told the truth the entire time an scared as well

"and just so you know the lead handler.. that was my doing… I had him killed for abusing the HBED bull William under Takashima's orders those loyal to him will find their prospects for long life an good health are in short supply now. We will not tolerate any more HBED abuse… they are sleeping waiting for the chance to awaken… one of us will say something like that to you when they want to identify themselves to you"

Bill fingered to the others 'take them to a spot where the cameras don’t work and leave them, spread the word everyone is to keep an eye on them we'll see if they want to help or if they turn on us'

'risky but I agree worth the risk we could use a few of the security AA on our side' Sophia wagged an ear 'ill come by tomorrow for a bit with our other new member you need to rest an heal up William even I can smell the pain coming off you that fall has injured you worse than you thought'

'oh I have an idea Sophia but its getting better, sleep well all be safe'

he went in and they gagged the AA's hauling them away

Sara hugged him then kissed "this is risky but damn we've needed this"

"there is places to escape to love that’s the best thing, we get the tablet pc's to everyone maybe even those AA's on a special group we can send them notes they screw up showing their true loyalties they disappear"

"thank you my lover for being a good leader and trying to reach out to anyone who is HBED" hugging him tightly

he was relaxed with a heating pad and blanket on his back doc had sent over after getting the message Sara had sent, Sara off to the doc to get the meds needed Amy an Dave there a chess board set up between the HBED's as Dave reading a book relaxed back on Sara's bed

"you know I never liked chess before but now this is almost addictive" Amy moved a bishop

"improvements in how our brains work id imagine" moving his knight forward an over taking her pawn "now that the combat control is removed I've found myself thinking more an more tactically I believe that doing things like this will bring more of those skills forward which we will need eventually"

"do you expect were going to get into a war with Takashima?" moving her knight away from its immediate doom

"we're likely to, he wont let the towers or facilities willingly fall into the feds control we want to save the lives of the people he's converted an ready to, we'll have to take the towers from him by force" moving his bishop "check"

"damn I didn’t see that coming" shifting her queen left to block the bishop threatening one of his rooks defending his king "but a lot of us aren't fighters"

"you learn, an as HBED's we learn fast from other HBED's" moving his knight taking the queen "check mate"

"what…ah damn ok.. ok I see that clever Bull darn you lets do that again"

"alright" resetting the pieces

a knock at the door stopped them Dave gestured as they shifted the game under the bed pieces toppling

he opened it a bit "oh hey come on in" he moved and let Sophia in with her trainer who hopped up on the bed to get clear as she moved past an sat down in the bathroom doorway it was the next HBED that made Bill surprised

Zeus walked in and crouched down his trainer giving Dave a fist to fist bump "told you he'd be surprised"

"well now big an Bully just a bit on the injured list are we" Zeus grinned

Bill went to sit up an thought better of it as a muscle wanted to cramp

"don’t taunt hurting AB's Rick especially that one" Sophia added from the doorway "how you feeling Bill?"

"better, the heat pad is helping a lot, Sara found a couple infection spots so she's getting antibiotics with more pain meds she thinks I've got deep severe bruising crushed blood vessels as well thus a lot of internal bleeding in the muscles resulting in the massive swelling"

"that from a thirty foot fall onto your back, damn lucky nothing broke" Rick said sitting on his rump wiggling his toes

"thought it did when I was getting up an then the little ass used the stinger on me to it was too much pain to handle and I lost control for a moment. by the way hello I'm William an your .. Rick?"

"Hi yeah that’s me I'm a computer tech usually working out of home I got a call to fix a system router an it took all day to late at night I was getting to my car an next thing I knew I'm here an HBED though I remember the pits the training you an me" chuckling a bit "discussing who was stronger"

Sophia smiled "males" she snorted shaking her head Amy then laughed with her

"That is excellent luck then have you been told about the plan?"

"much as a some know its why me an Sophia are here to get it all apparently were going to be attacking a Takashima tower? An that’s about all I've got"

"there's more an you might know how we can do better I know the systems but not the software behind them so much I couldn’t make alterations to them but I can exploit the openings in them"

"well I can certainly help"

"excellent" he got his tablet and Rick smiled

"sweet that’s the new one I didn’t think it would make it out of the prototype phase"

"feds get the best, an it locks using biometrics and a password I added to them as we get more units in ill make sure you get one"

"too cool okay so lets see this tower of trouble god I love having a brain again not just brawn" he flexed his arm the ladies laughed hurfing softly

Sara walked over to the hospital an to Docs office his door was open a crack an she could hear him talking to Takashima on the speaker phone

"I know Takashima you would think there would be more but I don’t know some of them that I've over heard they seem to realize their HBED's have done things and are leery of them taking advantage again"

"well that will pass the longer the exposure the less ability to resist them we might just see a few multiple births as well our profiles on the ladies show several with a genetic proclivity to it a shame Sara did not have that as well"

"Speaking of her sir I sent over a heating pad for William the injury is worse than I thought the swelling is significant I agreed with her a heating pad should help I may add an anti-inflammatory as well"

"ahh that is disappointing, it was needed to make him break, now my prize breeder is unable to, but is it helping him to recover?"

"far as I know she's coming over to get more pain meds and some antibiotics apparently several of the wounds have gotten infected"

"damn that will effect his pelt he's going to be spotted across his back isn't he doctor"

"fraid so the chunks an damage done by the gravel he fell onto Sara told me she was getting gravel out of his skin even last night"

"a shame I did enjoy his current pattern ahh well perhaps ill have her take him to you and you can even the pattern out later we can add to his charm, alright Victor keep me appraised to the pregnancies an any other medical issues.. the funeral for the lead handler will be tomorrow I will make an announcement to that a bit later"

"yes sir did security catch the killer?"

"no, but they are still searching. don’t worry doctor from the letter this FFH sent, it was clear they have been watching the facility for some time and when William fell they took that as abuse and savagely dealt with it.. terrorists doctor plain and simple"

it clicked off an she walked in looking at him he smiled a bit "Hello Sara come for those meds?"

"yes indeed" she glared a bit she looked an the smoke detector was still missing "well he wants Bill to have a better spot pattern huh?"

"well to make William look good he is quite an image for Takashima industries now"

"true but later he's hurting too much now I was looking it up on the net he's got severe deep bruising of the muscles are the pain meds enough?"

"well I could give him anti-inflammatory medication as well in fact I should"

"yeah your some doctor doc"

"I never got my own practice Sara Takashima hired me before I could finish schooling bought my substantial loans"

"same for a lot of us doesn’t make it right that he did it, alright then come on get me the meds"

he went with her to the pharmacy cabinet he wrote down on the computer what he was getting an who it was for getting the jars from the cabinet "the anti inflammatory give him about 20cc once a day alright"

"ok an the antibiotic?" "that big boy the jar is one dose put it all in him its long lasting so if he's still got infection in a week then we'll give him another"

she looked at the label "caution pregnant females should not handle or have this drug used on them" looking at doc "what's it do?"

"that’s HBED immunity factor if it were to get on your skin it would be fine a pregnant woman would cause her to miscarry same if used on a HBED female its so potent it kinda runs everything out of the body

if you were sick that immunity factor collected from HBED milk would rip through your body to the infection issue and from what I've seen nearly burn it out so far even drug resistant strains of staff an others don’t have a chance against it"

she thought about it smiled "thank you doc that was very informative and keep up the good work with Takashima"

going home the vials in her pocket two AA stepped out of a walkway an soon were on either side of her she slowed an they did she stopped an looked at them

"what is this?"

"we have been assigned guard duty of the facilities manager to protect her from FFH attack madam"

"until 221 AB1A William has recovered from his wounds, he has been scheduled for body guard training at that point madam"

her headset chirped she sighed "yes sir"

"I'm sorry to make more stress for you Sara, I know William doesn't like the AA's but long as he is unavailable to protect you, these two will take his place I fear a bit for my valuable facility personnel as we still have not identified the shooter or where the shot came from that killed the lead handler

his funeral is tomorrow I would like to see you at there as facility manager. the procession will leave the facility an head to the airport so he can be flown to his home town for burial"

"alright would you like me to make an announcement sir?"

"yes if you could, I meant to do it but I'm quite disturbed by this event and simply cant get my mind to find the proper words"

"that’s quite alright sir I can handle it, as for the body guards I have to ask that they stay away from my cabin William has been quite grouchy the pain of course he is sleeping better now but every time he moves it hurts him

doc gave me some anti-inflammatory meds to help we think the bruising is very deep I've noted areas of swelling that shouldn’t be an likely crushed blood vessels in the back"

"ahh damn I had hoped he wouldn't have been injured to severely well don’t force him to attend let him rest an heal"

"ill try sir it took having a few visiting to keep him in bed"

"well he is very attached to you Sara this does not surprise me. then I will see you tomorrow" an it clicked off

the AA's collars clicked on "AA's you will listen an obey Sara when she tells you to wait near by but not directly outside her cabin. William is in pain and would become quite destructive with you nearby we want no further injury of him an most certainly no fighting"

"yes sir" they both replied and bowed their heads

she got near her place an got an idea "alright if you two want to keep me safe then one stay here the other down there at that intersection you cant miss anything from those spots"

"yes madam" and they took up their spots

she went in an found the three biggest HBED's and Amy the smallest all sitting there looking over the plans to the tower attack "well hell how is anyone supposed to move in here" chuckling

he smiled clearly happy to see her "hi love"

"hi love? see how you are I'm gone for a bit an you invite in your HBED buddies an throw a party" several laughed an chuckled she climbed over the bed an the end of it carefully sitting down next to him "we have more trouble Takashima has assigned a pair of AA to keep me safe from the FFH killers least till your mobile again"

"oh lovely" came from Amy "let me guess their outside?"

"yes dear they are" Sara folded her arms "don’t know which they are did anyone see if them AA's put their note down?"

"they did" Sophia smiled "they want to help but do we trust them?"

"we test them" Bill smiled the others all did as well

that night watching outside darkened windows several HBED's waited, notes went along the tablets and a note was quickly stuck on a post along their patrol path where the camera couldn’t see it

they came along an stopped seeing it there

'volunteer for the protection of Sara Cassidy full time she will test you to see if the HBED bull William will allow you near her, his wounds are severe thus he may not make trouble

she is not a target of the FFH yet thus it’s a safe place for AA to be, but you will have to submit to him if he decides you are a risk to her his mate

eyes watch you AA if needed Takashima will find proof you are working with the FFH do as you are told and you will be rewarded, fail an you know what happens to the unstable AA Takashima finds they get recycled'

they looked to each other then one grabbed the note and ate it as they walked away

Bill smiled seeing the notes come in

Sara was checking his back an changing the towel which barely had any blood on it "feeling better lover?"

"yes the anti-inflammatory is helping still sore as hell but improving I guess"

"well barely any blood on it now the scabs are finally drying out too" moving around she looked at the notes "so how am I testing them?"

"at the funeral procession with everyone there all the AA's the handlers, when its over walk towards them an then say something like they all sleep waiting to awaken

an walk away if they are AA to the core they will run for the other AA or even Takashima to tell them. The snipers will take them both out an try for the Takashima there who's likely to be a clone he'd never risk himself for someone else not with the killers still out there"

"if their serious then they will follow me.. an are you?"

"yes, I want Takashima to see he cant beat me, even wounded in pain I will be there when he least expects it so when the end comes He knows how many times I've been that close an could have killed him"

"alright then lover tell Garret what to do"

the sun was just barely up an it promised to be another scorcher as HBED's an trainers made their way out to the parking area where the trucks came in with their loads the AA an security lined up along the far side the AA standing at attention the security officers dressed in their finest

Sara came out of their cabin "please William stay in…your not going to stay are you I cant convince you can I, no you just have to be the bull an be stubborn"

he came out an stood slowly pain showing on his face "rilliam rgo rith rou rmadam"

the AA's came over carefully it was the right ones from their scent Bill glared

"easy William easy, their here to help aren't you both"

"yes madam" "no fighting with William"

he snorted an they cowered down "peace William were here to help keep Sara safe"

"Rsafe…ress Rara rsafe…rilliam rurt" he turned a bit from them an huffed

"well ill be.. you two must have caught him in a good mood or is it Bully Toro you know you couldn’t keep me safe right now all hurt like you are…well it doesn’t matter looks like he's willing to allow you to escort without issue"

they sat up an smiled "we volunteered to be your escort all the time Madam"

"yes we did"

"good, sometimes the AA are too damn grouchy for my tastes unfriendly generally nasty attitudes.. names?"

"Jeff madam"

"Alex madam"

"were late lets get going"

they walked out the eyes of every handler an AA turned to Sara and William as he walked up slowly Takashima's helicopter came in an landed in the front an he was escorted back to the parking area by AA's he came up an was clearly amazed to see Bill up an out

"Sara I thought"

"he wouldn’t stay in bed with no one there to keep him there. I think he understands there's a threat an wants to protect me he even is letting these two AA around to protect me"

"well that’s dedication and loyalty for you he's always been superior at that, how are you William?" he moved a bit to look at the scabs an few wet spots already bleeding the swelling quite massive

"Rilliam rhurt rfather" bowing his head down to him

"your hurt I can clearly see that, well I'm sure the lead handler would have appreciated your trying to help and being here for him even injured as you are"

Takashima gestured and a hearse drove around from the back area where the body had been in cold storage Takashima inc on the side of the car it came up an stopped

Everyone removed their hats security went to full attention HBED's bowed their heads an bodies Bill nearly fell over doing it but he knelt down an leaned over nose to the ground back burning for the effort tears fell from the pain

Takashima saw them an must have thought them for the handler nodded a bit clearly satisfied an looked back out at the car

Sara took out her notes tapping her headset to PA every speaker over the complex came on

"we stand here to mark the passing of a dedicated man his days spent in service to Takashima industries, his deep concern an caring for the HBED's always evident he was never afraid to lend a hand or give advice his loss will be felt by all

I ask that you all take a moment of silence to wish him a peaceful journey an that he can relax in knowing he wont be forgotten an his faithful dedication has inspired others to great things"

they all went still and finally Takashima nodded the car drove out slowly the AA's marching out an along the way with it to the front gate

he turned to Sara "thank you Sara that was excellent I'm sure he would have been pleased,

I do have a bit of good news for you I have been forced to make a decision the share holders an investors demand you be promoted to facility supervisor because of what you have done so far an want to see more of it

Takashima stocks have tripled in value and trading volume is remarkable HBED's are showing up in advertising across the country. Clearly you are indeed the best choice for the job I'm only sorry I did not do it sooner"

He shook her hand smiling "you will find my generosity to be stunning please enjoy payday"

"thank you sir, ill get right back on it soon as I can" putting the hand he'd shook on Williams nose affectionately rubbing a bit then up to his ears an horn buds

he caught the HBED pheromones this Takashima was a clone

"take the time Sara, he has become the Star of Takashima's HBED advertising I have gotten requests for thousands personal appearances to movie rolls for our William I want him healed up an healthy again, in the mean time do you think your groomer could come here? I would leave the contract payment amounts up to you in this case, clearly his work makes as he said, gods out of them"

"I can certainly ask him sir, I know he's going to be horrified at what has happened to William the man is incorrigible wanting William for um.. more adult activities" smiling a bit

Takashima chuckled "well I could see why the pictures an video of William were incredible him so handsome an desirable just like a god. yes please do try to get him under contract Sara id like for all HBED's leaving here to look as wonderful for their new families" he sighed "I must go, take care don’t fear security is hunting the killer that did this please make sure everyone knows that"

"I will sir, thank you an safe trip home"

He smiled and walked towards the chopper the AA's escorting

"alright everyone lets get back to the schedule thank you all" she looked at Bill "you going to be alright my Bully Toro?"

he stood up slowly an sighed "rilliam rokay rsleep rnow?"

"sleep now? Yes dear of course you can sleep come on" she walked forward looking at the pair of AA escorts as she did William slowly walking along just behind her "they all sleep waiting to awaken… isn't that right you two" she smiled walking past them

their eyes went wide as realization hit them full in the face they looked at each other looked around and turned to follow quickly

they came up on either side of Bill following Sara

he grinned they were in an area of no cameras the AA could have had Sara dead to rights but instead they let her go he had to admit there was hope

"madam William is bleeding"

"is he going to be alright?"

"I will be fine, given time to heal" they both jerked around looking at him "you passed your test boys, congratulations an welcome to free HBED's" his voice colored with pain

"you" came from both eyes wide stumbling a bit

she smiled "you two did well, usually William doesn’t give security AA's any chance too many loyalists fanatics seeing Takashima as a god… be quiet cameras an microphones again"

they walked along for a bit Sara smiled "well I finally got what I wanted I'm in charge now this place is going to be hopping and were going to make money" the AA clearly a bit confused

William stumbled a bit an Mooed in dismay as he had to catch himself leaning on an awning post that surprised him an he looked it as she looked at him

"William?"

she came over clearly worried he huffed air an stood up again "rilliam rtired rmadam rorry"

"its alright dear it's only a bit further to your bed me an one of the AA will get us all breakfast you two had breakfast yet?"

"uh no madam"

"no madam"

"good then you can help me bring it back you can keep Mr. I have to be stubborn an walk myself into collapsing in bed since he's being quite nice to you it must be your great attitude"

he got moving again an they soon walked up to the door "go lay down William stay here please Jeff he stays in bed when he has company he really must hurt letting me go with an AA anywhere"

"yes madam ill stay here an keep him company"

"thank you ill bring you something special" walking off

Bill had laid down again slipping under his blanket an heating pad groaning a bit an sighed the AA came in an closed the door Bill gestured for him to come closer reached up an clicked his com collar off "don’t need them accidentally hearing anything"

"dude like how long"

Bill grinned as he set the tablet up the system coming online "minutes after they completed the conversion the blow to my head broke the chip in half though the combat mode portion of it still worked I didn’t know about that it was just missing time I thought I was asleep"

"Takashima told us a bit about you, you were like one of his best security knew too much to let you go tell other companies so he had to do this"

"ehh mostly lies an bullshit I was his best an loyal too an look where my loyalty got me when I went to him trying to report all the trouble going on a guard murdered in the street for what he knew was the worst..

Takashima blamed me for the murder to the police.. so what was your price kiddo how did he get you to volunteer for this" gesturing to him "what did he promise you"

"me an Alex got caught bustin into some houses we were in jail an Takashima's lawyer comes in an tells us he can get us free an clear we just have to work for him cant go home promised to tell my mom I was overseas an send her money like it was my paycheck you know"

"odds he actually told her anything? Or she's gotten a single penny?"

the AA lowered his head "I just did it to help my mom got no cash to get food or nothin most of the time"

"now she has even less Jeff she's lost her son"

"I know alright don’t .." he sighed

"well I have friends that will help, not make false promises, don’t I agent Garret?"

"you certainly do Bill sounds like Takashima is even raiding the juvenile courts for helpers how old were you Jeff?"

"sixteen"

"damn that makes you about the youngest he's converted you didn’t even get a life as a human"

he looked at Bill an then the screen "your what?"

"FBI agent Garret this is Jeff…"

"Deagel.. can could you check on my mom"

"planned on it Jeff we don’t want her used against you. the free HBED's are part of a plan to stop Takashima if Bill thinks your trust worthy he might let you in all of it" an agent held up a printout and it was delivered to Garret "well Jeff your mom reported you as a runaway about eight months ago"

"what? Ohh mann she's going to kill me"

"no Jeff once she learns what happened"

"oh no she cant know we.. he Takashima told us it was reversible, that was the first lie he told us"

"Jeff" Bill put his hand on his shoulder "you made adult choices to help your mother to do an adult thing it was not your fault that Takashima lied, don’t back down from that you made a choice stand by it, your mom will understand that"

he looked at Bill an nodded

"we have agents in route to your mom Jeff what about your friend"

"Alex Hernandez his mom an sisters at home his dad he's a dick beats on them he's in the navy don’t hardly come home 'less he's been beached for something don’t sen money or nothin to them lets his kids starve"

"nice…Garret?"

"got it, oh his mom an sisters are going to be shocked he was apparently killed in a drug deal gone wrong shot in the head an burned ID found on the body was his"

"oh no way dude! He'd never deal…" his voice going away realizing

"but they don’t know do they Jeff? he did this to help them an then they got nothing of that promised help just a dead son. what do you think your mom has done she's likely cried her heart out all because of Takashima's lies"

the AA stood up an punched the wall hard "goddammit! He promised damn it he said…"

"easy the cameras an microphones… you cant get revenge alone.. its what I've been doing all this time slowly finding more an more help I want revenge too for being betrayed were working on it"

he looked at Bill his anger clear then slowly it calmed "how"

"soon, we have a plan an its working Takashima just gave us another step up the ladder he promoted Sara to supervisor of the facility"

"excellent news Bill!" came from Garret

he smiled "the investors an stocks doing what they are he had to as we predicted"

"then all of the pictures an stuff? The sales"

"all to get Sara into a position to be trusted by Takashima there's more but"

"I know I'm AA cant trust me"

"if I didn’t trust you Jeff id never allowed you to live, I wouldn’t have Garret trying to save your mom an Alex's from Takashima an his conversion or future breeding lines. I had the lead handler killed remember because he was part of me getting injured without any care I was once human an he could have cared less if I were a fly"

he nodded

"I don’t tell everyone what's going on too much chance someone might get caught an then Takashima will get them to talk were in a fight for our lives kiddo Takashima has plans to destroy the USA convert an breed the survivors to HBED's for his supply of weapons to sell to the highest bidder while he sits back an laughs at us for letting it happen"

"fuck that"

"then sit down an think, being all pissed off out of control plays into his hands"

he did tail swishing hard

"Bill is right Jeff, Takashima is a player he uses people an their desires their hate an more against them don’t give him anything to use on you he did just that to get you right where you are now has he threatened your mom?"

"he…yeah kinda he said if I didn’t work hard an obey him she'd have problems"

"yeah, that’s a threat alright" Bill knew that language all to well

"agents are there now" he tapped a couple keys and a live cam came up

they knocked at the door "cable company"

"cable?" a woman's voice came "I don’t have cable" she clearly was looking through the peep hole lens "what do you want"

the agent brought up his ID "we need to speak with you ma'am please" the signal fuzzed a bit "it involves your son"

"bug killer Garret?"

"yeah"

"Jeffrey? She nearly ripped the door open but before she could ask anything else they pushed her inside an the bug killer went on "wh-where is he is he alright? Why are what are you doing?"

"he's fine ma'am but there's a serious risk to you we need to get you to safety now"

"ma'am is this your cell phone?" another agent asked

"yes it was a gift from Jeff"

"I never got her a cell phone"

Garret tapped an ear piece "check it likely a gift from T"

The agent opened the back an removed the battery Jeff was down next to Bill watching "tell them to be nice to her man she's ..look she's scared!"

"team take it easy, get her clear of the house she don’t need to be there now"

"phones got a tracker an bug in it Garret"

"my phone, but.."

"ma'am Jeff is safe but there's a lot going on, you need to come with us alright we need to get you to a safe place"

they got her out of the house an in their SUV driving away

Sara looked at Alex as they were near the kitchen door the cooks getting the food he was looking at the HBED's an trainers the few handlers were off to the side

"wondering who's watching Alex?" she said very softly

"a little, he said eyes were always watching" in a whisper

"all of the adult HBED's are watching you Alex we have all of the adults free of their chips just the young ones we need to get to work on"

"wow um.."

"We've been hard at work trying to save lives from him Alex, just be calm don’t act any different remember he's always watching an listening some areas its safe they didn’t do a very good job building the place"

Betty came out with a carry basket an the food in it "here you go hon congratulations on the promotion I hope William gets well soon I added some hot soup as well my special chicken gumbo…" she looked at the AA with a smile "he need something special?"

Sara smiled "no Betty he's with us now not that kind of special but do make sure you feed him an his partner Jeff well alright"

"sure can hon, good to have you dear" patting him on the head she went back in the kitchen

he happily grabbed the basket an walked along with her being quiet "its safe to talk along here Alex least till we get near that intersection Bill is likely already getting things going so don’t be surprised"

"Takashima told us so much crap I don’t know what to believe anymore"

"believe us, we're trying to help not enslave people, hush for now"

they got up near the cabin an she walked in Bill an Jeff turned Garret was on the tablet

she smiled as Alex closed the door

Jeff turned to him "Takashima made it look like you were killed dealin your mom is going to be freaked uh well she was, they buried you"

"no way dude.. that fuck lied to us again" growling

"they have agents heading to check on your family Alex an get them to safety Jeff's mom is already" Bill gestured to the tablets screen

"indeed we do Alex an hello I'm FBI agent Garret"

"hey so what happen is your mom okay?"

"yeah Takashima gave her a phone with a tracker an bug in it"

"likely so if anyone calls her like say you… he would know about it"

the AA nodded

Sara walked around them got his meds and stuck him in the neck again he flinched "ow hon"

"sorry lover the anti-inflammatory it burns a bit"

"a bit she says" rubbing the spot gently he was reminded about the stealth unit "hey Garret do you think it got broke me falling on my back?'

he thought about it for a moment "ah I don’t know Bill they seemed to be very rugged the circuit boards are reinforced carbon fiber with a Kevlar outer wrap best way to see is check it turn it on for a moment"

"okay" he felt it click and the computer went down

"hey what happened"

Sara smiled an reached over from her checking his back an clicked it off "quit playing with that lover" and the computer came back up

"we lost camera an microphone for a moment Bill I can only think the stealth unit is working"

the AA's looked at him "you have one of those too? like the hunter AA's?"

"dude those are like bad ass AA's "

"they're jerk offs guys they go out an steal people from hospitals an walking to their cars to old folk in the beds trying to sleep or peoples sisters an moms…"

they both nodded ears limp

"those AA's an others are killers murderers rapists then Takashima security volunteers who are really nuts you don’t want to look up to them an yes I have one its from a dead AA who was trying to get back several nukes the feds have stopped Takashima from getting"

"actually Bill I think yours is from an AA who with four others tried to take a group of people outside a bar just leaving after celebrating a wedding I think…it was group of off duty SWAT officers two officers died from their wounds but the AA's were wiped out"

the AA laughed Bill chuckled "seriously?"

"I'm serious, thankfully agents caught wind of the event an kept it quiet from the media"

a woman came in with another agent the was clearly confused an wasn't sure what was going on Bill smiled as Garret saw her

"ah ma'am please" walking her over closer to his working station "I have good news about your son we found him"

"where I want to see him"

Bill watched Jeff try to back away he looked at Bill who smiled an pointed to the tablet with a tiny movement of the head he stopped an moved forward

"he was deceived by a multinational terrorist who is.. well it’s a complicated story suffice to say he's alive an well"

"but where! Isn't he here?"

Garret gestured to the large screen where two gray an black wolves an a bull were in frame an a young woman to the back

"I don’t see"

Bill smiled "ma'am HBED's are humans who have been converted, altered using various technology an then enslaved by Takashima incorporated, your son an his long time friend both accepted Takashima's offer of work to get out of trouble with the police

Doing an adult thing trying to get money to support their families but it came at a steep price. Takashima didn’t honor his end of the bargain they gave up their humanity to be Takashima's free will AA's, think werewolves for lack of a better description,

the AA are Takashima's enforcers, his hired killers your son was deceived, lied to in the worst way. Takashima used his love for you, to force him into this an against his good sense thankfully your excellent parenting skills brought him up to know the difference between good and evil it saved them today"

"I recognize you! The TV magazines for…HBED stuff" she blinked as reality started to awaken her

"all part of a plan to get into Takashima's trust so we can stop him all HBED's were once human ma'am. Takashima isn't god he cant create life or a soul but he can take away give people something else" Bill smiled a bit

Jeff finally inched up a bit an gently put his fingers on her face "I'm sorry momma I thought I was getting a job something I could send you money all the time it didn’t matter about the change but Takashima lied to us told us it was reversible then he started threatening to hurt you or something might happen to you"

"Jeffrey oh my god" covering her face "wha oh my god what have they done to you"

"Takashima did this to him ma'am like he did this to me an that to Alex"

"OH GOD Alexander!? Your alive?!"

"yes ma'am, I heard my mom thinks I'm dead. Takashima is a lousy damn liar! I never dealt Never! My mom she taught me better than that! But I'm not dead I've been with Jeff"

"this is all so much.."

"agent Garret will fill you in best he can ma'am and make sure your moved to someplace safe beyond Takashima's reach

it’s a lot to take in I know, if my mother was still alive she would be just as horrified as you are, an likely worse to see id been made a Bull even more stubborn than she was"

Garret an her both actually laughed her jaw quivered and she cried a bit sniffing Garret gave her a tissue

"your mother would have been proud of you for doing all you could to stop that evil man like I am of my son, thank you for helping him"

"satellite is moving out of range Bill get back with us after a bit ill get your mom up to date Jeff no worries alright we'll let you know about your family Alex" an it went fuzzy signal lost satellite moved beyond com range came up

Bill looked at Jeff who sighed tears dripping Bill offered him the corner of his blanket

"we brought breakfast if any ones hungry"

"yes please love I need the energy to heal up" he put his hand gently on Jeff's shoulder

he used the corner of the blanket an looked at Bill "your pretty cool for an old Bull thanks"

Sara handed out the bowls they noticed he ate meat too

Bill chuckled an nodded "yes guys I eat meat too, an with age comes experience but it doesn't make us any less fallible don’t blame yourselves but! make it right from here on we need help to do this the other AA's who are like you we have to do the same

some if they chose Takashima will have to be.. handled" he sighed quite sad

Alex growled "they have to die! with him the lying fuck.. yeah I know a good dozen that feel like us an if you can get their families safe they will side with you"

"yeah there's several like us we don’t make a lot of noise about it Takashima don’t like complaining"

"how many total boys?" Sara asked sitting cross legged on the bed eating her eggs an fruit

"least half of the security AA madam"

"just Sara, when were alone okay? So half of the AA huh"

"are you sure" Bill asked mouth full of HBED chow salad an diced roast beef "Takashima likes to plant spies an fakes, we had to make a kitchen helper take a trip to the dump because he was a loyalist"

"so that’s where he went to"

"dude that’s how we found out about the loyalists in the AA's they were all mad he went missing but there was no trace of him or what happened"

"hey Al ill bet if we tell the ones we think are good we might know what happened to that dude if they don’t give a care then we tell Sara an William about them"

"Dude that might work cause the good AA the ones sick of this crap an the lies they don’t care shit about that dude at all only them nutcases do"

"then we have a plan don’t we. be careful if you get into trouble hide in one of the cabins ill see to it the trainers an HBED's know you two are on the good list if things go well lets get them together in the cafeteria"

Sara nodded "a few of the stealth units on to mess up Takashima's cameras an microphones it should be good to go"

Bill looked at Alex who was clearly antsy an nervous muscles quivering face twitching ears moving a lot he'd inhaled his food "Alex why don’t you go do a little of that fishing an finding ill send Jeff when we know about your family it'll be a few hours for a satellite the feds trust to come in over us alright?"

"sure I can do that.." he looked at Bill nodded an went out

after he was gone Bill laid down his food eaten feeling he pain meds kicking in the other relaxing the throbbing from the swelling he laid his head down knowing Sara was doing paperwork an reading stuff involved with the plan

"why did you do that"

Bill looked up at the AA "your friend was literally an explosion waiting to go off if someone would have knocked he would have gone through the roof

he needed a distraction something to do while he worries so why not put that nervous energy to use there's nothing he or you, I can do just have to wait

the laptop could bring up the other way but the connection can be detected by Takashima the tablet is secure and we want those kind of messages secret"

he nodded "sorry"

"don’t be, again experience is valuable an I know he's safe out there if you two had been bad AA you'd been shot by the sniper" he tapped the screen with his finger "an I sent a quick note to everyone about the plan to keep an eye on him incase he might need help we take care of our friends Jeff"

after several minutes "why didn’t you just like kill him ya know Takashima you were right there this would all be over quick"

"if it were only so easy" Sara said from her reading

"why not"

"that wasn’t Takashima, it was a HBED type clone programmed like one to be him likely chipped an the real person buried or gone I don’t know if Sara still has his scent on her hand but if you were paying attention you'd seen her, after he shook her hand put it on my nose

he had the HBED pheromones to his scent its distinctive to us not to humans"

"no way, I mean he cant…can he?

she held her hand out to Jeff to smell turning a page in a report

he smelled it an blinked "that don’t smell right at all that aint human"

"exactly, and another thing here we just had someone killed via a sniper do you think the real Takashima would risk himself for a common employee?"

"no, I guess he wouldn’t" nodding his ears folded back "man this sucks, he's like invulnerable"

"ahh but again not the case Jeff, he has weaknesses its just getting to them, he likes profit an showing it off the real Takashima is a germophobe hates being touched or touching others he's over confident that his plans are going along without much interference only token issues which isn't the case

look at what your doing right now Jeff

friends with HBED's who are helpless converted animals who have the trainers so very helpless from their pheromones that they all will be pregnant soon or so cowed they don’t dare resist the HBED's

Sara so good at her job Takashima is simply drooling for more profit an wanting her to be bred like the others he regrets having got me hurt for his little test…over confident in his supposed power over what's going on"

"its like your using his own desires against him blinding him to the truth"

"precisely" smiling "now I'm gona take a nap ok? The tablet will log back in when it gets the signal" yawning

after several minutes Jeff looked at Sara watching her blinking occasionally

she glanced over the files an papers she was checking for the facility "something wrong Jeff?"

"no just thought we would be doing something"

"we are Bill's healing or trying to if he'd lay still long enough, I'm working on the budget issues for the facility an also trying to see about further sales to get freed HBED's out of here the ones who simply cant fight too traumatized scared or emotionally damaged to try so I've got a list of them an trying to place them into safe homes"

"oh.."

"lay down relax take a load off" turning a page making a few notes on her tablet sending it to Cassie about one of the AB females she may have a family to put her with but she'd have to be bred, the family wanted milk for all the kids in the house

she looked up an Jeff was still sitting there looking at her she sighed setting her papers down "what is it Jeff?"

"I.."

"well what is it?" a bit annoyed

"do you an the other trainers …really sleep with your HBED's?"

Sara folded her arms "well several are pregnant because of their chipped HBED's so if you must know.. yes some of the trainers do sleep with their HBED's why do you ask"

"I was just curious, several of the loyalist AA were making jokes about it.. most of the good AA haven't even gotten the chance to smell a female much less enjoy time with one only the loyalists get to"

"Jeff that's something your going to have to do your self, finding a girl an enjoying the time with one that’s one of the things were trying to make sure people who've been made into HBED's can do freely like anyone not be bred like animals or treated like it"

"oh.. um"

"yes?" holding her papers ready to go back to work

"do you know any cute AA's who um… "

"yes there are several if we have a big meeting which are very rare I will introduce you alright now please I'm trying to work"

he sat up straight "yes madam I'm sorry" he said firmly

Bill grunted an shifted a bit grumbling

Sara looked at Jeff annoyed speaking softly "quiet don’t wake up grouchy bulls or do you want to be a stuffed pillow?"

He went wide eyed shaking his head blinking a bit

"then let him sleep alright"

he nodded

several hours later Sara had dozed off the Satellite came around an the tablet came up Jeff was laying upside down legs an arms hanging limp tongue dangling out asleep Garret looked at the scene an had to chuckle Jeff's mother smiled "he always did sleep all spread out"

"hey William you there"

he grimaced an yawned "grah rwho?" blinking

"sorry to wake you up there Bill"

"s'alright" rolling his jaw a bit an lifting his head "how's Alex family?"

"safe an sound though his father is reported AWOL he was supposed to have gone home three days ago they found his car still parked where he'd left it"

"taken then"

"more than likely but from the general feeling I got they don’t care much, anyhow our cameras an sensors paid off there at the training center apparently they brought in bomb parts in the hearse an left with the lead handler an a lot of empty radioactive containers"

"oh really well, well and I can only surmise by this info that you intercepted the hearse an checked it over"

"you would surmise correctly, the driver is singing like a songbird. apparently the other day the gardener truck you all rode in went back with more parts as well he's slowed down but not stopped yet"

Bill leaned his head into his palm looking at the screen "next thing your going to tell me the truck we brought back had the fissionable material in it too"

"nope we checked it while it was parked by the beach"

"well damn"

"its ok Bill now we know even more routes in for his materials"

"um excuse me agent Garret"

"yes ma'am?" looking to Jeff's mom

"you two are talking about nuclear bombs?"

"yes ma'am Takashima isn't playing around if it hadn't been for Bill we wouldn’t have gotten as many as we have stopped so they cant be used on the USA"

"but people need to know"

"thing is ma'am" Bill looked straight at her "we cant let Takashima know we do, an evacuation would do that, we have to do this quietly we're hoping to get around him an he'd never get to use any of them he'd hit the trigger an get nothing but a fast ticket to justice

yes I agree the people should know but sometimes you have to tell them nothing for their an others own good it’s a risk we have to take an a chance that might not pay off"

Garret nodded

She nodded too

"I don’t like the options ma'am but to get that one good outcome to this we have to risk it all"

"can you promise me he'll be safe, please"

"I cant much as I want to Ma'am.. war is coming HBED's are war machines were designed to fight an survive to out last any human opponent in combat an your son is HBED now, he made an adult choice an he stood by your morals helping the side of good

be proud of him, he might have to give his life to save millions or even just one every HBED that dies in service of the united states will be remembered I can only promise you that much, he made an adult choice to help stop Takashima an knows the risks.. do you want to talk to him?" reaching to wake the prone AA

she shook her head "no let him sleep tell him I'm safe an proud of him an his father would be very proud of him"

"yes ma'am" she was escorted out by another agent talking about getting her some food

"alright Bill…thank you for the help there"

"I understand what she's going through my mother did it to me when I started doing security work I'm going to get him up an send him after food an Alex my stomach is empty again must have slept through lunch"

"um no not yet but nearly"

"okay" he gently nudged Jeff "hey Jeff wake up"

he sucked air coughed an rolled over "whu?" blinking

"Garret's back, we need Alex an those names an can you get some food for us" looking over the end of the bed carefully "Sara's asleep let her alright just tell Betty that alright?"

"oh sure um.. you’re sure a lucky dude she's gorgeous wish I could find one like her"

"you never know Jeff often times they find you when you aren't looking"

"yeah sure" stretching out he yawned "which you want first food or the Alex mon"

"Alex, he's got names we need to start on an he needs to know his mom an sisters are safe his dad though is missing likely taken"

Jeff nodded "yeah couldn’t have happened to.."

Bill was looking at him "only person that deserves to be converted an chipped is Takashima himself sent to clean up every single mile of the interstate highway system an told to find his own food on that roadside"

"yeah.. sorry William"

"your mom sad to say she's proud of you an so would your father she's safe so don’t worry about her"

he nodded smiled "thanks" an he went out

Bill looked at Garret "three robberies no weapons couple of assaults fighting fights kid stuff attitude of course"

"needs a girl friend as well, woke me up asking Sara about any friendly AA's or trainers"

"you and that acting ability should have gone into show biz"

"no that’s bad as politics couldn’t lie that much makes me sick"

they both laughed

Alex knocked an came in "peace William" closing the door "dude how you keep the act up is too much I nearly screwed up a bunch of times"

"threat of dieing does make for a large skill boost, got the names?"

"sure do an they are like totally who's gona help us? I told um just you wait man its gona blow your minds way out" he reached into a hip pouch an took out the list "one wants their brother helped he's in prison told um I didn’t know if they could but said id mention it"

"we can move him to a place a lot safer than where he is an keep him locked up I'm sure his relative can understand that we don’t do early parole" Garret said from the tablet

"I dig man anyhow you want me to read this off or"

"done sending list now Garret love the holographic keys on this tablet"

"got it alright"

"uh wow"

"been delayed all day due to satellite issues I want to get things moving Alex sorry but I type fast, Garret?"

"ok some of these will take us a couple hours they're in other states but we'll get right on these talk to you later" Bill turned it off

"your mom an sisters are safe Alex but your dad has been missing for three days reported AWOL an I don’t care what he's done to you or anyone.. nobody deserves to be converted an chipped he isn't perfect but he is your dad not that lying bastard Takashima who tried to program that crap into all of us"

Alex had been looking angry then calmed an finally nodded "your right…when I was little he…was a lot better"

"stress worry drinking a lot of things change people many times they cant help themselves ill tell you something not even Sara knows about me I was a little kid my dad an mom both boozers they got into a fight so bad the cops came busted down the door an I got yanked out the trailer window by a cop, last I saw my dad he had a knife to moms throat an the cops pointing guns at them

now there's little love in that memory but before they got boozed up they were great parents mom died after a long illness but my dad still cared he sent a few letters but I couldn’t respond want to know why?"

he nodded a bit

"I was afraid to admit that maybe after all those years he still wanted to be a dad, my dad, but the only memory I really had of him was that last one… I was afraid of changing what had become part of who I am an why"

"dude" nodding

"so eventually we will get the info we'll know what happened to him I think you can assume that now you have a leg up on him you'll be physically older than he will be if he survives the conversion you have to ask yourself if Takashima threatens him what will you do?"

"I.. I don’t know"

"you need to think about that. Tim, his wife an 2 kids we know Takashima wanted them too others are the same so your not alone but you need to expect Takashima to hurt him an like Tim expect that death is a big possibility right now he doesn’t focus on it but its there he keeps going keeps moving to save who he can an you need to do the same"

"my mom n' sisters they need me to fight for them even if my dad is threatened they need me to fight not give in to Takashima is what your saying"

"absolutely Alex like me with Sara I love her more than my own life I fight for her so I can have my life with her yes I want revenge on that lying son of a bitch but its more I want life an I want it with her id give up on revenge for life with her"

he smiled at Bill "I understand dude she's a hottie you got some awesome taste in girls"

"actually she picked me, I wasn’t going to do nothing she chose to"

Alex's eyes went wide "no way she, ohh dude" smiling tail wagging

"lots of reasons Alex all of them logical an thinking too much, love doesn’t care it just does what it wants. anyhow I just wanted to let you know your not alone were all fighting for something an the target is Takashima"

he held his fist out an Alex bumped his on it

that night Jeff an Alex got the friendly AA into the cafeteria for dinner a good bunch of the HBED were there just being HBED's an trainers talking an eating

a big black an silver female looked down at the boys "you two are really asking for a tail chewing there nothing going on in here just the HBED's eating dinner"

Bill walked in with Sara an the door closed Tim who was closest to the kitchen activated his stealth any electronics simply stopped working he wagged an ear so Bill could see

"oh I wouldn’t say that... would you members of the Free HBED's?"

every HBED there went from placid to alert an attention turned on the AA's several HBED stood up an made fists trainers ducked clear of the possible fight hurrying to the back areas the AA's all blinked looking around then to Bill standing at the door

"an if you think you can move me, give it your best shot other wise we are here to talk an make friends if you’re a loyalist your going to be hurting" he smacked his fist into his hand

the big female her jaw was hanging open Jeff was nice enough to gently push it closed

"see told you Trisha"

"they're all awake?" she said totally shocked

Sophia strode forward an planted her hands on her hips "yes we are... don’t let William scare you AA's he's a good guy but don’t push him. but lets not screw around huh he shouldn’t be out of bed and the cameras in here are being blocked its certain to be noticed"

"your names have been given to the FBI to get your kin to safety are you with us? Or not we wouldn’t do this unless Jeff an Alex believed you were the right ones an not loyalists you all dislike Takashima's lies and the fact the loyalists get all the benefits" Sara sitting down in a chair she moved over near Bill

they all nodded

"when the hammer falls who do you think will be getting the shaft? The loyalists? I doubt that" Tim said from the back sitting back down with a grin

the big female Trisha sat down "so what is this if your all free why not run get away from here just go run"

"tracker chips in the neck" Rick said still eating his dinner

"we have a plan an as I told the boys were not telling everything to everyone" Bill huffed his back on fire again but not as bad

"a plan… to do what?"

"to hurt Takashima to stop his plans of destroying the USA a lot of good running would do us then"

she laughed shaking her head slowly "the dreams of fools, stupid the lot of you"

Bill strode forward "yes, but he gave us plenty of time to dream didn’t he! his greatest mistake was not killing me! but no his thrice damned honor! He's full of crap!" Bill slammed a fist on the table in front of her an faster than she could move he had her face looking up her nose

"no chip but of course" crushing a bit she was trying to push away her claws trying to reach him

Jeff dove in a broke the grip he snarled at both "HEY stop this! Damn it I know you told me Trisha that you hate Takashima for his lies! Well what do you think he's done to them!"

She licked at her sore face an snarled at Bill, Sophia an Rick were right next to him in a moment

"No chip makes you a loyalist deny it please, go on Lie! Your own body will tell us the truth!"

"Bill stop this!" Jeff yelled at him "I know AA have nothing but bad history with you but dude! You wanted to get the good AA together"

"then tell her to answer" he stood up straight gesturing to her

everyone looked to her

"I was… then he took away my hopes MY dreams! Gave my position to that stupid witch Ginny screw lose crazy an stupid!"

"an just what did you expect? Only the crazies will be close to him he can control them with his insanity like a religion. you have a mind an you use it! He wont have anyone he doesn’t trust implicitly near him with any power" Bill snorted "so what has he got on you? not the promises of promotion you know those are lies now"

she growled "my little brother long as I behave an work he's safe"

"the one in prison ill bet. well the feds have agreed to get him to safety but not paroled sorry he committed a crime an has to serve the time but safe can be done"

her eyes narrowed "how Takashima's people are watching him prisoners loyal to the bastard"

"I'm sure a quick note to them can get that fixed as well" Rick said as he folded his arms

Sara walked forward between the groups "I'm going to offer you AA something it’s a real promise we are fighting him, we all have a reason to we work together an we can make a difference we have already we know more about his plans than anyone else and were close to really hurting him"

She huffed "if that’s the case then tell me what your planning I want to know so I can help! I was security in the tower a new hire. The bastard lied to me from day one flirting with me inviting me to his tower so we can have sex, I wake up like this! But he promises me its not permanent an he needs me to help here all lies"

"an I know he told you about me he seems to take great pride in telling others that he had to have me converted because I might comeback to haunt him one day"

"happened didn’t it!" her hackles fluffed

"yes but look at why!" gesturing to himself "all the god damn abuse he's put me through tell me you wouldn’t want to beat his brains into the pavement"

she took a deep breath "prove to me you’ve done anything to stop him"

"we know what he's doing! an until that moment he had power of a god but even gods can fail his secrets are becoming open knowledge

because of us the Feds are stopping, taking an slowing his nukes, saving the friends an family of the HBED's who are fighting. His loyalist hunter AA's are being killed an taken by the dozens he isn't running away with his plans but he thinks he believes! He is

an there is his Achilles heal he doesn’t know we are working against him"

"but you’ve done nothing!"

"when faced with an insane man who has the detonator to nukes ready to use them an kill billions you do everything carefully under the radar nothing so overt as open attack an even when we do it wont be us claming the credit"

"then tell me! What are you going to do to him! He can have us all destroyed with a wave of the hand! Tell me I can live to fight him!"

"you don’t have a chip do you… an all of ours have been disabled so no he cant just wave a hand an were dead anymore

he can only use normal means of attack on us an yes I have already given the fact we are a tool a machine built for war a product that has no rights no legal status but that will change in time

can you fight? Or are your teeth an claws just for show? He stole our lives from us an that is more than enough to drive the fires to make anyone a killer tell me! what have you done to stop him?"

she looked away an huffed

"you see its not so easy alone is it… as we grow in numbers we as a threat to him become like the incoming tide

relentless, unstoppable eroding away at the foundations of his plans till finally when he realizes some thing is going on its too late to do anything to stop us and his plans will fail."

"are you sure!? Can you hurt him! I need to know!"

"yes! Damn it we can! I've been in the archive vault I know its construction an we have a plan an to show you we want your help no we NEED it, I want you to help us attack a tower"

her eyes went wide an she started laughing actually falling over laughing

yelling at her not caring about the risks "north east side of the Houston tower the camera cant rotate fully to the right the central east side is non functional the south east is jammed, the entry point will be along that alley way through or over the fence line" he glared at her as she stopped laughing

"the cameras along the south side on the parking lot light poles can not see below 4 ft as the decorative hibiscus bushes have grown too big because Takashima likes them that way even after being told they blocked the cameras ability to see the building clearly

we move along there keeping low slipping past the HBED cargo docks where the cameras are pointed at the docks doors not the fence line too much of a chance someone might escape his hell hole under the tower got to watch the doors

to the entry door where the lock an frame are in bad shape a good stiff wind blows it open all the time a camera an a cheap one is all that monitors that opening

inside up a ramp through a doorway the purloined stealth units providing cover from the cameras we go up the west fire stairs fixing the alarm circuits with conductive tape we jam the doors open reaching 49 we go in disabling the floors monitoring cameras proceeding silently which we do very well don’t we" many wiggled an ear to that

"disable the fire suppression systems at the main control for the floor which I know how to do then we do what the Feds need an then using cutting charges we go through the unarmored normal! Floor to the inside of the 50th floors archive vault where all the data on HBED's and their families are located as well as Takashima's paranoid need for a paper and digital copy of every plan every contract are stored

in minutes we will know everything he has planned! We will have all his designs an we will have the records to see to it he never escapes justice or us

we then run for the exit once we hit the ground the star goes boom destroying the vault the terminals an any evidence, he might be able to tell exactly what was stolen but the vault was clearly the target… or is it!"

she blinked as he grinned mean an hateful his temper boiling over for having to go this far with her in the open

"an attack that only fast strong knowledgeable HBED's could do only we could pull off but only because I know the Houston tower as well as its designers an over the years I met those who knew details like the vaults construction armoring or lack there of. Now! to us the HBED data is priceless the feds want his plans an the special projects which if you want to know about that you can frankly go to hell

you are going to go with us Trisha" he leaned on the table glaring at her "your going to be Sara's body guard who better than one of his best loyal AA to watch over his south west training facilities supervisor who is at such a terrible risk by the scary FFH!

while we her advertising stars apparently wait happily at the hotel after a long day of photo shoots showing off HBED clothes an accessories advertising for those companies

Sara gets all the glowing accolades from the shareholders for making their profits soar an bringing fame to HBED products we will be putting the shaft up his ass right up to his glorified star"

her ears laid back "my god.. it might actually be possible"

"an YES I know such an overt action is going to stir up a hornets nest. he will be coming after us within days at most a week he's not that stupid

but we will have evacuated most of the adult HBED who cant fight and de-chipped most of the young HBED in the pens, the loyal AA at that point their life spans are going to get really damn short, an so is the handlers stinking traitors to the human race

when he comes he's going to have one hell of a fight an not just me not just a few but nearly every god damn converted HBED in the facility hundreds of AA wouldn’t be enough to stop us. we do this place in, destroy the shaft to his underground project an evacuate completely leaving the facility empty save for the dead or wounded AA"

he walked around the table "now what the hell are you with us or not? cause I'm so done with you" he dropped onto all fours an lowered his head

she nodded quickly "I'm with you!" laying flat submitting completely

Sara quickly slid over the table an stood in front of Bill blocking his rage that she could see burning inside his eyes he bumped her in the rear with his nose she put a hand back on his horn boss

"then this is what you do Trisha you’re the free HBED AA's alpha am I clear all AA that are not loyalists you report to her" they nodded to that

your responsible for them an if one screws us guess who gets the pain you made it difficult, you wanted to know an by god now you do, an you get to carry the load equally with the rest of us, screw up an were all doomed"

"I understand, long as my brother is safe I'm good" sitting up

"we have an area where the HBED's can train in fighting over in between the unused pens the cameras haven't even had their cables installed so I want your AA's on the night shift so they can train"

"who's training them?"

"a retired navy seal, three army special forces, a black ops mercenary formerly a marine an 2 three time full contact fighting champions"

"holy shit I want in on that too" that brought out nervous laughs

Bill sighed an hung his head Sara turned then looked at him "ok were done everyone back to about where you would be some were done eating get out others need to come in Bill hon come on you need to sit down I don’t want to but the cameras need to see you for a few then we can leave"

Quick stage setting an Tim turned off the stealth some people were different many were the same Bill recovered some as he sat there the AA's were eating Sara came over from talking to Trisha

"well Bully were going to rotate the AA's that keep an eye on me alright you have to be good with them"

"ress rmadam Rilliam rtired"

"your tired well we were going to bed ill get you some food to go since you weren't hungry yet"

He got up an with a slow walk home climbing back into bed sighing as the pain eased off

"your temper sometimes lover"

"she was refusing to work with us, what was I supposed to do? Annoying AA's some times"

she hugged him checking his back "well that’s an excellent sign no fresh blood, ill go get us food" she stopped as someone knocked at the door

she looked out it was Trisha "Madam I came to keep guard as the others need sleep"

"ah well please come in William is being a good Bully"

she came in an looked at Bill who even with his head down was glaring

"no fighting in my cabin that goes for both of you ill be right back"

after a few moments of silence

"I'm sorry I need hope William I've been without anything like hope for weeks"

"for some reason a lot of people seem to like pushing this bull your not the only one a CIA agent decided to an the damn lead handler as well"

she blinked "CIA"

"in her case certainly I'm asinine I need to ask Garret about her don’t like how she acted"

"you suspicious of her?"

"I'm suspicious of everything Trisha, short of Sara I worry about everything it’s a lot like playing chess do you play chess?"

"no never liked it"

"shame it teaches tactics, planning, an sacrifice when needed to win.. you do know about HBED's an what they are?"

"people Takashima converted"

"much more Trisha we are so much more" he detailed out everything for her an she clearly was stunned

"I…"

"the fact we are weapons an tools for occupation designed to replace humans in an area our future beyond Takashima is very cloudy were not human anymore an many human laws are going to be nearly impossible to apply to us an then we'd need special ones as well"

"you really are a 1A planning tactician an all that" she smiled

"maybe I've always been very smart thinking about all the possibilities gives me the ability to plan options"

"so if I were to turn on you an attack right now what option do you have being injured an not a hundred percent"

"that would be Joseph an Tim outside ready to burst in an beat you into a pulp"

she looked surprised "bullshit" her teeth flashed

he gestured to the window with a confident expression she moved over an looked out seeing the two HBED outside bathing quietly with their trainers helping a bit but their ears were aimed right for the window she was looking out Tim looked back at her an then went back to washing

"well Trisha do you think my friends would leave me with an unknown AA one we just met who used to be a loyalist"

"no an I wouldn’t ether" sitting back down

the tablet came on "ah William good oh who’s this?"

"this is Trisha the new alpha of the free AA's here she's the one your helping her brother to a safe place"

"ah good was about to say we arrived at the prison an there was an earlier fight he kept some inmate from killing him with a shiv, a homemade knife got a few cuts the warden had him locked up in the infirmary we had him shipped out like he had died from the wounds"

"he's safe? Thank you both" she laid down there an sighed "I'm yours to command William you are the 1A in charge"

"no your in charge of the AA, I'm just leading the madness here once were done with the tower an the evacuation I don’t have a clue what I'm doing"

"that’s easy Bill you get taken into protective custody because you’re a material witness to all that has gone on there's no negotiating with us on that, you safe is the most important thing Takashima will be pulling his hair out over it"

"what about the rest Garret you just abandon them" sounding a bit hurt

"no an you should know better, we can use their help in blocking the AA hunt teams flowing out of the towers across the nation best to keep them bottled up in the towers you know that humans are at a major disadvantage against HBED's so logic says we fight fire with fire"

"have you told them"

"yes word has been passed along there's a few there who don’t want to fight an its understandable so once they are evacuated the adult HBED will help to train the young ones who we will de-chip

we will perform raids as the FFH on the other training centers to hopefully gain the upper hand on him

I know Bill you don’t want to abandon them but you’re the best evidence an witness that any prosecutor could ask for, we will make sure your kept busy helping the FFH with your formidable skills"

"Alright" he looked at Trisha "any problems for you?"

"no long as they feed me an keep my brother safe I'm good working for the feds damn sight better than working for Takashima"

Sara came in an smiled seeing Garret "dinner time Garret excuse us"

"no problem just wanted to let you know you'll be getting a call from a major airline tomorrow they want to get the edge in HBED air transport with our help they’ve designed a HBED cargo crate for their safe an comfortable transport with their owners"

"too cool" Sara took a bite of her dinner

Bill spooned some of his up as Trish ate hers

"they want to use the HBED's likeness as plane decoration to advertise their new HBED service an I got on the Houston businesses for the future photo shoot there an the airlines main hub is there as well so a damn excellent reason for you to bring them all along when Takashima wants you to come for the shareholder meeting"

Trish just smiled "it is possible I wouldn’t have believed it possible Takashima can fail"

"well there's a saying Trisha a man who thinks himself god will always find that he himself puts the greatest effort into making sure he fails miserably

thus Takashima is deluded and self?deceiving enjoy your dinners get well soon William"

"trying to"

Trish excused herself to do walk around the cabin an let them sleep Sara smiled an sat down in front of him she kissed him an relaxed her head on his

"so close now"

"yeah lover" she had that uncertain tone an her face as she looked at him

"yes we can do it an it will make a difference love, it will I promise"

she smiled "have I become so transparent to you that I don’t even need to speak or are you reading minds now too" holding his face

"no, you just mirrored me when I'm second guessing myself, yes I worry about it id be a fool not to see all the possible outcomes"

she hugged him his nose on her neck

in the morning she was getting his shots ready an looking closely at the anti-inflammatory they were a form of steroids for human use.. suspecting an issue she looked it up on the net as he continued to sleep

"damn you doc" she headed out for the hospital asking Tim an Cassie to keep the sleeping Bully Toro company

she walked in on Doc talking Takashima again

"doctor I'm glad your on the phone with Mr. Takashima I have a complaint about you excuse me sir I hate to interrupt but what kind of steroids should I use on a HBED"

"uh well in William's case bovine why?"

"you gave me human steroids to give him" smacking the jar down on the desk "which have done little to help an now I wonder if you’ve done further damage to my HBED doctor"

"victor? Is this true"

he took the jar an looked pleadingly at Sara "apparently so sir the ampoule was in the space for HBED's an I checked the right one off the supplies chart"

"who was in charge of stocking the medicines cabinet?"

"that would be my missing nurse sir that was one of her job duties" swallowing hard worry clear on his face

"then victor please get Sara the proper medication for my William his time injured is becoming a source of concern for not only myself but clearly Sara as well you need to inventory your shelves I will see to it you get a new nurse soon"

"what happened to her sir? Did she quit an just not give notice?"

"no every indication points to these FFH people again, her the former supervisor an of course the death of the lead handler I'm becoming quite concerned for the safety of my valuable employees these incidents are occurring across the nation"

"have you discussed these incidents with the authorities sir?"

"no, they would do nothing but cause even further interference with the investigations my security people are working on it"

"well sir thank you again for the AA's least till William is healed"

"I have him scheduled for body guard training soon as he is able Sara you are a rare valuable employee I most certainly do not want to lose you I doubt anyone could protect you well as he could"

she smiled "yes sir an I admit I miss him always near me of late but he needs to heal an rest is the best thing for that an the right medications yes doc?"

"absolutely though the mistake likely has had little to no effect on William he will respond quickly to the right medications I am sorry sir""

"sir, while I have you for a moment an idea I just got couldn’t HBED's be of help around hospitals? Their incredible strength they're hypoallergenic safe around everyone"

"interesting"

"perhaps around here we could have them helping out early training for more advanced skills? Also HBED females produce numerous beneficial compounds in their milk

just think a new born given a first meal of HBED milk not even their early colostrum just milk the immunity factors an beneficial cultures that child would gain the value to a babies health is priceless! And that same milk given to injured an sick would boost"

"as I said priceless employee! such an idea I will get the pertinent data immediately the potential for this is really quite amazing Sara"

"mental health institutions people have shown incredible progress when exposed to pets a HBED's calm nature and strength they could hold a patient unharmed while medications are applied" she thought yeah wish you were there in one

"ahh I do SO enjoy it when your ideas flow like this Sara an I know interrupting them is bad but I must go, please by all means send me messages with these wonderful bits of brilliance"

"alright sir please have a good day"

it clicked off an she sighed glaring at Doc

"damn Sara do you want me killed?? I nearly peed myself"

"you know what you damn hack you deserve to piss your pants Bill could have been up an mobile now its going to take days more now lets go get the right meds please"

they went to the Pharmacy an he gave her the right bottle "same dosage doc?"

"yes here's a few more syringes I hope this get him going I want to get the hell out of here my nerves are causing me to get ulcers"

"yeah well you can work for the free HBED's or you can talk to Takashima"

"HBED's much better chances of living.."

she went home an picked up her AA escort the boys trotting along proudly happy an alert an they looked it tails flagged held high ears up chests out "feeling good you two?"

"yes madam"

"absolutely madam"

she had to smile likely the now free lady HBED AA's had found out the boys had helped out hugely an made sure they were amply rewarded of course her mentioning it to a few likely helped a lot she was a bit surprised the reward had made such a huge difference in them

only five days of the new med an Bill flexed an bent with little to no pain he grinned at her and Mooed snorting with amorous over tones as he flexed an stretched for her

she came over an hugged him "later lover I want you to work those kinks out we need you to exercise and fix your body good"

"rain check an a prize for the bull who wins?" touching her hips ever so gently she smiled and held his hands still "oh you win, an yes.." kissing him arms around his neck he stood up straight an held her close she bit at his neck an grinned "god I'm so glad your better"

he went with Tim an Cassie to work the weights an exercise as Sara got on with the office work

using his back a lot to heat the muscles up an get the blood moving got the meds an his own hormones moving in there and though it burned a bit he felt immensely better

that night after dinner him an Sara went to the training Joseph was there with dozens of the free HBED's Sophia an others out in front Sara an the trainers were up above on the platforms

he stood off to the side an got in with the students Joe smiled pointing to next to him

Bill fingered 'I'm new here I'm a student teach me'

'you’re a leader Bill, now get up here an show the students even you have things to learn'

he moved up to be next to him and everyone was wagging an ear smiling he spotted several of their friendly AA along the back row Jeff an Alex there as well

Joe led them through the basics of hand to hand combat that as HBED's they had learned the basics via programming an that as the movements were made all came back to them they got faster an more accurate putting serious power into the blows then he shifted into advanced combat

take downs and bone breaking moves came next then killing moves on some quickly made AA dummies of shirts an wood from the construction area

Joseph watched an wagged an ear as they clearly had the same programming in this as well very quickly the refreshers had everyone up to speed

Bill didn’t pull a punch an smashed a 6x6 'neck' to splinters fingering 'oops' that got some laughter thinking god damn that felt good

Joe then put them into using their own bodies natural attacks which hadn't been programmed but instinct stepped in and led them into their use Bill was able to lead the way in that a bit as he'd been using his the longest

using the AB's head hammer an charge attacks to teach the AC an their kicks an smash to work together an how to dodge those same attacks then he called the AA in an they came in teeth an claws flashing the AD an AE leaped clear of their attacks jumping behind the attacker or slamming onto them

it wasn’t too late when they called it a night Sara hugged him nose planted in his chest fur

"oh hon I must stink let me wash up please" he smiled as others looked on then going off with their trainers several of the trainers had joined in the self defense an combat training and were wiping sweat with towels

"hmm you know what, I don’t mind that male smell from you makes my insides quiver" rubbing her hands affectionately on his muscles which were hot an a bit sweaty

he smiled and chuckled, picking her up setting her on his shoulder in that movement his nose tingled he turned his head slowly to look at her an she blushed smiling a bit

"um hi there lover" she giggled "I think I'm fertile again"

"you think?" chuckling as he had to lick the tingle on his nose "well that puts a limit on the much fun an play" walking for their cabin

"aw it doesn’t have to you know" leaning over she kissed his head rubbing the spikes his horns had grown into

He set her down before they reached cameras and crouched down looking at her holding a hand

"but you know what will happen"

"yes I do, if it takes"

the uncertainty of everything made him pause "but"

"are you getting cold hooves Bully? I know exactly what will happen lover, an I want it, is that simple enough for you" smiling as he had dumb struck on his face she had to giggle

"I love you that much my Bully Toro, its not the pheromones not that bastard Takashima or any of his crap. I want this, I'm ready I just need to get my mate to do his part" kissing him lovingly holding his face her fingers feeling the muscles and jaw line "take us home lover your mate needs you very much"

he scooped her up in his arms an carried her to the cabin parts of his mind were stuck in shocked mode others responding to the clearly evident fertile smell made him nervous an eager as well

he set her down at the door an she led him in holding his hands a flick of his tail the door closed an she smiled slowly removing her clothes moving back from him but encouraging him to follow her with gentle gestures of her fingers

she laid back on his bed an let him decide how to continue

slowly he relaxed an licked her being fertile just made it all the more enjoyable but something about this time was so different he let the Bull lose a bit an he snorted hot air over her an she moaned legs going up on his shoulders

wanting her to enjoy this since she'd decided, she wanted an he wanted to as well he avoided the trigger spots so the pheromones effects wouldn’t ruin it he licked an touched places finally moving forward after several minutes his body's' heat covering her he licked her neck slowly teasing an enjoying

she could feel his erection so close the drip of hot fluid on the inside of her thigh made her tremble then the drip was on her pelvis she could feel the heat an hear his heart above her hands went to that chest and she could feel him breathe deeply hear him lick at her neck the tingles that sent through her body an then the heat as he slid into her slowly

"ahh god yes" wrapping arms around him legs pulling him closer an deeper still she felt his arms go around behind her back holding her close as he lifted her up to sit on his lap impaled on that raging hot erection she felt her body warming from his touch an then a rush of heat inside an up into her belly as he snorted an bellowed grunting hard over her head his chin touched the crown of her head with gentleness that was so much like him

"there now my beautiful love ..my heart an soul mate" he grunted again sighing as the heat surged again up an into her "your Bully Toro has bred you with all his love an all his heart" kissing her passionately as her body replied to the heat an feeling so deep inside she leaned her head back an moaned as the heat surged in again making her belly hot to her own fingers

"oh my god lover yes" panting totally drained an sated he laid her down gently on the bed and curled around her blanket draping over them both his hot breath an musk relaxing an reassuring her senses that he was there even as sleep came

she sighed as morning light came in the windows an the early breakfast bell tolled softly across the facility she woke up slowly then had a sudden need for the toilet "ahh lover let me up hurry"

he moved out of the way quick as he could "are you ok?"

she ran in an sat down quickly to the sound of a lot of fluid pouring into the bowl "I'm fine just full of your deposit an needing to pee really bad"

"ah ok" laying back down his nose started tingling all over the inside edge "wow hon your like seriously fertile"

she giggled "why is that bad lover?"

"no not at all I'm not complaining" licking his nose trying in futile effort to stop the tingling he heard her flush an watched as she walked out beautifully nude her fiery hair glowing a bit in the early light coming through the curtains he sighed an smiled "such a gorgeous view you make my mate"

"an apparently tasty too I see from your drooling" chuckling a bit at his wet nose an drips of saliva

"well of course you are" he winked at her sitting up he held his hands out to her with a smile "you chose me as your lover an mate that shows excellent taste"

she laughed an walked into his embrace kissing him then smiling "I cant stay all day much as I want to lover we need to make this quick so I can shower an get dressed alright so breed your tasty mate an lets get going"

"all the others will know love your incredibly strong fertile smell is putting Brenda to shame" smiling an licking his nose

she laughed "I know an I planned for that Trisha is going to tell Takashima that your clearly feeling much better and your taking very good care of me so she gets on his favored list again"

he smiled "well alright then my love quick it is then" he gently caressed her hips an she sighed relaxing bending over the end of the bed. nose on her rear he licked an felt the fertile signals roll like lightening over his nervous system getting immediate results

he carefully leaned over her hands on her hips as she sighed body warming to his touch an he slowly slipped in an after a quick moment her moaning softly he snorted hard fluffing her hair around the sides of her head

he smiled an got her shower started coming back out she was still bent over so tempted as he was to do things again he behaved an carried her in an put her in the water she sputtered a bit an blinked looking at him

"all done, nice an quick I was good just one time though it was mighty tempting to do a little more too your taste is" he shivered in pleasure fur fluffing up a bit "really something an your seriously sexy love" smiling sweetly at her he got the wash cloth an soap lathering it up for her

"uh well thank you lover um.. " she reached down an checked an nodded a bit "yep I'm all sticky alright"

"um I did it wrong, didn’t I" sitting down looking at her as she washed his guilty face was clear he hadn't thought that through enough

"just a little lover, but that’s my fault too I did say make it quick, next time lover id like to enjoy it too okay" bopping him on the nose with the soapy cloth washing her breasts an then belly she smiled as he put his arms around her and nuzzled her stomach in the shower water

"I don’t deserve you Sara, I don’t"

she rubbed his wet head "well I say you do, now let me finish I've got some serious calls to make today"

he moved an let her finish setting out some nice clothes for her she came out drying off

"ah now see that’s exactly what I needed" kissing him an getting dressed "now I want you to get breakfast for us an bring it up to the office alright? Then exercise a bit keep your back healing up do you need any pain meds?"

"no love I'm good" smiling at her

"ok excellent, now Takashima is likely to dump you into the bodyguard training soon as he gets word you’re a lot better but after you’ve clearly bred me, so take advantage of the time were not happily busy alright lover get ready for the tower"

"but alone?"

"there are advantages to being the facility supervisors HBED Bully Toro, you just do as I told you" smiling "any trouble come tell me"

"alright anyone look into the handlers weapons yet?"

"no not yet but I think Joe put Fopp on it the black op former marine special agent spy guy"

"I might go check an see if he's done it yet"

she hugged an kissed him "then by all means lover"

she walked out an Trisha came trotting up an went wide eyed and sneezed shifting sideways a bit looking surprised at her "goodness Sara"

Sara smiled still walking for the offices "I see you noticed, good, I want you to tell Takashima when you get a chance later alright, this should get you in good with him again an that will make it easier for you to come with us to be a body guard"

"you want him to know your literally screaming fertile an clearly bred by William already, you an him been mating willingly?"

"yep, so tell him exactly that, an yes between you an me I'm ready an it makes Takashima once again think he's getting something he wants which he isn't"

"ahh alright then, Takashima did demand it of all the AA to report it soon as we found out"

"we know dear, we know" smiling with a wink

Bill took a few moments to get Garret on the tablet

"hey Bill from what our spotters say you an the HBED's are getting some serious training done"

"yes finally, I got the right meds my back healed up a hell of a lot faster, listen garret can I ask for a moment private to talk to you?"

"sure give me just a second" he walked out of frame the camera changed an a moment later came back in a smaller office sitting down at a desk "what's up?"

"the jeweler she still has that medal don’t she?"

"far as I know"

"can you ask her to mill the back to get enough gold to pay for a ring please"

"a ring.. for who?"

"Sara, I want her to have a ring, I may never be able to marry her like other couples, but last night she became fertile an wants to conceive as my mate… I want her to know I'm serious as well, that I want her happy that I love her more than life.. an you know…"

"well.. alright that’s a first for me getting a wedding set for a mixed couple"

"oh no not for me, she had something planned for me I think an ornate nose ring or something but I want her to have one from me. Please Garret this is personal an means a lot to me" looking quite worried

"alright, alright ill help" he smiled "got anything specific in mind"

"yes I do!, gold ring with a platinum filigree inlaid around it medium width with three special bits of platinum or white gold on the inside of the band a bull a heart an the infinity loop inlaid into the band she's a size nine ring finger"

he smiled an drew it out in rough form on the tablet for him clearly pleased he'd given this a lot of thought

"that’s certainly custom.. an I will admit far sweeter sentiment than what I gave my wife"

"you can always improve it Garret" smiling

"well if she were still my wife, we separated she didn’t like to play much after we got rings"

"oh ..I'm sorry I didn’t know"

"its okay Bill, alright ill get right on this I needed to go check on the people at the mall see how things are going for them"

"thank you Garret I appreciate it"

getting to the kitchen after cleaning up Betty asked him to come over where there were no cameras for the carry basket

he could tell just by look she was worried smell confirmed it "what's wrong Betty? Another loyalist?"

"its my granddaughter honey her mom just called they found her car still parked where she had it for work an her keys were found in the street a few feet away purse as well"

"where"

" 'naulins"

he started thinking quickly no tower in New Orleans nearest would be Houston Takashima would send out teams that far an have them ship the people to Houston for conversion via trucks "how long?"

"about 4 hours ago oh hon please tell me you can help"

"I can try, let me go, have someone deliver Sara's breakfast while I get with Garret there still may be a chance"

"alright" her eyes already clouded with tears

he calmly but quickly got back to his cabin getting Garret on the line explaining quickly about the issue

"now ill lay you odds they collect them in one place an load them into trucks headed for Houston there's only two maybe three roads they'd use to get them there if you stop all the Takashima trucks"

"we might be able to save a lot of people an capture some AA's as well I'm on it"

Bill sat there watching as they ran FBI agents an borrowed Texas rangers to the border with Louisiana Garret wanted names of Betty's other kin so they could be pulled to safety which he asked Tim to get via message note

Various camera feeds showed the Texas DPS officers pulling over a dozen Takashima trucks their drivers instantly arrested cell phones smashed agents got in an drove the trucks as they caught them to a secure location an old warehouse just off the interstate

A Ranger asked what the hell was going on an FBI agent looked at them "just be ready with those shotguns stay behind the cars" the loading of weapons sounded across the metal walls the doors closed an agent got on the loudspeaker

"AA this is the FBI an Texas rangers come out with your hands up or we will force you out"

"Garret the trucks will have GPS tracking you don’t have time to screw around an wait for a protracted stand off Takashima will likely send out an AA assault team to get back the contents of those trucks"

he nodded an relayed that to the agents on site one of the officers volunteered to go in an open the roll up doors

he moved over gun held at the ready one of the rangers looked up at the snipers in the roof beams lasers aimed on the doors "good Christ almighty what's in these trucks"

"monsters Ranger, big fast monsters"

the cameras started to flicker as did radio cars engines faltered "Garret! They caught AA's!"

"damn straight they did!"

the door on the fourth truck burst off the back an they Howled leaping into a rain of shot gun blasts 306 rifle rounds the sharp cracks of a group of magnums and the rapid pops of 10 mm silenced the howl only wounded snarls as a few tried to keep moving

the Rangers were clearly stunned "all of you reload NOW" came from an FBI agent they did quickly watching as several got up slowly clearly chewed up by the rain of lead

"Garret can you put me on through the pa?"

"yeah hold on but why"

"just do it" snorting at the screen

"done" the speakers on the federal truck clicked on

"HBED AA stop where you are, don’t give your life for Takashima an his plans he does NOT care if you live or die! the Rangers an FBI will send you to your grave an nothing you can do will stop that If you attack them"

all of their ears swung around at his voice, two more truck doors rolled up a bit AA noses an teeth evident

"you will listen to me AA I am 1A!. Takashima is not god he isn't perfect nor infallible you are his pawns to be sacrificed in the cannons of the war to come" he bellowed an snorted "your fight is over! surrender! NOW"

the echo of his bellow echoed for a moment in a warehouse a thousand miles away an the AA held their hands up

"don’t fire we surrender" came from one in a truck as the door rolled up nearly two dozen AA knelt down hands on their heads noses to the wall of the warehouse as FBI administered sedatives an restraints steel manacles with huge chains

the wounded were helped the dead were moved out of the way

Garret looked at Bill an nodded "how did you know they would surrender Bill?" it echoed in the warehouse the circuit still on

One of the male AA turned his head snarling "William Morin?!" he snarled trying to fight the restraints a shot gun was pumped right behind his head an he froze still snarling his brown an gray body fur standing on end

Garret cursed an went to turn it off

"no leave it Garret, yes I was once known as William Morin but now I am 221AB1A Takashima's champion HBED bull who are you? Doug? Bobby?"

he snarled at the last name "you god damn traitor!"

"traitor?! Bobby you damn fool! you walked willingly into the machine to become a HBED I was actually worried about you! Just gone missing!

I was dropped into the pit an left to be an animal only a twist of luck did I escape the chip which most of you have in your heads as well ready to kill you for failure or turn you into a weapon to slaughter humans DID you even ask or care that Takashima had converted me an murdered Mark!… no you didn’t did you

I didn’t ask for it! Takashima betrayed ME, he's the traitor blame him for this an the war to come. I just saved your lives because your genetically hardwired to obey any 1A now behave yourselves an the feds will take care of you decently an with respect be stupid an you can be caged like an animal"

He sighed Garret killed the connection "sorry about that Bill"

"no, you now know that one that’s Bobby ray Ryan also a guard at Houston's tower"

"reported missing"

"of course"

they watched together as the trucks were opened an inside the others were racks of people nude sedated sedative patches under the arms absorbed through the skin kept them asleep those were peeled off an a bus was brought to get them out of there quickly

cameras were left in the warehouse with the empty trucks as were tracking units the feds could use. the dead AA were taken away via truck nothing but blood an the broken door were on the floor an the tossed sedative patches

"how long do you think Bill"

"not long, Takashima knows where the trucks are. what time is it there"

"about noon" a door opened in the back of the warehouse with a loud ping of its dead bolt snapping "an hello there… we've found out a bit of lead shielding around the cameras helps to block the stealth units effects it still fuzzes out an sound becomes broken but things can still work"

"there in the shadows.. holy shit" his hair around his neck stood up at the sight of that predator

a big body black as night led a group of much smaller AA. those moved through the shadows clearly much better prepared for a fight some had weapons eyes an noses searching seeing the trucks they moved forward carefully in assault team tactics

"what the hell is that Bill" Garret had an edge of fear in his voice

"triple A, an ill bet I know who too"

"who? Jesus that's a big wolf"

"the mother fucker who hit me with a steel door to stop me escaping the hunters night I was taken.. Kenneth Robinson Takashima's right hand in the Houston tower he's finally been converted damn I wish I could tell him how dead he's gona be" Bill snorted an growled his muscles going tight an feeling the rage boil

"easy big guy chill the bull"

"cant help it" snorting steam

"I know just easy alright"

the AA came out of the shadows all wearing custom Kevlar an ceramic plate armor helmets an arm guards clearly combat armor meant for going into gunfire

"how many, details now" came from Ken the sound crackled a bit but it was absolutely him he walked around the AA's circling sniffing an looking one went up into each truck

Ken was built like Bill massive muscles everything bigger an over built his teeth were nearly 3 to four inches long as he snarled a bit looking at the blood on the floor then the bullet holes in the one truck his fur was mostly obscured by the armor an helmet

"smells like several dozen humans most are male, leather, shoe polish, fear, gun oil various grades of gunpowder got a 10mm casing over here" black an silver male lifting one up on its claw

"I have federal fuel smell here" a female gray said from where the federal SUV had been parked

"Texas Department of public safety" picking up an empty shotgun shell "they like their shotguns" came from another

Garret was making notes an everyone in the command center were working their screens showing analysis an details going

"all of the humans have been taken an set free they didn’t wait for them to recover likely loaded them into a bus from the diesel exhaust in here our trucks are propane" came from one in a truck tossing out a used sedative patch

"I've got least 5 AA dead or severely wounded they moved the bodies while they unloaded the conversion lines supplies they lined the others along the wall here" still sniffing "one got seriously pissed the others were calm strangely enough"

another female sniffing the air an floor along the wall turned to Ken "bound them in metal chains scrapes all along here in the dust not much of a fight they should have gotten some of the humans"

"Bobby getting mad he screwed up again damn him, even an easy job catching humans an guarding the cargo" he got quiet an gestured all of the AA stopped an went motionless slowly looking around

Ken looked around slowly, something had triggered him he turned his head up an around "cameras were being watched get them now!" a dozen snarls came from all over the warehouse

The cameras were all soon lost Garret just shook his head "damn"

"we start fighting for you Garret your going to have to step up an give the HBED's the best we aren't ready for that"

"agreed, ill take this to the military lets see what they can identify"

"I've seen our troops wearing those type of protection Garret, bullet blocking ceramics metals the Kevlar an other materials to protect against stabbing weapons an small caliber rounds the ceramics are for the big stuff"

"but those are"

"military grade yeah" Bill wagged his ear "means they have a manufacturer in Takashima's corner doing armor for AA's so now an add on to the harnesses due to this each to have a K-bar knife a tactical tomahawk or even a damn fire axe which the points goes right through Kevlar reinforced helmets with a handle HBED can use, might want to look into stainless or titanium mesh to stop claws an teeth as well"

"son of a… damn traitors… alright Bill ill have them ready" he got a page from an agent "tell Betty her granddaughter is safe scared half out of her wits but safe"

Bill sighed knowing how many people they didn’t save today though "small victories I guess, ill go let her know talk at you later Garret"

"alright an yes small victories they do count! The intel we just gained is priceless watch yourself Bill"

he wagged his ear an turned it off he went an told Betty getting lunch for him an Sara Betty hugged him crying into his neck petting him murmuring thanks a dozen times at him

"Betty that’s why were fighting I'm just glad we could catch the trucks in time I remembered they used to get deliveries all around noon those would have to have come from some distance away as the others all arrived in the morning"

"William honey you just name it an ill cook it for you anytime anything" smiling "just you let me know"

"ill take you up on that in a few days I have to ask Sara what her favorite food is"

"well you just let me know! Thank you hon oh thank you"

he became happy HBED heading up for the office complex carrying lunch he walked in carefully wiping his feet an then walking along carefully his size could easily put a hole in a wall just from a misstep

he looked into Sara's office "runch rmadam" she looked up an had clearly been worrying but smiled

"ahh there you are my Bully Toro!, did you need more rest after all that exercise yesterday? Did I have you out working too soon?" she winked as she came around the desk an took the carry basket from him

"ray ritttle rmadam" "just a little? Well alright I admit I was a bit sore this morning for some reason as well I slept well enough though ahh good Betty remembered"

a note had been written inside the cover 'Bully was helping my family, Betty' she set it aside an wiggled her fingers "ahh a big yummy salad get yours Bully an come sit down eat"

"rahnk rou rmadam" smiling as he had a huge bowl of the same mixed with HBED chow an honey chicken strips he sat down behind her as she crunched

she turned an rubbed her bare feet on his thighs "I am so glad your feeling better my Bully Toro its such a huge weight off my mind.

Well once your done eating I want you to go get some more exercise I don’t want your back to stiffen up on you that would just make you hurt again father says I need to get Justin here to groom everyone what do you think about that?"

He smiled munching "rustin rhappy rman rlike rilliam"

She leaned back laughing "yes Justin would be a very happy man to see you again though I doubt you'd understand why, lets give him a call huh we have several requests for photos an advertisements from new providers id definitely need to get you cleaned up now who to take ahh yes why not our champions yes…that’s it"

She dialed the phone an relaxed back Bill stopped eating an went to rubbing her feet "mmmh that’s really good Bully thank you"

"Bully? Why Sara dear! Is he taking care of you" Justin laughed on his end of the phone

she laughed an smiled "not that way you incorrigible wizard Justin I need to get several more HBED groomed to god like stature are you recovered sufficiently to create such wonders again?"

"OH to be near my.. the! Dear William I could soldier through such a mighty effort how is the dear"

she chuckled "he's much better but his back fur is patchy a lot has been ground off but its coming back he's gona have a spotted pattern an its still healing a bit but I have a huge list of pictures an appointments for him I need him to be the HBED god again"

"Well! I can perform magic an make him look wonderful again ahh I do feel sorry for him he is such a sweet dear to work on to be hurt like that Tisk!"

"I know he looked an smelled so superbly wonderful I know you wanted to borrow him so many times I thought I was going to have to tie him down to keep him safe"

Justin laughed brightly "an I nearly got him too muhahaha" laughing in an evil voice which made her giggle

"no your not an evil villain Justin though the voice acting was excellent, so can we say tomorrow? Another six two more of the champions…" she dangled that out there

"two more like William? Impossible! They simply can not be, such gods are only by my hand!" laughing "tomorrow is excellent Sara honey bring them id be happy to work my magic's"

"id also like to propose a "

"propose! oh honey! your lovely an all but William! Now he I would marry instantly an be a slave to his every want"

she sighed an laughed shaking her head "ill talk to you tomorrow then you incorrigible man" hanging up "yes William Justin is a very happy man…" laughing a bit relaxing back as Bill worked her feet

that night he told Sara what had gone on and she relaxed on him as he laid back on his bed they'd already enjoyed themselves, being ready for sleep an enjoying being together

she sighed seeing the size of the triple A "monster nightmare monster"

Garret on the tablet was turned away so all he could see of them was Bills hip an tail occasionally her hand as he was looking along Bills side

"sure is, he likely tips the scales just a few pounds shy of you Bill massive wolf all muscle"

"1A built for command an leading all other HBED right up an into combat, Ken is seriously smart too Garret an likely is working out one of those humans they captured is connected to this interception and will eventually make the connection to Betty here" Bill said with a flourish of his tail to tease Sara's butt she giggled

"well lets hope its not too quickly" he chuckled "you two no shame at all"

"sorry HBED's cant be ashamed they can smell everything so there are few secrets with them" Sara said Biting Bill in the neck as he chuckled as she growled a bit then kissed him

"hell Garret HBED's in hospitals could help with faster diagnosis of a lot of issues their noses are so sensitive we had one of the pregnant ladies here she developed an issue with not eating enough very low blood sugars her partner smelled it an got her to eating more all from sense of smell kept her from having serious issues an hurting the baby"

"yeah we've been taking notes on that, HBED's might indeed turn out to be a great thing but that damn Takashima an his other plans"

"well what is the government going to do once the threat is gone? I actually gave that serious thought a bit ago what the hell am I going to do with my life after Takashima I'm not exactly cut out for security guard work anymore fast food is kinda out of the question"

Garret chuckled "trust us Bill you wont go unemployed"

"yeah how would you go about getting my unemployment benefits from Takashima I doubt he'd give me a penny" Sara an Garret both laughed "unfair termination the bastard better not say the conversion was my severance package"

that got a lot of laughs from the agents there he chuckled

the trip in was just as fun as the first this time Sophia an Rick were along with Trisha and Kim the AA's they brought along the always quiet secret ops AE elk type he'd gave his name as Fopp

Bill wondered about him he said he had taken care of the guns the handlers kept in their main office but couldn’t get into the security building just too many alert people and AA to slip by

Trisha looked at him new to finger writing she was a bit hard to read at times she clearly wanted to keep Fopp from seeing 'so he's like a spy?'

'secret ops spy Trish but yeah told us the guns have been fixed they wont fire so the handlers are impotent when we need to evacuate said he even messed up their tranquilizer guns too'

'that’s good, the security officers will be enough trouble to take care of'

'well Agent Garret can help make sure to tell him what the inside of the security building is like he can likely find a way to get them out of the equation'

Fopp though Bill could tell like all HBED could see the finger writing he just didn’t say anything

'Fopp you know part of this is the playing along being photographed for advertisements you will have to try an have some fun or the shots will be messed up' Bill finger wrote to him

'I know that' he blinked looking right at Bill

'then try to relax an have a bit of fun huh we have more than enough pain an trouble coming'

'I know that as well, don’t concern yourself with me William I usually work alone. this group herd mentality that’s been created into me is counter to all my life work but I'm working around it'

'we thank you for being with us Fopp'

he blinked tilted his head 'thank you for helping set me free of the chip'

'your quite welcome, I wont push to ask your full name or who you worked for you'd have to lie anyhow what's the use asking'

he wagged the ear which couldn’t be seen by the others just once an turned to look out side the truck again.

Garret was clueless to who Fopp was an was just as curious to meet him too

he'd gotten a calls from the CIA an then NSA the moment the name was mentioned on the satellite connection showing they were clearly listening in as well. the note simply said to tell Fopp 'Higgins' when told that Fopp requested to join them next trip in Sara said how very cloak an dagger this was becoming

they did the whole walking show from the truck to Justin's shop marching in a line an he welcomed them in with all the fanfare he could being very dramatically loud about Bill again

the moment the doors closed an the blinds were closed he hugged Bill screaming into a beret he'd been flourishing around "OH my GOD just look at that, what did they do to you!" he was flinching away from each spot as he looked down Bill's back

"thirty foot fall onto gravel" Sara said from a chair "can you make it look pretty Justin?"

"oh honey that …I will do my best" sighing an shaking his head "dear, dear me"

Bill noted Fopp walked in the back with Garret the swinging doors showing no less than a dozen suits an ties some with the dark shades the other HBED's caught that as well

Bill gently held Justin an shifted him quickly to the side as the smell of fear anger an mad HBED came from the back it was fast for an argument to suddenly develop without a word Sophia an Trisha were right next to him as he burst through the doors

Fopp had the bitch agent Brown pinned to the floor an all the agents had their guns drawn on him his eyes were on her

agents turned an went to aim at them instantly instinctive motions came an they were disarmed an held others got guns leveled on them as well as Fopp

An silence dominated the scene Sara looked an whispered a soft "oh crap" ducking back as Bill shoved her back to safety with his tail

"okay" Garret said from beside Bill holding his gun at the ready "lets get this cleared up slow an calm we don’t need the OK corral"

"that would help the two I have in hand an the others in Sophia's grip Trisha?"

"I'm good these boys are being good what the hell is this"

"id say a bit of agency issues with a mole or double agent" Sophia said holding her pair of agents firmly

"I told you not to worry about me William" he snorted at Brown who gagged an gasped for air

"too bad Fopp or whatever your name is your HBED now that makes you my worry. Were all together in this…an I don’t particularly like agent pain the ass Brown there but she don’t strike me as much loved by you either"

"she's a god damn traitor! she gave me to Takashima instead of extracting me"

"you were in there too deep! I couldn’t get you out Takashima would have been able to compromise half of the east Asia monitoring systems"

"an so you told him I was the spy in his office here in LA to cover a system that was lost anyhow because YOU had a mole an were taking HIM to bed! you know what! I should put your skinny cunt into the god damn HBED processing system an let you see what its like! Least you could have done was give me a chance to take my own life than suffer this fate"

"alright that’s enough Fopp" Bill let go of the agents he had "let her go now"

he shook a bit an then let her go "damn it William using that 1A voice on me" getting off her "she's a traitor she will ruin everything"

"Agent Brown would you like to tell me your side of this.. now"

she got up glaring at Fopp "no I would not"

"then id say in the interests of keeping my own ass alive and the hundreds of free HBED's you need to die, like anyone who works for Takashima, so last chance to do as I tell you so I can tell if you’re a liar or not"

he looked around at the agents recovering their guns "an gentlemen those hand guns would only make us mad were designed to take on troops at point blank range with major firepower an beat the snot out of them you would only be an annoyance put the guns away"

Garret was clearly glaring, his own people who were confused as to what to do "take her into custody till we can confirm she's not a Takashima sympathizer or worse"

"that’s simple Garret tell her to talk, or let us talk to her. we can tell instantly if she's lying her body cant deceive us"

Garret sighed an shook his head "no I cant do that much as I personally would like too what if she could make her body smell okay?"

"I haven't met anyone who can control their body that well" Bill crouched down onto his haunches glaring at her "agent Brown you are accused of being a traitor you’re a risk to the entire operation what would you do?"

she fixed her suit seeing a sleeve was torn she exhaled hard "id do exactly as you are now anything less would be stupid"

Bill looked at Garret who gestured go ahead he looked back at her he put his hands on his knees Sophia kept an eye on the other CIA agents the NSA seemed to be content with Garret's choice

"agent Brown have you or are you involved with Takashima in any way"

she blinked but did not speak trying to look calm an collected but her body answered for her, fear an yet colored with resentment an sadness

"you have"

she blinked "no" a lie

"yes an the lie you just told us confirmed that" Bill stood and walked towards her "I have killed AA's far stronger an larger than you I crushed a mans spine, you take that gun out an defend yourself traitor"

she backed away till she hit the wall an for the first time she showed fear he smacked his hands on the wall above her an bellowed down at her

"alright! please! Ill talk!"

he snorted over her "then talk why are you afraid of Takashima"

"he has, my son.. the mole gave him my son"

"what did you have to do for him"

"I had to turn a blind eye to the mole, an what he was doing. but then the HBED scandal came an I couldn’t let that pass Takashima told me to find out what was going on, who knew, who was the FBI's source! its taken everything I had to keep it from him I want to save my son!" her anger an fear clean an genuine she glared at him

"that’s why I was trying to goad you last time I wanted you to kill me! Stop me from telling him anything! The bastard makes my son cry on the phone! Just to prove how much power he has over me!"

Bill turned away walking back over to the others "if you deserved killing id done it, at this point you don’t have many choices Agent Brown"

She pulled her weapon "maybe if I kill you! he will give him back to me!" her fear jumped into terror levels everyone went for their weapons but she never took the safety off an her hand was trembling

"everyone stop, she's wanting death by cop, no agent Brown you'll not get that or any other escape, this is the nightmare we all share. now you can use that on yourself or me or anyone but it wont save your son. Takashima has never! kept a promise… I'm sorry" walking back out front

Sara hugged him as he knelt down he gave her a nuzzle an kiss to the neck Justin started trying to clean up the mess he had become the others came out an let their grooming an surgery start for the stealth units

Garret and two others came out one had taken his shades off "Mr. Morin I'm special agent Grid with the CIA this is special agent Lewis with the NSA"

"Gentlemen"

"agent Brown will be taken care of she's clearly been under a lot of strain we don’t believe that this operation has been compromised as of yet but clearly Takashima knows someone is clearly figuring out his plans an are getting that info to the authorities" agent Grid hooked his thumbs in his belt

"we believe that your tower operation is far too big a risk, we want you to forgo going in with your team" agent Lewis pulled out several documents "we have orders to take you into protective custody for the future prosecution of Takashima an his lieutenants"

Fopp scoffed "HBED crap William don’t listen to them"

Sophia wagged both ears as did Rick

"Gentlemen I am the only one of thousands of HBED's who knows the inside of the Houston tower better than Takashima himself, I know every corner in six years of walking its halls I can tell you which floor tiles pop when walked on where the new guards always go to take stolen moments of sleep on the clock

which valuable picture was repaired with packing tape an glue when an office worker tossed a coffee mug at another. your asking me to let others do what I myself need to do, no that would be worse than betraying them it would be abandoning them

I could never do that, if it were not for the others none of this would be possible HBED's stand together! we don’t ever surrender we don’t ever stop till Takashima is done!"

the AA's howled as Rick bleated and an Fopp bugled his whistling challenge the humans most cringed the agents were clearly not happy about this

"an you have forgotten one important fact gentlemen I am not a man anymore, human laws do not apply to beasts of burden slaves or even indentured servants

I am a HBED… my owner is human, an once we have struck the first serious blow I will go with her into protective custody to wait for the day that HBED's are made people so that my testimony will be valid in a human court of law"

He sat up folding his arms wrapping his tail around himself

"till then I fail to see where my hiding will bring the same results as my being out an working against Takashima I'm sorry gentlemen"

they shook their heads looking to Sara she just shook her head leaning on Bill a bit

"we need to do this not only to get the data on the HBED's but also to get the backdoor into Takashima's computers only then will you an the others who were supposed to keep this from happening be able to put up a fight against him

he's gotten too far an he knows the rules you have to play by. only the ones he thinks are now taken out of play can effectively open the door for you. stop making it more difficult for them isn't it bad enough that they have lost their humanity, lost their families, lost the lives they once had for a fight that none of them wanted?

Would you do was well as they have? Or would you have gotten caught within moments of being free of the chip that enslaves them makes them less than human in human eyes

in my eyes that very thing brings out an amplifies the very best in them out shining the courage any human could ever show because Takashima knows they! Are the ones he couldn’t control he couldn’t stop the rage they have building that will eventually come an consume him

I chose my path an that is beside my William, he plans on taking the war to Takashima an I will do my part I cant do any less they are risking their lives for everyone I can risk mine too"

the agents sighed an walked out promising as much help as they could get to them they would get the harnesses fixed with armor added on to keep them safer the helmets fitted to their heads on the airline flight to Houston

their grooming went peacefully after that, Justin did what he could to disguise the wounds he'd suffered the picture taking went a bit differently as the photographers did their very best to hide his back with clever posing an using the others even using airbrushing to fix the spots needed

they were then taken to an even more affluent area of LA near Hollywood where he got to pose with the most beautiful car he'd ever seen. the manufacturers charging Bull logo fit him all to well they put fake horns on him for those shots an they fit him all too well an he proudly showed them an himself off

seeing him Sara's scent went from fertile an ready to hot damn that's my Male! in less time than the car could move 0 to 60 in a race

the dealership owners were trying to figure out how to get a really spectacular final set of shots Sara said off hand why not have William lift the car up

they went silent looking at her "could he do that?" "is he that strong?"

"well this awesome car isn't that heavy is it?"

"no in fact this model is the lightest an fastest car currently on the market"

"if your willing to risk it I can ask him to try of course if it slips…he is only HBED but the picture it would make"

they talked to each other for a moment then nodded agreeing to the risk

Sara went over to him having him crouch down whispering "do you think you can do that so soon after the injury? If not then we'll just have to pass on it"

"ri rcan rtry" smiling "rfor rou rand you alone my love"

he walked over to the car its brilliant red paint showing his reflection the horns in that reflection brought on a deeper sense of the huge strength he held in check constantly just so he wouldn’t hurt anyone even when he'd been human always afraid of hurting others the horns also brought up something new

Pride

pure powerful pride in what he had become. He was a HBED bull of immense power an he had his mind to direct it

no more god damn it NO MORE holding back!

He reached under the edge of the car an with a snort and a bovine bull bellow echoing around the area the cameras started flashing as he heaved it up planted his feet wide an it lifted moving his hand holds carefully to center it he bellowed snorting steam as he lifted it high with unmatchable pride

Sophia Rick Topp Trisha an Kim all called out to him shouting HBED pride in a language no human could ever understand he bellowed again feeling the hormones surge like never before

The shots of him lifting the car went world wide within moments and as he was setting it down carefully the dealership owners were getting calls from the manufacturer wanting bigger better shots than what they were getting on the net

He sat down as Sara checked him over whispering "good god lover that was impressive"

He snorted softly at her licking his nose slowly looking into her eyes his narrowed

She shivered an giggled "sshhh don’t do that makes me all quivery inside" he grinned no more holding back

giving him a mineral tablet she watched as he played with it a bit on his tongue rolling it around sucking gently cupping in a fold she felt her body shiver an his grin only got bigger

he was doing it on purpose! And the wetness that she felt made him raise his eye brow an put his nose against her belly affectionately

She petted an rubbed his head "your mean lover you know that’s going to leave me hot an bothered" she whispered to his head

"then your mate will tend to that when we get home wont I" he whispered breathing hot air down her front enjoying the sexual heat scents he'd caused her with her already highly fertile smells it just made such a delicious reward for the car lifting

with all the people talking cameras still clicking by the media people cheering for the HBED's no one but her heard him say how much he loved her

Sophia smiled seeing Sara being affectionate but then something was going on between them Sara's sexual scents went skyrocketing 'whoa Sara just got seriously exited'

Rick wiggled his ear fingering carefully 'those two barely keep their lovemaking private I think he enjoys making her hot an bothered'

'he's a bull Rick they do things quickly he knows that so he gets her charged up so that she's satisfied too'

Kim actually giggled a bit they watched around a bit she fingered 'oops, um I think he's doing that right now wow she's fertile'

Trisha was keeping up her security roll wearing her harness but being groomed had left her feeling quite proud an beautiful she was walking past an caught the scents an sneezed hard which made the others stifle laughs as she looked at Sara then them blinking in shock

Sara smiled as he stood up people cheering "he's just getting a reward an enjoying some well deserved affectionate petting did he do awesomely or what?!" looking to the crowd they all yelled an cheered "take a bow William dear"

He bowed deeply to them

"alright Bully Toro take a break"

he sat down licking his nose the others all coughed wagging an ear faces proudly held forward but their grins were all too telling

Kim was led out her snow white fur an rather shapely figure made her indeed the most beautiful werewolf they had her laying along the hood moving in another car in black

Sara was clapping just out in front of him an the others cheering her on

Sophia nudged Bill 'that was really quite amazing'

'I didn’t hold anything back for once'

'well whatever you did Sara certainly enjoyed it' her eye brow twitched in knowing amusement

he licked his nose 'yeah an I'm not ashamed to say, I enjoyed her enjoyment too'

she smiled 'such a mean bully now she has to wait till we go home'

'anticipation it makes the prize all the more deliciously sweet' he Mooed softly

she whickered laughing only the HBED's knew she was laughing Bill smiled an Mooed encouragement loudly at Kim who howled in response that got a lot of camera flashes people cheering as well

Sophia recovered smiling happily 'you an Sara are such an awesome pair'

'thank you' he smiled clearly proud

he was given some water by Sara an called back out to pose with Kim

Rick fingered 'they really are something else'

Sophia smiled 'love it comes sometimes in the strangest ways but theirs is the kind that binds them to each other they would never be happy with anyone else I've seen pictures of him as a human nothing impressive no one ever looked past those glasses he wore to see within'

'so he was like this as a human?'

'probably, lost hope of ever finding a lady who would give him a chance to show her what he was inside, did you know she's his first lover

the breeding thing in the pens don’t count that was breeding a female because that’s what a chipped male would do sex plain an simple'

Rick wagged an ear

'if something were to happen to either one the other would be devastated it would destroy them' she blinked thinking of that potential horror

they got to enjoy a huge lunch on the dealerships tab an then went to tour the malls in the area where they had more advertising opportunities always making a huge scene attracting huge numbers of people

then they made a stop at the first mall where they were helping out the numerous other stores that wanted them

the jeweler came up near him an Sara "Sara! I'm so sorry this took so long I got swamped with work not complaining at all though" handing her a cloth wrapped bundle

"oh that’s alright!" Sara unwrapped the silk cloth from the custom nose ring smiling as she examined it

she held her hand open to him behind her back there gleamed the ring! He gently an quickly plucked it from her hand she whispered softly

"size nine, I sent a note to Garret about it and the medal I hope its right it was fun to make thank you William" he wiggled his ear with a smile slipping the ring into the band of his leather kilt a small pocket there in the material

Sara walked over "this is yours My Bully Toro from me" she rotated it a bit an fitted it into his nose where it hung gleaming his name, and the ornate roses all in bright blue enamel the green vines making the scrollwork it was flatter along the front round as it went into his nose the polished ends resting against the large part of his nose on the inside

He wiggled his nose an it moved then his lip, licking he couldn’t reach his nose fully anymore "reeals rrodd rmadam"

She giggled "yes I know, its okay it looks awesome on you"

The other trainers looked at it an liked it smiling an complementing the jeweler on her skill and the design

the jeweler gave her the medal back it was significantly thinner which Sara liked she put it back on his collar if Takashima asked she'd had some scratches polished off

the visit made even more business want them for advertising they were given accessories like carry bags clothes which were quite nice the food was very welcome as all the showing off was tiring after a bit

custom HBED beds were really nice the support was excellent Bill relaxed on a black an gold satin extra large one laying stretched out on his side looking sexy intentionally for Sara pictures were taken the others got to try out other bed styles

Kim and her white fur she got the blood red silky satin she looked so hot people watching catcalled a lot

even Trisha in her security harness got to relax on a comfortable corduroy covered one

"this is remarkably comfortable sir"

the store owner smiled at her then Sara "then its yours we've been making sales across the country via the net to owners an with these pictures we expect to triple that"

Trisha got up "I cant accept, I'm sorry sir"

Sara sighed "an if the facility supervisor says you do?"

She blinked an smiled "then I guess I would say thank you sir" bowing her head to him with a smile her tail wagging

They carried their loot out to the truck marching out waving good bye to all the people business cards being handed out by the dozens Kim again howling but Trisha added to it the final call good bye was Fopp bugling loudly

Bill sighed the car lift only now was telling on his muscles arms a bit sore his left foot he wiggled the halves stretching a bit Trisha was putting her new brush to use tending to her tail a bit

The others even Fopp were fingering quite animatedly smiling an laughing he noted Sara opening her Cell in front someone opened the rear window letting her conversation come to the back

"yes sir were just about to pass the tower now, all right ill come right in, we do have just enough room for a small HBED but with three of the 1A its pretty full, yes sir it was incredible to see in person he has really healed up awesomely an you should have seen the crowd and they look simply stunning! Yes sir turning now"

she drove off the freeway an headed for the light the window was closed everyone looked at him

'so he wants us to pickup a special HBED we are just HBED too' they all wagged an ear

they drove in an parked near the loading docks as Sara got out Sophia's handler opened the gate "come on out all of you Father wants to see you all polished up"

they were guided around to the same side he stood proudly behind Sara the others all lined up beside him Trisha loped over an sat down next to him behind Sara

a group of ten AA's marched out an took up spots around the area in defense, only then did Takashima come out walking along with a slender red haired Vixen! Her tail though looked terrible

He stopped her there an looked over the HBED's before him as they all bowed their noses to the ground he smiled "stand my children stand let me look at you all, indeed gods an goddesses made from the very soil of the earth"

They did each proud fur gleaming muscles rippling

"an even you got groomed as well Trisha very lovely quite suitable to be seen protecting Sara in public" he walked over an petted her

"thank you father" she bowed her head again

he walked along behind them stopping behind William "ahh this is such a shame your pelt will be severely spotted now William but I am very happy your feeling better" Bill crouched down at his gesture looking at the nose ring "an this Sara, very nice it complements him an the medal as well"

"yes sir thank you"

"yes most impressive simply spectacular group" walking along he let his fingers slide through Sophia's tail then the softness of Kim's fur he admired Rick feeling his curving polished horns a bit then tugging a bit on Fopp's growing rack "really very impressive Sara were you able to get Justin to work for us under contract?"

walking over to her

"well he's willing to come to the facility to groom twice a week, an will do it reasonably if we want more we will have to go to him, I did get a set rate per HBED type the AA and AD are a bit more due to their pelts an I have to agree the amount of time spent on Zeus was twice as long"

he nodded "quite the independent sort he is then, well that’s good I'm glad we got that, I did notice his skillful attempt at concealing Williams injuries yes quite the skilled artist Now I'm sure your curious as to this lovely female this is EX01"

"I am sir, may I?"

he smiled "of course please by all means, it is an idea I had, an she is experimental at the extreme I asked you to stop on the way back so you could take her to be trained by Frank" walking over with Sara he turned a bit "Sara is safe with me William never fear"

Sara looked "I was about to say he's been behaving himself a lot better but is quite insistent to stay near me past few days"

Takashima smiled knowingly "he sees himself as your HBED being protective an ready at your side is not surprising at all that is our William completely"

"it is him" smiling

Bill thought yeah you HBED clone son of a bitch you know she's fertile right now your testing the HBED Bull now.

An just to do that Takashima reached for Sara's rear Bill snorted licking at his nose again Takashima looked at him an grinned turning back to her an the new HBED his hand moving instantly away from Sara

"yes very protective of his human, very good"

the others all glanced a tiny bit towards him he wiggled an ear saying it was okay he'd actually expected him to eventually pull something like that with her an him

Sara looked at that exchange for a moment knowing Bill wouldn’t have done that unless Takashima expected it

examining the vixen she was only a bit taller than a human very slender emaciated in fact, her fur was coming out on Sara's hands a bit she looked at her gums an felt her hands

"sir I hate to say this but she's not doing well" shaking her head walking back around

"what? Are you sure?" moving over

"sir she's dehydrated" showing him by pulling up on the skin of her hand it stayed in a peak instead of smoothing out "also anemic if you look at her gums" lifting a lip they were nearly white "an she's losing her fur apparently seriously stressed" showing him by brushing her hand along the vixens back an the clump of hair that resulted

"well that wont do" he said clearly annoyed an disappointed

"I can take her with us, but she's going to spend several days with doc least I hope she can. she needs IV fluids an some serious meals"

he sighed "yes I suppose your right, clearly she isn't flourishing as id been told by my lead handler.. ah an speaking of that, how are things being done at the facility so well even better than it was before? I know the handlers have been quite resistant to working as they are supposed to be, quite vexing I will say"

"that sir is because I have excellent trainers an the best HBED's, the handlers have pretty much taken to hiding most of the time as you know. whoever the FFH are they haven't made any action against trainers an their HBED's

so I have them out doing handlers jobs and because of the HBED's they are able to do the work faster and more effectively… I did send a report about that several days ago sir" she smiled a bit still looking at the vixen

"I must have missed that, I'm sorry Sara, please by all means continue whatever you are doing its working very well and your skills in the office even Frank has found more time to do his work thus why I wanted this poor dear to be with him.."

"well ill be happy to take her an see if doc can get her a bit healthier then Frank can nurse her to full health I imagine A female of her form would be remarkably popular with young affluent men"

"oh? An how do you come up with that?" smiling at her

"oh sir please, young men always want a beautiful exotic woman on their arm when out in public an if she were to fill out a bit fur all gleaming deep reds an sparkling whites you couldn’t ask for more exotic, an as a house maid an servants such potential opportunities

I'm sure Mr. Violas might be an excellent choice as an example, he wants his AA's but perhaps something such as this lady inside the house for his eyes to enjoy" clearly meaning more intimate conditions with her smile

"hmm yes, yes I see what you mean, again I am so very pleased by your skills Sara. well she's experimental please see that she gets proper treatment an then Frank takes over her care if something unfortunate does happen then please send her remains back to the tower so we can find out what occurred"

"alright sir, does she have a data file? For doc an our records out there"

"indeed she does" gesturing an AA trotted over and sat down removing a file from a side bag "here you are Sara ah also while you were in town the 1A's needed for your recent order arrived via special transport to your facility so you can make their delivery soon as possible

the AA's of course pull from those at the facility see which the AA1A gets along with of course"

"ahh! Good! yes Mrs. McNeal called requesting an update her son got assaulted by bullies an she wants her HBED he doesn’t want to leave home doesn’t feel safe anymore"

Takashima nodded "yes I heard, an that was why I had them transferred from other facilities due to that she's made several more sales for us an numerous potential sales as well so we make sure she's happy"

"yes sir ill get right out there tomorrow an check them over make sure they're ready for going to a new home" thinking Garret has already spoken to her an the other buyers they were apparently incredibly shocked to what they'd eagerly gotten into buying and more than happy to help the free HBED's

"excellent! Alright just one more thing to tell you the investors an stock holders meeting is in a week I will be wanting you to attend it in Houston"

"well that really is excellent timing sir! And thank you! I've been talking with a major airline they want HBED service exclusives and have gone so far as to design shipping containers for HBED travel wanting to use our 1A champions and other lovely HBED's for full airline theme paintjobs

they were wanting me to fly out with my advertising team to Dallas Ft. Worth an then to Houston their major hub cities HBED's an trainers free of charge

they came to Justin's today just to confirm Williams measurements as he is the largest of the HBED's an to negotiate further, I had to tell them I needed to write it up an its details to you first.. it is a huge contract with a lot of money behind it"

"really? they designed travel containers for the HBED's? this is excellent news"

"with a good bit of my input yes sir, I have the data files and final designs with me if you would like to look?"

"absolutely, this is a very pleasant surprise!"

"William Dear, bring my briefcase please"

"ress rmadam" he walked over an crouched down opening the carry satchel pulling it out an opening it for her she took the file out an opened it on top of the case Takashima came closer

though this was only a HBED clone he still understood the risks of being too close to any HBED males mate

"sir?" Sara looked back at him holding the files an several pages

"oh just being silly" moving closer watching William "don’t mind me"

Bill just stayed still, proud and confident but just HBED on the outside, thinking you haven't broken me you wont ever break me. your dead an don’t even have enough sense to know to lay down an decay yet. she's mine you bastard you can never have her he exhaled hot air at him watching

Sara showed him the container which was designed from 1/3rd of a airline package shipping container designed to be fit against the side of the airplane padded inside

"it has an auto food dispenser water with chilling tank the food amount can be customized for HBED needs and there's a dry toilet for long flights a light it floats and has a self contained air supply that will last for minimum of ten hours if the cargo area loses pressure

They want to be able to service customers going to the popular destinations and are selling the service at a remarkably reasonable rate. a person with a HBED flying with them pays the same as If it were another seat on the flight"

"this is outstanding work Sara! I completely agree to this. I know that from looking at this you will make sure of all the details are straight an taken care of HBED owners will be so very happy"

"and! if we're delivering a HBED under Takashima escort a trainer or escort for a breeding contract, the price will be under a corporate rate which" looking through the pages "ahh here, is over 40% off the going ticket rate guaranteed for five years an can be renegotiated with at least a 30% off beginning standpoint"

he just smiled brightly genuine happiness "outstanding really outstanding work Sara, that alone will make keeping the bloodlines of various HBED types strong and thriving and saves Takashima industries a lot of money, excellent I will want you to bring a presentation to the meeting detailing this an all your many excellent ideas"

"alright I can do that" putting the papers away in her case an closing it

"excellent then I very much look forward to seeing you in Houston"

"um is the conference at night? Because they want the pictures an such done during the day I don’t yet have the specific times"

"yes Sara it will be held at the Houston tower which has the largest conference facilities of any of my towers it is a formal event you will need a dress appropriate for that"

"awesome um sir… do you think I could get a picture of you with the HBED's? I want it for the office for customers to see you an your champions" taking her bag from William

"well.. why not" walking over the HBED's formed up behind him at their trainers saying picture time

Trisha stood next to Sara

taking her camera out of the carry bag Garret had provided the camera apparently they had modified it to not only provide a picture but other data as well a tiny laser flicked out it beeped an took the picture

"thank you very much sir" smiling

"your quite welcome Sara I need to return inside knowing the world a dozen things have happened I should have known about an hour ago"

"yes sir of course"

he looked at the HBED's again smiled "such excellent care gains its rewards" he turned an went back into the tower the AA's following

Bill glared a bit behind the HBED face thinking yeah it topples madmen into the special level of hell just for them

Sara sighed looking at the vixen "you poor thing alright come on lets get you to doc so he can help you" she walked behind Sara a bit wobbly everyone else was loading

Bill waited for Sara an took her bag "alright Bully Toro take a seat I want you to help her hold her keep her safe alright?"

"Rafe, Res rmadam"

"alright climb in ill have her sit on your lap"

he climbed in an she turned to her "alright EX01 climb in come on" she got two steps onto the ramp an staggered nearly falling she made a yip sound an stumbled off the effort left her breathing hard

"alright that’s not going to work, William dear come here an pick her up carefully an then go an sit down"

"ress Rmadam" he walked down sniffing as he got near the vixen she didn’t smell sick just weak he Mooed gently reassuringly to her as he scooped her up in his arms again she flinched in pain an a small yip an whine he walked up an sat down getting a hand from Sara to belt in

they were soon driving out Trisha leaned over a bit to look at the vixens face then sitting up 'she's chipped far as I can see a metallic glint'

her face rotated an leaned against his chest sighing she was smaller than Amy it had to be his pheromones but females always seemed to relax an feel safer around him he sighed looking at her she was malnourished and incredibly weak

he fingered to the others 'she's not sick with anything I can smell just starved to near dead wonder who she is Fopp got anything? any female agents missing you might know of?'

'no but I've been out of the loop for awhile do you suspect she's an agent?'

'she's special, such a conversion Takashima wouldn’t do without reason she could be a chipped loyalist set as a trap but somehow I don’t think so Takashima likes to play games with those he converts personally

she did something notable against him we just have to wait till she's strong enough to find out I suspect the 1A more'

Sophia wagged an ear 'ill get a group set up for that soon as we get in so when you an Sara go out an examine them our combat team is ready and so will Garrets snipers'

He wagged an ear in agreement

They got to the gates an Sara gave them her file to scan the code into the system tapping her headset as the guard checked people's ID "doctor Victor"

After a moment he came on "who what is this"

"its Sara doctor we have an urgent case for you were at the main gate coming in now we will meet you at the hospital" she clicked it off "frank"

he came on quickly "Sara?"

"hey, well Frank Takashima thought you deserved a gift" several in the truck chuckled an laughed

"oh? What is it"

"more work, an experimental HBED she's not doing too good though, meet us at the hospital alright"

"oh no…"

"oh so you have to move that mess out from the end of your bed for her bed, well good reason to put a training HBED in there to clean"

"oh ok Sara, alright be right there" sighing it clicked off

the guard that climbed in the back stopped seeing her in William's arms

"oh aren't you something, but hey your not doing to well huh"

"Rsick sir" Bill added concern on his face

"yep an you can get her to the hospital in just a second have to check your you" putting the reader to her neck it beeped "EX01 ok your officially here" then getting the others chips read in an Trisha's last "Brian wants to speak to you Trisha" the tone not meaning any good would happen

"I was doing as ordered Mr. Takashima knows I was guarding the facility Supervisor"

he held his hands up "just passing along the message" climbing out

Bill glared a bit the guards way Trisha saw that an smiled

'did an AA finally make it into that place where William cares?'

he blinked an smiled a bit 'never said I didn’t care, there's a fine line there 'tween AA and friend. you made friend when you stood up for your needs to know what we were doing for yours an others safety an when you found out, took up the responsibility for that need to know. you didn’t shirk you stepped up and took part of the load'

'ah' she wagged her tail smiling

'this one, he the male alpha Takashima spoke to about Sara'

'that’s him, insanely loyal too he is likely to chew on my ear for stepping above my place orders or not'

Bill blinked 'then do we handle him or let him abuse a free HBED?'

She fidgeted a bit 'ill be fine'

'bull an I speak from experience is he an issue or'

'I said Ill be fine' she huffed the truck drove in the gates closing behind them

Sophia clearly didn’t agree 'your one of us now, if he is a problem there are many ways to handle this'

Trisha growled at her

"you love him don’t you, an he's a loyalist to the core thus where the issue is" Bill said in the open the shock was enough to break her temper

she waged her ear nodding a bit as well then finger wrote 'how the hell do you do that to just suddenly know someone's secrets'

Fopp smiled 'he's learned to detect every scent link them to a persons eyes their body posture an he knows what love can do to people'

Bill smiled an bowed his head to Fopp but then turned to Trisha 'what do you need then Trisha we will not sit by an let him abuse you for doing as you were told yet I can only assume there is little chance of freeing him from the trap he is in, would you rather be loyal with him?'

She blinked then sighed 'no, I could never be loyal to that monster ever again, look at her ill bet she did this to herself the chip turned off refusing to speak to eat anything to help him even dieing denied to her trying to resist being tortured for information'

'so Trisha what do we do, its your choice I could set it up that he hears me'

'no just leave him to me ill take care of him I'm the alpha female I was before an by damn I still am. he will stand by me or else an yes I know when it goes down ill have every HBED here waiting to help me… thank you for that' she leaned over an bumped noses equal with Bill

Sara drove through the facility to the hospital it was late so no one was out wandering around she parked an the ramp was lowered "William bring her along please, good night everyone excellent work today thank you"

They smiled Sophia's trainer asked if Sara wanted him to hang around

"nah were good" walking through the doors waving

Bill banged his head a bit on the way through realizing he'd grown height as well as mass since the last time he'd been in the hospital a nurse smiled at that

"yes William your bigger than before" chuckling as he blinked an looked at the door frame

"rowchie"

Sara chuckled "put her down on the gurney dear"

"so what's wrong with this little lady oh my" seeing she was a vixen an how bad she was

"id say she needs fluids an more, doc is on the way an so is Frank who's going to be her trainer if she survives this is EX01"

which the vixen sighed her eyes barely open Bill crouched down Trisha just off to the side the nurse was one of those they hadn't yet approached an likely wouldn’t due in part it was too close now to the tower mission but she'd be evacuated an handed over to the FBI

doc came in yawning an stopped mouth closing "oh my look at you" checking her eyes "oh she's not good, not good at all get me an IV started fluids quick before her kidneys shut down an get some glucose in there too… NOW!"

"yes doctor!" she hurried another one came up

"get me a blood profile were likely going to have to give her a transfusion"

"yes doctor"

"Sara you don’t move I know William is type A an ah yes! Trisha your type B perfect! Either one of you two will work"

"are you telling me there's only two HBED blood types doc?"

"yep"

"she's A type doctor" showing the test strip an the A stripe neon colored the B white

"excellent an we have the biggest A type around with William here"

within minutes Bill had his arm sitting on the gurney next to her in the emergency area he was crouched down watching his blood flow through tubing an a pumping machine then it was fed in a controlled amount into her he thought likely due to his much higher blood pressure than hers at that moment

for the sake of being a simple HBED he had to be instructed to hold a squeeze ball and use it Sara was feeding him cookies munching on some herself Frank came in as they had been hooking up the transfusion equipment

"awesome oatmeal cookies huh Bully" "ress!" munching his fourth cookie happily they were so incredibly different an delicious now that he was HBED just a bit overly sweet to his tongue but taste overwhelmed that

"well isn't she something" Frank who'd been quiet since coming in he looked at Bill an Sara Bill wiggled both ears munching still they hadn't cleared this areas cameras an other devices

Sara nodded "experimental if she lives an wow she's going to be something to see"

"yeah I hope she does ill admit my cabin been a bit lonely at night" he chuckled a bit

"you be nice, she's still very young no rough play" laughing a bit at him an then the face he made

"well thank you both for hanging around an you big William for the blood she's getting I know your both tired"

"ress rsir" smiling

they watched as doc checked her over nodding "she's doing a lot better we caught the dehydration just in time her kidneys are coming back from the last sample and that rich powerful blood of yours William she should be up an running circles around Frank in a few days" smiling at them

"so what caused her to be so frail doc is it something we have to keep an eye on?"

"not sure, her file you brought says she was fine last medical exam but were working on several tests right now to see what's going on. keep an eye on him he's got a lot of reserve but those cookies are excellent idea some HBED food would be a good before bed snack as well ill get you a bag to take home"

"alright doc so how much longer?"

"oh give her another ten minutes that should get her into the recovery zone"

relaxing on his new bed Sara fluffed his old one an put it against the wall behind his shoulders then she smiled "so if she grows horns we blame you?"

"ha! that would just look weird an she wouldn’t be able to walk for the size she'd grow"

Sara kissed him checking his arm the bandages were okay then she gave him that look turning all the way around with a cute wiggle of her rear "so should I get a foxes tail?"

He laughed "you have that already sexy"

she leaned back more an the nose ring touched her inner thighs an she looked under herself "okay maybe that nose ring isn't such a good thing least its warm"

he smiled "watch, I can do magic too"

"oh?" grinning still looking between her breasts

he flipped his head up an the nose ring went up and he leaned in licking her the ring against her butt cheeks he got a mixture of giggle an pleasured moan from her his fingers gently holding the front of her thighs

her fertile scent an taste was screaming at him that she was long into it an her body responded like it was as well he so enjoyed making her melt in his fingers she was trying everything to get him to orgasm but he wasn’t going to let her win an she shuddered relaxing down on his belly her fertile scent increasing as she went first

"ok lover you win ohh god your too good with that tongue"

"give me some cherries on the stems an ill show you what I can do"

she turned round a bit an giggled at his face an tongue motions

he slurped an licked her messily she squealed an giggled smacking his leg with a hand

he gently turned her around an she kissed him pushing back brushing her hot sex along his "take your prize then Mr. Bully"

"I have that right on my lap the other part" she slid onto him an both sighed deeply "is for us both"

she rocked an finally he let lose an the amount felt like more than ever before she had to moan time an again as it tingled warming deep inside an he came again snorting an puffing hot air at her

she kept her self from being fully on him so her repeated orgasms didn’t set him off repeatedly but this session was turning out to be the best yet! She pulled off him an turned around licking tapping gently he grunted hard snorting hot air over her rump an came again

she squeaked an giggled as he made a huge mess now panting on her rump

"well you would think you weren't getting any the way you just went off" looking back at him face dripping with thickening goop she laughed as he did "here Bully help out" wiggling her rear at him "ill get part of this" licking him again

he for a tiny moment didn’t want to but for Sara he would, removing his nose ring he stuffed his nose in her cheeks an started licking she squeaked an moaned relaxing

"not quite ohh what ahh" she felt her body shiver again and then again "oh hell with it mmm! God don’t stop now you ohh god Bully!"

after a bit more an one more him on top she begged him to stop he kissed her enjoying the salt an sweat on her skin her fingers holding his hair an combing through it he carried her out to the showers and held her there against himself while he sat touching an caressing her skin the days heat still radiating out from the buildings and the stones the water raining down she kissed him as he did her enjoying all of the love an the bliss together

sleep came quickly when they finally laid down she buried her face deep in his neck the blanket covering both

she stretched in the morning yawning laying her head back down feeling his chest rise an ease back down the heart beating strongly smoothly thinking ahh to hell with work today I should just lay here with Bill and enjoy myself Takashima would buy it OH my William breeding her left her all tired ehh I've got better things to think about ahh he is so very warm like this

snuggling back down in his warmth blanket pulled up a bit to wait for him to wake up

after awhile an her dozing off she felt him inhale for a yawn always amazed at the size of his lungs as he inhaled her lose hair flowing right for him then the hot exhale it all flowed away his breath sweet with the smell of the cookies he'd eaten he smacked his mouth a bit opening his eyes

"well good morning lover" propping her elbows on his chest chin in her palms

"hmm good morning gorgeous" smiling "aren't we late for work?"

"nope, I'm soo tired an I don’t know why I'm sore an just want to sleep in today" grinning using the HBED bred trainer comments

he smile an chuckled "well if you want to I'm not going to argue, but the 1A's"

"phah they can wait least till after lunch maybe even later"

"the strange vixen?" putting his hands on her back smiling

"she's in bed at the hospital enjoying a Bully Toro blood fill up"

"alright then you sexy goddess of a woman, what are we doing?"

"relaxing an enjoying ourselves the rest of the world for awhile can go play with itself"

"well" grinning "I wanted to surprise you tonight after delivering them 1A an getting your favorite food made for dinner"

her head came up "surprise me? Oh what is it?" smiling

"no, no, no not talking" smiling back at her

"oh come on lover what is it?" easing up so she could kiss him and she did putting her nose on the top edge of his "hmmm tell your mate"

"I cant its not ready yet, I need to do a few more things an I need to know your favorite food" smelling her breath which was still fertile as well as her taste

"aww please tell me" sitting up on his pelvis her butt resting against his testicles and warmer parts rubbing on his penis she gave him a cute pout face

"doing that love gets your bully exited an all that but still no telling"

he chuckled a bit as she realized what she was sitting on an scooted forward she tried again being cute an pouting a bit

"oh hon please tell me" covering her face acting like she was about to cry sniffing blinking a lot

"sorry hon you smell like your happy an exited too" he had to laugh as she put the blanket over his nose

"darn nose quit that! I'm trying to get him to tell me" pouting again as he laughed

she sighed "please tell me lover I don’t like surprises"

he pulled the blanket off "really? I was panning something nice, dinner then the surprise"

she smiled an couldn’t hold it her scent told him she was lying again an she giggled "I cant fool you can I lover ohh alright ill let you surprise me but just this once" poking his nose gently with her finger he licked it quickly

"ok" kissing her as she leaned over an hugged him "I'm pretty sure you'll like it so! What is your favorite food that normally you don’t get or make"

she sighed an nuzzled his neck "rich thick beef stew with the sauce so rich an flavorful you just have to dunk home made bread in it with all the vegis carrots pearl onions peas big chunks of yummy potatoes an the meat just melts in the mouth… god I haven't" she stopped an her scent changed to a bit sad

"hon?" hugging her gently she sighed

"I haven't had beef stew since my mother died. I loved her stew so much an she would make it so good id eat it for days"

he kissed her head "I'm sorry hon I didn’t mean to bring up bad memories"

"oh no lover no.. they aren't bad I just hadn't thought of mom in a long time she got sick an they found cancer but they found it too late to do anything"

"breast cancer?"

"yes it had spread to the bones… in the end she went quickly"

he draped the blanket back over her an lovingly held her close

"your mom she died after a long illness didn’t she" her hand on his chest as she pushed her head up against his chin

"yes but part of it was her own doing the rest was misdiagnosed heart issues"

"oh lover how could they do that"

"doctors sometimes don’t care they are only human, the one who finally figured it out said she was too weak to help he wouldn’t take the risk of her dieing on his table so he said she had six months to live an wished us a merry Christmas.. she lasted for fourteen months getting worse an more terrified each day

the last week she fell into a coma I was at work Takashima called me to let me know I needed to head for the hospital she wasn't doing well I told him there wasn’t anything I could do to help her anymore.. the coma had taken her already her last words to me were angry an hateful

I told him we were short handed I had to stay …so he let me stay an called me few minutes later she was gone already.. gave his condolences asked if she'd had any plans made out but no. he then told me he'd take care of it an he did then due to her not having a will, he took care of my home too"

"I can see how he gained your trust an loyalty so well"

"yes an then betrayed it"

she leaned up kissed him holding his face "no more sadness today were playing hooky for much loving fun"

"my pleasure love, you always break through my sadness an anger I just cant be anything but happy around you"

he woke when her headset chirped Takashima's tone "Sara love its him calling" helping her up she got it off the end of the bed

"yes sir?"

"I just thought id check on you Sara no one has seen you all day"

she grinned an rolled her eyes "oh sir I'm exhausted, feel kinda weird too oddly sore stiff an fuzzy headed been this way since we got back I'm sorry"

"ah well don’t worry if your not feeling well, I'm sure William will go get you something to eat if you want him too, but relax stay in bed if your tired I'm sure that will help it will pass in a few days"

"yes sir yeah he's been such a sweetie too like right now he's making sure I don’t fall down dizzy you know, his big strong hands near my hips ready to catch me" she stuck her tongue out making a face

"of course he is Sara, go lay down let William help you to bed get some rest ill tell Frank to take care of things for a bit"

"thank you sir I will try to get out around lunch so much to do"

"no, no stay in bed let William take care of you as you did him. I'm sure he is very capable of that.. yes such wonderful care.. now go on go" an it clicked off

she took it off an made a face at it "freak! AGH!"

he chuckled as she tossed the headset back on the bed and slid up his body nearly purring at him as his soft fur glided along her skin he tossed the blanket back over them an she kissed him

near lunch time she yawned an stretched he rubbed her back as she arched a bit then put one leg out to stretch then the other

"one thing about you lover you fit just perfect till you get ready to go then it gets tight but I think I'm adapting to you just leaves me a bit sore some times"

"well love we have been busy I'm actually a bit sore myself"

she chuckled softly rubbing her thigh on his relaxed bits "oh so I can eventually wear you down?"

"yep but I don’t mind" kissing her head gently

she rolled over against his held up arm which draped over her looking up at him "the others have asked a lot about you ill have you know"

"others? Uh" blinking a bit

"the others you know the other trainers an the AB females" smiling at him her hand brushing his fur smooth along his chest

"ok, um why?" tilting his head to the side

she laughed an kissed him hugging a bit "that’s my Bully, lover they're curious about you.." patting him down there "you know shape size how good you are, I know your not interested in anyone else but curiosity it’s a female trait they want to know what another has to play with"

he was now grinning "an so you told them? Everything?" an eye brow going up

"yep, an talk about green eyed jealousy monsters oooh" giggling "actually had a couple of the AB tell me I was being a brat hording all of your attention"

he chuckled

"apparently lover some of the AB ladies are adapting to being AB an they want more than human lovers"

"or their trainers don’t or wont enjoy things with them"

"also true anyhow I told them good luck but I doubted they would get anywhere" she smiled an kissed him "I've got my Bully Toro wrapped around my finger"

he smiled thinking about the ring he had for her "sure do love, an glad to be there its safe an I can hide like a ring of cute adorable fur there"

she laughed kissing him standing up stretching she smiled at his expression his nose simply stopped tingling just stopped flat as she headed for the bathroom getting up he sniffed hard even as she used the toilet it got just a tiny bit stronger

she came out looking at him and his curious expression "lover? Something wrong?"

he sniffed her hand then near her breasts there it was stronger she smiled a bit trying not to laugh but his face was quite serious

"what love? I know I'm fertile"

"no.. not anymore, its different just all of a sudden its gone an now" sniffing her neck "its"

she laughed as he licked her neck an then gently held her still

his eyes looked into hers surprised "love you just became pregnant"

she blinked "oh come on it takes weeks for the first hormones too ooh shit!" she rushed back over to the toilet an sat on it just in time as the results of their playing earlier flowed out like water

looking up at him "that shouldn’t have happened its only been a couple hours"

"unless you produced a hormonal change…" he said softly

she looked down at her feet "the others who are pregers they say their HBED's don’t get all sticky.. an thicken.. they still make love but they don’t do like you do…"

"wouldn’t want the male to hurt the baby…" he said softly sitting there "flooding an gluing in semen love"

she wiped an walked in, her face a neutral but her body scents saying confused a bit afraid apprehensive he pulled her into his arms an lap intentionally caressing her hips an butt. Nothing happened he didn’t say anything about it

she sighed leaning against him as his so strong arms enveloped her an his chin gently touched her head

"I know I wanted it but now"

"you can still… I don’t want you unhappy love if that is what you need to do"

"no, no lover we did this together.. you an me.. for us" rubbing her cheek on his chest "it just kinda wham its here its done"

"an now we watch wait enjoy once were in the feds hands under protection guiding the FFH from there so they can fight effectively hurting Takashima constantly"

"oh yeah enjoy.." she smiled a little an poked him with a groomed nail "morning sickness getting big an heavy waddling around back pain! swelling feet ohh my god labor oh" covering her face with her hands

he hugged her an kissed her head "I will be there to help my love I will carry you, I will hold the bucket for you to get sick into, I will rub your feet an back keep you warm an always safe, I will be with you"

she hugged him

"and when the day comes I will be there when the baby comes the world could be dieing an I will be there"

she kissed him an sighed softly into his chin "what does it" chuckling a bit "what do I smell like now spicy or what?"

he sniffed hard "breathe at me love" she did he sniffed it all in an blinked a bit "its your scent love but… it’s warm it hasn’t the spicy warm of being fertile its calming its hi I'm Sara be careful an don’t hurt me, but protect me. be calm around me, guard me from harm keep me safe"

"like Joe was around Stacy before we de-chipped him"

"yeah, it’s the thoughts the scent gives me the emotions tied to them its definitely different I've smelled it before but right now its faint around you your breath has more of it but it’s a warm mother like smell"

"its pregnant smell"

"yes love" holding her tightly his stomach growled

she giggled looking at his stomach "you hush your not " hers growled louder "involved.." they both laughed

"it’s a conspiracy I tell ya"

"it is!" hugging him "ok, ok were getting up might as well do something today other than play an get pregnant" her scent improved though still sad there was more of her happy smell

"well hon to be honest it likely happened yesterday"

"ok an then? What it floats merrily along?" waving her hand slowly

"actually yes love," smiling "its been dividing but staying about the same size as the egg an falls into the uterus" she put her palm on his nose an mouth

"hush OH brain of many bullish know-it-all" giggling he licked her hand softly then kissed it

"alright ill hush an I love you very much"

"science channels huh?"

he nodded smiling

"I am going to have so much trouble with you" sighing as she got up shaking her head he helped her a bit suddenly kissing her rump

she eeked an laughed looking at him she mimed swatting his nose "no be good"

"I've been very good" chuckling she laughed too an headed for the shower

he brushed an cleaned up a bit laid out some clothes for her got her dirty things together then he stopped walked in to the bathroom where she was standing with her arms around herself sobbing softly

he walked carefully into the tub its fiberglass creaking an cracking an he held her the water spraying over them both she turned in his arms an shivered a bit even under the hot shower

crouching down the tub cracked loudly she flinched finally looking at him he kissed her soft an slowly gently nuzzling her neck she hugged him tightly

"I'm"

"scared, I am too, I don’t know anything of how to be a father, never had one around"

she sighed "I'm being stupid, here I wanted this I knew it was gona happen an look at me" sniffing an hugging him

"its okay love its normal to be a bit scared. trust me"

"I know.. just so much to worry about"

"we've handled crazy AA's an insane murderous psychopathic mad man we talk about nukes underneath us like they're firecrackers together we flat murdered a man to protect ourselves an others every day we avoid being caught .. an were both afraid of being parents.. priorities love"

she laughed an hugged him tightly "well it is a huge responsibility! Lover, ah no its daddy now isn't it"

"oh please" laughing a bit

she sighed holding him tightly "don’t you ever leave me Bill"

"I wont I swear to you, I might get hurt but it will always be to protect you and now our child"

they went out together Bill walked with pride free HBED's wagged their ears to him an noses made then blink realizing what had happened, Sara walked like the manager she owned the place

Jeff an Alex came trotting up and they missed a step an fell into the pace

"Alex go tell Trisha what I know you can smell, I'm pregnant"

"yes madam um"

Sara stopped looking at him "is that a problem?"

"no Madam just you know Takashima"

"yes dear, its all part of the plan now please" gesturing her hand for him to go past her an tell Trisha

he ran

they walked into a cafeteria filled with HBED's an trainers. noses twitched an eyes turned to look fingers started twitching

she walked back to the kitchen door an went in Bill crouching down there he wasn’t supposed to go in without permission Betty smiled as she stopped to pet him

"Old fashioned beef stew tender beef all the vegis big chunks of potatoes pearl onions thick sauce home made bread an butter" he whispered "an I want her to remember it so something chocolate for a sweet please" he said very softly

she smiled still petting him there were a few handlers and security behind her an she knew it "alright hon I can handle that"

he carefully fished the ring out of his kilt and like he was scratching a horn held it for her to see while Sara was talking with Irene

"oh good lord child, is that why the special dinner? Ohh just look at that" she whispered an smiled actually shedding a few tears smiling as she looked at the ring on his finger tip "you really are a sweetheart, I can make one hell of a fudge ice cream delight for her don’t you worry"

"thank you, tonight after training if you can?"

"yes, let me get on it right now then, careful here she comes" wiping her cheeks

he hid the ring as Sara brought out their lunches she was already talking with Takashima "yes sir I'm fine, bit sore probably just a stomach bug I ate too much junk food an paying the price I'm going to go examine the 1A's I'll get Mr. Violas AA and Mrs. McNeal's AB delivered today"

"alright then if your feeling better then by all means thank you Sara" it clicked off an she sat down Bill had followed and sat down next to her they ate Cassie an Sylvia both came over with Tim an Hank in tow sitting down across from them

"so you feeling better" they nearly asked together then laughed Sara smiled

"I'm fine just the rich junk food" winking

the boys though heard that an Tim nearly burst out a laugh Bill ate more of his pasta an HBED chow grinning as Tim and Hank were finger writing like mad at him

'congratulations but what about the mission" Tim wrote

'an what about after the mission' Hank wrote at the same time they both kept on talking to each other

Bill snorted holding his head up looking a bit down at them they stopped looking an waiting

'thank you, now the mission is still on, it would even if I were to drop dead as for what me an Sara did together happily an willingly thank you for the congratulations. after the mission were being hidden from Takashima the witness protection program its not negotiable

she'll be able to relax an ill take care of her, both of us will be helping via the tablets an feeding you information on Takashima to disrupt an ruin his operations'

they wiggled an ear smiling

'I told you Tim, I was serious an so is she, though were both a bit scared at the thought of being parents. an I have no father experience, we do have time to learn' smiling a bit as he ate more 'were going to check on the 1A's in the pits anyone gone out an looked at them?'

Tim wagged both ears 'Joe didn’t want to risk it no training either too close good ears would hear us if one is a loyalist'

'couple of the free AA went around by them said they were acting like lonely adult HBED's trained but missing their trainers one of the two male AB smelled like he'd had a good time before leaving his trainer' Hank added

'to be expected' Tim replied

Bill finished his food 'then please get Sophia an the combat team deployed if one is indeed a loyalist we might need them in a hurry'

Both wiggled an ear

Sara hopped up on Bills back as he walked along on all fours tapping her headset "Victor"

"hello?"

"doc I'm heading out to check the 1A's before taking them out for delivery I don’t suppose you have had a chance to check them over as well?"

"no I just gave them a quick check for dehydration an general condition I'm free right now I can come give them a full check"

"excellent see you there, Frank"

"hey! You feeling better?"

"I'm fine thank you, listen get the files on the 1A's for me would you I'm going back to check them over see if they're ready for delivery"

"alright ill get the truck fueled up an drive it over there so you can load them if they look good"

"thank you that’s excellent" getting her cell she called Justin

"Justin its Sara"

"hello! Sweety! How's my William?"

she laughed "he's much better thank you, an he's my Bully Toro thanks. Mr. Takashima said to say you’re an incredible artist by the way"

"ahh then he is an excellent judge of character! Always play to an artists ego it can get you many things so honey what you got for me today?"

"you here at the facility?" a bit surprised

"actually I am almost there, you asked me to come out twice a week an had several HBED's going out this week I brought several helpers"

"well that’s just perfect! I've got a couple 1A I need groomed if they're good to go"

"alright I can handle them personally the others can handle the rest I have to see these other 1A supposed gods like my pride an joy William" he laughed

"yes well ill contact security your on the way" laughing

"thank you dear!" it clicked off

she looked over at Jeff Alex had returned as they left from lunch "Jeff your turn, go let the main gate know Justin an his party are to be let in their groomers give them visitors ID till we can get them more permanent ones wait there for him an bring him back alright?"

"yes madam!" an he was off like a bullet

they were soon back there at the pens she slipped off his back an he stood up tall Frank came up a few moments later with the files Jeff came saying Justin would be back in a bit he wanted to get the others started

"going for the fuel now Sara" smiling he gently patted her arm

"alright Frank thank you" she looked over the files on them found the triple A's looking over the information she looked at Bill who couldn’t say they all smelled normal of course all HBED did even the loyalists

"alright Bully you stay! Here alright? I mean that stay here" firmly petting him rubbing the back of his head

"ress rmadam" crouching down his eyes caught the movement in various places around the area of Sophia an her combat team he wiggled an ear an Sophia bobbed her head once an slipped into the understructure of the next set of pens

the breeze was working with this coming in off the desert where he could see two of the free AA as they flip wagged their tails in the parking area in a shady spot a normal spot for AA to stop an watch for a bit

Sara walked out onto the ramp which lowered into the pen the big female triple A stood up looking at her its body relaxed clearly attentive

"hello there 669 sit please"

"Ryes rmadam" she crouched down looking at Sara her nose twitching a bit her ears on Sara not swinging around her white body with dark gray belly an hind quarters the fur was a bit longer than AA's her tail was dead still an that was wrong… Bill Swished his up then down

Sara was checking her fur then feet an hands feeling for anything abnormal she got her flashlight out of her back pocket an looked right into the eyes "open your mouth 669 wide please"

She did Sara checked tugging on a tooth then another she glanced up at Bill who was watching very intently his ear wiggled a tiny bit "you feeling good 669?" she let her close her mouth

"ryes rmadam"

she looked in her eyes with the flash light watching her pupils respond then right up the nose

an the lack of a chip made a chill go right down Sara's spine cursing in her head

she instantly put on a smile an thought of Bill the happy thoughts she hoped would make her scent alright clicking off her light

"well 669 you look okay nothing out of place no hurts or lose teeth the doctor is coming to check you over an we'll get you all groomed an you get to go to a very nice home Mr. Violas is your owner you'll keep him safe be his friend"

"rthank ryou rmadam" she bowed her head just a bit but her eyes gleamed pupils dilating a sharp scent of AA musk became stronger a muscle twitched in her arm

Sara was very calm an confidently walked back up the ramp the Triple A watching her slowly turning its head then it looked right at Bill as Sara stood next to him not a single word as time slowed an suddenly she was snarling heading right for them in a leap claws ready an Bill was already in motion

He'd grabbed Sara an ran as she held on to his arm for dear life he leaped from the stairs an kept going

the triple A howling behind them calling out for assistance she had one awake! And suddenly she slid to a stop claws scraping snarling as first one then four an then ten adult HBED's surrounded her

Sophia snorted Joe did as well

several AA's came running up an 669 grinned maliciously "so there is more than just William then, get them all!"

The AA's sat down "yeah an guess what you titanic wolf bitch you can go screw yourself" came from Jeff his tongue waging at her other AA's chuckled

"Takashima knows I'm here! He sent me here to check an I know security is on its way!" snarling at them "damn traitors I'm going to eat your hearts!

Sophia stood up straight an flagged her tail high with a wave "bite me Bitch enjoy your trip to hell"

"Gladly!" snarling an standing up swinging her arm back to slash with her huge claws teeth all bared lips curled back

her eyes blinked face going slack jaw limp as her white head fur turned red, blood dripped from her nose a far distant report of a gunshot rang over the place with a crack

she slowly fell forward with a thump fur fluffing out a bit her tail twitched a bit

instantly everyone was in motion she was tossed back into the pen

the concrete was washed with water Sophia an others doing the normal job of scrubbing the sidewalks around the young HBED pens soap an hoses tossed out Bill trotted over an they went back up the ramp he reached back behind his head an clicked off the stealth unit Sara had turned on when she'd petted him

hitting her com Sara yelled an screamed letting her fear of the attack help "Dear GOD what in the hell!! SECURITY!!" hiding behind Bill who was covering her Jeff an Alex were on theirs calling for help looking for the threat as other AA's free an loyalists came running up with human guards as well

someone yelled sniper

Trisha was right with them at that point "William! Take Sara HOME! NOW"

"Ress! Rafe rara!" he hugged her to his chest an ran with Jeff an Alex on either side

the HBED's scrubbing the concrete were told to scatter by Trisha an they ran for their cabins as well

Doc an Frank were there in a moment

Security kept them behind the structure then literally dragged them away from the danger

In their cabin he set her on the bed "you alright hon?"

She nodded but her face an scent told otherwise she was seriously spooked an her com chirped she looked at Bill an then the boys who nodded to her

She tapped it with a shaking hand "y-yes s-sir? Oh god! Sh-she"

"easy Sara easy! Now easy calm down what happened"

"s-shot they shot the triple A! my GOD! Who would do that!" her fear making the tone perfect even if it was a lie

"easy calm down Sara just be calm your safe!"

the boys com collars came on "Alex Jeff where are you?" Takashima asked

"we are here in the supervisors cabin with her sir, an William who is guarding her as well"

"good! See if she's been harmed"

"sir we already checked her immediately after we got her to safety she's got a few scrapes but the triple A 669 she is deceased"

"an William?"

"nearly smothering her sir he is holding her in his lap wrapped in a blanket nearly in a rage"

"he allows us this close as he knows us sir"

"as it should be, Good boy! William! Keep Sara safe!"

"ress rfather Rara Rafe"

"good boy! Alright Alex see if you can get her some water or a soda help calm her down Jeff! Outside her door now!"

"sir!" came from both

her com still on she looked up at Bill "s-sir Why!? She did no one any harm!"

"easy Sara tell me what happened take it slow"

"I-I went down to check her over make sure she'd pass muster f-for Mr. Violas an.. an she turned her head growled an howled at something an then her head went all bloody she fell over nearly on top of me I -I don’t kn-know H-how William grabbed me an hid me under himself Al-Alex an J-Jeff they both called for help too trying to keep me covered"

"alright Sara easy I think they missed their intended target.. the Triple A saved your life"

"m-ME?! B-but WHY!?! I-I"

"your very public Sara, your now the supervisor of the facility. an are becoming very well known an hold on" he came back a moment later "I just got another fax from those cowardly bastards the FFH… they decided you being so high profile made a perfect target, don’t worry Sara security and the AA's are already working on it your safe! Just calm down William is there he's guarding you"

"y-yes sir" she sobbed an sniffed it clicked off she looked to Jeff who had actually gotten her a glass of water she took it an shook her head drinking some

Bill whispered to her head as he held her on the bed "planning ahead saves our asses again"

She hugged him very tightly shivering a bit

"you did awesomely love its not over yet just relax a bit I'm here I knew she had to be trouble"

"I know god I was so terrified she was just boom after us" she whispered to his neck hugging him still

"she's gone now love an from the sound of it Takashima is buying it" gently kissing her neck an rubbing her back

a knock at the door made them look "Sara its Frank"

Jeff opened it looking out Alex nodded an they let him in

Frank looked at her an then Bill mouthing 'holy fucking shit' an sighing shaking his head another gunshot cracked over the area an they all ducked

security com came on Jeff's collar "man down! The bastard just shot a guard! Were under fire!" another one cracked the air

"someone get a stretcher one of the handlers just got hit!"

Frank looked at Bill "Garret's doing not me this time" he whispered "I warned Sophia about the triple A"

Frank nodded his headset chirped "yes sir?"

"Frank I don’t want anyone! out near the east side of the facility do you hear me"

"yes sir we all can hear the shots"

"yes damn them! This is doing nothing but interfering with things! My trainers my HBED's damn them!" he was clearly furious "tell everyone to stay indoors Frank!"

"yes sir"

"where are you now?"

"checking on Sara" she held up the note pad an went into the bath starting the shower "she's calming down taking a shower but.. well William has climbed in with her. I just heard the tub cracking an breaking she had some of the triple A's blood on her face sir" reading that off of the pad looking at her questioningly

"he's doing exactly as he should be keeping her safe and close to him the cost of that tub is nothing! Let him be, but contact maintenance to replace it once its safe to do so, I'm going to send AA's hunting up on that east mountain line an have them set out sensor alarms lets see a sniper sit up there then my AA's will tear them apart"

"yes sir"

"I want you to get over to the cafeteria an calm the trainers over there it should be safe to escort them back to their cabins"

"alight sir will do" it clicked off "sweet Jesus he's pissed"

"of course he is, just lost a guard a handler an a damn loyalist triple A to an unknown sniper" Bill grinned hugging Sara as she was still disturbed "if we hadn't planned for something exactly like this, she'd gotten us into a protracted fight with her then the security guards then the damn handlers someone would have told Takashima an then we'd really been in trouble"

"we'd been up to our asses in trouble an then some yeah, ok gotta go, you okay Sara?"

"I will be, you should suggest some of our AA's to go do the hunting if you get my meaning"

"right"

"ill call him let him know someone has to go out to the east areas to feed the young HBED's in pens one through four since the handlers haven't"

"ok" he went out

after a while Sara had calmed down tapping her headset they had talked about this an Bill had given her the idea long before "Takashima"

"Sara are you better now?"

"yes sir I apologize"

"no don’t Sara, I'm sure anyone else would have been the same if that had happened to them"

"well none the less sir, the other 1A need food those pens don’t get filled as we normally don’t use them and the first rows pens 1 through 4 also need replenishment I'm going to have to ask someone to volunteer to go out an feed the HBED's"

"no Sara absolutely not security hasn’t found the sniper"

"then sir I have to take the responsibility on myself, I will not stand here an let the HBED's starve. the likelihood of you finding the person or persons responsible before then is remote"

"absolutely not Sara"

"then let me ask for volunteers, wait… I have a better idea and it would help in other ways"

"what is it?"

"pair up the HBED's the adults are now advanced enough, pens one through four are all ready for trainers that will get them out of the pens into trainers hands where they can get fed an escorted away from the east side of the facility and HBED's learn faster from each other why not use this to an advantage"

he was quiet for a moment

"yes…yes that would work, the cabins would be a bit cramped their might be a bit of rivalry but the older HBED would dominate that an keep the younger in place an yes you are correct about them learning faster from each other.. yes do that Sara"

"alright ill get some of the securities vests tie them on William he can cover me as I get the young ones out of the pens"

"I will have security bring out the bullet proof riot shields Sara those are a great deal better, tie those onto William to help cover an protect you and any volunteers who wish to help"

"alright sir ill have them bring them in the back door of the cafeteria it’s a short quick run with the dumpsters for some cover"

"excellent" it clicked off Bill was already on the tablet typing to Garret who was muted just incase Sara was calling security

'snipers been taking targets of opportunity Bill keeping the AA's an security down the ones keeping their tails flagged are the friends correct?'

' yes, Takashima is having an apoplexy completely beside himself tell them thank you for taking the triple A out, were going to be going out to get the young HBED's out of the pens a few shots to lend authenticity would be good but he's sending AA's into the hills'

'they saw that an are ready to bug out'

'if they're friendly they will smile an walk right on by tails held high'

'got it'

Bill an Sara went with Cassie Tim Sylvia brought Hank to the cafeteria trapped trainers an HBED's all looking scared an worried though the scents of fear were subdued humans couldn’t smell that everyone knew this was for Takashima an his loyalists

the three AB's crouched down an the security officers brought the riot shields over with belts an zip tie cuffs strapped them around their backs an necks like turtle shells more on the arms an legs each with a shield on the head

the entire backwards walk out to the pens was more fun than risky the snipers took that time to take out another pair of guards as they were trying to slip along the back fence thinking that the sniper would focus on the HBED's

an actual shot whizzed over Bill's head an Cassie screamed as Sara was on her com with Takashima which had him further worried about this

with a loud moo from Bill the young HBED's all came out of the front four pens an willingly followed Cassie an then Sylvia shielded by their HBED's into cover where other trainers helped to get them to safer areas

they then got the 1A out of their pen the dead 669 already attracting flies Sara got them to go along on all fours to stay behind the shielding again another group of shots put out cameras around the pens those Bill knew were coming from a lot closer than the mountains

they sent the 1A's over to the waiting trainers staying under the pens structure as more shots took out handler vehicles

a particularly big boom even made Bill cringe Sara looked at him mouthing what the hell was that eyes wide, then a huge screeching boom resounded from the crane in the back of the property he whispered "likely a fifty caliber sniper rifle an the crash was the cable snapping taking out the lift for the nukes"

that boom echoed again an a phoomph then bigger boom came from the same area "propane fuel tank going off" the loud clang of the bits of tank falling far to close made Bill cover her

"Bully lets get the hell out of here"

"yes M'love I'm with you"

they made it back to the cafeteria it was filled with HBED's lining the walls sitting calmly eating from bowls like the bigger adult HBED's between them were

she helped him get out of the shield shell looking to the trainers in there

"alright people until security finds the sniper we don’t go out to the east side of the facility especially you security! I know there's still several pens of young HBED but they have plenty of food for the time being these did not so lets make sure they get a good meal everyone is double bunking for the time being"

she looked to Frank "break out the beds for the new roomers alright Frank"

"I'm on it you two come on" gesturing to a pair of security who had watched another get killed they wouldn’t be effective against anyone for awhile clearly in shock

soon as HBED's entered trainers cabins they were set free explanations were made and quickly the feds had dozens of names of the taken for them to find if anyone of their families were still free

Bill an Sara got one of the AB1A to do and with Tim an Hank there to help just incase

Sara cut the chip an stepped back the big male blinked looked at William then to Sara

"rhere ram ri?"

"that my fellow HBED is a long story" Bill said "but lets get you so you can talk normally" that was also a test if the nerve was cut already this was another loyalist but the other AB1A had just been people so far

she got another cutter they had hidden in the HBED beds then the sore throat spray was the anesthetic she gave him a shot of that an using a small mirror "just hold your mouth open far as you can an relax don’t try to swallow"

he nodded she reached in and checked the nerve sighed an clipped it

"he's good lover it was intact"

"what did… oh um" the nearly black Bull blinked his pink nose the only color wiggled as he swallowed an was clearly over whelmed

"we clipped a nerve in your throat Takashima engineered it to prevent normal speech causing muscles an tongue movements contrary to what was needed. Hello and welcome to the free HBED's I'm William 221 that’s Sara my trainer an mate" Bill smiled at the others an wagged an ear they went out

"I'm.. Richard Duncan I"

"well first thing memorize your number its 1819 you’re an AB1A and your not alone tonight we've been setting dozens free of the chip agent Garret of the FBI has thankfully created a video to help explain just be calm pay attention" Bill smiled an mooed reassurance to him an he blinked surprised as he responded to that

Bill relaxed back Sara sitting on his lap as the FBI created video explained everything they knew so far and what was going on to stop Takashima. Richard kept looking at Bill and Sara sitting together

at the end of the hour long video he sighed "I remember my trainer"

"did you breed her?" Sara asked

"yes" swallowing "I feel terrible I need to get sick"

Bill set the trash can next to him on his bed which now occupied the walkway into the bathroom and partly next to Sara's bed an Richard heaved coughing an getting sick again this for HBED's was hard to do their stomachs didn’t go backwards easily

Sara got up and helped to comfort him taking Bill's brush an started brushing gently patting his back

Bill sat there feelings of jealousy bubbled for a moment an he quenched them, they didn’t need that now. an he gently picked up the tablet they now had enough of them that nearly everyone had one some had two one for human one for HBED sending a message to all FFH tablets

'this is William, I realize that many of us have been together with our trainers for a very long time long enough for some to have formed serious relationships, please remember the young HBED and the 1A are people who just woke up into a far worse nightmare

be kind, don’t be jealous. if they need the touch of a human to comfort them to help them through this then be generous be patient. we are all now brothers an sisters HBED's one and all together we are a force to be feared an as we gain strength we can stop Takashima

we are HBED, we never surrender, we never give up till Takashima is done!"

Garret smiled seeing that message come up an sent a private one back to him "snipers safe free AA's found them an moved on they are going back to watching, thank you from all of us who know what is going on Bill. the world is about to change an I know you have already thought of that.

Rick has competed his modifications to sleeper something you him an Sophia talked about a secondary access point just incase Takashima finds a way to block sleeper good thinking as always, keeping it to you three an myself is likely for the best"

Due to the fact that security was staying low many of the cameras on the east side were now shot out and several of the handlers had flat quit an left the facility they were able to get out an train early for once

Sara stayed with Richard said she'd be out later

Bill stood in front of everyone of the adult HBED's free AA out where they could keep watch an also hear

"in a couple days our world changes, I know all of you on the evacuation teams are working your tails off being prepared to evacuate thank you, we all thank you, a few things we need to make sure of

Betty an Irene an the friendly cooks helpers have been collecting bottles an jugs for water now us adult HBED's don’t necessarily need it but the young ones do. they have bare minimum stamina an the ones we did get de-chipped before now didn’t get much better not their fault or ours we got more time to exercise an build up that endurance an were just older

So water, high calorie foods nothing else but the tablet pc's. each of you are assigned a specific rescue evacuation point and a group of young HBED along with several humans the tablets which will guide you to them quickly avoiding any trouble Garret will have constant monitoring going on if any rescue point is compromised it will disappear an your tablet will get an updated location to head for

Takashima's satellites will be destroyed just as we go into evacuation mode an ours will be overhead able to feed us all live infrared imaging the hunter teams will show up an the loyalist AA here will be handled

The satellite imaging will help you to avoid capture each group will have a dedicated agent guiding you get to know them now

if the worst happens there will be air cover both jets an ground attack choppers supporting us priority goes to stopping any Takashima trucks coming from LA they will have every damn AA he can gather to hunt us down an this will happen count on it.

the earliest groups going out will be the ones with the chipped babies an we have another two truckloads coming in tomorrow they due to that will have at least four adult HBED escorts likely six if we can manage it

new baby HBED will take the longest to move out remember as adults! Your voice is a guide to them don’t run them to collapsing you will have to stop an water them feed them a bit of food to keep their energy up

All adults will be getting armor an weapons humans getting weapons but this isn't a stand an fight job this is get your asses to the evacuation safety points without losing any of the young HBED's

The hunters will want you to stand an fight so they can then over whelm with numbers as adults they know too damn well one AA isn't enough to take on one HBED an they don’t know we have all our programmed training but they will learn damn fast and painfully their mission is going to be capturing the young HBED's an stopping the adults an humans from escaping.

The defense team will be the ones who once the last of the evac teams have headed out will collect any stragglers any humans who at that point are still here anyone in the hospital any hurt or injured that should NOT go with evac teams as their blood will be a neon sign for the hunters now the defense team will be taking on the brunt of the security AA the guards and the incoming hunters to give you time to run

Human escorts should take a first aid kit each they're all over the facility take them an use them. any blood is spilled treat it like it’s the plague bury an scatter it far as you can to throw off the hunters.

Please try to hurry okay, we on the defense team will get the all safe signal from Garret and then run like hell injured an hurt in the trucks we grab likely the human Takashima security officers will chase us an that’s been planned for

The defense team will also be covering the demolition team that will be flown in via chopper to destroy Takashima's access to his shaft leading to where ever he's dug it they will evacuate out to the snipers who will also be covering as many of you as possible.

then four high yield tomahawk cruse missiles will completely level this facility and any of the AA that come back here after losing you in the desert

If things go well the feds will move you all to safety an then on to the three other training facilities to raid them of all the HBED's there taking out the Shafts an Takashima's nukes at that point these young HBED's will be right up with you de-chipped trained an not quite adult they can still fight

Once Takashima has lost his nukes or he cant get to them to use them the fed's will put you into attacking the towers an other Takashima holdings we suspect he's literally holding sedated humans like raw materials in warehouses an buildings stacked like cord wood on racks waiting for the orders to convert them in the belly of a tower.

He designed us as weapons of war, to take combat back to the ways it once was. hand to hand to demoralize an destroy an enemies spirit washing over advanced combat troops an their technology quickly rendering modern weapons useless. its damn time he learned just how good a weapon he made when he's on the receiving end of the trouble he created"

That got a resounding foot stomp snorts an growls echoing a bit

Bill took a deep breath "you can do this, I say you as I due to Takashima being my former employer an I being a material witness to his atrocities hearing it from his mouth his complete admission of guilt the feds will be putting me an Sara into protective custody to wait till he can be taken to trial

We will be helping you via the tablets with access to Takashima's computers we can target your efforts to hit him best where it'll hurt him most taking shipments of HBED's raiding stores of human captives along with taking out large hunting groups ranging out to gather those humans

We strip him of his loyal followers his combat troops his grip on our country will crumble an then we will be free to be people again, an yes I know that is yet another battle but we will cross that bridge in time, an I can tell you that will be a mighty fight as well but we can do it were HBED, for now I want to ask you all for help, something I need to do"

Everyone instantly wagged an ear humans nodding

Joseph moved forward a bit "we all owe you far more than just our lives Bill whatever it is just ask" An everyone wagged an ear to that in agreement

he looked at Tim who smiled an nodded wagging an ear he knew what Bill was about to do it would have been stupid not to

Bill Smiled stood proud "I want to ask Sara to marry me tonight, I have the food being cooked" smiling at Betty who nodded

"its all ready honey you just say the word"

"thank you Betty, I want all the HBED's here to know just how much it was her who did this, she gave me the heart to do this, the hope for life instead of seeking cold revenge. I want life I want it with her, an I want it forever" holding up the ring with a smile

"I promised her a surprise an that’s what she's going to get. I want her to remember this night through the worst that might come with happy joyous memories so this is what id like to do an you get to help me…"

brushing Richard after Bill had went to go talk an train with everyone helped to settle her nerves. she knew the HBED's had been conditioned to handle combat an they all tended to forget their human partners an friends had none of that the gunfire an the triple A most had really shook her

Bill had told her that the triple A was a plant it had to be, Takashima wouldn’t ever let one of his best AA commanders sit around some California beach side mansion and sure enough the instant Sara looked for the chip 669 changed

She'd seen the monsters man feared in the night.. it wasn’t the wolf as much it was the human behind those eyes

She sighed it had actually been her suggestion that pregnant trainers should get the 1A as their bodies would calm them by the scent that Bill had so completely described an a few quick questions of others had confirmed that she only wished it was so calming for her

Brushing parts of his neck vigorously she got clumps of young HBED hair out setting it aside

"for a moment he was I think jealous of me, I'm new to this a smell makes emotion and thoughts but then it was just gone an I think it was concern an caring took over I don’t want to be any trouble" Richard said looking at the wall

"well Bill's a bit complicated he's nothing like most men, an now something new has happened to him, its not you but I'm proud of him for not being jealous"

"well" sniffing "your I think pregnant? Its his isn't it?"

"yes to both, pretty much found out this morning in fact. my scent changed from fertile to what you smell now. Richard I'm sure once the HBED's raid the other training facilities your trainer.. well we've noticed a lot of them want to stay with their HBED's we should be able to reunite you"

"she was very upset last time I saw her"

"I'm not surprised, I know I was dreading losing Bill but Takashima wants his trainers bred an so likely he delayed selling him till I caught but then found out he an I make an impressive team our selling HBED's an all the other stuff of course is just part of the plan he gave Bill to me an that was a huge weight off my shoulders"

"I think it was anger an disgust to be honest. I need to apologize to her god I need her to know I.. " he shivered an trembled

"Richard, we had the same thing going on here till we freed the HBED's your not to blame the chip blocks a rational mind leaving the base animal a very smart an driven one taught to breed fertile humans I'm sure once we get her back with you she'll forgive you no one could blame a man for being trapped like that"

he sighed deeply "so I've been sold?"

"yes but the mother Mrs. McNeal knows about all of this an was horrified an immediately offered help in finding other homes for those who simply cant fight the coming battle we've been sending them out a few at a time you an the family your going to will the moment we evacuate be taken into hiding as Takashima will most certainly come checking on you to see if your free too"

"but I want to fight"

"then tell Garret he will get you there were going to need all the HBED's we can get"

"I was on the St. Louis city council an now I'm a war machine, not quite my plan to be mayor of the city…best make the mental change huh" smiling

she walked around in front of him "A city council member? Of a major American city that damn Takashima has balls the size of grapefruit ill bet your in the media a missing person of notoriety"

"probably not Sara.. I was collecting evidence with several private eyes an police officers help against the mayor who had been taking bribes"

"from Takashima"

"yes"

"an again Bill called it, when Takashima takes a personal interest in someone he gets creative with their HBED conversion you becoming a 1A then is no accident or random chance" she sighed an went back to brushing getting his arms

"thank you Sara for helping me I wont forget it"

"just do your best use what Takashima gave you to make a difference for everyone who didn’t survive the conversion…an those who its still going to get"

"I will I promise you"

Sara finished brushing an talking to him gave him Bills emergency bag of HBED chow since his stomach had calmed down an quickly after eating had fallen asleep walking out she nearly bumped into Cassie

"hey you, we were wondering if you were going to show up" Cassie smiled at her

"taking care of Richard calming him down, he was a city counsel member Takashima took him to stop the investigation as he was helping find out about the mayor taking bribes"

”Takashima really needs to just die, come on" she started walking with her Mp3 player speaker setup

"what's that? Music? Cassie I know the cameras are down an such but that’s risky"

she smiled "it'll be soft, some of the HBED's wanted music to help relax just come on"

they walked along Sara made note of the damages she'd have to get an estimate for Takashima to chew on in the morning or the day after

walking along the known clear path they walked past friendly AA's an finally walked up the stairs to the upper deck watching the HBED's nearly silently going through the motions of combat, foot falls clopping arms whooshing through the air as they let their strength flow

she sighed an felt that deep pull inside watching her Bully as his huge muscles made his body shift an move very quickly, leaning on the rail to enjoy the view she felt her heart an other places warm

Stacy walked over "alright you warm up no lazy sup.. pregnant, supervisors around here"

Sara chuckled "yes ma'am"

"its good for ya an the baby hon, trust me this has already helped me a lot" patting Sara on the butt she got back to a slower set of movements

Sara had to admit she enjoyed the exercise mostly to watch Bill as he worked out but she also learned some simple defense moves which couldn’t be a bad thing

She looked up in mid motion an Bill smiled at her with a lick to his nose continuing onto another movement but it was his eyes locked lovingly on her. they looked right past her clothes an that made her tingle all over she chuckled inside she'd never admit it to Bill but he really did know how to tease like a champion

After a bit more Joseph called them to a halt

"excellent simply excellent you all do me proud as a teacher" he whispered with a huge smile arms folded "this will be one of our last sessions, I personally want to say thank you all I know my teachings will help you.

One day I want to come back together to celebrate our victory, to drink a toast, have a fine meal.. because I know some of us wont make it" he choked up for a moment "if you don’t I warn you now I will find your grave an well do very bad things to you, so none of you have permission to die"

That got some soft laughs an a lot of ear wiggles

"so tonight I call this to an end. a bit early because we have a major issue that needs to be resolved. a difficult an very worrisome issue, only one person can handle it, Sara our human trainers leader, supervisor of the facility"

she blinked an stood up straight as every adult HBED an human there turned and looked at her

"ah well anything I can do to help, what's up?" hands on the rail just a bit worried

Joe walked forward "it involves all of us as it effects an important member of the overall FFH effort"

Sophia moved a bit "I don’t think I've ever seen the need for the question to be answered so much before, its terrible crippling even"

"indeed I feel terrible, I once asked the question I knew how important it can be. I was asked what I thought an told them to wait, but I was wrong to do that" Tim said a bit of hurt in his voice "I should have remembered how hard it was to do, how much it had to be asked the deep need for the answer"

"an even with all that we've been through" Rick walked a few steps into open view "with all we are going to risk it has to be asked tonight"

then they all spoke in a soft voice like a choir "the question that must be asked, to which all others pale in comparison an importance, leaving even the strongest weak before its answer for inside we are still very human"

Bill strode forward across the area hooves clopping all eyes turned to him an the HBED's all knelt down as he did

he held the ring out to her in the palm of his hand looking up at her

"would you do me the greatest honor Sara, would you marry me?"

her face blushed an nearly every emotion played there her scent was everything. she swallowed jaw quivered her eyes glued on his face the gentlest smile full of hope an longing there

Cassie to her left hissed "Sara?"

She blinked an tears came "y-your such a mean Bully do you know that!… yes, yes I will"

He stood an snorted loudly "comere gorgeous"

She smiled an leaped over the rail as several yelped but he caught her holding her closely Cassie started the music an the lyrics fit all to well

_In your arms, I can still feel the way you want me

When you hold me

I can still hear the words you whispered

When you told me

I can stay right here forever in your arms_

He kissed her an looked at the ring in his hand "this needs its home now"

She smiled an picked it up looking at it as he held her close "ohh Bill its beautiful"

"the roses on the ring are sapphires I think the jeweler got the vine idea from my nose ring"

"you think?" laughing a bit she saw the inside inscription the shapes made right into the ring "a bull a heart and infinity…yeah that is so you"

"your bully loves you, forever… an its true my mate" taking the ring he put it on her finger an it fit perfectly

he set her down an danced with her slowly the best he could

_And there ain't no way

I'm lettin' you go now

And there ain't no way

And there ain't no how

I'll never see that day_

_'Cause I'm keeping you forever and for always

We will be together all of our days

Wanna wake up every morning

To your sweet face, always_

_In your heart, I can still hear a beat

For every time you kiss me

And when we're apart

I know how much you miss me

I can feel your love for me in your heart_

_ _

She looked around after a moment an everyone had left but a few who were setting up a table, chair an HBED seat

_'Cause I'm keeping you forever and for always

We will be together all of our days

Wanna wake up every morning

To your sweet face, always

Wanna wake up every morning_

_In your eyes

(I can still see the look of the one)

I can still see the look

Of the one who really loves me

(I can still feel the way that you want)

The one who wouldn't put anything

Else in the world above me

(I can still see your love for me)

I can still see your love for me in your eyes

(I still see the love)_

"what else you going to spring on me tonight Bully?" she said with a smile thumping his firm chest muscle

he smiled "if you’ve forgotten since I told you then your surprise is your fault" he kissed her with an evil grin

_'Cause I'm keeping you forever and for always

We will be together all of our days

Wanna wake up every morning

To your sweet face_

_I'm keeping you forever and for always

We will be together all of our days

Wanna wake up every morning

To your sweet face

I'm keeping you forever and for always_

_Always and forever

And in your arms_

_ _

Cassie smiled all to innocently walking away with the player Sara waved a fist at her playfully Cassie kissed her fingers then smacked her rear with a finger wave giggling

Bill gently held her fist and it relaxed into his hand

"did you have to involve everyone?" she gave him a sad pout with a tiny smile in it

"I didn’t call Takashima, still can though…" he gently took her headset

"NO oh hell no..." laughing taking it back

he crouched down with a smile "it means that much to me that I wanted it known to everyone, it is the most important question I've ever asked and it took a lot of friends an a lot of work to arrange all of it"

she hugged him tightly then biting his ear "no more surprises that’s your lifetime supply.. well.. maybe"

he laughed hugging her

Betty coughed wiping her hands "just leave the stuff here the AA's who bring it in get special treats as a reward, you two just enjoy alright" an she walked away

"an dinner too wow" laughing softly

"I did say dinner and a surprise didn’t say they had to be in that order" smiling

"mean an evil Bully, I am going to have nothing but trouble with you.. science channel huh?"

"science history home improvement" smiling at her expression of distain

"your mom she was supposed to properly train you, an look what I have to work with" gesturing to him an the dinner table but her smile was teasing an so was the giggle

he walked over an pulled her chair back waiting for her which she walked over smiled an sat down he slid her up to the table

"much better, there's clearly been some training done maybe you just need some remedial classes" an she laughed leaning back in the chair at his tail wiggling side to side in a sexy hip swing

"I can only guess I'm supposed to stay at home naked an tend the babies make dinner an have yer slippers ready dear?" he said with a pouty, kissy face an more hip wiggles

she laughed so hard she had tears streaming

"oh honey the Petersons down the street they got that new microwave thing" he said in a thin voice "it would make my life so much easier.. an Timmy had some problems today he kicked Amy in class put her right out the window" he sighed an smiled dramatically "her mom is completely shocked apparently kids bounce! Did you know that love?"

Sara held her hand up trying to talk but couldn’t stop laughing

"Timmy is in his room waiting for you to come home an have a talk with him.."

"s-stop oh my god I cant" slapping the table still laughing "I cant breathe"

"oh honey you’ve not touched your dinner, please don’t be too hard on Timmy I'm sure its just a phase" he dished out some an walked it over to her she was still laughing wiping tears with her napkin

"I give I surrender lover please oh god" inhaling air an giggling which faded seeing the big bowl of stew "stew.."

"an some awesome smelling homemade bread, butter an a desert I'm told will make the baby a chocoholic before its born" smiling as she giggled even more

she smiled her happy scent was bubbling like a shaken soda it made his heart proud an soul happy he put a chunk of buttered bread on the rim of her bowl she held his hand

"I love you so much, this is wonderful forget I said anything about not liking surprises"

"an you haven't tried the stew an gotten desert, damn I am good" laughing as she smacked his arm laughing as well

he sat down with his bowl an bread she reached out an gripped his hand with the ring gleaming on top

"I wont be able to wear my ring around him but that wont be for long an then its never coming off ever again"

"thank you love, eat please it really smells like Betty out did herself"

"okay it does smell excellent an I'm starved" eating some she looked in it "oh god that’s delicious an its got everything"

"I wanted you to have a new memory for beef stew a hugely happy one"

she smiled reached over an pulled his head over an kissed him passionately "does that tell you my answer to that Bully"

"um no it came through kinda garbled wana try again?"

she laughed an punched his arm kissing him again

after a bit he got the desert out she was looking up at the stars

"so many shooting stars tonight"

"good night to make wishes then love"

"I don’t need them" an her scent agreed it was happy an contented

he slipped a bowl of the chocolate death under her nose slowly his nose could detect nearly 5 kinds of chocolate in it an the ice cream was HBED milk

"dear god that makes my taste buds tingle" reaching for the bowl an spoon he slipped them just out of reach "oh Bully don’t tease like that, chocolate an woman makes much happiness"

he scooped up some an made sure to get just enough of the layers with a smile he turned the spoon to her an made the come hither finger movement

she leaned forward a bit an enticed her closer still only then did he let her have the contents of the spoon an a kiss as well she rolled her eyes and sighed inhaling sharply

her body told him all the words she couldn’t say as she moved over into his lap relaxing back to enjoy desert and the stars

Garret smiled watching on the thermal view as the snipers called in "command um do we keep an eye on things still?"

"yes, just keep um safe its their wedding night"

in the morning she reluctantly put the ring in her pocket and they drove out with the three 1A that were being delivered Bill sitting in the back with them Alex Jeff and Trisha all there as well going first to Justin for grooming

there was none of the fanfare as they walked down to his shop an inside

Justin congratulated them both an began making the other 1A beautiful Garret explained to them that this was only temporary an they all wanted to help fight and got the stealth units installed

Bill an Sara went in back with Garret to look at the improvements made to the HBED body armor

"an congratulations as well you two"

Sara smiled walked over an hugged him "thank you for helping Bully"

"an unfortunately I have a gift for you Sara" gesturing to the doctors who smiled

"Bully help your mate" she sighed an walked over to them and their exam table they pulled the curtain

Bill smiled at her "be brave love, remember we don’t know what all this HBED plus human is going to do to you"

"it was FUN that’s what did this to me" she laughed

Bill smiled looking over the armor it was excellent craftsmanship the FFH on the chest an sides covered with a mesh to camouflage it a bit in the dark tugging on the stitches an feeling the flexibility

"the FFH is so law enforcement agencies don’t go shooting at the friendlies in a fight the tower gear is a bit different but not much, smaller shoulder armor to make doors easier" Garret pointed to the larger pads on the normal combat suit

then Garret brought a big one out of a box "this one is yours big guy try it on"

"mine? Cool" slipping it on he tightened the straps slipped his tail through a slot in the back an smacked the hook and loop fastener down with the end of his tail so to close the panel around it snapping buckles an locking cams tight tugging as he went

poor Garret trying to help a bit but clearly he gave up after a moment as Bill clearly knew how to do this

he put on the arm guards then the leg armor adjusting them a bit he locked the cams tight he clenched a fist then opened it, the hand guard he adjusted a finger strap a bit then he buckled the neck guard on to the shoulders moving his head around an then he grinned looking at Garret

"excellent fit"

"well" laughing a moment "you certainly took that to heart, this is just the normal combat stuff the tower rig is being worked on"

"I was one of a terrorist response team Takashima formed, speed an efficiency getting into body armor was paramount he canceled it, ill tell you what this needs see these" putting his fists out

"lemi take an easy guess spikes?" making a face an then smiling

"nah round head disks so they don’t get stuck in bone or a door"

"okay I can make that change, so this is mostly borrowed from the ones Takashima has been getting the manufacturer is cringing that he's been caught an is totally willing to provide for both sides till this is over at that point he gets trouble more he helps the FFH the better his odds on not going to prison"

"alright" flexing and dropping onto all fours he twisted and checked for pinching or binding "they did some serious work on this I don’t feel the plates at all"

"and we added a layer of the titanium mesh to the inner most areas, triple to the neck, shoulders belly and arms as those seem to be the areas that will be taking the most claw an teeth abuse we got an AA to try an bite through it the tips got in but not the entire tooth also titanium scales run down the spine to protect it"

"good damn good" he moved over so Sara could see him as they were checking her over an he went into the practice drill shifting from two leg to four fighting an rolling finally standing up

she clapped as did the doctors an Garret

"really damn fine work Garret an you know if I can do all of that easy as if I was wearing a shirt"

"the HBED's are going to kick some serious ass, the helmets are the only problem they will have to be nearly custom fit for each HBED as with people they vary in size an overall shapes but built of the best bullet proof stuff eye covers as well they will make you all into walking tanks with extra armor plating"

"I like it, we'll just have to do with whatever helmets you can get us the armor is the biggest thing how are you going to get them into the facility?"

"since we've shot out a majority of the cameras on the east side the handlers are keeping their heads down or quit an security isn't venturing to that side unless their free AA we slip them in that way nice hole in the fencing held together with thin wire the evacuation can run right through the opening an head for the hills"

"have the HBED's come an get the right sizes for them an then hide them in their cabins"

"our thoughts precisely, we can also get the last of the tablets in human armor an weapons as well. I only hope they don’t need them most of them have no training an wont even know which end of the gun is the dangerous end"

"I got some quick training from my Bully he can show them too" Sara smiled an looked him over "damn lover if you had like a helmet you'd pass for the black night"

"well the only maiden I've stolen came to me willingly" snorting an grinning Garret an Sara both chuckled

"so you alright my love?" sitting down on his haunches taking her hand

"they say your nose and the other HBED's are remarkably sensitive lover I've definitely been caught, they took a few blood samples and would like me to of course start prenatal vitamins" smiling at him

"and congratulations on that as well you two, alright Sara this is how its going to play out tonight you go back a courier brings the boarding passes for you an your advertising team an body guard so that’s taken care of, who going?"

"Bully? I know Trisha she's my AA body guard"

"me, Tim, Sophia, Kim, Joseph, Fopp and Rick he's doing the computer while we handle the rest of the job. once we set off the floor cutter I expect some trouble but we can handle that the elevators don’t like the electrical being all ripped out 49 has an access panel for the system that runs them a pry bar adjustment to most"

"most? But why not all?" garret asked clearly a bit confused

"we want them to send up something so they don’t barricade the stairs on us they wont immediately know its an attack but they will know an explosion in the building

they will be confused as to why the fire alarms don’t show them which floor to check the explosion could be blamed for only two lifts working till they know its an attack, I plan on keeping the freight elevator as an emergency backup but I don’t trust them in his buildings"

"gotcha makes sense an limiting them to one or two lifts… still cant convince you to try for a fast run through the hell hole?"

"no, too many AA an humans in there that would certainly recognize a 1A an there's three on this mission"

"right them being Takashima's lab techs an such if we could only get one or two of them the intelligence we could get out of them"

"too risky I don’t know anything of the pens we could get caught in a corner an then were dead"

"right"

"an I want my Bully to come back to me Garret, its going to be enough stress standing there with Takashima near by talking to all those people who likely don’t know about what he's doing to make them all that money they reinvest into the company while Bill an the others are taking out the tower"

"ah but once this comes out people wont be able to sell his stock for toilet paper" Garret smiled "the EVAC stations are all set up while he had his satellites looking for the snipers we moved the last ones into place we also have the military ready as well they’ve been briefed it’s a top secret mission nothing on computer all paper orders sealed for security"

"Takashima trucks bugged so the moment they turn for the facility you know it?"

"yep that took a lot of work but we got them all, all FFH family have been either evacuated or we have agents ready to move in snatch them an run"

"sounds like were ready" Sara sighed nodding

"best that we can be, we can only hope someone up above doesn't decide to toss a bit of randomness at us" Bill said with a smile hugging her

they walked out to the grooming going on Trisha was talking to a man who was wearing ankle chains an yet nice clothes Jeff an Alex to their families

Alex made a face an mimed he was suffocating from inside his moms an sisters hugs

Sara and Bill both smiled at that as did the 1A's Richard Veronica an James they all also smiled seeing the armor

"I wanted to show off the armor a bit, all FFH will be getting this" Folding his arms

Jeff's mom looked from hugging her son "oh my you really are big"

"I told you mom Bill is the biggest HBED ever!"

"Dude! That’s incredible" Alex broke the strangle hold his mom had an she was blinking

"thank Garret, his people been working like maniacs to get it done so when we're on the move we have protection better than the hunters"

"no Bill this was all you we've been caught flat footed so bad were still playing catch up were just following in the hole your opening for us"

"Pha the feds and you were already sniffing around Takashima when we contacted you"

"an you gave us a huge boost making all of this possible really Bill if it weren't for you Takashima would be way out ahead of us the coming FFH Takashima war is going to be vicious but it will get the bastard taken out"

Jeff's mom walked over an Bill crouched down on his haunches. she smiled an hugged him "thank you for saving my son"

"he knew what to do when he finally saw the light, that was your doing ma'am be proud of him"

Jeff smiled an wagged his tail as Alex mom walked over gave Bill a hug as well

"when this is all over your coming to dinner regularly your family now! you gave me" she sobbed covered her face an smiled touching his cheek "you gave me my son back, HBED or not you got him back from the dead, you take a piece of that Takashima out for me"

Bill smiled "that will be my pleasure ma'am"

They delivered the 1A to their new homes each happy to play for a few days Bill shook their hands pausing with Richard who held his hand

"thank you Bill" he smiled patting his hand

"why? Your going to be fighting more than I will I'm going to be all locked up for safe keeping"

"not that you big hard head, for letting Sara help me… I know it wasn’t easy but you trusted me I wont forget it, there will come a day I'll repay you"

"you can buy me a gallon of juice when this is over"

"deal, hell make it a case we'll party" smacking Bill on the arm

the drive back was all the AA's talking enjoying the time out away from the facility seeing their families had boosted their spirits high he looked at Trisha who smiled at him

fingering to him 'he's not happy that I got changed but he understands what happened to me said the feds are being damn good to him thank you… I have to admit that armor on you looked incredible'

'an I know its going to get a lot of use Trisha the tower not so much as the evacuation Takashima is not going to let this go easy he's going to fight us for every thing we have to do an when he hits us its going to hit hard'

she wagged an ear 'Joe said it Bill if it weren't for you this wouldn’t be happening now you need to do your duty you got us all the help you could by paying for it with your freedom. I'm sure its going to drive you nuts being unable to fight with us but if any of us die we know Takashima is going to pay dearly for every death'

Bill wagged an ear 'that is for certain if I have to do it myself'

That evening a courier delivered tickets for the trainers an cargo tags for the HBED's Takashima called Sara in her office as she was looking them over

"first class nice.. never been first class before"

"well Sara you should expect that your now quite famous the owner trainer of William 221 Takashima industries champion AB1A advertising star for all HBED's"

"yeeeah an my Bully is right here too, he's been glued to me all day. Oh I'm bringing Trisha with me as my body guard she took over quickly yesterday, she's good looking an great personality as well"

"good choice she's an excellent AA and after yesterday I don’t want you without a AA and or William around do you understand Sara"

"yes sir, after yesterday I'm almost ready to start looking for my own gun"

”as an officer of Takashima industries if you like it can be arranged Sara, training as well"

"I might just take you up on that sir … as for my advertising team looks like their going to have us flying to Dallas then to Houston we should be done with the airline around 3pm local time" referring to her notes "I have seven other companies locally there in a couple malls that I've arranged for advertising visits

an arranged for photographers as well we should be done with that around six or seven I got a very nice formal dress today and got a entertaining presentation all done also got a truck to transport us around in style"

"perfect then I shall see you there, let me know if you'd like firearms training when your ready"

"thank you sir then ill see you tomorrow in Houston" tapping it off she sighed "busy, busy day tomorrow Bully you get to fly for the first time hmm best check with doc an get a mild tranquilizer for all of you HBED's just incase… hell get one for Cassie an Stacy those two going to bounce around like rubber balls" laughing

During the night the east fence was cut an HBED's came out getting the items in via bucket brigade to make it quick the Feds slipped in to help with fitting an checking getting head measurements for those on the defense team that weren't going to Houston

a quick lesson for all those who got guns on how to load them an check safeties an for the armor wearers on how to put it on quickly and the fence was wired shut again and things quickly went silent an still

in the morning she tapped her cell alarm off looking at him, he was nearly on top of her his mass balanced over her. arm holding him up over her his warmth radiating evenly she could feel his tail coiled around her ankle as usual

thinking for a moment protecting me even as he sleeps my handsome an amazing Bully massive HBED Bull my mate and husband. he loves me so much. she blew air gently at his nose he inhaled and smiled a bit pulling her closer his purring snore deepened a bit she hated to wake him she did so enjoy being close to him

"lover" kissing his nose she tickled his ear a bit his face muscles twitched an he started inhaling mouth opening fully she held her hair giggling a bit he closed his mouth an blinked exhaling over her "good morning lover time to get up"

"oh? Ah alright yeah got an early flight don't we"

"yep" smiling "you need to send a note around to everyone if anything strange happens evacuate otherwise keep with the studies an get ready" patting him on the chest gently "I love you handsome"

he nuzzled her neck an kissed her "my goddess must be worshipped with love"

she laughed sitting up hugging him "will you say that when I'm old an wrinkly"

"yes, I will always love you my goddess" putting his huge head gently against her chest her arms went around his head rubbing his back an neck

she rubbed the horns the spikes were now longer than her hand "well I need a shower much as I love you Bully I don’t want to smell like a Bull all day" getting up she slipped her robe on another thing she'd gotten as a gift from a client making a note to pack it somewhere when they evacuated she loved the feel of it an the emerald color

"lover" sliding her hand over the material as it flowed over the hip

"yes hon?" typing the note looking at her with a smile enjoying her pose

"this robe, could you find someplace to put it when we leave I really don’t want to lose it"

"sure love ill make sure it gets packed"

she smiled kissed him an went to the door seeing Jeff awake an Alex napping

Jeff turned to her "yes Ma'am?"

"can you wake sleeping beauty an have him go wake up the ones going with us to Houston please"

"sure can Madam"

"an grab me a fresh cinnamon roll an cold milk from the cafeteria too please"

"will do"

"thank you Jeff" she made her way towards the shower which was already running she had to smile as Bill was sitting there her scrub puff soaped an ready a loving smile on his face

she had to smile back slipping her robe off he took it an exchanged it for the puff he bowed his head to the floor

"what are you doing now lover?" laughing at his antics as she stepped into the perfect temp water

"worshipping my goddess an mate because she deserves such treatment"

"well the goddess needs her clothes an dress packed, please lover" scrubbing an laughing at his bowing to the tub which was she knew likely his love of looking at her nude thinking as he went out it was actually a flattering form of worship

he smiled laying the dress into the compartment for that it'd keep it from getting wrinkled the one shouldered black dress with its red to white jewels across the material was chosen from a special collection of them by the feds he had to admit Sara tried it on an she looked stunning

he laid out her favorite jeans an shirt for comfort on the plane packing a couple days clothes in the case the dress shoes and what little makeup she used putting her briefcase in the shoulder satchel along with camera an the tablet

he got his clothes on donning his collar an medal

she came out an hugged him got dressed an they walked out Trisha was waiting with Sara's food an the others came walking up all smiling

"lets go kick some ass people" an they all marched for the truck parked out in front loaded up him an Tim sat on the floor of the truck several carry bags stacked between them

as they drove into the airport they were relaxed an enjoying the ride in Sara figured they'd be fed on the flight an with things now so close Bill agreed with everyone else best to wait till they were indeed hungry to keep nerves to a minimum

due to having live animals they were directed over to a cargo facility next to the main LAX terminal backing the truck up to the building the ramp was let down and as usual when they unloaded it drew attention

the airline personnel had them brought in to the loading area Sara presented their health certifications numbers for identification cards an where they were going presenting their boarding passes which then had to be matched to identification

Bill sighed sitting on his haunches the others did as well he fingered carefully

'figures even as cargo we have to wait for federal regulations to make life even more difficult'

'least we don’t have to go through the madhouse terminal' Joe wrote

'true' came from all of them

Sara sent Mike to go park the truck and finally finished the paperwork the airline representative finally showed up profusely apologizing for the issues an smiled looking at the HBED's

"aren't they just incredible"

Sara smiled "three of Takashima industries champion 1A's an the biggest HBED Bull my William" she gestured to Bill an he stood looming up

"wow okay I can see why they wanted the shipping containers built the way they are, he really pick up that car?"

"sure did" she smiled "it was damn impressive in person, so um we going to be late for the flight?"

"not at all, ill take you to a private check in an right to the gate but I wanted to make sure these guy's would be alright"

"well best thing is get us to the containers so we can get them loaded an we can get going"

"ah yeah sorry right this way everyone" leading the way through some industrial swing doors the HBED's were greeted by the Fed's who gestured to the containers all set in special racks so they faced each other proudly emblazoned with HBED cargo unit caution live animal

"we have a big lunch for you on the flight HBED's

Bill got into his an was buckled in the agent showed him the various things like food an water smiled an closed the door Sara came over an put a kiss on the window smiled an waved

Tim was put in the one across from him shown the same things Cassie smiled an kissed the window as well

Bill had to wonder what Tim was going to do Cassie clearly had grown to be quite affectionate an they shared that pleasure together, but she wasn’t his wife and she was still out there somewhere with two daughters

So much to worry about

They were all soon rolled out on a cargo truck heading out for the airplane to be loaded Bill had to admit this was different from any other time he'd been on an airplane now he was a care package

Tim waved his hand smiling he fingered 'whee' Bill could only sigh shaking his head a bit

Tim laughed, then kept looking for a moment then fingered 'your thinking again stop worrying about every bridge we haven't reached yet'

He fingered back 'my thinking ahead has saved our asses several times thank you'

'yes it has but I know you well enough to know that look. your worry thinking stop it'

'it needs to be done, if I don’t then there will be problems Takashima can exploit against us'

'you wont be able to be everywhere Bill, your going to have to face that. you taught us to survive to fight back to be brave an honorable and loyal.. and even how to love'

Bill tilted his head

'I was wrong to tell you to wait I meant that'

'no you were right at the time, but then Sara made her choice then I had to ask there was no other choice for me I needed to know'

'exactly that changed everything' he smiled at Bill 'I'm glad you let me help'

'well I'm not always thinking ahead an worrying you know, an thank you. No when I'm with Sara it’s the now this instant I'm happy and when she's happiest my soul is at peace' he smiled feeling the warmth inside just thinking about her

'your so damn lost I don’t think your ever gona escape' laughing visibly

'don’t want to Tim' Putting his nose against the kiss on the window the nose ring bonked it. intentionally fogging it his nose left a print he carefully made a heart around it in the steam

Tim smiled an shook his head rolling his eyes

The truck lifted the bed up an their containers were rolled into the belly of the airplane an locked down plugged in air started moving an it started cooling off Bill turned his nose up an sniffed

Thinking standard AC smells a bit of jet fuel ah they brought on the food for the passengers hmm chicken and roasted potatoes huh Sara will like that he looked over an Tim was laughing at him

'what?' making a face at him sticking his tongue out

'you! Always with the thinking what now?' making an animated what now look

'smelled some of the passenger food. roasted chicken an potatoes I was just thinking Sara will like that' feeling a bit hurt Tim was laughing at even that

Tim laughed more, Bill sighed an relaxed back a bit getting a drink from the fountain it clicked off after a moment looking back Tim was still smirking at him

'not talking to you, speak to the hoof' putting his up as the next set of containers banged an bumped into his shifting him a bit he could still see Tim laughing fingering as he was moving to look at Bill around his hoof

"no they just couldn't put in a privacy curtain could they" his voice really loud he closed his eyes an relaxed thinking about the tower the tiniest details

after a bit he looked back out at Tim who sighed visibly 'sorry'

'its ok you can change the body but not the man inside I've always been a thinker I'm not mad ok, I'm a terrible pessimist. so I can always expect the worst an not be crippled by it I can react I can do something that moment can save lives an win a war'

'I know I know, you’re my best friend, but it sometimes doesn’t feel like you can be friends with anyone' looking a bit hurt

'I just don’t express it like others, I give them my trust its very rare. you have my trust Tim I know I could put Sara in your care, an she would be completely safe' Bill smiled a bit 'feel better now? You understand me better than anyone else now.

I once trusted Takashima an got screwed hard. yes damn it I think, I suspect I worry I'm trying to out think the god damn devil in a mans skin. I don’t like thinking all the time I just wish some days I could sit down an watch the sun set mind empty but I don’t dare.

Sara gives me that time Tim, I told you she brings me peace of the soul so yes I love her like nothing else because to me she's a goddess granting me that peace'

Tim just wiggled an ear an smiled a bit they both felt the airplane move as it was moved away from the terminal

Sara smiled on the outside seeing the group of HBED containers loaded onto the truck to be taken to the airplane inside she felt bad that they had to be shipped like that

only Amy or EX01 were really small enough to use human seats and no one was going to risk Amy to the tower mission she was already starting to show she was pregnant they really didn’t want to take Stacy but Joe was in the tower team she'd be at the hotel room safe

getting into the VIP bus with the others they stopped an got Mike from the parking lot where he'd put the truck and continued on to the terminal

the airline representative smiled sitting down next to her "agent Garret explained to my supervisors a bit of what's going on but not everything, requested our assistance in a matter of national security, can you tell me anything?"

she looked around carefully "only that if I told you and it was found out by certain people outside of the government your life would become ..quite nightmarish. trust this though if you start to hear about the FFH they are the good guys"

"ok, so its really bad?"

she took a deep breath nodding "yeah definitely that, any help you can provide will go a long way I just cant say anymore security is very hard to keep"

"well then just let agent Garret know he has the airlines full support"

"thank you sir that really is great of them, an it wont be forgotten"

he got up an smiled "you an your bags will get the fast track so no worries we hope you enjoy your flight on one of our newest S-797's"

everyone smiled at that

the check in was incredibly short a quick check for weapons a pass right through the metal detector an they were on a tram heading for the gate a private club room was their stop though an soon as they were inside Garret locked the door

the airline rep smiled "agent Garret"

"thank you for getting them through the checkpoint so quickly, Sara everyone… we tried to filter the passengers best we could but we know at least four Takashima loyalists are on the plane maybe a couple more but there's six air marshals an a dozen FBI so your more than safe"

the airline rep blinked a bit "but you work for Takashima"

Garret sighed "what you hear in here forget it, if you repeat it the multinational terrorist Takashima will find out"

"an make my life an nightmare I heard, what's going on?"

Sara gestured to Garret

"those HBED's your loading in the plane, their people humans converted, changed into what you see now. if it weren't for the big one William, they'd all still be enslaved as simple animals Takashima has been stealing people an doing that to them that enough for you?"

the rep looked at Sara who nodded "were fighting him from the inside where he doesn’t think there's a threat and he's played right into our hands just keep an eye on the news an stay in your house at night bar the doors an windows"

"an the FFH are the good guy's right okay.. I think that’s my limit, again agent Garret the airline is more than happy to help please by all means anything we can do"

"ill remember that an I can say it right now the federal government wont forget your help"

the representative walked away getting a mini bottle of alcohol from the bar pouring it into a cup of soda

Garret moved Sara off to the side with the others "the HBED's are about loaded" touching his ear for a moment "then we get our containers in there an the luggage last. now you wont be allowed down there, but no worries. ill be with them as part of the crew lot of last moment fixing an fitting the helmets, one of our people had an idea to help hide who these HBED's are from Takashima adding to Bill's idea of washable fur color"

"okay so what do we do?" Stacy asked her hand sitting on the beginning roundness of her belly

"sit back watch the movie enjoy lunch an drinks on the airline take a load off me an the HBED's are the busy ones okay?" Garret smiled "Bill told me to make sure you all got fresh jumbo hot chocolate chunk cookies so be good" clearly smiling as several chuckled an laughed

the speaker called them to board early for VIP seating and they walked out the airline rep walking with them already heading down a bender Sara smiled an patted his shoulder

"be careful, you never know when a HBED might happen in your future but were working to make sure every one's happy"

his face paled a bit then he smiled "I will thank you Miss Cassidy you have a safe enjoyable flight"

Sara noted that Garret had pulled a disappearing act an that other passengers were a bit less than pleased at their going first before the first class group

Finding their seats they got the cushy recliner leather seats little side tables an cup holders Stacy eeked giggling as her seat and Cassie's laid back nearly flat

"alright you two best behavior please fun is ok no obnoxiousness" sitting down in her seat after putting her carry on in the overhead an satchel under the seat she relaxed back a bit an reclined the seat slowly

"she just likes to lay back slow an easy, we just do it faster" Came from Cassie with a leer Stacy laughed at the face

Sara grabbed a pillow an tossed it at them "weirdo's" chuckling

Mike slipped in past Sara an got his seat also chuckling at the interaction

The stewardess offered them hot towels Sara smiled taking one "thank you, ahh I think I might get used to this far too easy" applying it to her face an relaxing back

Bill sat there munching HBED chow a bit after they had taken off to sate his hunger pains Tim was as well then a knock at their doors as they opened, it was a lot louder than expected he had to fold his ears down to dampen it

Garret smiled "head on that way carefully watch your step guys"

Bill had to duck an twist to fit past the others containers an found a seat next to Sophia who had a big bowl of food already an agent gave him one with a smile Tim sat down as he was handed his

Bill grinned to himself an suddenly hugged Tim hard who groaned making faces

"tight too tight.."

"what you wanted me to express my friendship" grinning evilly taking a large mouthful of food

"ow, yeah lets just go back to the moody trust thing okay" everyone laughed a bit

the containers that had been loaded after the HBED's were all open equipment on the sides fold up chairs in a few with seat belts

Garret walked to the front handing out bottles of cold water from a bin "okay were going fit your tower armor do any adjustments an then discuss communications plan so first up Bill you’ve got the biggest sledge hammer head you can keep eating as they make your helmet"

"okay"

getting up he avoided tails an feet walking forward one of the people had him turn an sit down he was a younger kid smelled of resin an chemicals he started taking measurements of his head pictures as well

he stepped in front of Bill as he was chewing the salad HBED chow an roast beef mix "um are your horns going to be any bigger?"

"more than likely I'm just adult recently but not a mature HBED"

"okay I just wanted to make this so it fits for a long time without modifications"

"thank you, Garret we also will have to have our ID chips an ear tags pulled so in the tower they don’t see were there"

"damn, your right okay" pointing at another agent "make sure that’s on the checklist I don’t want them hitting that tower with a blood scent either so glue the wound shut then we can put them back when they get back to the room"

he nodded typing on a laptop

the man working with his head smiled again "going to need to tape these over your eyes an get you to hold your breath for a moment when I get to that okay?" holding a pair of dished covers in his fingers

"to give my eyes some air space?"

"yeah"

"best to make sure to compensate for my very wide peripheral vision please"

"um how wide is it?"

Bill smiled and moved his hand back to just where he couldn’t see it "both sides"

"wow okay ill make better ones" applying the cover over the eye then the other one he then wrapped plastic around Bill's shoulders putting rubber spacer blocks on the bridge of his nose then on the head taping some on the sides of the head an cheeks looking at the shape an nodding

finally he opened a very large ice chest filled with clear gel "ill do your nose last this stuff looks messy but its not" spraying his face an head with a liquid from a garden sprayer "UV light reactive it'll harden fast then ill use it to make the inner shell of the helmet"

scooping up a small container of it he looked at Bill "ready?"

"just keep my ears available please but yeah"

an the gel plopped on his head spreading out with the mans gloved hands helping it spread

everyone leaned a bit to look around Garret as he was helping to fit more generic sized HBED shaped helmets to Tim an Fopp he stopped an looked "dear god Sara is going to kill you if that makes a mess of him Anthony"

"its fine" sighing "you trust me don’t you?"

Bill wiggled an ear flinging gel off onto Anthony's shoe "yes"

"ah sorry it does get everywhere but for your head this is a must be done now you use the top of the head for hitting?"

"yes the big boss of skull up there"

"ok ill make sure that gets a lot of reinforcement"

soon enough he had Bill hold his breath an covered his nose an chin around the sides an then grabbed a large box with UV lights inside it "close your eyes"

Bill did being calm as the box went over his head after just a few moments the lights went off and Anthony was setting it aside pulling the hardened shell off he had to use a pair of cutters to open the side up to the ear an he pulled up in the back sliding it off to the front

"okay! There we go wow big head" showing the shell to Bill the pads were in the shell material

"I'm the Biggest HBED right now that’s to be expected, so you fill that an get a positive to work on"

Anthony smiled "yep I can add layers adjust the fit as well"

"add a bit more to the front of the nose mine wiggles an moves as I breathe please"

"can do! Um would you mind if I did something cool to it?"

"what?"

"I want" looking at Garret then back to Bill "I have this idea to put a big bull skull on this it'd disguise you an scare people" his scents of eager hopefulness made Bill smile

"sure, with camouflaged lenses nose opening in the black parts of the bone"

"yeah my idea exactly awesome! Thank you"

"do it to the others as well" slipping the plastic off

"buh UH well alright um"

"I'm sure you came prepared Anthony. do the others as well thank you" brushing bits of hardened gel off Bill got his bowl an finished eating sitting down back next to Sophia who nudged him with her elbow

'that was mean' she fingered

"its actually a good idea, an I plan on getting Garret to do it for all FFH the AA's who work for Takashima are more human inside than we are. many of them have never embraced their bodies abilities thus they still have many of the human fears most don’t pay attention to all of their senses do they Trisha"

"nope I've been learning from all of you to do that, an wow the information you can get from a single sniff"

Garret looked at Anthony and back he was already working on the positive of Bill head "did he sell you on that skull thing?"

"yes Garret an I'll tell you why, in every war there has been American military forces where some weapon was made to frighten as well as kill, the flying tigers P-40 Warhawks in the early years of world war two painted with sharks mouths an eyes where the Japanese could see them

in Vietnam they did the same to some cobra gun-ships the gulf wars the honored A-10 tank killers as well, so why not prey upon those moments of fear an indecision use them against the loyalists skulls on Big black lumbering armor clad bodies charging at you some might just break an run"

Garret was nodding "an since you have to wear a helmet might as well make it scary as well, excellent Bill" he turned to Anthony "skulls on all of them show them how to help ya Anthony"

"yes sir!" smiling

Garret turned back around as Sophia was called over for her custom fit "can you hear me ok Sophia?"

"sure can"

"ok we have it all set up the hotel suites your party is one room next door to another adjoining so plenty of beds an such for the trainers HBED beds will be provided the hotel is also equipped with a fire stair right next to the rooms we also have several rooms there monitoring the tower

now the alarmed doors wont be working you will go down four floors an out the bottom door into the back of a truck get sprayed with the washable dye prior to leaving an then suit up the driver an helper will take you to the alley way behind the towers east side parking area"

he brought out a dry erase board with an overhead map of the area under the clear cover "now this portion of the fence was damaged by a careless garbage truck driver leaving this potion of the fence bars busted an bent" marking the area on the plan

"who got paid by the FBI for that bit of vandalism" Bill added Garret smiled nodding

"now this is right in the camera blind spot an its being watched from this warehouse here" marking an X on it "now you go through as Bill has I'm sure told you. we know the hunters timing now they leave out of this secure door inside the fence which is left unlocked now for them to go out" marking it

"they head out for hunting at 9:20 the guards patrol this area once an hour to an hour an thirty"

drawing a set of arrows showing the patrol route "so you'll have about forty minutes to get inside"

the door the hunters went out was the one his face had met what felt like long ago now

"that door leads into a series of hallways Garret, twenty feet straight in ten to the east another T forty to the north a T junction there. the elevators open onto the hallway there... it’s the door that Kenneth used on my head to stop me escaping they have full control of the lights and the elevators"

Garret had added the hallways to the drawing "how close to the pits inside?"

"don’t know like I said before lift opened they stalked forward from all three directions joking about my predicament wanting me to run not fight. I went straight an turned where I hoped it was like the floors above it was"

"alright but clearly it’s a weak point in the towers security into the conversion levels excellent" making notes for a moment

"the secure cargo rollup doors" getting up he crouched down in front of the overhead outline he reversed the raceways back through the hospital an feeding areas to the big pen they started out in then the others labeling what he could "that’s the pen we ended up in after the other was being repaired from the fight with Steven"

Garret was looking at the drawing tapping his finger on his chin "so the pits are approximately under this core section of the building what do you think might be right in here Bill?" he circled a larger area to the south side "we know the old parking levels were out under the surface parking lot but those were closed off after the renovation"

"conversion line, more storage pits, the training areas for combat mode. I don’t know Garret that’s about all I have"

Garret was clearly thinking though

"well the rest of the plan is in the tower that’s all you Bill now when you guys signal that your coming down we'll cut main power just as the tower explodes Trisha keep Sara close to you just incase"

she nodded an wagged her ear "Takashima made sure I knew she was my most important duty, keeping her safe now that he knows she's pregnant and after the shootings he repeated that to all the AA at the facility"

Garret nodded "alright now you come down an run right out the front doors which will be blown out by sniper fire run straight down Spring Ave. several blocks then left on Parasol there's construction right here we have a bunch of tear gas cans planted with a remote trigger if your being pursued they'll hit that an totally lose you. the truck will be waiting for you there leap in door is closed an it drives off

we figure to have maybe fifty to ninety minutes for you to get washed up brushed an back into the hotel room so if Takashima shows up your all asleep or playing with your toys like good little HBED boys an girls"

they all grinned

"now going with the silent plan, the helmets will have a signal clicker each of you will have a specific toned click so you can tell who's who. Kim your security harness will have it as well

we got an ear bud for you to hear the clicks an one for you too Trisha, I will also be able to talk to all of you so long as the stealth units are off in yours Kim the clicker bulb is done by touching the left arm guard about here"

he showed her on his arm she wagged an ear to that

"everyone else the bulb will be where you can bite it to click signal, now going with your already natural ear wags one for yes two for no three for achieved a landmark such as entry to the building taking out the AA guard each fire door an the such I will ask you where you are so we can keep tabs on things like when your ready to go"

"when were ready to bail Garret I'll signal two, two an three"

"alright" writing that on the blank area of the dry erase "if there's trouble?"

"three quick pause then two quick only trouble id send that for is if were trapped"

"alright if that happens we will come in don’t doubt that at all we do not want to lose any of you an we will come in slinging lead so keep your heads down"

"no Garret, the important thing is backdoor. long as it goes out then the sacrifice is worth it if they corner us I wont go willingly id die taking them to hell with me " Bill folded his arms the others thought about it an agreed as well wagging an ear

"just grab Sara an make sure she's safe the same with the other trainers don’t leave them alone send the FFH at the facility the code 'moving on now'. Amy an several others know that means were not coming back an they need to immediately evacuate to avoid being taken, Hank is forgetful but that will get his bovine rear into gear"

Garret clearly didn’t like that but had to agree "lets not okay? Damn it all you’re my friends we've talked an gotten to know each other I consider you all friends no sacrificing"

"do you see Kenneth leaving the tower at night Garret?"

he sighed "no.. but we have seen him at local FFH activity investigating things we've done to spread the FFH around the country more truck cargo seizures capturing AA's out hunting leaving their collars an ID chips on a spray painted FFH usually walks around the tower every night"

"so he's going to be there tonight then"

"it’s a possibility but we haven't seen him for a couple days"

Joe looked at Bill "this Ken he's that monster triple A?"

Bill wagged an ear "smart SOB too, clever as well, if he don’t show. he's not there to respond to the attack"

Garret nodded "he should be with the meeting going on"

"no…" Bill knew that 669 she'd been sent to the facility if Takashima suspected he'd send Ken and an army of AA's to the facility "Garret get a message to Amy an the others at the facility warning highest watch alert an tell all of your sniper teams to watch their backs and pass along to the free AA to wag their tails then flag them as the friendly signal"

"what's going on Bill?" Trisha asked

"Ken is habit personified if he's not at the tower, he's somewhere important. if Takashima did send 669 out to check the facility an it wasn’t just her spewing bull means he suspects something means Ken is heading there with an army of AA

but he might have slipped a few in we don’t know. If their waiting for backup they will go along with the friendly AA actions so they aren't shot so the change in password only free AA will know will set them up for a fall

Garret you need to have the D.O.T. of Texas, New Mexico, an Arizona slow any Takashima trucks before they get there, not permanently stop them just slow them down again don’t want raise suspicions"

"so like increased inspections of the animals an the such?"

"exactly if they're on the way then we have an ETA to work around its just incase Garret"

"I got you" he pointed to one agent "get on that right now"

Tim smiled "always thinking Bill, an I'm damn glad you do sometimes" they all agreed

Anthony walked over after a bit smiling he held out a rough helmet "ready for a test fit?"

"sure clam shell type?"

"yeah its best for your long head"

Bill took it looked at it an slipped it over his nose onto the head an let the back close

"now I haven't put on the locks an straps or the pad strips eye lenses much less any of the edging okay? How's it feel?"

"light comfortable" reaching up for where the Stealth unit was he felt a hole in the helmet

"that’s for the stealth unit I'm making a button that will work on it so you don’t have to open the helmet so it feels good? How's the vision an nose? It good under the jaw?"

Bill wiggled his nose plenty of room opened his mouth a bit an that was fine ears were comfortable side vision was perfect "your good, feels like its right on the horn boss too"

"I got the perfect shape from the head mold few more layers an then the skull an finishing items"

"make the finish matte, non reflective"

"can do!"

they all smiled at the young mans enthusiasm others came over to check fits of the helmets they had an then went back to working on them armor suits were adjusted an fitted they started practicing getting them on an off fast

Bill was walking around a bit with the rubber hoof pads getting used to their feel he'd gotten so used to his hoof's on the ground the pads felt weird, but the logic behind them was sound he also was getting the feel of the six foot railroad crowbar Garret found them an they fit the need exactly being strong construction, common an thus untraceable

He slipped it on an off his shoulder smacking it back into the magnetic rack the helmet would block his grabbing the tear gas ring so they were making the ring a bit bigger so his finger could yank it, on his hips were the tactical tomahawks. its armor puncturing tip would punch right through any helmet the AA had

Fopp and Sophia opted for the air powered tranquilizer dart shooter which was part of the arm guard the others went for a fire axe knives and the tomahawks as weapons, guns not being all that effective against HBED's

Garret walked over looking at him "Bill" the expression he had made Bill stop an rack the crowbar

Moving over he crouched down on his haunches Garret brought up a video report uploaded by a amateur photographer a Takashima semi an 53 foot trailer parked right in the middle of a street early morning in the daylight

"where?"

"small town in northern Louisiana, just hit the net hour ago Takashima is already trying to get it removed from the sites its popping up on"

the doors on the trucks trailer opened an AA's flowed out then one two three an finally a fourth triple A stepped out Kenneth..

"audio?"

"yeah here" handing Bill the headphones which he put one on his ear

'holy crap dude you seeing this?" "yeah what is they filming a movie or somehin?"

"hell man you seriously think that’s a movie? we got to hide now"

"oh bull shit ill show you"

"no Ben! No, man aw fuck" turning an running

the camera jostled an jiggled attic stairs were pulled down he climbed up an pulled them up behind himself hurrying to the front of the house an the gable vent past spider webs and stirred up dust

whispering "damn Ben" looking out an AA had him by the arm a Triple A looked at them "do you know where she is?" holding out a picture other people were being dragged from their homes screaming an yelling

the camera zoomed in on the picture

"we've already identified her she's one of the recovered ones from the shipment we took" Garret said to his other ear

"Ken's hunting us"

"who's the chick why a bunch of them HBED's want her?" the filmmaker whispered as others were being asked where she was by the AA's a speaker came on the truck

"I am not in a happy mood people this woman is wanted an I am not receiving any assistance in locating her. if you wish to suffer her fate then by all means keep your silence" Takashima's voice echoed a bit

"who the hell are you?" someone yelled at the truck

"your new master, now if you would tell me where this woman has gone to I will allow you to stay in your homes till your needed"

"go to hell whoever you are" an others yelled more of the same

"Kenneth, convert them all, perhaps once pacified an chipped we can get some answers"

"sir! Rack an stack them all" he shouted to the AA's people were suddenly screaming as they were being stripped of clothes an restrained

"oh crap oh god"

he watched as the filmmaker did, the entire area was captured adults children babies all put into the truck the camera showed AA's come into the house searching for others an then leaving the truck moved forward AA's trotting by howling another ran past carrying a woman over his shoulder screaming

the truck moved over to the next street parking for a bit then moving on the video ended with the filmmaker looking at the camera in tears asking questions clearly terrified

"we sent a chopper to investigate an the entire town of two thousand is gone the film maker is safe scared he uploaded the video before we could get there"

"keep it going.. use freedom of speech to keep it alive. tie Takashima's lawyers up in knots its gona be salt in the wound Garret" looking at him "Salt in the wound… its gona start hurting a lot really soon an Takashima deserves to hurt a lot

I want you to video record our attack edit us out add in some of this as the reason for the FFH attack on the tower put up chunks of text explaining that were not just taking out small fry anymore he's on the list and were coming for him.

show him he isn't fooling anyone anymore use some of the sales video too, end of the video have a long pause of his star tower all pretty an glowing an then boom from several angles text over it tell him you want a war you got it signed the FFH use the bull skull going on my helmet"

Garret chuckled "I do like how you think sometimes Bill" patting him on the shoulder

Bill brought the laptop over to the others an removed the headphones "Takashima emptied an entire town looking for one of the people we helped saving Betty's granddaughter" hitting the play button "its where Ken's been at"

They all watched it an then looked up at Bill "id say that was an open declaration of war"

They all agreed

"I'm going to record our assault on the tower via a helmet cam Garret will edit us out of it an add in parts of this. I love salt an I'm gona rub it in hard into every wound we give him"

they all snorted wagging an ear

Trisha sighed "I recognize a few of them AA insane murderers sadists they came out of processing half mad that’s likely why the Four triple A's to keep them under control they don’t care about pain we go against them its to the death"

"that’s okay Trisha I think were wanting to give them a bit of that" Joe smiled

Anthony walked over with the last helmet under a cloth a huge grin on his face radiating pride "one of my best ever"

everyone turned to look as he slid the cloth off the depth of the carbon fiber an hard plate titanium imbedded in the helmet were overshadowed by the detailed skull fitted an sized so that it covered the entire helmet

Bill took it from him an moved out past him into the shadows of the next container slipping it on he snapped the catches closed under the ears twisted his neck a bit to settle it in place an turned to the others as he walked out towards them they smiled putting theirs on as well

Tim snorted inside his steam gushing out his voice echoing a bit "I am the conquest Takashima wishes to bring to everyone, there can never be peace for him or his followers"

Joseph snorted "Takashima's soul is diseased thus I bring pestilence for him, his servants, and his followers they will never again know prosperity from others suffering"

Sophia swished her head mane draping over the helmet "I bring him his greatest desire I am war, none shall escape our desire for justice"

Bill snorted loudly "Takashima brought on his own famine of the heart, disease of the soul an twisted desire of conflict an war, death is ready an coming for him he will never escape me for I am that death made real by his own hand"

They each put a fist in the center

Garret nodded as he tapped the stop button on the recording knowing one day this too would be seen when it was needed most

Walking over "thirty minutes till we land everything fit?"

They all wagged an ear

Garret had to admit Bill was right the skulls did their job he wouldn’t ever want to be on the wrong end of these people "alright stack it up you'll be seeing them again tonight"

Bill climbed back into his container drinking water an eating a bit the hardness in his soul now hot wanting to fight thinking to himself as he could see Tim was as well

The landing went well and they were soon unloaded by cargo handlers an were trucked over to a building rolled inside an left sitting there after the men talked rudely about them one even giving Bill a dirty hand gesture

Tim tilted his head an wrote 'an were supposed to help them'

'them an a lot of others good people who don’t have a clue'

'its getting hot in here'

'no power no AC yeah minor problem with these containers design'

'really? You think?' Tim sighed visibly 'doors locked from the outside'

'yep, it figures..'

Sara an the others were brought over to the animal cargo area by a new airline representative who was going on at length about the pictures they would like to get

"Sara! OH MY GOD they’ve left them in the containers!!" Cassie ran forward shoving a couple of men out of the way

Sara was right behind her they yanked the doors open an the air that came out was hot an humid

"Easy Bully easy" helping him out he was sweaty an panting a bit she got him sat down an glared at the men on the dock the airline rep swallowed

"don’t just stand there! my god get them some cold water! An not from a damn hose!" one man who'd grabbed one dropped it running for elsewhere "dear god all you had to do was unload them an tell them to sit an wait they would have been fine!"

after an hour of cooling off in the air conditioning an three bottles of water each every one was recovered an headed out to the photographers groomers got them looking good again very quickly

the session went very well they gave the airline everything they wanted an a few special shots which the executives loved clapping very enthusiastically Bill holding the container set in the air posed like he was throwing a javelin all the other HBED's posed looking like they were watching where it was going made them the happiest

lunch was provided an they really went far an above to make up for the screw up. Sara smiled checking him over then sitting down with her lunch they were enjoying a private club room in the terminal to kick back an cool off before the flight to Houston

"did you enjoy the cookies?" he grinned at her saying it softly

"oh yes they were wonderful.. you know if you keep feeding me chocolate like that I'm gona get fat" kissing him the others were relaxing a bit as well

"nahh you'll see it'll all come off in awhile"

"uh huh nice fat an healthy baby, I know you Mr. Bully I've got your number now" kissing him again relaxing against his side with a sigh

"want the bad news or the good?" he asked her as his arm settled around her

"good"

"were all ready to deal back some serious pain to Takashima an it's now war he declared it"

"that the bad news?"

"nope the bad is he's empted an entire town of people looking for one of the rescued with Betty's granddaughter a video got on the net about it recorded by the only survivor Garret is checking on the other towns an areas where the people were taken from"

"god those poor people.. an thus the declaration of war"

"yep, four triple A's an about forty AA's, Kenneth isn't in Houston so its good timing for tonight"

she shivered a bit against him

he hugged her closer "don’t worry love we've got it handled wait till you see us in armor the helmets are scary as hell"

"scary huh?"

"yep" he looked down at her with a grin "were taking every advantage we can get, many of the AA are still mostly human thus they can be startled fear is a powerful weapon"

"I wondered what you all were doing down there figures your making monsters like a bunch of kids"

"Takashima did that, were just giving him back what he gave us he deserves it"

they were soon taken back out an loaded for the next flight Garret came an checked on them an told everyone to get some rest which with a full belly wasn’t hard to do

the landing woke him up yawning as he stretched Tim smiled

'sleep okay?'

'yeah these aren't bad long as there's ac'

they were quickly unloaded an then sat down to wait for the trainers Bill thought good they do learn to fix issues in handling soon enough Sara and the others drove up in a large truck towing an animal trailer

they sat down in the trailer an headed into town everyone was looking at Bill who was looking outside at the city he knew too well an there just off to the west of the freeway was Takashima's tower

"Bill" Joe asked

he looked at them

"you okay?"

"yeah just my mind is empty for once none of the constant thoughts I usually have"

"last time you were here you were human, I'm sure that’s the cause" Sophia said with a small smile

"yep you'd probably be right" sighing "worked there an over there too" pointing to buildings in the distance "several friends in the HPD, Harris county sheriff department as well wish I could call them an warn um to keep their heads down"

they wagged an ear to that

they drove around town the long way to the affluent area known as the Galleria mall if he'd been driving he could have cut quite a lot of time off the trip

Sara parked the truck an they unloaded to media an a huge crowd cheering cameras flashing like mad Sara came up into the trailer "come on out Bully just think last time you have to act for the masses"

That helped it breaking the melancholy gloom that had developed over him. he came out hunched over an stood up to blinding strobes of flashes he snorted an bellowed showing off his muscles

"an here he is the HBED who needs no introduction! William! 221!" Sara shouted clapping the other HBED cheered calling out to him he scooped Sara up an lifted her high in the palm of his hand again he snorted mooing loudly the crowd went wild

after a short media interview Sara talking to the reporters about Takashima HBED's petting Bill on the head leaning on him Trisha staying conspicuous watching for threats they got into the marching line an headed into the mall proper

Kim announced them with a howl inside the mall an someone got on the public address

"an there they are ladies an gentlemen! Kids of all ages! Takashima industries HBED's! with the 1A champions! Lets show them a huge Texas welcome!"

Kim howled chillingly again as kids came flooding from everywhere mall security had to keep them from flooding around their huge feet Bill Snorted an bellowed that got the kids to cheering an clapping an they cleared out of the way

They made their way to the central park area where Sara smiled they had set up a huge corded off area for the HBED's to sit an apparently sign autographs! She decided if they weren't working for the advertising they could easily do that

"Cassie! go to that business store get some ink pads an markers"

"I'm on it go with Sara 217" "ress rmadam"

a pair of mall security opened the rope cordon with a smile the mall management were glowing with grins they came over an shook Sara's hand

"just a moment gentlemen let me get the HBED's set down please" she turned to the others "lets line them up along the wall of the fountain so the line of people can go through easy alright!"

they called back okay

Bill sat down on his haunches looking at the men his ears swiveling around listening

"now then gentlemen thank you so much for the really awesome welcome" shaking their hands with a smile "I would guess this is meet the HBED's day" chuckling a bit

"we hope you don’t mind we found out about your coming for advertising work in several stores an decided to take advantage a bit"

"we have several of the stores already sold out of the HBED toys an the photos of the HBED's are nearly impossible to find in the stores we brought up one of the department stores photography people an we were going to offer pictures for a small fee autographing is up to you if you want to charge that is"

"I'm sure we can do that for free the HBED's can talk they can read but not so good at writing so a handler will do the writing they can stamp their hoof or finger hoof print on them with an ink pad which I sent one of my people to go get, they will need a break to get some food an water, William here likes jumbo chef salads the AA's will need meat"

one of the men was taking notes "alright and your people?"

"oh we'll get something from the food court rotate out who goes to eat we will also be moving around the mall to the contract customers who asked for us to come around"

"not a problem we brought on extra security just for today"

"excellent, well then gentlemen let the madness begin" chuckling a bit they smiled as well

Bill had never been the one to stand in the spotlight but here it was, hundreds of kids with his action figure an the other 1A's wanting to get pictures with him an have his finger hoof stamped on it their bubbling over enjoyment was intoxicating

Some enterprising man brought up dozens of a huge life size poster of the car lift asking for both of Bills hoof prints on the bottom of the poster which was easy he crushed the ink pad by accident but the mess was quickly cleaned up Sara adding the William 221 to the autograph

After a bit they took care of the advertising visits the kids following along with parents an media. one was for a high end kitchen ware store had to be the silliest but most fun request

the store wanted to create a favorite recipes of the trainers cookbook a few others to fill the book up but putting the pictures with them in with their favorites overall to be humorous in content

nothing like a HBED bull in a kitchen apron covered in red hearts love the cook over the biggest one smacking Sara's fingers with a wood spoon for trying to steal ingredients her surprised laugh caught forever on film for Sara's stew recipe

he was laughing inside at Tim an Cassie trying to toss a pasta salad wearing most of it looking at each other in wondering bafflement

Kim an Mike both sniffing over shish _-__ kabob_ steak grilled peppers an sausages both trying to sneak a sample the other apparently seeing the other sneaking

Sophia an her trainer Dan making a desert an apple cobbler her looking at the hand on her nose covered with flour ears forward an surprise total on her face as Dan was protecting the apples from her

Rick an his trainer Anne making a vegetable soup Rick munching celery an getting a firm talking to about eating the ingredients even as he was hiding another stalk behind his back

Joseph an his trainer making a variation of French toast called horse tracks, hoof shaped sweet egg toasts an syrup with eggs in the center his trainer looking at him scolding pointing at the tracks across the counter him holding up a lid as a halo looking innocent

Fopp who'd been quiet the entire trip their recipe elk steaks in sweet bacon with honey biscuits the image of him fainted on the floor tongue limp hanging out his trainer stunned an aghast at that closed out the book

It was sold out fast as they could get them printed in the mall everyone wanting them autographed as well

Sara checked the time an had to announce they had to go other appointments that got a huge wave of disappointment from the people

she smiled an knelt down by the kids "hey now do the hero 1A pout?"

Bill pouted behind her back making a face sad then looking like he wanted to play more tail a whipping eagerly an everyone laughed she looked an he was innocent Bully blinking

She turned a bit still looking behind her at him "I'm watching you Bully no funny stuff" looking at the kids an adults with a smile "were expected at a mall on the north side so we do have to" everyone was giggling again she spun around planting her hands on her hips "William 221"

"rnot rme rmadam" mooing pointing at Sophia who nickered an pointed at Rick who bleated an pointed to Kim she yelped an pointed at Fopp who whistled an pointed at Tim he mooed an looked around for a target he then pointed at a little blond girl with a pink dress looking sad they were leaving

the crowd were laughing their heads off Sara walked over to her "an you’re the guilty party huh" giving her a autographed picture of them all she squealed an hugged it

all the HBED's made sad faces behind her back which just made the crowd laugh an giggle Sara turned "AHH HA!" they were all innocent again "ohh no you bunch of HBED's who's being funny?" as she walked past them they all pointed to her back which made the laughter even louder

she sighed an spun around the HBED's were brushing arms an looking at their hands "hmm!" walking past again seeing the security had just about cleared the path out she turned an pointed at Bill who looked surprised his hand was out pointing "gotcha!"

he mooed mournfully flopping on the floor the kids all awwwed loudly Sara walked over an petted him "are you sad were leaving Bully?"

"ress Rilliam rplay rmore" the aww's echoed around the mall

"we have to go though, there are other kids to play with at the other mall they want to play too okay?"

"ress rokay"

she turned to talk an he lifted his head up making a funny face which the kids all screamed laughing at him she had to laugh an smiled at the crowd

"thank you all for your time your patronage of the mall an for welcoming us and the HBED's to Texas. it is true everything is bigger in Texas!" everyone cheered

the HBED's stood up in a line an Kim howled the mall cheered back Bill mooed with a bellow loud as he could an they roared back a huge cheer an with that they marched out calling to the mall an its people

the next mall was like the first just not as wealthy but with far more kids an they had a lot of fun there making sure the places who'd asked for them to come got their advertising and the kids got their pictures autographs an chance to pet an touch

in many ways being accepted at all helped with the loss of humanity he could see that even with Fopp who's cold detachment broke an melted he became friendly an happy around the kids

when they were given a break to get some water an a bit of rest he Fingered to Fopp

'you fight for them so they don’t suffer the loss too, I saw the ice break'

Fopp looked at him smiled an wagged an ear 'we all have our reasons some of us it just takes time to find it fully, thank you Bill' an he snorted shaking his head with a smile 'another finally accepting being HBED even maybe a bit proud like you are'

'noticed that did you'

'who couldn’t? that bellow under the car it was a challenge to the world an Takashima and ever since you’ve carried yourself like the Bull filled with pride'

Bill smiled 'yeah I guess I do now' he snorted softly with a grin

They were heading for a well deserved meal when Sara's cell rang

"Mr. Takashima hello! sir"

"Sara I hope things are going well, the media is over flowing with your visit the investors are simply ecstatic at the huge influx of calls to the tower about the HBED's they are very eager to hear your presentation an meet you also" chuckling "the cookbook is simply hilarious"

"thank you sir that was the stores idea, we just got the HBED's to pose for the shots"

"well I've had requests from most of the stockholders an investors for copies ill have to contact the store for them"

"contact all hour copies in the mall sir they were handling the printing an binding for a large order like that"

"excellent thank you, now I have a bit of a problem Sara I don’t know if your done yet?"

"no sir not quite why what's wrong?"

"I have need of Zeus an William, my local AB1A an AD1A breeders have both gotten some bad food an aren't able to perform poor things HBED's don’t do well sick to their stomachs so I need to borrow them both for about an hour or so, a future order of 1A's are dependant on getting the females impregnated, today being the only time I have two suitable 1A's available"

"well of course sir, we can work around having them away for a bit an I'm sure they will be happy to help out" thinking oh god this isn't in the plan

Bill heard it an wiggled an ear she blinked a bit he fingered slowly 'just HBED' he didn’t like it either but it was just something they'd have to work around

"were over here at the"

"Greenspoint mall, yes I have a truck coming already the breeding center is not to far away so don’t worry William will be fine"

"you I trust sir, its handlers who've gotten a bit to blasé around adult HBED so they don’t care as it doesn’t cost them if they get hurt"

"you have my promise Sara, he will be fine perhaps a bit tired from having some female company but he is my champion breeder he should be quite able to handle it"

"alright then sir"

"thank you Sara, William will be helping save a very important order" it clicked off

she looked at Bill clearly worried, she moved in closer hugging him

"tell garret love he's behind you by the soda fountain" he whispered "he can keep an eye on me an Rick"

"okay Bully I know its just 221 having to earn his keep not you, I love you"

she walked over an Garret was getting some soda wiped up dressed as a mall employee wiping things down along the counter

"Takashima call?" wiping along cleaning the spilled ice up

"yes he's borrowing Bill an Rick something about his 1A's getting sick an needs them for breeding to get 1A's for an order the truck is on the way" refilling her soda an standing there watching the HBED's

"no problem we have a tracker on Bill we'll know exactly where he goes we had a feeling Takashima had other places around town where he was keeping people" throwing away some trash on the counter an refilling the straws "Bill's safe so no worries Takashima just thinks he's 221AB1A okay so go along be calm"

"tracker? Where"

"that lovely nose ring you gave him we took one of Takashima's ideas its inside"

"remind me to punch you in the arm Garret" sucking on her soda

he smiled "Bill expected it might happen eventually here, the training center, the tower in LA. didn’t like it but it was expected I've got to talk to him an Rick a second get them into the bathroom"

"okay"

she got William an Rick up "alright you two head for the bathroom no messes now, Father is sending a truck for you both he has some nice ladies that need your attention"

Rick went wide eyed Bill thumped him with his tail an he went back to simple HBED

"ress rmadam" came from both an they headed for the bathroom

Trisha came over an guarded Sara "they okay?" she whispered looking around being alert

"should be, Takashima has a need for them to go breed some females for an order I have a bad feeling its not HBED females though" slurping on her soda

Trisha's ears laid back "they aren't going to like that"

"no but Bill will do it, he's gone to far to let this escape. it'll hurt him to the core an make him so mad anyone tonight gets in the way is likely to die simply as revenge for the women who cant get it on their own"

"you don’t worry about him?" Trisha asked very softly

"no Trish I don’t I've felt his heart I know his love he's my Bully"

they walked in an Garret was there locking the door behind them "okay I heard"

"no way I cant" Rick shook his head "I cant rape women I wont do it"

"then your going to get us all killed Rick" Bill snorted "millions of people will suffer you have to do this I don’t want to either! but he has to be stopped"

"an likely they aren't HBED females though we just don’t know. knowing Takashima their human to be bred a few times before conversion nothing is beyond the man Rick"

"I know god I know…" sagging to the floor

"Garret will go in after a couple days an save them all wont you Garret"

"absolutely, we follow you two there an when your safely gone we raid the place an I will personally tell them your part in this. tell them you had to otherwise millions will die an even more will end up converted… Takashima made you for this, unfortunately, an he expects his HBED champions to perform when asked"

Rick had his face covered "tell them I… god, I'm so very sorry" he finally looked at Bill "I hate you so much some days Bill for setting me free" his jaw quivering eyes full of hate an anger

"I know an if hating me helps you to get through this then by all means hate me with all you have all you are, but you will! do this for everyone, even those very women who cant fight that we have to breed because a madman told us too"

he walked over to the door unlocked it and walked out again just a simple HBED hurting inside he went back over to Sara an crouched down on his haunches she could see the pain the way the simple HBED eyes moved

she looked up an a man in green Takashima handler shirt came walking up "Miss Cassidy? it’s a right pleasure to meet ya" shaking her hand "yer a mighty pretty lady too if'n ah do say so, AN this here must be William 221"

"thank you, I'm a mess right now but thank you for the complement. an yes this is My William"

he stood up tall an proud the handler took his cowboy hat off "whoo he's a right big one! He really did pick that there car up then?"

"yes he did, he's a good boy, very gentle smart an attentive and very loyal.. the last handler that took control of my HBED returned him severely injured" glaring at the man

"Ma'am I've right been told by Mr. Takashima that this bigun here is to be treated like he's made of money. only fresh HBED food an clean water while he's busy withn' them ladies be waiting for him or my job an muh head are gona be gone"

"I gather Mr. Takashima made sure of that good, this is me his owner to you, if he comes back hurt Texas isn't big enough to hide you is that clear as glass?"

he nodded blinking nodding more

"he's the advertising icon for ALL of Takashima incorporated is that clear? Its on his shoulders that your recent pay raises came from don’t hurt the golden Bull being stupid"

"yes ma'am" holding his hat over his chest trying to smile

"he also doesn’t need the prod or snap stick. be patient with him for a moment an he will do as you ask, that big body of his I swear it takes time for the thought to move to reach those huge feet"

the man smiled a bit clearly feeling like her temper had cooled "yes Ma'am ah don’t much like those things muh self raised on a ranch n'all there's other better ways to move um"

"well don’t do that either just ask him, he's not stupid just HBED" she sighed looking at Bill "alright Bully Father wants you to go make babies with some pretty ladies you need to be good understand.. be nice"

"rnice, ress rmadam" bowing his head to her

"that’s Zeus over there at the bathroom, handler?"

"oh ahhm sorry ma'am names Tony" smiling again

"Tony well please get them back soon as you can we had to postpone a few things"

"Yes'm Miss Cassidy alright come on William, Zeus follow me"

"ress rsir" came from both they clomped along behind him ducking down on to all fours to go through the doors to outside then back up on two heading for a parked Takashima truck like theirs from the facility

another man hopped out an lowered the ramp down "wow he's huge"

"yep, an his owner she's a right hot firebrand ah'll tell ya whoo quite the hot little red headed mare"

the other one laughed a bit "okay you two load up" they walked up an into the truck the gate closing as the men talked they buckled in an the driver looked

"hey they buckled in"

"well o'course they did ya'll don’t think them HBED's wouldn’t learn to buckle a belt going all round like they do doin all'a them advertising stuff an tha firebrand said he were right smart one too, them 1A always different than tha normal ones"

they got in an started driving

Bill sighed thinking eyes closed I lived in that apartment complex before getting my home they’ve repainted new front awnings too never fixed up the back apartments ill bet

Rick snorted

Bill opened his eyes an Rick finger wrote 'they're talking about Sara an still you do nothing'

'just words, an if you'd been out of the bathroom you'd seen her she was a firebrand about took the Texans head off an spit down his throat if we come back hurt'

'you'

'Sara cares about all HBED's don’t you dare get angry at her too Rick were nearly there tonight We do Takashima serious injury Don’t do this now'

he snorted 'right now were going to go rape an impregnate a bunch of helpless women'

'I know that.. you think I already don’t have guilt for AB177 I did that because I was a simple HBED biggest male I had to or be caught

this is the same, if you want to go nuts an fight them early sacrifice your life for nothing for a principle a lot of good it will do as your brain is fried out or just fed to the AA's they will catch you an hurt you to find out everything

I've done what I've had to, I had to become the animal to survive to get to this point an you suddenly want to ruin it all, then damn you an your principles you must think I'm cold an heartless well I have to be to win. Takashima uses peoples need to care against them'

'your willing to go in an rape women to stop Takashima'

'I would to save them from a far worse fate. Becoming HBED, Enslaved enthralled as an animal Doomed to be bred as animals no love no heart in any of it their babies sold killed abused because they are just HBED. the only good in this is they will be saved by Garret'

Rick made a face an snorted at Bill clearly insulting

snorting hard at Rick he clenched his fists 'I don’t like it anymore than you do damn you but to save lives hard painful horrible choices have to be made'

'who the hell put you in charge to make these choices I didn’t'

'you want the fucking job You want the lives of millions sitting on that hard head of yours every choice I've made is to help them all. from the dick in the truck talking about MY wife To that little girl in the mall

I was humiliated an degraded ended up badly hurt just to satisfy Takashima so we could do this. Have you sacrificed a tenth of what I have Rick, you think you can do any god damn better then after tonight you can go for it ill tell Garret to turn to you for ideas I am done'

turning his head away from Rick he kept finger writing but Bill refused to look this had him so mad he could toss the damn truck for a record an then beat some sense into Rick steam was rolling from his nose he did hate the fact that as they got mad their body temps cranked up always showed when they were mad

an they pulled up to a guarded gate Bill glared at Rick waiting for him to move but he didn’t the guard came up into the bed he didn’t really notice they were steaming mad just logged them into the facility rubbed Bill's head

"TV star coming in to help us out excellent" hopping out

the truck rolled in an parked near a loading dock the ramp went down an though they were still outside the air was thick with human female fertile scent

Rick got off the seat first in a rush an headed at him Bill got up an snorted hard at him face to face that got the handlers attention finally

"holy shit EASY! Boys EASY!"

"they done caught wind o'them ladies inside gotta get um separated for'n they get to fightin comeon o'er this way William! Come on now!" pulling on Bills arm pushing him away from the truck an Rick

Bill followed snorting at Rick who bleated loudly back at him in a clear challenge to do something an that was it Bill bellowed back at Rick scraping a hoof warming up to beat that ram into a pulp dropping onto all fours suddenly his vision went dark

"ah got bigun ya'll get Zeus inside now! whil'st we got the chance"

after a moment of trying to get his sight back shaking his head it came back

an Tony walked around in front of him "easy now there William easy sit down" putting his shirt back on

he did an snorted softly

Tony's com chirped "yes sir?"

"excellent handling Tony very clever, that could have easily resulted in damages to both of them. those two have had a rivalry for quite awhile but it shows they've bonded to their trainers exactly as they should an behave perfectly around them. I'm not surprised that with out them they revert to old habits…very good"

"ill have to say sir that Miss Cassidy, she's a right lovely firebrand of a woman if'n you don’t mind me sayin"

"she is indeed Tony I agree, I matched her perfectly to him her spirit an fire enough to tame William, thus why she's William's mate. He's made sure she's quite safe she wont be leaving my employ for quite some time"

"oh he done got her with the next generation did he? Good boy" rubbing Bills head

"indeed he did, the injuries stress testing an unstable AA's delayed it but he made sure Sara is quite pregnant, several of the training facilities AA's have reported it. So we mustn't keep him too long away from her mustn't stress a new mother"

Bill tilted his head sniffing at the headset "rfather?" both ears aimed at the headset

"yes William its father" Tony looked at him smiling

"Rilliam rgood, rara rafe" saying it right at Tony's ear

Takashima laughed "apparently he can hear me Tony?"

"yes sir them HBED ears"

"yes William, you are a very good boy you made sure Sara is very safe. now I want you to make sure more are safe alright and no fighting with Zeus"

"reus" snorting hard an mean "rad roy reus"

the snort made Tony blink an then laugh as did Takashima

Takashima finally stopped chuckling "still bad boy or not William no fighting! or bad William"

An Bill sat down an slumped his ears limp "rilliam ris rgood rrboy" tail coiling around cowering a bit

"well sir that there got a reaction outa big'un alright"

"yes it did indeed, I see my William does learn his lessons well, very good. alright Tony they have Zeus in his room after having to use a bit more force on him than you did William"

"well sir we wouldn’t have needed him if'n AD421 hadn't hit his head an broke tha chip buttin heads wit that damn fool triple A ya had in here to be doin a bit o'breedin"

"yes a damn shame two of my HBED's breeders lost to fighting, well no use crying over spilt milk as they say but now we get the use of my AB champion ahh the little ones he will produce!"

"ah was wonderin sir why not use his sample in the archive"

"its been mistakenly used somewhere else and we cant find where, perhaps you can get a new one while he is here thank you Tony"

"sure can sir ya'll have a great night at that shindig o'yours"

"we will thank you Tony, ah an remember to brush William down after an keep his clothes clean or that firebrand will burn you"

Tony chuckled "yes sir we don want our TV star to look bad do we"

Opening up the large door to the inside the fertile smell slammed into his head. nose near to burning he couldn’t stop from licking it

"ya'll smell them ladies that need you to make um safe don’t ya Bigun well good you just do like father tol'd ya to"

walking along Bill could hear an smell in the overwhelming human scents at least six male HBED not counting Rick an their sounds of taking care of those humans as well a very cold chill ran down his spine to the very end of his tail

Tony opened a door "alright William ya'll take yer clothes off"

"rara?"

"no Sara's not here" chuckling "she like ya in bed too huh, yup right hot little firebrand"

Bill took his kilt an chest harness then collar off

Tony took them an set all on a desk near by "alright inside William"

"ress rsir"

walking in the room had a bed pad off to one side an a water bowl which he got a drink crouched down the food dispenser was empty he heard the door close an latch behind him for all his bravado with Rick this was not going to be easy

an when he heard whirring a door opened in the far wall a woman's posterior came in first an then the rest of her strapped to a saw horse like structure legs splayed out she seemed unnaturally calm

he got up an walked over looking at her she had a ball gag strapped on her head an he could tell she was pheromone exposed which caused the unnatural calm the huge number tattoo over her back H928 was clearly for keeping records

knowing from the quick look around there was two cameras in there watching he had no choice and it made him sick but hate came bubbling up to settle his stomach this too Takashima would pay dearly for

reaching out he caressed an touched the woman's hips an she moaned softly an after a couple licks it had to be done a quick snort an bullish moo it was done an he settled back on his haunches licking his nose

she was removed the same way a few moments later another woman entered H1027 an so it went he lost track of time letting the Bull do this helped he didn’t think didn’t look he even lost track of the numbers on their backs race color age just a fertile human female one after another

finally thirsty he got a drink of water an hungry from so much exertion he gave the food bin a curious bump of the nose an it filled with a lot of HBED chow an roasted turkey reaching in head clouded with so many women scents an fertile hormones the brown sugar was quite intense jolting him awake from the drugged stupor

he could hear through the thin walls Tony talking to the other handler "whoo Big'un is making us work today ah'm glad he's taking a break! Ah need one mahself" the hiss of a soda opening an then the can thumping on the desk

"hey Takashima said keep him busy long as he's here let him have at as many as he can handle that ram though he's barely done any"

"ehh ah don’t much like that one, somethin just odd bout him ah tell ya just aint normal HBED breeder not jumpin on a fertile female when given tha chance"

"well ill be honest with you, with the others an then Big William in there goin over drive, we got plenty of work making sure they get fresh ones every time they get done with one"

"yeah ah admit He done earned that medal o'his today whew! Takashima is gona love the report ah'm gona make"

food further settled his rebelling stomach an then more water the whirring made him physically flinch as yet another came in to be bred getting up he investigated but this one wasn’t fertile so he walked back over an thumped the feed bin again but nothing came

Tony finally opened the door looking at him carefully "hey Bigun you okay?"

"rokay" blinking simple HBED licking his nose trying to alleviate the burning tingle

thinking OH no you moron you put a not fertile woman in with a HBED male to be bred an then ask a stupid question like that, not thinking she might not be attractive to the male if she's not fertile not that I'm complaining any, one less I had to breed

"so ya gona make her safe?"

"Rafe? Ress rmadam rafe rsleepin" smiling innocent HBED eyes blinking

"she's safe? Ahh Alright ah know what's up" he turned to the other handler "go tell them HBED's not to put unfertile ones on the saddle darn them"

the door closed an latched "we might just be out of fertile ones Tony ill go check"

"well damn"

a few moments later the lady left he hoped that there wouldn’t be any more laying down on the bed which smelled of AB an fertile human scent

he sighed an closed his eyes

"hey William time to go clean up"

he blinked thinking okay I dozed off looking at Tony "ress rsir" getting up an walking out calmly they walked him an his clothes to a washing stall for HBED's to clean up an he took careful care of his groin area drying off an then brushing himself Tony watching attentively

the Handler took the brush an did Bills back hitting a few leftover scabs in the fur "yeah ya'll did take quite a fall didn’t ya, ok your done"

"ress rsir, rhank rou rsir… Rilliam rmake rafe?" being curious HBED with a smile

"did you make them safe?" he chuckled "ya'll sure did we ran out of ladies for ya ta help ya'll did a great job big William your a very good boy even if that darn ram Zeus didn’t ya'll picked up the slack sure'n kept us busy now get dressed an lets get ya'll back to Sara"

"Ress rara, rilliam reep rara rafe" standing proudly

"yep ya did that good too" clearly pleased with Bill

they loaded him in the truck at the front an put up a separation gate an then they loaded a much deflated an quiet Rick in the back half the gate wouldn’t let them reach through after each other

"well Zeus for a supposed AD1A you performed abysmally I'm just glad William there took care of the ones you didn’t we met the quota, he deserves that medal of his" pushing spitefully on Rick's horn an walking down the ramp closing the gate

"ah done wrote out tha report on them Mr. Takashima said he'll have their doctor check um over find out what's goin on wit the ram if'n it wernt fer that party he'd have us drive that ram to tha tower" Tony said as he walked past to the driver door "but he's damn proud o'bigun alright"

they sat silently back to the mall where Sara was waiting by the doors clearly not happy

Tony got out an held his hands up to her "its okay Miss Cassidy they're both fine" smiling

The other handler came round "we took extra time to make sure they were both cleaned up good. Mr. Takashima said to say he's very proud of William he did an excellent job Zeus on the other hand he's concerned about wants you to have him checked out soon as ya get home"

"nearly two hours gentlemen" watching as the other handler was letting the gate down

Tony walked over holding his hat with both hands

"yes ma'am an were sorry we had that large quota ta meet ah have ta say ya'll have one hell'a awesome Bull in William. other than a bit of hot blooded male argument gettin there wit Zeus he was an awesome Bull

ah'd be happy as pie to have him round all the time, he'd done took care nearly all'a them ladies that be need'd his company an Zeus's part as well. Mr. Takashima he's mighty proud ah him" smiling at her

Rick was led out an his handler came an got him as Tony was talking then Bill got out looking at Sara he just wiggled both ears to let her know drop it he knelt down in front of her checking her over

"see there William, she's safe an good told ya so, well Miss Cassidy thank ya'll for lettn us borrah Big William ah'm proud to say ah met him personally"

she checked him a bit an sighed "thank you Tony, I'm glad he was a good boy for you an he's come back healthy an uninjured that’s the best part. I'll let Mr. Takashima know you took good care of him an I approve of it"

"why thank ya Miss. Cassidy that’s right nice of ya. Now ya'll have a good time at tha party tonight ah hope to see ya again sometime" shaking her hand, he smiled a knowing grin an petted Bill on the head "ya'll keep Sara good n safe now William be good" he got in the truck an they drove off

"an you were from Houston lover?" she said softly hugging him a bit

"ah sure was ya'll don think ah picked up on tha accent though do ya?" sticking his tongue out "bleh"

she smiled an hugged him "ill bet your tired an likely want to get sick"

"I'll be okay.. got a nap while there as they ran out of ladies I just want to sit down an be nothing for a long while" shivering a bit under her hand

she led him in rubbing his back as they went she was able to let him lay out on the cool floor for a bit while others were doing the advertising pictures but the photographers saw him an wanted him in the shots

"he's going to be a bit slow guys he just got done visiting one of the breeding centers here locally um they had a lot of ladies for him to visit" smiling

"well isn't he the lucky one"

"we'll make it quick then Sara, he had the right idea laying out flat like that on the cool floor tiles" they chuckled

he was able to do a few shots an then a couple of group shots avoiding eye contact with Rick who still made his blood boil thinking about what he'd done to the plans

Sara knew if Bill an Rick had gotten that mad at each other an were still avoiding each other seeing an occasional glare that was a serious issue that had to be addressed before tonight looking around a bit for Garret finally seeing him sweeping up some trash

Finally he came over checking a trash bin near her "everything ok? We got where the warehouse is so that’s gona be taken care of" in a whisper to her

"we have a problem, a fights brewing with Bill an Rick" she folded her arms looking at the HBED's posing

"yeah I thought it might, Rick an Bill just don’t see eye to eye in the need to do things that have to be done"

"well I need someplace to talk to them both, or those two will go wild on each other any minute look at them you'll see it"

Garret paused his checking for just a moment "yep ok give me a moment"

Bill was playing with his action figure with a group of kids mooing softly as the kids giggled at his fighting some weird mutant bugs they had matched against the 1A hero's advertising shots being taken parents smiling an pointing

Sara came over "kids I need to borrow William for a bit ill get Heart fire in here to help out the battle alright?" they all cheered some awed though wanting both

an Sophia was rather surprised by this but came in with a soft whicker the toy store owner provided her with her action figure to join in the epic battle which apparently just like her trademark name she leaped into it leading the kids electronics in the toys caused the bad guys to fall over

he looked at Sara as she led him along a back hallway she was clearly upset her body scents told him that, but not who she was mad at instinctively he retreated into HBED mode they reached a big empty storeroom area an Garret was there

"just sit an be quiet Bill"

he blinked "alright" curling up a bit

and after a moment Rick walked in with his trainer

both changed glaring Bill's blood heated up again

Garret closed the door an leaned on it "anyone want to start an adult.. rational talk about this problem?"

"I'm not having you two fighting over this" Sara glared at them both cutting past them

"then get him away from me, before I leave him more than hurt for his trouble"

"like hell you will," snorting loudly "I know how to use the bull to more than smash you flat you weak willed cowardly bastard" hissing air as he inhaled snorting again

"ENOUGH! Both of you!" Sara snapped "Now I know that has to rank at about the worst thing either of you have had to do as HBED's an YOU Rick have now caused suspicion in Takashima the thing we have worked so god damn hard at avoiding! AND! Bill had to do YOUR part of it making it even worse for him! But damn lucky for you!

an by literally getting into Bill's face over what even I know! Had to be done yes Rick I know what you got up into Bill's face over, yes I agree you shouldn’t have had to but"

"of course you'll take his side of it" snorting at her

she strode over to him glaring into his eyes "I'm taking the side that stops the madman you stupid moron!" grabbing his horns an shaking him "Or has the fact that you just bred HUMAN women! Because Takashima captured them as part of his destroying America completely missed that thing in your head called a brain?"

"I've already told him I'm done," snorting hard head low shoulders tense "he wants to get himself killed being stupid then let him. an he can take charge too if he survives. I wash my hands of it since apparently the weight of millions of lives isn't such a load for him! an he! never asked me to take charge" saying the last an spiting out the foam frothing in his mouth

"just shut up Bill, your Bullish stubbornness isn't helping this at all" Sara huffed turning back to Rick "one more damn night of the stress an strain just one more an you HBED's can FINALLY start taking on the man who did this to all of you.

you can finally fight him an make a difference! An you! decide for all of us that you cant keep to the plan, you know the HIDE as HBED's do as HBED's have to do to stay hidden till we have backdoor installed! An the data archives in our hands I aught to have Garret shoot you right here to save Takashima the trouble of it"

Rick looked at his trainer but she just shook her head an stepped back away from him leaning on the wall

But Sara wasn’t done with him "Damn you Rick this is all of our lives an YES! as Bill said he has tried his very best to keep the load off of your shoulders an anyone else's! by carrying the load for everyone. the lives of every American who Takashima wants to kill an convert! RIDES on tonight! How many women did you have to breed Rick, how many"

"twelve I.. couldn’t do anymore" he said softly

"the lives of those twelve an your issues may cost millions do you get the real issue here!? So you bred twelve it will be fixed! A simple shot of HBED immunity factor instant abortion IF it even caught but no you! Laid it all on Bill, again he had to become an animal to save us how many did you breed Bill"

"I don’t know.. I let the Bull do that… I ..couldn’t look after the first ten… the tattooed numbers on their backs spinnin around in my head with the fertile hormones had me half hormone loopy by the time I had to take a break"

"take a guess!" Sara yelled annoyed

"I don’t know!… I don’t want to know, I ran them out of fertile women to breed…isn't that enough?" his voice broke with strain ears limp body trembled

"I can tell you Sara the monitoring software were using outside the firewalls a small part of a breeding report on the both of them just came through we're watching everything that comes out of that warehouse now"

Bill flopped to the floor covering his ears an cringing "I don’t want to know…please!" closing his eyes tight "it was bad enough I did it"

Garret looked at that an leaned over to Sara finger on his ear microphone "he handled over 40 in an hour an thirty minutes Sara.. exactly 48 of them one rejected not fertile when presented to him they let him rest after eating apparently he just folded an was out"

"dear god… no wonder he fell asleep when given the chance" she glared at Rick "an you Mr. I have just this to say, you'll finish this job tonight, you'll do it stay out of the way let the real fighters do what they have to do they wont risk us all over whether or not they don’t want to do it,

when we get home you can go straight to your cabin till we evacuate I don’t want to see you as it is ill have to send doc over an hope! Takashima buys it you were just off your game because of the near fight with William.. if not I will have to decide on what to do with you"

"I don’t"

"I DON’T want to hear it!" smacking his head she swished her hand to cool the stinging "you either finish this or I get Garret to shoot you for trying to hurt someone in the mall"

he blinked

"I will do it Rick" Garret looked right at him calmly "why is this such an issue with you? those women wont even have a worry in a couple days we'll have rescued them all now that we know where their being held.

Then explain it all to them, it had to be done to convince a madman that you both! Were just HBED being used as designed to preserve your cover not free minded men with terrible responsibilities trying to save millions of lives"

he sighed looking at the floor "yes Sara ill do it"

"I can almost guarantee you Bill wont trust you now just another Damn thing for him to worry about on the mission will Rick suddenly go off do something stupid is he doing the job? Is he doing it right!?"

"I said ill do it"

"yeah well like the suspicion you’ve caused with Takashima till its actually done an passed then I'll believe it's done. now get out there sit back get pictures taken like a good HBED champion"

Rick an his trainer left Garret closed the door

Bill shivered as she turned on him walking over he cringed down but she hugged him leaning her weight into it "I guess Takashima did match the right lady to the Bull my temper is just as big as yours Bully"

"bigger" came from Garret with a smile "to be able to get him to listen, you'd have to be bigger" smiling a bit more "I think Bill is needing reassurance not anger Sara, just an observation mind you. he's had plenty of the anger from Rick and himself for doing things no one wanted to do, but they had to be done" he walked out closing the door

she sighed holding him "why today"

softly he found the words "his AD1A got into a fight with a triple A both apparently lost the AD the chip broke"

rubbing his shoulders "an you an Mr. Morals are the only local 1A around but why so many 1A? those are command HBED" an what nine ten months plus growing time from babies to adults years"

"future resources to pull on keep the women pacified pregnant take the child raise them elsewhere an convert when needed"

"living storage till needed god…"

"said your safe now you'd not be able to leave his employ anytime soon" sighing as he shivered "I'm so tired of all of it.. the responsibilities weigh so heavy on me I never wanted to be in charge"

"I know lover.. I know.. but we have to, so we do what has to be done the best leader is the one who never wanted the job but takes it seriously, does what has to be done an that’s you my Bully Toro" she crouched down an lifted his head kissing him "stoke up the fires lover not long now an you can turn lose on Takashima"

"only for you, right now my love, I want nothing but to disappear"

they went out an finished the pictures Sara got pulled into another media interview an they actually showed her the video from the taken town asking her opinion on its authenticity petting Bill as she watched the video

"to be honest I don’t believe it. HBED's aren't violent now if someone has bought a large group of them an done some extensive training that could be the case but not normal HBED's an not Takashima AA's more than that an id have to refer you to the legal department people"

they kept on about it an she had to call an end to the interview she took their cards as they asked if she did think about it an thought of who might be responsible let them in on it

they finally drove to the hotel after what had to be the longest day in creation Rick loaded in first an Bill last everyone quiet an bothered by all the tension Joe moved over a bit nearer to Bill

"so we still doing this?"

"yes Joe we still do this, far as Takashima knows I'm the most deserving AB ever for this damn medal.." flicking it with a finger "we only have one chance for this when a lot of the towers security is distracted an the people who would be alert on the job will be instead at the party"

"then please Sir get up take charge an lead, your depressed used an losing funk is gona get us all killed. Screw what that computer geek said to you, damn it you have a plan an know the huge costs if we fail. he hasn't a clue its beyond his comprehension"

Bill nodded but still felt like crap

"an tell you the truth I'm proud of myself too because of you, I don’t want to lose Stacy an my baby were HBED an I want it to mean we fought when others couldn’t. now find that pride Mr. Be the Massive bull you are an screw the sheep" shaking Bill a bit

he looked at the others even Tim who nodded to him

"alright then we don’t hold back, we don’t give anyone a chance to signal or to speak just eliminate them once inside that tower were on our own, an there's a lot of security but we have surprise an no mercy"

they wagged an ear Bill looked at Tim "you make sure our reluctant sheep doesn’t get lost, his job is a must do" snorting he felt the fire coming back the fact his mind wasn't replaying numbered backs to him it faded an stopped

they parked in the back area of the hotel which Garret had arranged an they unloaded getting the luggage for the handlers

Sara came up next to him an smiled "there's the Bull I know so well" smacking his rear firmly with a grin "wondered what happened to him ..come on Bully lets get to the room"

Walking in on all fours then moving back to two the hotel staff were immensely pleased wanting a few publicity shots an then quickly got them to their suites everyone took a moment to decompress HBED's helping their partners rubbing backs an stretching out a bit

Sara looked at the time "okay I've got an hour an a half to get ready so! I'm off for the shower then I'll get dressed" looking at Trisha "since your with me don’t forget my brief case okay an please brush yourself out a bit"

"got it" she smiled

Sara gripped Bill by the nose ring heading for the bathroom "comere Bully"

"yeow ok, ok I'm coming" stumbling a bit trying to catch up to her

"not yet you aren't, not even breathing hard" an the bathroom door closed behind her with a solid thump

everyone looked at each other "can he even after all that today?"

"I don’t think she cares"

"she's his mate an she's reasserting her claim" Trisha smiled wagging her tail "just making sure he knows that"

everyone chuckled

Cassie smiled "okay I guess I'll call room service an get food drinks an such" getting the menu an the phone

Garret came to the door a bit later as the wait staff hauling a huge cart of stuff two more following him in

Tim closed the door an Garret smiled then looking around "um.. were missing"

Everyone pointed to the bathroom with a sigh an a grin

"ah…okay… well we got some special HBED chow for later guys, an some what we'd like to call super charged chow since you bunch have been at it all day your gona need energy for this.

Now we've done a bit of research as well so don’t be surprised what you find in this okay just eat ill measure it out don’t want too much in you weigh you down instead of help"

he started setting bowls out an using a measuring cup looked at a page of notes another agent was putting measured amounts of a powder in each the other agent was giving the Trainers their food as ordered from the kitchen

Cassie came over as did the others HBED's looking over the top watching as some arcane mix was forming in the bowls raw egg something that looked like HBED chow a second an third powder on that then minced chicken each got stirred an then weighed

"Tim that’s yours" an getting the next weight "Joe" after handing out each bowl the HBED's looked in them then at Garret

"eat, needs a bit of time to get into the blood" they all took a bite chewing an continuing to the next "not bad huh we've been looking at the mix that HBED chow he made for all of you apparently your all kept a bit vitamin deficient which makes you want to eat more of the chow that’s why the mineral tablets are so hugely popular"

"so what's in it?"

"drugs, they help to stimulate the pheromone which rendered you HBED's as bio weapons the more you eat the stronger the pheromones. took a bit to find it too clever way to hide it too the smell you get with regular HBED chow?"

everyone said it "brown sugar"

"its not, it’s a chemical carrier that mimics the smell taste an nearly the chemical composition of it but in the stomach it breaks down letting the drug lose to be absorbed an then it works on your natural HBED pheromones making them a weapon we figure five six months without it an you wont do that to people anymore"

he smiled as all of them dug into the food a bit more eagerly

"what your eating is a fast energy food with vitamin boosters minerals enough to fix your depleted state an Takashima engineered that into you as well your bodies will become mineral depleted an start to have issues after a month. good thing is your body will push you to find them before there's trouble oh the mineral tablets more of the drugs in them too"

Cassie planted her fists on her hips "so the HBED's are literal drug addicts? No wonder they salivate so much for them"

"you got it, they will have to be eased off them but it wont be hard but best we can figure chipped HBED's will go to Takashima for their needs as he's father an has the drugs they need, their bodies not wanting to be without"

everyone nodded

Garret looked at the time drumming his fingers "how long have they"

"since we got to the room" came from several

"I'm telling you" Trisha smiled enjoying the food "she's making sure him an his body knows who is his proper mate, I'm sure all those others likely had his head all confused"

"with everything else Trisha I wouldn’t be surprised at Santa Claus walking in the room" Garret smiled

"he'll be.. right …out Garret!.. mmmh! oh damn Bully oooh" Sara yelled from in the bathroom

an everyone smiled an chuckled Cassie giggled shaking her head "made a monster"

"no rush honest.." Garret actually felt himself blush finally an the HBED's grinned at him

after a few moments more the door opened steam an sounds of the shower running came out an a slightly wet Bill came out body steaming off the excess heat everyone applauded

he snorted an grinned bowing with a flourish they laughed a bit he walked over an stretched tossing his clothes over on a HBED bed "I hear were being drugged regularly an you’ve turned chef Garret"

"sure have here eat up, also got a bit more situational info as well for all of you" he paused for a moment then added another scoop of a powder "there now its ready" smiling

Bill took the bowl an sat down with it munching

"you good now Bill?" Garret asked with a grin

"I'm excellent, go on what's new?"

"well AA's now patrolling the outside of the building from what we've caught on their coms its partly our fault the FFH attacks they're afraid for the investors an bigwigs so tighter security we've got extra spotters on the job we can guide you in past them an since most AA's in Takashima employ don’t use their senses as much were hoping the cedar smell the dye has will help cover the HBED smell"

they all nodded

"also its been confirmed there is an AA stationed back by the elevators"

"those both work to our advantage Garret more AA's a young one" gesturing to Kim "can easily be new an be inexperienced to pull that guard AA off their station"

"that's what we were figuring as well Bill, now due to the extra AA's we've brought in several more snipers to help when you guys break for it they will be handling any pursuit"

they all nodded Rick finally came from the next room Garret gave him a bowl

"Rick are you on board?" Garret asked him point blank

"yes"

"you don’t sound so sure" Joe asked

"I'm fine now get off my back" snorting at him annoyed

Bill snorted suddenly slamming into Rick pinning him to the floor everyone jumped an blinked in shock as they were diving clear

Bill snorted glaring into Rick's eyes head pinned sideways on the floor " I'm the big son'a bitch on your back right now! Ricky your gona learn boy, I! am the leader! an its cause I'm the bull who will hand you your ass! I got to be leader because I CHOSE! to be.

I took responsibility because you were all chipped animals till I came around. I'm damn proud of what I am Rick, I'm a killer, I'm a HBED Bull without any equal! an we will be killing tonight" cranking Rick's arm around he bleated an whined in pain

"you Will! submit to my leadership an be ready for this there's to damn much that can go wrong, none of this whining cowardly crap am I clear.. its to damn late to turn back now for any of us! Am I clear as crystal to you"

"yes"

"yes what!" pulling tighter

"yes sir!"

"then you get your head on right! an better get it on the plan or there will be one FFH casualty an I will be the one to do it, not Garret or my wife ME! An it wont be an easy way out am I clear!"

"yes sir" sniffing tears falling

Bill let go an stood up snorting at the ram laying flat on the floor "We go to war tonight cowards are worse than the enemy they break down discipline, and morale they win the war for the enemy without even trying to! don’t go that path Rick, cowards die many, many painful times before death, hero's only die once. now get your ass up an eat you need the energy to climb stairs an run"

He rolled over with no spiteful temper or annoyance picking up the bowl an getting the spilled food back in it he started eating

Bill crouched down an got his food "go on Garret what else changed"

Garret nodded with respect, seeing Sara standing in the bathroom door wrapped in a towel behind Bill she nodded with a small smile

the other HBED trainers all nodded as well "they also added a mobile unit to the streets around the tower with a single AA in the bed"

Everyone moved back over an paid attention Joseph saluted Bill by bowing his head just a bit

"truck the normal one always around the tower?"

"yes"

"its got a problem with the radiator its always over heating they stop a lot don’t they?"

"yep"

"we wait for them to be stopped to move in"

"our thoughts as well, other than that it’s how you described it Bill once in the building proper its all you"

"how are your snipers going to identify Kim and Trisha from other AA's"

"they got a flashing infra red beacon we sewed on to the harness right up on the shoulders" pointing to the one being sewn to Trisha's as she ate

"good cause Kim's pregnant, an we don’t want to lose her an the baby both" Bill patted her on the arm

"um.. oops? I just realized it happened in the plane to Houston" smiling a bit her ears drooped an she smiled at Mike "um hi honey um you’re a daddy"

Mike was stunned blinking an trying not to fall down "but we, just once"

"all it takes when things are right" Bill smiled "congratulations both of you, Kim nothing stupid you hear me"

"yes sir, I'm fighting for three people now" Smiling at him as Mike was hugging her Sara nearly lost her towel giving her a hug as well

"maybe more than three Kim, love time.. get your sexy hot rear end in that steaming hot dress an hope Takashima don’t touch it id have to burn it"

"yes sir lover sir" blowing him a kiss an a wiggle of the rear everyone laughed

"goodness I hope its not more than one at a time" Kim blinked an looked at Mike he laughed an shrugged hugging her

"hey gorgeous you might have more than one"

"oh ha, ha" bumping him with her nose smiling

Bill looked right at Garret an it carried clear intent "the FBI an other agencies ready Garret? This goes down there's gona be a lot of trouble everywhere HBED's going to need support to fight" saying you abandon us someone's going to pay

"its all set up Bill a lot of the military are not liking the implications of their use inside the states but their commanders know what's up an are ready agencies like NSA homeland security are ready an the CIA are watching the incoming data from terrorists who might take the opportunity to try an help Takashima"

"then were ready to give Takashima notice that we resign as his toys slaves an servants who bow down to father. Its time to pay up"

Sara kissed him looking incredible the dress sparkling an her red hair like a flaming halo parts of it braided into a pair of loops draped on her shoulders sapphire eyes gleaming just a touch of blush to her cheeks natural color from the fun in the bath "good luck lover come home to us"

"I will" gently touching his nose to her belly as her hands held him there

an she went out with Trisha down to a limo sent by Takashima to get her for the party

Trisha laid partly out on the car floor looking at her "they will be fine"

"I know I'm just very proud of him" smiling as she finger wrote 'I just wish I could tell them all the truth about T an slap him right in the face tell him he's done for'

Trisha wiggled an ear

They arrived at the tower a fancy dressed guard opened the door "Miss Cassidy" holding a hand out to help her out of the car two lines of AA's an a pair of triple A at the door all in security harness were clearly on alert looking for threats to the guests

She fixed her dress smiled at the man "thank you, Trisha come along please" she came out Sara's brief case in her side pouch "yes Madam" walking along just behind

The AA's an triple A's not even looking at them as they walked into the glass pavilion part of the convention center the smells of flowers an plants equal to the sounds of people talking

Sara clipped her ID just inside her flowing sleeve after presenting it to a guard at the door a line had formed an Takashima was at the head of it greeting his guests but seeing Sara he quickly moved over to her

"Sara! Oh you are just stunning, such a beautiful sight"

"thank Justin for giving me pointers" smiling as she held her hand out to him

he took it with a real smile an clear pride "thank you for out shining any of the other ladies here, shows I chose my facility supervisors very carefully"

she smiled genuinely looking at his hands as they covered her hand his were in white gloves.. "well I have to don’t I, I want every ones attention on my presentation"

he chuckled walking her forward other women looking an admiring in their lovely dresses that just weren't as stunning, some whispering with envy "I don’t know if they will be able to pay attention to that or your beauty Sara"

"well then I will just have to get their attention wont I, so Mr. Takashima how do these things go? Never been to this kind of party"

He smiled "well we have a bit of an informal party then a light dinner then the announcements start a few awards couple gifts to notable people then reports from people such as you, due to your lack of seniority you'll be last but it works to your advantage as many are here to hear your report an see your presentation"

Walking away from the entrance line Trisha behind them attentive to security Takashima pointed out important people to her, Governors, mayors city counsel members a cluster of state senators a district attorney Sara hoped as she suspected that one or more jewels on the cress were actually hidden cameras she felt the battery sitting against her chest in the cleavage

"many of these people own HBED's Sara but none like our William" walking over to a young very tall man speaking to one of the Governors "gentlemen, if I might interrupt you to introduce my southwest training facility supervisor the trainer an owner of William 221 Miss Sara Cassidy"

their eyes lit up with admiration "it’s a pleasure Miss Cassidy" "indeed quite a pleasure Miss"

"Leonard Nylons my northwest training facility supervisor an Wyoming Governor Henry Bryans. Sara an her team of HBED's are the ones responsible for the huge upturn in well nearly everything HBED related"

they both smiled "well I'll say this my facility has seen some very busy calls from people wanting HBED's was the cartoon your idea?"

"no but the artists took time to sketch an watch my HBED's walk to get it right"

"I approved the toys, a toy manufacturer came to me an requested permission to sell them an he went forward with the cartoon as well. I find the adventuresome storylines to be quite entertaining"

"well the kids in my state love it Miss Cassidy, when can I get you an your HBED's to visit Cheyenne for a HBED 1A hero's day?"

Trisha gave Sara a business card which was held out to the governor "my email is on it please lets talk about it soon"

"William 221.. THE William 221 oh I am thick! the bull that’s moved the world stock market covers the car" shaking his head an sighing

Takashima chuckled "Leonard, you don’t watch much TV or read magazines regularly do you"

"I'm sorry sir, running the facility is a huge job"

"Sara does the same with only a third the handlers and does all of her Advertising an marketing magic as well" smiling at the young mans discomfort

"oh Mr. Takashima, don’t let him fool you Leonard. I work my tail off an William's as well. I have an excellent group of trainers who I've expanded their duties to do more than just train, they do many of the handler jobs with their HBED's along. not only does the work get done faster, its more efficient, the HBED's learn at the same time many skills they use in the outside world with their owners"

the northwest supervisor smiled nodding "I'm going to have to sit down an pick your brain Sara get some of those brilliant ideas"

"oh you can try, but those ideas go to Mr. Takashima from my facility"

the men both smiled Takashima did as well "an now you see gentlemen, the spirit an fire that keeps my AB1A champion safe an well cared for an has made him the icon for my company an all HBED's,

Ah an you'll be getting another award for his medal chain Sara quite the incredible job he did at the breeding facility, excellent is a lacking description of my feelings I'm so very proud of him"

"thank you sir, I wanted to make sure to tell you, handler Tony I approve of him, decent an responsible with William, if he's due for a pay raise soon id put my backing on it"

"then he has it, ill see he gets that noted on his pay envelope" chuckling "if William can learn to trust AA's an you can learn to like a handler then they must be exceptional indeed" he looked at Trisha "an your looking wonderful tonight Trisha"

"thank you father" bowing her head to the floor

Takashima smiled "excuse us gentlemen I must show of my wonderful escort a bit more then I'll let her go about on her own.. but not unguarded" laughing at their disappointed faces

He walked her towards another group this one several ladies were there an their HBED's as well as they neared he whispered "north and south east training facilities supervisors an their wives several close friends an a few of their favorite HBED's I know Lisa is quite jealous of your growing fame an has been demanding a 1A for her own so careful around her"

They walked up an Trisha sat down to watch attentively Takashima smiled an greeted them all an then turned to Sara "an this is southwest's supervisor Sara Cassidy trainer an owner of William 221 our HBED advertising icon an AB Champion"

The men had already been examining her their wives clearly as well the others in the group greeted her with friendly smiles

Takashima smiled "Sara has done some extraordinary work with a major airline it will be part of her presentation. I fully expect you Lisa to enjoy the benefits of her efforts"

"oh? Can we perhaps have a hint of this achievement?" she combed her bleached blonde bangs back off her forehead

"go ahead Sara, I know you being the owner of the Biggest HBED male an champion AB1A breeder just hate being separated from him an our William is indeed a massive presence anywhere he goes"

"thank you sir I'm sure anyone who had gotten an airline to look at the situation could have developed the HBED travel cargo units"

the group instantly smiled appreciatively Lisa's smile a clear attempt at politeness

"its how my entire HBED team traveled to Dallas an then on to Houston today excellent service an they will be offering it to all the major cities an popular travel destinations in the world ill have the details on the cargo units available for everyone later"

"indeed" Takashima smiled "such spirit an drive charging ahead going that extra mile for Takashima incorporated. I think our William is an influence on you as you are on him Sara"

"I would have to agree, I know after his visit to the breeding center he was tired but did want to come trying to convince me but I had to make sure he stayed at the hotel an get some rest"

"well William in here would have been quite the dance for peoples feet" Takashima laughed he looked at the group "William is getting another award he completed the major 1A breeding list nearly alone today"

"the purchase contract I got sir?" the northeast's supervisor smiled a mid aged man with his wife hanging off his arm an two HBED's behind them an AA an AE doe who was heavily pregnant from the roundness of her belly

"indeed your customer should be quite pleased 48 possible AB1A from our logo HBED champion"

"48!" Lisa blinked looking at Sara then Takashima "so many, how long did he take?" glancing a bit behind herself at her AB male sitting on his haunches his horns bobbed an capped with gold

"an hour an a half Lisa…stunning is it not, William is all that I could have ever wanted in any of my 1A he has indeed earned the champion medal"

"well.. yes sir" disappointment barely hidden

Takashima smiled asked their excuses an escorted her away from them towards the entering line

"sir why do I have the feeling I was being used as an example for them"

he chuckled softly "yes indeed, each of them has not done much to improve things in their regions. you come along replacing my former supervisor there an turn everything up on its ear, profits have skyrocketed due to your ideas. an I've gained new paths for my children, your hospital ideas just one of them"

"oh?" smiling squeezing his hand a bit

"tests show you are indeed correct. already several hospitals have begun a testing phase, to see how well the HBED's do in the facility under day to day activities. I expect them to pass with impressive reviews an then orders can be made…

I will be detailing that when I announce you later. Now you have to forgive me Sara, I must welcome people, so I will let you wander around an mingle. Trisha at your side shows your quite important to me to those who might be less than nice such as Lisa who's AB used to hold the champion title"

"I understand sir, an thank you.. I think Ill make a trip along the refreshments table"

"oh yes please do enjoy! much of this party is because of your efforts" patting her hand he turned an welcomed a woman draped in white furs an gold who had 2 AE bucks in a stunning snow white fur to match hers they were both sporting wicked gold tipped antler points studded with gems

Sara walked towards the drinks Trisha right behind she looked along sighing finding nothing she wanted as the alcohol was nearly making a toxic cloud over them she caught the eye of a barkeep as the HBED's helping were very busy

"do you have HBED milk?"

"oh yes right over here most everyone wants the mixed drinks I'm sorry ma'am" getting a large pitcher sitting in ice behind the tables he poured her a cup

"thank you" sipping it as she moved to a quiet spot Trisha sitting near her side she whispered "god the hedonistic use of money its like the movies of old Rome or Egypt"

"some know what HBED's are" Trisha replied softly

"smell?"

she wiggled her ear

"figures, anything yet?"

"their getting ready, nothing else as guests are still arriving"

"just gotta hang in there then.. least the milks good" Trisha smiled an wiggled an ear in agreement

"the sausage an cheese crackers are also quite good" licking her lip a bit

Sara tisked an smiled under cover of drinking "who'd you steal it from" chuckling softly

"the one who tried to spill her drink on your back intentionally I bumped her arm on the other side the drink is now in her shoe she didn’t dare say a thing around Takashima"

Sara chuckled an went to mingle a bit let Garrets cameras take some pictures of the attendees figuring to complement HBED's as they looked to be status symbols with these people an she had the very best of them.. he was free of his chip.

Everyone stretched warming up muscles after resting a bit Garret constantly listening to his ear bud. agents spraying them all but Kim down with black dye an drying it with hair driers. all of them black Cassie took a couple pictures black electrical tape was applied to Bill an Tim's horns to cover their color

Bill stopped stretching an crouched down in front of Garret "you have Sara bugged that fancy dress just full of um id bet"

Garret nodded smiling "cameras too she's getting everyone in the place I didn’t tell her but she's clearly guessed an.. he is here apparently"

"Takashima, damn an I cant pay him a visit" clenching a fist

"oh no mister, the sheer number of AA an triple A around the area plus any private human guards brought by the guests there god no"

"do you seriously think they could stop me if he were to threaten Sara" looking levelly at Garret

he smiled a bit "no, but then that'd be a one way only to be done mission.." putting his finger on his ear bud "okay get ready people I repeat everyone on the ball here we go the announcements are starting"

Garret moved over to the door looking at them all clearly listening "Hunter teams are going out all units to places" he looked at them " out the door go right, down stairs out the door right into the truck be quick gear is in the truck" he was again listening head rising an he nodded

"go!"

Bill Surged out the door an hit the hallway then the fire door at the end of the hall propped open by another agent also listening to his ear bud

first turn he hit the wall with a foot an leaped over the rail his hooves clopping loudly on the concrete stairs but he cleared serious distance rounding off the corners the bottom door opened right into the back of a large cargo truck he slid to a stop moved over an reached out grabbing the others as they popped out to slow them down

Kim he held to his chest as the door was quickly closed she looked up at him "why thank you sir"

"for a lovely lady such as yourself, its my pleasure. keep your head, think first alright"

"yes sir" smiling she kissed his cheek an moved to the other side of the truck

agents slid named boxes over to them from stacks an they got into gear the truck rolling along the quiet inside only broken by clicks an snaps then cloth creaking as straps were pulled comfortably tight crowbars an other items clicked into their holders

the helmet was last an he slipped it on snapping it shut an agent helped adjust Kim's harness a bit

"tower team ready" agent pulling on their armor an helmets checking tightness

Garret's voice came into his right ear "com check all units voice an signal please"

"tower one" an Bill used his tongue to grab the bulb an squeezed it in his teeth a single click came back to his ear

he listened to each as they checked in Kim who the agent was helping with the ear bud smiled "tower six" tapping her arm a click sounded

"Rick confirm the tablet is secure"

he tugged on the harness that held the tablet to his chest "secure" clicking once

"all stations this is control, we are live, I repeat we are live, tower units are moving all stations report ready go no go"

"one go"

"two go"

"three no go"

"report three"

"two hostile in alleyway keeping cover one block from target"

Bill moved up an opened the sliding partition to where the driver was "give me a view tower one" he opened it a bit more for the camera on the side of his helmet. Bill could see a huge group of media an people at the front gate some protesters as well then turning to look at the alleyway he could see them hiding down behind a dumpster as they went by

"the hunters are after an easy take, likely watching the crowd for targets of opportunity"

"I concur tower one, three keep an eye on the hostiles advise on any movement. continue go no go"

"four go"

"five go"

"six is go"

"seven go"

Bill watched as they came up to the stoplight facing the tower preparing to turn right

"eight go"

"nine go"

"ten go"

"mobile command all are go control"

"all units we are a go repeat we are go.. tower mobile unit you are a go for drop"

they turned an went down a couple blocks going left to circle back around he could hear the various spotters calling out they're progress

"all units wind is nine MPH out of the west temp is 91 humidity is 99% were expecting a thunder storm overhead in one hour so lets not take that long"

the driver killed the lights an a hard turn into the alley way it rolled to a quiet stop in the darkness between the streetlights on ether end of the alley

"tower units go"

they all leaped out the opened door an scattered into the shadows Bill slipped between a truck an a wall in the apartments parking on the alleyway the truck driving off an turning right

"four here hostile moving towards alleyway"

"tower units hold position, go four call it out"

Bill watched as a guard walked around the corner flashlight casually shining out into the empty parking lot Kim eased down further behind a big box against the fence an the poles protecting a gas meter as the light was getting near her spot

Spotting the damaged fence listening to four reporting on the guards movement Bill tried to see who it was if he knew them an then smiling easing back down

"control, tower one, guard is Mickey Teller noted slacker he wont come around again for least an hour or more likes napping in the utilities areas"

"noted tower one, four?"

"hostile proceeding to southwest side.. target out of range"

"five here I have hostile heading for utilities room door, entering now, target lost"

"tower units go"

"tower one confirmed"

they came out of the shadows an Bill got to the fence first pulling the bent an broken square metal tubes aside. he helped them go through making sure their heads didn’t hit the top rail he slipped through an bent the parts back down to hide the entrance point

quickly slipping into the nearest shadows beside a large hibiscus "tower one inside fence line proceeding" slipping out of the shadows staying low an on all fours they all slipped in behind him along the wall turning the corner an along the wall

stopping at the secure loading dock fence line where the hibiscus bushes ended here it was all open no cover but no cameras to see them

"tower one hold there, one do you have tower one?"

"barely control they blend in" Bill eased his head out just a bit from the bushes shadows "ok tower one I got you"

"go no go one?"

"nine here no go, hostile AA outside front doors just came out has clear line along front of fence line"

"one here confirming nine, hostile AA unit now walking out towards parking area"

they all waited in the shadows. Bill from where he had his chin sitting on the mulch could see the AA walking out towards the front gate an the spectators there

"one call go for tower units when clear to do so"

"confirmed control, tower one go"

Bill slipped out of the shadows an quickly slipped along the fence line turned an headed for the bushes an dumpsters shadows on the far side of the fence he leaped over a bush into the darkness behind it staying low he turned round to look through it

"one?"

"holding control, hostile AA may have spotted tower one…hostile turning away, tower two go"

Bill waited as Joe came moving low he darted behind him the shadow of the dumpster hiding his shape

"tower three go"

Sophia came sliding in hiding with Joe in the shadows behind Bill

"tower four go" Fopp was a pro gliding along the ground smoothly he slid between the bushes an pressed his head into the mulch to keep his rack low behind the bush

"tower five hold, hostile AA moving west has clear line will advise go"

Bill watched as Rick literally trembled his head turned an he looked at Bill an his tail slapped flat ears pinned

"tower five go"

he didn’t move Bill eased up glaring through the helmet

"tower one what are you doing" came from the sniper spotter "control tower one is leaving cover"

"tower one hold position! control to one"

"go control"

"prepare to terminate tower five" Garret was dead serious

"confirm order terminate tower five?"

"confirmed one, if tower five does not move when next told you have permission to fire"

Sophia touched Bill on the hip he fingered where she could see 'he either moves or he's dead simple as that'

"tower five go, go now"

Rick got shoved by Kim an he scampered stumbling an falling down finally Bill reached out an yanked him in under cover

He slammed the ram into the wall hard Bill put his helmet on Rick's glaring at him through the lenses pinning him to the wall in the shadows "Very last time is that clear" Bill hissed softly

Rick peed himself out of fear

he wagged his ear trembling

"tower one, are we go?"

"we are go control"

"one, call go no go"

"tower six go" Kim loped over an slipped into the shadows

"tower seven go" Tim quickly made it over into the shadows

"one, tower units are they clear to enter?"

"one here tower units are clear to go"

"alright tower one your good to go, good luck"

"tower one to all, thank you.. going silent" clicking once

he moved over to the door that for years he'd reported as having issues reaching up behind his head he clicked his stealth on an pulled on the door it popped open like it was unlocked he gestured the others into the basement an they hurried past disappearing into the shadows

he left the door swinging lose as he too slipped into the shadows along the ramp clicking his stealth off he looked at Kim she smiled brushed off a few stray bits of mulch Bill clicked three times

"tower six you are go" came from Garret

she tapped her arm once for a yes an loped up the ramp opening the door continued up the ramp seeing the big male AA sitting there looking bored she slipped up next to him

"who are you?" shifting away from her a bit

"me? I'm new, brought in from another tower for the party, least they could do is let us have a snack, I'm hungry"

he blinked an smiled "yeah I agree, rich snobs see how fat some of them are?"

"shameful.. would make fun hunting though" licking her lips eyes half lidded in thought

"they would" he sniffed at her "your pregnant? ah makes sense now hunter out playing around huh got to playing when you shouldn’t have?" smiling at her

"well just a bit.. my alpha got mad so I was sent here" acting a bit coy smiling

"Hmm well your certainly easy on the eyes names Chris"

"thank you, not so bad yourself mines Tonya ..so I was down there checking things out is that door to the outside supposed to be open? I closed it an it popped open again seems broken"

he sighed "that damn door again, I think that thing is going to be the death of me no its not supposed to be open but I cant leave my post unattended"

"oh ill stay for you," wagging her tail with a flirtatious swish over his "I'm a failure at fixing things maybe you can tie it shut or something?"

"that would do it alright, just sit here ill be right back.. okay? Gorgeous"

"well who could resist that smile, don’t take too long I have rounds to make too"

he hopped up an in a happy lope trotted down the ramp thinking maybe tonight wouldn’t be such a bad night after all certainly wasn’t going to be boring walking through the door he looked over at the open exterior door "damn thing I wish they'd get it fixed"

Bill slipped his crowbar into his hands an Joe beat him to it smashing down from the shadows in the corner nearest the ramp the AA's head squashed like a grape

He snorted spitting on the body Bill grabbed the collar as Sophia slid the body under a truck to hide it Tim slipped over in the shadows an closed the door without the camera seeing him

Bill clicked three

"tower six hold position tower one is heading to your location"

they all slipped up the ramp carefully Bill tapped on the floor an Kim wagged an ear she got up walked into the hallway got the collar an walked back out sitting back down

"tower six signal go no go to going stealth for a bit"

she wiggled her ear, clicked one and reached up to scratch turning her stealth on

Bill hurried across the area nearly on his belly he grabbed the strip of metal tape stuck on his arm an put it on the bolt near the floor then a quick scrape of the paint with a tomahawk he pressed it smooth pulling the door open no alarm sounded he ducked inside looking through a crack as she wiggled an ear to the next

Bill held the door open an Sophia slipped into the stairwell quickly

Kim wiggled her ear again

Joe slithered over low to the floor

everyone could hear the phone ring at the desk nearest the guard

Bill let the door ease nearly closed looking out through the crack at the jam

Kim wiggled both ears

"security desk.. no every things fine all quiet.. cameras com's aren't working?" he looked over his shoulder "hey! Check your thing"

"me?" Kim reached up an clicked it off "ah sorry must have hit it scratching"

he turned around "yeah young AA scratching, alright no problem" he tapped his headset off "go check the ramp door outside control says it was open an get right back here"

"yes sir" she trotted down the ramp past Tim Rick an Fopp hopping over the blood spot she pushed it open looked around where the camera could clearly see her an pulled it closed firmly

they all heard as she was doing it "one here, tower six checking the door an closing it"

"were good one" came from Garret

she loped back up an sat back down at her post "door was closed I checked it an made sure"

"okay stupid broken door yet again" he turned around slipping a music player's ear bud in an ear looking in his pocket an adjusting the music volume

Kim waited finally she clicked one again seeing the guard at the desk was busy listening to music reading a magazine he leaned back in his chair a bit

"ok tower six is again go you call it"

she clicked one an scratched again turning the stealth on wiggling her ear

Bill opened the door an Rick with Tim right behind hustled across then Fopp did almost immediately

She looked over at him Bill fingered 'no risks momma to be, any trouble get out'

She smiled winked at him an clicked the stealth off

Bill followed the others up to the next door four floors up Joe had already gotten it open taping the circuit Tim was tying it off to the nearest stair rail Bill clicked three an they continued up

Trisha hearing the clicks an comments glanced over at Sara who was sitting a table with the other facility supervisors Takashima talking about profits an expenditures Trisha gently touched Sara on the arm once to let her know they were in

the hand she had down under the table touched once back ok

they were still trying to get ideas out of her but being so close to so many who clearly knew about what was actually going on under the towers she honestly didn’t have any to give to them

her stomach twisted a bit inside she knew it was nerves "excuse me everyone" getting up Trisha right behind she headed for the bathrooms she closed herself in a stall an sighed

Trisha sat just outside the door she finger wrote very carefully 'don’t worry Sara they're doing fine, I know your nervous but be calm'

"the presentation is perfect Trisha I just hope I can do this a lot of very rich an powerful people out there if they don’t like it my whole career is done"

"you will do fine madam, you have made them more rich than before. Nerves before a major presentation is common, be strong like William"

"he's a huge HBED bull of course he's strong"

"in body yes, but his spirit is yours to command that makes you far stronger than he madam"

Sara stepped out an smiled "thank you Trisha"

third door going up they had to bend the shit out of the door jam to get it open Bill grunted an snorted metal buckling cracking an popping Joe shoved hard on his bar an the door leaped open banging across Bills helmet

Tim looked at the bent door an frame he sighed tying it off they headed up

Bill signaled three an huffed air leaping up five stairs at a time the rubber hoof pads making it quiet as it could

The others were coming up fast behind Bill as he flew up the stairs he rounded a corner right into a guard and slammed him to the ground smashing one fist right into his face then the other the gut grabbing some of his tie cord a with a quick loop around the mans throat he flopped him over the rail tying it off

Joe looked at that momentarily an took the lead going right past Bill who was right behind him leaping up groups of stairs strangely enough an old song was playing in the back of Bill's mind 'all my life I've been good but now oh ohh what the hell'

three clicks

Door four was a breeze popping open easy they reached the last one as this set of fire stairs didn’t go into the tower star above them they all took a break for a moment water bottles came out of holders Joe taped the circuit live

Bill ripped the locked box next to the door open power lights an signal strength indications were flashing all through the box dozens of wires looped around an tied around neatly

"tower one what is that?"

he sighed pointing to a label on a router 'camera hub floor 49 - 52' then the next one 'audio detect hub'

"ok got you tower one, your disabling the cameras an microphones on the level, all units we are going into hot mode, security will be alerted something is going on in the tower all units we are going hot"

Bill stepped back an hauled back his fist he smashed it right into the box with a small boom sparks an bits of components fell out as he withdrew it ripping a few cables out of the entire box like the electronic innards of the tower

he nodded to Joe an Sophia who both got on the single crow bar an the last door popped open

"com alert tower one, they know the cameras are down sending hostile to investigate"

he clicked one as he moved through the door on all fours sticking to the shadows avoiding the bright circles of light from the canister lights in the roof

coming out of the elevator as it dinged softly with the door opening. carrying a hand held PDA was Takashima's personal aide as always dressed immaculately classic oriental she tapped something on the screen an froze clearly feeling a presence

Bill eased up moved out of the shadows slowly crouching on his haunches

"ah so, it has finally come I told him.. I said to my master not to do this, an he would come to regret but he not listen" she let the PDA fall to the floor with a clatter "who are you? Free you are to go to escape, yet you come here why?"

"tower one what's wrong" Garret asked in Bill's ear Bill clicked once in response

"come now all this way, an only the barest of alarm to any in the tower.. you must be tired" reaching for her ear as if to scratch "perhaps tea?"

Bill in one hand had a tomahawk which he tapped threateningly on the black marble floor the loud metal ring freezing her the other he waved his finger slowly side to side gesturing for her to lower that hand

She smiled an laced her fingers together serenely on the front of her kimono "ah, only so few would know that my earring is in truth a com, only one could be AB1A an know that.. you came home William? Why?"

the others circled around to each side from behind him

"oh an you. brought others, he will be incredibly upset with you William.. but you do not fear that do you. I tell him not to reward loyalty with betrayal but my master is" she sighed

"he is sick, an must be stopped at any cost" Bill said softly "he declared war, an death is here, if you are expecting help there will be none, the cameras an microphones are disabled" putting his tomahawk back in its holder with a click

her serine expression melted off an her face now matched her scents of fear "you will kill me? Yes… I would expect no less punishment for helping him. I do not beg for forgiveness I am guilty for too great a crime"

Bill moved over removing his helmet setting it on the floor she looked up at his face with a smile

"so many things you’ve done, he never believed you free suspect a little yes, prove no, how long awake William?"

he took her ear rings gently from her ear lobes an tossed them to Joe who crunched them under the crowbar's tip

"a long time, right out of conversion.. many times he grabbed my ears twisted them every time he looked but found only AB1A 221 the HBED, never the man he betrayed for his loyalty I have done everything he needed for his glorification an now its our turn"

"so long.. but you control the animal.. one with it at heart now.. such beautiful eyes.. that know pain an life are one" she turned her back to him slowly head held high eyes closed

he leaned over arm going around he whispered to her ear "no lovely flower.. where there is life there is hope an that is enough to make pain nothing to fear" her neck snapped quick an painlessly

gently he scooped the body up into his arms an walked it over to the empty elevator laying her out carefully fixing her dress hands still laced together. he set it to go down to 44 an let the door close

the others were clearly confused at his actions to an extent

scooping up his helmet an slipping it on he walked over to the wall an kicked hard paneling crunched pictures an art fell Joe slammed into the wall on the next kick with him an it burst open to cold air flowing out

"why not use the door?" Sophia asked softly

"door is alarmed uses a retinal scan an voice print the wall has no alarms or need for a key" Bill gestured to the computer server room pointing to Rick "you, one job an one only, get it done"

he wiggled his ear an hurried up to the hole

"black terminal the white ones wont work for that"

"got it" he leaped through the hole

Joe an Bill opened it further to allow them all access to the room

Tossing the debris aside crowbars finished the job an they all walked in Sophia nodded Joe whistled through his teeth "lots of computers"

"main server room for the entire tower all video an audio building controls. office is back there Joe, see the posts in here those support that massive vault above" pointing to the poles covered in cable run in covered boxes

"I'm on it" he trotted over bashing the door off its hinge with a solid kick, the others all went in an helped to move desks around an start stripping the false ceiling down

"tower one this is control care to talk now?"

he turned an walked over to the hole in the wall leaning on it looking out at the elevators

"Takashima's personal aide she was a crush of mine.. I never had the courage to ask her out to dinner. though she at times wanted me to, expecting me to ask saying it with her eyes alright? Satisfied?"

"confirmed tower one, status?"

"in the computer room preparing to plant charges back door is being installed clearing the roof for cutting charges about to disable elevator systems"

"confirmed tower one"

stepping through he walked over to a panel an ripped it off with a quick use of the bar popping the four bolts lose he checked over the controls activating the monitors for each cab he deactivated three an four he had a personal hate for three an it’s the one her body is in thinking she deserved better than to be blown to bits when the floor went up, a smash with the bar turned them off permanently

Kim signaled two clicks an Bill looked at the monitor for elevator two

"tower one tower six reporting trouble"

"already on it control"

"confirmed tower one your on it"

tossing the covers off the digital controls he adjusted the panel numbers since the guards were talking to each other not paying attention to the floors the cab was coming for 49 he adjusted the settings on the knobs it stopped at 25 they got out an looked around clearly confused

getting back in he grinned they hit 49 again an he sent it down to 10 one guard stomped his foot hitting his com clearly pissed off. Bill pulled the control wires an reversed them now the lift would go down instead of up for its floor commands then switching the last into maintenance mode it wouldn’t delay them long but any time was a plus

knowing they now were running on a clock he adjusted the door opening speed on both to its slowest the electrically operated hydraulics would open very slow if so told even to arrive an take a minute to open

"not going to ask how you know to do that tower one"

"I watched an learned control watched an learned"

walking back in the computer room he went to the office checking on Rick who had connected the tablet to the system gave him a thumbs up he looked up an Joe had the shaped cutting charges in place

"connecting them now Bill"

"good turn round let me have the detonation charges" grabbing them off the side of Joes armor "Tim Fopp Sophia lets go Joe just a second ok"

he walked out to the main room pouring the contents of the bag out on a desk he pulled his off an then the others Joe picked up a block an a pronged electronics box

"half blocks in between each rack put a detonator in each flick the switch on" he showed them "lights on its live, simple as falling down. Bill this box is the local mechanical detonators run a line to each charge in a row plugs into the side of the block we pull the pin as we bail gives us a guaranteed thirty minutes"

"got it, Tim set that row an stay out by the elevators till we get in the vault"

"right" he walked over with the cubes Rick watching an swallowing his tail trembling

Bill sighed an walked over towards him "Rick" flicking some at him he bleated in panic fumbling it trying to catch it as it fell an he ducked for cover it made a soft thump as it hit the floor "Rick it not go boom without detonator an electrical jolt" sighing

He looked at that point an huffed "you’re a mean ass Bull Bill!"

"you’re scared I was trying to make an example for you your panic is all in your mind calm down! Just chill is anyone else in a panic?"

"no, that was still mean"

"ok it was mean, feel better now? Stop being all spooked cause were working with explosives your fear smells are annoying!"

they quickly set the blocks of explosive between the roof high racks of electronics he was right next to Sophia an she looked at him "it was mean.. but funny" chuckling a bit "so why the other timer? You mean bull you"

pushing into the explosive a small silver bulb an squishing it firmly "just incase an AA gets up here as were bailing their stealth could stop the signal from Garret this they cant its mechanical wind up hidden back here they wont notice them

she chuckled an patted him on the shoulder with a smile

once the last of the charges were wired Bill spotted the rolls of wire on a rack in the far corner

an idea came to him an he grabbed the biggest an walked out enough wire to go out an to the fire door

"tower one what are you doing?" Garret asked clearly confused

"making an sure we don’t get stuck in the computer room pulling pins on timers an have the AA's show up in force"

"okay tower one"

he went back an with more wire he tied a tree of them to all the pins so one tug would yank all timer pins he felt the line being tugged an looked holding it from pulling the pins easing to the side of the rack

Tim was tugging on it curiously over near the hole in the wall where Bill had slipped it through the faraday cage built in the wall for electrical interference an Takashima's paranoia at the data being read from the electro-magnetism generated in the wiring

"hello Tim?"

"yeah?"

"Bad Tim, pullin wire make things go boom"

"Oh crap" he dropped the wire like it had burnt him an went back out to the elevators tail thrashing an shaking his head

"tower seven to tower one um sorry" came over the com

"uh yeah.. confirmed tower seven" sighing shaking his ears

"tower seven tower one we got big company coming up"

"on the way, no one play with the red wire! goin out the hole"

he came out an looked at the monitors two AA an two guards were coming up on the key override which made the lift theirs to control

"that didn’t take long, they're coming up from the conversion pits or Kim would have seen um, ok Tim go help Joe tell um we got company coming an ill handle this"

"alone?"

Bill eased back into the shadows "time to be the big bad boogie Bull" an his helmet disappeared past the spotlighted circles of light into the shadows an darkness

"you scare me sometimes Bill" he hurried into the computer room

several moments later the doors opened an the AA led the way out the guards behind them

"holy shit look at that hole!"

Bill hoped the faraday cage would protect Rick working an not shut everything down as he turned on his stealth unit

One clicked his com "control we've got a major ..hey what the hell?"

"what" one of the AA moving towards the hole looked back at the guards

"the com's down"

"no way"

"that would mean a hunter is near by"

Bill grinned an eased forward slowly on all fours "an indeed there is" his voice echoing inside the helmet

They all spun round to look at him an fear took them all as he rose up on his legs slowly the AA stumbled over each other falling down the men reaching for their guns

"Death! the greatest hunter is here!" striking out with his crowbar

one got a shot off but it went wild as the bar hit the guns an sent them flying the other end came around an smashed a guards head the pointed end went right through the chest of an AA an then Bill's fist ended the other guards life the blow snapping his neck smashing the face flat

the last AA had scurried out from the Killing zone an was snarling on all fours his hackles up "A god damn HBED!" he snarled throwing spit everywhere

"that might well be true, but I'm not a dead AA like you are"

The AA leaped an Bill sidestepped smashing down with his elbow all of his weight behind the blow he felt the neck bones crunch an the head went limp he clicked his stealth off tossing the bodies into the corner

an AA collar came on "Dan report what the hell is going on up there"

he grinned tapping the button "something's screwed up, but there's nothing wrong up here com's are acting up though they keep breaking up"

"what? I can barely hear you com's all echoed"

"nothing wrong here" Bill said to the collar firmly "com are screwed up"

"got you nothing wrong, yeah com are really bad, get your tail back down here then" an it clicked off

he went over an opened the elevator holding it open he hit every floor going down an used the key to lock it into that pocketing the key

walking into the computer room Garret called him "tower one"

"go control"

"slick, wont last long but slick"

Bill walked over to the office an Joe gave him the thumbs up "all ready Bully"

Bill turned to Rick "how long?"

"nother minute its nearly done the file is already sending to the off site server so when we leave it'll already be gone"

"excellent" patting Rick on the shoulder

he walked for the back an pulled open the fire systems panel he turned the valves the quarter turn needed to kill the fire suppression systems an water for the star above

Sophia walked over watching him for a moment wondering as he was reaching into the wall through the side of the fire valves box a cardboard painted cover on the floor

"this was easier when I had human arms…ah got it" pulling. the sound of hook an loop fasteners ripping apart came out of the hole an out came a bundle of wires an another electronic box "fire alarm signal booster this floor an all above send signals down to this" yanking the wires out of the top "now it cant tell anyone anything"

she smiled "your knowledge on this place" chuckling a bit

"six years of doing the crap jobs no one else wanted to do, an actually doing my job.. paying attention to details"

walking back over to the others "control this is tower one fire alarms disabled suppression systems as well just waiting on backdoor an sleeper install"

"confirmed tower one, Gem one is going up for her presentation now"

"their gona get quite a show in a bit"

"YES! Done! An its transferring to the off site…. All done! Control its in!" Rick bounced happily

"excellent, tower two let it rip all units show time!"

Bill grabbed the tablet from Rick an put it on the nearest explosives "its redundant Rick leave it everyone out, Joe?"

"were all good out, out" gesturing them all to get out of the room they took cover behind the wall outside the computer room an Joe flipped a switch on then pressed the button ducking his head

Sara smiled at them all after thanking Takashima for such a glowing introduction the applause was quite energetic most from the shareholders an investors several HBED looked around at people clapping and did the same softly

"thank you all for such a warm welcome I certainly hope that my ideas find fertile ground to grow on, so far my plans have made great strides in profits an expanding the HBED market were not done by any means HBED's clearly have immense potential as the medical fields are just now being looked into there has to be more

tonight I am very pleased to present to you owners of HBED's future owners breeders an Takashima associates the HBED travel container system" she tapped the screen of her tablet an fed the presentation to the main system an it came up on the main hologram behind her

the image of the container came up an she started detailing the structure its design an options an then she brought up the images taken in Dallas the HBED's posing an getting in them showing even William could get in them an be comfortable

she smiled as people were clearly pleased the applause was loud finally she continued on explaining about the airlines expansion plans an a loud boom made her jump in shock looking up as a flash came from the floors just below the star an debris was falling down

Trisha leaped over covering Sara yelling alerts at the other AA who instantly grabbed Takashima and made him disappear into a huge group of triple A their alert eyes watching for threats

People were screaming an began heading for the exits in a full out panic Trisha dragged Sara to a safe spot out of view an kept her low snarling at anyone who got near even other AA who were trying to check on Takashima officers

She whispered to Trisha "god was that the big one?" the AA wagged both ears again snarling at a woman who was shrieking at the windows above smashing to the floor of the atrium about to run headlong over Sara in her panic

All the security collars an radios came on "the tower is under attack all units respond return to tower" a triple A ran over "is she safe?"

"yes! Get Takashima out of here! Its too tight an too many panicked humans! I have her!" scooping Sara up she went out a side exit pushing past other people to get her further away from the building an into the gardens past the convention center

triple A in a huge group came running along an Takashima's voice called out "Trisha!"

the two groups melted together Sara looking at Takashima "sir what are you still doing here!?"

"I must stay near the tower"

"the hell you do sir, if someone's attacking the tower they could be after you! An the company cant live without you! Triple A's get him out of here! Get him clear of the area!" and away from the HBED's when they come down in a run she thought

all of them looked at her then Takashima one leaned over a bit "as I recommended to you sir now even a supervisor has as well, please let us take you to a safe place till the tower is safe an secure! Please Sir"

Takashima looked at her "but the investors an guests"

"ill handle it sir! You get out of here! Go!" pointing for them to leave

"indeed so much like him now.. very well" an the group of triple A literally carried him away into the darkness

Trisha's collar came on "all AA triple A and security officers Supervisor Cassidy is in charge of the area until my return!" Takashima clearly was being bounced a bit an it went off

Sara tapped Trisha's collar "all officers this is supervisor Cassidy evacuate the guests safely away from the building to the private gardens pull them from their cars if need be! if there are terrorists they do not need easy access to hostages! Remaining AA an triple A form a perimeter guard line to protect the guests"

Trisha smiled wagging her ear

People flowed into the gardens the other training center supervisors did as well the wall of AA an triples watching everything they came over to her as she sent an AA off to watch the back areas of the gardens as it had come in from hunting

"who do you think"

"who do I think I am? I'm the person that got Mr. Takashima out of range of the people attacking the tower! You all ran like spooked sheep didn’t even think of your HBED's who are over there nearly sick scared to death worrying about you now go take care of them an go back in the gardens to wait for the all clear or I will have you escorted back for your own safety"

they all blinked an called to their HBED who hurried over to them an checked them making sure they were alright like loyal loving HBED's should then the group walked off to find places to sit Lisa remarking Sara was like her Bull under her breath

an that made her grin an Trisha wagged an ear agreeing with a smirk

Everyone flinched as the air pressure surged an dust rushed out with the explosion the doors fell out crashing to the floor alarms sounding

"they know were here now!" Tim shouted

"Shit! that was loud" Bill shook his head "Tim Rick stay here watch the lifts an stairs"

they walked in an had to stop the entire wall of the office had blown out the computers were sparking an lights were dangling bulbs smashed

"holy shit"

"cheap construction drywall an metal mesh over the windows watch your step"

shoving a pile of roof tiles an metal supports for it aside with a foot he looked up at the vault floor. the charges had done the work cutting right through the sheet metal concrete an the floor support I beam where it went along one side of the hole they needed open

he shoved with the pry bar an then got a grip on part, it all fell out of the way an slipped out the open wall they cringed a bit as it crashed below an car alarms went off

he was already heading up into the vault a few lose papers were fluttering down some shrapnel damage dents a scrapes to the cabinets but nothing was burnt or broken

"dear god" Joe said softly "this entire wall is HBED related"

"no time just start baggin it all" Bill trotted to the far end finding AB on the label "Sophia grab those there all top secret plans designs an data drives for projects the cabinets have combination locks an keys as well so hack um open"

"got it" she borrowed one of Bill's tomahawks an with several whacks took the lock right off the cabinet an peeled the doors open getting to the files in racks

Bill slid his finger along all the files were labeled with the number quite prominent he got his an Tim's knowing that one was needed now then Hanks Stuffing them in his armor

Joe pulled Bills bags off his armor an entire drawers were pulled out an dumped in to them Bill helping as they tossed the empties down the hole some falling out the new window

Fopp came up an started at the far end Bill moved over to the AE an just got Fopp's file who then plucked it from his fingers with a grin "thank you"

"aw" as he grabbed EX01's file an stuffed that into his armor

he smiled an pulled the front plastic cover open covering the entirety of the page with another but the first name, Sean

Bill smiled an wagged an ear dumping file folders into bags Fopp chuckled stuffing it inside his armor

They quickly got all the HBED files into bags stuffing them in tight then tying the bags shut

"tower one report, tower six has a lot of hostiles getting into the elevators including the freight they're ignoring her completely"

"loading files now control, tower five an seven get in here!" he looked at Joe who was strapping the two biggest on him "make sure Rick gets the HBED related hard drives he's gona be in the middle if were attacked he'll get to the extraction point I can fall back an slow them down"

"right your good go"

Bill leaped down shoving Rick up an into the vault as he arrived

Hurrying out shifting his armor around to settle the load he reached the elevator controls one had gotten up to 35 an he smashed the controllers killing the remaining lifts but the freight which was far slower an was only to fifteen an its heavy duty controller was up on fifty with the motor

"tower one control, lifts disabled, freight still coming up has five AA an a pair of triples its slow an just now reaching twenty" seeing them on the monitor the other cabs the passengers were trying to get out clawing at the doors trying to get them open an the roof access

"them locked emergency covers are a bitch now huh guys" chuckling

Sophia came trotting up then Rick an Fopp Joe an Tim finally came out

"its empty we got it all" Joe smiled

"Joe Tim Rick Fopp go me an Sophia will be right behind ya"

they headed for the stairs "watch for ones coming up run right over um"

She looked at him as he reached out an yanked the wire hearing the plinks "go, GO"

She went an Bill slammed the door shut bending the frame with his pry bar to jam it

He made the clicks that they were bailing "all units all units the tower is lit tower six be ready"

she clicked once

they were clearing stairs at a mad rate of speed Bill ran over a pair of guards already half beaten to a pulp the next turn there was an AA who's chest was ripped open an a guard with a hoof print to the head

a Howl sounded from above he reached up an started smashing lights reaching the next fire door he jammed his crowbar in the hinge an the frame at the head height of a HBED running on all fours an kept smashing lights to around the next corner

he passed other dead an dieing guards came up on Joe struggling with a triple A claws an teeth flashing at the smaller AC

Bill rammed into its side his momentum taking them both right through a fire door taking the door itself off the hinges with a crash into a hallway

Bill saw Joe getting up "GO"

He looked at the triple A as it tumbled an cried out in pain holding its side an ribs it looked at him an he snorted steam its eyes were wide with fear

Joe ran Bill was right behind him they signaled they were coming to Kim

Bill heard the yelps from behind up above the crashing of metal an bodies Joe fell back a bit as Bill leaped out the bottom door already sliding across the floor ripped from the hinges by the others crashing through

rubber hoof pads squealing as he got traction an changed direction the others heading for the front doors right ahead of them Kim was in mid leap over the desk her flash bangs an tear gas can flying apart

Joe dropped his as he cleared the main elevators an the break room for the guards the bangs an flashes behind them the doors shattered ahead from sniper shots an they were outside leaping over AA's who were falling down dead

AA's an triples were already in motion from their positions at the convention center pavilion an falling to snipers as they did

The people at the gate all wide eyed screaming as the tower above exploded the concussion wave pushed on them as they leaped over the arm gate an people who were ducking an they kept going running full speed dodging cars that were panic breaking to see what had exploded

Bill ran over a car that cut in front of him the roof caving in leaping over the next that was hitting the other he made the clear area past a stoplight hearing howls behind an closing

Tim tripped on a curb bouncing off of a mailbox which crashed to the side he fell an tumbled Bill grabbed him by the armor an sped up feet pounding hard as he carried both of them tossing him forward as Tim got to running again

The AA's behind were catching up now also in the clear past traffic Bill could hear the snipers trying to get a bead on them but everyone was moving so fast it made accurate shots impossible everyone turned around the corner

An were instantly dodging around the construction gaping holes with metal sides an piles of dirt a backhoe in the way which slowed them he heard the AA's coming from his right up the alleyway he pulled the ring an dropped his cans as they leaped out trying for him right into the bangs tear gas crippling them they tumbled into the K-rails protecting the construction area hard the remote detonated cans of tear gas flooding the entire area behind with massive clouds of gas catching the pursuit in it

The truck they wanted was already moving as Tim leaped in the open door they all looked back as Bill jumped in landing on his knees an slid on the smooth wood floor crashing head first into the front of the box bending the cover into the drivers compartment to the drivers surprise

he turned around looking an the door was rolling closed everyone there panting a bit an looking around

"Tower mobile to control all pups collected retreating from area" the agent helped Bill get his helmet off "you okay?"

"yeah I'm fine Damn that was a run, shit" shaking his head "Whooo!"

Bill put his helmet back on as Garret was talking to snipers an others

"all units take out the hostiles returning to the tower, tower units in route to transfer point get the baths ready"

"I hope you got that run on film control I want my Olympic medal"

"cut the chatter tower one, yes its all recorded, good job"

Helmets were coming off an people were smiling getting water an good mineral tablets taking armor off the agents helping them to get the bags of stolen goods off which were stacked near the door the agent there saw the files coming from Bill's armor an told Garret

"were heading for rendezvous with transfer truck where we unload the bags an get them clear of the area so we have a couple minutes the fire an police are flooding the area around the tower"

Bill slipped his helmet back on "control how is Gem one?"

"she's good tower one, no worries" Garret sounded very pleased "you were right tower one, only you an the others could have pulled this off"

they soon met up with another truck an the bags were transferred over to it Garret came on the com "tower one, we need all of them please they will be given back"

he nodded an held out Hanks EX01's an his but Tim's he held onto an told the agent to wait a moment he held it out to Tim who blinked seeing his number on it

"go on Tim, you need to know" Bill set it down in front of him "we need to"

"come on tower team times ticking" Garret called on the com

Bill took his helmet off "do I"

"no, I will" reaching out he took it an opened the cover flipping through the pages his expression changed it twisted up into pain an sorrow inhaling an banging his head against the wall hard then harder tossing the folder at Bill

"he converted them too, the bastard killed my youngest trying to convert her!" sobbing as he banged his head on the trucks wall

A quick look as he handed it to the agent he caught the wife an oldest daughter had survived converted to AB an AC sent to the northwest facility he moved over an pulled Tim into a hug not letting him go even as he tried to pull away

"we knew Tim, we've talked about it for months, the chances, the risks. the fact he wanted them, two of them need you to find them now. To save them from the chips, don’t you dare give up on them"

he sobbed into Bill's shoulder thumping him hard an then hugging him as the others put a hand on him to comfort

they headed for the hotel going back up the fire stairs they were directed to another room where plastic was covering the room

they were instructed to stand on the plastic to be hosed down with soap an water agents went to work scrubbing them clean of the dye sucking them damp dry with wet dry vacuums as they came out of the wash towels an hair driers an brushes were put to use

then their ID tracker chips an ear tags were put back on Garret followed them as they headed for their room the various trainers got up quickly clearly overjoyed they were back an safe

Joe hugged Stacey the others got similar reception save Rick who got no welcome back the agents apparently kept them updated an she'd heard what happened.

Bill walked over to his trainer "he did good cut him some slack please" he said softly to her. She sighed

"he came through in the end, not everyone is brave, sometimes you have to run up to the danger an only then do you find out if you can do it or.. not, please" gesturing to the HBED ram laying down on his bed with a deep sigh

she nodded an walked over to Rick

Cassie was sharing tears with Tim hugging an holding him, Bill again hugged him a moment. then walked over to Garret who was listening to his earbud the news was on the TV showing the massive fire in the tower the entire star was involved flames bursting out the windows smoke rolling

Garret looked at Bill "she's safe Trish did excellently she leaped on Sara to protect her an then carried her clear of the glass roof as the second explosion shattered it all apparently Sara even got Takashima clear of the building an rescued the guests from any terrorists that might have wanted a hostage" chuckling

"well that shoots my hope Takashima got killed by the glass"

"his triples had him instantly under cover an then hidden before the main blast"

"any innocent hurt?"

"a few injuries nothing fatal, mostly car wrecks a caved in car roof.." smiling at him

"hey she cut in front of me! against traffic an stopped… what was I supposed to do stop an apologize?"

Garret patted him on the arm "just yanking your chain Bully the person didn’t even see you just a blur so far its being blamed on blast debris"

"hoof shaped debris" chuckling

"most of the pursuit you had was taken out so if they did see you guys it was only brief glimpses of black HBED's in armor an skulls for heads. we did get some incredible video of you guys. running the stairs down is nauseating for its speed I think couple of you were running on the walls"

"working on the FFH video?"

"should be done an already heading for an anonymous hand over to the media at the tower we incorporated what we could of the inside of the tower it wasn’t much just too many bits of HBED in the way"

"sorry"

"no, no its okay it shows us that HBED's are …not special ops, but they did a job that ops couldn’t have because of your intimate knowledge of the tower an you carried out everything on the list an got some really incredible intel which weight alone would have kept it from all being taken"

"well we never professed to be subtitle, were walking war machines who usually go about clopping an clomping like two leg tanks"

smiling as the media was showing the helicopter view of the fire as one of the stars points broke lose falling to the ground crushing the HBED loading docks fence Bill smirked at that

"OH Bill no I'm not saying anything against you guys Oh hell no"

"ah, I admit to not staying silent, but I took out the systems an then the computers got blasted as well"

"I know an its okay, the recording of you taking out that triple A that was impressive head bashing um.. Takashima's secretary can I ask why the elevator? If its personal its just me asking"

"she was a beautiful woman a rare lovely flower of a woman… who didn’t look at me with indifference or hate she maybe even liked me a little. she deserved better than to have her bits blown all over the city

I admit I didn’t want to kill her but she herself admitted to helping him, not doing anything to stop him, even trying to alert security to us being there"

"you did what you had to, an from what I saw she felt nothing"

"how many times Garret am I going to have to do what I had to… when does that get easier? Likely never I know"

Garret nodded patting him on the shoulder

"now one thing if Takashima shows up here do you think we can take him?"

"Garret all I know is if any word gets out about his loss those clones will likely commit the nukes an use whatever they have available"

Garret nodded "so even with him in reach he's untouchable"

"unfortunately, if we could keep any communication from getting out it might be done"

"but one slip an.. no we go with the plan you guys get home an evacuate the HBED's then we attack the other facilities"

"I've been thinking about that we still might have issues with security there if we could knock um out by the time they wake up the place would be deserted"

”Betty is the cook we saved her granddaughter…let me talk to a few people we might have something for this"

"okay"

an agent came in the room "we have a limo an several dozen AA an triples pulling up the front of the hotel Garret"

"that’s Sara an Takashima places everyone"

the HBED's hit their beds in the private rooms trainers watching the TV Cassie's tears with Tim had her cheeks wet an eyes red

Sara sighed seeing the fire trucks an the police Takashima had come back after the second blast which had scared even Trisha a bit

The media were swarming like mad cameras on site for the meeting now had a ring side seat a triple A came up to her an Trisha

"supervisor Cassidy, father wishes you to follow me please" she escorted them over to a Takashima truck an trailer filled with equipment the triple A gestured to the stairs into the trailer

"thank you, Trisha stay here please"

"yes Madam"

she walked in an Takashima was looking at the TV newscasts he turned an looked at her "ah Sara" sighing shaking his head "the FFH are claiming responsibility an have given the media a video"

she moved over to look at the screens the news caster was speaking to the co anchor about the video an it started again

it was the sales video with Takashima standing right in front of his own tower in the edited background

"This is a video detailing a new advancement in bio weaponry for your consideration the costs for the initial units are quickly offset by the fact that the weapon units are self replicating with various modes of operation from stealth to total occupation an pacification of local civilian and military personnel all units come complete with close combat with highly skilled troops training is standard the various modes of operation are quickly achieved via the installed control chip"

an text came up on the images of the HBED's William Lifting the car but one of many

'so now that we all know the truth about the HBED's Takashima, would you like to tell everyone what the chip really does? All the nasty little things you wouldn’t expect

We with the freedom for HBED's the FFH believe that you should be honest an tell the public what it is they’ve been buying, ahh but you don’t have the courage to tell do you…

well we broke into your hardened vault an took it all while you celebrate the massive profits an plans of your workers because the people deserve to know the truth! an just look at all the details we got!

ohhh such a naughty man you are Takashima! should we tell them about all those AA?

no?

wait, why not your advertising star an company logo the biggest HBED William 221? So little honor you have Takashima, so little! who could ever trust you after seeing that file much less the full advertising video for your Bio weaponry to terrorists

no..

better yet perhaps the details on the training centers? what your doing to the HBED's and people there is criminal! So bad there is no laws yet written to even address such inhuman behavior!

an what you did in the town of north creek was an open declaration of war'

showing scenes from the video the AA stripping people of clothes carrying children to the truck

'you made the opening moves Takashima now its our turn

you brought this upon yourself, thinking you could do this to the united states an not have a fight on your hands

you want a war, well you got it. the blood an death to come is all on you'

an the star exploded recorded from several different angles flashing an exploding several times Sara jumped a bit then the burning star faded into a bull skull

'you will see this a lot Takashima unless you openly admit your guilt! were done going after small fry like facility supervisors an your workers abusing the helpless sleepwalking HBED

taking out your AA hunters that go around the cities an towns at night collecting raw material for your towers you’re the number one target now… sleep well"

she turned an looked at Takashima who was incredibly furious

"lies all lies"

"why sir? they did all this just to steal from you?"

"yes, clearly terrorists they wanted the designs an information on how to create HBED's…I will admit at one point many years ago I had thought of HBED's possibly as weapons but that’s an old recording they found in the vault but I long since decided that I could not do that to my children"

she nodded "I'm glad sir, honestly how could they, this is the criminal act!" gesturing to the screens she huffed "god the media will be blowing this all out of proportion the negative impact on everything I worked for! DAMN THEM!" she kicked a chair right out the door

Trisha an the triple A looked in "Trisha did you hear this, this pack of lies! Agh!"

"I agree with you Sara but please be calm. I'm even more annoyed than you are trust me" Takashima patted her arm gently "my tower nearly destroyed top secret plans an designs stolen security officers an AA's killed an maimed an worst of all they used my children to help them"

"I'm sorry sir but they did WHAT?! No they couldn’t have!"

"we have one triple A as a witness she's badly injured but she fought with an AC she knows she saw another one an the injuries are classic of an AB which slammed into her shattering ribs an causing massive internal damage her wounds must be effecting her mind she talks of the AB having a skull for a head"

"I, I can not believe this sir. HBED's are not violent its trained out of them to do this they would have had to take months of retraining an abuse of them to make them even start to be violent this is sick!... wait their id chips"

"no, no indication of any HBED id chips entering the building that were not security"

"damn.. they had to have human help to guide them" pacing as she talked

"yes but no one survived that might have seen them, all the HBED's seen were black completely black"

"there isn't a totally black AC least not one I've seen dark brown yes but not total black"

"several are thinking that they had their pelts dyed black to prevent identification of the HBED's whoever did this knew the building the cameras they attacked when security would be higher but also distracted unlike any other day"

"that could be only a former employee or perhaps they tortured it out of someone at this point I wouldn’t put it past them anyone who would corrupt a HBED to violence! Sick!

An worse to bring my Bully into this he's a good boy. loves kids an playing with them how could they hurt him like this! I wont be able to take him anywhere for a bit"

"security is checking all former employees to see about that as well. Sara I want you to do everything you can to help with this"

"of course sir" she tapped her shoe on the floor "right now sir the best thing you can do is talk to the media pronounce this exactly as it is, a terrorist act thus not to be believed they blew up the tower stealing plans and designs corporate espionage at its most violent...

but you will have to speak up about the ideas of HBED's as weapons tell them as you told me you couldn’t do that to them an canceled all those plans as that was you in the video"

he nodded sighing "yes I believe your right, I will see about getting something written up in a bit. Please do all you can on your end out there Sara anything positive right now will help" his voice with a clear edge of pleading

"I had plans to take the team to a children's hospital an several others in northern California an the HBED hero's day the governor of Wyoming wanted to do I can get right on those" reassuring him with a small smile

"excellent, here I meant to present this to you for William an you as we closed the ceremonies" getting a case off the counter an handing it to her

she opened it an it was a breeder award medal set with a large crystal with a decorative pin for her "diamond level excellence" she sighed "I'm sorry sir I should be happy but"

"I know it's alright Sara, I understand tonight is beyond saving. an I personally wanted to thank you for your efforts to keep the guests safe an mollify their panic nearly all of them had great things to say about you taking control of the situation an your calm attitude

some clearly would have died if they had remained in their cars trying to get out of the gate several limos were crushed or burned by the falling debris it was your concern for them.. an me" he withdrew an envelope from an inside pocket an held it out to her

"it saved many lives tonight, so as the computers are a complete loss in the tower I'm afraid I had to do this, this way"

"sir no, I did my job. after that business the other day at my facility I swore to myself I wouldn’t be afraid of these bastards, I'm sorry about their limos though the white one was beautiful inside"

he smiled pushing the envelope in her hand "you'll take the reward an be happy with it buy your trainer team some stuff at the airport or something get William some new toys, the limo was insured as was my art collection and the tower as well"

he sighed deeply "just so many killed my personal secretary is missing but the elevators are still not working she may be trapped in one of them as are several security an AA's"

"I hope their okay"

"yes, well lets get you to your team I'm sure they all know about this an are likely very worried about your safety I will have more security pulled an shipped from the towers to your facility to help"

"no sir, don’t take them from your towers. this will only make them more likely to attack the towers, not the training facilities"

he nodded "yes your right, but are you sure?" clearly concerned

"I'm sure my AA's are keeping things safe they clearly found a few spots where the FFH were shooting from I get back I'm going to have them go out an hide near those areas maybe I can trap one of these bastards"

"you tell your security the AA that catches one of these terrorists will be fed steak for a year an get breeding privileges as well"

"that should get them motivated alright"

"you do anything you need to Sara an get right on positive publicity please"

"absolutely sir"

"Trisha Sam" the two poked their heads back in "escort Sara to the south entrance a limo is there waiting to take her to the hotel ill have an escort go along with you Sara your far to valuable to me to take any risks right now

in fact I will go with you make sure you reach William's side he will make sure you stay safe an ill be able to sleep tonight a bit easier"

"thank you sir if you want you can stay there with us I got a pair of suite's plenty of room and HBED's that will protect you"

"no, I have to address the media, an handle this mess but thank you Sara"

"well the offer will be open all night we leave at noon"

"again thank you Sara but no" they all walked to the limo triple A an AA were blocking off the street an any approach

they got in an the car moved out the escort trotting along running forward to move media aside Takashima had the car stopped he stepped out an the escort AA moved the media back politely the camera flashes near blinding

"people of the media I will be making an official announcement in an hour so please hold your questions till then thank you"

the drive to the hotel was quiet Sara looking at the medal Takashima looking at a PDA an the scrolling information there she wished Trisha was there with them but she was outside loping along

pulling up the door was opened by an AA an Takashima got out offering her his hand out

"thank you sir"

"well your dress looks to have survived the night I wouldn’t want it ruined at the last moment"

she sighed "ill have to find another one for next year doubt ill ever get another chance to wear this one again ahh well it was very enjoyable while it lasted"

"yes it was" they walked for the doors a triple A led the way in an checked the elevators

"what floor is your room on supervisor Cassidy?" the triple A asked

"four the suites are at the far end"

it bowed its head an went up in the elevator Takashima an her took the second up they walked along the triple A stopped them as it checked around corners an proceeded stopping at the fire door to watch both hallways

she found her key card an opened the door everyone looked Cassie had been crying

"I'm okay everyone Mr. Takashima is as well" as he came in the door a bit looking at the trainers

he could see Cassie's tears an smiled "thank you all for your efforts Sara will need all your help she will explain it all to you"

Bill came out of Sara's room yawning blinking walking on all fours over to her

"bully! Aww you didn’t have to get up I'm okay" smiling as he checked her over her hand pressing on his nose then head his ear wiggled

"hello William you did an excellent job today I'm very proud of you"

he yawned again an bowed his head to Takashima "rara rafe rfather, rilliam rgood rboy"

"yes you are, an make sure you keep her that way William, keep Sara safe she's very important to me" he smiled looking at everyone "as are you all, please don’t believe the utter lies the media is showing from the FFH, please have a safe trip home all of you a lot of work ahead of us"

he walked out Sara followed a bit "take care sir you stay safe"

"thank you Sara"

she came back in an closed the door gesturing to the case in her hand an shushing motions "well Bully father sent this for your great work today you did good"

"Sara" mike sat down on the couch "this is going to ruin all the work we did today isn't it" he winked at the HBED's coming in from the bedrooms they all wagged an ear they were pros at this

"its not going to help it those dam FFH people they even mentioned my bully in their trash people wont want their kids near him now he's going to be heartbroken when they cant play"

they all looked at Garret slipping in the door quietly she held the case out to him an another agent that walked in they scanned it with a pair of devices an then looked inside at things nodded an smiled

"its clean everyone" an smiled as HBED's an trainers alike sighed collectively relaxing

Bill hugged Sara just holding her close she smiled patting his side a bit

Trish walked over "you should be very proud of her she completely turned Takashima around he's not even looking at any of you as suspects she even got a reward for saving him an the guests "

"they did get an eye witness though a triple fighting with an AC?" letting go of Bill an he sat down at her side holding her around the waist

Joe cringed a bit folding his ears back

"an then the triple spotted another AC" Sara looked right at Sophia who blinked a bit more

"the triple is severely injured with classic AB induced damages internal organ damage an shattered ribs" looking right at Bill

Garret smiled "yep an we got the entire impact on film no less want to see?" moving as if to go get it

"no thank you Garret, I thought there wasn’t going to be any witnesses?"

"they honestly couldn’t have done this any better Sara, the triple got Joe in a standing hand to hand fight Bill was coming down last an smashed it an himself right through a fire door at top speed leaving the triple from what we could tell dieing from the injuries yelled at Joe to run an took off himself"

Joe sat up a bit "Bill killed one going up then he got Takashima's aide then couple AA an two guards before we even set the explosives, we headed down the stairs an kept running into guards trying to get up to 49 an took them out in turns

that triple was fucking fast, she dodged me twice an closed in grabbing my hands trying to wrestle with me get a bite in. the others kept going past me as we talked about Bill hit her like a freight train tossed me to the ground from the impact"

"too close way too close, I wish you could have been in the trailer with me Trisha your nose would have helped me with him I was more angry that you guys were seen than anything"

"I could smell him just fine Sara he believed you completely you even smelled right when angry at the FFH an then disgusted with their use of HBED's like this" sounding a bit humored

everyone smiled then looked to Garret

"the bags of files the drives were working on right now to get them where its available to anyone on the FFH teams the information is as we hoped some of the drives are encrypted but their being worked on already though one has come open"

he looked at Bill a pained an yet satisfied expression "you were right on his training centers placements Bill we know exactly where the nukes are he did it exactly as you theorized Yellowstone an the Niagara escarpment with a few extra items of interest

apparently he's also been working deep under the pacific northwest's volcanoes such as Rainier an then the fault line just off the coast the shaft he dug under his Seattle tower was a dismal failure it flooded from deep cracks he's still trying to fix it to continue digging out to the fault"

"madness" Sara shook her head everyone agreed

"well I did get these done first so you could take them as promised" the other agent opened a case he had put the detectors in an brought out three files holding them out to Bill

the numbers his Tim's an Hank's on them

"you wont believe how much detail he went into with these files people, a persons entire life from birth on an his loyal people clearly must be into everything an every level of government from some of the documents were seeing in the files

and with the attack the news coverage on it our one year into his term president is now demanding all the details of the FFH an exactly who were helping"

"he has the president of the united states in his pocket?" Sara leaned on Bill everyone was totally stunned

"he's a politician an it sure looks like it, were looking for evidence on it in the data an taking measures to protect the FFH from anything he might try to do. we protect the USA first in this case an that means all of you, we already have a request sent off to the chief justice for a wire tap on his calls but evidence from Takashima's own computers would be best"

they all agreed to that

Bill was already thinking "Garret how long till that’s all done so we can start looking at online files"

"a few weeks at the least, likely a couple months to get done in some cases there's flash drives inside the files and then the files connecting to other peoples files yours as an example Bill it connects to Mark's which was in a group of deceased files which detailed how he died an which AA did it an were involved with that job"

"who killed Mark" Bill asked he'd wanted to know since that night

"Steven cut his brake lines an rigged the accelerator pedal"

Bill snorted with a grin "then he really did deserve to die slow an in agony"

"we still need yours Fopp" Garret looked at him

"no" he relaxed sitting up arms at his side head tilted a bit

"it might contain information on agents working for Takashima in the system we need it"

"no"

Bill turned to him "Fopp only HBED's an FBI will see it. if it gets bad apples out then let him have it"

He sighed "I have made some very deadly enemies in the world as a spy Bill if they find me"

"your HBED now Fopp after what you saw tonight an all that we've been taught an been through are they any threat to us?"

he clearly thought for a moment "no, but you wouldn’t want every one to know your"

Bill set his file on the floor an slid it on the carpet to him "I don’t mind people knowing my past I am HBED now, an proud of what I've become. read it, go ahead any questions ask them"

He picked it up looking at Bill then wagged an ear sliding it back to him walking for his bed an getting the file "please Garret only senior FBI an leader FFH I ..it just bothers me being too open"

"can do Fopp" taking it from him "OH! a bit of really good news you got us Bill"

"oh?"

"EX01 the vixen in your hospital, you grabbed her file likely to make sure she wasn’t a Takashima plant or spy"

"yep, curiosity got the better of me so?" chuckling a bit as Tim pushed on him an took his file from the stack

"Angela Voll, she's our lost agent" smiling very happily at him "she was taken after seeing the inside of the cavern an sending us what she could prior to capture you have her alive an safe"

that lifted everyone's spirits "so we have an FBI agent with us?" Cassie smiled actually clapping a bit

"sure do, so soon as you can Bill Sara lets get her de-chipped an on a tablet several people need to talk to her ASAP"

"she was starved likely by her own doing then" Sara reminded him "she got to us near dead"

"yes but she's recovering isn't she?"

"oh yes a lot of improvement, but like with a few of the others we've had to keep an eye on them some people cant mentally handle the fact their HBED I'm worried she might be the same"

"well we can help with that and you'll be evacuating soon that will get her out of there into proper help if needed" smiling "you guys really are awesome once the office finds out you have her your going to have a lot of friends,

she is well known an was on a lot of missions we all worked on. it hit us hard that she'd been lost, this and the success of the mission is going to make a huge difference in morale an effort.

So alright people get some rest best you can the sirens are likely to go all night but do what you can the flight home you can kick back an relax so again great job everyone"

he shook Bill's hand an left to let everyone get some rest

Sara and he walked for the bed room she went an took a shower in the private bath Bill kept looking at his file an sighed it was the past but it was him too

Pulling the strap open he flopped the cover open right there was both pictures of him his proud smile his first day working for Takashima an a recent picture of the HBED him

The following pages were school records pictures of every single year he was in school copies and pictures of some of his work in high school, programming, electronics, automotive, woodworking

sections on his brothers an sisters and his father even his dead mother with the full diagnosis of her death his birth certificate an the divorce papers for his mom an dad

Even indicating the incident that he'd spoken to Alex about showing a police report about the last drunken fight his parents had

a page of some detailed analysis of his personality and it said it in bold letters

'would accept conversion out of loyalty, but without a leverage point would turn against orders'

thinking leverage point, a wife a family member someone I cared about to control me.. Sara was right she could tell

then it went to every job he'd worked for, the legal tax paying kind an not, he had several under the table jobs needing cash or truck repairs an Takashima had found them all

every place he'd ever lived in even pictures of the fossils he had collected an sold as a 12 yr old to a tourist shop in Wyoming for a bit of spending cash

a list of his favorite TV shows and another of his movie collection that had been in his house with a detailed contents list

then came the observation notes by AA spying on him at home through the windows

he found the envelope he'd put the flash drive in to himself an it was there in a sealed plastic bag on the file rings

the report an recording of his attempt at escaping the hunters after the elevator

from there it was his life as a HBED doctor notes reports on his health occasional note by Takashima the first was a remark about his genetics

how well they blended with the experimental 1A version 1.3 virus already how powerful the HBED mind that drives the body is, clearly his genetics needed this boost he could well prove to be the next key source for improvements

Takashima even wrote how he might one day see how Bill handled being set free of the chip for a bit

Then Stevens death a series of reports got another note 'is he awake? I looked in that simple face the eyes showed no hate no soul as they would an should, but William is clever is he that good? Could he fool even my AA. Clearly Steven thought something was wrong with my William why else would the last words be his name.

I went an I looked all I found was the HBED bull id seen in simulated combat killing humans with a joy none of the others had, that too is strange but it is just 221 there'

Everything pictures of his fall an near crushing of the handler even his moments of getting affection from Sara in public an the confirmed note she was pregnant it even listed the numbers of the women he'd bred including the first AB177

A last note in it at the very back a Takashima review of him

'if I had known all it took was a woman like Sara Cassidy to tame him, id gotten them involved as humans an then converted them both, her the leverage I would have needed over that incredible brain an body he has gained not only his own natural talents no something rare occurred in my William the HBED virus has unlocked perhaps a new trait I must research this along with his already formidable ones all wasted as a human.

when in combat mode he rivals even the best free triple A. no, truth is he is better than any of them, I have none like him at all. his genetics are priceless any child of his will inherit the improvements I will, must! have those children

Kenneth believes like Steven now, that there is something wrong there must be something wrong with William, but every test he has proven he is William 221 not the man who I converted for his perhaps foolishly blind loyalty but now as a HBED I can use those talents fully to my advantage

I wonder is it strange? I trust my William around me more than Kenneth? Perhaps it is because William always had my best at heart willing to do things to help me because I helped him. He always did the best for me without asking for reward or even needing one often times refusing them where Ken an others do it from greed an the desire for power

Kiuriko again told me today as I write this I should not have rewarded such rare loyalty with betrayal, it will be the reason William will come back to haunt me. he indeed would be the white night to my bishop on the world chessboard a true threat he mustn't ever be able to escape the chip! But to wipe his mind would destroy him over 80% die from it.. no never his line can not end'

Sara walked over fresh from the shower slipping her arms around his neck leaning on him a bit looking over at the file

"you were right love he even knew it" flipping it back to the analysis page

she read it smiled an kissed his ear "told you didn’t I bully, I know that heart inside you better than he ever will. Come on I'm exhausted an need my bully cuddles to sleep" reaching around she closed the file

he scooped her up an she laughed he held her close dancing around slowly his nose on hers her arms around his neck he was looking deeply into her eyes she smiled "what are you doing bully"

"enjoying being tamed by your fiery spirit an beauty" kissing her softly then laid her gently on the HBED bed an with the blanket from the normal bed he curled around her a bit reaching up with his tail he pushed the off button on the lamp

the morning meal they got to see the reports about the FFH from across the nation Takashima trucks taken left vandalized wrecked burned the shipments of humans stolen away from the conversion lines now the news paid attention! To the messages left painted on the trucks

Takashima stocks began to plummet several were making bets on how much the next drop would be his speech late last night was clearly not believed by the people in the markets

Bill looked out the curtained window at the gutted an collapsed star Sara standing in front of him her smooth skin under his fingers he crouched down on his haunches nose next to her ear

"such a wonderful way to start the day a goddess in my arms, the view of a burned an gutted tower star representing the greatest evil mad man since Adolph Hitler as the view outside my window"

she smiled turned an kissed him "you did wonderfully bully, now goddess is hungry lets go eat okay"

they got dressed an got their food from a smiling Garret an then they loaded up in the trailer for the airport the flight home was relaxed he slept peacefully even with Garret checking in on them he handed Bill a metal vial as they were being unloaded

"for that sleep job bully use cherry gelatin for best flavor" Bill just gave him an ear wiggle an a smile

the drive home was a bit different though cars honked an people yelled at the truck protesters were outside the main gate an AA's had to keep them back as they pulled up for inspection

the signs were supportive of the FFH against weapons of war against HBED's

the others looked at him a bit confused 'they don’t yet know we were human made into weapons of war which the FFH are us, their a bit slow yet but soon the feds can fix that'

the day was spent handling the phone calls for Sara. Bill working out in the exercise yard as Trisha was with Sara .Garret was delivering the helmets tonight via the side fence Jeff an Alex finger writing details they had seen or gotten info on nothing changed no new AA, handlers hiding still

when Sara came an got him for dinner he had the vial an told her what Garret had said she smiled

"how long lover?"

"tonight we move out the youngsters the two truckloads we just don’t have time to de-chip an one of the older group also with chips" he whispered as they walked along to the cafeteria

"it’s a lot for all at once, but I agree it gives them the most time to get to safety" she nodded a bit everyone wearing grins wagging an ear at them

"so plan for tomorrow we all evacuate ill let Garret know love"

"alright ill tell Betty" they walked in an she went into the kitchen he noted sitting there waiting HBED's all eating happily trainers talking animatedly laughing an such the security depressed

but Still watching that was the important part

Sara had him come in the kitchen an he quickly explained to Betty about the vial

"that’s easy enough honey lunch time good for ya"

"sounds awesome, I still want your recipes"

Betty laughed "all in good time honey all in good time"

early that night he had everyone on the tablets watching with Garret as he listed off who was to go out an which pens due to non working cameras an which would need to be smashed their friendly AA would provide inside the fence cover Garret got his people on the ball

Bill looked at the list of escorts an typed in the names Rick was one of the first an in the same group was Hank they were sending out six HBED adults per group to help the young an their trainers keep moving to the evacuation points he then added Sophia to keep the sheep from panicking an losing hundreds

Garret also planned on directing them to the closest of the rescue points

Rick sent a private note to him saying thank you, now he knew he wasn’t a fighter like he'd thought he could be but failed. promising he wouldn’t lose any of the babies

Bill went to the hospital With Sara where Frank was tending his vixen, doc looked at them Bill wiggled an ear he told Frank it was a good time to take her to his place an he'd come along

Bill carried the vixen to Franks Cabin HBED's going about in non watched areas gathering food an water

"your evacuating already?" Doc asked clearly nervous

Sara an Bill stopped an looked at him Sara walked over to him "some of the youngest HBED's yes, we need to get them moving they will take the longest to get to safety why is that a problem doctor?"

"n-no"

"doc remember your safer with us than him don’t you dare betray us now"

"you think I'm crazy?"

Bill snorted "I think your afraid an fear makes people do stupid things, be calm things are still going to plan"

Going in Bill held her on his lap she was still quite weak but clearly improving Frank set up his tablet so Garret could see her

"wow she is sick" an people behind him were clearly sad at her state the room was full of people

"actually agent Garret" doc smiled "she's hugely improved over how she arrived"

"I bet I'm very glad that a transfusion an the fluids saved her"

Frank did the honors an in a minute of work she blinked an started struggling but Bill held her gently her head swinging around in a panic trying to get free she cried out a yelp

"Angela" Garrets voice stopped her struggles dead

she sobbed an leaned over a bit "rgod rrrrnooo"

"your with friends Angel" he said as she looked up at the screen a lot of happy agents behind him some held up signs with messages of happy relief she was alive an safe

"I know it’s a shock Angel but your with friends there they wont let you get hurt any more"

"rhaii rwaaat" she growled looking at her hands tail swishes an her ears swiveled "roh rmmy rrrod"

Bill gently stroked his hand from her head to her back "easy Angela take it slow" saying it softly gentle an reassuring

She looked at Bill an her eyes went wide blinking "rouh"

"I gave you blood, if you can be calm an relax, Sara can fix your voice"

she finally nodded relaxing against his chest a bit

Sara got the spray, cutter and mirror "this will sting a bit tomorrow but you'll be able to talk clearly thankfully you don’t have to worry about remembering to talk like a HBED. There now" putting things away in the case

"Angel we know about the nukes an where the cavern is now. the big guy who's lap your on he got us into a tower an stole the entire data archive"

again she looked up at him "I.. I saw you Takashima showed me you killing troops"

"simulated combat Angel it was part of a sales video for HBED's don’t worry Angel they're good people"

she sighed an shivered a bit "he.. he told me id be bred an .."

"well your most certainly not um Angela" doc smiled trying to be helpful

she sighed clearly in relief

Garret smiled "I talked to Steve Angel"

"oh no, no" "its okay I showed him your Takashima file, he's just incredibly happy your alive an said its okay he can get used to the fur an tail he's here I just wanted you to have a chance to collect yourself a bit"

she swallowed Frank offered her a towel for the tears she'd been crying she dried her face an smiled as a quite handsome man hurried over to Garrets side "Angel!" she reached out to him and Bill helped by lifting her up an supporting her back

"thank you" she said softly smiling at him a bit

"I understand its no problem" softly in response

Sara sat down next to him hugging as Angela talked to her husband the tears an relief clear finally Garret had to interrupt

"Angela you need to rest, an we need William out there to grab things the first group needs to leave soon alright I'm sorry, soon you'll be here an safe with Steve"

"alright then" she blew a kiss to her husband an sighed as he waved an walked out of the room

"Bill the agents near the fence have the helmets with them and some extras for the defense team's armor"

"alright I'm on my way you got everyone else moving?"

"sure do"

"good" he set Angela on the HBED bed an wrapped the blanket around her "Frank is supposed to have been your trainer so his going for food for you wont be anything out of the ordinary are you hungry?"

"absolutely" smiling a bit

"ok that’s my cue to raid the kitchen be right back"

"doc I want you to be ready tomorrow night if we have issues your going to have to patch HBED's an people up"

"alright I'm done here?"

"sure are"

Bill got up with Sara who hugged Angela with a smile saying she hoped to get a chance to talk more later

Sara rode on his back over to the fence line which was already open the agents with what had to be electric ATV's hauling trailers of equipment filled bags on them handing them in to the other HBED's the first group was getting their charges lined up in a group already wearing their armor an helmets weapons racked in their places

he checked the human's had at least one of the first aid kits an plenty of water food all of it sugar an calorie rich Sophia came over to him an held out a tagged bag to him "says its yours Bully"

"okay thank you" setting it off to the side

he walked out to the agents "you going to provide a bit of help till daylight?"

"sure are, how many going in this group?"

"this one is one hundred an thirty not counting escorts they're going to tire out early so try to find them a place to duck under cover to rest would ya, the second group is the same third is a hundred but their bigger an a bit older"

"damn that’s a lot of bodies to hide"

"I know its why were sending extra adults along but I have a very bad feeling we don’t have more than a couple days to get the hell outa dodge I'm not leaving any one here to die under the strike"

the agents nodded "ill stay for the second group" one said setting his helmet on the seat

"excellent we can add food an water to those trailers real fast an that can help this move immensely" he gestured to the HBED's fingering 'get more food an water load the trailers'

he walked in an helped to load them with water an bags of HBED chow a big cloth bag filled with the mineral tablets as well in each

Sophia made it a quick good bye hugging Bill hard an galloping out after her group

Sara stood there watching as her husband took control an turned what looked like chaos into order an the group walked out following the ATV young HBED's walking along on all fours some grabbing a bite or nibble on the bushes on the way out

Ten minutes later the second group headed out a Friendly AA came running up it was Jeff "I had .. I had to kill a handler he"

"easy Jeff, what'd you do with the body?"

"I hid it for now under the end pen superstructure" panting a bit

"did he call out?"

"no but he came out to investigate some of the noise, Alex is watching right now"

"ok good, show me where the body is I'll get it an put one of the empty cabins to use" he hustled over with Jeff. the Handlers shoulder an neck were torn up scooping the body up an avoiding the few camera areas left he got to Rick's old cabin an put the body in the bed posing it so it looked like someone was asleep

heading back out Jeff trotting along side slowly "I.. I killed him"

"yes you did Jeff, you did good, I know it’s a strange feeling an no it never gets any easier. You just learn to deal with it later not when things are tense an can go wrong"

"I hear ya.. who was your first? I don’t mean to make things"

"no its ok, sometimes knowing how hard it is helps. It was a man being stupid trying to steal the glass T-tops off a classic car using a crowbar I caught him dead to rights inside the fence of a car dealership

told him to drop it instead he got this mad gleam in his eyes an came at me with it I guess he thought id be shocked an not react fast enough he was wrong I pulled my gun an shot him in the heart like an old west quick draw"

"dude"

"he stumbled looked at the blood gushing from the hole in his chest I told him I was sorry god I was so sorry, but he didn’t give me any other choice he laughed an died flopping to the ground"

"damn"

"sometimes killing is easier when your defending others but you begin to ask yourself was it worth another's life, you start trying to balance the scales. You cant, don’t try a life is a life each is unique. all you can do is look at it one at a time in this case he threatened millions you did the right thing"

Jeff wagged his ear

they ran up to the third group just about done gathering second already out of sight in the darkness

Bill patted Jeff on the back with a smile "we have too to save lives, don’t ever get used to it Jeff"

"thanks big guy" he hurried off to where he was supposed to be

Bill got back to work making sure they all had water an food for their charges

Hank smiled at him suddenly hugging him tightly "I traded with Deb on the first group Garret knows" he smiled "thank you for my File Bill, she's alive and an AB an I understand why your sending me out with the first groups I'm not exactly a fighter either"

"no Hank not at all, its because I know you wont let any of these helpless people be lost alone out there so close to being free. you have the sprit to fight I know I saw it once, but its not for attacking, your fighting spirit its to defend others you never backed down when defending"

Hank smiled an hugged Bill tightly again "thank you, you stay safe alright."

Bill an Sara both hugged Sylvia as Hank an Tim said goodbye Cassie sniffed an hugged Sylvia trying not to break into sobbing they all waved to them as the group walked out heading the way the tablet directed them in the darkness following the older HBED group making sure no on was left behind

The fence was quickly wired shut to hide its opening an everyone got the bags an headed for their cabins Bill opened his setting the helmet on the bed Sara looked at it then him

"yep little bully's an their toys" chuckling as he stuck his tongue at her

"I will have you know it worked I scared AA an guards gave me the moment to get in close an take them out"

"well I guess its not that much of a toy then.." she giggled as he stuck his tongue out again "don’t threaten with that unless your ready to use it Bully"

"oh really" giving her a raised eye brow and a grin pulling out a sets of bags for hip side arm leg back to be attached to his armor

she giggled as he wagged his tail at her nose "ill get to you in a moment my sweet delicious treat, how did Garret know we needed bags for equipment?" putting things on his armor parts

"that was my doing lover, I saw others looking for places to put stuff an well there wasn’t anything no real storage"

"yeah true, the first version is very utilitarian but these are a work of genius" leaning over her a bit kissing her

"I learn from the best lover" hugging him

he slipped it all on readjusting a few things due to the bags an pockets he slipped his helmet on latching it closed racking the new crowbar an the tomahawks into their spots

she smiled "yeah I can see why they got scared lover, god your impressive"

"an all yours forever" his voice echoing a bit "death is coming for Takashima one way or another"

she shivered an laughed nervously "sheesh Bully that gave me chills"

taking the helmet off he slid it under her bed "sorry honey" starting to take things off

she whistled softly with a grin "ooh baby take it off" giggling

he laughed an played along, taking it off slow an sexy teasing her a bit she finally stood up grabbing his hands as he laughed

"alright enough of that I want my Bully, goddess is hungry" pushing him towards his bed

he laughed an sat down with a whoosh of air from the bed she climbed up along his lap a hungry grin on her face "I want Bully loving please.. cause tomorrow an for awhile were going to be hustled from one place to another and any fighting around here before we go I need you"

he hugged her an eagerly did as she asked

together they ate an headed for the office there was a media nightmare for her to sort out an she was going to go through the motions of trying to fix it he just wanted to keep tabs on the three groups progress so he set up the tablet where Takashima's cameras couldn’t see behind the desk an he laid out on the floor head down low like he was asleep enjoying a day off

Trisha was relaxed sitting by the door

Sara as she made calls an worked would turn an put her feet up on his shoulders rubbing them affectionately with a smile

she sighed "another advertising contract put on hold till the fire is burned out or is extinguished, this is getting to be a serious pain in the rear. I'm not really making any difference at this point with the old ideas I've got to think of something new"

her com chirped she sighed an tapped it "yes sir"

"hello Sara, I'm afraid I have more bad news to add to today's list"

"do you have to sir?" rubbing Bills horn boss with a foot he purred a floor vibrating rumble in response "its been a nightmare already"

"yes well its also a dangerous situation there at your facility. It seems you have one of the FFH there in your facility"

"what?! Here? IN my facility! After all the shooting they did an the damages"

"yes indeed, now let me explain how we came to this deduction, an I want you to understand a few important things about HBED's that until now has been kept secret and it is all of our best interests if it remains so"

"alright"

"one of my best triple A was checking for any clues around the tower and found a spot that had been urinated on near a door that was used as the entrance point now the door has been an issue for years an numerous employees past an present knew of it. the urine was tested an it came up as an identifiable AD1A"

Bill was typing to Garret as he was recording it all

Garret asked 'could he be trying to trick Sara?'

'don’t know, it don’t sound like it'

"well Sara the only AD1A in the entire state of Texas at the time was the same one who had issues earlier that day at the breeding center which this morning was attacked Tony an one of my breeder triple A were killed. the facility emptied of females an helper HBED's Tony's assistant Stan is missing"

'we did take the place this morning Bill, agents told the ladies what was going on an they universally forgave you both, though they admitted they didn’t remember it happening I told Rick already when he reported in'

"oh not Tony damn I actually liked him, Sir that would mean.. Zeus"

"is working with the FFH, yes Sara"

"but how could they do that to a HBED in here? Its just not possible!"

"an this is where I tell you the secret about HBED's Sara, now your very important to me your qualities are rare with people anymore an it is why William has bonded so well to you an he is very important to me as well.

I clearly should have been far more concerned of others instead of my William. The injuries to him were a result of handlers overstepping their orders to test him see if he was free of his chip. Zeus can in fact be the FFH leader because all HBED's are originally human"

"what? Uh..what?!" her surprise at Takashima actually telling her openly making it sound perfect

"now Sara please hear me out, I know you had to have wondered about AA such as Trisha, Alex and Jeff even the late Ginny. how well they talk, how human they seem, even in their faults well its because they were. they volunteered willingly to be converted.

Its usually as part of a work agreement they get paid for their efforts the funds pay back the conversion costs an also provides for their family, you do know I pay well"

"yes sir but, my William? He's.. was.."

"human? yes Sara, once one of my most loyal security officers that I've ever had, but due to another officers inability to keep his hands off secret documents accidentally left by a doctor who was approving his volunteering for AA conversion.

William became involved in an incident that forced me to put him into the conversion system against his will, with an inhibitor chip to control his access to memories and everything that made him human.

it was a very hard decision for me to make. I had wanted to offer him conversion but till that point he was far more valuable as a human officer to me always with my best interests at heart. taking care of my tower, making sure the guards did their jobs an handled my security related data with professional skill and pride.

He was loyal to me even to the end, bringing me the information the other officer gave him instead of taking it to those who would not understand or accept what I'm trying to do, the media, worse federal authorities who would never try to understand and never believe I'm fixing something that went wrong with America." He sighed

"Crime poverty diseases are going out of control making people afraid to leave their homes. The poor and uneducated draining the medical system of resources needed to treat those who can pay an they then have to pay for others as well. They have babies fast as the mother can pop them out, even more drain on the system it cant go on Sara

So I developed HBED's you take a human who is a drain on the system convert them chipped to make them compliant an control their massive strength eliminate the unwillingness to work hard an put them to work not only to pay for the conversion costs but their new future

I expect most to take about twenty years of labor if you wish to call it indentured servitude to pay the debt. in Williams case this will be a far shorter time frame his was a required conversion I want his talents returned to my use.

Greatest effort right now is in breeding having babies household servants nannies child playmates an guardians bodyguards an companions eventually simple unskilled labor you know simple ditch digging to farming

there are thousands of acres of land not being utilized for crops because young people don’t want to be farmers. They want easy jobs, the rewarding high tech jobs. Someone has to grow the food an the feed for the food animals why not put the useless to use"

he sounded hopeful that she was realizing what he'd done was a good thing

"so these chips, they make them HBED? Block their human minds an makes them what they are now, where we are retraining them and teaching them control of those bodies"

"yes! you know too well how strong HBED are, now give that power to a human perhaps upset at being converted not seeing or understanding the benefits they have gotten. in some its simple as life itself, as they were near death from illness or age to the ability to have healthy children.

I gave them a new life, but I want and need them to pay for the process which is expensive. in Williams case it was to protect my company and him.

I couldn’t let him be anything less than the very best HBED type I could make for him Sara he had given me complete loyalty for years, so knowing him as I do I matched him to you, I knew you could tame him, calm that massive Bull that he's become. the HBED 1A process takes a lot from the human's original genetics so a great deal of who he was is still there

William was stubborn hot headed at times, skilled, loyal, very intelligent, but then also very caring, diligent, differing attention, refusing promotions to help the company attentive, affectionate, an gentle… as he is with you. when you enjoy his company for more recreational enjoyment Sara"

"um well I" she actually blushed a bit "well I heard others were an didn’t at first"

Garret was a bit surprised an typed 'he's trying to recruit Sara!'

Bill wagged his ear 'listen to his lies in there as well we all know the truth me most of all'

"oh come now Sara, if I hadn't wanted that to happen don’t you think I would have seen to it that it wouldn’t have happened. Several times AA's have told me you openly being very affectionate with him, an enjoying him in other ways as well, such as outside in the shower an quite a bit inside your cabin.

well he did as he was taught to do Sara, your pregnant you know… HBED's have incredible senses an they can smell it from you.

your sore stomach an dizziness now and before the trip that would have been William breeding you while you were fertile. now please be calm, take a moment to think, does that change your love an caring for him any? He did what he was supposed to do as a male, an you enjoyed his company doing that prior to being fertile what he did was made it simpler"

she looked down at Bill thinking "no, but it was awfully sneaky an yes I was enjoying his efforts when he wasn’t being sneaky as well .. that also explains a few of my trainers an some of the female HBED's as well!"

"yes" he clearly sounded pleased "much as I would hope you will carry the child to term if your considering otherwise, I would pay you very well to carry to term, an then allow me to take the child away though I'm sure William when he's freed from the chip would be heartbroken at that" sounding very heartfelt

"hmm but I like him as he is" rubbing on him again "would I have to?" a tiny evil grin crossing her face as Bill looked up at her looking surprised an amused she poked her toe against his nose an drew a heart on it

"it was planned for once he has bonded an has babies but if it would upset you greatly you wouldn’t have to I suppose. though I do know you would really enjoy the real him. he was very supportive of those who were upwardly mobile such as yourself an the other handsome benefits as well that come from being the best AB1A's mate"

"ill have to think about it, so Zeus is a man that got free of the chip too soon?"

"yes! Precisely Sara, his real name is Rick an he was quite dishonest with people who he was doing contract computer work. If he's been freed too soon his mind could be unable to control his bodies instincts thus making him violent"

Bill got up stretching yawning Sara smiled as he affectionately bumped his nose on her she gave him a kiss to the nose "so what do you want me to do about Zeus sir?"

Bill snorted softly "rad reus"

Sara smiled "yes my dear bully apparently Zeus is a very bad boy"

"it seems I should have paid more attention to my William, perhaps he was trying to warn me about Zeus even at the breeding center they nearly got into a serious fight Tony keeping him outside till they put the ram into a pen William heard me talking to Tony an told us both very emphatically, bad Zeus"

"sir William, hasn’t ever got along with Zeus not even the first time they met perhaps something Zeus did that wasn’t normal HBED got William's attention?" she patted Bill on the neck as he sniffed at her headset

"Rilliam rgood roy rfather, Rad reus"

"yes William, again Williams enhanced genetic traits show him superior Sara. if that’s the case Zeus could well have been free for quite some time, other HBED's there could be also. Sara I want you to keep Bully an Trisha close to you at all times

I have a special response team on its way to you right now, an a group of security support units as well but they wont arrive till tomorrow at the soonest, I want you to stay safe Sara at this moment it may be impossible to tell who is FFH an who is HBED"

"well I know my trainers I know which I can trust, Zeus trainer wasn’t one of them always got a bad feeling around her"

"yes.. he would had to have human help and they had to have some contact to the outside. Indeed far more clever than I gave that AD credit for, I blinded by my other Security officers who volunteered to be AA an triple A who disliked William as a human they were not looking at other real threats" he sighed angered

"well sir for some becoming HBED it looks like its just another way to be difficult such as that odd Ginny"

"yes the conversion is sometimes destabilizing, leads to mental issues its why the chips till their minds are stable all the enhanced senses new instincts the fine control over a temperamental body the AA are regularly checked as they aren't all chipped Ginny was sent there to relax an calm down"

"well that didn’t work, alright so when does the help arrive sir? I have a lot to do, an I honestly don’t want a fight to scare off my trainers then have to train an collect new ones"

"of course Sara, looks to be about two to three hours"

"alright good ill get my lunch an grab the ones I know I trust an take them into a meeting to keep them safe"

"excellent, please Sara stay away from Zeus he's a killer, an likely would enjoy getting you too"

"with Bully at my side sir, that AD doesn't worry me, but I will stay clear of him I had him sent to his cabin, doc was supposed to go check on him"

"if he had its likely he'd be killed as well, his sometime lack of punctuality actually is a good thing for once. after what's happened its clear the FFH is planning to get Zeus out of the training facility soon, I cant let this opportunity slip by I can get one of the FFH an find out who they are"

"yes sir, alright an thank you for your trust in me"

"I knew you would understand Sara, its why I gave William to you. I wanted him to have the best an the same for you. Clearly things do work well with you both and if I've done anything well its that. please give the child a chance Sara, your not the only one in my employ Lisa an a few other owner supervisors are pregnant as well"

"hmm I think I just might, depends on how well he plays and take care of me when I get moody later, but yes I do love him a great deal, thank you for putting us together"

Takashima chuckled "I'm sure he will do his best, he always does, thank you Sara" it clicked off

"come on Bully lets go Visit Betty for lunch.. you bred me huh an here I was enjoying you too at the same time." She waved a finger at him "no more sneaky breeding Sara"

"rfather ray rmake rara rafe, rilliam rgood roy" nuzzling her stomach an then her cheek with an affectionate moo added in

she laughed "yeah I guess you are, come on Bully lets go"

she got her bag an the tablet handing it to him to carry they walked out Trisha right behind

soon as they were in a clear area she stopped an looked at Bill "oh my god he is totally clueless we so have him going the wrong way!"

Trisha sat down "an he thinks he has you recruited like the other training center supervisors that is too funny"

"it wont last, I could hear the tiny bit of doubt when he blamed it all on Rick that’s not in his talents, not like him at all and Takashima knows it, but he cant see me as the true cause anymore too much evidence against it his own mind cant see past the deception.

Garret got it all though its an open admission of guilt an there's an unknown number of trouble coming at us at highway speeds we need to get busy our last lunch on Takashima lets make it a good one"

they all agreed

they got a table an people came over to visit as she sent Alex an Jeff to get them

Bill was the one doing most of the writing looking at Trisha an Tim at the moment others were watching near them Sara chatting with the trainers

'Trisha I want you to go collect all the loyalists tell them Sara wants to speak with them it will give ones who are on the fence a chance to finally chose a side such as your boy'

everyone was being calm but what Bill was about to do was huge

'I'm doing this because there's a group coming in to apprehend the deadly leader of the FFH, AD1A Zeus and any others they can find of the FFH if we don’t have to fight the ones here then all the better'

Tim nearly bust a gut not laughing others were as well

'now this will give us time to get at least two big groups out which will break in half once well past half way to rescue if needed! otherwise Tim I want you to take the last pens of chipped kiddos out that’s about two hundred to two twenty HBED's with an escort of twelve adults and you.'

He held up his finger to Tim as he could see his finger go to move

'now don’t start giving me issues wanting to argue about this Tim, you have a wife an daughter that need you to find an rescue them, your not risking your life here as a distraction for the hunters this not negotiable. now we'll get the front gate cleared of guards you go right out the gate an head to the south use your stealth while its light get moving Mr.'

He blinked an wagged an ear smiled leaned over an bonked Bill's head with his. Cassie got the hint an made good her leaving with him

'go on Trisha its going to take several minutes to collect them have Alex tell the gate guards an stay there to guard the gate'

she wagged her ear an got up "madam I need to go check on some things"

"sure Trisha go right ahead" she went back to talking quietly to mike about what Takashima told her openly in the office

he looked at Kim 'much as I hate having to send you out like this lovely lady of the icy winds its time for the ice queen to take her group of half adults an half young de-chips make sure the fully mobile pregnant ones go, any issues an they stay like Stacey'

she smiled 'such a handsome flirt you’ve become Bully, you take good care of that fiery red head of yours may the call of the wild guide you true dear' tapping his nose with a claw she got up walked over to Mike an they left

he didn’t need to tell anyone to leave their id chips or ear tags if anything he'd had to argue a bit with a few to leave them on till the last moment

he looked at the numerous others with a glance 'get your things an be ready your group will be the last out an most likely the one to have a fight on the way out an get the closest pursuit armed armored HBED's make sure trainers take all the remaining first aid kits with you

doc will stay here, he'll go out with the defense team any injured an extras such as the heavily pregnant ones like Amy isn't to go I know her, nurses guards who join us or the vixen Angela get moving people hunters are coming an we don’t have a lot of time an the sun goes down early this time of year'

after a bit an several people coming in to check on things he looked over at Sara as they were nearly alone in the cafeteria finishing their lunch "its time my love"

"then its time" she smiled an went back to tell Betty an Irene to get ready

then tossing the back door open HBED's came in an started filling backpacks with HBED chow they would be out at the pens emptying those bins an the warehouse grabbing mineral tablets an food there as well now not caring if the cameras saw them

Betty came out with a tray of bright red cherry gelatin "here ya are honey"

"thank you Betty now go get with Kim your with her group"

"alright Bully an don’t you worry none I don’t plan on dieing any time soon"

"good no one does tonight, Joe get um suited up have them near the hospital I'm calling out the guards either they go, die or they sleep an are dropped off"

"I'm on it" he clopped out the door

Bill an Sara went to their cabin he kissed her as he suited up the tablet was full of notes an messages from the FFH Garret was working with the military they had already blasted a truck trailer off the road missiles from a UAV stealth drone agents an marines were heading for the rescue sites via choppers

"no confirmed kill on the trucks contents Bill I'm sorry the UAV is having issues I have a pair of attack choppers in route"

"there's survivors Garret otherwise the stealth chips would stop working it’s the combined effect field making the UAV screwy"

slipping his arms in tightening things down Sara putting things like the pedicure kit in his hip bag an then his normal clothes into her back pack with her robe an clothes

"yeah it just went down.. uncontrolled crash systems failing, I'm afraid you’ve got hunters incoming Bully an they have some kind of weapons"

"let them all know Garret did you ever locate the bug on the big truck?"

"sure did its on the frame rail passenger side"

"okay going to helmet ill have Angela in the truck soon"

"right"

"you ready love?"

"ready Bully, lets go get the truck"

he slipped his helmet on an outside the cabin already he could hear someone fighting he ran for the front her riding him she got in the truck an he put the tablet an her bags in handing her the gun "loaded an ready remember the safety, put it next to that nice tight rear of yours in the belt"

she laughed "your not getting in that rear lover, isn't gona happen" poking her tongue at him

"s'okay gorgeous the fronts more fun" he laughed as she did

he moved to the back holding onto the cage standing on the bumper an they drove over to the open area near Franks hut as he came out

"get the tracking bug off frank its passenger side frame ill get Angela" he pulled his ear tag open an tossed it then with a small dig at the neck the id chip came out flicking it off to the side

he walked in she smiled "we leaving now?"

"yes ma'am we sure are, your going to operate the tablet keep Garret appraised as to what's going on we have hunters coming an they have weapons. you stay in the back seat of the truck with Stacey and Amy both you'll likely have to remind least one of them to stay put" scooping her up with her blanket an Franks pillow

"got it" smiling "I've been here one day an already I want out"

he carried her out as Joe came running up with Stacey he set Angela in the center seat Sara gave her the tablet an Bill let Joe put Stacey in with a kiss Amy came trotting up climbing into the back with Angela her handler patting her on the rump affectionately an he checked his weapon

"you keep us safe right itty bitty" Joe nuzzled Stacey's hair

"go get um Joe" patting him on the face with a smile

He put his helmet on looking at Bill the defense force gathered around the truck Frank tossed the tracker away "going to go get my truck an check it over" running off Bill pointed at Jeff an then wagged an ear he took off to cover Frank

They all watched as the sun eased down past the distant mountain range the shadows seemed colder than any other day

Bill pointed at Fopp then the truck he nodded

Everyone else followed Bill carrying a tray pan of red gelatin to the meeting with the security

"who's fighting already Joe?"

"Tim an a few others were having issues with the handlers they decided to actually come out of hiding an check on the HBED's in the pens but its been handled"

"figures now the cowards want to work" snorting in disgust

at the hospital the security were being held there as were the AA, free AA an some HBED's were keeping them calm. they all blinked seeing the armored skull headed HBED's of the defense force walking up an their faces showed fear

"ladies an gentlemen HBED an human, this is your official notice, we the FFH tender our resignations as the slaves of Takashima incorporated. We are free people an nothing you can do will stop it at this point, but it will cost you.

Takashima does not like failure an you all have missed seeing us all for months thus a major failure, but we appreciate it, so this is the people who were once human telling you we can be still human by asking you, do you believe Takashima's lies, are you willing to die for them? Die for him?"

taking his helmet off all of them were stunned that it was him "he lies to everyone never keeping his promises his word is worthless, even trying to recruit Sara for some utopian fantasy world he made for her. just to convince her that doing this to people is okay an needed! when in reality If you have a chip he wont ever let you have freedom.

how many of you AA are chipped to make sure your mind sticks around during the conversion process, sound familiar?.. its to make sure he can flip a switch an kill you by remote or even switch you to military mode.

He made us all into weapons of war! To destroy this country from the inside take our very families an kill or capture them to be bred an converted into more HBED's is that what you truly want? I cant lie to you! Use your noses am I lying? Trisha have I said anything untrue"

"no, an I have seen for my own eyes Takashima can fail and experienced his lies, he isn't god an most certainly not anyone's father. any life anyone's life means next to nothing to him especially HBED lives"

"so you stay loyal to him that’s fine, this here will put you out for several hours we carry you to safety an leave you there. we don’t want to kill you but there are hunters coming an they're coming with weapons ready to kill everyone here I really doubt they will let you live for this failure

or you can join us, fight for HBED freedom an the lives of millions of people he plans on killing an converting. there is full pardons for all who once served him, an your family friends will be taken to safety so he cant use them against you"

they looked to Trisha who nodded

the male she'd had her eyes on looked at her "but Trish he promised, he did"

"an he lied, he has never kept his word! he sent prisoners to try an kill my brother just before he was taken to safety by the feds. hell he's getting better treatment an food than I do here"

"Alex was made to be a runaway his mother never got a dime of the promised paychecks he was to earn! An she lost her son for those lies Takashima promised to give her his pay for becoming an AA willingly

Jeff! He found a boy the same size an made it look like a drug deal gone bad his mother buried her son only to find out he is alive and HBED AA an then took his father as well. Do you want that fate for your families? Do you want your sister mother daughter bred like an animal?"

pointing at the humans then the AA "I was his most loyal faithful officer an look what MY loyalty got me! All the promises all the words of encouragement lies all if it" he folded his arms helmet on a finger

"make a choice people, the side you chose will change your lives but there is no avoiding a choice pick a path there's no going back once its done" setting the pan down on the table there for people to take a break outside of the hospital

doc was making tracks for the trucks his nurses had heard it all an were right behind him all carrying medical supplies in bags an towel wrapped bundles ice chests being double carried due to weight

the HBED's watched as the security officers slowly tossed their headsets down an the AA removed their collars. he got the pedicure kit out looking at Sara "lets make it quick love"

everyone moved over to the trucks an the chips that had once threatened them all were drained an rendered inert as the guards learned how they sped the process up he then sent half of them carrying water and food with the tail end of Tim's group

the remainder would go with Kim's group who were getting lined up filling water bottles around the area Betty an Irene were helping their friendly helpers working hard getting more bottles from the collection

a chopper was approaching those with guns got ready

"tower one com check"

"tower one go control"

"the incoming bird is friendly"

"excellent, group four heading out five is gathering please tell me you’ve got more good news"

"negative tower one, also your now leader one"

"confirmed control" he blew a razzberry at the microphone "the incoming chopper is friendly people!"

Alex came running over "we have handlers coming, couple of the cooks helpers were loyalists an warned them we were running"

Bill looked at Fopp "they fixed good Fopp?"

"damn straight they are, those things couldn’t pop a balloon"

"good, defense team deploy to protect the incoming chopper an the demolitions team"

he gently took Sara's com from her ear an tapped it on to the entire facility "all HBED's this is William keep an eye on your trainers, handlers are on the prowl get your tails on the ball! Lets go people! Times ticking!"

Tim came over with Cassie, Sara an her hugged Bill hugged Tim

"you remember Bill no one has permission to die"

"you remember it Mr. Mailbox killer" pushing his shoulder a bit with a grin inside the helmet

Tim laughed an they butted heads laughing Cassie shoved in an pulled his head down "get that thing off already"

He laughed an took the helmet off crouching down on his haunches

she hugged him tightly whispering to his ear looking into his eye "you take damn good care of her, I want details when the baby comes or ill come an skin your tail Mr. bully"

he chuckled "I doubt id be allowed even an hour alone with her an the baby before being buried in well wishers an demands for pictures"

she giggled "you'll have thirty minutes make the best of them" she hugged him again then kissed his nose she sniffed an sobbed turning to Tim he hugged her an sent her to catch up to the group with a pat to the rear.

Bill finger wrote 'I hope you can find away to balance that too my friend'

Tim wagged an ear as he turned his finger wrote 'so do I' an he moved into a lope to catch up to Cassie they were soon out of sight heading as a huge group under the freeway into the desert beyond

Sara wiped her cheeks "damn it, I promised myself I wouldn’t cry"

Bill pulled her over close as the chopper came in overhead he put his nose against her neck "we'll see them again love I promise" picking her up he set her in the back of the truck bed

A large container came down an then a group of men on drop ropes all in a dark desert camo guns at the ready one stood up walking over towards Bill "Captain David, 2nd special marine forces you are?"

"Captain, I'm leader one, give me a moment and an escort will take you to the shaft site" Bill turned to Joe "Joe escort duty take seven with you"

"yes sir!" he patted others on the shoulders and grabbed the container the marines moving out with them in combat order guns at the ready

"control this is leader one, party favors are in route to the basement, group four is away five is nearly ready, any ETA on the hostiles?"

"confirmed leader one, support choppers report several dozen AA an at least 4 triples in route to your location possibly more if your going to invite them to the party best get on with things ETA thirty minutes max, support choppers are attempting to delay them"

"any hope for bigger air support? control"

"its in route leader one, they move a lot faster than expected and missiles go dud when fired at them, air support is coming in with standard contact ordinance for a drop run"

"confirmed control and the main present? With the field effect? We know it kills car engines an timers"

Bill knew the two diesel trucks would continue to run they didn’t operate on a computerized ignition system in their cases it was fuel emissions control an they ran after having a test to make sure, they didn’t run as well but they moved faster than HBED could run he hadn't expected the effect of the stealth unit to kill missiles after being fired off

"being reprogrammed for impact detonation right now leader one no worries"

"no worries he says …" seeing Kim "Kim you icy white gorgeous lady! Get that tail moving! We have party crashers coming!"

she Howled back with a smile an flagged her tail at them the rest of the security AA an officers grabbed their loads an got into the line as she led a large group of adult HBED's out towards the side fence to head north id chips an ear tags were either gone or being tossed off as they headed out

the last group was gathering supplies it quickly got done an were heading for the front gate as several large explosions erupted in the desert to the west a pair of jets raced by they headed out in a flat run carrying trainers an several office people a late arriving cooks helper

an the place went quiet… Doc was in Franks truck bed checking on the supplies in that one

"Jesus what just happened" looking around

"large stealth field effect doc, cars an trucks out on the interstate all stopped running electrical systems all died around the facility even lights hum making sound garbage"

he got his crowbar lose an swung it gently out "the hunters are here! Sara! Frank move it!" the trucks drove off for the far side of the facility escorted by several HBED

six AA came running firing at the defenders the armor making thumping sounds Bill looked at the tranquilizer darts stuck in the material some falling off instantly an swept the remainder of them off with the crowbar slapping it back into its holder

"HBED'S! take them out!" he bellowed loud as he could an charged as another group of ten came around from the hospital side of the facility following up the six some running on all fours others on two

Bill an four other AB charged in a line an trampled the first six leaving them stunned for the following HBED's to take down permanently

He stood sliding a bit on the gravel kicking out smashing one AA's jaw slamming down in a spin to finish it, another's spine was crushed with the bar he punched a third sending it reeling with a snapped nose bridge one leaped on his back an bit trying to get his neck claws hooking an ripping the material the armor an helmet stopped that

Someone ripped the AA off his back an slammed it to the ground several yelped an cried out howling for back up as they came in again

the HBED's all stood an got into a defensive circle as more AA an then a triple showed up Bill saw the triple it was one of Ken's escorts! That could only mean he was here! he stood an shouted "HBED's scattershot!"

everyone suddenly ran in every direction crisscrossing turning an making a circle back running past AA who were trying to figure out which to attack or chase an got slammed into whacked an stabbed one of the very tactics they'd been programmed to do as weapons

Bill charged out of the mass an leaped into the Triple, head bashing it in the throat a tomahawk in hand it whacked point first though the helmet an the body went limp he sliced the throat open with the pointed hook end to make sure it was absolutely dead

He spun an saw Kenneth with the other two triples come around from the security building in the distance

"HBED! Shadow fire!" an everyone scattered as the triples came running up into the mess that was left of the AA an a dead triple A

Bill watched from the shadows none of the HBED's had left the area but it confused the enemy let them find their companions an troops dead or severely injured much as he wanted to take Ken out now this was delaying tactics not destroy

An explosion ripped through the back areas vibrating the ground deeply an everyone watched the so called drilling rig slowly lean over an collapse across the pens with a huge crash an ringing of pipes steel an screams of metal a Cheer rang out from HBED's far an wide some even out in the desert could be heard

"god damn where did HBED's get armor an weapons much less explosives!?" Ken snarled spitting froth more smaller explosions were going off. cabins were going up into flames the training buildings were as well as HBED's were running along tossing grenades an incendiaries into them only a blur of motion could be seen as they ran

Bill eased out of the shadows "I didn’t think it would take all that much to figure out Ken…but apparently I over estimated your abilities as does Takashima. no steel door here to stop me this time you bastard"

All three triple A spun round an snarled, one though glared at him Kenneth, standing up his claws clenched

"you, god damn it all I tried to warn him! the tower it could only be your doing!" Ken curled his lips back exposing his daggers spit dripping from them

"yep all me, an you still don’t have a clue Ken just how bad this is going to be for you. you shouldn’t have done it.. but that’s in the past, now its my turn! an your time is coming! don’t ruin the surprise now" laughing as he leaped forward the triples all jerked back snarling

Bill turned an ran for the back areas the three of them hot on his heals howling Bill leaped over a pile of burning building an then side stepped grabbing his crowbar an swinging hard as he could he hit a triple in the mouth an watched the teeth snap an shatter in slowed motion as it whacked the back of the mouth sending it flipping over backwards into the flames screaming in pain boards an roofing all in flames collapsing in on top of it

He ran for the back door of the cafeteria straight ahead Joe slammed it shut after he'd darted through hearing someone crash into it a moment later

Joe was right behind dropping an tossing grenades as he ran, the place exploded an propane lines ruptured adding to the fires

There was gun fire an loud sniper reports as they and others of the defense team came running with them from their fighting heading for the truck unloading area

Bill swung a fist an spun an AA right off the back of a defender blood spraying from its nose an mouth picking the HBED up he stomped on the AA's head an kicked the body away

he was looking at another fight as Joe was leaping into tip the scales to Jeff an Alex side while they were tangling with a pair of AA hunters rolling an thrashing teeth snapping Joe planted a kick solidly into one then another bones breaking with the hits

He could hear the Handlers out there causing more trouble horns honking howls of pain an anger HBED calls in response going to move for that hearing engines running all around the back areas

thinking they must have prepped them to run with stealth units on damn them several explosions ripped through the classrooms suddenly he was hit from the side an smashed into a concrete wall hard enough he got to see stars again instant headache as well

He bellowed "I'm getting tired of seeing stars god damn it! Stop hitting my head!" bellowing again

he shoved back against the truck snorting steam someone flooring the accelerator tires spinning on the gravel and sidewalk a tire squealing starting to smoke trying to crush him into the wall.

he put his shoulder into it an heaved shoving it back one then two foot falls then a third feeling the hood metal an grill bending an collapsing the electric cooling fan sparked an ground to a halt next to his shoulder looking at the driver over the hood it was the handler Hank!

Bills vision blurred an he felt blood trickling down his face into his eye he leaned on the truck much as he pushed it back

"God Damn you HBED's! just had to ruin it all!! Die Damn it DIE!" Hank yelled at him as he leaned on his horn pushing on the steering wheel thumping it trying to encourage the truck to overwhelm the Bull

"no! you traitorous son of'a bitch! You! can go to hell!!" reaching down he grabbed the bumper heaving up on the front of the truck, Bill shoved an then pushed hard the truck tires spinning free made the engine rev high, screaming in protest which mirrored Hanks as it flopped over its tail end on the cab roof with a boom crushing it flat the engine stalled an went quiet tires still spinning

he fell to a knee, one eye wouldn’t focus the other had blood in it he got seriously dizzy

Joe came trotting up seeing the flattened truck an blood coming out of the cab "easy Bill can you walk?"

"cant see" trying to wipe but hitting the helmets cracked eye lenses

Joe whinnied loudly an Alex with Jeff sporting a bloodied ear an arm came running over both looking for further trouble

"Bill's took a truck to the head, get him to the medics ill handle the triples"

"no, Joe they, they're bigger than you, get this helmet off my head just need to clear the blood"

"like hell Bill your injured a lot of blood is coming out of your helmet I've got enough HBED's to hit them good an run out the side if needed, Garret is calling you"

"headset is broken" feeling parts of it falling out along his cheek trying to blink the eyes clear wasn’t working

"right, Control this is tower two, leader one is injured, his com is out. helmet looks crushed he's awake but lot of blood is leaking out of it"

"alright tower two EVAC him now, all HBED defenders are to evacuate the facility immediately! Takashima's satellites are destroyed an all groups are well on their way with no pursuit. its time to bug out people! Party presents are on the way"

"alright boys get him moving were out of here!"

he was half carried half dragged to the trucks an hoisted into a seat Sara was right there trying to help get the helmet off someone was shooting a large caliber sniper right above him on the roof

"sniper?" leaning his head back it wasn’t responding to his wishes very well Doc helped tossing the helmet to the truck bed an got a light shining it into his eyes

"they got cut off by hunters, the demolitions team was nearly outside the fence so they came back in the snipers as well to avoid the hunters that came around behind them they're shooting loyalists as they try to get to close to the trucks"

Sara was wiping his nose an ears "Damn it Bully your bleeding from everywhere" Sara held his cheeks seeing blood still coming from his ears an nose some from his mouth

"he's got a concussion at least Sara, possibly a cracked skull what the hell did you hit?" Doc was asking a nurse for a bottle of water she was fishing it out of a box

"truck hit me, the handler Hank slammed me into a wall I took care of him though. water Doc wash the blood off, my eyes please I cant see" trying to shake his head a bit

"Sara! Get them loaded an get these trucks moving!" Joe yelled at her "you marines hold on up there! Were bugging out"

"right! I love you Bully but your done fighting for tonight" kissing his head she quickly helped others into the truck an headed for the drivers seat

Doc finally hosed the Bull's face down with some cool water Bill blinked but couldn’t focus clearly his pupils not responding correctly to the light "alright William your done head trauma is no joke your eyes are the telltale you are done, I'm strapping you in"

Bill for a moment wanted to argue but then the world spun a bit an then gravity didn’t like him he pushed his head against the bars feeling their solid construction to help him steady himself

partly seeing Joe spin an kick with both rear feet an AA into another pair sending them all tumbling the sniper above shot a Triple running for them in the neck an it went down with a tumble an spray of gravel the fountain of blood hitting another AA behind it

Fopp shoved the last wounded HBED in onto the lap of another, his rack was broken missing tips the rest was bloodied Bits of hunter fur caught in them he was then pulling marines in an then a few stragglers of the wounded trainers a wounded marine looked at Bill from the floor

"what got you?" holding his arm blood dripping from it

"one ton truck an a concrete wall" trying to smile a bit he couldn’t feel his face move

Joe leaped up on the tailgate grabbing onto the overhead rack "GO Sara! GO"

The truck surged forward gravel spraying behind an Bill fought to keep his head up getting dizzy he watched as Joe used a pry-bar to break the cage ramp off the truck as it sparked behind them Frank sped past his truck full of HBED an trainers with marines shooting behind them into the pursuing hunters

The sniper hit another AA tumbling it to the ground in a slide a Handler came racing past the hunters in a green Takashima truck as they blew past the security gate house ahead of him

"I'm out of ammo!" the sniper above yelled down one marine got up an tried to hand him a clip an fell into Bills lap he helped him back up an steadied him as the sniper grabbed the clip an pulled the bolt back taking another AA down

the Handler was catching up fast Joe pulled hard on the bar as Sara took the right turn to get on the freeway the ramp broke free it hit the ground an tangled into the pursuits front wheel which exploded sending it skidding sideways into the curb an breaking the front end

everyone cheered an moments later four cruse missiles screamed by over head an slammed into the training facility with huge explosions that lit up the sky

Joe sighed panting a bit Fopp slapped him on the shoulder with a huge grin they both looked at Bill

"we lose anyone?" Bill asked trying to hold himself up straight still blinking one eye half open

"one trainer an two HBED AD they ran but those Damn triples are fast they didn’t give up fighting though"

"Kenneth's pack of trouble likely flown in" trying to hold his head against the bars feeling the wind whipping around them

"well damn I don’t suppose you got him?" Joe asked hopeful

"no, but Killed two triples least five AA maybe more" again trying to smile

they both smiled at him "an a truck with a handler don’t forget that!" Fopp smiled

Joe looked at Fopp "Damn it was something to watch too, he shoved the truck back after it slammed him into a wall then he shoved it again engine racing tires squalling the driver yelling at him he yelled back at him an flipped it over its end onto the cab. Killed the bastard driving it id helped but had my hands full with throwing grenades an killing an AA"

"tower two this is central"

"go central"

"reporting the facility has been totally flattened there's a few surviving hunters crawling from the fires an rubble but nothing they can use to mount a pursuit of the groups"

Joe whooped an smiled "Confirmed central where we going? We've got a bunch on injured an some of the wounds are serious we lost a trainer an two AD the hunters were identified as Kenneth's pack of trouble by leader one"

"gem one is getting directions now tower two…how is leader one?"

"doc says severe concussion at the very least he's trying to look at me but his eyes aren't workin right, blood from the nose ears an mouth"

Fopp leaned over an grabbed Bills helmet an gave it a pull which popped it into several pieces at the fractures in it looking at Joe surprised

He mouthed oh crap "leader ones helmet is all busted totally ruined but likely it saved his life central being he was smashed tween a one ton pickup an a concrete wall"

"confirmed tower two, will see you all soon awesome work all of you"

Bill tried to stay awake but the spinning was making him nauseous the taste of blood was terrible he did feel relived they'd done it an with minimal losses he wanted to hug Sara an cry though, just to let out the fear he'd had Boiling in his blood like gasses. he let his eyes close knowing soon he could be free of the weight on his shoulders

Joe leaned over as Doc was checking Bill

"he's unconscious... we need a hospital soon"

"were nearly there Doc, I think that’s why Agent Garret has us with a police escort" pointing ahead to past Franks truck the colored lights flashing through the other trucks cab

"good sooner the better, nurse keep an eye on his blood pressure an heart rate Joe we need to immobilize his head he might have other injuries in the neck"

"alright, marine let me have your belt" holding his hand out for it he let doc help guide Bill's head up an he put the belt around his horns an buckled it to the bars "how's that"

"that's fine thank you" feeling Bills neck an the pulse there

"doctor! I need you here"

Joe watched as a bitten arm on a female AB squirted blood out an other wounded either didn’t react or flinched away from it

"hit the artery! Get that tourniquet! Joe! A hand here please!"

Sara was amazed at the numbers of marines an police outside the hospital and still arriving as they raced in behind a police car an she backed up to the ambulance area, hospital staff already helping to get wounded out an onto stretchers as she raced back an found Bill limp head strapped to the bars

"oh god" covering her mouth she climbed up an hugged him

"its okay Sara his heart is strong, blood pressure is fine, he's just unconscious I was worried about other possible injuries maybe to the neck so we immobilized his head the HBED have gone in to try an find something to carry him in on"

"but all the blood Doc"

"his head got squashed Sara not the same as his head hammering something I'm going to get x-rays an a CT scan see what's going on just stay calm alright"

Garret came running up after getting past marines with more equipment coming in a striker Mk.3 rolled over the curb an parked its turret turned checking for clearance to the street light poles a pair of APC blocked the street an portable street blockades were being put up by police

A marine captain came walking up "agent Garret?"

"yes captain?" checking on the HBED's along the hospital wall most of the injuries were minor but in a fight disabling, he patted an AC on the shoulder his nose had been bit through his helmet an he was holding a bandage on it the AC gave a thumbs up wagging an ear

"my forces are deploying around the hospital as we speak sir what are we expecting to happen? here" seeing the collection of wounded

"were expecting a highly mobile fast attacking force of AA an triple A HBED's to come after these FFH freedom fighters, who just evacuated the Takashima training center in the Arizona desert. if it were not for the injuries needing immediate care we wouldn’t be here at all its too damn close to Takashima's influence" he walked over to the trucks an saw Bill "ahh damn it William, Sara he's going to be alright okay"

She nodded wiping her cheek "he's the strongest of them, he better if he knows what's good for him"

Garret smiled an gave her the thumbs up

the captain stopped him "FFH freedom fighters? The same FFH in the news that bombed the tower in Houston? Agent Garret I need some serious intelligence upgrade here I was told this was a major emergency not terrorists"

"an you'll get it Captain and it is an emergency in many ways I cant yet tell you how huge of an emergency were all in " checking on a marine who's upper arm was slashed open the bandages were soaked with blood he gave Garret a thumbs up an saluted the captain who returned it

"just right at the moment were trying to make sure these people don’t die on us from fighting a defensive holding action"

"I have twenty medics at your disposal Agent Garret say the word"

"excellent! Get them in here most of the injuries aren't life threatening HBED's are a lot like humans since they used to be human, but are hell of a lot tougher now"

the Captain stopped dead in his tracks pausing then nodded "Lieutenant! Get the medics in here to help with the injured pronto!"

"yes sir! Medics!"

he went along with Garret finally stopping to help with the Big HBED bull he'd seen in newspapers an magazines they had brought out a pair of large cafeteria tables strapped together as a stretcher

"Captain lets get this armor off him" going along the sides with Garret on the other an the woman called Sara holding the head cheeks wet with tears they pulled the armor apart an tossed them aside as HBED's were helping to get him onto the platform keeping his head still bags of hospital laundry next to it holding it upright

a doctor an medic helped to tie the Bulls head motionless blood dripping from its ear

A pair of AA came running up still wearing Takashima security harnesses "Garret! We have hunters coming already! They must have been out hunting in the area an saw us come in"

"crap not what we needed right now" ripping another part of Williams armor off he opened his cell phone it chirped "I need that air support around the hospital now, Alex Jeff do what you can to delay them" he turned to the HBED's "any of you mobile enough to help out step up! We have more hunters approaching"

"yes sir!" the AA ran off others got up an put helmets an armor back on clearly a bit weary humans at their sides helping making sure bandages were kept on

"agent Garret?" the captain held his arm "how can my forces help? Clearly this is a degrading situation an not enough of these HBED available to effectively fight"

"sure is" looking around he spotted Frank helping Angela to a federal SUV "that’s Frank he's good as the rest of the people here to ask an that’s FBI special field agent Angela Voll with him.. yes the vixen HBED, they can get you up to date faster than I can at this moment"

the captain stepped back as four HBED's some still in full combat armor took up corners of the tables at Garrets direction and the doctors in the lead Sara walking at the Bull's head through the doors into the hospital

he turned an went to the Man an HBED vixen who were on several tablet pc's at once

"excuse me Frank? Special agent Voll?" they looked at him "Agent Garret who's occupied with the big bull with the head injury said you could tell me what in the bloody blue blazes is going on an tell me how my forces can help here"

"definitely you Frank, Sara is likely beside herself with worry"

"she went in with the Bull"

"that Bull is William 221 her husband, an ill try to explain fast as I can. firstly your electrical systems an electronics are going to be useless due to the hunters stealth jamming so that’s the first thing get your people warned their night vision equipment isn't going to work same with the tanks systems so don’t rely on them

if you have snipers with you get them on the roof tops an shoot anything that isn't one of ours if they get in close they will tear your troops apart"

"this is" he blinked "impossible"

"this is reality Captain, welcome to the real awake world. Takashima has been creating weapons of war. LIVING! Weapons that think eat an breed an they are very, very good at what they do.

you see those injured HBED's? they just killed an injured twice their numbers of Takashima's hunters fast lethal werewolves willing to leap into concentrated gunfire to kill the people with the guns an walk away they're fighting for their freedom to just exist free an alive an keep you alive as well

an most frightening part of it he's using humans good an bad to make them all

now id have to say standard tactics aren't going to work pull your people in close to the hospital so there's nothing open behind them for the hunters to leap over an attack them from behind"

Alex an Jeff came running past fast as racecars claws skittering on the concrete Alex cursing an leaping over a APC the gunner ducking as right behind was six more like them but they were not friendly! They snarled growling sliding to a halt

Frank pulled a gun an started shooting other people in Takashima trainer shirts did as well an the Captain got to see these hunters shrug the gun fire off like annoying stinging insects one flinched as a shot caught it in the face spitting out blood

Alex an Jeff ran back up bloody an torn panting "sorry Frank we tried there's just too many of them"

"HBED's! you will surrender NOW!" one stood up on its hind legs a head an a half taller than most men

"to hell with that, we Kill them all Takashima just ordered them dead, capture William and Sara only"

the Captain turned an shouted "fire on those werewolves!" pointing at the group

suddenly the guns around the area all started firing the AA's dodged an ran two fell dead another yelped as its arm was shattered an it went to running on two legs an escaped as well

he marched out "I want a tight cordon around the hospital! All approaches covered from above I want a 2 block exclusion area an get these surrounding buildings evacuated of any civilians NOW!"

troops ran and started moving equipment others headed for the hospital to get to the roof

he looked at Jeff an Alex "you need to change those out to the FFH ones or your likely to get shot"

"yes sir" came from both

Trisha came running up the captain went to pull his gun others were aiming

"she's with us Captain!" Frank held his arm

"Frank where's Sara?" panting a bit

"she's in the hospital with Bill I'm pretty much in charge at the moment"

"I spotted two Takashima trucks approaching one has several triples in it from the weight load"

"alright get what HBED's we have functioning an try an delay them"

The captain looked at her "how can we help? um" looking at Trisha

"Trisha, got any RPG? Something that will blow a truck up in a hit?"

"sure do, Sergeant!"

"sir!"

"take a couple ATM team an go with Trisha here stop the trucks approaching"

"yes sir!"

she hurried off with four men packing anti equipment shoulder launchers Joe an a couple other HBED with her to escort

he looked at Frank an Angela "alright keep talking what's going on"

"I hope your ready for the world to change captain because it did already you just didn’t know it till tonight"

Sara knew Bill had a hard head an strong heart he was breathing well but the unconsciousness worried her more than the blood

they had slid him off the tables onto a digital x-ray table his lower body hanging off it

2 doctors an the X-ray technician getting things adjusted Garret gently pulled on Sara's arm

"X-rays Sara, the baby"

"oh yes" moving behind the shielding wall the screens showed several icons all red

"what the hell is in that Bull HBED's head a lot of metal is being detected"

"it’s a large control chip lots of leads into the brain"

the doctor an technician both looked at Doc Victor a bit surprised

"I didn’t do it, Takashima did it to nearly all HBED's just shoot the picture"

he tapped a square on the screen an image came up of the front view of Bills skull an the huge square chip the leads going out in all directions inside the skull

"dear god look at that thing" the neurosurgeon looked closer at the image as the machine rotated to a side view to take another shot

the screen added the right front side view an highlighted a spot in red behind the chip

"he's bleeding inside the skull an brain, can we get the above angle on that area?" Doc circled the spots with a stylus clearly knowing more than he ever had let on before

"sure just a second"

the machine came around an took the shot which showed the mass of conductors inside the brain

the neurosurgeon pointed to the trouble spot an skull fracture "there it is, he's also got bruising of the brain what happened to him looks like he took a massive fall"

"he was slammed into by a truck which crushed him into a wall" Garret held Sara reassuringly hands on her shoulders "we cant move him I would then surmise doctors?"

the neurosurgeon blinked surprisingly shaking his head a bit clearly amazed

"no, this here is why" pointing to the blood inside the skull then the crack "his entire skull has a crack going from the cheek through the left eye socket along the side here to the back was he complaining of blurry vision? Dizziness headache?"

"he was" Garret nodded

"the swelling here is putting pressure on the optic nerve an the brain. though where the injury is in that area I have to say is from these leads off the chip several small blood vessels are likely torn an must be fixed

the brain isn't solidly mounted inside the skull um Sara, it has a fluid shock absorber around it. well our Bullish friend here his brain bounced the wrong way from the look of this, tearing things a bit. I have to say if he had taken the hit on the top of the head the structures here an here these here he likely would have had a headache instead"

"will he be alright? That’s all I want to know" wiping a cheek again with her fingers

"we need to get him into surgery an remove the blood putting pressure on things an fix the bleeders the skull fracture will have to heal on its own but yes I don’t want to say absolutely 100 percent as anything may go wrong but yes" Smiling at her turning to the technician

"I want these made to 3-D an get the CT unit heading for the surgical unit I don’t want to go in there an not know exactly where these circuit leads are" to the technician "doctor you’ve worked on these HBED's before I want you at my side"

"alright" he looked at Sara "He's strong Sara we got him here fast don’t worry"

She nodded an walked with everyone as he was carried into a surgical unit the nurses blinking a bit shocked at who it was an his size

A nurse asked her an Garret to please wait in the waiting room just down the hall the HBED's knew an sat down in the hallway to guard the room without needing to be told

Garret got Sara a soda "I have to go check on things outside things are getting a bit violent your safe in here alright Sara just… he'll be fine he has you to take care of"

"I know… thank you Garret I should be out there helping though"

"no stay here, I'm worried too keep me posted okay"

smiling she got up an hugged him "thank you Garret"

he walked off down the hallway a marine took up a position outside the door just to make sure she stayed safe

Garret came out to gunfire from snipers above an then a striker's fifty caliber hammering away down a street a chopper came overhead an spotlighted the ground a couple blocks away other gunfire erupted from the far side of the hospital

The captain was with Frank an Angela still so Garret walked over to them "so I gather Takashima is tossing hunters at the hospital trying to get in?"

The captain turned to Garret "I'm getting a perimeter established but yes so far over twenty of the AA hunters dead an a truckload of triple A's which those were destroyed by an anti armor missile

hoorah, I want some of these HBED's in the marine corp's They fight like demons an can dish out some serious pain an absorb damage like nothing I've ever seen agent Garret"

"Takashima built them to take on your marines, an the very best troops the world has to offer I doubt even the Israeli's could hold them off for long. You haven't seen them in group combat or the stealth units effects"

"oh I've nearly lost an APC to that, its effects stop quick enough once the wearer is dead, so far Agent Garret my human injuries are minimal no dead as of yet been close couple times.

my troops are getting the idea an making serious cover fire for each other the HBED's are bringing the hunters into overwhelming crossfire's where the AA cant handle it an are overwhelmed

several of my best snipers an shooters are on the hospital roof an I've made a call to base for further reinforcements which are on the way"

"alright good we'll have more air cover here shortly as well, a pair of black hawks are coming in from supporting the evacuation seems to be Takashima is concentrating his efforts here an not on the hundreds of HBED's out in the desert heading for safety"

"that’s because Sara an Bill are here Garret, Trisha heard the hunters being told Takashima wants them badly"

"how does he know though Frank?"

"not all of the hunters were killed in the strike" Angela said from the trucks seat "they would report he was injured simple deductive reasoning, he'd need immediate medical care"

"oh you'll like Bill Angel you two sound a lot alike, well we have to hold for awhile they took Bully into surgery his brain got bounced the wrong way an the chip leads in the brain tore things causing him to bleed inside the skull"

Joe came clopping up panting a bit "we got to pull the HBED's back were getting seriously over tired a couple have nearly gotten seriously hurt stumbling around, if we could get a quick meal an some water Garret"

"you’ve got it Joe, call in the worst ones an get Alex an Jeff in they need to see a medic last I heard they were a bit torn up"

"right" he got on the com "them two are real troopers they're in full fight mode real killer AA's"

Frank smiled at Joe "their Hero is hurt an in the building they are protecting Joe" he wagged an ear with a smile in reply

"I agree with you he's my hero too"

"Captain if you have any MRE's those could be invaluable right now" Garret added

"I don’t, but I can get some in route. I can for now get some of my people into the hospital an raid the kitchen"

"that will work, high calorie easy to digest foods of course"

"heavy combat needs yes sir, sergeant! I want a squad to go in raid the kitchen for combat level food the HBED's are running low on fuel"

"yes sir!"

"an grab sodas an water as well!"

"sir!" he turned an relayed the orders to several who had been on guard near by

more equipment came rolling in with additional marines a reservist unit of national guard took up positions around the hospital entrances setting up defensive positions using benches an trash cans to make barricades

as the more serious injured HBED's were seen to nearly all went back out to act as spotters an escorts for the humans trying to clear the area around the hospital

Jeff, Alex an Trisha shed their security harness as Garret got them HBED body armor Stacey an other handlers running out of steam went in with Sara getting drinks an food Sara was pacing talking to Stacey who was trying to get her to calm down reassuring her things would be okay

They had set up a table just inside the emergency room entrance as the command post a map of the area set out over it Garret moving coins set out to show HBED's marines an patrols buildings with spotters an snipers

The Chief of police walked over with a message "a severely damaged Takashima truck was abandoned at the stoplight near the freeway ramp the tower is on Garret, a human driver in a Takashima handler shirt was found gutted near it"

Trisha looked up "not good that’s someone coming in from the facility likely one of the triples survived, worse Ken made it back"

"Takashima has to be running low on those around here, we've stopped an captured trucks full of AA he's trying to bring in to support the assault on the hospital so far four from San Francisco three from Bakersfield an destroyed several more on the interstate from Phoenix"

a boom outside an the rattle of the doors made Trisha look "striker took out that old abandoned gas station the Hunters have been hiding inside of down the block trying to sneak in close"

"Agent Garret were having a hell of a time keeping the public out of the area an the media is going insane my commanding officer an the mayor are demanding explanations" the Captain set another page on the table

"ill have them call the director of the FBI he can calm them down, I'm busy right now as for the media ill talk to them when its all over"

he looked at the assistant chief of police who'd just made it in safe his car trashed by a hunter

"Chief can you get the area cordoned off or do we need more national guard?"

"we have enough Agent Garret, its getting them into the right places communications are spotty at best"

"make out written orders ill have our fastest HBED's run them around to the cordon we don’t want the hunters to get anyone extra just because they're curious instead of smart.

good thing in all of this Bill came through the surgery excellently completely lost his chip now" pointing to it on the table representing the hospital on the map

"even with further reinforcements Garret were not going to be able to hold this place its got too many approaches an it’s a very old building not designed for control of access as many are today" Trisha set the overhead of the hospital on top

"we'll I'm just waiting on the doctors to give us the okay to airlift Bill out too damn risky to try a truck I've got a Chinook at the San Diego naval air base ready to come get him an the HBED's needed to haul his heavy ass out of here"

"well once he's gone you can expect the hunters an Takashima to let this assault fade off he wants Bill an Sara" Trisha sighed "id send Sara off now Garret, but she wouldn’t leave him unless sedated" another series of shots were fired an a fifty hammered radio came on calling another pair of dead AA hunters an others moving around

"an that id get killed for possibly hurting their baby, no we just have to wait for the okay he can be moved till then we hold them off"

Sara brushed a hand over his right cheek the left side of his face a bit swollen gauze packed in his nose a drain line out of the corner of his mouth an oxygen fed in via a tube taped to the other side the machines beeping showing his heart rate an breathing

Doc Victor came walking in with a smile "well he's gona be fine Sara last check no further bleeding, his brain is a bit swollen but its already decreasing responding well to the calm quiet were keeping him sedated so he stays still an lets things heal up before getting all active again the 1A's are really fast healers"

She sighed deeply relived an smiled "that’s it Bully no more tangling with trucks for you"

"don’t forget the wall Sara" Doc was checking his blood pressure an IV with a chuckle

"yes indeed walls too Bully looks like" she sniffed hard wiping a cheek "were gona live in a tent"

Doc chuckled walking around he checked the wound drain making notes "Sara why don’t you go get something to eat huh? You’ve been burning up calories worrying an I'm sure Bill would want you to take it easy, the baby"

"yeah your right.. ok you send for me any change at all"

"yes ma'am" smiling "go on get some food go let Garret know how he's doing"

she kissed Bill on the cheek an drew a heart on his nose with her finger "an don’t you forget it lover"

going from intensive care she found the cafeteria an quite a few were in there eating or nursing sore wounds most just exhausted laid out resting she patted Stacey on the shoulder heading for the food

"hey! So how's the Big Bully"

"he's doing good, they're keeping him sedated so he don’t go thinking he can run out an help. how goes the fighting"

"they're changing tactics instead of running right at the blockades thinking they can take them easy, they're trying deception they rammed an APC with a car earlier to pull people from other sides. Joe got bit on the arm, but he's okay got me a collection of the Hunters teeth that bit him" rattling a covered bowl

"eew Stacey I mean come on"

"I'm keeping them bastard hurt my Joe. I'm going to try a jinx or curse or somethin on Takashima's hunters" smiling as Sara came over with a tray of food she'd grabbed a decaffeinated soda "see already your thinking about baby, good girl"

"huh? Oh the soda?" she chuckled "jeez Stacey its like this little bean thing" then she stopped hand going to her belly, face clearly reflecting her thoughts an sighed "okay so …its not a bean thing.."

Stacey laughed gently an patted Sara's hand "no its not honey, it’s the best of both of you keep it safe huh.. best eat I can hear your belly growling from here"

"yeah, yeah" smiling as she took a big forkful of meatloaf "eating see I'm eating" laughing

they an everyone else flinched Sara's fork clattered as it hit the table. all eyes looked at the hallway as something hit the building screams of pain an panic, terror filled yelling for help came from the hallway.

Sara grabbed the gun still in the back of her pants yelling for the hurt an tired trainers to stay down shoving Stacey under the table she ran over an burst out into chaos

a marine collapsed dead throat slashed blood spraying hitting the lights some sparking a fixture fell an crashed to the floor others the flights flickered

a truck had slammed into the side of the building through a double door the cab ripped open, driver dead at the wheel, nine AA hunters snarled an AB cried as it was tossed aside dieing stomach ripped open its insides spilling out on the floor

Sara brought the gun up an ran at them screaming thinking of Stacey the others. Bill all of them helpless just down the hallway. shooting the AA's point blank in the eyes the next in the chest one sliced claws right over head as she slipped on blood an shot it in the throat another she rolled from an shot it in the mouth getting up she froze an felt her throat tighten

"well, well just look at what came to us" teeth sliding slowly from behind his lips Kenneth grinned at her his fur scorched to the skin in places several bandages on his body looming up ear pressing on a roof tile

"she killed the AA's Ken with a handgun no less" a silver triple crushed a nurses skull with a fist to it an the floor "that’s some serious lady"

"shouldn’t we kill her too?" a brown an silver triple asked coming from the room next to the door claws an face covered in blood dripping gore an bits of torn internal organs

"oh no mustn't do that boys, she's more valuable than diamonds, he wants her alive"

Sara turned an tried to run only to find a hand clamp down on her shoulder claws just pricking the skin another grabbed her arm she brought the right around an shot Ken in the face an the slide locked back

He snarled spitting out a bullet an a bit of tooth

"all out of bullets ehh Miss Cassidy?" he lifted her up a bit by the arm an saw the ring gleam on her finger grinning wider he snarled in her ear "or is it Mrs. William 221 Hmmm?" licking his teeth

marines came running an so did several HBED's in good shape fire axes an crowbars at the ready the marines aiming crouching down an hiding at the cafeteria door way

Kenneth moved her as a shield the other triples shifting behind him making the group look like Cerberus from the front

"now, now boys an girls we don’t want the lovely Mrs. William 221 to be hurt now would we" snarling just behind her head licking his teeth again "you’ve made Mr. Takashima very annoyed… very bad HBED's an trainers you’ve all been"

Sara slammed her head back into his nose "don’t give them anything! Don’t surrender to these assholes!"

He snarled an held his claws at her throat "don’t do that again! pregnant little breeder or I'll forget Takashima wants you alive" licking the blood off his nose "enough you shot me an Killed my AA support all alone, now keep that lovely mouth shut!" snarling into her ear

"she's not afraid of you Kenneth! Cant you smell it?" Trisha moved forward past the others "she's his mate, she shares his spirit an courage, she knows he will handle an entire army of AA just to get to you.. are you ready to die painfully Kenneth.. hurt her an there's no place on the planet that could hide you from him"

"so another traitorous little bitch comes forward to yip at my ear. I'm popular with the ladies tonight boys" chuckling the others did as well "you'll move out of the way I want William now!" snarling at them Sara pulling on his fingers

Garret walked forward aiming his large caliber handgun "no Kenneth you wont get him"

"damn I must have wore my id chip on the outside boys! all these nice people with big guns know me already" chuckling again as his claw pressed into Sara's throat right at the jugular "back away or she's dead simple as that"

Garret looked at Sara who had a tear rolling down her cheek she gave a tiny nod eyes hard no fear in her face she finger wrote where Trisha could see her finger wiggling

'I'm dead they cant get Bill keep them from getting him please I, we cant lose him not my Bully'

Trisha leaned over an whispered to Garret what Sara said he scowled grinding his teeth

"she's dead already Kenneth if you get to him, right now she's the only thing keeping you from being slaughtered best to leave while you have a chance to because you wont get him not tonight or ever"

all the HBED's in the hallway growled weapons at the ready

he snarled clearly deciding to take discretion over valor an backed up the two with him shoved the wreck an it moved out of the doorway metal screeching an grinding

marines all around the parking lot were aiming an he showed them his shield "ill kill her one shot an she's dead little men"

Garret an the others came out the smashed doorway "take her an go before someone does get trigger happy, but make sure you tell him, you tell Takashima he thought William was going to come back to haunt him, just wait till he finds out about her. I pity you both you just a bit more Kenneth"

He laughed "he's a damn HBED bull! He's a moron an nothing special! Stupid fat ass didn’t even know when to take off an run that’s why he got converted!" but his words sounded hollow to everyone's ears

"he was loyal Ken, don’t mistake that for stupidity such as yours. an he did run.. taking out five of seven hunters as a human! only you slamming that door in his face stopped him"

Garret kept walking towards the triples as they backed away watching the marines an Angry to steaming HBED's all ready to kill them Kenneth's claws stayed on Sara's neck

"he already has your ticket, an now this... yeah I kinda pity you cause Takashima improved everything inside of him"

Kenneth giggled a bit with a mad fear behind Sara "he's just an AB an ill take him when he comes for me, an enjoy his ass roasted over a fire! Rare!" snarling at them all

Sara was still trying to move the clawed fingers from her throat

"keep thinking that Kenneth enjoy your sleep when you get it.. he Killed Steven an wasn’t even able to walk upright an told him he did it" Garret moved a bit sideways holding his gun at the ready "why do you think Steve kept on about him to the last breath.. he was warning death was coming for you"

"he crushed Ginny's spine an face running over her to save another HBED" Trisha added from her slow walking crouch off to the side looking for an opening "not even a second thought for her"

"he strangled an then snapped a cooks helpers spine folding him in half to toss the body in the trash" Frank said from the other side keeping his gun ready protecting Angela Joe had his pry bar at the ready snorting at the triples

"oh he is the best HBED that Takashima has created Kenneth. he hid an fooled you and Takashima both! Starting in the pits under the tower. he watched you, listened an waited to strike" Garret smiled

"when he comes for you…you better run" Trisha snarled at them

"your in the open Kenneth, I promise you no one will fire on you set her down cut your losses don’t make it worse for yourself" Garret lowered his weapon

Alex an Jeff snarled at the other two triples as they came running up as well

he laughed "ohh no! she's going to be Mr. Takashima's guest, I may not be able to get to William, but she'll do for now" they all turned an ran off with her leaping over abandoned cars

Stacey came out with others in tears Garret holstered his weapon looking at the HBED's who were clearly upset an depressed Trisha though was thinking an angry

"he's going to be uncontrollable Garret he wont rest until he's saved her or found death" snarling softly

"I know that Trisha, god damn it I know that… only thing we can do is keep him sedated till he's healed up an try an talk to him keep him calm"

Joe snorted holding Stacey close "yeah that'll work, why don’t you let us lead the marines in an we get her back!"

"he'll kill her hell he'll kill her an set the Nukes off out of spite! We just cant risk that Joe" Garret sighed "for now Takashima wants her alive an that is likely the only thing that will keep Bill calm an the Bull under control if she were to die he'd tear into the tower an kill everything in it..

no, best thing we can do is get him out of here to heal up. an get all of you on to the rest of the plan Sara told you don’t surrender so don’t give up now. otherwise losing her an everyone that have died tonight was for nothing"

they all nodded regret clear on their faces Garret looked at Trisha Alex an Jeff "you three are going with him maybe having you along when he wakes up will help"

"it wont help dude"

"only Sara has the heart man, she's like the limiter valve without her he's going to be a war machine gona go animal on Takashima"

Garret nodded

Sara screamed an yelled at him he wasn’t careful how he carried her like William an dragged her feet several times painfully smacking her leg on a pole he finally slung her over a shoulder an smacked her ass she shrieked an punched him in the back of the head

"stop struggling! Or I'm going to bite that nice rear end!"

"real wildcat that one is"

"would make a sweet little toy I tell ya"

"yeah touch her an Takashima will have you ground up alive Tinker don’t even think it"

they trotted up to the front gate an it opened the guard not even looking Ken's collar came on "Kenneth why are you back so soon"

"we got Sara Mr. Takashima"

"fuck you! You god damn rabid monster!" kicking hard she grabbed his tail an bit hard

"agh! Damn it woman!" slapping her ass hard again she shrieked an punched him repeatedly

"my, my Sara quite the display" Takashima sounded amused "bring our guest in Kenneth do tell me what you observed in the hospital an treat our pregnant guest with a bit more care she's far more valuable than you realize"

"nothing a good hard spanking couldn’t fix, temperamental brat" he growled under his breath

"tisk, tisk Kenneth come now remember she's our guest" it clicked off

"yeah till the baby is old enough then it’s the breeding pens for you" chuckling they walked in the front doors an even as she fought he stopped "take a last look at the outside world breeder you wont be seeing it again"

"yes I will! Cause he's going to kill you Ken, painfully!"

soon enough they came out in the star the groomed grass an small flowers in clumps everywhere Takashima was watching recordings of the fight at the facility an the biggest screen was Bill being smashed into by the truck it showed the helmet whacking the trucks hood then the wall fragments of the material flying off in slow motion then he shoved it back an flipping it over an falling to one knee

Sara's heart hurt seeing it thinking, no wonder he bled so much it’s a wonder it didn’t kill him leave it to my Bully to be so hard headed

"Kenneth do be a gentle male an get our guest something to drink, HBED milk I would expect would be best"

"I don’t want anything from you" watching Bill charge with the others into the AA's slaughtering them then his leap into the triple A an the slicing its throat there was a gleam in her Bully's eyes even through the helmet

"oh he is so very impressive isn't he Sara, such rage, such power! an skill.. just look at him.. oh the rage he will have when he awakens with you taken. I doubt there will be enough triple A in the west half of the united states to stop him" chuckling softly sipping a glass of water "an yet he is still more valuable than all of what's been destroyed" he said softly

"then if there's a sane brain cell in that head of yours you'll let me go now"

"let you go?" he chuckled "oh no dear you’re the key to this, OH just look at that" gesturing to Bill leaping over the burning debris an smashing his pry-bar full strength into the mouth of a triple an running through the cafeteria "such a fighter I made of him clearly in a class all his own"

Sara looked at Kenneth who growled softly claws sinking into the turf his pupils dilated an his AA musk got stronger

"you really don’t care about anyone's life do you Takashima"

he turned an looked at her "when they are useful to me, an you… are very useful"

"an you’re a fool, you created your own nemesis when you did this an everything else to him he wont stop till you are"

"yes, well.. every good game must have its players. he is indeed one of the better pieces an yes I know exactly what I made of him I matched you both together for good reasons"

"yeah the white night… Takashima," he clearly stiffened

"the I trust William near me more than Kenneth an the others he always had my best interests at heart, they only know greed an power" she grinned "you’re a backstabbing cowardly dishonorable bastard an only morons will die for you like this one here" thumbing at Kenneth who snarled growling

Takashima marched over an glared readying to hit her, her eyes went hard as she stood her ground waiting with a look of hate an victory

He then relaxed an smiled "very good Sara, oh very good. So much of William there now such spirit an fire, yes you’ve read the files alright. Oh bravo woman but no.. I wont be the end of you, I wont, I have far better plans for you"

"standard breeder treatment sir?" Ken sounded hopeful licking his teeth

"oh no! Ken absolutely not, she's carrying the most valuable baby conceived yet, we treat her very well, a prize breeder of imperial value! only the best care I want two female helper HBED to make sure she's bathed fed an cared for at all times make it clear they will be punished if she doesn’t behave"

"harem mothering then sir?" clearly disappointed

"yes, an make sure she's checked over medically an regularly I want detailed checks private rooms as well, entertainment if she behaves herself… let her see the news so when we kill all her FFH friends she can know how they died"

"he's going to come for me Takashima, he's going to make you regret this!" pulling on Kenneth's grip to her arm as he pulled her towards the elevator

"oh I know dear, an I cant wait, the game just became far more enjoyable, yes such excellent care." grinning as he turned an went over to a telescope looking off at the hospital "must test him, lets see if William is better"

Several hours later one of the agents came up with a hand gun an several spent rounds Trisha an Joe were with Garret the attacks hadn't let up but they had the feel of just keeping them busy

Garret looked at the report on the gun "well damn, anyone know where Sara got this gun?"

"um I would have to guess that was the loyalists he killed, Bill made sure she had it when we were evacuating" Joe said picking up one of the rounds "why?"

"well the bullets due to their design an load killed AA with one shot blasting right through the hardened tissues fibers an such made to slow an stop normal ammunition"

"so these are designed to kill HBED?" Joe's eyes narrowed seeing the lead had deformed but the core was still sharp an pointed he put it near a magnet on a board for notes an it clicked "steel or iron core Garret like a SABO round but for hand guns"

"it would figure, Takashima would make sure he had ammo to handle his creations" Trisha growled

"well the bastard just handed us a freebie we get troops armed with these an hunters wont be such an issue, and we can modify FFH armor to handle it before he gets the chance to use it on you" Garret signed the report an made several notes on it

"how much longer?"

"doc says he's doing his best but we may have to move him without waiting for him to stabilize more"

the radio came on "command base south side here their all backing off" "command base west side here, here too"

they all turned to look at the radios

"get me confirmations" Garret turned looking back at the map "what's he doing now?"

several minutes later they got word a single AA hunter was in an intersection holding a white flag just sitting there on its haunches all others had retreated away

Joe an Trisha went out flanked by Alex an Jeff who held back at Garrets suggestion they walked up an the AA waved the white flag a bit

"parley HBED's an humans, white flag means to parlay talk!.." snickering softly an insane edge to its voice an eyes an ear broken an waving

"what do you want Reject" Trisha growled at him it cringed giggling

"father wishes to let you know, he, hee is ceasing the assault on the hospital" snickering "cause he has what he hee! needs for now" flicking a ring off its claw out to roll over an stop next to Garrets shoe

"he will wait to play! more when William can participate as well wants the Billy Willy" giggling "he wants the Bully wooly Toro to come play! Way hay! Hee HEE" laughing an giggling insanely as it turned running away rolling over an darting off down an alleyway its giggles echoing

Garret knelt down an picked the ring up it was Sara's he clenched it in his fist "goading the Bull the god damn sonofa'bitch is goading Bill an he's not even awake to know it"

"get him out of here Garret take him to safety" Joe snorted steam out of his helmet

"indeed Garret tell everyone of the FFH what has happened that just made Sara a martyr use the HBED's anger Garret focus it!" Trisha turned around an walked "let us tear his insides out like no one else can!" she Howled in angered grief snarling punching a street sign right off its pole

against several doctors suggestions Garret had the chopper land in a near by empty area three black hawks circling above two older cobra attack choppers hovering in the direction of the tower the three AA an a wounded AB female carried Bill out of the hospital marine medics carrying IV bags Amy an Dave carrying some of the HBED hospital supplies for Doc who came out an hurried up the ramp

the chopper crew got straps over Bill an then helped the HBED's get belted in as the ground fell away the rear ramp coming up Trisha snarled roaring anger over the rotors whipping through the air punching the wall of the chopper with her fists

the entire parking lot of the tower in the distance had hunters an Triple A waving good bye tauntingly

Garret heard what was going on clearly fuming he tossed the radio it smashed into bits

Stacey came over with Sara's bags an things she was all puffy from crying an Joe held onto her hand crouching down to hold her his eyes showed the fact he'd been crying too

"you should take these Garret they all smell like her it might help him make it easier to keep him calm" she broke down an sobbed again Joe nuzzled her neck gently

Garret sighed "yeah it might at that, thank you Stacey, your going to have a good agent working with you HBED's here we don’t have a lot extra at the moment but we will soon, do what you can to keep the tower under observation alright Joe?"

"absolutely"

"an you'll be getting the use of snipers an spotters as well you don’t give that bastard any breaks got me"

he snorted "get me the troops an ill make sure nothing leaves the tower or gets in"

"you'll have them" he turned away from a black hawk landing where the other had to load Bill he took Joes hand an shook it Joe put his nose on Garrets an then hugged him

"take good care of Bully he's going to be a handful like trying to tame a force of nature"

"yeah I know but I had an idea an here he comes" hugging Stacey he looked around for Fopp "where's Fopp?"

Joe tilted his head with a shrug "he was fighting with us an then when they pulled back he disappeared"

"his trainer is one of the wounded who's being driven out" Stacey added

"once a spy always a spy" Garret sighed "you two.. three take care huh!"

"we will who'd you bring in?" Joe asked yelling a bit clearly curious

looking at an older man his dark hair an beard turning gray getting out of a federal SUV shielding his face from the rotor wash as agents guided him towards it

"William's father" waving he left them there rather surprised an got in the chopper buckling in. crew got Bill's father in an closed the door putting a head set on him Garret put his on

"what is all this who are you?"

"that Mr. Morin is a long story" pulling Bill's file out of Sara's bag "we have a long flight here's some reading material for you please pay attention to it"

the three hours flying went by silently Garret was sending messages to the entire FFH group watching as the senior William Morin looked through the file a page at a time they both heard the pilot call back via the headsets

"Agent Garret just letting you know the transport has landed an the package is on the road to the facility so far all is good to go we'll be landing in five"

"thank you" Garret watched the father who was reading some of the pages if his time working with the HBED's had taught him anything humans were hugely telling of their thoughts with very little voice

the father of the best HBED was clearly not happy, but it was sadness an remorse that colored his expression. though somewhat guarded helped by his thick beard Garret did wish he could smell emotional states like the HBED did

they landed at a remote disused airfield the painted lines on the pavement faded an grass over growing things a federal SUV drove up an Garret gestured to it to the senior Morin they both climbed in the back seat

an drove away from the taking off chopper behind them old collapsing buildings along one side of the airstrip showed a bit of the new activity as one had a pair of humvee an their marines under the half fallen roofline they were watching with large binoculars

"agent Garret"

"yes Mr. Morin?"

"I can only think you’re a federal officer of some kind"

"FBI special agent James Garret, on extended assignment to the FFH HBED task force of which I'm in charge"

"HBED? I've seen that in this folder an in magazines what's HBED?"

"an acronym created by Takashima industries for those they’ve converted. It stands for Humanoid Biologically Engineered Device. Takashima takes people an puts them through a process that alters them to a genetic level making a HBED unit which is a biological war machine for assault to occupation"

"war machine? Then…this" looking at the folder

"that sir is the file on your son the HBED AB1A unit known as William 221"

the truck turned off the old airstrip an went uphill along a rough road crumbing a bit along the edges its age showing it much like the airstrip

signs one federal reserve property the other warning of radiation hazards ahead, both prominently mounted on a chain link fence which cut across the road at that point they went off it onto a new gravel road winding its way further up the hill the fence suddenly turned away an went away from the road an down the hill

"Agent Garret what is this place? Those signs said radiation"

"an old secret post treaty bio-weapons research facility that self destructed. were staying in the residential building above the facility its access is very limited due to geographical location which suits us just fine

it keeps your son safe from the terrorist who just a few hours ago took his wife an unborn child captive. your son is a major witness to the crimes Hiro Takashima has committed an has been instrumental at getting the federal government the ability to fight the madman effectively"

"my son, but… agent Garret why am I here?"

"to help with him, an if need arises be the target for his anger" Garret sighed he didn’t want to have to say it "the last thing I want to do is have to put him in restraints, hold him a prisoner for his own good, that wont help the FFH HBED morale at all.

its bad enough that I had to let the same man who caught Bill an got him converted take his wife. I had to do it in the hopes Takashima keeps her alive so we can eventually rescue her, some of the HBED's have already expressed their intense displeasure with me but it was that or shoot the bastard an he rip out her jugular for our reward" he sighed

"the command post for all FFH operations is here, an I'm hoping I can keep Bill from going ballistic lose cannon an tearing off back to LA to try an rescue her. I want him to help guide the FFH in their attacks against Takashima"

they pulled up to a gate a marine looked in another was checking around an under the truck then nodded to another who rolled the gate open they drove up to the building a few minutes later

a large two story log cabin design the wood logs an roof appearing like they were very old an disused, looking like repairs were desperately needed. an off to one side under an camouflaged canopy with its silvery underside was a large cargo van

they backed in under the canopy an parked

"Mr. Morin I want you to know even if your not able to help, we need to keep you safe. think of it as trying to do something for Bill, who will want his child to meet their grandparent to know the connection of family, even if he doesn’t know it yet"

the older man smiled a bit wistfully "not that I've been much of a parent to him that man even has detailed reports on…my issues, an.. how they effected my son.." patting the file in his lap once

"yes sir, well this is your chance to help, perhaps not to fix it, but make up for it. He is going to need you, even if he doesn’t know it"

the senior William nodded once an softly said "I need to do something.. he's clearly given up on me an I don’t blame him"

"well then let me introduce you to the HBED hero known as William 221"

they walked inside past several security checkpoints at which both got photo identification cards an the senior William got his living quarters assignment on a map for the building which went into the mountain behind the cabin front façade

they walked into a hallway where doors marked it as medical

"just so you understand, your son got hit by a one ton pickup into a concrete wall Mr. Morin it caused internal brain hemorrhaging from the control chip leads that fill the HBED brain. It was only the urgent need for medical care that we stopped the defense groups escape from Takashima's forces an it cost us.

if William were awake he'd be smacking the back of my head for being foolish, but we cant lose him. The terrible cost it would put on HBED morale an other further issues, we had to stop an help him. even with the loss of Sara the effect has been a positive one so far the HBED's are mad at Takashima like never before"

they turned the corner an two AA in FFH armor stood blocking the hallway they had white bandages showing on ears an arms fingers an tail's

"Alex Jeff this is Bill's father" Garret gestured to him "these are two of the youngest HBED converted so far Takashima got them right out of juvenile court Bill is kinda a mentor for them"

"he's a hero Garret"

"yeah dude say it like it is, he saved us, didn’t need too, but he did an made sure our families were as well"

"yes I completely agree with you boys. Is he all settled in?"

"Doc V is getting another x-ray of his head just makin sure that rough ride in the chopper didn’t cause problems"

"Trisha's in there, only one of us can fit in the protected side room"

"alright" Garret walked past an looked back at William senior "sir?"

Jeff an Alex both in their Helmets were staring at him a soft growl came from one of them

"Jeff Alex cut that out what's the matter with you" Garret walked past them to escort the senior William past

"we know your past Mr. Morin"

"yeah dude, you hurt him now you answer to all HBED's"

they both growled

"that is enough both of you! He's here to help! You will not behave this way or I'll have you moved elsewhere"

they both turned their heads away back to the hallway ahead of them not responding to the threat

Garret sighed an walked along with him "I'm sorry about that Mr. Morin"

"no don’t be, after what I read in the file about myself an I'm sure Bill remembers more of it than I do. even as a child he was far more mature an learned things quicker than others of his age it set him apart what I did only made it worse for him"

"the alcohol sir?"

"yes an more, I denied the truth for years an then when I accepted the truth of it, that Id forced my wife to run away with my only son in fear for her life. in my bitterness I got a friend to pull strings that got me a judge which kept me from having to pay child support unless I got visitation"

"even with your poor behavior record? Must have been quite the favor"

"that man Takashima, even had that in the files as well. They would ask for help with food an shelter an I sent a copy of the judgment to the city or state they were in it would limit what they could get. I then would get to feeling bad for it an send a letter to try an apologize to him making his mom panic an run again, so I'm quite sure William remembers all the times I didn’t help all to well"

"well as I said sir, I still need to keep you safe Takashima already has a HBED type scheduled for you in his system clearly he expects to collect an convert you as well." Reaching for the door "even sedated your son carries a presence in a room so don’t be surprised" walking in

Garret sighed a bit seeing Bill laid out flat mattress on a raised wood structure that still smelled of freshly cut wood doc Victor came from the next room "well the ride didn’t hurt him any so that’s the good news Garret, ah well hello there" holding his hand out to the older man with Garret

"Doctor Victor this is William Morin Sr. Bill's father. So how's the Bully?"

"pleasure to meet you sir, well like I said" watching the father walk past to look at the face of his son "he's no worse for the move thankfully, but already I'm seeing why Takashima gave strict orders that HBED's were not to get tranquilizers regularly"

"why is that Doctor? They get sick?" Garret got a PDA out an started making notes

"no they become immune to their effects, their bodies either burn it out as it suppresses the systems that he designed to run hot an efficiently or isolates it like an infectious agent, its also why their fat cells are brown an limited to the insides of the muscles"

"um" Garret looked at him asking for a bit of clarification

the doctor smiled "fat cells come in two kinds yellow an brown agent Garret. we as babies have brown fat cells in patches to help us keep warm they burn calories an produce heat, well they go away over time as we grow an we get food storage yellows which has become a multimillion dollar business to get rid of them"

smiling he saw Garret sigh impatiently "um HBED's don’t have those, they keep the brown an there's a lot of them in the muscles to heat them up"

"thus making them faster an more agile?"

"yep along with the support systems lungs an heart being highly efficient, well his body is already fighting the sedatives off I'm seeing an increase of it being filtered out of his blood into his urine all bound up in white blood cells"

"so his body is beginning to act like the sedative is a foreign substance?"

"yes, I have another kind I can use but once that’s doing the same thing there isn't anything left there's only two that work on HBED's"

"these the same sedatives Takashima would use?" Garret clearly thinking making more notes

"yes, like I said there's only two, poisons are useless as well he made them to survive occupation of a hostile area there's a long list of meds that could be used on them as a weapon an Takashima used it to make sure they weren't stopped even antibiotics if over dosed could cause serious harm. HBED immunity factor from HBED milk its really the only antibiotic that works on them"

"walking Tanks" sighing

"armored inside an out that’s a HBED um.." looking at the father "he's pretty deep sedated right now but he comes up a bit now an then" looking at Garret "asks for her.. Garret"

"yeah, okay doctor thank you" watching as he walked out moving over to the other side of Bill looking at his father they had put his remaining armor off to the side on the floor an his broken helmet was on a small table

"is it strange I can still see him in there? Agent Garret"

"not at all, blood ties can do that. his genetics were altered an augmented but much of what Bill was as a human is still there"

he looked over at the helmet "smashed his helmet up, quite the hit he took"

"yes, we have to replace it but we know the failure points of the first designs now, in the fight an AC or equine he got his nose bitten pretty badly others the communicators broke after they got into a thrashing fight with the AA's an triple A's"

"AA's?"

"Jeff an Alex are AA's Mr. Morin, a triple A is about big as Bill an five times as ferocious as an AA.. Bill in the evacuation killed two, if you'd like we have access to all of Takashima's security videos thanks to Bill's plan an Takashima cant stop us seeing nearly everything he does"

"I suppose I should.. apparently he's quite the fighter"

"an damn smart as well, though I think at times he fights a bit with the animal side as he's said more than once the Bull wants to do something but he thought better of it. yet he's proud of being the bull thus he's made the best of this.

an wants to make sure everyone to follow can be proud of being HBED as well… a popular saying with them is they fought back when no one else could"

William senior smiled a bit an swallowed hard wiping a tear off his cheek

"ill show you the control room an get you a tablet pc sir"

"oh I'm completely useless with a computer Agent Garret.. he got his abilities with them all by himself, his mother was a math wizard I built things bridges roads freeways"

"well I'll get someone to help teach you how to use it, no worries, it will help you to be better able to understand what's going on an maybe help Bill as well, talking to him while he heals up"

"alright not promising anything" they walked out

Trisha came out of the side room slowly watching them leave she sniffed the air a bit an moved back over next to William "he says he's useless with computers but his scent doesn’t agree.. interesting.. I'm glad you taught me how to use my nose dear Bully"

A guard inside the control room checked their ID an let them in through the secure door the walls an stations covered with monitors faces of HBED's talking to agents they walked over to a bowl shaped area people at numerous stations around it one huge display of the united states dominated the wall

Garret got a tablet from an agent who pointed out to him various things on it he signed an let it go "Mr. Morin this is FFH command, we run not only the HBED operations from here but also the human ones related to it as well. It was Bill's doing that we have things such as this display. A live indication of all Takashima vehicles, the alert status of his facilities an the numbers on the top"

"which are?"

"how many converted living HBED's, the available human supply for the conversion lines an finally babies born HBED"

"dear god" leaning a bit on the counter around the area which had more computer stations around it his leaning on it activated the one there he moved back a bit

looking at the converted number climbing up by five even as he watched to a total of 19,824 with over thirty thousand captured humans available an 102 babies

"we keep the running total there to remind us he's working 24/7 on his plans, we don’t have time to be tired or feel like were not doing anything to stop him. everything helps even if its just talking to the HBED's in the field.

helping them just by being there to listen, remember they are people tossed into this programmed to fight as a war machine it can be very hard on a housewife or a young adult who was just working in a fast food place flipping burgers now their not even human anymore.

Bill knew, me an him talked about this, the needs they would have, an he even went so far as to make sure I knew if the government abandoned the HBED's it would be that very government they'd come after next

Worse is we have governors senators judges mayors and possibly the god damn president that’s in office all in Takashima's back pocket"

the senior William nodded seeing an understanding the scope of Takashima's grip on the country

Garret called up an overlay which placed colored markers over sections of the country HBED faces came up along the side in the color key "FFH leaders who because of your son are our fighters, they knew once evacuated, he was trading his freedom an ability to fight with them for federal assistance"

"you wouldn’t have left them to go alone"

"no, but it certainly helped that the major witness to Takashima admitting to doing this an implicating himself in the murder of a security officer. Was willing to go into protective custody till we can take Takashima to court"

"court? To do what? I mean the man is a terrorist"

"to lawfully confiscate all that Takashima owns in all his companies an subsidiaries within the air waters an land of the united states proper that at least will give the people he's converted an taken everything they had, a good base to begin again

an bring some closure to those who've lost family to him find out exactly who's on the take an see to it they find out traitors don’t live long once their crimes are found out an perhaps let the nations an organizations that paid an funded Takashima to do this,

they really want this kind of war? How about we send the HBED's to them an let them then decide the fate of those people? An already some of them are thinking exactly along those lines"

"that’s quite frightening"

"gets better their immune to all forms of radiation so dropping nukes just kills a few around ground zero, others will get up an keep going, you heard poisons toxins are useless only heavy caliber ammo an specially designed rounds get through their natural bulletproofing"

"what the hell was that man thinking?"

"to destroy the united states with its own people plane an simple. Then use the converted to sell as weapons around the planet" He typed a moment on a terminal key pad there in the counter the screen coming up from the flat surface "pull up a chair Sir" opening a folder he clicked on the first

"this is Takashima's archive on your son, this video is the night he got converted. his loyalty is what cost him his humanity, but I think a lot of people are glad he's William 221 now. Anyhow I have to check on things this video is quite long so if you need a cup of coffee just look for people wearing the helper ID badges"

"they can show me how to watch the next one?"

"sure can, oh don’t be surprised if its Amy she's a very lovely doe AE HBED, an is clearly pregnant, her mate is going to be helping the north west groups with some of their work so long as she's safe here" smiling an walking off

he pulled over a seat an touched the play on the screen

the video hurt to watch as it even showed his son being tossed on a cart grabbed from the workers putting them together blood clogging his throat from the smashed nose. wounded an pissed off AA all filed in sitting along a wall

Takashima walked in "Kenneth really do take a bit more care"

"sir he's a major risk to the entire program let me terminate him"

"no, an that is final. I will not allow such loyalty to be lost! you don’t even know a half of his true value the chip is all we need. Once bonded to a mate an a child, he will do as told of that I am certain… careful Kenneth your fangs are already showing, he was your friend, he tried to be but you refused a poor choice"

"he's an asshole sir, a damn know it all, an weird as well. his booby traps at his home have injured three AA an then this mess tonight"

"yes, yes Kenneth but think! Why did he set those traps?" waiting as the doctor helped him clearing the blood from William's airways an removing his clothes

"because you! Foolishly did not listen to me, I told you leave him be! But no, you had to spy on him make him sense a threat, cause his instincts to kick in so then he began to see the things I did not want him to! his mind is a rare gifted one! An to have one like him loyal to any man is rare and priceless!

I know all of you! How you think! And what you are! Him all I need have done was ask him! offer him the handsome benefits of being converted an then find him a mate.. an I would have had a far better HBED command leader than you could possibly be Kenneth. he would lead my warriors to victory with honor an skill… you'll get them killed needlessly

I do not make these choices without solid calculated reasons Kenneth! That you have absolutely no idea how I got them, nor would you understand, William would of that I am sure. Perhaps I can yet save this mess, if he survives the process an is given time to settle into his body that gifted mind will be augmented by the gifts I will engineer into it

You would do well Kenneth not to anger him, even as the AB he's about to become will be immensely formidable, he could give you as a triple A quite the titanic fight"

Takashima walked over to a terminal an made various selections tapping many of the options on a warning came up of possible unpredictable genetic aberrations in the coded unit listing several possibilities he approved the choices

The doctor came over "the 1.3 variant sir? But"

"it’s the most advanced isn't it doctor? It allows all these requirements"

"yes sir it does, but it was intended for mobile conversion units, the plague carriers program, but we haven't fixed the issues with it"

"will it effect him as a high function AB1A"

"no sir an with these options he'll be quite impressive to see how they tie together in an adult HBED"

"then a real champion Bull my William will be, given all the females he can handle as a breeder I will make sure he is quite occupied an distracted"

"with these options and a select list of females the command units he would father very impressive sir"

"indeed doctor, please do all you can to make sure he survives the process" he turned to the hunters an Kenneth "also I want full programming once out of the process a commander must be well equipped"

"yes sir" he added that to the list of options

Takashima looked at them "five injured AA with gun parts an a phone receiver. He ran, well on his way to escaping the tower that no one else has, an it took a steel door to the face to halt him.."

he walked over to Kenneth stopping next to him with a smile but not looking at him

"when he is eventually allowed to awaken Ken, he's going to have every right to give you one right back, an I doubt even the threat of death to any child or his mate would stop him from claiming that debt, id make sure to try an get on his good side as a Chipped HBED"

he walked through the doors out to the hallway Kenneth huffed an nearly snarled at the hunters "Steven get this bunch of rejects into the medic you all have to be related to a bunch of trained apes not wolves"

it went on the doctor did minor repairs to his face to help him breathe an then put his cart into the automatic feed line a barcode printed an stuck on his forehead sedative an IV line connected to his neck it ended there

"would you like some coffee sir?"

he turned an had to blink it was a doe with a notepad wearing a blue apron over a rounding belly an a mans T-shirt

"um yes please, your Amy?"

"yes I am, an you must be Williams father" she said with a critical eye an a small smile

"please, I've already got a pair of AA annoyed at me, I know what I've done, Takashima made it clear as day in Bill's file"

"well Bill is a hero to them an nearly all HBED, he's a father figure they can relate to. Alex's father taken an converted was a drunk an beat his kids an wife, Jeff had nothing only his mother.. just as Bill did. They were young when converted an are still young." She smiled a bit more

"why don’t you come with me an I'll make you some coffee we can talk a bit about the people who Bill has saved so you understand him better"

he followed her twitching tail an all out an to a side room where a break room was next to the cafeteria she went to the different coffee makers sniffing each "having a HBED nose is quite a bonus I used to make Coffee as a barista in a Denver coffee shop. Now I know exactly what each spice an flavor is doing to the coffee an how well the coffee quality is as well"

she looked at him getting a mug from a cabinet "I think you’re a black with one sugar"

he smiled "yes"

"try this" she poured him a cup put a spoonful of a brownish sugar in an stirred, then picked up a coffee bean munching it

"your eating it?"

"surprisingly their quite good nice crunch, I had to toss the instant coffee they had in here it stunk to hell" making a face "so found the beans an went to work, so?"

he took a sip an smiled "that's wonderful"

"thank you" she then picked up a cup with a broken handle an jingled it an the coins inside. The front had a sign 'baby tips makes coffee for your lips'

"I know Garret will provide anything I might need but just incase" smiling

he chuckled an pulled a five out stuffing it in the cup "worth every penny" drinking more

"oh thank you! that gets you refills without asking" making notes on her pad which went into the pocket of her apron then taking a moment to let him get a bit of coffee into himself

"sir, I myself first got to meet your son in a cafeteria filled with HBED's an their human trainers. Sara an him were setting us free of the chips to help curb the animal HBED's breeding the trainers in secret

Sara had just cut me free an told my David she's likely to be more upset about being HBED than pregnant, I was actually more upset id forced him to mate with me then came the grief of being HBED an pregnant as well

Sara talked to us, but it was Bill an how comfortable he was, confident so brave, he was becoming proud of himself that made it better even easier for me. he leads us of that there is no doubt. An there likely will never be anyone else quite like him

you know one of the videos you should see is the car lift. you want to see your son tell the world an Takashima I am HBED hear me, I challenge you all, that’s the one"

"I'm not that good with computers, but from what I know of my son he is an much more"

she wiggled an ear an then smiled "yes, that’s our Bully jack of all trades. ill let you in on a HBED family secret not many know. we say yes an no with our ears one wiggle is a yes if it’s a big wag that’s a big yes both ears is no both a lot is hell no, so if you see a HBED ear wiggle their saying yes there's more but you don’t have a HBED's nose"

"oh"

"it was Bill an Tim's idea to help us keep our conversations silent an finger writing is very hard to watch it can go so fast most humans cant read it or even notice it happening"

"so you’ve even made your own language? Well I guess to keep yourselves secret you'd have to"

she wiggled an ear with a smile she noticed Trisha ease in behind him an fingered 'not nice Trisha he's an old man an seems to be decent enough'

'yes well he's also a liar, he isn't as bad at computers as he lets on' "enjoying the coffee Mr. Morin?" she said softly behind him

he jumped turning quickly eyes wide an covered his heart "dear god don’t do that"

"that's Trisha Mr. Morin one of the few non chipped HBED's you'll meet"

"good morning sir, not so good at computers hmm?" grinning at him a bit

he blinked an clearly was uncomfortable

"Mr. Morin HBED's can smell when a human even tells a white lie its what Trisha is hinting at" Amy sighed an fingered at her 'be nice the man is old from another era'

'no older than Joe in fact he's younger' "indeed an since William cant defend himself I'm rather cautious anything that might be a threat"

"me a threat? Well.. I can see how anyone could cause concern" drinking his coffee for a moment

"I found out many years ago when Bill was in high school via an aunt that he was taking two computer programming classes an auto mechanics an was also the auto shops teachers aide as well to pay for three old demonstrator cars so he could get his own vehicle out of them.

so I decided to try an take a few night classes so I could.. try an see what he was learning see if I could try an understand, be able to talk to him.. I couldn’t understand it at all"

it was painful truth an smelled it

"now he's HBED an so far beyond human and all the years gone now.. I tried to send him letters when his mom died but I got nothing back"

"of course you did, you got back what you sent him all his life" Trisha sniffed sitting on her haunches "nothing, id have to say he was being generous not to have sent worse back"

"Trisha really, perhaps he had his own issues that got in the way or have you forgotten how you got to be HBED?" Amy planted her hands on her hips

"no, I haven't" huffing "I know my issues too well"

"no, no Amy she's right.. an yes I did have many issues. I should have been a far better father even just a Christmas card with some cash would have helped him a lot" he sat down

"Garret wants me here to help him.. even if its as a target for anger, I certainly deserve it if id been a better father, he wouldn’t have trusted Takashima, been so loyal to a man like that. turning to him when he needed help as his mother died…instead of me"

the two HBED's agreed with an ear wiggle as they smelled full on sorrow from him

"Mr. Morin I will be the first, but never the last to tell you this. as a HBED I'm grateful for Bill an who he is, so thank you for failing at being a father. if you'd been better he couldn’t have saved us from Takashima" Trisha bowed her head to him

Amy hugged him an put a kiss on his cheek "now you have to figure out how to help him, it wont be as a father but you can be proud of him, damn proud of him. take that an rest assured he's a hero once this all done even he will want you to know it to prove to you, don’t be hurt by his need to show you how good a son he could have been okay"

He nodded "I deserve it" looking in his cup

"then take the medicine an get better, even if its bitter to the taste but know its sweetened because he is your son" Trisha smiled with a wag of her tail "I will have a few words with Alex an Jeff they'll behave"

he blinked as Trisha bumped him with her nose on his an then walked out "what was that?"

"a HBED gesture of respect equals touch nose to nose the superior is over the other its her way of saying thank you for being honest with us… Bill is the FFH sir, an I know many want him to represent us when the time comes when humans forget we fought when they slept in peace in their beds at home"

"do you think they will" not quite believing anyone could forget this mess

"yes… people don’t like to face things they don’t like.. he faced his, like you did in front of us sir, he is your son an much like you" she refilled his cup an walked out with a pair of pots

he followed her back into the control room after a few minutes he sat down at the terminal he'd been at previously finding the video changed to the car lift Amy was pouring coffee an gave him an ear wiggle

he didn’t turn it on while Garret was talking to a Draft horse HBED her voice strong an angry

"Garret let me do this they just took in another four truckloads of humans into the breeding facility we can hit them fast and hard steal the trucks while they are there before they move the pregnant ones away"

"no Sophia right now its scout the area all of his facilities are on high alert an security is in mobile trucks waiting for trouble"

"then let us take the trucks when they come out" snorting at him

"check first! blockade the trucks get them to stop, see what comes out think like Bill Sophia suspect Takashima might get clever or actually let his local AA an triples get clever"

"right can do control" eagerly she issued orders

"I want constant monitoring on this people" agents all around nodded

he watched the event as the HBED's moved down the road an shoved trees down across the road after quickly digging the roots lose hacking an chopping them free

Amy came up next to him an refilled his cup a bit "that’s Sophia she's an AC1A an a former police officer. Garret gave a few of the HBED's helmet cameras so they could watch, they recorded the attack on the tower too Bill had the camera if you want to watch that as well"

"they trying to save people?"

"yes women, Takashima has near his towers in cities breeding centers where male HBED's breed fertile human women while they wait to be converted he gets baby HBED's out of them till then, Bill called it living storage"

"god what a monster"

Amy wiggled her ear "an were finding out more nightmares day by day"

"because of Bill"

"because of your son yes"

"this is tally one control, trucks in route, trees behind them be ready to go" Sophia was up a hill from the trees blocking the road an the four trucks drove down the road an stopped

"careful tally one" Garret was watching other cameras as well, one of the pair who were at the back of the group of trucks ready to shove the trees down was watching from inside a large bush

"tally four here I don’t like this, the drivers haven't gotten out to check"

"tally six here they are just sitting there not even moving"

"this is Garret all tally units pull back NOW! Get out of there!" they scattered into the woods an heard behind them the howls of AA an triples ordering them around to search

Sophia's camera was still watching from her vantage point as the trucks had been the source of the hunters she quickly got out of the area an they got back together inside an abandoned warehouse several minutes later a large truck waiting for them

"control, tally one here.. how's Bill doing?"

"he's healing an sedated tally one, now please lay low for a bit alright"

"yes control, tally one out" she was clearly sobered

he looked at Amy "she got lucky"

"she sure did, she evacuated with the first group to leave yesterday an wanted to get back at Takashima for Sara since Bill cant, she's so upset she needed that shock to cool her hooves off" Amy sighed "ill have to get on my tablet an talk to her in a bit she's going to be very upset an mad"

he nodded "best thing anyone could do right now is lay low for a bit he clearly expects more attacks that just proves it likely all his truck shipments were seeing up there are his security an AA's waiting for it to happen acting like bait"

Amy smiled a clever little grin her ear wiggled "an that shows father is like son how lovely…watch the video's Mr. Morin I will bring you a snack later" walking away

He sat there for hours watching his sons past months not only through Takashima's security cameras but others then also the more open an loving ones seeing him with his Sara talking about all sorts of things via the tablet to Garret

So many times Bill had that lost thinking look an he wanted to tell him ideas but had to stop these were all memories he felt every fear as he watched his son take on the tower an he realized just how brave Bill was

an he finally felt the true pride in him, as they exploded the tower running from the hunters he smiled an smacked his fist down yelling out as Bill leaped over the car grabbing another HBED an tossing them ahead of himself "yes!"

He coughed "sorry" seeing everyone look his way Garret smiled an went back to his terminal he felt the hurt a bit as Bill hugged the other HBED who'd found out he'd lost one of his daughters

He watched Bill hold a vixen up so she could be with her husband as Sara held onto him affectionately

After a bit he sat there watching as he commanded the delay team the attacks the fighting an then the blow that brought him low, eyes wide at his son tossing a truck over its tail "dear god" Garret was right there watching as the video went so far as to show them escape in the trucks the flash a few moments later ended it

"four tomahawk cruse missiles to totally destroy the facility an hopefully bury the entrance to Takashima's nukes far below for quite awhile Bill was awake long enough to find out how many they lost an lost consciousness, you know the rest"

"so much my god"

"when I saw the video on how he was converted it removed any doubt anyone had of Bill's sincerity when the man who's responsible for all of this tells you just how important he is, an it matched everything Bill told us right down to the hallways an the measurements.

the director of the FBI was sold an in hours we had everything anything we needed cart'e blanch. As I told you sir, Bill made this fight possible. you should get some rest you’ve been here for nearly twelve hours"

"well I haven't done that for a long time" smiling getting up a bit stiff

"its Amy's coffee I'm buzzing a bit myself" chuckling "its great stuff but wow, come on I'm going to check on Bill an head to bed.. oh an you’ve done something few have done other than Bill himself, you impressed Trisha, she sent word she'd spoken to the boys about you an they'd behave from now on"

"I bared my soul, her an Amy would let me do no less" making a small grimace

"then your trusted by them, for that be grateful HBED's are a bit paranoid an rightfully so"

they walked down an the Boys still on guard both stood to attention heads bowed as the senior Morin walked past Garret just nodded with a smile walking into Bill's room there was his characteristic purring snore

the senior Morin walked past Garret reached out an patted Bill on the shoulder gently "I'm proud of you son you did good very good"

the bull moaned a bit an then his fingers touched the blankets at his side searching "s-Sara.."

Garret watched as the father grimaced in pain at that

"no son, she's not here.. I'm sorry.. rest now you need to rest"

the Big HBED sighed softly an relaxed again

"I think you’ve found what you, an he.. need Mr. Morin he's in excellent hands" walking out

Garret watched an waited getting the freed HBED's into place supplied an ready to fight like the first adults, the younger HBED had all the spirit an courage the adults did an finally thirty days to the minute they attacked all three of the remaining training centers simultaneously overwhelming the defenses in most cases

Takashima had relaxed his guard an now paid the price for it as thousands of HBED's were evacuated an freed from their chips their trainers with them as with the Southwest most of the security when confronted with the truth about Takashima they changed sides

one end of the country demolitions meant to bury the devices beyond their recovery caused magma venting from an unknown source melting the devices flooding the low lying area of Idaho where the facility had been located with new highly radioactive lava it turned the training facility to vapors leaving nearly nothing of it in the end but a cooling toxic cap on the problem

at the other end water flooded in drowning Handlers who refused to surrender trying to set off the devices manually the geyser of water that came out before the shaft was demolished reached three hundred feet high the wind shrieking out ahead of the inrushing water from lake Erie which for nearly an hour had a whirlpool draining the lake of water

the last facility in the south east, near New Madrid, Missouri it had gotten its defensive forces mobilized an it cost the lives of nine FFH rendering medical aide to injured of both HBED an hunters. the HBED's took it badly, killing the Facilities supervisor who had led the attack after giving his surrender.

They then immediately assaulted the tower in Memphis. dead AA an triple A littered the streets with a few scattered human security officers all around the tower in the last moments of a hour long bloody fight

Sophia whickered from the top of the tower holding the Takashima clone by the collar out a smashed window of the star an she got a loud resounding cheer back from the HBED's around the area

their war cry filled with rage an revenge Garret had to do damage control killing the news reports threatening the mayor of the city with federal sanctions if he made a stink about it all getting agents in there fast to clean up the war zone quickly

finally he got Sophia under control dressing her down in front of all the FFH leaders they all calmed down but were clearly not happy. Garret sighed as doc Victor came in to the control room "what is it doctor" the HBED's all listening

"Bill will be waking up soon, a few days at most. his head is good the bone could use a few more weeks but its pretty solid an the brain is perfectly fine id like him to stay in bed a while longer just to be sure, but I'm out of options I cant keep him under any more an likely never again"

he muted the circuit an turned away to talk to the doctor

"damn, well if I can keep him calm, he can get his FFH troops under control. Joe is demanding troops to blockade the LA tower and the other five in the state an were seeing new seismic activity out at the training facility an what has to be his tunnel Takashima is working on getting back into his nukes there, and I had to verbally spank Sophia that AC mare has gone battle crazy"

"they want blood an revenge Garret they need to fight its apart of them, you think what you’ve seen so far is bad?"

"no.. Bill wouldn’t stop till he was dead or Takashima's soul was in hell at this point alright Doctor send word the moment he wakes up enough to be coherent"

"alright" walking away

Garret sighed an turned back around the HBED's were all stone faced "alright we hit him hard today far harder than I expected an were going to have a few issues over it. Sophia are you still in the tower?"

"no, we evacuated as per orders" sounding annoyed "your demolitions team is inside with human escorts… if there are any hidden AA we cant help them were too far away now"

"that’s alright we have to suspect Takashima has rigged every tower with a self destruct system till proven otherwise, I don’t want to lose any of you Sophia. the demolitions teams know the risks an what to look for. you evacuated everyone on the conversion line an in the pits?"

"the hundreds we could get to, the conversion machine is a sealed thick bullet proof plastic enclosure. radiation an biohazard warnings all over the outside, we couldn’t get to the people inside it already infected though.

The damn facility workers had smashed the terminals and the HBED virus ampoules along with all the documentation in the conversion area a couple committed suicide injecting something toxic even as my people got down there.

We were able to smash the chip installer before it could install them into those it hadn't gotten to we did take the vault intact, the door was closing an we got it jammed open before it was closed"

"excellent we'll take that add anything new to the archive ill have the military hold the tower an get those people to you soon as they exit the machine" he made a couple notes

"I will get on moving reinforcements around everyone" looking at Joe most "for now get hidden for a bit, Takashima will ramp up his security high again we wont be able to do much for several weeks so thank you everyone excellent work" they all wagged an ear an went off

he sighed an drank his coffee Amy was there silent an watching "I suppose your going to give me a dressing down?"

"nah you do that to yourself well enough Garret. You know full well what's right an wrong you don’t need a HBED to tell you"

he sighed "I admit I'm not Bill nor am I military I'm FBI. Bill can just talk to them an they listen"

"then stop holding him back, let him lead, give him the thing he will want most"

"but he'll die, he's a friend.. I don’t want to see him end up like that and its my job to make sure he stays safe"

"you don’t know that, an I can tell you if she's dead there's no life for him he will waste away"

"she's not.. I've kept it secured an locked out of FFH terminals Takashima has her watched an recorded constantly two HBED's in there with orders she's to eat an bathe every day or they get punished for her misbehavior"

"an you didn’t tell anyone else about this? Are you mad Garret"

"maybe, I don’t want anyone to go trying to save her, an dieing in the process. He hasn’t removed a single one of his forces there Amy, that’s over two dozen triple A an more than six times that in AA do you realize no force we have right now could take that tower to save her in time"

"you have one" she turned an walked away, stopping at the door "all those triple A an AA… its not enough to stop Bill"

Garret got up an followed her into the hallway "Amy he's just a single HBED a genius yes an incredibly strong HBED yes! but he can DIE! Look at how close he came"

She sighed "you know this already Garret, Bill is not stupid, he wouldn’t go charging in like a mad man. he would terrorize those forces to the point they would either run or make serious mistakes an he'd cash their tickets then he could save her" setting the coffee carafes down with a huge sigh

"damn it Garret let him go to her! You have to let him try!…does she finger write? or did you even try to look Garret? Is she calling, begging for him to come save her!? DAMN YOU James Garret!…if their gona die let them die together.."

she sobbed an covered her face with a towel "not separated, all alone an hurting let them have some kind of hope the other is trying to reach the other" turning slowly to glare at him the huge tears falling from her face

he knew some of this was her hormones but it was also truth "I had" sighing "been trying to think of a way to do just that Amy. Against my orders to keep him safe an secured away from the action at all costs" he gritted his teeth "it will cost me my job if I just let him go, I wont be able to help anyone then"

"then its simple Garret, you let him escape on his own, like he would anyhow if he really wanted to once he finds out she's been captured"

"escape.. but you know were not just down the street from the tower"

"Garret he ran ten hours at a good speed well before becoming a full adult HBED, do you honestly believe he couldn’t get there on his own? I doubt any HBED could get there as well as he could. have you gotten his helmet fixed?"

"yes one of the newest designs, low light enhancements in the eye lenses heads up displays satellite video communication solar powered everything to be a mobile command unit the other FFH leaders have them already were slowly getting them to the others and the newest version of the armor as well"

she finally smiled "you see, you do know what's is right or you wouldn’t have prepared ahead. When he finds out, he will still be pissed Bully Toro, but its better than what I saw them bring in the other day.. the chains an manacles to force him to stay"

"I didn’t ask for those, the Director of the FBI who knows Sara was taken he sent them, in case they were needed.."

"if those touch Bill.. it wont be Takashima that should need to worry about the FFH" her face hard an cold

"trust me, I've been working with you all long enough to know that perfectly well, alright ill get it all set up, but please let me keep him in the dark long as I can, for his own good he still needs to recover from a month of tube feeding an being immobile"

"if you can keep him then alright, I agree. an to protect your job let me stand in at the next group FFH meeting an finger write to the others what is planned so you don’t tell anyone anything"

he smiled "thank you Amy"

she kissed his cheek "thank you for him an Sara both Garret, I know Dave is safe an we talk via the tablets every night it still hurts he's not here near me, a physical pain Garret is that something Takashima did to us too?"

"I have people researching everything he has done to the HBED's Amy. The south facilities hard drive is still denying being unlocked an several others we suspect may have design details like that in them as well

the backdoor allows us access to a lot but not that part but if I've learned anything from Bill its to say more than likely knowing Takashima"

"then think how Bill is going to feel with Sara imprisoned he could see her but not talk to her, think of the pain he will have.. letting him vent that on Takashima's forces will keep it from being lashed out at HBED's or humans here"

he nodded an she hugged him "your tired an stressed Garret go get some rest please"

smiling at her "gona go check on Bill first, but yes your right three successful simultaneous attacks we've eliminated his nukes an FFH forces have become huge I'm gona need some rest" walking off down the hallway

she grinned "what you need even more is a HBED in your bed so you personally share in our efforts an give your all, hmm I have to tell Bill I just made a chess move like plan" giggling a bit thinking who would be best for Garret deciding to do some research

walking in the senior Morin was reading the LA times sports pages via the tablet sitting near Bill who twitched a bit an mooed softly fingers grabbing at the bed a bit his tail thumping the mattress then relaxing again

"ah how are things Garret?"

"excellent, we did far better than expected, but its not over yet, Takashima felt this one today its going to burn an sting for quite some time"

"so I've heard, Doctor Victor let me know it was major"

"how's the big guy?" sitting down on the end of the bed stand next to Bill's leg on the mattress

"asleep but dreaming, the doctor says its normal he isn't getting upset but he moves an shifts a lot"

"its different than his normal though he slept still as a rock from what Sara has told me before. Well soon as he wakes let me know alright keep his eyes covered till doc V has a chance to check them completely"

he nodded "makes sense I saw the pictures of his injury hope his left eye is okay"

"doctor Victor says it should be we got him medical treatment fast as possible but if we had waited even ten more minutes…several specialists I've spoken to have agreed totally an its just good he is HBED, humans wouldn’t have survived without an act of god"

the father nodded "I've been watching all the videos that Takashima has can there be any justice for HBED's?"

"we will do the best we can sir. Bill pointed out that Takashima has done far more than just created a new form of human he's altered the evolution of the very earth if there was a plan by some almighty person its been torn up an tossed out the window at this point"

"I've noticed my son is quite the thinker"

"he's… Bill sir, he thinks he learns an imagines deciphers an understands an one hell of a fighter as well. HBED's will forever remember him Mr. Morin." Smiling then looking at Bill

"I'm rather torn right now to be honest as a friend, I want an need to tell him the truth, but my job to help all of the HBED's finish Takashima that comes first, so I'm telling this to you sir so when he finds out about her, you can explain it to him he likely wont hear it at first but don’t worry"

"you expect him to go wild with grief?"

"no but I do expect very angry so much so that to stop him would cause a lot of hurt on both sides that we can neither afford nor want. I'm heading to bed, long day.. tomorrow is longer still sleep well sir"

in the morning he had just got his first cup of coffee an Jeff came hurrying up "he's awake Garret"

he sighed "alright then I'll be there in a bit let doc V know"

"he knows he sent me"

"then don’t say anything about Sara, don’t argue just let it be Jeff he needs time to recover"

he looked at Amy who wiggled her ear as she finger wrote 'Garret has a plan Jeff its for the best'

he wiggled his ear "alright I'll let Alex know as well"

"thank you both" Garret patted him on the shoulder as he went out

he walked into Bill's room with a large box and Bill's new helmet Garret had stuffed all the pouches an bags with supplies an equipment chip cutter to throat spray if he ran into HBED's to a medical kit an in one on the chest the reward money Takashima had paid Sara for saving lives

Garret knew it was only time now all depending on Bill how long would the lies hold out an keep him fooled till he found out. Garret wanted him to be equipped for the worst

on the back of his helmet were something one of the older HBED's had started, a kill tally a crescent moon for an AA a full moon for Triple A an a dead stick figure for a human Takashima loyalist/guard the helmet wearer had killed,

Bill's had quite a collection going already at two lines of one inch high symbols some with tiny printed names or numbers under them the last was a pickup on a handler

setting the box aside under the side table Bill's ears moved his eyes still covered with bandages an a strong smelling antiseptic pad taped near his nose in a plastic bag

Garret looked at doctor Victor who held up a note 'the pad is soaked in hospital cleaners jamming his sense of smell just in case'

"quiet, leather shoes, gun rubbing on leather an nylon thus a shoulder holster.. agent James Garret"

he laughed "okay you got me Bill"

"what was that you brought in?"

"presents but you cant have them yet" bumping the box with his foot gently

"beware agents bearing gifts… " He smiled

"ok I can take them back you know"

"just joking sheesh cant a Bull make a joke" holding his hands up imploringly

Doc Victor smiled "not ones who were speed bumps for trucks" Alex an Jeff both chuckled as did Bill's father sitting near his head

"ow doc oh damn that hurts" putting his hands on his head

"something hurt Bill?" he moved closer to help

"yep, your a pain in my ass, but I'm glad your here to fix me up"

Jeff an Alex both laughed loudly even Garret had to chuckle

Doc sighed "yeah, yeah don’t laugh too hard Bully your brain might fall out"

"oh I lost my marbles years ago Doc did ya refill the tank while you were in there?" Garret laughed walking around firmly patting Alex an Jeff on the arms

"they don’t make cracked marbles Bully boy" doc shot back an they all chuckled an laughed "ok, okay in all seriousness you need to relax an be calm least for a few more days, let your brain ease into thinking an working again okay. get some food in you, sleep much as you can, any headache! Might be serious so tell me immediately"

"alright doc ill be good, how long have I been out? An where's my lady love? She off eating yummy chocolate munchies without me" Mooing affectionately for Sara they all cringed at the volume "where's my goddess of the morning light?!"

Garret nodded to Doc he really hated to do this he already had a bad taste in his mouth

"thirty one days Bill, an still healing, though your well on the way to being full healed." Doc pronounced

"Sara isn't here right now Bill, she knows your safe an made damn sure of it" he said it confidently with a smile needing Bill to believe it

"she's not here? Oh.." his ears drooped an he sighed "so what happened Garret? What'd you send her to do"

"she's working, helping out elsewhere. we've got so many HBED's out of the training centers we needed experienced hands"

Jeff an Alex both of their helmets on the floor sighed looking at Garret. Alex closed his eyes wagging both ears a bit face pulled up tight in a grimace. Jeff mouthed several choice words at Garret an silently huffed in anger glaring

"you guy's took the other training centers that’s great! How bad were we hurt?" he gestured an tried to get up a bit but couldn’t "damn I'm weak as a new convert again what the hell doc?"

"lay still you!" doc thumped his leg with a hand "we had to tube feed you an that’s just not enough to keep you fueled up, its going to take a few good meals for you to get moving so relax"

"nine HBED died taking the South east center Bill. no other casualties taking the training centers, though I thought for a bit we were going to lose Sophia. she went war mare mad on us an took the tower in Memphis all pissed off from losing those nine. the centers supervisor attacked after saying he was surrendering when told to"

Bill wagged an ear "she's always been a bit hot blooded its why she got called heart fire" sighing "so how many at the hospital while you guys worked on me"

Garret got his PDA out "one HBED AB an three marines two national guardsmen the AA's an triples just kept hitting us exhaustion took its toll" not mentioning the five nurses two orderlies an a doctor slaughtered by the triples with Kenneth

Bill was silent for a moment "high energy snack bars, you should make sure HBED's have them an water they could save a life in extended fighting maybe even a couple MRE's as well"

Garret smiled looking at Bill's father "okay got it, were not doing anything right now just laying low after such a big hit"

"no Garret, now is the time to press harder, wars aren't won by being timid" pointing at him

"but Takashima ramped his security up last time, Sophia almost got caught in a trap trying for some trucks near a breeding center right after the evacuation. took weeks for him to relax to normal levels"

"then you attack the B list of facilities, he has so many other holdings hit them since the others are too hard. make him pay for every single life this has cost an make him spread his forces out so thin when they get hit they cant hold" he sighed "Garret can you get the leaders on so they can hear me?"

"yeah give me a few minutes um you should eat in the meantime"

"yeah food would be good, I'm starved, its okay isn't it doc?"

"sure is! Fill that empty stomach up, good for what ails you"

Garret looked at the father who took the hint "um what can I get you Bill?"

"who's that?" ears turning to listen nose trying to sniff "damn hospital cleaners what'd I do make a mess all over the floor or something?"

"yes you did, not that you could do much about it we cleaned up" Doc shrugged at Garret Who nodded it was good

"he's an older agent, wanted something easy to do so I've had him here sitting with you so you were never alone his name is Will" Garret looked at him with a hopeful look

"that’s me, how hungry are you there Bill"

"um thirty one days an a small holding actions worth" smiling as several chuckled "an some juice please!"

"alright ill get a really big bowl an a couple jugs of juice"

"let me go with you Will I can show you what to give him an get the conference set up be right back" he nearly pulled the father out an down the hallway a good ways "HBED ears are very sensitive like the noses an eyes so keep it down"

"alright so now what?"

"make him a big meal but not a lot of meat maybe a slice or two of whatever sandwich meat is available the cooks know what HBED's eat"

"meat? He's a bovine"

Garret pulled him close "he's a chimera Mr. Morin, a combination of genetics, Takashima made him bovine human an part reptile he needs a bit of meat every meal to function fully. only me Sara an him know that he has fangs that inject venom.

since we've seen the conversion video we now understand the difference in him an the other HBED. the plague carriers Takashima was designing would likely be mobile infectors of the HBED virus so to most he's just the biggest HBED four horns the only outward sign he's different"

"so he has a" looking around "snakes bite?"

"like one yes the fangs inject venom once injected it shuts down the immune system totally but his bite also injects a mass of bacteria that turn the wound septic in hours like the komodo dragons please don’t say anything to anyone else"

"not a problem" heading for the cafeteria

Garret sighed thinking just another thing between them getting things together as father an son. he came back an Bill was being fed as the Doctor was poking his feet an aiming for the tail with a pin

"OW! damn doc easy" coughing "make me choke why don’t ya" swishing his tail away from the pin under his leg to hide it

"I'm checking to make sure you didn’t suffer any neurological damage. apparently you could feel that"

"ya think?" munching another mouthful mumbling a bit about Pin the tail on the HBED Bull hurts

the boys chuckled a bit

"talk to de' Hoof you giglin hyenas" putting his foot out an up wiggling the toes at them they chuckled more

"its good your better Bill" "yeah moover an shaker, dude you kicked some serious ass"

"till I ate truck grill you mean" chuckling a bit "ow! doc damn it I'm fine, stop puncturing me" swishing his hand at doc to drive him away missing entirely

"yeah looks like that all works I'm gona wait a bit before exposing that eye to any light though the optic nerve took a lot of pressure so your just going to lay there eyes shut got me Mr. Speedy bump"

they all chuckled Bill did as well "ok alright doc"

his father sitting there with a bowl full of salad greens federal HBED chow mix some cheese an a bit of what looked like chopped chicken sandwich meat could only smile

Garret smiled "how's that food Bully?" putting a tablet on a roll around table an clamping a remote web cam on the end of a swing arm lamp above his head

"its good wish it had more meat in it though" munching "good quality olive oil" munching "too"

"cook was low on anything right then, I got what was ready" looking at Garret who nodded

"he's a good cook but don’t leave much to snack on in between normal meal times there Bill sorry I'll get meals for you scheduled so they're all ready an delivered.

Okay I've got a camera right over you here on a lamp an I'm getting the tablet fired up an adding that camera to the feed"

"I'm sure Sophia was a bit more than huffy at you Garret I could hear your annoyance with her" he said in an understanding tone

"well I tried to talk to her an she told me to shut up an help or go away. her an her team ran from the training center to Memphis an went wild for an hour of killing. any AA or triple that didn’t instantly surrender died violently"

"yep she was mad alright, likely she left a good bunch to handle the ground forces an attacked the tower with a break off group. did she get the clone?"

"she did, an kept him alive, he's being moved to a safe location for examination she also got the vault contents and the conversion pit but the technicians smashed the control panels burned the documentation an dumped the viruses"

"keep him wrapped in lead Garret" sucking down most of a large gallon of juice via a long straw that Will held for him "ahh that helped thanks Will, if he has any trackers or poison"

"we found them already Bill.. we have handled terrorists before" chuckling a bit

"yeah but how many like Takashima?"

"okay, none as bad as him"

"my point exactly, now all I really want to know is do they have chips like us? Is there anything of the original person left?"

"they do, least this one did, we don’t know yet about the real person yet we've kept it sedated"

"good, now where exactly was the training center? What cities were near by? That hard drive was the one you haven't gotten access to isn't it?"

"yeah still locked up tight, um well Memphis was south of it an north was New Madrid Missouri east was"

"The New Madrid? Along the Mississippi?" Bill held his hand up to stop Garret

"yeah why? We destroyed the devices good an buried for a very long time"

"its what he was after Garret, he was going after the New Madrid fault zone. a structural flaw in the continental crust it was once going to be a rift zone millions of years ago like the current rift valley in Africa um Somalia is right on it well things moved an it stopped breaking an spreading here in north America at least"

"so I don’t have any geologists to ask.. okay Bully, why is this bad?"

"late 1800's a major quake in the deep fault caused the original city of Madrid to slide an sink. its under the big muddy now, they felt the shaking clear to central Texas to northern Wisconsin an for a day the river flowed backwards there was even a water fall

there's geologic evidence of sand volcano's or sand blows up an down the river an it follows the fault for much of the faults length. the area was once very unstable an there is still regular tremors

if a big one were to hit, set off by those cutting nukes, the very worst could be a mid plate volcano erupting through the crusts flaw and or major quake damage to the entire region.

there is no building codes enforcing minimum quake construction. everything there is built on Mississippi sediments laid out since the beginning of time. liquefaction of the ground would topple buildings everywhere

hell Houston you dig down a short ways an find a mud layer called Texas black no trench work stays open overnight it flows in an refills it, bowl of gelatin anyone?"

the father looked at Garret amazed

"go Bully!" Alex cheered "dude who needs the hard drive Bill's got Takashima's number" Jeff smacked hands with Alex

"well that certainly goes with his other efforts to destroy the country, an we know they are all to real. so I for one am glad that sites demolished. Alright Bill so why are we getting seismic tremors from under the south west facility? The others up north got flooded an melted with lava"

Bill thought for a moment "he had to have air shafts the distance to anything which could be damaging like San Andreas Fault from the facility would need them but I wouldn't have expected anything big enough for equipment to get down there it would have been noticed but I could easily be wrong"

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"so those nukes might well still be live? An he's working to get back into them"

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"all the devices unless crushed are still live Garret even the ones under water but the circuitry isn't water proof all shorted out they'll never work unless repaired"

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"okay so the charges an the missiles likely collapsed the entrance portion of that tunnel why work down at that end? Digging out?"

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"trying to get power back out to the machines to finish the digging maybe? the main power line for a tunnel boring machine is huge, and in collapsing the entrance you may have taken out other support systems. like pumps for ground water

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an underground concrete support ring manufacturing plant for the machine using its muck, the rock scraps, to use in the earthquake broken rock under California for supporting the tunnels"

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"that could explain why there's been no debris removed from the site" Garret started making notes

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"um" Jeff held up his hand

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_"what's up Jeff?" Bill asked waving his hand for him to continue _

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"the gravel around the facility, the stuff you know you fell on Bill. the handlers when I first got there were always spreading it around but I never saw any dump trucks bring it"

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_"Dude! Your right! Oh Dude! You learnin from the Bull oh man! This is awesome" _

"excellent Jeff! that’s deductive reasoning an observation at its finest! An I can tell you Garret that rock was sharp not rounded at all, broken an crushed flakes an pointed bits. I've got the scars to prove it.

Anyhow, a tunnel boring machine would use its cutters to fracture the rock ahead of its self an haul it away from the cutter face a conveyor or rail to move stuff around lots of electrical power needed"

Garret nodded "they likely used the beginning excavated rock to build the training facility grounds an then started using it for these ring sections the area they made might have been structurally weaker an that’s why it collapsed? Large open areas underground would but what about the concrete?"

"cement is an easily blown powder till water is added with sand an the aggregate then its concrete" Bill's father spoke up "a three maybe four inch diameter pipe is all that would be needed to send it to a bunker for a concrete plant that kind of aggregate isn't as strong as the stuff normally used in concrete which is rounded"

Bill pointed at him with a smile "Garret, I like this man, he knows his stuff. Get Joe on the line we need to talk to him now"

"alright, clearly I've got to get him those reinforcements he's been asking for, we still have trouble down there" an it means trouble lots of trouble

he finally got them all on the screen an then added Bill to it as well an all their faces lit up

"Bill!Bully!heyBuddy!" all at once Bill cringed an laughed ears folded over

"easy people easy" laughing a bit "its good to hear you too, now I'm partly deaf"

they all laughed

"Did Garret tell you Bill" Sophia said proudly

"yes he did" frowning an sounding dark "we'll get to that in a moment"

Garret watched as she slumped a bit ears drooping "he already chewed on me Bill" she said softer an none of the pride

"yeah do you want my temper now, or after a bit when its had a chance to cool off" not giving her a choice

"You all did awesomely I'm damn proud of you all. a three target attack with minimal casualties, we cant expect to do this without losses.

We also cant let their loss color our actions, or were playing into his hands. I guarantee, he thinks we cant control these bodies. he said it to Sara when he wanted to recruit her, an he believes it!"

He sighed "they will be remembered I promise. Now I hear Takashima likes to set traps for the FFH when he's all mad cause we can do things to him huh"

They all looked at Garret an a message text came up under their pictures nearly the same wording

'you haven't told him!'

Tim coughed "he certainly tried too, we kept low an got the younger HBED's into exercising an building up endurance so they could help us"

Garret typed to them all 'no I haven't, he's not strong enough to even get up yet, let him help you like this for now'

their faces all blinked, an ears wiggled. he looked at Jeff who just stopped finger writing as he looked turning back to them they all scowled but each an ear wiggled

"exactly as you should have! now there's enough adults some can train an help the younger ones the trainers from the facilities as well. Garret is going to move forces around to reinforce those who have less an for good reason

he's gotten intelligence that Takashima is still working under ground in the southwest other sites are lost to him permanently. though id like to see him try an dig out newly molten rock I doubt he would give me the pleasure"

they chuckled smiling wagging an ear

"so um Joe your south west right?"

"sure am an badly under strength Bill"

"that’s okay reinforcements are coming right Garret?"

"they will be moving tonight Joe"

"but Joe you need to move your tail now, Takashima has gotten back down to his stuff underground. you need to scout out where his airshafts are, they should could be in a straight line from the facility to where he's working.

somewhere above the area of the Salton sea which is unstable ground an wet also. so south of Death valley deepest place in California get a map an put a ruler from the training facility location an California I'm gona say he's after the San Andreas fault"

"I'm getting a map now Bully hold on" Joe was moving around paper rustling

"where ever they are we need to stop what he's doing down there drive his people back out an drop some more explosives in. Garret got any poison Gas?"

"no we don’t, well we have tear gas"

"aww hell just get some bleach an pee down there in bags the vapor would drive them out fast I don’t care how much air flow he's got" Joe said "okay looking at the straight line on the map"

"look for warehouses along that line the air compressors to move cement down to the tunnel would need a big building an the venting fans for air down there. Garret! Thermal!"

"thermal scan that might help narrow it down those tunnels would have to be damn hot down there"

"exactly!"

"okay Joe start moving your people to the areas along that line, ill get one of our Drones to go over the line with its infra red on see which buildings come up hot"

"he could only use a property he owned Garret cross check the information for that as well"

"okay got it I'm sending off immediate work orders now Bill"

"Joe"

"yeah Bully?"

"you be ultra careful, he's going to protect those shafts at all costs its all he has left I don’t want to lose ya"

"no problem Bully, you didn’t give me permission to die either"

"alright so the A list sites towers breeding centers are too hot well then you move to his other businesses he owns everything from rail air an truck shipping companies manufacturing facilities for all kinds of stuff ships at various ports airplanes helicopters, hell he has a cargo terminals in Florida and Seattle Takashima ships dock there every day

so take your spray paint an tell the people FFH is making Takashima pay for what he's done. better yet big page sized fluorescent stickers slap them on smashed trucks an rail cargo containers train cars derailed smashed trucks all over the businesses an the buildings

Garret have them say this facility item or business is owned operated by Takashima inc. an until justice is served in the names of all who have died he shall not profit on the lives of the HBED's or the people he has taken thus its has been destroyed in the name of war for freedom an justice"

"oh Hell! yes Bully!" Sophia snorted thumping a desk "I want the HBED's skull helmets on those stickers an the biggest Death's yours in the middle have it say we’re coming for you Takashima under them"

"I agree" came from the others

"I do as well, now! don’t hurt the people working unless they are just flat obnoxious or they clearly work for him an know about HBED's spank them an slap a sticker on the ass if needed but hustle the innocent out of the way an smash it all.

Yes Garret I can hear the protest your thinking of but people work there an that’s how they live.. you cut off your enemies supply lines in war. we could just go about pounding ourselves on his towers an other facilities for years an he will just shrug it off an keep converting people when would that plan stop? When he's converted you an every other human as well.

Take away his profits, his supplies, kill an take his hunters. he's going to begin to feel the pressure an real trouble he started with this. an he’ll thin out his security to protect the things most important to his operations an then we will know too exactly what he needs most, an can hammer them hard!" Snorting

They all did as well some thumping tables or desks

"okay I admit that would tell us what's important to him an his production of HBED's which would slow him to a crawl an open up A list targets for more effective damages"

"and it will do one other thing perhaps the most important one of all Garret, it will bring the people who he's paying off out of the shadows an dark dirty places they hide in to demand we stop our attacks.

he will lean on them hard, an demand they do something to earn that payoff in blood money they carry! Then you can aim your investigations at the squealing cogs in his machine an give them the grease up their rears right into federal prison!"

they all snorted an agreed

"an if the president is so stupid as to stick his nose into this on Takashima's behalf then he deserves to get it smashed too. A vote my friends an family HBED's, do we take this fight to the next level?

it will spread your forces out, your jobs are going to get harder, you'll have to lead them an trust in their ability to follow orders… not to go too far, which can be bad as not far enough"

Sophia's image cringed but she wagged an ear

"now is when we start to find out just how many lives its going to cost. he will become so mad he'll rip his hair out an throw everything he has at us, any where he can make us stand an fight. the reserves an any hunters he can gather we will feel the full force of his efforts an plans.

but when his bribe takers are suddenly gone, his hunters reduced to quivering wrecks in fear of us if they leave a tower as they know we will be there the FFH death helmets will bring them the fear an terror they so richly deserve,

he will have to come out to the media desperate to save his plans an denounce the FFH demand we stop, try to turn the people against us but we will be there in force an peacefully give the evidence of his crimes to the media then with everyone across America awake they can see the truth! An he wont be able to take someone an it not be noticed"

"I can arrange for the media to be from the entire world that day" Garret added even he could feel the real power Bill had Garret felt hope an with it courage an strength

Trisha smiled hearing the last parts as she came in "your going to awaken the American public from their sleep walking ignorance! Just like you woke Sara! once they begin to question an see the truths his plans are doomed to fail!"

"YES! Give that lovely HBED lady a steak! Yes, an once it happens they wont allow him to continue they will demand justice right beside us. There is not a government in the world that doesn’t know you get the American people motivated with a righteous anger an countries fall, one man like Takashima doesn’t have a chance"

they all applauded an then it came "aye" "yes" "lets do this" "absolutely"

"dude this is god like" "it’s the Bully Toro's show I've got chills"

"then you have my vote as well William" Trisha added to the last after the boys as she was the alpha of all the HBED AA former security HBED's

"Garret there's your answer" he smiled "the HBED counsel has made its voice be heard now aim the weapons an let Takashima feel the pain of his own making"

Bill's father was stunned at it all even he could feel the energy radiating out from his son infecting the HBED's

"alright ill get the lists of businesses an properties to you all, the local agents will get the sign stickers made up. your teams going out must have tablets, an I want at least one helmet cam with each group. you bunch will make out reports on what when an where you destroy or confiscate like food medicines machinery valuables an the such"

they all agreed

"then ill talk with all of you in a few minutes I'm going to force Bully here to take a break an get some lunch or a snack hopefully a nap"

"aww but Dad! I want to go play war" he pouted making a sad face an everyone chuckled

"no" Garret chuckled "nice try though"

"ahh well, alright people make sure you drill it into your teams were not looking for martyrs, we want them to see this through to the end"

"we will Bully you get better" Joe smiled

"heal up be strong handsome" Kim blew him a kiss

"you rest, I'll call later an introduce you to my wife an daughter Bill" Tim waved

"death will find him Bill, don’t you worry none" Sophia said "he's going to pay dearly for it all"

"calm, think an plan lovely war mare, don’t give him anything. An yes you did good with the tower but temper it with this.. damn it all girl, you got lucky.. you cant live on luck, it runs out usually when it’s the worst moment, an then you get to pay the piper not Takashima"

"yes sir, an thank you Bill" she blew him a kiss as well

he sighed as they went off Garret got up an walked out after patting Bill on the arm

"tiring I would guess, giving them motivation an energy" Will asked him

"well right now, usually it's easier, but yeah I'm beat already"

"dude rest" "were here Bill no worries no one's getting past us"

"these boys have been quite the fiercely loyal protectors Bill, I think they'll make excellent escorts for you once your up an moving. your influences show up constantly in their temperaments" Trisha said with a bit of amusement as the boys stuck their tongues out at her

"oh all I've done is given them the foot an aimed them in the right direction. speaking of boys where's yours id expected Garret to have gotten you two to lead a fast assault team of AA's if Takashima were to find a FFH hideout they'd need help"

"I honestly don’t think he's given that any thought Bill but it does make sense Takashima should be looking already"

"then you should take the initiative an communicate to the various AA an see who be willing to join, you ARE the AA alpha FFH"

she smiled looking at the boys an stuck her tongue out at them "ill ask Garret what he thinks"

"no do it, were going to need a response force start recruiting now, ill talk to him"

"okay…"

"make it a force of fifty no a hundred Trisha, train heavy in group tactics like your hitting trios of triple A. Ken likes to deploy them in a group an then a command unit alright? Lose one an you still have a triad effective an line breaking.

The triples are fast an powerful but they aren't graceful break them apart an encircle um get in behind an cut their hamstrings their armor leave those open"

she looked at the boys then Will "alright can do Bill"

"good don’t want to lose anyone to those tactics which they tried to use on us at the center" sighing his tail flopping side to side clearly he was thinking

"let me go get you something to drink Bill be right back alright"

"thank you Will, boys how did you hold up in combat? Didn’t get too hurt did you"

"a bit" "not too bad" hearing the door close behind Will

"you got chewed up cause you waited to get into FFH armor those Takashima security harness suck, least I hope you got good ones by now. Who is this Will?"

they blinked even Trisha was caught off guard

"well you three? Who is he? I've heard a lot of agents spoken to a few he is not an old agent an that knowledge of cement an such is not agent. Speak up"

"he's someone else Garret pulled in to keep safe, he has family that’s HBED he's okay Bill, me an Amy talked to him do you think id let anyone I don’t trust near you?" Trisha smiled

"no, I guess its okay. Just cant smell him though with all the cleaners Doc used in here how can you three stand it" sticking his tongue out "bleh"

"its just in here Boss Bull" "yep"

"okay, you figure after awhile it'd go down in strength."

They all shook ears Will came back an had a small sandwich more juice Bill ate an fell asleep a bit later Trisha though took no chances touching the boys she fingered 'come out, he can play possum better than the dead'

They slipped out an moved down the hallway

"boys this is not going to be easy Bill is already questioning things out of the normal, be careful what you say"

"I hate doing this Trisha"

"yeah"

"well were doing this for his benefit he needs time to recover so just do your best to keep this going"

they agreed with a wag of the ear

Garret got on with them on the big screen an they were not pleased Amy was right there finger writing while he got his notes together they all blinked an sighed a bit each wiggled an ear

Tim fingered 'I want Garret to tell him explain to him even if it’s a recording the new helmets have that ability its not like Garrets doing it to hurt him but if he doesn’t explain it will an Bill's likely to turn on the feds'

'ill tell him Tim' Amy wiggled an ear

Sophia sighed 'so we can do nothing to help him?'

Joe fingered 'the tower has remained the same he's kept it at high security alert an none of his hunters have left it.. he's waiting for Bully'

Amy wiggled her ear 'Garret planned on making sure he knew this an that Sara is safe she's also being well cared for Garrets seen it himself on Video that Takashima records an has stored on the system'

They all blinked surprised

Garret smiled "so as you got to see Bill's getting better his ideas are perfect an it gives us a lot of targets to chose from an huge potential to capture more of his technology please as you find stuff grab at least one let us see it before destroying alright especially anything relating to the atomic devices he's still trying to bring in"

Amy kept fingering 'Takashima keeps Sara in line an behaving by punishing the two HBED caregivers in the room with her they keep her bathed fed an company. We all know Bill he is no fool an he wont go charging in so Garret's set his armor an helmet in the room filled his pockets with supplies an things he might need'

"so the lists of buildings an facilities are being sent to you agents will scout out any in the cities before you go in any near a tower might get hunters in to help so we'll go at those with extra spotters so take a day or two scout the sites an lets hit him hard alright"

'so again Garret has a plan to let Bill escape if he were to let Bill go he'd lose his job then we might not have such a good agent helping us'

they all agreed verbally an with an ear wiggle to Amy

Bill slept again for three days Garret was a bit concerned an asked doc about it on the third morning sipping his coffee

"he's still getting the sedatives out Garret an he's recovering takes energy so like I told you he'd drift in an out but its likely this will be the last an he'll be back to more normal sleeping"

"who's sleeping?" Bill yawned "you two talkin goin on like your worried about the Bully Toro"

"well you ate that meal an snack three days ago Bill" Garret chuckled

"ehh I've been running on high gear for weeks guy's, the tower the fight being made into a speed bump, I'm not surprised I need down time. I'm awake now feed me please or ill turn zombie an munch on whoever I can find"

they all laughed Garret sent Will an smiled at the big bull as he lifted his head a bit an sighed setting it back down

"Still not quite fired up?"

"no but I can feel it starting back up"

"well that’s good you had me a bit worried"

"sorry, hey doc! When you going to uncover my eyes?"

"ill check later Bully you need to eat an get the update from Garret"

"update? Do tell"

Garret chuckled an got his PDA out "oh lets see three days of hammering his B list places two hundred an ninety storage warehouses destroyed several with humans in sedated condition rescued um that was nine hundred an fifty people in one alone, total of over four thousand rescued.

His Seattle port had two ships at dock an both were loaded with containers were still tallying up the stuff taken most notable ten more nukes an parts for nine, three containers of HBED virus barrels. one ship had over five hundred HBED in the cargo hold under the containers to be shipped out of the country

He sent his hunters in to try an stop it an got three triple A taken prisoner quite injured one is in a full body cast, four more dead no FFH losses they shoved the unloading cranes into the docking area and a lot of Takashima labeled empty containers sinking to the bottom in a huge pile with the cranes

Not sure how they moved those huge cranes but they did it, then sinking one ship right there the other they rammed into Takashima's dry dock facility just down from there bursting the walls open an flooding four ships in the process of construction repair causing the hulls to topple an crush equipment and each other sinking the cargo ship there

Um rail over fifty engines derailed an damaged cars stacked an made into some interesting sculptures stuffed into each other loads more stuff confiscated there, tons an tons of HBED chow rail cars filled with mineral tabs um we now have all the parts for a conversion line save the operation terminals and radioactive elements needed"

"an your not done"

"not at all"

"excellent millions lost, I wanted you to consider the need for a fast response team"

"approved, Trish asked me since you were sleeping their slowly gathering for transfer here were also working on guns for them, Takashima gave us a freebie by accident a type of ammo. its designed to kill or injure a HBED did very well on AA's killed them one shot"

"good very good"

"lets see, trucking several hundred semi destroyed HBED hauling trailers flattened smaller trucks as well. loads of materials food meds HBED milk. we got a nice bonus there another of Takashima's clones was in a truck with a group of triple's escort all taken alive the lead triple was cursing your name till he was blue in the face an lost his voice"

"someone I know personally?"

"Doug Ramsey"

"a triple? they made Doug a triple?" he started laughing thumping the bed with his hands "that lazy dumb ass redneck couldn’t drool himself out of a paper bag! An he's a triple" still laughing

Garret chuckled "thought you might like that news, lets see ahh Takashima's private jet caught on the ground at Houston's intercontinental airport was chopped up an dumped on the towers parking lot stickers all over it. an painted on the street across the front of the building, you wanted war you got it, news choppers got it an a lot more"

"excellent really excellent"

"all across the nation HBED teams are beating his holdings to bits the port in Florida the workers begged the HBED's not to after hearing what had happened to Seattle's they were considering not destroying things but again he sent in a hunter team big one this time"

"casualties?" losing his smile hearing Garrets voice an the clear regret

"one, she saved a group of office workers from a Triple. he clawed ripped an bit at her back an neck literally tearing the armor from her body a chunk at a time but she protected the humans from him. Holding onto them jamming herself into a corner begging him to stop let the humans run away then for mercy

two serious injuries they will be out for months they protected the other workers who the AA's an triples were about to kill, when the fight was over the workers helped the HBED's destroy the facility an find the valuable stuff quickly they also sank two more ships an a tugboat"

Bill sighed an swallowed wanting to cry sad an yet proud of any HBED that was more a hero than he was

"she's going to be remembered Bill the news caught it all Takashima is denying it totally but the video shows Takashima security on the bastards armor FFH on hers they hung his corpse on the security gate house of the Miami tower with barbwire painting his blood on the street.. no mercy gets none in return"

"I hope the hunters start paying attention"

"they are, already were seeing a huge influx of captured AA they get surrounded out hunting an just give up"

"where are you going to keep them?"

"well there are several large islands that were once used for nuclear testing out in the pacific those are being considered but for now they're building a large extension to a federal prison chains collars an manacles are quite effective as well"

"careful Garret housing too many in one place Takashima might try a jail break to recover them once this gets to hurting him a lot"

"already taken care of" he said quite smugly "HBED's aren't the only ones to learn from you Bill"

"your setting a trap?"

"damn right I am, knowing how to block HBED senses we've got the entire area around the prison set up with disguised pitfalls only the weight of a HBED can trigger

they drop in its filled with carbon dioxide gas since most sedatives either don’t work or might not if they’ve been used on them before, the gas will rob them of air once out cold we go in via doors underground an chain them up administer oxygen"

"big attack some will get past that"

"then the division of army M1A2 Abrams an other equipment will handle them the inner area is made from lessons learned at the hospital defense Bill, we can handle a full out attack.

the army major in charge of the defense says he can safely handle a thousand AA attacking at once with all the triples Takashima wants to send. the prisoners are helping to build the facility they can always use more help"

Bill's tail was flicking side to side thinking "then its time I told you the worse part"

"what's that" dreading colored his voice

"Takashima using chipped HBED's as living bombs in combat mode"

Garret sighed "he would wouldn’t he"

"yes, but at that point he's going to be on the ropes. if we can hold him in the towers an get this done quickly he wont be able to get them out an used as bombs"

Garret made notes Will walked in "alright Bully thank you an get well, I have to pass on that bit of news"

"hey Garret"

"yeah?"

"instead of CO2 gas they had riot control spray glue or the slippery goop"

"hmm less potentially lethal options, you going soft on me?"

"no, but we have to be better than him an if he uses HBED's to attack instead of hunters"

"yeah…okay ill look into less lethal options"

"thanks Garret" Bill listened to him walk out "hey Will thanks for getting the food"

"no problem I'm glad to have something to do, how you feeling? Here's first sandwich lots of peanut butter an HBED chow"

"hmm interesting combo"

"the lady AB that’s here said its quite tasty"

Bill took a bite an had to agree crunching a bit

"got a couple jugs of juice as well to wash them down"

"mmuf roo" he chuckled

Will did as well

swallowing "ahh I hope one of those is a meat sandwich I sure need that boost"

"um no sorry I can get you some"

"that'll work" finishing the one in his fingers "juice please" Will handed him a jug an he gulped the entire thing down "ahh cold an good. Will can you get me like half a package of lunch meat please id even eat pimento loaf at this point" sticking his tongue out

he chuckled at his sons face "sure, here eat this one ill go get that" walking out Garret was right there an gestured for him to follow

"you're going to have to this time. he's pushing to move, maybe he'll sleep again for a bit"

"I don’t blame him though, he wants out of bed, I would too, but yeah"

"he's clever, too clever, we could fool him once maybe twice but likely next couple days he's gona catch on maybe not even that long"

"then I get to be a target"

"yes sir" patting him on the shoulder

Doc watched Bill's ears they were aimed for the door as he chewed calmly tail tip flicking casually knowing he was connecting the dots

Will came back with a package of turkey meat "here we go Bully lunchmeat"

"good that damn Takashima designed me so I'm weak as a kitten without some meat regularly in my diet. an since I got to be an adult its gotten to be even more needed, but if you’ve seen my file I'm sure you knew that"

"Well yes, quite the combination he made in you made the best HBED though"

his voice was odd, he knew more an understood more that was coloring his words he knew! That darn Garret told him. Bill could also hear Doc as he waved a hand to get Will's attention

he plucked the package from Will's hand "thank you Will, I think Doc is trying to get your attention" opening the package as he set it on his belly pulling out several slices an feeling the meat juices slide around his mouth making him salivate like mad thinking yeah my body knows it needs this urgently god muh mouth is tingling

"Someone call me? Oh Will um" "he's on to you Doctor"

"both of you I think you meant to say Will" chewing "no more playing around with my meals, I know you want me to stay down doc, but denying me meat is gona just make me mad as my body is crying for it"

"it was Garrets idea.. when I told him you needed to rest" Doc sighed "sorry Bill"

he snorted "tube fed for a month cause you kept me sedated jeez H Christ people I'm not that bad"

"well you were up all the time when your back was all torn up, Garret didn’t want you to hurt yourself more we had your brain opened up.. lots of risks hell it was a major one just flying you here just hours after surgery"

Bill sighed "Hello? I was trying to handle Takashima an his crap plus getting things ready to evacuate take the tower what the hell else was I supposed to do? you think I liked getting up back on fire bleeding as I walked?"

"no Bill but"

"an you gave me the wrong meds for a week so just please stop screwin around alright, Will I could use that next jug of juice please"

"sure" handing it to him the bull gulped down a good third of it an continued to destroy the lunchmeat then he held out his hand

"peanut butter?"

"oh sure, sorry just watching you tuck in"

"ehh I'm a HBED that’s low on fuel get used to it" two bites later he added more turkey chewing his ears aimed at Will "so Will your not a federal agent" the doors opened an the boys from the sound of things came in "boys rotten timing"

"huh?" "why?"

"he's interrogating me, caught Doc an Garret not giving him enough meat"

they both blinked an relaxed "ehh he's a rescue Bill nothing else" "yeah he was wut's a HBED? Dude were all they're us n'all"

Bill munched on more meat an drank juice "well if Trisha an you two are okay with him that’s saying something"

"Amy too, she's helping out makin coffee for the people in the control center bringing them snacks an such some serious goings on Bully"

"an all from the mind of de Bully man"

"I hear were doing good on nearly no casualties"

"yeah that lady AC though ohh Bill"

"dude she's like a major hero"

"we'll see more like that before this is over boys, don’t you ever think your not excellent fighters. I heard it in your voices an Trisha's, you both likely did the work of four AA at the hospital I'm very proud of ya"

they both smiled proudly

"Will Doc could I talk in private to the boys, thank you" he heard them both leave an waited a bit "they gone boys?"

"um" Alex looked outside the door they were gone "yeah so what's up dude"

"I want you to be careful what you say around them both, if it could hurt HBED's badly keep your tongues tied"

"okay Bill why?" "yeah Will's been a decent guy"

"well I suspect doc far more guy's, always have when we were evacuating he got spooked that we were moving faster than expected, he had a huge flash of fear but then clamped it down an he's talked far to easy to Takashima about things.

relaxed even familiar with Takashima like an old friend even Sara suspected him an the ease he lies is disturbing he can hide himself an something just don’t feel right"

they looked at each other then back at the meat munching bull

"so dude is he like, in on this?" "okay so we tell Garret?"

"yes but!…you watch him carefully don’t let Garret go arresting him we can use him against Takashima, he's always listening. we've been around him so much we didn’t notice his tiny change in behavior, he constantly has a cell phone in his pocket an he has his hand on it all the time I've heard him tapping on it out of habit

as for his involvement.. a doctor who knows brain surgery on HBED's an never finished medical school…yeah I don’t think so"

"what's he doing then?" "somethin like voice typing programs? dude"

Jeff looked at Alex "man listen at you, me like the bully, you dude!"

"got it in one Alex, he's sending messages to Takashima using us to type it as we talk around him Takashima is playing us like a drum. I do want you both to tell Garret we have a spy tell him who but don’t want to spook him maybe cause Takashima to jump at a chance we want to control. an no one but HBED's or agents should be in the command area lock down the mission talking go on now keep it quiet"

"got it boss bull" "were gone dude" they hurried out

he finished the meat an juice an sighed at a nicely full belly he sighed wishing Sara was here her instincts were just as sharp as his he didn’t like being sidelined like this

someone came in the door "just me big guy"

"hey Will, I finished the meal thank you for the help"

"hey no problem, so I guess HBED only business?"

"Jeff an Alex are my eyes for now hands an feet as well just needed a few things checked on"

"alright, you know I can help with that as well"

"no offence Will but I don’t know you, if you were HBED I would nearly automatically. but humans I have to have all my senses to feel them out with my smell an eyes off line your on hold"

"none taken from what I've seen an heard that precaution has served you well, but I really don’t want anything to happen to you, but if I have to wait for trust then I can wait"

Bill wiggled an ear an yawned

"big meal you're sleepy that's good, catch some more sleep you need it"

Garret was working on something several HBED units had happen all over the country they were accidentally finding large groups of hunters where there shouldn’t be any taking some injuries several prisoner AA taken

Jeff an Alex moved over next to him an whispered to his ears he stiffened eyes wide hissing under his breath "damn"

"get all FFH out of their current locations NOW! All attacks to be canceled I want them shifted to secondary safe housing immediately If not faster! I want them moving NOW! Move people MOVE emergency moves!"

he gestured to one agent "I want level 4 communications monitoring options online in ten minutes" he nodded to Garret who turned on the door guard "lockdown now" he hit a switch an the door was instantly covered by a thick steel shutter

"alright boys you’ve got my attention talk I want details"

they both wagged an ear.

Bill yawned an needed a toilet bad "Will?" listening "doc? Anyone around?" after a few moments need overwhelmed patience he eased his head up an rolled over feeling the edge of the bed an the growth of his horns holding his head up "damn! they've grown in a month got heavy too" he levered himself up into a sitting position

Feeling the horns with a finger the front set they'd thickened an grown big. curving around an dipping down to the front along his temple to a wicked point on the ends the other set had the same shape but were turned up at nearly straight from the front set

if he rammed someone now, It would impale them. an one thought one person came to mind Kenneth with a grin, but no.. he had something far better than impalement for that son of a bitch.

slipping off the bed onto all fours, his back popped, an he twisted his heavy head around a bit stretching the stiff muscles. As he moved forward visualizing the room from when people had come in the door to the front of him, Doc had a alcove or hallway to the right, so he tried left for the bathroom.

clicking with his tongue, ears listening to the distance he stopped an felt with a hand as he sat on his rump finding a door "as expected" opening it the smells of a bathroom came out he went in an got sat down, the seat up to fit his rear end using a hand hold next to it to help steady himself.

He realized the cleaner smell got stronger moment by moment in the room when it shouldn’t. feeling his face he found a small plastic bag taped to it right above his nose thinking here I thought that was a bit of tape left over from the hospital. pulling it off an tossing it in the trash can he found with his tail next to him

His thoughts getting annoyed, so a bit of cleaner to block my nose and holding back the food I need, why Garret? Or is Doc telling him things? screw this, too much is wrong with the whole thing an I'm blind when I need to see more than ever.

he started pulling the wrapping around his eyes an head off an found the pads finally. they were glued to the lashes an lids feeling along the wall located the sink turning on the hot water on low wetting the wrappings using it to moisten the pads the warm water felt good. he flushed with a flick of the tail as he was doing the eyes

gently he removed the right one knowing it was the eye that hadn't gone fuzzy an weird wiping a bit more with the wet wrappings the eye opened a bit. A pair of orange light switches were on the wall across from him he let the eye work for a bit blinking an clearing the junk wiping more as tears washed it to the edges

then he tried the left getting it open was a bit easier for a moment it didn’t focus but then a blink or two an it was good "alright now the Bull is back, not one hundred percent but its enough" he eased the door open not wanting to hurt the eye with bright light

scanning the room a tablet pc was on a small roll around table near a chair a lamp mounted on the wall above it a box with a helmet under a table on the other side of the bed with his old broken helmet on it a small slot window high up

the fact his helmet was broken like his head had been didn’t escape note

he walked over an sat on the bed pulling the tablet over on the roll around table the smells in the room were now clear as day. something about Will's scent was nagging at him instantly though

waking the tablet up it wasn’t locked down, a folder still open in the task bar had his name on it a click an it expanded

it was filled with video files Takashima's video files! Years worth he scrolled down the list to one labeled conversion an out of morbid curiosity he played it watching it all in doing so found half of the newest deepest pain yet

understanding now what the fangs were for, an how much Takashima had done to him making him so very different

a file labeled hospital security cameras dated over thirty days age gave him the other half

his heart tightened an nearly stopped watching Sara as she charged the AA's, the cold understanding unprocessed unwilling to be accepted, as what she'd done to save him an the others helpless just down the hall. The surprise the gun actually killed them was over shadowed by the fact Kenneth got her an she shot him point blank an ran out of ammo..

nearly all of the rest of it went seen through a cloud of tears, anger making his breath steam, her finger writing nearly impossible to see due to the crappy cameras as Ken held her life in the balance.

but Bill got it all an it tore his heart apart

she'd gave her life for him "no one would do that.. not for me, not her"

'I'm dead they cant get Bill keep them from getting him please I, we cant lose him not my Bully' echoing in his head in her voice

an the fact Ken took her, he nearly let lose a bellow of pure anger an sorrow right then. The bull was Pissed! Letting the tears flow as the anger burned in his veins he wasn’t going to let it control him but he wanted it to hurt. He needed the pain now

he held it in an glared, as it finally showed the AA bringing her ring back Takashima taunting him even now wanting some kind of sick game!

he clenched his fingers around the metal table edge an it crumpled steam rolling from his nose.

they had all! lied to him. though he understood why, it didn’t change the hurt any. the fact they lied about her!

"they knew it wouldn’t be long till you found out an you'd be massively mad"

Bill spun his head around, glaring at Will just in the door letting it close behind him.

"mad? You have absolutely no clue how inadequate mad is right now!" crushing the tablet into bits a few sparks popped out

Will swallowed his heart, fear coloring his scent he kept coming an sat down in the chair.

"The HBED's have been upset with Garret over it, wanting him to tell you immediately but several agreed that your too weak to do much"

looking down at the bits of tablet as they crumbled to the floor "they were afraid you'd try to run off all wild not thinking. So they wanted to at least give you a chance to recover some, heal up fully, otherwise you'd be too weak if you do go an try to save her"

"an just who in the hell are you in all of this?" his hot breath smelling of peanuts "How do you come to be here instead of my wife! my mate! The woman who gave me the reason to live. id rather her died, an die with her! Together! Than let her be lost to him! An his filthy damn hunters" sweeping the remaining bits of tablet off the table in a spray of bits against the far wall

"I'm your father" setting his cup on the table calmly

Bill felt old scars tear open an angers boil up nearly three decades of hurt an betrayal from the man that he barely remembered as a father the scent that nagged at him was part of his own

his hands clenched feeling the table crumple an bend collapsing down folding an crushing wood top snapping an popping bits off the cup fell with a crash the coffee splashing a bit on Will's shoes

he tossed the ball of metal with a contemptuous flick blowing both doors off their hinges with a loud crash the metal clanging down the hallway never once taking his eyes off the man

Will could feel the heat as Bill stood up to his full height head disappearing into the shadows above the small light on the wall

"you have got guts little man! But damn short on brains! to tell me that! as I find out my Sara's been taken by Kenneth to Takashima! I aught to turn you into a red smear! An just be done with you! By god your barely better than Takashima himself!"

snorting so hard it parted Will's beard blasting his hair back

The boys ran up an cowered down cringing to the floor as Bill turned an glared at them

"oh crap" "like easy Bully dude"

"An then more of the liars show up! good! sit over there!" pointing to the wall behind Will his tone brooking no discussion

"lets see how long it takes for the others to arrive! Shall we!" snorting he bellowed in pure fury an shook dust from the roof

Garret had finally gotten to a bed after the earlier events an jumped back up at the crashing boom others were calling out questioning what happened in the hallway getting his pants back on he knew without a doubt what was going on running for the stairs down telling agents it was okay

an cringed stopping as a Bellow made everyone moving pause

Running along the hallway he had to side step a ball of metal seeing the doors blown out off their hinges Trisha an Amy running up from the other side agents on both sides guns at the ready he gestured for them to holster them

A loud snort came from in the room "SO there you are Agent James Garret" Bill was immensely pissed an Garret didn’t need to be HBED to know that an why

he stepped over the door an stumbled a bit walking into the room

Alex an Jeff were both sitting near the wall heads bowed clearly scared

Will was in the chair in front of them calm but the wet spot in his pants clear

"Bill"

he glared at Garret his fur standing up making him even bigger the light making him look even more terrifying as steam rolled from his nostrils

Amy an Trisha both looked in around the door edge

"SO when were you planning to tell me?! Days? Weeks! how long did you think id be fooled by bags of cleaner an short changing my meals! You lied to me Garret an men have died for less!"

"we knew soon as the sedatives became useless it was only a matter of a few days Bill. We didn’t want this to happen, you were massively hurt!

What good could you have done! Stumbling around dizzy half blind.. Your brains falling out of your nose.. You had to heal! You could have staggered out an died trying to go to her. Think about it.. even if you'd been awake there was nothing! You could have done."

Garret saw his legs tremble knowing this was way too soon his body was going to crash unable to support his fury

"do you think I had any choice? I know what she means to you! She knew you were helpless unconscious, with injured or exhausted trainers wounded HBED's marines all just down that hallway! No one else was there to help

YOU saw what she did! FOR YOU!, you saw what she told us… I'm dead! Don’t let them get Bill!… She saved you, she gave herself.. her life for yours, for all of them.

Sara delayed those three triple A there just long enough for us to block them, keep them from reaching you! Reaching others. There was nothing we could do, Joe wanted to rush after them, siege the tower but we didn’t have the forces for it Takashima had too many reinforcements"

Watching as the bulls face sagged ears going limp tears starting to fall

We did what we could after that… nurse you back to health, so her sacrifice wasn’t for nothing. Joe has kept watch on the tower best he can. Takashima has not changed its complement of hunters dozens of triples an many more dozens of AA's all there waiting for you to come try to get her back, like some sick game.

he keeps her in a room safe.. with two female HBED caregivers, that if she doesn’t behave they are the ones to suffer, the bastard records it all. At least the HBED's appear to be de-chipped as well"

he inhaled deeply mooing in grief "why her! Garret! Why'd it have to be… her! Why NOT ME!?… why not me instead!" fists clenched arms trembling as his legs gave out

collapsing into a heap the sobbing building Amy an Trisha both rushed in pushing past Garret an hugged him the boys moved over as well. Jeff shoving his head under Bill's chin. Alex leaning on his back as he let out a blood chilling wailing moo of sorrow so deep it was a physical blow that even Garret could feel inside

"'why couldn’t it… have been me instead, not her" came from him softly as his sobs body trembling moved them all because he was so big

the other HBED's all cried with him holding an hugging him Garret let his emotions show tears falling Amy eyes wet face trembling chin on his horn looked at Garret who nodded to the silent question

She pushed her nose under the horn an whispered to Bill's ear as her tears dripped on him

Garret turned to the agents collected there an the AB female her arm still re-growing its fur from her bite injuries "alright people clear the hallway get these doors out of the way um Bonnie isn't it, could you go get a blanket an some juice for him"

"sure can" her face was wet with tears as well she helped with a quick pull an the door snapped free of the bit of remaining hinge letting the others take it in hand she walked off

he looked at Doc just down the hallway his hand in his white jacket pocket he looked in on Bill

"I think his eyes are fine doctor an I think the HBED's have this well in hand"

"well not that I could do much now rather redundant, guess I can fix a few hangnails splinters paper cuts?" turning an walking away.

Garret knew Bill had called it right the cell phone towers showed serious data traffic from the doctors phone even at the hospital

somehow Bill instinctively used what could only be called intuition. he had saved the lives of all FFH HBED's their mates helpers an agent's with them.

Just two hours after they got them all moved to safety. the locations where they'd been at were hit with massive numbers of hunters AA's an triples more than had been seen anywhere so far, buildings surrounded an invaded in a rush

Takashima had been playing them, taking the losses just to make sure he could get them all at once. Bill's warning about doc allowed Garret to turn the tables on Takashima. hidden explosives went off killing nearly all of the hunters the few left alive were seriously injured got captured confused at how the FFH had known ahead of time.

He wondered now if the doctors last message from Takashima was why he sounded more than just a bit annoyed thinking 'I need to check the logs now that were monitoring him'

looking back over at Bill his massive head limp resting on Jeff's shoulder Amy was stroking his head an cheek as Trisha was his other side Alex had grabbed a brush brushing his neck an head clearly anything to help him calm down as he sobbed again mooing Amy an Trisha held him again

he looked over at Will who was also in tears Garret gestured to him indicating he should come with him he got up a bit shaky an walked out carefully they went on down the hallway

Garret turned into the break room seeing Bonnie walk past with a large blanket an a jug of juice "well that surprisingly went better than hoped"

"it did?" Will sat down "Christ I pissed myself Garret"

"I don’t blame you" getting him a cup of coffee setting it near him "I was almost expecting to have him go completely wild an have to duck an dodge him but his body had nothing to go on except rage, an that ran out.. it just took someone else telling him the truth he couldn’t accept… She gave her life for his"

"I, god Garret how can you do this every day?" shaking his head leaning over the cup in his hands still shaking a bit

"I find the strength, an Bill shares his, you felt it the other day. He can call to the depths of a man or HBED's soul an find those hopes the reserves they didn’t know they had. Then he gives back more, feeding the fires stoking up faltering spirits an hopes I just don’t quite understand how he does it.

Though after that little perfectly timed warning, shot Takashima's plan to hell. I think the FBI director is sending a couple specialists to find out just exactly what Takashima has done to Bill who seems to read Takashima's mind like a book"

"what like my son's become clairvoyant or something?"

"perhaps, we don’t know what the conversion process does to the brain, it changes instinctive reactions in the very base animal inside all of us, hormonal an physical there may even be a literal bonding between pairs

Amy an a few others have reported physical pain from separation with their partner but not all of them so were just not sure what he's done to them

genetics altering at this level is completely new, were running through unexplored territory at break neck speed I hope the specialists coming can help either explain some of it or just help him"

"well I don’t know what good I can be now, he hates my existence" sighing deeply

"no sir, he's hurting what would you do if you just found out a group of people you trusted deeply more than family had lied to you trying to help save you for just a bit from the far worse pain of losing your wife an unborn child?"

"rage at anything around… I was the target as you said"

"yes sir" smiling "it shows perhaps Bill is in far better control of himself than even he knew, he yelled, he steamed an bellowed but never touched you" sipping his coffee "I should get some rest but I need to let the FFH leaders know he's awake completely now. Give your son some time it's going to take weeks before he's up an walking much less the battle tank commander he was built as"

Garret left him to go clean up asking an agent to give him a hand walking into the control room the very fact they had now had maps an screens just for Doctor Victor to see an tell Takashima was going to really make this war move, right now everything was normal

"get me the FFH leaders on the main screen"

he got various nods an people went to work he slipped his head set on standing in his pants alone someone gave him a T-shirt which he slipped on as they came up some yawning

"ladies gents William 221 is fully awake an knows about his wife. He has had his rage an because his body had no reserves collapsed peacefully. Trisha Amy an the boys are with him now trying to comfort him" wiping his cheek of a tear

"he doesn’t yet know about how he saved you all. ill tell him tomorrow I apologize about the hour but having Bill blow doors off hinges an shake the building does tend to function like an alarm clock thus I wanted you to know"

they all wagged an ear

"tell him we are very so very glad he's thinking he'll know it was me saying it" Tim smiled

"tell the big guy rest please" Joe wagged an ear

they all agreed to that

"alright people sleep tight"

after a few minutes of checking on things reading the texts going back an forth between Doc an Takashima who was apparently lividly pissed he'd lost over two thousand effectives an gotten nothing for it

doc's response was the control room was reporting planned destruct charges had gone off in vacated facilities as per planning nothing was out of the ordinary

Takashima called him a liar demanding the locations of the FFH hideouts soon as possible

doc also reported William was awake seriously pissed an grieving Sara's loss that was accompanied by even Garrets words to Doc in the hallway Takashima only responded with one word

good

he looked in past people repairing the doors they had gotten Bill back into bed wrapped in the blanket curled up. Bonnie an Amy on either side, he was quiet the boys on guard either side of the bed Trisha walked out to him

"he's resting Garret it took all of us to hold him tell him that she's alive, an for now safe. An to break his trying to blame himself. Amy also told him what was the problem you have" giving him a wink

Garret nodded "give him much as he'll eat, lets get him moving again, an thank you all"

"it had to happen Garret, better now than later when he'd been stronger likely more violent more prone to hurt himself an others"

"yes your right, I personally know that but still it hurts, I betrayed his trust. yeah for his own good, I hope he can forgive me"

"he will" gently patting his shoulder "go get some rest now James"

he nodded an went back to bed

Garret was expecting the loads of AA's for Trisha's strike teams but not the many other HBED's an humans most pregnant a few injured needing long term care that were also brought then more HBED's came to help out the agents not able to fight an no where else to go an over four days the population of the facility quadrupled

without being asked the HBED's started doing laundry for the agents making beds cleaning an finding paint for the dull concrete walls flowers on the cafeteria tables the cook found himself with three eager helpers all chef's in training before being converted

two HBED doctors arrived with another load an they went straight to Bill doc was offended but backed off when confronted with annoyed AB an AC faces it was then when the specialists arrived the group sat down in a private conference room to discuss what was going to go on with Bill

they had given Bill a HBED bed to help him to sleep to support his back an head better the mattress too soft to hold him comfortably

the near constant sounds outside his doors as HBED's talked an went about an then it all went silent. Amy who had been trying to play chess with him looked at the doors the boys both tensed a bit. Bonnie who had been sewing near by also stopped

Trisha looked around the door "ahh good" walking in "Bill do you think your strong enough to stand up for a bit?"

He sighed "I guess so, been getting to the bathroom on my own finally why what's up?"

"please" gesturing for him to come there

he got up the boys on ether side as he walked a bit unsteady still, they opened the doors an the hallways were lined with AA in FFH armor. helmets under their arm all standing to attention tails stiff ears up

"eyes here!" Trisha ordered all turned to look at them, her standing next to Bill who was quite surprised seeing down one direction many other HBED's not just the AA's of the strike team

"HBED's as I promised our leader William 221! who thanks to his timely suggestion of shifting support bases to keep Takashima's hunters guessing saved every living FFH member their dependants trainers an agents with them!" her finger wrote where he could see it

'doc is the spy an has been reporting to Takashima since before the evacuation. its how he knew you were injured unable to protect Sara. he may even have directed her closer to outside doors where the attack was to happen. you saved them all from being killed wiped out entirely, by telling the boys to tell Garret about doc, they wanted to show you they will make you proud'

he felt the raw pain at again knowing he could have done nothing to save Sara

"thank you all, you are the heart an soul of the FFH, each of you are strong in your own ways, not everyone can fight, nor can everyone handle the care of the injured. Tending the children, making meals for those who fight, helping our friends an human allies this is a war pure an simple! an all work is important in war there is nothing unimportant.

This war is for our right to exist free! to live as people! not as weapons toys slaves or servants. it's for our .. loves, an our children so they can be ..free.. to live an grow up happy" his voice breaking thinking of Sara

they all heard it an smelled his sorrow

"we are HBED, we fight when others couldn’t! an that makes us a force to be feared an reckoned with! The world will forever remember us all for what we do to help it to prevent a madman from making them all chipped slaves to the whims of those with money.

You of the strike team I want you to know this an be proud of it, you’re the dagger that in a toe to toe fight for life, the FFH will call on you to stab the hunters deeply in the heart when they think their day is won when the FFH have no other option but death as the FFH do not give up! We do not surrender!

The hunters will eventually get someone into a corner I don’t want them or anyone to think they are alone that their about to die an no one will know what they did in standing their ground to hold the line.

You ARE their salvation! To rip an tear stabbing deep! into the hunters break their lines an spirits! Make their thoughts of victory turn into a waking nightmare! To make them run in fear of you or die"

A resounding cheer an stomping of feet sounded out

"Trisha the alpha of you all I have the greatest confidence in! she will train you an so will others we have gained, to make even the hunter triple's fear your howls that to the FFH will be like the greatest Calvary charge ever heard calling out your there to rescue them all in their time of greatest need!."

His hoof smacked down so hard on the floor it made most flinch away

"Trisha to that end, I want you to take all of these new helmets back to Anthony I want them all to be blood red skulls the FFH on the armor to be proudly displayed!" ripping the camouflage netting off the letters on her armor

"I want the hunters to whisper your name in fear I want them to piss themselves in terror when they see you enter battle! Anywhere! Because it means there is to be no quarter given! An none expected if your there it means they have only two choices, run or die"

they all howled cheering

she smiled tail wagging walking out in front of him as he stumbled a bit Alex held him up with a wag of an ear an a smile

Trisha stood at attention she touched her nose under his then bowed her head to him. Bill reached out an held her head there bowing his head to her putting it on hers holding it there

"be strong sister AA, as HBED's we are all kin, we are never the animals we appear to be but we embrace the strength it gives us to fight an live together as family an friends to win this war to be free"

"thank you Bill" smiling at him "my brother AB"

she turned to them all "attention!" they all stood straight "dismissed! Lets let William get back to his recovering"

he stood there as they all walked up one after another an bowed their heads to him Trisha's favored male Brian finally came up

he bowed his head an Bill did the same as he had with her "be strong brother AA as her partner an fellow alpha, you lead an support her leadership that job is sometimes twice as hard… but so are the rewards twice as rich" patting him firmly on the shoulder

"thank you William an for giving me a chance"

"she did that, she saw the true you, an so I asked you to face the truth stop believing Takashima's lies"

Trisha smiled as the last of her strike team headed out the other HBED's were coming "let him lay back down before he falls down alright people, go on Bill to bed with you"

"yes ma'am" everyone smiled at that

he went back to bed feeling like he'd just ran the marathon again but carrying half a ton more than himself. laying back against the wall

HBED's of every type started coming in to bow their heads an greet him many said thank you some set boxes on the end of the bed with a smile an their thanks

the last few Amy got up an hugged them finger writing to them privately for a moment smiling as they went out

he looked at Amy "what's in the boxes? An what's going on"

"there's our suspicious Bully again" smiling "gifts, when they asked what they could give you to help, I told them treats, things to get you to eat more since your appetite has been lackluster. As for what's going on I'm making important moves, planning ahead like a good chess player"

Jeff got one of the boxes an opened it "oh HBED chow cookies mmm apple n cinnamon"

"this ones got" sniffing "carrot cookies? That’s cool dude, carrots are your favorite Bully" Alex held it out to him he took one an ate it waiting on Amy not letting her out of his sight

"okay, okay I know maybe what I'm doing could go bad, but I don’t think so. I did some very careful research an I made sure that the agents who are married or involved are off limits.

Takashima made very sure he had info on every FBI agent he could, thus his files on them detailed exactly what kind of HBED they would most likely be attracted to and he had custom software made to help"

"your playing matchmaker? Amy.."

"I'm taking planned moves to make sure if something happens the agents will be involved an have a vested interest in us winning, not let any government bought off traitor change their minds."

"so you invited male an female HBED's without trainers or partners here based on their files an the agents"

"yes, I used Takashima's own software for pairing. Found it by accident when I was researching" she smiled plucking a carrot cookie from the box Alex had in hand

"the thing even calculates a successful pairings chances with various HBED's I picked the happiest an best choices options took the lists an made some calls" munching "mm!"

Bill sighed an shook both ears "trouble Amy asking for trouble with a capitol T"

"actually I think it might make things better, some agents are rather moody having a good partner to help will make them more effective. an it gets some of our non combatants out of the war zones doing something effective

an a few fighters around here if something were to happen and look at this place inside its bright an colorful now, a much better place for our ladies to have babies in safety"

she plucked another pair of cookies holding one to him "cookie... ooh sweet carrot cookie bully" grinning at him "yummy too admit it!"

he plucked it from her fingers an she grinned "yeah they are you troublemaker"

"who me? I'm just a sweet innocent pregnant HBED doe" her mischievous evil grin an dainty nibbling on the cookie complete opposites got laughs from the boys Bill had to at least grin at it

Garret sighed exhausted from organizing the new HBED's in the facility the strike teams color changes getting a pair of skilled HBED's here to help train them arranging for a pair of the best behaved captured triples to be brought for demonstrations

The best news was Bill was recovering, the fact he had Amy an Bonnie with the boys keeping him eating talking interacting with the world had to be the biggest help with him though Bill still turned annoyed at his father he did let him bring the lunch cart an hang around for bit

The very fact the HBED's had changed the inside of the facility so much in just four days was remarkable but more it was the feeling the place had now, warmer hopeful somehow. the hallways now brightly colored each a different color but shades in the same one making patterns an flow to the wall his room was now on the green hallway

Thinking apparently several of the HBED's were artists all the designs were pleasing to the eye smiling as a pair of HBED's walked by bowing their heads to him smiling as well each an ear wiggled

"hey there agent" "hello agent Garret"

"good evening" he said with a smile opening his door thinking his mysterious HBED helper had cleaned up all his clothes again. Likely washed folded or hung up as his things were not in the hamper next to the door. though the room smelled of HBED it wasn’t unpleasant he was getting used to it with so many around now, clicking the light on

he stopped startled at a HBED in his bed "um I'm sorry but"

"what? haven't you come home an found a lady waiting in bed for you before?" the gazelle type AE smiled

"um no actually I haven't an I .." feeling his blood heat

she slid out of the covers an eased over to the end of the bed grinning quite predatorily as she stood up her tawny sleek fur gleaming body fur an dark markings all to alluring for the wandering eyes, he couldn’t help himself but look at her curves. not thin as one would expect

"now I don’t want to be rude but, but"

"then don’t be" her fingers caressed his chin an jaw softly her tail wiggling as she moved closer her other hand took his an brought it up to her cheek sliding his fingers through the fur

"so soft" "blinking realizing he was slipping into a trap

"yes, an its my summer pelt.. just think of the winter one I'll get you can snuggle into" sliding his hands around her waist she kissed him gently pinning him to the door

he felt the world blur a bit as she slid her arms around him her nose warm an moist as it touched his neck licking an kissing her fingers slid around front an touched an teased him a bit through the cloth of his slacks which soon slid down to his feet deftly unbuttoning his shirt it slid off to the floor

he gently eased back a bit from her escaping to the side "now easy um"

"oh come now James, tell me you don’t want what I'm eagerly offering you Hmm?" she gracefully moved up pressing herself on his body "I need you, is that easier to understand" touching his erection

"all day past few days taking in your scent from your laundry watching you from so close I wanted to hold you so much just a hug, now I need you please"

she kissed him again an he clearly melted an returned it with no small amount of passion, his arms went around her an they fell onto the bed she giggled an made him relax "my treat tonight my dear"

Amy an Bonnie with the boys got Bill outside putting him in the sunshine to enjoy breakfast an just to get him outside into the fresh air as others were to be painting his room

the spot overlooked a large open area where the strike force an many other HBED's were stretching an beginning exercises which the four of them joined into as well he smiled a bit seeing several human children an adults as well joining in.

"come on Bully least stretch the legs an arms" Amy called out to him

he felt so heavy the heart just wasn’t in it but he lifted an pulled his legs up to his chin stretching the stiffness out then he got up on them an quickly after a few squats onto his haunches they started to burn but it eased off an he was getting more movement for once

the boys an others all grinned not stopping the exercises

after just a few moments though he had to sit down panting "crap a month off an I'm like a raw conversion"

Amy came over after a bit an poured him a big mug full of juice "drink up you deserve it Bill you did good"

He drank it but said nothing

"Bill hon, don’t give up, she's still alive that’s it isn't it your giving up because any attempt could get her killed? that’s what he wants when have you given that bastard anything he really wanted?"

"Amy the body is willing the heart it hurts"

"I know dear, it would almost been easier if Ken had killed her, much as it would have hurt it would have given a closure an you a clear reason to drive forward. This thing of her captive but held that way an for how long… how much is him playing mind games on you an how much just insanity on his part?"

Bill wagged both ears

"well from all of us Bill, if you wanted us all to assault the tower every single HBED would do you think it could even stand under that kind of assault?"

"no but it would also get her killed quickly"

"so its just a matter of finding the right measurement." She lifted his chin "find the spirit Bill she needs you she misses you don’t you dare think she doesn’t" patting his cheek gently "eat, you need your strength" pushing a huge covered bowl of food to him

he napped most of the day Alex an Jeff sitting on either side of him as he jerked awake again nose twitching ears listening he sighed an relaxed again not liking how he woke up without Sara there, her presence always let him sleep soundly kept the dreams away

"Bill"

"yes Jeff?"

"its kinda personal question"

"ask no worries Jeff"

"do you really hate him.. your father, that much?"

"it hurts that as I grew up I didn’t mean enough to him that my life was inconsequential if id died he'd never known. an now, now! he wants to know me, when I have far more to do than try an make him feel like a father"

"so you don’t hate him?"

"I want a heartfelt apology, that'd be a start, till then I really don’t have time for him hate like or otherwise like he did me"

they both wagged an ear Alex turned "doctors coming bully" "Amy an Bonnie with lunch as well" Jeff added

"yay doctors" sticking his tongue out "bleh" the boys chuckled "where's doc V?"

they growled "he's keeping to himself trying to act all cool" "yeah but he's not"

"just keep an eye on him boys don’t spook him were going to use him soon"

Amy smiled setting a folding table down "hope your hungry Bill, Garret got more of his vitamin an mineral mixing going on its not bad"

The human doctors unfolded chairs an the HBED's tossed down pads they all shared the table laptops an tablet PC's set on it with their lunches drinks opened Amy sat down next to Bill as Bonnie did on the other side going back to her sewing on what looked like jeans

He took the bowl an looked in it sniffing he caught various smells he recognized taking a mouthful an munching it was good. His eyes an ears were on the doctors one was staring at him while typing on his laptop the other enjoying a sandwich

Their scents were curious even hopeful tiny bit of apprehension mixed in

The HBED doctors who had taken over for doc V were relaxed one laid out in the sun on her back his hand suddenly snapped up whacking a stone out of the air headed for his head "what the hell" blinking

The boys then reacted growling at the humans

"easy Jeff Alex easy" Bill looked at the men "what was that for?"

the one who had been eating the sandwich looked at the other "so either the peripheral vision is incredible or its possible"

"still it is not proof" his Russian accent came through "William you know why we are here?"

"not a clue no ones told me, I know Dennis an Janet are normal doctors though Dennis has skills in pediatrics though why you gents are…" the Russian was staring at him again

the other was now taking notes on his laptop

"you’re here to see if I can read minds or something akin to that?"

they both smiled

"don’t get your hopes up deductive reasoning the fact you're staring at me so intently leads me to that or your nuts"

the HBED's all chuckled

"we have test to see, you eat now relax, when you think always when relaxed we see videos"

"okay" he ate an gulped down a gallon of juice with added vitamins the Russian still staring at him intently trying to drill a hole in his skull. bored Bill yawned closing his eyes letting the sun bake his belly face in the shade

the boys enjoying the last bits of their burgers burping sucking meat juices off their claws really the only sounds

Bill got the impression the Doctors expected something "so gents what is it your looking for?"

"impressions ideas thoughts" "yes what is in your mind"

"Takashima has taken all kinds of children far too young to be converted what's he done with them? is my Sara okay? is she sick from the hormones? I cant keep my promise to be there an hold the bucket that upsets me, is there any difference in the towers something that marks a special facility we should investigate? For just a few things"

they both blinked

"an yes the blue star on your screen is the same as the red one on his just colors are different, which I saw in the reflections off your eyes"

the boys fell over laughing at the doctors expressions Amy thumped Jeff on the arm Bonnie pushed Bill

"this is serious Bully"

"I know that but as HBED's we have so many enhanced senses to do a real test of something like that id have to be sense less"

"well yes we are here to test an see if you have sensitivities additional to the others"

"you are seeing things yes?"

"no I don’t, well least not anymore, as a kid I had a few what you might call Deja'vu incidents premonitions of a sort an used to be very good at telling the gender of someone's unborn child but no visions"

he looked around at everyone "what? I did, saved my life a few times"

"explain please William" the Russian smiled clearly pleased

he sighed an told them about the dreams that later came out like Deja'vu months years later bad vibes feelings an he'd change what he was about to do an the result was he didn’t die moments later sometimes quite painfully as for babies he was quite accurate nearly ninety percent

"William have you had moments where you knew something was wrong without a dream"

"no, wish I would have a few times like when I got my head crushed" not admitting to the fact he had in other instances Amy glanced his way catching that less than full truth answer

"can perhaps tell us how you know Takashima is about to do something?"

"I wish I could! As for doc an the recent major save we.. me an Sara both had issues with him, just something wrong with him. always felt strange around him like he knew more than he let on, I honestly don’t believe its mental gifts its just"

"don’t say luck Bill" Garret walked up he had a stack of printouts which he gently smacked the table with "transcriptions of how you described his attempts at nuclear destruction an the facts are just too close, for your reading doctors of course top secret clearance" they nodded taking the folder

"Garret what if it was programmed into me, I am some kind of special command HBED."

"True, but if that were the case then you'd be able to tell us more"

Bill sighed "can we change the subject for a bit huh? so how are you an Elizabeth doing?" smiling eager to change the subject knowing from the scents him an her had quite a good time last night

Amy an Garret both smiled

"I never told you her name Bill" Amy wagged a finger at him

"I didn’t either, an I know you haven't met her, I asked if you were responsible she pointed me at Amy, but were very good thank you" smiling

He blinked "I.. " feeling shocked caught, now trying to think how he knew .. an it gave him chills thinking why would Takashima have given him that ability too! Unless it was for the child..

The two HBED doctors looked an moved at lot closer "your spooking him" "easy Bill, easy"

"I honestly don’t know how I do it, but it would explain Takashima's intense desire for a child of mine" his voice showed the confusion an worry

the two human doctors were pointing out various things an then settled on needing to see his brainwaves they brought out a machine an wires were put all over his head they had him relax close his eyes

Garret moved over "okay Bill you know her name what kind is she"

He thought about the ladies he'd seen somehow he knew AB an AC were out "AE, rare kind as well"

"correct she looks a lot like an antelope what else?"

"she likes the fact your fun in bed, hell I don’t know"

Garret laughed "your right but well"

"all HBED's like their partners" came from Amy with a giggle as she patted Bill on the leg

Bill reached out an held her hand "call David now Amy" it was just a twinge of pain but it was significant

"why? Is he okay?" "I don’t know I think so just, it hurt"

Garret got his cell out "get me base two now" looking at the two human doctors whose faces were glued to the screen on the machine

Everyone waited Amy looking at Bill worried "he's okay Amy but"

"base two? Hey Tim is Dave okay?.. just came in the door fell off a ladder sprained his ankle huh well put him on Amy needs to hear his voice" handing her the phone which she took carefully

"David dear you okay?" looking at Bill her eyes wet with worry

Bill turned away a little knowing that had just screwed the ballgame but it just wouldn’t stop coming out

"your okay though? Alright, no just thought id call, got worried all of a sudden, Garret was nice enough to indulge a pregnant lady's need to hear her lover. alright go soak it stay off it you clumsy man, yes I love you too." closing the phone an giving it back to Garret

"I don’t know how, don’t ask me I don’t know." looking down at his feet

the two doctors were pointing to the various readings on the machine eagerly an very animated

Garret walked over an patted Bill on the shoulder "I am sorry, we need to understand this Bill"

"yeah.. HBED lab rat yay go me" getting up pulling the wires off "why don’t you tell them about the fangs too Garret.. might as well open the box let all the monsters out of it" walking away a bit unsteady tail tip flicking a bit

the boys didn’t move looking at Garret. Amy an Bonnie the two HBED doctors all looked at Garret as well

"fangs?"

he got to his room after raiding the kitchen of some tenderized raw steak its cold weight in his belly stopping the upset that was threatening to make him heave curling up with his blanket an Sara's robe feeling the material taking in her smell touching an feeling her clothes wanting her so much She'd been able to protect him from the stupid goofs an not sure how she'd done it

he found in her things a locket very old, silver with pictures of her as a kid an adult inside knowing this had to have been her grandmothers

Doc Victor came in "hey Bully" walking into the side alcove

An idea came to him an it became a plan, thinking I'm not going to be tied up here being a lab rat I need to get Sara back I need her "hey doc.. so did you know HBED version 1.3 has fangs?"

"really? That’s kinda creepy HBED AB with fangs.. so you use them any in fighting?" he smelled all to normal

"once, Doc your not busy right now could you find me a screw eye or hook?"

"um well I guess"

"thank you doc.." turning away from him covering his face with the robe needing her strength more than ever he stared at her picture her scent flooding his lungs tears dripping off his face a mixture of desire fear an sadness bubbling from his body

after several minutes doc came back with it "um here Bill one of the agents found one for me"

"thanks" sitting up his eyes looking at doc an then through him concentrating just past him not entirely sure what the hell he was doing

Bill could see it didn’t understand how, but there it was, Doc was one of five that had helped Takashima make the HBED virus, dissecting living HBED's just to check changes to the systems to modify the DNA coding just before injection to make sure it would make viable HBED's then leaving them to die in pain..

He especially wanted to examine newborn's, human HBED crossing's to make sure the genetics were locked solid with HBED as the dominant its why he was at the oldest of the training facilities waiting for a birth an got caught there

Only the day before the evacuation did he tell Takashima a tiny bit what was going on afraid his own creations would kill him outright If they suspected. Takashima chewed on him scathingly leaving him in fear for his own life now from both sides

Doc got uncomfortable at Bill's intense look at him

"I know Doc" he reached out an ripped his pocket open the phone was typing but not sent yet he turned it off "I know here" touching his head "you told him too late now your afraid of him for good reason an of being found out for all you’ve done to HBED's as well"

Doc Victor changed he showed genuine fear an nodded once his heart rate shot up

"don’t quite know how, just taking a guess here, but he knew didn’t he? Takashima he knew about my dreams the premonitions as a child. what was it? certain genetic sequences? Taken from my blood samples for random drug testing? An Sara she's gifted as well its why he put us together that’s why he wants my children so much

an its not just that is it doc its why HBED's learn so fast from others isn't it we all have it to a certain extent"

"well yes..." nervously holding his hands together "all HBED's have it to some extent, actually quite a rare gift for it to be active like yours before conversion, hers is recessive which is far more common but yours was clearly active" cautiously smiling a bit "are you going to tell them about me?" wringing his hands

"maybe no maybe yes, but your going to help me or I will, why am I not getting stronger? I'm eating more meat than I was before an still barely moving"

he looked at the door then back at Bill "it’s the medications, the sedatives they soaked into your liver an the organs made in HBED's to filter poisons out their loaded full, an till they finally burn out your body is on an idle mode so you'd have time to rest an remove the toxin since its clearly an issue it also creates antibodies during this time to prevent it happening again"

"how do we hurry that up"

"well if you got a good fight going that would help or just a nose full of fertile AB female that would get your system fired up as well"

"adrenaline? So I need adrenaline"

"well HBED adrenaline could work yes um… j-just how much do you.."

"doctor Victor, you an doctor's Heliz, Barret, Lewis an Takashima's own brother who he murdered injecting him with the raw virus to get it out of a lab. You six developed the HBED system,

you've been waiting for a human HBED baby to be born an then runaway from the training facility thus only told him a day before the evacuation that we were free of the chips its how Ken was there so quickly with so many hunters"

Doc held up his hand "okay, okay… so what are you going to do to me" he was resigned an scared "your mind really has woken up Takashima didn’t believe me when I warned him it would, he's so unstable at times"

"just get me the adrenaline for now doc, how long till it works?"

"few days at the most for full recovery you'll feel it pretty quickly though"

"poison me an ill make sure to bite you before I die" snapping his teeth at him "you know all about the 1.3 issues"

"okay Bill okay, let me go get it, not that I or anyone could poison a HBED" he was seriously scared nothing but truth came from him

Bill twisted the eye hook into his horn where he could see the locket bending the eye open the lockets solid silver design with a small door was a benefit no parts to fall off he squeezed the eye shut an it dangled just out of his direct line of sight then he wrapped the silver chain around the horn as well tying the metal into a soft knot

"I'm coming love, just give me a few more days"

Doc came in with a large vial an a syringe "dosage for you is twenty cc's every eight hours" the needle squeaked in the rubber

"then you come at seven" "but" "seven doctor, or do I tell HBED's like Amy what you wanted to do to their babies"

he paled "yes Bill, seven it is" slipping the needle into Bills neck

he went to back away but Bill gripped his other arm "wait doctor till I'm satisfied an we need to talk" making him sit down

"you would do well to stop helping Takashima doctor, your already in so far over your head even if you cut your losses you'll end up dead. best to make friends with the feds now, HBED's will never ever trust you"

"an you know what I've done, you'll tell them anyhow.. wont you" his fear palatable

"yes, I wont lie to you doctor being HBED makes it near impossible so might as well be truthful, what you’ve done is monstrous nearly bad as the German doctors at the concentration camps but you can still save yourself, give the feds all the help you can beg for protection"

he nodded "I've been spying on this place for him"

"I know" tapping the phone sitting on his bed

he shifted uncomfortably "you moved the FFH then, that cost him thousands of hunters.. he knows your awake, he really didn’t want things to be this way"

"no one does, he created this mess an he did incredibly horrible things to a lot of innocent people who didn’t deserve this either, thousands have died an more shall join them. worse he took Sara letting that filthy son of a bitch Kenneth touch her. Ken dies painfully for that there's no other future for him" snorting hard an hot

"Takashima wants to play. doctor V he's not going to like the game I play when I'm mad"

"what if he offered you Sara? Would you stop this?" sounding a bit hopeful his scent matching

"he can offer.. but no, its too late now, its all gone too far. now its he has to be stopped or we die trying an HBED's don’t die easy as well as you know.. you helped design us"

Doc nodded fear coloring his face an scent "you, you should feel improved already"

He did, certainly warmer inside at the very least "yes" clenching a fist feeling the muscles respond like they should instead of lethargically

He reached for the phone an Bill covered it with his hand grinning at him "ill keep it for now, you get me fully one hundred percent an ill let you do one more thing, you should have talked to Garret privately by then."

"o-one? More thing?"

"yes doctor, your going to call Takashima an tell him I'm on the way… if he wants to survive to see the end of the game he'd best have Sara ready for me to bring home, then I kill you for his benefit you can disappear into the feds loving arms."

Doc swallowed his heart as Bill grinned "best go doctor, ill see you in seven hours exactly" hearing people coming

He slipped out quickly

Garret an the boys along with Amy an Bonnie came in

"ganging up on me now huh?" the boys chuckled an flopped down on the floor stretching out

"we are not ganging up on you" Bonnie sighed at him sitting down again with her sewing

he looked at Garret "were not Bill honest"

"yeah, okay so" holding doc's phone out to Garret "doc should be approaching you to fess up to spying he's also got a list of crimes against HBED's a mile long but he's going to ask for your protection think nazi death camp level sickness"

Garret took the phone "um?" as everyone else looked at him shocked

"its his phone clone the thing an listen into everything, he also revealed that the reason my body is behaving like tree sap in winter is the organs HBED's have to filter poisons out are full an need me to make adrenaline to burn the stuff out a good fight or a nice ripe HBED AB lady to get my system running

I've already taken steps to fix that Garret, I want Takashima to think I've gone rouge thus that protects you as well as the FFH from what I'm going to do if you think those chains an manacles can stop me you should think again

ALSO just FYI all HBED's are gifted it’s the genetic messing around its why we learn so fast from each other mine is different as it was active prior to conversion thus why its stronger"

They all blinked

"your not tying me down for whatever testing Garret I have to get Sara back maybe then not till then though"

he nodded "I told the doctors that, they of course want to take it up with the director the first time they’ve found a gifted HBED but if all HBED are"

"Takashima found it in my genetics, mines active, Sara's is recessive, apparently it varies how much it wakes up in converted people"

"no wonder he put you two together" Amy sighed "the baby would get it from both of you an be active because you’re the HBED parent"

"yes exactly Amy.. the next generation another mate with the trait an it gets stronger. how long till a HBED can mentally tell a military commander to target his own troops, read what they're doing before its done or even before they do it nothing but trouble that path."

"it does make sense now.. why he values you so much as to do all he's done when if you were like the others he'd just had you killed"

"well that mistake is going to cost him dearly, so leave doc alone for now let him come to you Garret I want him long enough to make Takashima think I've killed him an escaped you"

"deal, you wont get much help I'm afraid"

"I'll be alright I've been alone before an I've survived on less"

later at dinner Doc came in Amy an Bonnie both watching him but not mean or anything he gave Bill another injection

"few more Bully an you'll be up an running"

"good I need to do some of that, seven hours doc"

"alright Bill can do"

he left an Bill ate a hearty meal feeling the adrenaline surging around it was a fast acting hormone but it helped to get things moving when he used the toilet it was bad his body dumping what it thought was toxins made even his nose clamp shut in disgust

he came out an everyone had their faces covered eyes wide

"not my fault someone kept me sedated for a month my body is dumping it out"

in the early morning he got the third injection telling doc to add more to it an the bad news the director of the FBI wanted him to help the doctors in their studies for long as needed in shorter terms he was to be their lab subject

he went out an before eating letting his temper heat up his mind an body making his own fires inside he exercised to Amy an Bonnie's amazed an perhaps appreciative eyes in Bonnie's case

the HBED strike teams an other HBED's below watched as he began to move faster getting his body heated up to steaming his muscles making his skin prickly with heat he looked at his father who walked out pushing a cart full of food an drinks

steam blowing hard from his nose he gave his head a shake tossing off sweat an foam the locket rang a bit like a silver bell

"so father, do you understand the difference between making a choice to act, an acting on a choice" picking up a large jug of mixed protein powders an juice mix he gulped it all down snorting more steam an burping

the boys who had kept up with him were puffing hard drinking water

"one you have all the options the other its limited by someone else" he smiled a bit

Bill wagged an ear "there's hope for you, I'm making a choice to act before my options are limited. the fact that my time is limited to help Trisha" looking at her as she'd been exercising with him an was also panting "train her red strike teams before I have to escape.

My choices at that point will be limited, I have to save Sara, Takashima can not have my child. if he does then he will have gained a massive tool against humans I cant allow that"

Everyone he could tell thought it but his father said it

"an if it means they have to die?" clearly not liking the taste it left in his mouth

"then I will carry her to the gates myself, I need her, an now I understand why more than ever before. I absolutely do not want the FFH to stop fighting just because I might fall in battle. I know they will grieve, but at that point Takashima will think he has them!

if they strike hard without mercy knowing he believes he's won they can end it all at once leaving him wondering what happened. Trisha"

"sir"

"tell your strike teams to ready some rope an cloth flags were going to play tag lets go scout around for area to train"

"Boys relay that to Brian an follow us"

"ma'am" "yes ma'am" they got up an leaped down the hill

they scouted the old airport an the woods around including the old bio lab. the radiation meant nothing to them good thing was the lab had been made to look like from above as an exclusive resort town the hotel several streets numerous shops an offices the lab's self destruct had caused a small lake near the edge of the fake town several small buildings had collapsed into it and just from the tingling on their skin it was massively irradiated

"were gona pee some serious crystals tonight" "yeah dude this is like eerie"

Bill looked at them both Trish was talking to Brian they all were nude no use contaminating clothes or armor used around humans

"alright Alex Jeff I've been meaning to do this for a bit, best to do it now. It's time to grow up take pride in what you’ve done. your professionals, your HBED warriors you can keep up with me better than everyone else its high time you acted like it.

Jeff you have more combat experience than most of the strike force against hunters demand respect! Look at the back of your helmet once in awhile you have more kills than I do, act like you know what your doing! not like a kid because your not anymore... you’ve proven yourself in the fire an have the black fur scars to show it" holding his arms up to show him the patterns there

He turned his head on Alex "an the same goes for you but with this as well, grown adults know how to talk like a professional, an you are till you say dude. Be proud of who an what you are guys.

If I wasn’t proud of you, I wouldn’t ask you to be the other two triple A in this game of tag what you show them" pointing to the gathering strike force "will save lives an your teaching them that willingness to die for others is honorable an its what makes a hero out of even kids, Your both hero's already, you’re my hero's you saved me when I couldn’t see an barely move then the hospital fight…. now teach them to be the hero's for others"

He gripped their shoulders smiling at them an then he hugged them both patting firmly on the back they hugged him tightly

They walked over standing beside him noses held high ropes tied around the vulnerable points triple A's had. Bill had his horns with flags as they couldn’t reach his ears like they could the boys for eye hit flags

"ladies an gents tonight you start to learn something very important that Kenneth never thought would effect his tactics the willingness to leap in to a fight that could get you killed to save others. I know this because I trained with him an suggested it but he scoffed at my ideas

he thought the need would come naturally to those who were security he was wrong an look at many of you would you step in to take a death blow for someone else?"

they all hunched down a bit

"no don’t be ashamed its natural! But what Takashima has done to us isn't an the problems he's inflicting on the world most certainly aren't, being willing to step in to a death blow isn't something you do with conscious thought it’s a reaction an instinct that happens

now I don’t want you to think that taking out a triple is impossible but its not easy for less than three normal HBED to do it. if you tangle with a triple an its one of Kens or worst yet Ken himself alone, you’ve committed suicide this is not smart thinking.

But! As a group you can, an that is exactly what over the next few days as I burn out the toxins in my body your going to learn getting run over is a fact of life be ready for it they will have no mercy you cant either

now if you do get into a wrestling fight with a triple an do score a kill an they fall dead on you, you are trapped, only two others can help you there is no way any of you are strong enough to lift a 1A by yourselves this mistake can get you killed Alex an Jeff or me will just lay there on you maybe drool a bit as well"

that got some laughs

"when we bring in one half of you as hunters escorting the triples a pinned FFH is a dead one any AA can take you out. Remember that alone your best option is escape but its not the only one.

if there's no other way to save the FFH in dire peril, you might have to take that fateful step for someone else. so if it happens I will stop everything to make sure you know it an who finally understands the thoughts that just made that choice for you

Tonight were playing keep away, you have to keep the triples away from the hotel at all costs. the scenario is HBED FFH there have been fighting backwards trying to hold against the hunters that hit them on a mission an found the hideout agents families trainers all inside. their exhausted an beat, finally trapped in the warehouse, abandoned building, old hotel, they called desperately for help.. that’s you

Now in real life after a few minutes rest some of them might come back out willing to fight more but this is a mistake! They have no reserves an to do that is certain death send them back in this is exemplified by our plywood FFH HBED's out there by the breached defense line of old golf carts an doors the cardboard hunters with red flags need to be taken out an then stop the triples if we reach the building its game over"

They all looked at the area the looked back at him "We clear on your mission? Then good luck"

Bill an the boys ran out in a group beyond the town into the woods

any eye wound was a half speed injury lose six flags an they were dead they only needed to pull two from any strike team member to put them out one flag was injured reminding the boys

he looked at them they were hot to play, charging into the town as a group the strike team had taken out the hunters spread out over the area an were getting the FFH back into the building but it left them disorganized spread out they responded to the threat but too slow

Alex reached out taking flags with ease as did Jeff Bill ran right over two flicking their flags free with his finger tips, the boys blocked the doorway as he leaped through two HBED FFH cardboard figures he went to every window an shoved out a dead FFH

The strike team sighed they had gotten Jeff but Alex had the doorway keeping them from getting in to help

"okay anyone know what you did wrong?" walking out picking up his one flag he'd lost in the run over

Trisha stood up "we spread out to do the jobs some people should have been expecting an attack from the hunters"

"an the fact that three of you could have been inside telling the base leader hey were here to save you! oh crap triple just bust in we got him! Right?"

they all wagged an ear

"set it up again, this time you start outside the town come charging in to the rescue an tell the FFH your coming!"

Bill led the boys back behind the nearest buildings

"so what's the plan boss?"

"were going to break their charge to save the FFH just like Ken will then go after the hotel if needed we separate an go for the place singularly"

"Du.. good plan Bill they need to watch for that" Bill patted Alex on the shoulder with a big smile

the howl came from all of the strike team with barks of encouragement meant for the FFH they were here to rescue them

they charged out smashing into the leaders breaking the strike teams charge tossing flags ripped from the rope belts he got Trisha's flags so fast she yelped in surprise an the triples turned ready to attack them again

Trisha laid down dead her mate growled at Bill who then led the charge at the regrouping strike team

"strike team! Scatter!" he yelled an they scattered in groups the triples pursued a pair an caught them once dead they came back to the main attack

the Strike team had taken out the hunters again an gotten the FFH back inside but they now held a line blocking the entrance they ran for the line an went three ways causing the strike force to fragment to try an stop all three this time they worked smart an worked in teams

Bill got killed so did Alex but Jeff made it into the hotel only to be taken out by strike team members inside

Bill smiled from under a trio of AA all panting from wrestling with him trying to get his flags as Trisha walked up fixing her flags "its tiring but I think were getting the idea Bill"

"this is actually the fun an informative part, it’s when your teams are out numbered by real thinking AA an triples you start to learn" she wagged an ear at that

Bill put Trisha as the lead triple an took a break watching from on top of a building getting drink from a jug of water he relieved himself in the corner of the roof crystals in his urine tinkling as they hit the surface

Headlights up the hill flashed he looked at an AA that was sidelined dead "go find out what's up" pointing up the hill "oh dead warrior" chuckling a bit

"yeah, yeah Bully I got it" running up the hill

Bill thought likely the doctors wanting to talk poke an examine to me I've got better things to do like get these AA's trained to expect anything Ken might toss at them

The AA came back "the doctors are requesting your presence"

"they can go play with themselves or come down here to do their tests" watching as Trisha suddenly broke through the strike forces defense line an leaped into a second floor window tossing FFH bodies out

"OKAY THAT'S A LOSS strike team!"

they gathered together some cursing an angry

"how are we supposed to stop that kind of attack its not fair!"

"shut that crap up" Trisha came trotting up her troops growled back

Bill Sighed "your job isn't glamorous an its certainly not going to be easy.. till you win then all this effort all the annoyance an pain the dirt in your mouth the scrapes. When you stand there victorious the hunters running an dead the glory an reward will come from those who you just saved

HBED's an humans alike will be grateful beyond anything you know right now but to live! To survive! To see that moment you need to learn!

most of you were former Takashima security he chipped you but didn’t program like he did the HBED's for sale it'd take years to share all of what he jammed into this skull"

thumping his head on the side

"you know how to guard alone I'm teaching you to attack in a group you know how to patiently observe an then move I'm teaching you to react quickly faster than thinking about it. Give me time to show you what I'm talking about. your all HBED an it takes a bit to open the learning connection. but once it opens group tactics will become nearly second nature"

he stood up straight "alright A group take a break B group its you versus me alone only group tactics can stop an adult 1A. now ill say it once form trio's work together! know what the others are about to do open your thoughts to learn this alright lets go"

he leaped off the roof an ran hard sliding to a stop on the road heading out to the airport Trisha yelped they were ready he charged in thinking hard what he was going to do side stepping a single attacker he leaped over another still heading for the hotel

yelling "I'm carrying a BOMB! I'm going to KILL ALL THOSE DAMN FFH for Takashima!"

pushing harder suddenly three AA leaped on him an dragged him to a stop one pulling on his neck flags an eyes Bill Stopped "BOOM!" snorting hard dust an leaves blew up

"you three are dead but also hero's you saved them all, what were you thinking"

they climbed off him an had nearly all his flags in hand an teeth

"you had to be stopped"

"but I was carrying a bomb an yet you still attacked me an stayed holding me"

another sat down "you weren't carrying a bomb this is just a game" huffing an not caring

Bill leaped onto him horns at the ready to kill "I AM A BOMB! If I were a crazed KILLER triple A that rips the guts out of a bunch of doctors an nurses like I'm ripping into a piece of crunchy fried chicken! I am A living crazy amoral mobile bomb!

An with teeth an claws anywhere I go death does as well! Get that into your head! This is not a game! Out there! You just died got it! Now learn from it!" getting off

The AA shook the dirt off upset but the huff an attention on Bill meant he understood

"now you, you had it right. I had to be stopped at all costs, what did you think at that moment"

"they would all die, we had to stop you bomb or not"

"but no thought of your own life?" tilting his head

"well yes, but.. saving them was more important… that’s the job"

Bill stood up with a smile "exactly right that is the job. You save them, even if it means sacrifice. they are already for you, every mission they go on they risk it all. they’ve died for all of you, so you can be free to have kids to work to enjoy a dinner you earned the money for to be respected as people not damn animals

Eleven have died so far since the first evacuation night, some in pain an alone but they fought for you, they died for us all!… I ask you to do nothing less if called upon, you took that fateful step an that priceless moment makes you a hero worth fighting for so everyone remembers you."

They all clearly were thinking

"So as former security guards we all knew one of the risks was we might be killed by somebody as we do our jobs it was always you might be asked to save others an yourself there's always a risk an that is the same here, you carry your weapons with you now, learn how to use them before Garret gets the guns for you to use. since new untested in combat weapons tend to jam I want you ready for that

tonight I want you all to study any video's of triples see how they move, take a moment to figure out their reach, look around them see what could have been used to stop them as a weapon an remember when you watch the video with Joe wrestling with a triple in the tower fire stairs

he was dead, an didn’t know it. he had her hands gripped, she was pushing him around trying to get a pin, what did he miss?"

Alex smiled clacking his teeth "he forgot her teeth"

"exactly so, if I hadn't rammed into her ripping him free of that mess she would have gone for a killing bite at the very least a severely injuring one which in a rescue attack means your down an your group is down one an now are far easier prey for the triples to stop. So I'm done I'm exhausted, ill be better tomorrow so lets go wash up get the radioactive dust off an get dinner you all did very good"

Trisha walked over an touched her nose under his "you are too kind Bill we stink, but I did learn a lot tonight most of all that if we get a bit sore now its better than dead later" she hugged him "thank you for your lessons an hard work Brother AB we do appreciate them"

He patted her on the shoulder patting the others as he headed for the gate the one he jumped on Bill held his shoulder for a moment looking in his eyes "I want you to live not die trying that's all" dusting him off a bit

The AA nodded an wagged an ear

They all washed up at a station built after the destruction of the facility an abandoned in place a volunteer HBED held out a Geiger counter making sure they were clean as they came out shaking water off

the two doctors were staying far back at a healthy distance but clearly annoyed with him Garret was leaning against a humvee fender right there at the exit

"just had to use the HBED only area?" smiling at him "good session?"

"yes it went well an I'm feeling a lot better got some good exercise in if they want to study me I have a compromise they can do it while I sleep otherwise I'm too busy"

"they wont like it but I cant blame you"

"over dinner I want to look at the map of all towers an facilities something's been bugging me for a bit now"

"alright can do, we'll use the conference room"

soon enough he was munching on a huge chef's salad fresh injection in his neck he reminded doc to talk to Garret at that point

looking at the hologram of the united states each tower was a yellow tack pointing to it on the map other facilities marked as well

Amy Bonnie Trisha an the boys were there eating as well but they were watching Bill the doctors got their brainwave machine on him as he sat staring at the icons

"so what's been on your mind Bill" Garret asked relaxed back at the controls cup of coffee in hand

"he's taken hundreds of kids an teenagers all too young to convert he'll have them tightly controlled but to keep them healthy, they need to exercise, they need food an housing till they reach a minimum safe age to attempt converting them… there there's one right there"

the Russian at the machine coughed "boshi moi" pointing at the readings

"there central Arkansas two towers so close together ones little rock but the other is where? What is that town"

Garret zoomed in changing the map "Conway, Arkansas approximately sixty thousand population that is odd for a tower, usually a city has over three hundred thousand minimum" bringing up images of the tower an area around it

Bill knew it was one site, the base of the building was far different than other towers a two an three story structure spread out over a huge area several city blocks worth huge wide open empty parking areas beyond that for a security area

the roof covered in skylights like a warehouse but the windows mirrored on the outside the tower spike rising out of the center of the lower building but it was only about ten stories high the star just a façade

"county records show it to be an older building the star tower built recently as an add on"

"that’s one Garret"

"more than one? Bill"

"yes oh yeah, bring the big map up it'll be remote an odd"

the big map came back up Bill looked at Jeff an Alex "guys come here" getting up

they moved over he positioned them to look at the map "I want you to look at the map look at the pointers visualize the star don’t think about anything else for a moment" he got a drink of water "alright now settle down, relax think about human kids, younger than you were. We want to find the place with those kids, relax don’t think hard just look relax"

he walked over to Amy an Bonnie moving their metal chairs them still on them as they chuckled amused over to next to Garret on the other side the doctors trying to keep up with their machine

"same for us Bully?"

"yes indeed dear lovely ladies, relax just look at the map, think about those kids relax though" moving back around slowly looking at the map "we all have these gifts, some of us he just made stronger but I think he didn’t realize how our people can work together not just learning.. now relax listen to my voice.. just look at the map"

he closed his eyes reaching out for them with his thoughts

"they're alone an confused.. wanting their moms most but any family at all… tears an sadness, confusion… pain from separation. mean people telling them to behave… HBED's trying to comfort them all trying to be nice so much sadness around them it hurts, sometimes the adults there take kids away an they never come back" he felt it more than saw what happened next

all four of them stood up slowly an pointed to the same spot in Montana

"getting that area hold on" the map zoomed in an a small town of Cascade it had a single icon of a Takashima facility. it zoomed in further showing it was outside the city by several miles "tiny town less than a thousand residents but its near an interstate we don’t have any images of the facility let me see if we can get a satellite on it"

he started typing an called someone in the control room

Bill smiled looking at the HBED's around the table they all looked at him the learning link was still connected he felt the shared surprise, love, envy, pride, amazement

He thought, only because of the fact we trust each other is this even remotely possible

"I heard that" Amy smiled an giggled

an they all shared that joy the boys were proud

"did we find it Bill?" "Jeff you know we did you felt it" "that was weird I could feel it almost smell how sad they are"

"makes me want to cry" Amy said softly

"I believe so, I do think we found it, we need images to look at gives the mind a focus point least that’s how its worked for me I'm still learning this myself" he looked at the stunned doctors "your machine keeping up with this?"

they both nodded slowly as their eyes were stuck wide open

his quiet intense humor rarely shown openly got the others all to laughing

"Bully be nice" Bonnie said, she was the envious one of Sara as she looked at him an his body those feelings were very intense desire enough to make Bill Blush a bit that got further chuckles an smiles

thinking of Sara changed the entire link he became empty, alone, afraid an vulnerable all their eyes blinked as her image came up in his mind, her hair an explosion of radiant red's forming a halo her smiling face above him as she walked out of the bathroom nude totally bathed in the sunlight flooding in.. his goddess, his heart lived for only that hope to be with her again.

Amy sobbed got up walking around she hugged him an so did Bonnie. Trisha was a bit confused but Jeff finger wrote to her an she blinked amazed

"okay we have a live image coming up now" Garret noticed what was going on "um what did I miss?"

Amy smiled wiping her cheeks "you'd have to be HBED to understand James" hugging him an sitting back down

The screen changed an it zoomed in to the location the lights around the facility helped

it was a fortress three row fence like the training centers guard posts on towers in the fence line at regular intervals

The grounds all groomed an completely flat no plantings to hide around or behind the woods growing around the place cut back from the fence line least a hundred yards cameras all over the place as expected with Takashima's paranoia

"wow that place is like a federal pen I'm getting a better angle from another satellite Bill" the image came down on its angle

Bill leaned on the table watching intently at the two images "there" pointing at an upper window near the end

It zoomed in more an inside the three story high window was a playground lit from inside an kids could be seen an then the lights went out an everything went dark metal shutters rolled down over all the windows

"you moved the satellite Garret they didn’t expect it to get a look yet"

"yep, okay so we have two sites any more?" bringing them both up on the screen

"no I don’t think so, he'd want to keep them isolated an concentrated for easy control. Anyone else have any feelings?" looking at the others they were looking calmly at the map

"just those" the others agreed with Amy "wow the anguish those kids are sending out, is this how you knew about Takashima's plans Bully?"

"I don’t know how I did it, id just look at things id think about the nukes an how they'd be used I've never had any control over the premonitions Amy, hell they stopped when I turned twenty I thought it was a fluke an just who who'd have believed me? I'm just glad someone else now knows what I've been doing by accident"

they all wagged an ear smiling as the link started to fade Bill's eyes looked at LA he reached out an touched the place on the map where she was an he closed his eyes wishing he could just talk to her knowing he would have to attack the tower nearly alone to save her

Garret an the doctors all stood up as Trisha got up an growled the HBED's scents had all changed as all of them went stiff eyes wide the machine was beeping loudly as Bill's eyes watered an tears began to rain down the others mirroring it

"what in the hell, doctors?"

"Garret their in pain an afraid, Bill is the worst I've never smelled such sorrow" Trisha moved forward to try an help

"Nyet! No! you mustn't disturb could hurt them" the Russian waved his hands to stop her

"he's showing massive activity in the forward portions of the brain an brain waves we usually only see in use when in REM sleep"

"not dreaming.. nyet, William seeing things yes"

an suddenly as it started Bill fell to his knees an they all cried out sobbing holding their heads covering their faces, he yelled at the floor incoherently fist pounding the table as he sobbed

after several minutes of being upset they all calmed down Bill hadn't moved Trisha knew it was part contained fury an more pure sorrow than she'd ever smelled

"okay that was something else.. um Bill?"

he sat down right there on the floor "you.." putting his hand on his head " I need a beer god I so need one right now"

"um HBED's don’t do well with alcohol Bill"

Bill sighed got up an walked out cables an clips flying lose whacking on the door as he shoved past it, door closing behind him

"can someone tell me what the hell just happened?"

Amy coughed "we all just got to see what will happen to Bill if he tries to save…Sara" sobbing

"DAMNIT!" Jeff kicked the nearest chair smashing it into bits Alex looked at Garret "we watched what happened when he attacked the tower alone to save Sara, that fuck Takashima nukes California"

"it tears the state apart Garret he's got the nukes under the entire central valley along the west side of it to ruin the farmland there" Bonnie coughed wiping her cheeks sniffing hard "he doesn’t realize the extent of what he does by setting it off. it causes the entire thing to flood from north an south ends making the coastal mountain areas an island"

"earthquakes are set off in every fault due to the massive loss of weight on the area an the nukes just going off so close to the fault. It moves the coast over a thousand feet north in an hour of shaking. States all around hundreds of cities shook flat. the old news clipping.. he was reading as an old Bull turning gray alone dieing in pain an such sorrow!" Amy was still crying her voice breaking

"it put the blame all on him.. the deaths of billions, an people believed it" Bonnie said under her breath

"Takashima showed the attack live on the news as Bill climbed the tower taking out AA's an triples just to get her back. he ignored Takashima as he threatened her life an when Bill kept going…

he killed her, shoved her into a cage pit full of crazy triple A rejects" Amy sobbed "Bill, he rides out the disaster alone saving thousands of people an HBED's but never leaves the new island that is created

its so radioactive no human can live in what's left of the cities. he stays alive an alone as his own punishment for all the people who died An for Sara's death as well" shuddering

Jeff leaned on the wall "the damn federal government" punching the wall hard enough to break the paneling "pulls support for the FFH, letting hundreds die trying to fight alone, then when they finally do bring Takashima down a few months later YOU! put him on an airplane out of the country since he's some kind of supposed diplomat! He got immunity"

Alex leaned through the hologram at Garret snarling at him "an worse yet! You humans gather all of us HBED's up an exile us all to the island to be shot dead if we try to leave it. No help HBED's die by the thousands starving trying to farm get any kind of food going but the soils so toxic barely anything grows, babies die begging for food an milk"

"your forced to send Elizabeth there too" Amy softly spoke into her hands

"easy, EASY all of you… well that is clearly not the right way to do this but it’s a vision a warning! Isn't it doctors?" looking to them

"yes most certainly, clearly it is like his other premonitions as he was growing up warnings to change course, find a different path but due to being together it came while he was awake" the Russian was nodding a lot to that

"then I need to talk to him clearly this is what he was planning to do, please everyone go get some rest you two please leave him be for a day or two I know he's remarkable but he's under a lot of stress right now"

"mostly the emptiness of Sara not being here" Amy sighed drinking water "he feels vulnerable without her Garret"

"vulnerable? How in heavens name does he.." they all looked at him silently an it made him uncomfortable, he excused himself an followed Bill best he could

Bonnie shuddered "no wonder Bill doesn't remember or know how to do that, not only is it scary its disturbing"

The Russian nodded "he tell it stop at twenty, mind stop using, too many nightmares for young man to handle"

"his mother was ill for a long time in an out of the hospital a lot till she died that’s enough for anyone to have plenty of worry over, working an having those kinds of visions while sleeping id forget it all too" Amy sighed drinking water right from the jug instead of refilling her glass

"its quite likely then if we were to pursue this along that line" the other doctor was taking notes "he's had the visions, an subconsciously remembers them or at least the details enough to find the problems like the nukes placement. his file says he would accept conversion, id have to say that is because he knew Sara would be there for him instead of being alone as a human"

"so much what if's an uncertainties just let him be, he leads the FFH an we need him otherwise were going to be the first of a lot of people to be converted an dead" Trisha got up "were all tired for various reasons I'm going to bed"

Bill had gone out an sat down on the porch along the front of the cabin that was falling apart in places thinking on what he'd seen how he'd felt

Old, he'd been so very old… every ache nothing to the hurt his heart inflicted the memories of so many of his friends dieing an watching Sara fall shoved into the teeth of the crazed triples Takashima blaming him for it all an the people believing it

Her scream burned searing his memories making every thought hurt incredibly

Clearly he would never get her back without killing her an so many more and that hurt the most he leaned over letting the tears fall

Hearing Garret walk up an then sit down next to him his hand gently touched Bills arm

"got a question for you Bill, what was the plan you were going to do when you escaped?"

"make my way to LA stop his hunters from doing anything effective eliminate many as I could before going in"

"then from what I can gather that isn't going to work"

"no" lowering his head "I don’t have any other ideas though"

"I do, now it'll be risky but if it works it will get you close to him before he can think to set the nukes off, meanwhile can you remember where the airshafts were? That would help a lot as well if we can yank the teeth from this tiger when you grab it by the tail it cant bite you"

"yeah kinda"

"kinda?"

"ok listen Garret, I haven't had that happen for a very long time, I was just a kid, an I was always asleep id wake up an the memories would quickly fade I could get the gist of it the fear the pain of the death id just had.. that sort of thing, an then it was just gone…thankfully till the moment it was about to happen then all that would come back an id change what I was about to do"

"then get your big Bull self in the map room now" pulling him

he went along knowing the more he concentrated on the thing he wanted the faster it'd be lost it'd always been that way as a kid

they got into the main control room Garret calling out orders as to what he wanted on the map, the state of California

he looked at Bill as he looked up a bit at the huge map colored dots showing Takashima owned properties an the towers "ok everyone shush this is important" the room went quiet "we need the air shafts Bill just them"

he sighed as he looked along the central valley knowing now just how big Takashima had planned the hundreds of small cities an towns wiped away by not only the nukes but the ocean that came in washing them away following the ground collapsing from the explosions

his eyes drifted over the area near the border an stuck there "El Centro the warehouse an farm there" remembering the huge venting of radiation an steam that the paper had reported contaminated Baja California before the city collapsed into the damaged underground eventually flooding

"ok where else just let it come don’t push" Agents all around wondering what was going on

"Indeo, the large trucking warehouse he's using the empty shipping containers for debris. the city of Avanal very large an at an angle he made much of the tunnels under I-5 the cars an trucks made vibrations from the TBM's muted down. Avanal is how he's keeping the work going now"

"mark those locations" he walked up to Bill an put his hand on his arm "that’s what we needed most since Joe was having little luck"

"even after the things went off.. triples guarded it locked in military mode they starved to death waiting for further orders" he said softly without emotion "there's a sizeable contingent of security there Garret"

"well I'll make a plan for it but id like to plan something else, come on lets talk"

Bill sat there on his bed several hours later Garrets plan mulling around in his head thinking it was better than the idea he'd had it would certainly take longer to do but it felt like it'd work an that was far better than his idea now

Garret asked Bill to hang around for a bit longer train more AA's for the strike force which he was adding another hundred to and let Doc who finally as they were talking came in an confessed, feed Takashima disinformation for a bit

They had also assigned the two possible kid housing sites investigation to Richard an Veronica the 1A's leading smaller FFH scouting forces into the areas to find out if the information was correct Garret wanted Bill there to help with that as well

He sighed looking at the walls it'd been painted in a southwest theme the slit window made the sun for the room then it had a fallen tower painted in the distance smoke an dust rising from it the footprints of human and all HBED types led away from it around the room past the bushes an cacti distant mountains to a shadowed AB with four horns in the distance holding his hand out to the viewer

Thinking to himself I hope they aren't starting to see me as some kind of saint or something yea it’s a nice paint job but the symbolism scares me

The door opened an his father looked in "I saw the light on figured you'd be asleep"

"too much gone on tonight, busy thinking…dad" not being mean or anything he was pretty emotionally drained as it was

he came over an sat down on the chair "interesting paint job"

"it scares me, last thing I need is people thinking I'm something more than just a dumb HBED bull that’s been lucky a few times"

leaning back an folding his arms "from what I've seen none of that is right an you know it, everything you’ve done has been planned an these people see you as a hero a guide to something beyond just being an animal slave" rubbing his thigh face reflecting his discomfort

Bill caught the scent his father was in pain he sniffed harder an the senior William stiffened a bit but said nothing rubbing his hands together

"your sick, an know it, something deep, your not surprised by the pain you’ve had this go on before"

"yes, it's cancer those HBED noses better than weeks with a doctor… its lymphatic an inoperable an I've gotten chemo already I cant go through it again it nearly killed me trying to help I was in worse pain from it… I took my medication late so I'm hurting a bit more than normal"

"well I don’t know what to say." Sighing "If your wanting forgiveness, I forgive you, but don’t ask me for love, that is beyond my abilities. Even if I inherited some strange stuff from you an mom I'm still trying to work through, it cant help me love someone who was never there"

"thank you, your at least giving me the opportunity to get to know you a little, that’s really all I wanted." Smiling at him

"Anyhow I know it didn’t come from your mom she could do multiplication an long division in her head without ever getting close to a calculator for huge numbers.. me I'm just very good at construction good at the details"

"huh, I cant do math without a calculator, so what about your dad? Grandfather? Anything odd weird? It'd be nice to know if it skips generations"

"well now that I think about it my dad did have some odd things happen taking a nap after dinner in his chair he'd suddenly sit up look around an then get up an head outside for the workshop"

"then what?" Tilting his head a bit

"he'd go work on something… even well after dark on a porch railing, the trucks tire changing it out for the spare, mothers engine do a tune up why?"

"well think about it dad what do my dreams do? Warning me about trouble… I don’t think I ever met your dad"

"you did but you were really young he kept on you wouldn’t eat anything but mac an cheese, I told him yes you would, give you a chance just give it to him" sighing as he shook his head

"he told me…" he blinked looking at Bill as the memory came back to him and now it made far more sense "he told me you'd be even more stubborn than a bull an built like one, an I needed to be good to you or you'd teach me the lessons… I certainly failed at that last part" shrugging "I am sorry son honestly"

Bill smiled gently "so granddad was gifted eh… well that certainly explains a bit more"

"well I don’t know precisely, but you had to get it from somewhere an if I think on it I'll likely remember more instances of it, it did happen regularly got so mother didn’t even bat an eye over it"

"well as for being a dad, no ones perfect, I'm sure if you had been better this entire mess would have gone a different way"

"Amy an Trisha said about the same thing to me" sighing with a smile

"you should listen to the ladies dad, they can teach you a lot about how the world should work. They see it ways guys don’t"

"see teaching me already" chuckling as his son hurfed a bit "what was that?"

"HBED laughter its more of a huffing sound" smiling

"well its good to hear you laugh" patting him on the arm

"I haven't had much to be happy about, since I woke up at least. the fact that the gift is working isn't any comfort either it never really helped me"

"it kept you alive.. an that speaks for itself in that I'm sure there's thousands of people who agree"

the Big HBED sighed an wagged an ear yawning wide

"you should get some rest son long day tomorrow"

"yeah…it will, night dad"

watching as he clicked the light off heading for the doors opening it

"hey dad"

"yeah?" looking back as Bill laid down, tail flipping around to be up an over his leg

"you know becoming a HBED cures all cancers completely… ask Amy about Candy she'll tell you about her"

"um.. alright, you get some rest now okay"

"sleep on it, night dad" yawning again the deep sigh sounding huge in the room

he walked out an nearly ran into Amy an Bonnie who were standing there with smiles Amy hugged him whispering to his ear "be happy its good progress, An you should listen more.. after five marriages, you could learn a lot from him." She laughed gently in his ear an let go

he had to smile as she walked past an into Bill's room with the already relaxing Bonnie who had put the blanket over him an was laying down behind him

things went well AA training in the evenings planning an talking to the doctors as his body got the rest of the sedatives out he felt his full strength return

the third day early before breakfast Bill sat in on the meeting with all FFH commanders in a draw string pair of sweat pants as his kilt was quite filthy tail just over the top of the pants he crouched down on his haunches behind a terminal

"okay" Garret sipped his coffee "so far he's got no clue an the disinformation that Doc V is giving him is twisting him around in circles he's shifting his reinforcements to the south east to stop major losses along the gulf coast Sophia you watch out for that when you make a lot of noise for him to play with, Joe?"

she wagged an ear as Joe set his notes aside

"we've taken the two small airshafts but done nothing yet. our Human help are keeping his people believing he still has control. Bully was right about the last one the security there is tough"

"what are you looking at Joe?" Bill asked as he munched on a carrot Amy brought him in a bowl touching her nose under his with a smile walking on to refill Garrets coffee

"bully you were not kidding at how tough this going to be. I've seen at least ten triples all of them armored an packing some new weapons looks like a hook an spear on the end of poles made of solid metal the other end is weighted like a hammer"

Bill let his mind churn that over for a moment

"their faces are inside helmets an their wearing air tanks as well" Joe added "look like their ready to go scuba diving likely bullet proof too"

"probably to prevent gas attacks" Garret was looking over the marines reports on it "this is going to be difficult at best I'm afraid were going to suffer casualties to take this one but we have to take it. The security have got some of the biggest guns this side of cannons… the air shafts on the others too small for the AB an AC Joe?"

"oh hell yes... they’ve got a major air current going though can we use that?"

"you know" Bill looked at Garret "a massive natural gas intrusion could easily be blamed on faulty seals in between concrete rings but the gas detectors would get them evacuated chaos on the surface could a few well prepared agents could fit down the shafts Joe?"

"oh absolutely the smallest HBED's as well but against triples? That you know will go down to check"

"will AA fit?"

"tight but the smaller boys yes"

"any signs of HBED's down there like food water being brought in?"

Joe looked at a list of paper notes "um the trucks we got a chance to examine there was the faint smell of HBED chow an a few mineral tablets were found"

"Garret we cant firebomb if the ass has HBED's down there working" Bill looked at Garret

"well crap there goes a perfectly good idea"

"not entirely" tapping his finger on the terminal in front of him "get some agents down there an several AA cut the HBED's free you have your fighting force down there cause the gas alert an have them rush up the shaft with their tools an anything else they can find that will pull security from the gates an the triples into the tunnel"

Garret held up his hand "catch them from behind with trained fighters! They would have nowhere to go! Trapped between a hammer an the anvil! YES!" smacking his fist in his palm

"Alright Joe get things ready on your end, we'll get one chance to do this an keep it quiet. we cut the communications an power then you take over make sure we capture the triples as we can bring in a couple who've changed sides they can take up the gate guards"

all the HBED's looked at him "you have friendly triples??" even Amy stopped an spilled coffee getting her towel an cleaning it up

Garret smiled "we do, the ones who were with the captured clone other than the one Bill knows they were being transferred to a tower for recycling they're a bit on the friendly side, agents get loved on a lot"

"so they what became puppies?" Tim asked "I admit when we captured the clone that one was about frothing at the mouth mad about you Bully but the other two were pretty quiet"

"yeah that one was Doug real dumb half wit, Takashima must have desperately needed a dumb triple for a suicide job or they goofed on the conversion. As I told Garret Doug couldn’t drool his way out of a paper bag"

that got several laughs

"not quite Tim, they were quiet because their chips were on. we clipped them an they're just incredibly grateful to not have died, they apparently ran from you HBED in battle Takashima of course doesn’t like that in his troops"

"so they're fully functional?" Bill asked clearly amazed "today's amazing thing has been found" waving his hand dramatically an sarcastically

"yep they've been helping us understand how different triples are from AA's its like you Bill and other AB, major differences in how tough your built. Well they want to help they are smart enough to know the winning way to go AN yes Bill, we have a contingency plan if they think to try an play us the fools don’t worry none"

everyone nodded to that Garret tapped his PDA "alright so that’s what your on Joe, everything same at the LA tower?" knowing Bill needed to hear it

"same no change, though my scouts spotted Fopp spying on hunter teams listening to their chatter same thing as before, they're waiting on Bully to come play an are complaining that he's slow"

"oh I will Joe but its going to be Garrets game plan.. they still wont like me much. Hey Joe have your scouts start telling the Hunters tauntingly that Bill's coming they better run away soon"

Garret nodded to that "good idea start scaring them" making a few notes "alright Richard you had important news?"

"sure do this place is worse than the air shaft for security"

"more triples?"

"an more, the place has its own power, the grounds are a laser tag field, the fencing is electrified an the main road in past the first gate just got booby trapped a few weeks ago. An I mean booby trapped. I found a stray wrapper from C-4 explosives out in the trees

an after a bit of sniffing around found the fresh digging done under the road via the sides. I marked on the overhead map the locations bringing that up now" taping on his tablet

the map showed the crisscrossing grid work of lasers the towers clear line of sight spot light illumination areas an the entire access road mined with charges under it clearly to prevent a major attack run at the gates

"now I've seen ten different triples, they patrol around three times a day. Just to see how bad it is I tossed a mad as hell wolverine in over the fence an talk about hornets nest! Lights came on even up in the trees! Turned night to damn day an I nearly got caught as the triples came out of hidden underground tunnels around the place"

Bill rubbed his chin listening an looking at the plan "snows a lot up there Rich could you tell if the laser emitters can adjust their height automatically? Its nearly snow season up there"

Garret brought up the weather forecasts on a terminal "no snow forecast all this month Bully cold but no snow"

"damn, Rich do you think you could find those hatches again?"

"an do what? Climb in? no way talk about feeding myself into a wood chipper head first"

"no taking a note from Garret's traps around a prison for loyal AA's an triples fill the underground with carbon dioxide gas its heavier than air give it a while to fill up then set the alarms off the triples would leap into the tunnels an collapse from lack of air the kids would be safe in the above ground areas"

Garret smiled "Richard do some more scouting around ill get you more forces in the area some snipers as well they can handle the guards on the towers an the mined road. think you can find several of those doors? Ill get our computer people on that facilities designs from Takashima's data"

"yeah we can do that"

"well least I have some good news" Veronica smiled "I talked to some of the lady HBED's in the facility here. The security isn't any cake walk but the roof is not alarmed the skylights are protected just down their shafts with a laser grid I got one of my snipers here to check that an we scouted the entire roof in the dark"

"so what's the deal there Veronica? Were we right?" Bill asked

"oh absolutely, Takashima has this place packed with littles from hours old to four years the ladies are all chip off at least till they get upset or emotional the chips apparently kick back on for a bit an make them calm down then it clicks off again Takashima wants the babies taken care of an chipped HBED's don’t do that well

they get fed five times a day, an are nursing groups of kids around twenty in number an are rotated around so the kids don’t get stuck on a single lady. they clean an play with them keep um happy best they can. they get eight hours of sleep on bed pads again rotated out as one goes to rest one gets up an goes to milk maid the babies" she checked her tablet pc's notes

"security is all female triples an AA's the human security as well are all female very mean short tempered as well the human ones that is, saw several cases of HBED's getting whacked for not cleaning a baby correctly. the triples an A's are quite calm if I didn’t know better the smells of babies nursing does that to them

um the truck trailers we climbed over to get on the roof were packed full of triple bagged diapers dried out an very compact took my HBED nose to realize what was in the trailers so its definitely not easy to tell what's going on inside the building no real fussing from the littlest babies the ladies told me its their milk doing that new babies brought in nurse an calm down pretty damn quick"

"how many lady HBED's we talking about?" Garret asked as he was taking notes others were as well

"the ladies I spoke with told me there's at least three hundred of them in there as for kids they think maybe thousand at least human an HBED both but I think its more"

Garret an Bill both looked at the numbers on the side screen Garret then looked at Bill "could these numbers be wrong on HBED babies?"

"they're from his data could be some of the babies are taken from moms who were taken pregnant an the baby got converted as well? Do we have anyone that was taken pregnant?"

the FFH leaders sent off for that information from their HBED's

"the ladies there who are nursing the kids their babies are likely there as well. They may not realize the fact some of them are very low number, got bred perhaps even twice now, delivered an then put there to nursemaid as the system started to produce babies your going to have to watch that Veronica they might mentally not be able to take that knowledge an the chips are keeping them from realizing it"

she nodded "it did seem odd to me they would be nursing so many kids an not wonder about their own in there somewhere so at least three hundred HBED babies if each has had one so that they are lactating"

Garret was typing on the nearest terminal next to the agent normally on it

"Garret ill bet that number is human HBED mix babies not HBED parented pairs"

"yeah here it is, looks like he got a large group of females converted then bred so they would be at least on to a second baby HBED by the time he started the training centers an the human HBED pairing so he would have ample nursemaids for the incoming babies from hunter collections an new births. I'm adding that number to the current one an then new groups like the human babies and the ones up north"

The HBED babies number jumped from just over one hundred to nearly six thousand!

the human number in Takashima's hands under the age of four It showed over nineteen hundred kids

and another line showed the four to sixteen average age group which was the Montana facility at one thousand nine hundred an ninety plus kids

All the HBED's wagged both ears like they were shaking their heads sighing out loud

"we just weren't looking at the data like he has it set in the system but now.. damn. the second set is the ones your after Rich, that also has hunter caught kids runaways and the such not just taken from families homes"

Richard nodded an huffed "damn this is a lot of kids!"

Bill nodded feeling the fact he'd done this before somehow the numbers should be way higher they were missing something "Garret" he gestured for him to come closer

"what's up?" Bill whispered to him "got that deja'vu thing just now hear me out now you have me going along that plan how about I make it loud get the media involved just to piss that man off so bad he calls reinforcements to hunt after me all of his attention focused on me"

"what's going to go wrong?"

"I suspect the ease Veronica got that information an the fact Richard ducked the triples"

"setup again?" Bill wagged an ear "so what do you suggest in their cases?"

"in Richards case get a strike team inside the fence line via Takashima's own truck once in they handle the inside flood the tunnels with Co2 at the same time get their reinforcements in via chopper an hold the building till cleared"

"okay makes sense gona hurt if they get stuck in there" "we cant keep going safe this is going to take good timing because I'm going to be taking out towers in California drawing his attention to me I'm the bait remember?"

"yes.. an Veronicas? Something of the same?" Bill wagged an ear "maybe have her torch the trailers get some kids to do it an get seen! Doing it"

Garret smiled "cant be the FFH if its kids. Then they burst in via the new truck trailer an hold the building land some snipers on the roof"

"yes but more Garret your going to have to fortify the buildings marines tanks APC's not making mistakes like the hospital…unless you have somewhere safe to keep that many kids?"

"oh" his eye brows went up as he realized how right Bill was "damn, your right. So we'd have to take them an hold no matter what"

Bill wagged his ear "morale would be better as well how many reunited mothers an fathers families that are missing their kids? They'd be incredibly happy to know that they are very safe an Takashima cant get them they would fight a lot better"

"true. True then you'd be the distraction"

"id be the bait I make my walk along to LA very public we take out Sacramento Frisco Bakersfield, Vegas an finally Phoenix so LA is as isolated from help an back up as possible, force him to pull any survivors… in an put um to work in LA" winking an eye to Garrets still valid plan

"me at every one of the towers as they fall but not fighting unless I need to of course me the media darling id make sure the reporters are safe an get live exclusives of what's going on"

"god Takashima will burst an it keeps the plan an goes further"

"I know awesome huh" Grinning "then I show up in LA trim down the hunters for a bit while your people kill the nukes me the rouge big bad Bully like you planned"

"hey you two what's going on?" "yeah Bully what's got your tail whipping" Kim an Joe asking a bit curious

"lets do that" Garret turned to the screen "planning some very tricky stuff if it works Bill will get his hands on Takashima saving Sara an ending this war"

they were all wagging an ear smiling

"Garret one other thing"

he cringed looking back at Bill with a smile "oh what now?" chuckling

"the thing that struck me as odd an it might help us too. Where'd Takashima get all that HBED milk for butter an ice cream much less gallons of just milk and all that HBED immunity factor which only comes from HBED milk. You all captured a lot in the warehouse raids didn’t you?"

they were all agreeing to that

"something everyone kinda just let slide by HBED's for homes farms.. dairy's. we heard it all the time at the training center"

"we got two big tanker truck full of HBED milk up here.. drinking it fast as we can so it don’t go bad not that I'm complaining but I thought it was odd since its fresh"

"means he has even more HBED's out there an they have been producing milk for quite a long time that would explain all the HBED babies in the nursery building you have there Veronica. babies from the HBED's in dairy's being taken by Takashima to one central location"

"we captured warehouses full of frozen milk an butter" Kim wagging her ear

"train cars loaded with immunity factor an frozen milk here too" Joe added

"Garret you might want to check that data again" Bill munched another long carrot till it was gone

"were on it hold on" agents working on multiple terminals were typing like mad

Tim fingered to Bill 'you still going after him?'

Bill wiggled his ear 'I have to Tim, otherwise there will be no justice an I know from your look on all of your faces you heard what happened' sighing a bit

Tim just wiggled his ear the others bowed their heads a bit, it was a way to express support

'well this will be different its hugely risky but again its playing to Takashima's faults instead of my Bullish nature, it primes the pump so full he has to take the bait which is me. An if it fails I will least have gotten to see her again tell her I love her.

For me that is the most important thing, if it goes as hoped Takashima will know HBED justice as American law will be unable to effect him an at that point I am going to ask for a vacation honeymoon with Sara an disappear'

they all smiled

"an no I wont be some politician or representative to the UN or something. I'm just a laborer I like using my hands an mind to make things. Politics is Richards strength not mine"

Garret looked at that an smiled "I told you I will have work for you"

"no I'm not an FBI agent either" sticking his tongue out "no offence agents all around me" laughing a bit he was glad to see them all smile

"okay we got it bringing up the changed map now" the main map of Takashima holdings across the United States gained three large blobs of color "HBED only an HBED an normal cows mixed dairy's nearly all of them are privately owned, some he holds their mortgages only one does he own an that is in California"

it closed in on the area an the Takashima owned one was across the central valley from the underground service tunnel Garret looked at Bill

"they survived the detonation Garret but what they went on to do I have no idea an yes I had a vision if you like, I know it didn’t like me"

Tim smiled "it explains how we learn from each other so quickly Bill.. so your able to predict things we knew that already. now we know its you an not Takashima's doing an that means everything to us, your with family" an they all agreed

"well GOOD! He's needed to hear that. Joe get ready your going to be meeting Bill in Sacramento in a few days ill be getting a lot of reinforcements into the state as there's a lot to be done an this is what Bill is going to be doing"

Bill went for lunch after a huge argument with Kim an Sophia over his part in the plan Garret had made. He'd finally stopped it by telling them it was the best way to do it to catch Takashima completely off guard an relaxed he couldn’t easily blame the feds or the HBED's for anything that might happen

They all knew the risks an they all told him he was risking far more than they would be his response had been that as the best HBED an the one Takashima wanted so badly his risk was proportional an it had to be done he couldn’t live without Sara they still hadn't revealed everything an the others could tell but had held their questions

He had a few major jobs but Garret was doing all the organizing an planning for the entire thing Bill would start the show work his way down the state hit the huge group of dairy's between Sacramento an Bakersfield setting free the DB lady HBED's

Tim an Kim would also meet with the dairy farms owners in their areas and negotiate with them to free their HBED's an hopefully keep them safe till things were settled the Feds would help where they could

they had been HBED far longer than even he they were early test subjects designed for milk production an not household an companions the data on them said the chips were also earlier designs an tended to go off far easier but allowed more free will

He hoped when he got there he would find helpers smart healthy people not HBED animals once the chips were cut. He officially wasn’t getting any help from the feds but the FFH were an if he got their help it was because he was FFH. A cheap side step around the rules but the head of the FBI wanted him around for the doctors to study an he was no ones lab subject.

He was the one to detail out one part of the game plan to the AA of the strike force they were to be a key to this Trisha an the Boys already in on it had to explain it in further repeated detail

Their training intensified when Bill got the escort help of the pair of triples who decided he needed to see just how strong they were by turning on him in the middle of a training session it all to quickly turned into a brawl which left Bill with a bunch of bruises an many scrapes cuts an bites

An two triples in the hospital stunned that they woke up there the losers sore stitched an patched back together

Bill got the AA's to full strength that they could muster making them far better than the hunters they ran full out with him an in pairs could bring him down the third was complete domination

The fifth day The triples came back out an lined up with the AA their expressions an body posture showed they understood their mistake

Bill smiled "it was a nice try guys but I was expecting you to try something like that it wasn’t a surprise. I hope your okay no hard feelings?" he smiled an they wagged an ear "Good I'm glad, tonight we aren't training I just wanted to tell all of you thank you for proving me wrong many times again an again

I didn’t trust security AA's, in the pits an early on AA's were a source of fear an potential discovery. Me an Tim were always afraid, then it was the trainers an more of us, always worried did they catch that slip?.. are we about to die?

Then came the night two of you, young in their human years, who decided to say something. they told Sara thank you for caring, that any abuse of HBED's effected everyone not caring that at the moment I was in massive pain Sara scrubbing gravel out of my wounds for the second time that id eagerly welcomed any opportunity to tear into anything of Takashima's to vent some of the pain

The shock that they caused in my beliefs was nothing short of incredible an I'm very humbled by their friendship an incredibly proud of them, since that night they have saved my heavy ass when I became a speed bump for a pickup an defended the hospital saving many lives they’ve trained harder than even I have

I want you of strike groups C an D to understand that Jeff an Alex deserve your loyalty be proud of them, be proud to be in their commands. they’ve grown to be professional warriors of the highest quality an they will lead you well, of that I can guarantee you. They wont abandon you, nor risk your lives without their own hides right there with you"

He stood an bowed his head to the boys "my friends my life an Sara's will be in your hands again an they couldn’t be in any safer place, thank you no matter what happens for being my friends an letting me be yours for helping me to learn something about myself I look forward to being a father because I hope my children will be just like you"

"metaphorically speaking I hope Bully if they arrive as AA's its not our fault" Jeff laughed as everyone else did as well

"no ill just blame it on Alex" "HEY! No way! Bully!"

the laughs subsided after a bit he smiled "the coming weeks are going to be risky for everyone as Joe said to the HBED's at the training center you don’t have permission to die. well I'm going to add to that statement you better not or I will find your body an make sure you attend the dinner party dead or alive, Joe was going on about defiling the bodies or something startin to wonder about that AC"

they all stood up at attention an Bowed their heads some still chuckling

"good luck to all of us, thank you" Bill hopped down an hugged the boys "I'll be seeing you two right" firmly patting them on the shoulders

"absolutely" "when it happens were going to so mess him up" "no Al that’s all Bully's show he knows what to do to Takashima" "oh yeah" both grinned at him

"I certainly do, thanks guys"

Bill headed up to the cabin an ate a good dinner then headed for a hot shower horns leaned on the tile he looked at Sara's ring jammed tight on his right horn an then the locket on the other Garret had handed the ring to him on the way back in with a nod he knew what it meant everything was in place ready for him

water pouring down concentrating on Garrets plan wanting his gift or whatever it was to give him a warning would this too go the wrong way? Was he just again heading for a disaster

But there was, as it had always done before, nothing… no indication of any gift. Just his own mind that was tallying up all the things that could go wrong. Surprise came it was the hand that was joined by another rubbing his back with soap made him look

Bonnie

"thank you, the one place even as HBED's its hard to reach you'd figure Takashima would have fixed that too"

she chuckled "your leaving tonight aren't you"

"yes, Garrets got things ready, its my turn, I started this war, its time to finish it before anyone else innocent is killed"

she sighed rubbing his back with soap an then leaning against him for a moment "it would be wrong of me to ask so I wont ask" she slid in between him an the wall looking into his eyes she slid her hands up an held his face kissing him "I know love is impossible Sara will always have that, I just need comfort"

"that wont be easy either" looking at her as she kissed him again "but I owe you a favor for helping so much, I can get my Sara back because of your help, so ill do my best to show you what Sara has till I die"

he kissed her pulling her close sliding his hands down her body touching caressing she turned around tail to the side an he let the Bull handle it from there snorting hard making her grunt an moan panting a bit chin on top of her head still pumping as her body orgasmed his fingers gently playing with her nipples on her lower belly

he felt the huge release into her making his knees weak an leaned on her a bit both hands planting firmly on the wall to hold himself up she moaned an shivered under him

he felt his body respond by soothing his mood thinking nothing quite like sex to make you want to rest but I cant not tonight

she eased up turned an hugged him "thank you"

he knew why "it was your trainer that died at the facility wasn’t it it's how you got your arm bit trying to save him"

"yes, he didn’t want to do things with me… an its been lonely seeing everyone else getting partners"

"why didn’t you say something to Amy? Her playing match maker"

Bonnie looked up into his eyes "cause I wanted you, but cant have"

He hugged her "I'm sorry that I cant give you that Bonnie"

"then give me your word that you wont die on us, I can talk to Sara maybe she can share you occasionally" smiling at him an then kissing quite passionately

"I will try"

"an I know you’re a bull of his word. I saw how you punished yourself for what happened, Bill please don’t forget that your never alone in this, no matter what happens." touching his cheek she smiled an walked out grabbing a towel off the rack filled with them

He went to his room an found a pair of jeans shorts with a note from Bonnie 'thought you could use these more comfortable than the kilt under armor' he smiled an put them on snapping the waist band shut over his tail an buttoning the front shut

The armor next he saw the markings on the helmet for various kills as the door opened his dad an doc walked in

"leaving?" doc asked

"yes" he pointed to the phone with a questioning look doc nodded

"an I have a bit of unfinished business with you doctor Victor or should I call you Takashima's pet spy yeah I knew you were spying I moved the FFH an made sure the FBI thought it best to destroy the evacuated facilities they didn’t have a clue I knew you were spying."

His dad blinked wondering what the hell was going on as doc gave him the phone. Bill made the shush motions about the phone "son what in the hell are you doing? don’t kill him"

"he's a spy for Takashima dad! he's one of the HBED developers an he's gona pay for it the only way that there's justice for all who've died! Yes doctor my gift showed me that too…cutting up HBED's an letting them die.. wanting the babies you son of a BITCH!" he grabbed doc around the neck an he gagged

pointing for the long paint roller handle in the corner

his dad nodded partly catching on "no son don’t! the feds they'll want him alive!" handing him the handle which Bill put his foot on a bit

"screw them, they lied to me about Sara! My wife Dad! They let him take her an your grandchild! I've got to get her back otherwise what's any of it good for.. oh! so you have a phone that types for ya huh doc well good!" taking the phone an dropping it gently picking it up

"read this you cowardly bastard I'm coming for Sara, you want to live long enough to try an get the feds to save ya. you have best not hurt her if she is there's not a safe haven on the planet for you" he got doc to gag again an it typed that sound an the drop prior an he snapped the handle which it typed

"tell the feds dad, I got the spy and I'm leaving. they better not try an stop me I'm coming for you Takashima, death is coming for you. an make sure tell Kenneth he's next if he has the balls to face me in a real fight"

he hit the send an it registered sent he slipped it into his chest pocket "now then doctor you are dead to Takashima not that he cares about anyone's life you want to live you help the people the race you created selflessly do I make myself clear"

"yes Bill, thank you" smiling clearly feeling safe now

"don’t thank me you bastard, you never once ever thought should we be doing this. No you only saw the money an the power that Takashima promised you. We have HBED doctors they will all need to learn how we work you! better train them well or ill make sure the next thing I break around you is! your neck" glaring at him with a snort an another snap of the handle

doc nodded feeling his neck his fear scent skyrocketed

"now get out! go to Garret" Bill watched as doc left in a hurry he looked at his dad "sorry bout that dad"

"oh I thought for a second, but you are leaving then?"

"yes, Garret cant lie if he don’t know exactly when I leave, even if it is his plan. I wanted to take a moment to talk to you before I left though. I want you to seriously think about what I told you. You didn’t do so well as a father but I want you around as a grandfather an I will have you there to see your grandchild born"

"son, I"

"an don’t tell me some of the lady HBED haven't given you the eye, so you better think hard on it got me?" poking his father in the chest then something told him he better an he hugged his father hard, kneeling down in front of him he looked into his fathers eyes "tell me you will think about it please"

he swallowed clearly a bit choked up over the sudden hug "I will I promise"

Bill smiled, he'd told the truth "thank you dad, now its time I went an got things rolling I have a big roll to play an if things go well I should have Sara back before she starts to show" slipping his helmet on the HUD system came on an was doing a system check hugging his dad one last time

he walked out an looked back for a moment an began his run the HUD brought up a map an his location it dimmed so he could see where he was going it showed a rail line several miles away but the terrain also showed the old spur used to build the complex an he headed for that as his escape route

the low light system came on as he ran down the mountain along the narrow rail path leaping over old fences an places where the road had collapsed he slid down the mountain at that point he used the pry bar to dig in an drag slowing his slide in the lose stone an gravel chunks of dirt an plants being ripped up

he ran along the gully at the bottom above the trees he began hearing the choppers already in the air spotlights looking after a few minutes more he found the rail line checking it the surface of the rail was polished smooth but not shiny so he headed down looking for the active line ready to dodge the choppers at any moment

Garret nodded looking over the reports Bill had made a clean getaway no one had seen him after the initial run across the airstrip to the side of the plateau where he'd set off a few motion detectors an then disappeared

He'd had to reassure Doc he was safe long as he kept his end of the bargain to teach the HBED doctors everything he knew

Garret sat down at his office terminal an brought up the GPS system of not only the phone but Bill's helmet an they both were moving at a good clip along the railroad heading south "caught a train such a smart HBED well of course he is he's William"

he tapped his headset "notify Baker, Tally, Zulu, Papa, Golf and Echo unit ones, that leader one is in route best be ready"

"yes sir"

it clicked off "now things get moving"

Bill yawned he'd caught a bit of sleep on the train a cargo container consist heading for LA or San Diego didn’t matter he was getting off in Sacramento leaning against the end of a container watching the world go by reading the instructions menu for his helmet he got various things adjusted to his liking an dozed off

The location alert woke him as the train came into the yard on the edge of the city he hopped off the slowing moving freight an headed for the fence looking for a gate out a yard boss in his truck yelled at him as he was driving towards him

Bill stopped an looked as the truck came to a halt

the window opened "what the hell do you think your doing HBED your trespassing!" his eyes went wide blinking seeing the skull helmet

"I'm leaving your rail yard I wouldn’t want to cause a problem I do apologize for any I might have made" walking on Bill walked out onto the street seeing shops down the road a bit he found a sporting goods store an went in

early shoppers all around went quiet clearly stunned at his appearance. Removing his helmet he smiled an bowed his head to them a bit as one of the staff came up an slowed a good distance back

"uh your um not allowed HBED"

"oh? Isn't cash money used anymore? Or are you a black gentleman going to be racist towards a human that’s been converted into a HBED?"

"racist! Why you.. wait.. did you say human?"

Grinning at them all "yes I said human that’s been converted, I used to be just like you a human. This was done to me against my will, an now me an the many other FFH or Freedom For HBED's fighters are working hard to make sure this doesn’t happen to you and your families as well…

now id like to get a hydration pack perhaps a few other things ill need as I'm hiking down the state to eventually reach LA to get my Wife an owner taken hostage, free from my former employer Takashima incorporated"

they were all speechless following along listening as he told them everything. looking over a three gallon hydration pack that he liked smiling setting his helmet on the head of a twelve year old who laughed trying to keep it on straight.

he got a few other things that his inventory of the pouches an pockets had revealed to be lacking

large rolls of fishing line which he knew would come in handy later some karabiners flint an steel set, asked about caltrops but most had no clue what that was an he shouldn’t have expected them to have those but nothing ventured nothing gained

then he grabbed a couple cans of some spray on predator repellant goop that was so bad his nose shut eyes went to watering from just being near where a bit had been sprayed

grabbing some heavy duty sticky tape rolls from an isle end cap "even adheres in water.. nice"

heading for the front there was a sports advertisement for a nutritional supplement an there his image was, sans horns of course he set his items down an walked over to the display

"I think the horns I grew make me look better don’t you?" smiling taking on the same pose they all were exclaiming that he was William 221 chuckling as he bowed with a flourish of his tail "thank you"

the manager who had come out to see what was going on saw him an the outfit an went wide eyed "dear lord the FFH reports the news! Its all true?"

"yes sir, now I hate to say hi an then have to run, but I need to buy this stuff an move on. I have the local Takashima tower to seize then move on, but as I've let you all in on the truth. if it ever comes out Takashima starts saying it was our fault we deserved it you know who's feeding you the bullshit don’t you"

everyone nodded some asking if he needed help

"no too much risk for all of you, ill have hundreds of FFH here to help an were built for combat being war machines an all" he smiled taking his helmet back setting it on the counter he paid for his various items

the Boys father got a shirt an asked Bill to autograph it which he did signing it William 221 first of the free HBED's

"now please all of you don’t try an take the law into your own hands alright? were being helped by the federal government were fighting most because if Takashima knew the feds were helping openly

he'd do something like kill all the HBED's with chips in there heads using the destruct code an he'd try an escape. Just keep an eye on the news stay in your homes after dark lock your doors an windows an keep your heads down"

"I've got my guns them hunters wont get me an my family"

"HBED's are very bullet resistant sir, all you'd do is make them mad. let us handle it please" patting him on the shoulder as people took pictures with their cell phones just as Bill had hoped they would

"thanks for the offer of help though sir, a lot of the FFH have lost hope that normal people would even care that we're dieing an fighting for you"

one woman had to ask "they've been deaths?"

"yes ma'am eleven so far in direct fighting with Takashima's hunters his werewolves we've been destroying his power base an sources of funding supplies an such but thousands of people have died on his conversion lines under the towers"

"I saw! That one on the net! Then the wolf got its head smashed for killing the HBED" the twelve year old bounced a bit

"yes, she died protecting a group of humans from that triple A's claws an teeth with her own life.. a real hero, her brother also HBED is still heartbroken, but is very proud of her. You shouldn’t really be watching that on the computer at your age," fluffing his hair

"but if no one sees how an what were fighting against is there a war really going on? So many people are asleep like the HBED's with their chips active they have no clue what is really going on well I'm here to ring the alarm bell an wake everyone up to the truth.

Please by all means if you want to tell the media the FFH are going to attack the tower today show them those pictures you took as proof and thank you for your support! We FFH HBED's appreciate it all "

walking out he filled the hydration pack with water from a faucet outside a carwash attaching it to his armors pack with the carabineer's the armor also had a thickly protected armored compartment for the tablet pc there solar panels on the shoulders to charge it

walking along heading for the tower just to the south of the city center people honked an waved he waved back with a smile his helmet hanging off a hip bag

a police car eased up next to him "good morning officers I was hoping to get the opportunity to speak with the police today"

they blinked in shock at that

"yes I know oh wow he can talk like an educated human.. I was human once" grinning seeing news trucks an reporters ahead driving down the road "quite the exciting day were going to have I hope we can count on your help" seeing how well things were going already

he made a stop for lunch at a soup an salad chain sitting there eating tapping on his tablet getting a map of the area making mental notes on the buildings around the tower an the places where they would need to put up road blocks sending a list of the spots to Joe

the crowd he was attracting was like he was doing advertisements again. he spotted a Takashima loyalist in the crowd his ear listened in as the loyalist told Takashima he was sitting there eating bold as brass

the media were reporting on the facts he'd given edited for the nuclear threat which he was watching on the tablet via a small window. they'd wanted more but he asked if he could eat in peace for them to get the privilege to be at the assault of the tower

they quickly agreed

the owner of the place came up smiling "thank you for the um free advertisement having William 221 eating here is really excellent for business"

"I'm glad to help, oh the chicken vegetable soup really very good thank the cook for me please um could you tell me if there's a pet store near by?"

"pet store huh? Not really, likely outside this area the strip malls an such"

"ah okay thank you" "can I get you something else?"

"sure! Thank you, more of the same please" "coming right up!"

Bill sucked on his frozen apple juice slush listening to the loyalist talking. the phone rang retrieving it from the pocket it said H. Takashima

Putting it on speaker "why hello Mr. Takashima, I see the news travels fast. How is your day going?"

"William.. what are you doing"

"um well I'm enjoying an excellent bowl of soup looking over the map of the city around your tower here to make sure when the tower is attacked we have the human population kept safely out of the way various road blocks an the such.

Oh would you be so kind as to send your human employees home early. I don’t want them injured in the fighting in the tower thanks. I know it will be a bit of a"

"stop this William, immediately!" interrupting Bill "you will behave!"

"oh, you want me to stop huh" the reporters all had remote microphones on him just for this they should be recording "then you're ready to surrender then? good I'm glad the less blood shed the better"

"no! an stop being foolish! Now you will go to the tower an give yourself up now!"

"um I'm sorry, but what would prompt me to do that Mr. Takashima? It seems to me that the FFH are winning. your hunters are spineless bullies at best, insane loose cannons at worst who likely chew off their own feet for something to do. your supply lines an attempts at spying all failures an four training facilities reduced to scraps an their special surprises with them" not letting on he knew the ones in California were still live

"I will hurt her William, do not make me do that"

"we all expected to die Takashima, she already gave her life for me so I could come save her an handle you. are you! Ready to die for your beliefs Takashima? I don’t have time for your crap right now. Your not my employer, friend, boss or supervisor anymore or anything that can control or stop me. HBED's will be free an have justice Mr. Takashima

an if you think you will profit from my children then pay attention.. Rather ris ray rfool as he always has been.. do have a nice day sir…" tapping it off the words hurt him inside talking about Sara like that when he'd willingly traded his own life for hers sighing as he drank more of the soup

another mug of it came an a plate with toasted bread which Bill looked curiously at him

"it’s part of the meal special"

"oh thank you" smiling "smells wonderful" Takashima called back!

"I'll give him that, he's determined to piss me off" touching the phones screen "yes Mr. Takashima?"

"William perhaps we could take a few moments to discuss this? I have never taken the time to explain for that I do now regret it quite severely"

"sure I've got a bit to wait, like I said I'm enjoying my soup doing a bit of planning so are you the real thing or another HBED type clone?"

"ah so you know about that as well, yes I'm the real one. William I realize you may not believe me but I honestly did not want this to come to this, it was not desired, its costly an causing delays. I wanted only the best for you"

"hmm, hmm" drinking his soup taking a bite off a chunk of multi grain toast grilled with a bit of tomato, mozzarella cheese an olive oil drizzled over it crunching softly

"then why" wiping his lip "do it at all? Why all the death why the pain an abuse. your actions do not correspond with your words sir much like the utopian image you painted for Sara that last day at the facility it just don’t ring true"

"I have made mistakes, I admit that. one can not change the world without a few"

"every omelet takes a few broken eggs? Eh sir" setting his bread down

"yes, you see you do understand"

"no, your argument sir is invalid, as those eggs were people, individuals who are priceless each person is different an your own genetics research shows you that! You understand that one of them could have added their heritage to the whole of humanity eventually given that one immune system response that could saved the race at some far future date

but no.. they died being converted dissolved into a liquid an flushed away down the drain so there would be no evidence of their lives lost. the knowledge an life experiences good or bad… gone forever.. who gave you the right to decide? That their contribution was not worthy"

"who made you the leader of the FFH William?"

"its very rude to answer with a question sir.. quite rude!.. but to answer you I did, because I did not run. I did not escape when I could have. I stood my ground to make up for my mistake of trusting you, instead of taking the information to the media or the feds that night.

So when Steven attacked me in the pens, I was not going to die as his meal I fought back an I've been fighting back ever since to make amends for my stupidity"

The people around the open air courtyard of the restaurant were all clearly listening at this point wait staff all frozen in place

"but I was not the only one Takashima, oh not the only one to fight back, Tim 217 an Hank 233 they both helped me stomp an beat Steven to death, the other two of the three musketeers they knew evil an weren't even free of their chips. they knew he was wrong an they still fight your hunters even now"

"so you made the decision to lead the FFH such as I chose to change mankind its not so different"

"the difference is Takashima, between you an me. I didn’t want the job an still don't, but I stepped forward an I am doing my duty for my country, my friends both human an HBED I will see those who've died get justice they will not be forgotten

such as Tim's younger daughter who died because you tried to convert her as you had her father sister an mother her life forever lost a hole in their lives never to be fixed

the poor lady in the pens who was set free of her chip because someone set the voltage too high on the floor so HBED's wouldn’t shit an pee wherever. the pain sorrow an confusion in her cries totally ignored as the doctor an Kenneth looked down on her with such a cold heartless dispassionate lack of emotion

they were upset more that she was awakened an had to send her back to the labs to have her mind fried out than one care about her or the pain they were about to cause her an then eventually her death

no I never wanted the job, but as with working for you till you betrayed me. I will do my very best an when I'm done I will move on. forever cursed with what I have had to do to stop you. the lives lost in this silent war will be paid for Takashima, my Sara knows this all to well she was indeed a perfect match for me an we do thank you for that one thing

but it wont stop me, you can raise an army against me Takashima an the streets will run red with their blood.. please save their lives, stop it all surrender now.

I'm sure you never realized that Sara was the safety valve, she was my guide, made the plans, I am the weapon I am death. so today our war goes public I do hope you enjoy it all, you made me, an all of this, this way"

he knew the loyalist had snuck up close behind him an he pulled out a syringe to plunge it into Bill like a dagger several screamed others yelled even as they did Bill tilted his head up leaning back thrusting his head at the man

he made a groan looking at the Bull horn right into his heart the syringe clattered to the ground as he went limp

Bill pulled the horn free an let the body flop to the ground

"Briggs! Did you get him Briggs!?" came from the phone "BRIGGS! Damn it did you get him!" Takashima yelled demanding an answer

Bill wiped his horn off with napkins

"no, I'm afraid he caught the Bull by the horn Takashima"

hearing the marching music approaching in the distance

"ahh good, well it was nice to have a moment to speak to you sir, in public an all… the witnesses to your attempt to have me assassinated.. all the blood all over the nice stone work darn shame its going to stain it.

Oh you really should try the chicken vegetable soup here it's very good! Do excuse me now I have your tower to seize"

"do not do this William Morin!"

Stopping motionless for a moment Bill leaned over as he put the tablet away in its compartment feeling it lock in to the solar charger assembly

"the Man once known as William Morin DIED the day you made him into AB1A 221 sir! If you must refer to me it is William 221 that, is my name now" tapping it off

he finished his soup with a gulp. nervous clapping at first but then more clapped. he bowed his head to them "my apologies for ruining your meals with such a spectacle please its on me" putting the phone away

he paid the owner for all the meals not willing to take no from the many customers. the police showed up an people immediately told them that the dead man was trying to kill Bill as he was trying to eat

walking for the street the music growing louder an so did the marching feet and HBED calls to war the police came up behind him an went quiet as the rows of marching HBED's in combat armor came down the street three abreast police cycles out in front a car far to the rear

all of them carrying their helmets on a hook on the belt, pry bars an jumbo weapons handles waving as they rolled side to side a bit tails waving in counter point

Bill looked at the officers "if you officers could evacuate a three block radius around the Takashima tower it would be very helpful we will handle the streets inside that area blockading the streets an escort any humans out of the combat zone its gona get mean around the tower tonight we don’t want anyone else to get hurt"

"now just hold on HBED there's a dead man back there you have to answer questions"

"oh, I'm sorry I'm not considered a person, only the testimony of a person can be admissible as evidence, but you have a restaurant patio full of witnesses that are human an are people who can help you okay? Thank you. now if you need more help please call FBI special agent James Garret G A two r's ET" pointing to their pads "excuse me now I have a war to win"

he walked out into the street leaving the officers stunned seeing Joe an several others he knew they marched up an came to a foot ringing halt of silence

"good march Joe?"

"absolutely sir! Were spoiling for a fight!"

"excellent, alright three block exclusion zone two block barricade area, use whatever you can find. start escorting the humans out of the area pull fire alarms on buildings if you have to, but I want them clear the media will be watching"

gesturing to the vans pulling up

"so lets be good about this, he knows were coming an isn't happy but he also tried to have me killed in public so its only fair the media gets to see us handle his hunters lets move out!"

Joe turned an gave orders which were passed on down the lines everyone put on their helmets as cameras came on filming them begin marching towards the tower Bill in the lead next to Joe

"you like the soup Bully?"

"damn good soup though the grilled toast tomato cheese an olive oil was quite a nice complement to it"

"yeah they over cooked mine the other day, Stacey was not happy"

"must keep pregnant mates happy" they both chuckled "I want your three best to guard the media take them to the roof of the parking garage across the street from the tower"

"its done boss" gesturing to the next HBED in the line an AE, a heavy male moose he turned out of the march an headed back to the media with two more he pulled from the lines

Joe watched as a Takashima truck flew past them on a side street "running boss?"

"possibly, long as they run their okay. remember they are allowed to run just not come back in"

"gotcha boss Bully" he gestured at the middle of the next street an one line turned right heading down that street "we have nine hundred effective Boss another hundred support"

"have the medics set up back far enough where if they come out hard they cant get to the wounded but lets keep the wounded to the hunters side"

"SOP boss Bully" he gestured an another large group turned left

finally the last block Joe had the FFH spread out an they began to blockade the roads dumpsters pallets benches everything that could be found an moved went to the two block radius blockade all cars an people were quickly an calmly moved out protesting or not

Bill was standing there in the center of the street waiting. the media he could hear were up on the top of the parking structure to his back they were making a live report to their stations he watched the sweating guard in the guard hut Bill crouched down onto his haunches as the phone beeped a text message

'good work media is going wild its going live around the world T is shifting reinforcements but they wont arrive in time 'G'

getting up he walked over to the guard hut thinking Garret must be loving the talk me an Takashima had. gently tapping on the glass the guard a young kid swallowed hard his Adam's apple bobbing

"y-yes c-can I, I, help! You?" sliding the window open a bit

"well its how I can help you lad, you do realize who an what I am right?"

"yes s-sir"

"good, did Takashima send people home? I'm seeing a lot of cars still parked around"

"n-no s-sir there's been no, no orders"

Bill sighed "well here's how I help you alright, you toss the gun an badge in the drawer an hustle outa here before you get hurt okay, an calm down being a guard isn't normally ever this bad I know I was one for Takashima till he converted me try one of the other companies"

The kid nodded did as asked an ran for his car Bill lifted the gate up an waved good bye to him then he ripped the roof an wall off the hut an started typing on the terminal knowing the code to set off the fire alarm without having access to the system which he seriously doubted his identity code was still good

White strobes started flashing on the fence line an the parking lot poles buzzers going off inside the building moments later people started coming out guards as well an they were all looking at Bill

"ladies an gentlemen we the FFH are giving you all the chance to evacuate the tower before we seize the facility now please follow the directions of the FFH to evacuate the area safely thank you"

a guard pulled his weapon an aimed it at Bill "you will surrender William 221!"

the others thought about it but made no motions

"now I haven't hurt anyone simply attempting to evacuate you humans from the area so that when the hunters finally get up the intestinal fortitude to come out an fight your not in the middle of it like the tower in Nashville where all the security died with the hunters in an hour long blood bath none lived to see anything more than the underside of a FFH foot!"

he cracked his knuckles "but if that’s what you want pull that trigger boy! lets rock I'm bullet proof an wearing combat armor that can stop those HBED killing rounds you ready to die?"

Settling down on all fours Bill snorted loudly horns aimed right for the jerk scraping his fingers looking all to like a giant sized Bull an all the right attitude

the guard waited an thought too long an dropped the gun "so not worth it, the job isn't worth my life" they all dumped the guns an headsets

"good choice" Bill got up snorted an directed traffic out of the parking lot HBED's directing them on which way to get out of the area. Bill collected the guns an other items tossing them all into the guard hut one of the com head sets chirped

he got it an tapped it "guard hut, William 221 here" a pleasant tone an quite pleased watching as the last few cars drove out

"William this behavior is"

"you’re the tower clone, so shut your mouth an order the Hunters to surrender or they will die. The only ones we will let live is the ones who run or surrender am I clear on this there is no other options, will you surrender the tower peacefully?"

"no I'm afra"

Bill crushed it "so be it then, JOESEPH! I want an open door please! If you would be so kind"

"one open door! Boss bully" came from an alley way across the street from the loading docks three doors

a rocket raced across the street from a lower level of the parking garage rocking the area with an explosion glass shattering an alarms going off Bill reflexively ducked a bit an stood back up straight

the roll up door was completely blown off its tracks crashing to the ground with a few papers fluttering around

"hunters! Takashima AA's an triple A this is your one an only notice. This tower an facility will fall into FFH control tonight! you have this opportunity to evacuate, safe conduct away from the area is guaranteed this is your one an only notice! After this you will have to surrender or die"

he sighed waiting the alarms stopped an the lights flickered a bit he smiled glad he'd told the media to cover their cameras in lead x-ray shields from a hospital to keep them going even with the stealth field

a trio of AA hunters came out the blasted door walking across the parking area the escort stopped some distance back an the larger female leader stood up looking at Bill

"William it is a pleasure to finally meet you, so many interesting things I've heard but this" gesturing to him "so unlike you"

"well things happen you know how it is, guy tried to assassinate me while on the phone with Takashima who has some kind of god complex thinks he has the right to rule other peoples lives that sort of stuff just kinda sets the tone for the night"

"hmm, well you know I must ask for you to surrender an the other FFH as well"

he chuckled "you can ask of course"

she sighed "must this become bloody?"

"that dear is up to you, I've given my word of safe passage if you leave or surrender now so now its in your hands do we make a big mess of things or do we as professionals come to the understanding that this can end only one way"

"ahh well there you see we have no choice then"

"you do have more than one, long as the stealth field is active, we can cut your chips an set you free. he cant kill you or set you into military mode. we all have them the full effect would likely even shut off local power as well"

she sighed "it’s the clone he wont surrender the tower regretfully"

"please don’t die for some HBED human clone just as amoral as the real thing, when it comes to people's lives"

"we all have our duties William" her face tight a touch of regret to her voice

"I'm sorry… then please let him know the deaths an blood about to happen are all on him"

she bowed her head an turned to go back over to her escort "capture him NOW that is an order!"

her escort rushed at him an two flashes of silver suddenly lanced down from the roof of another building the tubes ringing pinning the AA in mid leap like bugs on a pin board he recognized galvanized fence poles the bodies slid down them leaving red smears both dead

"all on his hands lady, be a responsible alpha take your forces surrender or retreat now!" he moved back knowing this wasn’t going to begin well as she ran for the doors

Bill sighed hearing the howl inside the building an watched as a flood of AA's came running out of the front doors and the cargo dock

An just as quickly FFH flooded out of the alleyways an buildings around a roar of various voices as fence came crashing down smashed flat with abandoned cars held like battering rams between HBED's

Bill stood still watching the carnage an had to duck a manhole cover tossed like a Frisbee a bit off target by another AB who cringed seeing where it'd nearly landed

An after a few moments the FFH pulled back leaving a good two dozen wounded or dead AA scattered across the parking lot it was savage an needless

Bill walked closer to the building avoiding the entrails of an AA spilled on the asphalt "HUNTERS! Now I demand you surrender! or face death your only other option is to retreat I will still let you run take your lives an run"

It was then when three triples came out calmly looking at the mess avoiding stepping on bodies or parts an AA moaned in pain as they walked past another cried out sobbing in agony

The escort held back as the alpha walked along on all fours an stood up he was bigger than Bill by the height of his ears

"well William quite the lack of fighting tonight" the escort chuckled from behind him

removing his helmet Bill smiled "the fact is I don’t need to, I am known as death.. all the FFH know that if I start fighting.. you have no chance to live, it is an act of kindness on their an my part.

We want you to surrender, we don’t want you to die needlessly serving a man who could care less about your lives. I have many AA friends an even a pair of triples they were escorting a clone they to be destroyed once they reached the tower because they cared didn’t like killing"

he hung his helmet on his hip bag "do we really need to continue this? Your troops are out numbered an out classed an the injured AA need medical care now so they may yet live. Surrender behave an I can guarantee their safety an get them to proper medical care"

the triples collar came on "Eric! You stupid moron Take him NOW! I demand you" Bill poked it off with his finger

"be quiet the adult HBED's are talking clone. Now then what will it be, do we need further blood shed?"

"personally I think we do" an he made a swing nailing Bill in the jaw hard which made the big Bull stumble a step back, the escort growled approvingly as the FFH gasped

"come on William you want the tower then you have to" stopping to listen his ears went up

they all heard the FFH growling louder an louder still then a chant started "Bully, bully, Bully"

Bill came back up straight snorting steam he bellowed swinging fast landing an upper cut that sent the triple sailing backwards crashing into the wounded an one of his escorts

"now then!" spiting blood at him stomping towards him "there's the blood you had to have! Now you bastard surrender! Don’t make me kick your ass around this parking lot because I will an then take you around the block for good measure! An yer laughing hyenas can go play with the other FFH while I'm at it!

I try to be civil an polite an you want a damn fist fight" spiting a bit of blood out again

Joe an the other FFH came out an were ready for a major fight at that point lined up around the building on the sidewalk weapons at the ready

The triple sat up holding his jaw as he reached in an pulled a tooth out with a pained growl his escort snarled as the bull clenched his fists an set into a hand to hand combat pose

"can you guarantee our safety from him William?" looking around a bit at all the FFH waiting to destroy them

"we can, on my life. you behave yourselves an you will be treated well, that is my word"

he took his collar off an tossed it away "we surrender the tower to you William, the clone wont go easy he's locked himself away in the tower"

"that’s fine we can handle that" Bill held his hand out to the triple "get up you still have work to do, order them out an line them up for chip fixing"

"yes sir" taking Bill's hand

he came up an tried to arm wrestle Bill which ended With Bill clenching a fist so tight the triple lost his grin an flinched in pain "okay, okay William I'll behave"

"good, now move your tail get them out here" snorting softly at the triple who lowered his ears an head a bit

Bill looked at the media an gestured they could come down an they hurried down their escorts staying right with them

"William! William 221 can we get that interview now" the reporters with microphones an cameras bright lights in his face

"yes indeed" rubbing his jaw again "the tower should be safe in a few moments local FFH commander Joseph is clearing it so you can come with me an see what we HBED's call hell"

"this fight was nothing like what occurred in Nashville why is that?"

"the fight in Nashville was an incident of anger an revenge that FFH unit lost nine HBED's to a dirty trick the facility supervisor of the training center which had been the original target surrendered an then attacked the HBED's as they were rendering aid to the injured both Takashima's people, an their own.

The leader of that group decided it was time to show Takashima's people that we FFH will not stand for dirty low down tricks. a surrender is exactly that, not a chance to counterattack, but we have seen quite a lot of low down dishonorable tactics from Takashima's forces.

The death of a HBED AC who was protecting a group of humans from a triple A, she gave her life to keep them safe from his claws an teeth trying to beg him for mercy to let the humans go.

He paid with his life as a warning to the hunters no mercy, gets none an that is general policy now in all major combat"

"William! Why this tower? Why make the fight which has been underground an nearly silent public?"

"because the people of the world need to know what Takashima has been doing. HBED's are people, not animals. were no ones property an most certainly not slaves for any price."

The FFH all gave a resounding snort in agreement with a foot stomp The reporters looked around at that an came back to Bill

"as for why this one, why not? I plan on freeing San Francisco from its nightmares next then perhaps Bakersfield, Vegas. I invite the hunters watching an listening to this throw down your collars do not serve a man who cares not if you live or die he just wants the country destroyed"

"your FFH attacks on Takashima industries were they aimed at something HBED related?"

"in some cases most were simply to tightening the clamps on his empire taking his supplies an resources away crippling his abilities to move goods important to operations of the towers such as moving sedated humans from one city to another for conversion due to one city being low on stock for the conversion line"

"moving humans? Do you mean Takashima industries is responsible for the huge numbers of missing persons cases?"

"I do indeed, come now where do you think Takashima gets people to toss into the machine? HBED's are created from humans his technology is impressive but its not able to create life" he gestured to the AA's an triples being de-chipped an restraints applied

"his hunters an their stealth units can go about the cities at night, taking humans at random or assigned targets as needed such as families of those who were taken at the tower here for business only to find out the tower is a trap they would never escape from… without the price of their humanity.

The hunters stealth renders them virtually invisible to modern technology such as your cameras which we found out what can prevent the malfunctions. Its been said with HBED's if you can see the hunter its too late to run"

he looked at Joe who had groups going in he wagged an ear

"alright the important areas are cleared an safe to enter" someone yelled as several healthy AA made a break for it running out the fence line "let them GO! Surrender or run I gave them that option" Joe wagged an ear shouting to those chasing to let them go

he spotted the Takashima truck seen earlier as it stopped in front of them outside the 2 block blockade a pair of AA inside it called to them to hurry an run. it raced away as the last leaped in the back Bill grinned a bit seeing one face an its grin just before the door closed on the truck

"they will find Takashima's displeasure of their losing to be quite unpleasant he tends to recycle failures" looking at the reporters "ready to see hell? Come with me"

he led them in through the cargo docks past the raceways baths pointing out things to them. Finally reaching the first of the pits he opened the door an turned on the lights. The pit was full to nearly overcrowding of AC several whickered moving around yawning at being woken up

"here we see the final product prior to being sent out to a training facility. Where they would learn how to walk upright our destruction of those facilities has caused Takashima a bit of an issue on overcrowding as is evident.

people will get in here an start setting them free of the chips shortly. human hands are a bit better at it, but calming someone who just woke up into a nightmare is best handled by a HBED they thrash an scream its very disturbing, an HBED's even at this young age are very strong"

"could we observe that William?" the cameras all held on him

he wagged an ear with a bit of a nod "alright" he hopped over the rail into the pit "chose one, which innocent person who's life has been completely torn asunder, which do you want to help?"

"the white an black one" one reporter pointed

"alright" he moved over talking softly to them they were sniffing at him whinnying an snorting a bit. Gently taking a hold on her he knelt down got his kit "now there's three leads on the chip that have to be cut" the cell phone rang he brought it out it was Takashima

he glanced up at the security camera "no sir Mr. Takashima I wont answer, its high time the public got to see what I have hundreds of times, the nightmares all the pain an sorrow you have caused." Looking back at them "Takashima is calling his spy's cell phone that I took away from the dead body wanting to threaten me with my wife's life if I show you this"

the reporters were waiting nodding concern an interest both coming from them

"Takashima is paranoid an has an insane need for cameras to watch everything thing is" reaching in he connected the drainer it had a bit of charge an he started it draining "since he's converted so many good workers. His recent construction is quite shoddy so like with me I got my head bashed right out of conversion by a piss poor assembly job the cart falling apart so while my bones were still soft an rubbery it broke my chip an I've been working to stop him ever since"

"what are you doing there William, do you mind telling the audience?"

"I'm draining the chip of its collected power an there its empty"

"power for? And where does it get the power?"

"it uses the power collected from the brains electrical signals to kill the brain if the self destruct signal is sent" he clicked on his stealth

"I just activated my stealth unit so Takashima cant stop this moment by sending a signal to the others in here, many of the FFH will have them on till the chips are done to keep him from killing innocent HBED's. Now first I clip the kill lead then the military mode activator"

looking up at the reporters again

"yes military modes HBED's were designed as weapons of war as you saw the FFH have accessed all the combat information the chip programs into the brain an then it waits for the signal. When activated any HBED would begin grabbing humans an taking them to the towers any resistance would cause them to kill depending on the mode they would kill an take to convert their own families an friends"

he reached in an cut the memory blocker "she's free of her chip" putting his tools away as she blinked an looked around then up at the cameras

"rrrrrreeeeaaalllpppp" reaching out to them as her eyes saw the hands the fur an the tears started an the yelling incoherently trying to panic

"its okay were here to help your safe now" he picked her up a bit an hugged her as she sobbed wailing crying kicking out a bit hands gripping his armor "easy dear easy its gona be okay easy… your safe now"

Joe came in he whickered reassurances the chipped ones called back softly he looked at the media as they looked at that

he fingered to Bill 'got the clone bully, they just had to see this?'

Bill wagged his ear gently patting her back "Joe your AC I think she's going to need your help more than an AB's"

"hand her up boss Bully ill get her out to Stacey an the other helpers"

Bill got up an carried her over to Joe an handed her up to him. she was gripping onto Bill in a panic "its okay he's a good friend of mine he's an AC like you are, just be calm okay your safe now"

She nodded an sobbed uncontrollably in Joes arms as he walked out with her

Bill climbed up an looked at the reporters "an hundreds an hundreds more just like her to set free. teach them how to walk an live again, an more still has to be done she still has a nerve in the throat that has to be cut so she can speak properly engineered into us by him so we would absolutely never be seen as human

all HBED's their former lives are all gone as Takashima takes everything an sells it. So no home no possessions no history. One disaster victim after another, but its not all bad surprisingly, come on I'll explain"

leading them past dozens of pits FFH were checking on them keeping the stealth field going he went to walk through a swinging double door an stopped not looking at them

"as you are the first of the media to ever see this which would you like to see first.. the machine that makes HBED's or the raw naked human supplies for the machine stacked an racked asleep waiting to be fed to the line"

"the machine please William.. this isn't easy for you is it?"

"no its not, I personally haven't seen one of these in person. I got to see the far end of it but at that point I was AB1A 221"

walking in he felt his fur stand up rows an rows of newly converted laid out on their moving carts IV bags full of the white liquid he explained quietly about those, picking up a dropped tablet a worker had abandoned setting it next to a AE's foot on their cart

the reporters were stunned speechless as he led them along the cameras recording hundreds an hundreds of people newly made into HBED's finally they went through another swinging door an there was the heart of the beast

the enclosure covered a huge area inside all automated robotic arms moving IV's scanning checking the converting, the thick plastic covered regularly with various warning symbols

the cameras recorded a brand new birth as a new female AB slid from inside the airlocks ear tag an identity chip already installed a human helper came over an started helping her

"William, how could this happen!?"

he looked at them tears wetting his face fur

"because so many people don’t care about others Takashima uses our own weaknesses against us, an I'm just as guilty. I saw all the news reports of missing people in Houston.

but it didn’t concern me, I had my own worries weird things going on around the tower someone spying on me at home they didn’t set off motion detectors on security lights an move so fast that human eyes had trouble following them"

"but you worked for Takashima it sounds like he had the hunters on you"

"yes an I worked with complete loyalty to him because he helped me when even my own family wouldn't. an It was that blindness that got me converted, so instead of taking evidence handed to me by another guard, who the hunters killed, to the media or the proper authorities" sighing "I was dropped into hell an ran for my life"

walking on for a moment

"Takashima recorded my entire attempt to escape the tower, an subsequent conversion into the AB1A you see here I will show you the file as its mine, I want people to see how bad this is others I'm sure would be less than comfortable to have everyone see them lose their humanity, I am quite proud of what I am now"

the reporters nodded. He moved along the wall pointing inside "once a person has entered here they are beyond help they have to survive the process to leave the conversion machine"

"are there deaths from this process William?"

"yes.. too many, but the success rate is very high that’s the good thing that Takashima could have done with this. It cures all cancers severe illnesses. we have quite a few FFH an non combatant HBED's that he took from hospice an hospitals retirement homes that last they remembered they were dieing in pain an then wake up converted an healthy but no, no he had to do this for evil reasons not the good"

the reporters were taking notes an they came up on several of the FFH Joe there as well

"Bully good news they left the control terminals an manuals intact!"

"excellent! Finally! Hey did someone disable the chip installer?"

"first thing Boss" came from another AB male

"good, good so what's these five doing here? Why aren't they being woke up?"

"urgent conversions their all terminal cases, we need to make a choice on them Bill. They wont live long enough to get back to a hospital an life support"

"ah Damn, alright wake um up do what ever you have to but get them awake quickly"

"what? Bill this one here her file says she's under so many pain meds that she's barely functional dieing of a rare immune system failure, its eating away at her insides"

"get her awake then! I will not convert someone without their permission if we do then were no better than Takashima even if it saves their life! Some people would rather die human than live as something else"

Joe called a medic in a hurry as Bill flipped through the pages of the manual trying to get the idea how it worked

"get those sedative patches in the next room Joe if they okay this they'll need them the system will remove them after the process starts someone pull the ones on them off so we can wake them"

"gotcha bully" trotting into the next room

Takashima called the phone Bill set it on the desk as the reporters watched an filmed "yes what is it Takashima I'm rather busy at the moment"

"so now the conversion line my invention is a needed thing to save lives an you will be the one convert them how poetic William, I can tell you how to use the system if you wish.."

"its just like a gun or a hammer Takashima its all in how its used a hammer can tear down walls" turning the page an sliding his finger down the center scanning

"it can also build a hospital an kill as well, a gun can protect lives save a life or take it's all in how its used this thing built for enslavement an destruction it can an will help a lot of people not that you would have done that.

No ill figure it out if I have to use my gift. I will because lives are at risk an just so you know Takashima you did make it stronger an I can share but only with HBED's good night"

tapping it off knowing that was the blood in the water that Garret needed since Bill was the bait "someone get the clone! In case we need more information"

Bill got up looking at the panel he touched the screen an brought up the urgent conversion menu grabbing their files he typed in names an got planned conversion data windows open printing out their barcodes

they apparently were on a master list of those to be converted but not on this shift but someone had brought her here early

an there was actually another dozen with less urgent issues that were also terminal in the next room Bill printed out that list as well an a near by machine whirred to life

looking at a AD female who was gently patting one of the urgent ones on the face with wet fingers an getting a moan in response

Bill grabbed a bottle of water on the desk an sprinkled it on the lady's face she blinked an moaned face twisting up in pain she screamed an arched up in agony

Getting her name from the file "Sandy! Sandy! You have to concentrate look at me!"

The human medic came in an started getting the others awake with smelling salts

"Sandy! You have to pay attention I know it hurts but you have to listen!"

her eyes looked at him an focused finally tears falling from her eyes

"you’ve been brought to the HBED conversion line from the hospital. Your dieing we cant get you back there in time to save you, but we can help you, we can save you here!" holding her head to look at her eyes "you have to tell me its okay to convert you, if you don’t want to then I wont! But It will stop the pain an fix you you'll be healthy again"

he grabbed the cart an moved her over to where the monitor could be held up over her "this is what was planned for you do you understand? You wont be human anymore"

she looked at the screen face muscles twitching she took a breath an actually smiled "I like p-palominos" an the system had her set to be an AC with that coloring

"do I have your permission to put you in? there's a risk it might not work you'll die in the machine I have to be honest with you about that"

"ye-yes p-lease… thank you"

"alright then dear there will be friends here when you wake up" he pulled her back over an grabbed a pair of sedative patches from the box Joe had in hand spilling several out he put them on her under the arms an then the bar code which was put on the forehead an in a holder at the foot of the tray

the cameras came near to record it as Bill guided her into the auto feed area an the tray beeped an moved into the first station which applied electrical leads heart an brain readings came up on the screen near her feet

she sighed as the sedatives took her back down below the pain an she eased into the machine the bar code was scanned by a reader an it opened the airlock he watched as the first station clamped IV lines right into her necks major blood flow

a warning light showed her body was being flooded with radioactive materials to destroy her malfunctioning immune system an anything else a spray of mist began over her a sterilizer

he leaned his head on the wall the scents of pain an suffering she was under was so bad it hurt him made him violently ill he didn’t mean to be so rushed with her

someone clapped slowly behind him as he turned glaring there was the Takashima clone with a stupid grin on his face with four FFH escorts

"bravo William now your converting people too! perhaps now you'll stop this foolishness"

he saw it as he glared at the clone "she was here because you! had her moved here for conversion ten minutes before we attacked! You bastard! Just to set it up so her an these poor people could die an blame us for it. Well your out of luck you god damn clone! you will tell me everything I need to know"

Bill crouched down on his haunches an stared past the clone an he felt resistance to it

The Takashima clones face twitched an he glared even worse "William don’t you dare! Get out of my mind! You damn HBED's let go of me!" trying to pull free of the HBED's holding his arms

"not that I'll come back clean, ill need to use bleach on my brain after this! Ahh there just keep thinking I cant see it all" he held his hand out to the escorts "the key cards you found on him, one is for the self destruct transmitter the other is master control of the conversion line"

"damn you William! Father will Kill you for this" trying to fight the HBED hands holding him "Damn you! Let me go!"

"yeah well after having to do that it might be easier to live with being dead" taking the keys from the escort "Joe do you have the test strips?"

"not with me bully ill get them coming"

"ok thanks" Bill walked over to the control panel an slipped the key into the slot along the top of the case an it announced the system was unlocked completely throughout the entire tower

looking back at him "I want to show the media this is a HBED type clone not Takashima himself. An Joe the tower is officially under your control, lets see if these poor folk want to be HBED's or not"

"yes sir Bully" he smiled an patted Bill on the shoulder the reporters were quite amazed

he sighed as they checked the other terminal cases an only one lady very old didn’t want to go in an Bill had her carried out to a waiting ambulance back to her rest home the other sixty nine critical did an were still approving the choices of new bodies

the reporters were now talking to their cameras talking about what had gone on oh this would cause Takashima no end of trouble

thinking to himself now Takashima knows my thing is active an it works an I've admitted it to him, just a bit of chum in the water to attract the hunters to me an the fact people would actually willingly be HBED …life is more important to them

"William 221" he looked up at the reporters

"yes?" smiling politely

"were currently nation wide an were getting questions from other stations an officials"

"officials should call FBI special agent James Garret, to get full details on what is happening an if they can help as for questions I will have to pass that on to Garret as well you see I escaped federal protective custody to help the FFH fight Takashima an get my wife back from him"

"is she being held hostage?" asking again clearly due to it being live

"yes she is, though I'm sure if asked Takashima will say she's his guest" making a face

"William what is it we saw in there between you an the Takashima clone?"

"well first I need you to see a few things first like proof of the fact that man is not Takashima but indeed a clone made like us with the same process otherwise it could be said were making these things up"

he got up an walked over to Joe who gave him the jar of pheromone test strips Garret had developed for this it also showed if a HBED was causing pheromone exposure to humans

"these strips show the HBED pheromones we produce it was developed as a weapon against humans that Takashima boosted it via drugs in the food an mineral tablets to levels that only a few hours of exposure can have the desired effect

it will take quite a bit of time to get them reduced to non weapon qualities in us as we've been eating his HBED chow since conversion his designs leave us perpetually mineral needy so the tablets rich in those minerals are hard to resist they just dump more of the drug into the system

these strips show HBED type pheromones for a quick visible reference of their strength. Quite easy to test an show you the proof that Takashima has been cloning himself using other people as the body to reform into his so he can attempt to slip away when the moment arises"

walking over to the reporters he held one out to each of them "place it on your tongue, it will even show how exposed you are to the pheromones as well, I think they're mint flavor" smiling at them they each took one an did as told

"what do these pheromones do William?" putting the strip in his mouth

"they make it easy for chipped HBED's to make baby HBED's with humans. Now as yours soak up some moisture, Joe would you mind?" the reporters were clearly surprised at that

"not at all Bully" Bill gave him a strip an he put it on his tongue

Bill then walked over to the clone who turned his head away

"Now you can do this willingly.. or I encourage you to do this constructively…your choice" grinning quite threateningly at him a steamy snort fluffing his hair

he sneered an opened his mouth which Bill put a strip in looking at his escort "make sure he don’t try an eat it" they wagged an ear in response to that

Smiling as he returned to the reporters "now I think that should be enough time we have here on the side of the bottle a color chart for comparison" taking the first one he slid its red an violet color striped paper to a spot on the jar

"you have been exposed to more than enough of the pheromones that the effects would catch you of guard, but ill show you that bit later." Letting the others examine their strips as well He walked over an got Joe's strip walking back over to the reporters he held it out "if you would please compare that to the bottle so you can identify a HBED pattern easily"

which was four colored stripes showing pheromones and the drug in system levels thus it was a HBED

"now no human will ever show four stripes of color HBED's will show three to four three is the lack of the drug in the system making the pheromone into a problem alright? The other a black strip, is the reaction to HBED blood types we only have two"

they nodded

he went over an got the strip from the clone who tried to bite his finger Bill flicked his nose hard an gave him a bloody nose "don’t bite, you pain in the tail" he walked over to the reporters an held it out

three stripes one was black

they all nodded recognizing the implication

"now you can do this test yourselves an not even have these strips.. just look up the clones nose or mouth you can just see the chip in its head its much harder to cut an remove due to how tight it is in human sinuses HBED's you can see quite easily"

"so if this is a clone where is the real Hiro Takashima?"

"well since the FFH destroyed his favorite tower in Houston he's moved to LA, where he has my wife an a sizeable defense force of AA an triple A around the tower but they shouldn’t be too much of a problem their lead by a coward an a bunch of witless wonders who like to eat humans"

the reporters were shocked by that "But they were human!"

"yes they were… but they aren't now." Letting that hang out there for a moment "Well folks I personally would advise anyone who gets a letter or note to come to the Takashima towers for whatever reason, run, just run like all hell is on your heals for the hills as Takashima wants you" pointing at the cameras "to be his next human on the conversion lines for a HBED body of his choosing"

he pulled out the tablet an got it starting Stacey came up an hugged him "hey there pretty pregnant lady Joe takin good care of ya?" Joe smiled an chuckled

"yes, I'm making sure Babies daddy behaves himself, you! need to eat more, Bonnie an Amy tell me you needed reminding of that" putting a stack of MRE's in his hand "eat Mr. Bully or I will tell Sara you were very bad when she's finally safe" pointing at him

the reporters didn’t miss that interaction, just as hoped

"aww but I'm doin the best I can Stacey, its not easy you know" smiling as she hugged him

"we all know Bully we know, now eat" rubbing his head she went over to Joe gave him one of the packages got a kiss smacking his rear as she walked away he snorted an swished his tail amused

"William, you said the pheromones made it easier for HBED's to have babies?"

"to have babies with humans, yes. another part of Takashima's plans for the united states he gets HBED's into homes around the country the pheromones react with humans by relaxing their minds when they become fertile. the chipped! HBED's who are not awake they are just the animal

they will breed human women in private while it is going on the women wont mind that is the worst effect of the pheromone when its done they aren't bothered by it an go on till they realize their pregnant. Its what was going on as a test an part of his breeding program looking for specific combinations at the various training centers"

not mentioning the fact they were still under threat, he was getting tired of telling people about this but till they all knew it would be necessary

"we found out the effects via study an a few observed cases once the HBED was set free of the chip all got violently ill an very upset at doing something so inherently Inhuman to anyone so we got HBED's free of their chips at the southwest facility quickly as possible

other facilities we got to them soon as possible an then got the ladies of both human an HBED to professional medical help to take care of the unwanted products of the union. Now quite a few have become paired up such as Stacey an Joe who is in command of the local FFH forces"

getting up he moved over to the reporters "I know it takes a demonstration to prove this to people so who would like to volunteer? I wont do like a chipped HBED trust me I'm not an animal"

"is there any ..side effects?"

"no, some ladies an men get energized an want more, eager for attention, but they are less frequent than those who relax an become unable to resist I want to make this public as some humans who like Takashima's handlers know about the pheromones effects may use it to get their way with people leaving them not knowing it had occurred"

"ill volunteer" the taller of the two lady reporters her auburn hair quite lovely

"alright it doesn’t take much to trigger it" reaching out Bill slid his fingers along her hips an she sighed an leaned over her camera man reached out as Bill caught her an held her up with a hand "simple as that, now she will remain like this for several minutes her brain wont become annoyed even if I were to pinch her or as a chipped HBED would do which would be breeding her, she's not fertile at the moment but its even more effective at that time"

she after a few moments blinked an stood up "so um when will I know its happened?"

Bill smiled as her camera man whispered to her it already did

"that’s just another reason why we want to get HBED's free of their chips before even more of this happens this effect can also be used by Takashima to collect humans for conversion"

"is there any way to resist it? William"

"pregnancy, when a human woman becomes pregnant the pheromones cease to work I don’t know about human males. chipped HBED females would tend to collect several males an keep them dominated any transgressions an well… divorce an alimony would be the least of his worries" chuckling a bit Joe sighed an chuckled as well

"here you should all see this it’s the sales video Takashima created to sell HBED's as weapons, an my conversion video as promised" he set it out for them to watch an opened the food looking at his HUD the clock there said they'd been at this for nearly 5 hours

he ate, also watching as the FFH had fixed the fence cleaned up the blockade an were on guard a pair of police cars were sitting at the gate blocking it

he waited an watched stuffing the extra MRE's in his hip bag munching on the one tossing the unneeded non food items back into the larger bag

the reporters finally turned to him the horror all to evident from seeing how he had come to be and the sales video

"William, how is it your so functional most people wouldn’t be able to after that"

"and how is it he knows so much about you?"

"Takashima has many sources for information, an he pays well for it, he will have files on all of you" bringing up a file search "name please"

"um Angie Tellerman"

typing it in up came her file "born in Portland Oregon, 7 pounds 9 ounces mother died of cervical cancer ten years ago, your first boyfriend Josh"

"that’s.. good, thank you William" she waved her hand to stop him but smiling

"well I was about to say Josh was converted um…" taping keys an touching the screen "about a year ago he's an AE um deer type"

she blinked "Takashima got Josh? Oh god" her pure shock the biggest wake up they all now finally got that shock that this could even effect them

"I can now answer you on the first question asked, because a part of me the gift Takashima wants at his disposal, knew I would find Sara my file states that would willingly accept conversion, but without leverage point would disobey orders"

the smaller reporter shifted forward a bit "leverage point?"

"a wife a mate to use as a control over me which would have worked if he'd gotten me an her together before converting me, but now after all the blood an death the true nature of his plans… I cant let one person stop the war to bring him down an that is why this hurts me more than anything

my Sara is his prisoner an I will get her back. I want Takashima to suffer like I am. Thus why I escaped protective custody, I cant wait for the feds to figure out what to do take out his bribe an blood money taking flunkies in all levels of government, his warehouses the towers, the breeding facilities?

attack an disable his weapons threatening major areas of the country which we did already" knowing here was a bit more bait for the bastard to happily chew on

"weapons? Of mass destruction? What kinds?"

"yes, mass destruction types. Molten rock isn't normally highly radioactive like the flow in Idaho is, the demolitions charges caused a bit of magma to leak into his tunnels under Yellowstone park melted the bombs an backed up to destroy the facility no one was hurt thankfully"

Joe fingered to Bill 'get um bully, haul that bastard in'

"Takashima you see had atomic weapons buried in strategic areas certain weak spots that if someone were insane just enough they could destroy huge areas of the nation.. Hiro Takashima is just that man," gesturing as he got up to the building

"why would he make people into weapons of war, radiation proof, nearly impossible to kill without military grade weaponry, Pheromones to fix resistance, incredible strength, and enhanced senses just to have a cool servant? A loyal companion nanny a bodyguard?

No, he was getting ready to destroy this nation using its own people as the tools to do it.

did you care that homeless people were disappearing by the thousands? Runaways The prostitutes an drug dealers no of course not! But then it was people out having a good time, coming out from the late movie. Then peoples debts, come in or we will take measures to collect!

He collected alright, them an then their families for the raw body to convert

It didn’t matter to him, a human is a raw material for the conversion line not a person not worth worry till they are HBED then they are profit an another weapon against the humans who can resist

He made this an open war when he took an entire town right down to the babies that was the night we destroyed his tower in Houston an we will continue till he is stopped. Now this is just an announcement for those who've taken Takashima's blood money we the FFH know who you are, now go ahead!"

He saw Garret an the federal SUV pull up to the gate an knew he needed to move on

"Complain about us when he demands you find ways to stop us fighting for all humans freedom an our own! You need to earn your blood money go ahead were waiting for you to speak up, just make sure you know the price your blood money will cost you..

Thank you for coming ladies an gentleman when I get the opportunity to call upon the media again I shall

I want them there when I take care of you Takashima I want them to see the worst monster mankind has ever known fall. best take care of your business before then. I have to go Joe ill see you in Frisco"

"yes sir boss ill distract the agents you hurry along look for the red four by four at the soup place" winking at Bill with an ear wiggle

he waved at Joe an got his tablet helmet an ran out of the area as the reporters called out to him but they had seen more than enough in his opinion

trotting down the alleyways he came out near the soup place an saw the truck it clearly by the HBED smell had been used by the FFH he came up out of sight an tapped gently on the window

the young man nearly leaped out of his skin rolling the window down "dear god William scare the crap out of me"

"you should be more careful I could have been a hunter"

"I know!" he waved an automatic on his lap "good thing you don’t look like a hunter hop in Bully ill drive you to the edge of San Fran"

"its actually Oakland but yeah that'll do"

he nodded an smiled "got a note here from Garret as well for you"

Bill took it an hopped into the truck bed an relaxed back against the cab an soon they were on the freeway heading out

Any note from Garret had to be super secret so he looked it over carefully

'bully, just wanted to let you know first its working already T is moving major forces to attempt to intercept you watch your tail out there. Second below is a list of safe houses if you need a place to hide an stay they're yours to use the code with each is the alarm code look for lose carpet in the bedroom for weapons if you need one. Also an most important

the recording of Sara tonight showed her your coming. she was bouncing for joy hugging an kissing the screen an her roommates. pissed T off so much he turned it off but she knows your coming for her so be safe as you can Bully its working'

pocketing the list he smiled inside his helmet an took a nap setting his location alarm to wake him on the city limits

his driver pulled into a brightly lit truck stop at Bill's request he hopped out an walked up to the drivers door "thank you for the ride"

"no problem William, um so what is going on why the avoiding Garret?"

Bill smiled an chuckled "its for the plan an the Chief of FBI's sake Garret would get into trouble if he'd let me go out of protective custody so I escaped with help we really don’t want to have to train a new FBI liaison Garret knows us on sight an he's gotten himself a nice little lady HBED as well keeps it in the family"

"I can go with that speaking of which I need to get back to mine. You be careful alone out here Bully"

"all part of the plan I'm okay its Takashima's hunters that need to be afraid" patting his arm gently "best get going were always being watched" pointing to cameras on the light poles

"right see ya later" driving away

Bill decided to go get a quick meal before finding a place to crash out for the night he was gona need the energy next few days

Walking in ducking down on all fours through the door then back up he made his way through the gas station part the clerks going wide eyed

Walking up to the restaurant entrance the please wait to be seated sign was out he sniffed an spotted a nice buffet set out an the salad bar as well removing his helmet he hooked it on his tomahawk waiting patiently to sit down

Truckers who were eating had continued after a bit of staring at him talking on phones an working on their papers

One driver looked up from his coffee "might as well take a seat she aint coming out to seat ya"

"but that’s not polite an it says to wait, so ill wait. Don’t know why the waitress wouldn’t seat me I'm not that ugly" grinning

the driver laughed "yeah they let me sit down an eat here"

Bill chuckled softly

"come on sit down over here you bein' on the news its like I know ya" gesturing to the seats across the table from him

Bill walked over his rubber hoof shoes clopping softly he set his helmet down on a chair an moved the other out of the way crouching down on his haunches "thank you, just came in to get a meal an find a place to catch some sleep gona be busy tomorrow" fishing around in his chest pocket

"ill bet! Your'n going after the tower here up the road?" sipping his coffee

"yes, its next"

smiling at the waitress who was peeking out of the kitchen an got caught. Bill held out a twenty "I do know how to tip, my mom was a truck stop waitress for many years"

"well way she's actin she don' need a tip needs some good manners id say you aint done nothin bad, lot of good from what I've seen"

"thank you sir, I'm certainly trying to"

she finally walked over clearly scared actually trembling a bit "w-what can I get you"

"id like to get a visit to your salad bar an maybe the buffet line please ma'am that’s a lovely perfume your wearing" sniffing lightly with a smile an terrible lie it reeked mixing wrong with her body chemistry

"um well alright the manager said no shirt no shoes no service, but you've got all of that… so okay go ahead an help yourself, um what would you like to drink?"

"um do you have apple juice? If not orange is fine, thank you"

she nodded an walked away

"oh I told the others it wasn’t going to be any easier after we take care of Takashima it’s the nineteen fifties an segregation all over again"

the driver sighed "well some people its just a shock to um they haven't had time to adjust to it. You were just recently sellin stuff for Takashima"

"it was to get his trust so we could get close an into the tower I knew personally likely better than Takashima himself" smiling "it also saved a lot of HBED's who emotionally were destroyed waking up HBED they were moved out of the facility an quickly rescued by the feds. Excuse me a large salad is calling my name"

walking over he watched the eyes all around keeping his tail still an wrapped around his ankle he got a plate an filled it with salad egg an other toppings adding oil an vinegar he set the plate down on the table the driver just gotten a refill a cup of apple juice was there an it had a strange smell

"yeah they likely messed with it"

"they did I can smell it oh well I'm here for food" digging in after wiping the fork off on the napkin just incase

he ate calmly the manager came up after a bit "um I'm afraid your going to have to leave HBED"

finishing the last bites wiping his mouth "that’s alright anyone who would poison a persons juice should be reported to the feds.. you cant poison a HBED, were even radiation proof" tossing a ten on the table "best get used to us, we were people just like you, now a just lot tougher" glaring at the manager

"no tip, such poor service my mother would have been in your face over it" getting up he got his helmet taking the drivers ticket putting another ten with it "thank you sir least someone remembers their manners" walking out to the store part he grabbed a gallon jug of apple juice an paid for it walking out an down the street slipping his helmet on after taking a large gulp of juice

after a good bit of walking he found the area he was hoping to find a run down warehouse area near the bay he found a likely building an checked it out a bit the office was upstairs an the building was empty save the junk an trash that always ends up in old buildings

the area he'd sniffed around had a few hunters scents but they were old they likely thought the area empty of transients now

he found the right room an the escape route he wanted out over the side roof to the next building opening the windows which were nearly devoid of glass he set to work with the fishing line the monofilament virtually invisible even in the daylight he set up several trip wires with bottles around the various entrances

regularly avoiding rotten floor an disturbing some birds

a large can was set carefully on the edge of the door into the offices filled with bottles more were set on their sides on the stairs an on window frames made to seem all to like the trash around the building yet they would alert him to anything moving around

sighing as he sat down on the floor looking out at the night sky an city lights the tower here all alone nothing over three stories around it lifting his helmet a bit to gulp down the juice a signal came up on the HUD display he tapped a button on the side an a tiny screen came up with Garrets face

"hey bully how you doing?"

"oh just sitting back to catch some rest"

"old warehouse huh.. area pretty empty ill bet"

"yep, old hunter scents as well they’ve cleaned the area out. Got your note no worries"

"ah yeah, um got a report you were in a truck stop an caused trouble?"

he laughed "that place.. they poisoned or screwed with the juice I asked for, I barely got to eat my meal before getting the hey yer a HBED get out.. what's next Garret back of the bus laws?" sighing "they must have called the cops after I was long gone I didn’t cause any trouble"

"well they did report you, works in with the plan we got a flag in Takashima's system already he's moving to find you there"

Bill took the phone out an turned it off pulling the battery out "there that's off"

"ah killing the cell phone okay no problem so you good where you are?"

"I'm good, Garret your stalling what's up?"

he laughed a bit then sighed "got to ask you a few things"

"okay, not doing anything at the moment other than digesting"

"what do you see with me an Liz?" smiling quite like the cat that found the cream

"Liz now huh" chucking softly "why? You worried about her finding someone else?"

"to be honest a little.. its what my ex did, being an agent can be very hard on ones life" shrugging a wistful smile "she's incredible she knows when I need her an when I want to just enjoy being close. All that HBED nose I'll bet"

Bill relaxed looking at his image "when you say yes, don’t jump up too quick she needs that tooth" smiling

"huh? When I say yes? Tooth? What does that mean"

"you asked an that’s what I get, told you this thing is flaky an annoying"

"oh come on Bully"

"that’s all I get, if I were there an able to look at ya both then who knows. So what else?"

he chuckled an smiled "alright then Bonnie is quite insistent she wants regular reports on where you are, are you okay what's up with her? none of the others are so insistent"

"she needed comforting, it was her trainer that died in the evacuation got her bit on the arm trying to save him he didn’t want to play around so she never got any enjoyment"

"comforting" looking at Bill with no expression

"an it was my way of saying thank you for the important help in getting me going again so yes, comforting. She couldn’t have the love she took comforting as the next best option"

"ok, gotcha. Um an I'm getting word from several angles that we might be mistaken about the president"

"really? Well that would be nice to hear he's a good politician without it becoming a oxymoron"

"ill let you know later I'm going to do some checking, apparently he's trying to fish out ways to contact you"

"me huh? Well I'm busy let someone else do the presentation for him"

"thought you'd say that ill get Kim an her stunning personality on it"

Bill yawned "that all?"

"yeah I can let you catch some sleep"

"ehh if Takashima is already looking for me I likely wont get much the hunters aren't going to like finding a grouchy Bull… wonder if those roasted coffee beans are any good"

"Amy says their quite tasty, night Bully be safe" it went off

it was a truck engine that woke him it was nearly morning the sun already making the sky bluish he eased up a bit gulping the last of his juice down an peeking over the edge of the window frame

Takashima truck two blocks away lets see what he's putting out into play

The truck pulled over slowly an the hunters came out being a bigger truck they got a full dozen into it the driver an helper walked around to the hunters

"Mr. Takashima said this area needs to be checked completely, the report came in he'd been eating at the truck stop on the freeway this area isn't that far away."

"Ahh crap I hate these places I got a nail in my foot last time" a scraggly haired gray said an shook hard stretching his legs out yawning "cant we just go to the tower an go to bed?"

"yeah he's not going to be here he'll be at the FFH hiding place"

"listen you bunch Takashima says to take the hunters here so I bring you here. what you do an don’t do is up to you, but after all the crap that HBED is causing Takashima wants him bad, Your choice"

"yeah, yeah ahh fuck me, okay Ben take that side ill get this side anything bark out"

they started walking into the buildings sniffing around

Bill stretched an warmed up a bit eating a leftover candy bar from the MRE he'd had at the tower he slipped out the window an carefully snuck along the roof staying low trying not to have the metal alert them

he yanked lose a long length of wire from a buildings side an moved along to the next roof

seeing the inattentive hunters taking a leak not really looking at all

"what the hell has that HBED bull got that makes him so special to Takashima?"

"I don’t care he's screwing up a good thing, making it hard on us"

Bill leaped down an flattened them both whacking their heads together hard with a ripe melon clonk he tied their hands an feet then mouths shut at that point they'd recovered enough of their senses to be scared

He lifted their chins "shhh don’t ruin the fun, first one to break free dies… I really don’t want to kill ya but the days still early I can change my mind" he slipped away

finding the pairs clearly not wanting this duty he tied them all up one side then slipping across the street as the two handlers talked drinking coffee out front of the truck went after the other half

two AA the alpha and another walked out from a warehouse "damn if he's here he must be part ghost"

"yeah how would you hide something big as an AB1A like him!"

walking up to the handlers

"ok so how do you hide the Biggest HBED bull?" one joked

Bill walked out into the street "you hide him behind those who aren't looking that’s how"

They all turned an looked going went wide eyed the alpha recovered howled for the others grinning "got you now William!"

"oh? Well okay, ill be nice an we'll wait for your hunters to come.." planting his hands on his hips tapping his hoof humming quietly

they tapped their collars "BEN! Where are ya?" "guys?" they both looked at him ears lowering with their going limp tails

"OH damn I'm sorry! their a little tied up right now I forgot" dropping onto all fours "you better run boys I'm coming for you now!" he charged at them an the AA's yelped an ran tails tucked the helper tossed his coffee an was right behind them screaming for his life

the driver tried to pull a gun an Bill slammed into him his horn tip gently pressing on his throat Bill pushed him back step by step his Adams apple thumping hard on the horn point

"a gun! Please.. even with the HBED loaded rounds my armor would make it so that would at most annoy me not kill so no I'm already quite annoyed you don’t want more of that. Its early an you fools decided to come an wake me up before a long day of avoiding stupid people" taking the weapon from his hand

"Takashima has my wife an I'm running from the feds to try an help the HBED's you so easily enslaved an dismissed as nothing well we are proving you wrong aren't we!"

the handler was stopped by the hood of the truck an leaned back further till he was arched back the horn tip started to draw blood

"you are just another damn school yard bully that never grew up! Well this is what I think of them!" he took the gun an shot the mans foot Bill's horn dug in a bit an he cried out

"now you go tell Takashima I want Sara! If he delivers her to the tower here unharmed before I take the tower, I will go back to being in protective custody an help the FFH there, where all his dirty little secrets stay that way. if not by the time I reach LA the world will know it all. there wont be anywhere he can go.

an I'm sure his foreign backers wont like that kind of exposure it kinda makes other governments want to come down on them like the hammer of god, worse the United States sends us HBED's in.. you got all that boy?"

"y-yes fuck, you sh-shot my foot off!"

"oh it is not! you big spineless baby! Its got a hole through it!" dropping him to the ground "go on run! Get the hell outa here god damn coward spineless ass!"

he got up an hurried off limping crying in pain

a quick modification of the gun breaking off the trigger guard he set the safety an went after the hunter packages he'd left tied up dragging them out to the truck a pair at a time

"don’t worry guys I'm actually in a good mood ill just take you back to the tower no worries" grinning as he started tossing them into the back like bundles of laundry an closing the door

looking at the seat he huffed annoyed it couldn’t possibly fit a AB his size ripping it out tossing it aside the hunters looked on amazed as he got in an sat down shoving his horns through the roof metal he pushed it fully open

"ahh a sun roof perfect!" starting the truck looking back at them "now guys be nice I haven't driven in a long time an not with hooves so no complaints okay, great!"

getting out to the main streets driving along he got people staring back some nearly getting into accidents seeing him driving he smiled turning on the radio some heavy metal rap mix came on an he punched the dash destroying the radio "YUCK! How could they call that music.. gah"

he shifted gears cruising along one of the AA whimpered

"what?" glancing back at the stack of them

"nobse itches" through his teeth

Bill laughed hurfing loudly thumping the steering wheel at the next light he turned a bit an rubbed the AA's nose "there better?"

"rbess"

"see not so unreasonable am I" chuckling as he spotted the tower's parking lot entrance turning a corner then a left he pulled up to the gate the guard on duty opened his window

"identification"

Bill had to grin inside his helmet "I am disappointed, I thought everyone knew about me by now" his voice echoing a bit

The guard looked up an fell on his ass trying to back away quickly shoving himself against the huts wall "holy Christ! On a stick! Its William221!"

"Hi'lo" waving his fingers at him "mind opening the gate I'm returning Takashima's property I'm not here to take the tower yet"

the guard reached up an hit the gate button clearly scared enough to likely wet himself

"thank ya! Be right back"

driving in he lined the front of the truck up with the huge front area of this tower an its three rotating doors the security station right behind them "okay guys I hope this encourages ya to quit working for Takashima he's just gona get you killed or hurt severely"

hopping out he walked over to a parking spot an pulled a concrete parking bar off the steel rods holding it in place setting it on the accelerator the engine raced up the guards inside the building were yelling at each other an pointing outside at him some heading for the doors

he shoved his pry bar against the clutch peddle shifted the truck into first engine screaming "later guys" yanking his bar out an leaping back out of the way the wheels screeched chirping an it raced for the front of the building

he didn’t even look back as he walked for the gate house racking his bar in its holder hearing the crash an glass shattering a dull boom as the truck hit solid building tires squealing on the tiles men yelling metal tearing an wrenching clanging to the ground the engine stalled finally

the guard shack the young man looked at the carnage behind Bill mouth hanging open a bit

"ill be back, might want to find another job this one is ending soon" an he walked out onto the sidewalk thinking about Sara an what he wanted for breakfast

he'd finally gotten the GPS in the helmet to locate a grocery store near by after an hour of walking an waving at car horns, a news van turned into the driveway right into his path the side door opened an the reporter leaped out of the passenger seat

"William221!"

he removed his helmet an smiled "yes?"

"could we get a few minutes of your time?"

"sure, you can have more if I could get a ride to the grocery store. Id like to get breakfast an check out their pet supplies"

"um sure we can do that" clearly a bit surprised

"excellent" walking past them he hopped up into the van banging the pry bar on the door opening "whoups sorry" taking it off an laying it over his lap he kept himself hunched over watching them load back in he took his helmet an set it aside "I appreciate it, the tower here is pretty far from the nearest store"

they smiled the reporter got a hand held camera from the technician who then closed the door an got in his seat behind Bill

"William I can gather you’re here in Oakland to take the Takashima tower, can you tell me why?"

"well I'm sure you've seen much of what went on last night that should be more than enough of that information shouldn’t need retelling"

"alright then tell me about William, what drives you, what are your hopes an dreams?"

"what drives me.. it was once revenge for being converted to take it out an go burning them all to dust an myself in that fire, oh it’s the market on Harris street please"

"sure got it"

"thanks.. but my lovely Sara she gave me the reason to want life, I live for her I fight for her an my child"

"that is Miss Sara Cassidy?"

"yes, my hopes are simple I want the freedom I had when I was born, it was part of being a citizen of the USA. I never realized just how much I took it for granted till it was taken away it was quite a wakeup call, dreams.. ahh dreams those can be quite complicated an involved but a simple one is just to have her back with me safe an sound"

"Hiro Takashima has stated that these attacks are completely unwarranted, the FFH charges are all lies an deception. What is your response to that?"

Bill couldn’t help it an laughed hurfing for a moment he sighed "ahh I needed another good laugh today thank you. I admit I didn’t think Takashima had a sense of humor but apparently I can be proven wrong. With all the evidence out there now he has the gall to say that, its comedy at its finest"

"he says the video taken by our sister stations in Sacramento is a compellation of fakes an clever camera work"

"do you believe that?" tilting his head a bit her scent told him no she knew it was all truth

"well I cant say I don’t believe, but it is an incredible event that's very hard to believe"

"an incredible event? Ma'am people are dieing on that conversion line an after it as HBED's trying to stop Hiro Takashima from converting you an him an him back there into more HBED's just like us an its just an incredible event… just a bit shy on emphasis I think

no its clear I have to wake you up, get your minds to think about it see past the foggy dream like state we drift in day to day, don’t feel bad I had to wake Sara up too"

he smiled as they pulled into the parking lot "tell you what, ill tell you exactly what I told Sara via instant messenger while I was still hiding. I didn’t know if I could trust her completely or not as she was a corporate spy trying to find out what Takashima had going on with HBED's"

chuckling he repeated it word for word to them hoping it would open their eyes an it did getting a nod of understanding the reporter he had to look at her as a simple HBED an explain it a bit more

"she was quite surprised by being found out so quickly, but I saved her from making serious goofs an getting caught by Takashima security"

"so originally she was just someone you met?"

"she was assigned 221 AB1A's training by Takashima, who thought she was a collage student needing work experience an her loans bought up"

"ahh I see so together you two built up a relationship, worked together to discover what Takashima's plans were, set more of the HBED's free of their chips"

"yes, became friends then more" smiling proudly

"more.. you an her were intimate then" clearly asking what had already been made public and said prior but for direct emphasis

"yes an I eventually asked her to marry me, an she accepted. Takashima sent me back her ring just to taunt me he had her" gently rubbing the ring on his horn "he wants her an our unborn child due to his genetic manipulations so I cant take forever to save her from him he cant be allowed to have my child"

reaching he opened the door an got out "helmet has a camera an storage drive if you want to see what I've been doing here's your chance" looking at the technician who picked it up putting his head into it

"holy sweet god of technology! This is incredible!"

Bill chuckled "if you two want to see how people are already making my fears come true you can come along"

"what are they doing William?" she came out the cameraman grabbing a camera following right behind

"well last night a truck stop I went into to get a bite to eat before finding a place to sleep as a paying customer I expected far better of people, but no, never in my life have I seen anyone treated so bad.

I mean rudeness beyond stupidity no one wanted to seat me, only a very awesome man a truck driver asked me to sit with him at his table. Thank you Henry you’re an excellent representative of human good." Looking at the camera with a smile

"Anyhow finally the waitress comes out acts like I'm a monster they poison my juice or did something nasty to it, wasn’t good ill tell you. smelled nasty I have never seen that kind of racist attitude anywhere before an my mom took me to a lot of truck stops

she was a driver an waitress at several hell my first unofficial job was doing dishes at one the dishwasher burnt his hand so I stepped in at twelve an took up the slack!" smiling as he headed for the store

"the owner was so glad for the help I got to eat dinner for free next few days" he sighed racking his pry bar "I was talking to a friend last night via the satellites connection in the helmet about it… told him what's next? HBED bus laws we have to sit in the back of the bus? Like they used to do your folk" gesturing to the camera man who was black "no offence intended but history speaks for itself"

"no problem, I can see what your talking about"

walking on the reporter at his side camera going behind them

"Takashima has no clue what he has done to the planet, he's altered the evolution of mankind, for better or worse we wont know for a while. I honestly don’t think man is ready for another race on the same world. It already fights over recourses, power, land, religion, genetic heritage hell humans have wars over he said she said

and HBED's are designed to breed with humans, HBED genetics dominant so the pairing will always come out with HBED's an the mother if human will be locked into always having HBED babies due to antigens formed causing normal human children to be lost part of Takashima's occupation an subjugation of a war zone designs in us… so much has to change an people don’t like change"

he sighed wagging both ears "so much trouble coming an we haven't even finished fighting him but already its starting" looking at her an stopping "would you accept someone putting who knows what goop into your drink? you’re a paying customer behaving yourself talking quietly trying to enjoy a meal?"

"absolutely not"

"exactly, but I was asked to leave, I had luckily finished the last bites of my meal an asked to leave for no reason. an then I find out later they called the cops after I had left said I started trouble yeah right if I had the owner would have drank that juice for me lets see what he'd tried to poison the Bull with"

"well I'm sure the proper authorities will look into it William"

he had started to walk again an stopped "but why would they? We as HBED's have no rights not even the same ones given animals a lowly mutt has more than I do. Officially I am a trademarked an patented product, an item like your camera an car that Takashima would say has run amuck 'oh I'm sorry its new technology there were a few mistakes'

yeah the family car don’t feel pain when its hit, it cant cry when a friend dies, or feel the love of a wonderful woman an the emptiness when she's taken away.

No until people in Washington some of them who have taken Takashima's blood money give HBED's now an forever the same rights as any human..

were fighting for a dream, a hope.. can we an the others yet to be freed of the chips or born HBED, can we have the same freedoms as you? We HBED's fought for you when you couldn’t, you were all were asleep when the alarm sounded the attack"

"well I can say I have been keeping a close eye on this, the fact your threats to those very bribe taking politicians has caused some serious looking at peoples associations in Washington"

"Good! Now the governors mayors an city counsel members will take note as well HBED's aren't just machines of war were people damn it all. Takashima took everything we had as humans, family heirlooms homes cars bank accounts everything gone its another reason why he has to face HBED justice, the people who helped him do this they need to see that what they have done for money is wrong! An they wont get away with it"

he got the phone out an put the battery back in she noticed that

"its Takashima's spy's phone the good doctor Victor, I took it from his dead body as I escaped federal protective custody, I found out he was telling Takashima where the FFH bases were an I got them moved quickly then sent word they should eliminate any evidence of their occupying the abandoned buildings so Takashima's hunters over two thousand of them ran in to the empty buildings across the nation as the demolition charges went off"

"that I can imagine wasn’t pleasant for them"

"nope a few survived they were caught an given medical attention some of the hunters are just misguided many though are criminals or originally Takashima security such as the general commander Kenneth Robinson he's the bastard that took Sara who was sent closer to the door he attacked by doctor Victor"

knowing some this was fabricated enough truth to make it feel real was all he had to do

"so this doctor.. he was why the attack on the hospital in LA became such a bad incident?"

"yes he'd been using this phones auto type text messenger program to tell Takashima everything going on" it rang he looked an it was Takashima he held up a finger "speak of great evil an it happens, its Takashima" licking his lip stopping just outside the store taping the speaker on

"good morning Mr. Takashima how is your day going?"

"William! You are going to push me beyond my limits an I will hurt her don’t make me do that"

the reporter went wide eyed looking at the camera man who nodded he got it

"an again Takashima I told you the easiest way to stop me is give me Sara back, but I guess I do laundry as well as war cause I'm putting your dirty filth out to wash an air out for all to see an I will continue till either Sara is with me or your done"

"fine then William let it be on your head the deaths the pain the suffering this will cause!"

"no! Takashima oh no you don’t.. you did all of that! don’t you dare try to blame me for your crimes, but you know what, lets leave it to those who write the history books they are always written by the victor aren't they..

an I plan on being there to make sure they get it right. now you'll excuse me I'm going in to get something for breakfast no worries ill be along soon enough to take control of the tower here then move on for the next one"

"William.. you will regret this I guarantee you" an it clicked off

Bill put it back in his pocket looking at the reporter "hard as it is to say, my Sara told the FFH she was dead when Kenneth captured her used her as a shield…

she gave her life so I could live id traded my life many times over for hers.." sighing in pain again thinking dumb bully you keep poking the wound for everyone to see how much it hurts

"I don’t want her to die, if she does then the LA tower will find this HBED Bull to be worse than a nuclear bomb going off inside it.

they will all die, every single hunter an loyalist will find out why the FFH call me death When William 221 enters the fight there is no other path but the one to the grave.. I've only killed because it was necessary to protect myself or the others but Sara being killed would send me into a rage I wouldn’t be able to stop an to be honest I wouldn’t want to at that point id let the Bull rage an Takashima's people would pay the price"

"well" she swallowed "I can certainly see this is a real war going on, why isn't the federal government involved?" smelling a bit of fear

"they are to an extent but they are also tied up in the very rules an laws that Takashima is using against us causing delays an forcing people an resources which could help to be completely delayed the FFH cant wait for all the red tape to be cut so we can stop him its why I escaped custody against federal orders as they want me to testify against Takashima

thing is again I'm not human an till I'm a person a citizen my testimony is worthless in a court of law. It could be easily deflected an objected as I'm a product so what good would I be, and without her id have no reason to live"

"ahh yeah his attorneys would take every advantage to defend him"

"well let me go in here an get what I need you can follow along if you like maybe see some of the good an bad that humans tend to do"

"sure! Go right ahead William"

he walked in the sliding doors getting a cart a lady walked in the side door an stopped with a gasp he gently rolled the cart over to her "here you go ma'am" smiling

"um thank you" looking stunned

"no problem always glad to help" getting another he walked in her following in with the reporter

he heard her ask the reporter was that one of the FFH the reporter responded with he's their leader here to get the tower here in town

"William, why are you going around before attacking a tower?"

not looking at her his nose picking up smells from all around the store sniffing a bit more "scouting a bit trying to spook Takashima's hunters into running instead of fighting, an taking the time to get the media involved wake people up to the truth as it was said some time ago the truth will set you free"

"uh W-William um?" he looked at the lady who he'd given the cart to

"yes ma'am?" her scent was fearful an uncertain but not afraid of him he looked through her a bit an the image of a woman came tied to the fear "I would take a guess your worried about a friend? Perhaps missing strange circumstances a sudden vacation"

"yes, yes! my long time friend she, her home it was up for sale an her things all gone"

he reached around an pulled the tablet out folding it open an setting it on the carts basket the reporter came up an a slowly gathering crowd was forming "well let me get into Takashima's database an bring up the search function"

"you have access to his computers William?" the reporter asked

"yes an he cant stop it probably one of the things that annoys him most he cant stop us due to the way the system is built to block a tower's access to the system would cause the thing to crash his paranoia working in our favor thing is we can only see cant change anything but that is priceless in of itself"

he smiled an crouched down on his haunches looking at the lady with a calm smile "your friends name?" he could see she'd been more than friend to her more than once

"Cassandra Duncan" searching her pocket book "I have a picture of her"

"that will help" typing it in several files came up but all had been captured only two remained to be converted

"that one! That’s her OH my god" covering her face picture crumpled in her fingers

"it's okay, just be calm okay.. alright lets take a look" the file showed her human image an blinked a request for her converted image was needed "I'm sorry Takashima has converted her she's been completely HBED now for.. a month an six days"

she sobbed an tears welled up he gently offered to hug her an she did sobbing into his shoulder

"hey she is alive, she's strong, made it through being converted. she's now an AE says here a white tail doe variant, an she's in the Sacramento tower! Means she's safe the FFH have control of that one got it last night, place was packed with HBED's likely she's not even been de-chipped yet it would help her a lot if a friend was there to hold her when she wakes up"

he smiled as she looked at him "b-but she's been changed all her things gone"

"yes, but she still has you.. a friend often times that’s all we need to restart our lives"

she nodded "yes"

"good, here" taking out his note pad he wrote Garrets number on a page an on the back of the page a note for the FFH ' help her find AE 19126, Bully Toro' rubbing his finger on the paper so it would smell of him

tearing it out he gave it to her "you go right now, drive to Sacramento's tower give this to any of the FFH there they will give it to the HBED in charge of the tower. They will help you find her, any trouble call the number on it that’s Garret tell him the name on the back only a few people know that name so they know its me sending you"

she hugged him "thank you! Oh thank you!"

"thank you for helping her, there will be many, many more that will need that comforting of a friend when they awake to being HBED. Go on scoot"

she smiled an ran out the doors

he stood up looking around "anyone else missing friends, family, co-workers"

the store manager held his hand up "employees?"

smiling at that "anyone, the tower's feed on humans to produce the HBED's it don’t care about color race creed or gender only age too young an he cant convert, were still trying to find where he's taking all the children an young adults to wait for them to grow up an then convert them too."

Thinking they didn’t need to know that they knew where an neither did Takashima

the shocked stunned looks on the gathered crowd made him pleased they woke up quite nicely. several murmuring about babies an infants "yes all humans if Takashima gets his way even they will eventually converted"

they were all aghast at that

"if you have their names sir, we can check an see"

"um yes of course" he hurried over to the customer service desk an brought back a clipboard

Bill typed an could only confirm what had been suspected, all his missing employees had been captured over the past months one had died in the machine the others were done Bill brought up a master list of FFH numbers

"well five are already free of their chips an fighting Takashima right now with the FFH sir. The others haven't been located yet but there are a lot of towers Takashima likes to move the conversion lines materials around to keep them all busy"

"thank you William, I haven't been able to reach anyone at their numbers or they go disconnected.. their families don’t.. call, Dear god"

"Takashima takes all of them, doesn’t want people to raise a fuss over their missing family most employers go ehh they quit an let it go since there so many people who need jobs they move on to the next one"

"an if you hadn't come in helping that other lady, id done the same thing an never knew"

"welcome to the world of being awake sir, Takashima doesn’t want people awake it makes taking people an converting them more difficult." Gently patting him on the shoulder "next person?"

good half hour of confirming names an status current locations if possible some hadn't yet been converted he had to helplessly sigh there was little he could do in one mans case his brother was in a New York tower not yet converted

"I cant fly across the country an take on a tower an its hunters all by myself sir, were doing all we can I am very sorry but there is" taping the screen bringing up the current numbers "thirty one thousand humans waiting to be converted either as sedated people on the lines or living storage which those are women he's breeding to Chipped HBED males or his damn triple A's to get baby HBED's before converting them as well"

the reporter came over "you mean to tell me Takashima is doing that to captive human women? Locally as well?"

"yes, the four training centers were specific breeding going for certain special combinations such as me an my Sara he wants my children desperately because of my active talents that Sara has as well but hers are recessive.

The breeding centers take general population women an under the effects of the pheromone they relax are put on a breeding stand by chipped HBED's an sent into a male they want her inseminated by.

I know this as Takashima forced me an another FFH 1A into the one near the Houston tower which after the tower was destroyed the feds went in and freed the ladies got them proper medical attention for the issues we caused trying to keep our mission secret we had to do as chipped HBED males would"

a group of ladies he had wanted to tell them their friends had been stuck into the local breeding center an were apparently already pregnant an Takashima was actively looking for these ladies as well

but their eyes went cold an mean "I didn’t want to ladies, it was one of the most difficult things I've had to do an made me get into a fight with another FFH HBED he couldn’t do it barely doing any I had to pick up the slack.. do you think I wanted to do it? He knew the feds would be in there soon as they could. Now they are all safe now an so are millions more because were able to fight Takashima with his data!"

gesturing to the computer with both hands "we can find out who where what we have data on his security his resources, all needed so we can fight an stop him"

"but how could you! its absolutely monstrous" one said covering her face

"as I told Rick, I could do it to save millions more ladies from being taken an bred then after who knows how many baby HBED's converted into one themselves an again bred for even more! no sane person would ever want to do that or allow it to happen to other people. trust me when I got back to Sara like the good HBED bull Takashima wanted I just wanted to dig a hole an die in it"

They nodded a bit their expressions softening

"your friends are in the local breeding center it’s a warehouse complex somewhere in the city with another thousand or so, the facility which is heavily guarded if the FFH attempt to attack it the security AA an triples have standing orders to kill them all to prevent us from saving them"

he turned the cart so they could see the tablets screen an the terminate all if FFH or federal agents attack facility order on the location the numbers of pregnant women an recently bred on the screen

they an the reporter who was taking notes all shook their heads Bill looked at the man

"as I was going to say your brothers wife sir is in the Miami breeding center an is also pregnant. HBED's are unfortunately quite fertile an it usually doesn’t take but one time to have it happen… his three children are noted as being captured an held for age minimum"

"so my brother is on a conversion line in New York his wife is on the other end of the east coast pregnant with a HBED baby an my niece an nephews are imprisoned waiting for them to grow up an be converted… dear god how, HOW could this HAPPEN??"

Bill knew what was next, the man got fuming mad an punched Bill right in the nose yelling out in anger an frustration the women gasping the man recovered the instant the punch connected

"oh god I'm sorry.. please"

"it's okay, I understand." Rubbing his nose a bit "A chipped HBED male would likely just smack you away an take care of the two fertile ladies in front of me as trained" they went wide eyed "but I am not a chipped HBED I am not an animal"

bowing his head to the ladies then looking at the man "I'm sorry even with our thousands of FFH we cant be everywhere we cant save everyone from the line were trying to do the best we can an stop the man who runs it all"

he nodded

"we will find an save his children before they are converted I promise you that much, we have several ideas where they an thousands more are being held an the thousands of HBED babies as well from the HBED breeding centers an dairy's Takashima set up before he started full conversion programs to get one of the components for the line the HBED immunity factor collected from HBED milk"

they all just shook their heads in disbelief

the reporter stepped forward "William there is so much going on so many things to stop how do you chose?"

"we knew it wouldn’t be easy an if anything since we started fighting its only gotten harder. HBED's have died protecting humans an trying to stop Takashima's weapons trying to take out the worst of the threats now only now can we go after the man we stop him an we can stop the machines"

the cell phone rang

"is it him again William?"

Bill pulled it out it was "he can see us through the stores closed circuit cameras his people are that good unfortunately" tapping the phone to speaker

"Mr. Takashima" making a face at the phone

"ahh William still spreading your lies I see"

"lies? you wish they were lies, only thing I have done is not tell them everything"

the man grabbed the phone "you son of a bitch you took my brother an bred his wife to a HBED! God DAMN YOU!"

"put William back on the phone immediately or they will die before the much vaunted FFH even have a remote chance to save them little man I will have their bodies delivered to your front door if you would like" the anger an evil intent all perfectly clear

he blinked an gave Bill the phone back very sobered

"so William, is that your new plan? Incite the humans to help fight my hunters? To resist their eventual fate. have you shown those ladies the beautiful HBED's I plan on making them into? With my database my plans an information, Perhaps like those at the tower who were dieing, would you convert them as well for Sara?"

they all looked at him clearly afraid for themselves

"no I would not, not even for Sara. I converted those people as they asked me too! they were dieing because you took them from their life support systems intentionally trying to blame the FFH for their deaths an it backfired on you Takashima we now have a proven good purpose for the machines not the evil one you had to create"

"such a shame, well then William I want you to take those lovely ladies an breed the fertile ones or I will cut off one of Sara's fingers"

"you wont do it the pain an stress will risk the baby so you can go play with yourself I know all too well how much you want my child so when it comes to Sara you wont DARE! Risk her or the possible loss of the child so you sir, can go to hell" clicking it off

they smiled at him the man taking Bill's hand an shaking it "I'm sorry clearly your about the only people who can fight him an it not cost too many lives"

Bill nodded "thank you, best thing you all can do is be ready to hide mace is a good deterrent if you see hunters blast the walls an doors with it jam their senses an hide"

They nodded

"I got this stuff" pulling a bottle out from his hip bag "from a sporting goods store. Bear an mountain lion repellant, I don’t know if it works on them but damn it sure tried to run me off. He knows everyone he has a file on everyone even the president so best to be ready"

they nodded

"so I'm glad to at least have given you all something, I'm sorry its not good news but at least you know, its not a void an unanswered question about your friends an loved ones they will need you once this is over please don’t forget that"

"we wont William" the other ladies all nodded with her

he pushed his cart along the reporter beside him as he headed for the pet department looking for mineral supplements sniffing the ones for birds they didn’t have what he wanted

"um William why are you in the pet department?"

"well" sniffing one meant for rabbits his mouth tingled slurping a bit of drool back "ahh there you are, you see Takashima made us to be mineral deficient" grabbing all twelve packages an putting them in the cart "its so chipped HBED's would go back to him for the mineral tablets which contain the concentrated drug to make HBED pheromones weaponized without the drug HBED's wont cause the problem"

"ah so your after the mineral then"

"yeah I'm kinda low, an getting the urge to lick rocks to find it" chuckling a bit "but these little treats have got what my body wants made me drool a bit to let me know"

she smiled as he did "how about I buy you breakfast William?"

"I'll happily accept but still need to get some supplies I'm going to be in the area for a couple days an big bulls require regular fueling" hurfing a bit he saw her expression "that hurf sound is a HBED laughing for future reference"

"I was wondering" smiling making notes

he went around getting sandwich meat which got the required questions of why when he was bovine which he answered with he was part several animals heading for the produce section the manager of the department suddenly ran over swatting him with his broom

"no shoo! Go away shoo! Bad HBED get out of the store go back to your owner right now bad HBED!"

Bill looked at the reporter "I don’t know which to laugh at more the absurdity of the broom or him" grabbing the offending cleaning object from him "do you mind sir! I am not an animal I have money an wont go along like my mother who as a human did her grazing on fruit an such now please do behave with a bit more maturity, really now" giving it back to him

The man was stunned silent

Bill got a bag of small crunchy apples honey crisp on the bag an a large bag of carrots grinning at the reporter with a silly smirk "carrots are kinda like a Chocolate addiction for me never liked them as a human but now ohh soo good but I will be good an resist nibbling till I've paid for them"

Making a silly munching face an tongue wag "ahh"

She laughed the camera man chuckling behind her

He picked up various vegetables sniffing explaining about HBED senses being so very acute they could actually tell truth from lies even people in pain and how bad

he held up two heads of iceberg "like this for example, one of these got hot near to spoiling an was put back can you tell the difference?"

"nope they just look like lettuce"

"well the manager does, its his scent on the one that wont last as long" looking at him he walked over an without a word plucked the right one away an walked off in a huff

Bill looked at the reporter with a grin an put the other head in the cart he got some high protein snack bars in several flavors an headed for the registers with a smile an a waving tail

He was soon in a near by buffet an enjoying a huge salad an some very good potato soup the reporter grilling him for everything he could give her about the attack on the tower in Houston an anything else

Bill finally chuckled an wiped his lip setting the napkin down "goodness you keep this up an I wont have anything to give other reporters in the next cities"

She smiled quite proudly "well this is the first time any reporter has gotten you alone an had a good idea what to ask an the true extent of the terrible mess things are in, no one has a clue just how bad things really are"

"which is why I'm bringing this fight in the open yes there is more going on I cant an wont talk about but you want the big story" thumping his chest "its me, I want my Sara back, I know she gets to see the news an she knows I'm coming for her. I want her to keep hope I am going to tear the operational heart out of Takashima's plans an I want the nation to see it"

"again Bill you don’t mind me calling you Bill?"

"not at all you don’t mind Mary"

"why the certain towers?"

"well that’s one of the things I cant talk about you see I have certain knowledge that Takashima wanted the source for its why he wants my kids so badly thinking they will have that gift better than I do"

"now I've heard this before what is it you have some mental ability?"

"I get premonitions, I've had them since I was a child. Takashima found out via my blood tests, genetic testing alerted him to the keys that showed my gift was active his converting me made it stronger an gave me a bit more as well Sara's is recessive but she has it as well, here let me show you" looking past her as he enjoyed a bit more soup the spoon moving slowly

"you broke your ankle dancing around with a boy your parents didn’t approve of, not stumbling off the last step of the porch"

her eyes went wide "but how!"

"am I right?"

"um yes, yes you are"

"he wasn’t a good boy you know that right?"

"um, well rumors um" blushing a bit

Bill gently took her hand in his with a smile he got a flicker of something bad soon to happen "you need to remember to buckle your seat belt don’t just blow it off if you do you'll regret it for weeks"

"buckle my seat belt?"

"something bad is going to happen soon in the news van you will get hurt if you don’t buckle the belt"

"okay that is quite an odd prediction Bill"

"well my gift is flaky its better at warning me about deadly danger to myself which is likely why Takashima wants me so bad imagine having someone who knew when they might be attacked you end up becoming nearly untouchable miraculous escapes when death is certain by having that person near you all the time"

"ahh a potential harm alarm that can be a body guard an more"

"yes, though his own needs for me was as his over all HBED forces commander my kids would be his insurance I would do my best an win for him his leverage point"

"well from what I've seen that’s not going so well"

"no its not, an never will be"

they all looked as a group of boys came in along with several adults one was the man from the store! all dressed in scouts uniforms they came over an Saluted him which he returned the salute

the man gently nudged a boy that had to be his son from their resemblance an scent

"William 221 sir! Would you please come to our jamboree at the local park an help us sir? We have people missing we want to know how we can help as well"

"as I was once a scout myself I would be honored to help" he smiled quite brightly an was genuinely honored

the rest of the day was spent showing the several hundreds of scouts an their adults where their missing friends neighbors and fellow scouts had gone, he was able to show them adults HBED's pictures told them several were already fighting with the FFH an even made a call to Garret to get a particular missing scout master on the cell

he held it out to them as the converted scout master encouraged them to be brave he would be coming back eventually Bill had his image as an AA up so they could see what he looked like now

they had come with the help of another scout master an he got thanks from the converted AA as well

it was after a bit of fun at the BBQ the scouts had tug of war against the biggest HBED free food was always good an showing off his combat skills to them an the media he sat up high on playground equipment talking to them giving them hope telling them the local tower would fall an so would Takashima

he found a parking lot near by the safe house another warehouse office area getting the news truck to drop him off she hopped out as Bill did

"you sure you want to be dropped off around here?"

"yep, there's a place I have info on where I can catch a good nights sleep"

"so when are you.. you cant tell me can you"

he smiled "sorry Mary, but it will be soon an your invited to come watch but with you fertile we'll have to keep you away from the pits an the chipped HBED's they will um want to help"

"fertile? Oh dear god that is all id need least I know I'm safe around you, you be careful here incase you need it, my cell number"

"thank you I will, now go on you’ve got a lot of film to work with loads of data… do you believe me that we will win this?"

"yes I do"

"good then I'm doing my part of the mission, now you remember to buckle up please an you stay safe"

she laughed then got serious "Bill whatever Takashima has its really bad isn't it that’s why the feds are still walking on thin ice with him"

"yes off the record just tween you n me alright" she nodded to him "its bad enough that if I were to have done as I originally wanted which was rush down to LA an fight my way into the tower there. the media watched via Takashimas cameras as my actions not only got Sara killed but Takashima destroyed all of California killing billions

thousands of destroyed cities, flooding, radiation, death. The media blamed me for it all the bull who destroyed it all it cost every HBED their lives as well. I died alone aged an gray in self imposed exile reading the news clipping commemorating the anniversary of the disaster still vilifying my memory long after"

"your gift, it warned you didn’t it. that’s why this odd way of doing this"

"yes, an I was sharing with several others we were using the connection HBED's can make together to look for the taken children. Takashima made us all gifted it was planned but what we did went beyond what he thought possible they felt an saw all I did, they felt my heart killing grief at being the cause of so many dead an so much else, just for my need to have Sara back.. for my love" the deep hurt of the vision all to evident

"Takashima played me like a pro, but not this time oh no, I know what he wants me to do so he can blame me it's not going to happen that way"

he smiled "we have a plan an its going along nicely, I'm the bait I want him to nibble at me cause ill move an make him eager to bite hard only when it’s the right time will he get the hook he does an he's finished"

"alright then Bill you go get your rest I'll keep that out of my report" she told the truth

"thank you, drive safe"

she walked over an showed him she was buckling in waved an they drove off

he smiled an made his way down empty streets as the sun set finding the right place he searched around an found the back entrance with its security panel it had plenty of windows an doors all covered with paint an paper but this one had the electronic lock

getting the note he tapped in the code carefully with a stick an the lock clicked open going in he closed it an reset the alarm on the door his HUD popped up a window with Garret in it

"hey bully quite a day for you"

"yep" yawning "I'm beat an want a good nights sleep"

"them kids too much for you there bully?" chuckling "you regretting becoming a dad already?"

"nope just a lot of emotional load all the scared unhappy people an I had to talk to them give them hope" walking on through the empty warehouse towards the offices

Garret nodded knowing what Bill had done "well I was just messing around go get some rest"

"thank you, tell Liz I said hi an to bite yer ear" they both chuckled

he located the furthest back room that was securable with only one small window laid down on the floor helmet on an promptly fell asleep

it was the dreams again pain, failure! being forced to hurt the reporter Mary. the deaths of so many who would have lived startled him awake tapping the helmet awake he looked around an immediately called Garret on the satellite connection

"two hours of sleep how can I honestly do this if you wont let me sleep" talking to himself and his mind

"what's that Bill?" Garret pulling on his shirt an Elizabeth helping a bit with a smile smoothing his hair back down an moving out of camera "something wrong?"

Bill explained the dream the fact that part of it was happening right now

"okay get out of there they must have figured out the building was a safe house an set it under observation Damn this is my fault"

Bill heard her voice in the warehouse very quietly he spoke "its alright Garret but it's too late, they brought her here, means the building is surrounded. Garret, get help here soon as you can. I'm gona have to run with her and there's gona be a mess everywhere I go"

"you got it bully you show them one hell of a fight help is on the way"

"don’t be late for the fun, please"

he slid over to the door an then out along the hallway staying low his helmets night vision showing things clearly he put an ear up near an office window that was to the outside feeling the adrenaline surging through his body

"we've got him sir.. he should wake up anytime now the smell of a fertile female he knows" came softly from somewhere outside near the loading dock of another building

"that should distract him just enough to dull his senses an leave him open to capture, good very good, long as his instincts haven't warned him in time this will be the end of this fiasco" Takashima said via a com the volume so soft It was barely better than a whisper

Mary called out again in the warehouse her fear spiking near panic trying to be quiet as well

He slipped up to the door an sniffed under it no AA what there was, was faint at best

sliding out an along the floor he stalked along carefully staying to the deepest shadows seeing her holding the remnants of her shirt over herself the rest of her stripped naked

she called out to him again he spotted the one triple hiding in a corner in the shadows watching over her motionless his musk masked by the smell of fresh dirt

Bill stalked past her wanting to reassure her things would be okay hoping they would be inside himself but couldn’t not yet not with the triple there

The triple moved just a tiny bit something alerted it an Bill charged it was a hair too slow an his horns went right through the chest armor grinding past ceramic an chain mail it gagged in surprise hands gripping at him as the life drained away pumping past the horn in its chest

he pulled free an moved over to her careful of any others that might be inside she sobbed calling out to him again her fear had intensified her scents fertile an fully terrified he slid up behind her covering her mouth gently she jumped

"easy Mary easy.." whispering near her ear as she relaxed "well now quite the fix were in aren't we, don’t worry, you an me gona run for it, I took care of your triple A friend already" uncovering her mouth

"oh Bill oh my god JR an Tom I don’t know what happened to them the van it"

"wrecked? You were wearing your belt I hope?"

she nodded

"see, not so odd is it now saved you from serious injury. Now then lets get out of here you strong enough to hold on to me?"

"y-yes I think so"

"ok hold on tight an I mean tight, we go its going to be fast an full out" he moved quietly an quickly as the triples collar com came on knowing they had only seconds he turned down the hallway looking at the far end an the doors "keep your head down Mary here we go!"

he charged hard full speed right for the paper covered glass door leaping through. The shattering glass spraying out as he trampled an slammed past AA's horns ripping an tearing as he raced past their yelps an shouts of surprise then howls of anger as he ran fast as he could arms out stretching far as possible an legs shoving hard his hooves clopping

he didn’t pause to think as he leaped up smashing a Takashima trucks cab as it tried to cut him off leaping over the bed in a bound she screamed behind his head but held on he hit the ground running racing down the middle of the street

watching as AA an triples came running in from the sides from streets alleyways an parking areas snarling howling trying to get in close enough to grab her or him

finally they reached traffic an Bill dodged around the cars an trucks hearing the horns blare tires screeching. heading for any advantage he could find

seeing a mall he turned hard Triples came over fencing just missing him as he made for the parking structure its ramps would limit their approach an a bright light shined down on him

A Takashima helicopter! He snorted hard not what he needed right now

he leaped up on a wall that hid the truck parking from the public an then onto a semi trailer feeling AA hit the side slamming into the metal rocking it their cries of pain bodies thudding onto the ground blotted out by the triples right behind him howling a quick leap an he was on the roof heading for the parking structure

Mary screamed an Bill felt the slam of a body into his side he rolled with it grabbing her kicking out hard sliding on his hip the roof gravel spraying catching the triple in the throat more of them were coming fast turning on his heel she grabbed back on to his neck he ran fast as he could seeing the distance between the mall building an the parking structure

"hold on MARY!" leaping as she screamed out he reached missing the rail his fingers caught the next floor down as the momentum slammed him into the concrete an flipping him head over heels into the car parked there setting its alarm off the wind shield an roof caving in her tumbling off the hood to the floor

the spot light shining down showing the triples falling from their attempt to leap the same gap others snarling from the mall roof

getting up his chest ached wrists hurt hunters were already coming up the ramps grabbing her he headed for the roof Mary sobbing "be strong Mary! They haven't got us yet! There's always hope!"

sliding to a stop he put her on top of the elevator building got his pry bar an seeing the chopper circle around he reared back flinging it like a javelin it went right into the engine flames bursting from the side cowling as it fell from the sky losing power the pilot trying to let it auto rotate down but failing crashing into the street out beyond the mall its fuel catching bushes an a tree on fire local power faltered as lines sparked

he snorted panting his tomahawks at the ready crouched down legs tense an ready as the triples an AA flooded up the ramps they all Snarled stalking slowly forward towards him

then he heard it the barks an calls of the FFH! The Calvary! They looked turning to try an find the source distracted at the moment of victory

"now then hunters! How about we even the odds! You god damn monsters!!" charging into them he smashed through hacking an cutting the weapons caught in bone or armor an were pulled from his hands his horns ripping an goring grabbing onto a pair of triples who tried to stop him one biting into his arm the other going for a tackle they all went right over the side falling several stories they hit the lawn an several small trees hard

rolling clear he coughed getting the wind back that the fall had taken seeing the FFH running for him the leaders rushing past into the Takashima trucks that were driving up one was hit so hard it flopped over on its side wheels spinning wildly

"the roof! Save Mary!" he yelled loud as he could but it wasn’t very loud his breath still lagging a bit

a triple grabbed him from behind snarling "to hell with Takashima's orders! who will save you!" he grabbed her nose an wrenched hard causing her to yelp she shoved them down he kicked her off slamming her into the wall leaped up an rammed his horn with Sara's ring right through the triples neck blood gushed out hot an sticky

the other snarled an ripped him from the kill with a tackle claws slashing his helmet he grabbed neck fur an head butted hard hearing bone crack watching the triple collapse limp he charged past other FFH in fighting with AA's an triples some rolling around in piles

a fast punch to the head sent a triple spinning into the FFH weapons as it tried to stop him he ran up the ramps bursting through a group of AA tossing them aside onto the roof Mary screamed as a triple was swiping its claws trying to reach her as she held onto an electrical conduit on the outside edge of the elevator block the multi story fall a certainty for her to die

Bill slammed into the triples back sending it sailing off the edge it smacked head first into the road below an went motionless

grabbing her from the edge he set her down hiding her behind himself snorting at the AA an single triple backed up onto the top of the structure as the FFH came up the ramps behind them now the hunters were out numbered an trapped

"I aught to kill you all god damn you involving an innocent as bait, but were better than you!" standing up blood dripping "you tell that fuck Takashima nice try but no bully for him now RUN! Get gone before I change my mind!" they didn’t need to be told twice an ran the FFH letting them go taunting them as they picked up a few wounded an human handlers

Bill looked at Mary "are you okay?" crouching down he gently brushed her leg off seeing several scrapes an possible bruises

"my god is that how a real HBED fight goes? No wonder you want us humans to know what your having to do" she swooned a bit an he scooped her up into his arms

"easy Mary you're safe now" holding her close as he walked down followed proudly by the local FFH many others restraining hunters that were left behind injured telling them they'd soon get medical help some were being moved out of the way after being confirmed dead

police an FBI trucks came racing up lights flashing, trucks clearly with FFH helpers an medics came racing up as well he grabbed a thermal blanket from a police cars open trunk an wrapped her in it

several fire engines came roaring up to put out the chopper an fuel fire an AB came up an removed her helmet "William 221 I'm Rei 2232 local FFH commander" touching her nose to the nose of his helmet

"well it’s a pleasure to meet you Rei, this is Mary an excellent local reporter we need to see if we can find out what happened to her camera man an sound tech"

Rei looked at a pair of HBED an wagged an ear they ran off to scout "hello Mary you don’t know just how lucky you are, there's quite a few lady HBED who would love to be where you are an a few humans as well" chuckling

"please Rei not now, lets get you over to see the medic Mary" walking over to a truck he set her gently down on the tailgate the medic started checking her over he turned to Rei an fingered

'damn good timing Rei I was about to be out of ideas an luck'

she smiled wagging an ear 'we ran fast as we could thankfully our new base wasn’t too far away which I've been told by Garret your to come with us an get some rest in a safe place'

'after I take care of something at the tower I will be quite happy to, I so need a shower' pulling his damaged helmet off making a face at the blood dripping off his horns and arms

"no problem boss bull we'll get your suit cleaned an repaired as well" plucking at the rips an teeth cuts in the arm guard

"excellent" yawning "two hours just not enough"

after the fire was out in the chopper the HBED's helped to shove its remains onto a flat bed tow truck along with the dead hunters they all marched with a police escort to Takashima's tower the guard tossing his gun an badge into the hut an running away

Bill looked at Mary who was sitting in the tow trucks cab with a cup of coffee still wrapped up in the blanket

"you'd think I had a reputation or something" chuckling she smiled an then pointed to her news van in the parking lot

"oh that’s not good Mary"

"I know, oh god I know" looking devastated

Bill had the FFH wait outside the fence line an had the truck back up onto the open courtyard of the tower the guards inside hiding behind the desk new concrete K-rail barriers were in place across the front of the glass front to prevent his returning any more trucks

He got on the controls an dumped the chopper an dead hunters into a pile grabbing the shovel from the front of the bed he scooped up bark mulch from a planting bed an cleaned the blood off the aluminum bed sweeping it off onto the bodies he snorted once in disgust at the waste in lives

walked over to the news van he sighed the front end was damaged un-drivable it was clear that the guys were not inside gesturing to the tow truck driver to pick the van up

walking over he rapped on the door looking at the guards desk one finally looked over the top

"come here" pointing to where he was

he shook his head "no way"

Bill walked over an picked up a compact car in the lot even Mary went wide eyed as he carried it towards the building steam starting to curl from his nose showing his increasing level of annoyance

A triple came out of the loading docks walking over towards Bill

"easy! please William, what is it now?" gesturing for him to set it down not throw it

setting the car down he sat on its hood crumpling the metal "the good reporters camera man an technician if you please, or I will come in an find them right now…"

the triple held up his hands "easy William easy, tonight's business we of this tower didn’t have anything to do with it, Takashima brought those bunch from LA special trained or something" he mouthed I need your help as he folded his arms over his chest

thinking this went with the dream earlier if this goes wrong could cost a lot of lives

he reached up an clicked his stealth on causing the lights an radio in to tow truck to go out the diesel engine kept running

"my stealth is on talk.. no crap remember HBED's can smell a lie like fresh shit stinks" talking softly head down so his lips couldn’t be read

the triple did the same "you have a.. of course you would, the clone has been ordered to kill all the HBED's an us if we don’t fight you to the last when you come for the tower I an a lot of others were getting tired of the lies he don’t pay enough if he paid us at all. You were right of course he's not paid any of our families, I checked, then others did as well. we don't do suicide fighting can you help us?"

"yes, I have a few ideas, but you want my help you can buy a few more days peace bring me the men I want now"

"can you guarantee my peoples safety an the HBED's in the pits both?"

"I said it to the alpha triple in Sacramento, behave go along peacefully an I guarantee safety an good treatment medical help for any injured on my honor, the people in the pits are okay till their chips are cut then it takes time to consol them"

he nodded once "alright, we got the bunch you just ripped apart bleeding all over the place right now so my grabbing the men shouldn’t be an issue. So alright when can we expect you?"

"couple days, like I said I'm not ready to take the tower yet we have a certain time table this just makes sure it has to be done right, I need to figure out a way to kill that signal"

"alright then as a sign of good faith ill bring them out, they were put right on the line by that special groups alpha I think she died on your horns one of the surviving AA told Takashima"

"she was gona kill me instead of capture.. its why I don’t like getting into the fights a lot die very quickly also why the FFH nicknamed me death.." reaching up clicking the stealth off

the triple walked back inside his helmet chirped slipping it on Garret came up

"bully what's going on?"

"talk to you after a bit, just take it this goes with the dream alright"

"alright Garret out"

Rei coughed over past the fence Bill wiggled an ear finger writing what was going on he knew quite a few FFH got the message as well

The triple came out helping one man an AA was carrying the other both nude an trying to recover from the sedatives both injured the HBED's looked at Bill as the cell phone rang an the collar chirped

"leave them out of it for the moment your buying him time to bring in reinforcements if he thinks it will help any" winking at the triple

"alright then take these humans a get out of here their injuries are from the van being stopped not us" winking back

the local PA came on "Gregory! Get him! Capture William NOW"

"clone shut up, he's buying Takashima time to try again an capture me or just to try an keep the tower so shut up an be quiet" picking the men up he walked them out to the helpers who soon enough had them awake wrapped up in blankets injuries being treated

the cell phone rang again as he looked at Mary in the tow truck he put it on speaker setting it on the hood of the truck

"hello Mr. Takashima, a really nice try it almost worked"

"William even I have limits! I will not allow you to continue this! You are not irreplaceable do not further follow this path"

"oh but its fun! I thought you wanted to play a game? That’s what the others were told, I will wait for William to come play.. well I'm playing just like you wanted.. like it so far? Its my game an you can try an win but I don’t think you have the balls to try! Such a poor sportsman"

"stop this William do not go any further"

"or what!? You monster you'll kill Sara? Please you know that threat holds no water. long as you have her alive you have my child so even if I do finally piss you off so much you actually do succeed in taking me out you still have that since all my samples have been used an become lost"

"so you know that as well" he said darkly

"oh Takashima how many times do I have to repeat it? I've been awake since the doctor had to fix the dent in my head bones still soft! I nearly hurled my insides out from the pain so yes, I heard everything all the calls the meetings to decide my fate."

Snorting at the phone "you wanted the game Takashima, you wanted to play. well I play to win. don’t be such a spineless coward you caused all of this, you wanted this. your just getting what you wanted an so justly deserve! good night Mr. Takashima" turning the phone off thinking I'm gona have to get it charged soon

Mary smiled "thank you Bill, you’ve made a friend with the media" holding his hand with a squeeze

"I'm glad, we need all the friends we can get" touching his nose to hers "a HBED sign of respect friendship an peace think of it as our handshake"

she smiled, Bill thumped the cab of the truck "drive on lets get out of here"

they were brought along to the base the tow truck taking the van off to a body shop the base was an old manufacturing plant extensive rooms an full offices the moment he walked in the doors people started cheering he smiled waving it off

"please no, I got caught with my tail out in the wind I do not deserve applause"

everyone booed that, Rei moved over as kids ran up holding their 1A hero toys all of them him

"William is tired an just tangled with part of the LA division alone, good thing we got there quickly id say given a few more minutes we wouldn’t have saved many of them hunters from him"

that everyone cheered at that Bill sighed smiled an laughed crouching down to the kids putting his hand on each of them "be brave kids, 1A hero's never give up and I didn’t either when I thought I was trapped all alone"

Rei finally got him lose of the crowd an showed him where the showers were nearly everything was built to be mobile the showers were no exception

he found an empty table inside what looked to be a converted truck trailer an picked up a pair of brass number tags there, reading the sign in marker 'take a tag to reclaim clothes armor possessions after cleaning an repair' looking at his blood soaked mess "works for me"

He put everything in a pile helmet on top pining the tag to the pile an putting it all in a basket pulled from a pile

signs around reminding all combat unit HBED's had to see medic/debriefing after cleaning up he slipped the tag chain on his horn with the locket

Walking into the steaming showers it went quiet from the cheerful banter all type an genders bowed their heads to him "hey were all HBED people don’t let me stop ya cleaning up damn fine job tonight all of you. I just want to clean up, triple blood kinda stinks of werewolf as it dries out Yuck"

They smiled an went back to talking discussing the rescue one saying she saw the pry bar throw that took out the chopper someone walking out patted him on the shoulder which stung a bit the hot water an scrub brushes helped immensely blood sluicing off down the drain the soap leaving his hair quite nice feeling relaxed an refreshed

he walked out pouring water off about to shake hard stopping to watch as an AE ram stood in an air blade fur drier just off the shower pan the loud rush of air nearly squeezing the water from his fur stepping out he shook a bit fluffing out taking a towel from the rack an drying off horns an face

"well bathing was never so high tech" chuckling a bit to himself stepping in he smiled as it did the same with his and found all the bruises an hurts as well making them sting

he walked over to the table an realized he didn’t have a change of clothes rubbing his horns off an then ears polishing Sara's ring an locket another AB walked past "um they took everything I had to wear not that I mind being open N' all training center time what it was"

he chuckled "there's a rack of draw string shorts near the door out"

"ah awesome thanks"

Tossing the towel into a large hamper as a smiling lady AB was moving in an empty one she clearly was looking as he snagged a pair of pants an walked out to nearly bump into Rei

"hey there's the big bully just coming to find you yep Bonnie was right you do shower up nice" grinning

Bill thought I'm gona have to have words with her darn it I don’t want the entire HBED nation to know

"will William 221 please report to the medic debriefing office, thank you" came over the PA speakers as they both looked up

"wow I feel like I'm in the honest to god military" chuckling

she did as well "Garret an the other FFH commanders figured out it was the best way to run the various facilities. The exam is done while debriefing so it kills two things at once come on your not exempt"

"yes ma'am" smiling

they walked along through a lot of living area kids playing human an HBED adults watching working on things turning into another part of the warehouse the area colder going through doors a chain link gate an guards were there

"we keep the injured FFH an prisoners back here thus the guards an patrols"

"right, a good idea" the guards all stood at attention ducking their heads he did the same as the gate buzzed an opened someone talked inside their helmet that he an Rei had entered the secure area

walking along they came up on a crouched line of FFH waiting for the medic debriefing several had jugs of drink being handed out by a pair of smaller HBED an humans pushing a cart down the hallway

"Rei these people shouldn’t have to wait for me"

"Garrets an Joe's orders both sorry Bully" smiling a bit

"I'm gona have a word with them about that, they fought just as hard first come first debriefed.. gah that sounded bad" the HBED's chuckled an laughed she giggled gesturing to the room

"after you boss Bully"

he walked in an four medics were waiting bright exam lights an agent on a tablet with helmet memory units stacked to the side Rei stepped out calling for a jug of juice

the medics had him sit on the exam table after a quick check of his legs an hips Rei handed him the jug to drink "mineral replacement boss"

they then started finding the bruises calling out sizes an depth one found the blood on his arm from the bites calling out numbers of punctures an extracting a broken off fang from it meanwhile the agent had cued up his helmets memory log

the HBED's out in the hallway were all peeking around the corner Rei saw that an walked over taping a couple keys on the tablet the agent looked at her "its okay they need to see an hear it" putting the feed over every screen in the place

Garret an Joe came up on a large screen over the door as the medics started gluing his wounds shut

"ahh damn that crap burns" hissing a bit an then snorting as another upped the pain

"So Bully decided to take on how many Rei?" Joe asked with a grin leaning back against a wall

"just how many did Takashima toss at death an lose" Garret smiled

"we got an accurate count of fifteen triples an thirty AA Garret, but by the time we got there Bully had taken out nearly half of them"

"well you did say you were gona make a mess" chuckling as Joe clapped politely "quite the mess worthy of a HBED champion boss bully"

Bill made a face snorting as a bruise was lanced "ahh damn"

"sorry but its actually quite bad its going to split the skin open if I don’t drain it a bit" the medic said behind him as more glue went into the punctures in the arm

"play the run Fred" "right" Garret asked. everyone watched from the moment he woke up the first triple kill recorded via night vision

"wow his horns went right through the armor" was being whispered out in the hallway and repeated looking at Rei as a medic put glue into an ear cut he didn’t know about she fingered

'they all need to know even the William 221 can get hurt an why an the fact it takes a huge force of hunters to try an still fail to stop us'

he sighed at being a spectacle but knew it was damn good for morale but shit the glue hurt!

They all watched as the video was slowed down for detail Rei an Joe both were counting hunters as they fell an leaped in

"one dead Takashima handler the truck roof hit him so hard snapped his neck" Rei made a note

His jumps an leaps up the trailer side to get on the roof got appreciative oohs an cheers through the entire warehouse! As he rolled holding Mary kicking the triple that tried to tackle him in the throat

Everyone grimaced as he hit the concrete wall an crushed the car

"just a bit short on that leap huh boss?" Joe asked

"just a bit" smiling embarrassed

they were bandaging his bit arm an after seeing the hit he took they were checking his chest finding more bruises to be added to the report

as he ran up on the roof everyone in the hallway started to stand up an then came the chopper kill the entire place cheered Joe Garret Liz an Bonnie all applauding with everyone else

they went quiet as he looked at the mess of hunters an heard the FFH coming

his charge into them got a collective gasp an even the medics who had needles stuck into him were still watching as he ripped through an went over the edge with the triples the medics giving him meds that likely wouldn’t be do anything but the pain did ease surprisingly

even Rei gasped as he fell hitting hard the medics whispering no wonder he's all bruised up

they all roared stomping feet as the female triple tried to kill him some laughed at his nose twist an they cheered as he took her out then the second one

Bill thought they react like this is a super bowl game

Rei nodded as he ran through the fight heading for the roof to save Mary knocking the last triple off the roof "ahh so that’s how that one bought it" making notes

His saving Mary an carrying her down got awww's Bonnie actually snorted! Garret covered the camera where he was an was quietly telling her to stop it Bill was saving an innocent reporter

The replay ended there Bill looked over at the Agent "um Fred play the bit at the tower please its important for everyone to see" grimacing an looking at the medics as they wrapped his left wrist in an icy cold elastic wrap

"you twisted it an its swelling William"

"ah can I say ow now? Thank you though"

they smiled "sure can, we have to fix one of your hoof shoes as well" taking them from him removing the straps up around his legs which one had been cut "they'll be with the rest of your gear"

"can you get my nose ring for me it was in the right hip pocket"

"sure can" "thanks"

"okay William I've got it ready" Bill wagged his ear an it started playing as the guard ran everyone laughed at his remarks oohing at the car lift then went silent as he talked to the triple

"what wait pause that Fred back that up" Garret called out "Liz hon" looking out of camera

"ill tell you what he said, I need your help" Bill smiled "keep playing"

everyone was quiet listening to it all an then cheered as he took the men Rei walked over an hugged him "its! Working! They don’t want to fight for him!"

Bill smiled wagging an ear "the truth shall set you free"

"this is absolutely priceless opportunity!" Joe spoke up "if he brings in a bunch of reserves an they listen to the alpha they all will stand down"

"not ones from LA Joe, no.. they are not nice an they want to kill this will only make it worse but! it will get us the tower here easy an it sets precedent for Takashima to HAVE to pay his hunters as promised even more load on his funds an patience. Garret I've got an idea on how to do it but I need to know has anyone run circulating blood over the stealth units to see if that would make them work?"

"um no why?"

"we need a huge stealth effect field to screw the towers dishes up on top of the star to hell hopefully not the computers as well just Not damage the tower just pull the tigers teeth" looking right at him he nodded knowing Bill was also asking about the nukes

"I will get the tech boys on this so like re-circulating the blood? Over the chips"

"yeah ten fifteen of them all charged on they wont work till the blood flows id donate a pint to take the tower with out a fight"

"ahh okay I'm getting it, an a booby trap to stop anyone from removing it"

"very big warning on it Garret move this device without deactivation will detonate explosive charge"

"gotcha, as for the teeth they are being worked on"

"excellent"

the medics cleared him to go rest no combat for a couple days which would work out nicely he waved to Joe, Bonnie smiled from Garrets camera which got Bill to wag a finger at her she wilted he fingered at her

'quit tellin everyone about the shower' she wagged her ear looking a bit chastised then blew him a kiss it clicked off he sighed an got up gently twisting his stiffening wrist a bit

"Come on boss Bully lets go get some food in you an find a bed" one of the medics came up with his nose ring which he smiled thanked him an put it in everyone smiled an saluted him as he walked past he patted arms an touched offered noses

all of the lady FFH touched Sara's ring as they touched his nose he wasn’t sure about that action

Rei led him to the cafeteria where everyone was about to rise even the kids an he stopped them "stay still please at ease" they relaxed an all sat back down he got a bowl of salad an sat down with a sigh

"not much for the spotlight are you? you’re the leader bully you should expect it" Rei said over a fork full

Bill grabbed a couple of the mineral tablets in a bowl crushing several over the food "no I'm not Sara was the one, she likes the spotlight I just helped behind her" popping several of the mineral tablets letting them dissolve a bit then eating some of the salad

"I'm far better as a protector Rei but for now yeah I'm the big bull not that I wanted the job but hey I was the first one an the ass who converted us wants me most"

"speaking of evil.." munching "what is going on? Why the public attacks on the towers? When before being quiet laying low was the order"

He looked at her as he chewed then took a drink "you talked to Bonnie an likely Amy as well"

"a bit since you were coming into my area"

he waited still chewing

"okay they told me about the what'd they call it premonition?"

he waited till after a HBED walked up with a tablet for her to check on things once done she looked back at him "it didn’t feel like any premonition Rei an I'm sure they told you that too sharing it with me like they did. No, if I were to get really scientific id say I'm sensitive to other timelines other paths in pending reality we make choices everyday that change reality

but its easier to say I have dreams of the future more mystical an somehow more believable an that one scared the crap outa me. an it hurt, so Garret came up with a plan I am the bait I'm the lure wiggling in the water urging Takashima to come after me focus everything on me"

"but that would mean.. "

"relax for a moment Rei trust me alright" he looked past her an her fur stood up a bit

"what was" an the sharing connection opened an she went quiet

"this is the sharing its how HBED's learn so fast from each other now ask me again"

"but that would mean" feeling the hope the courage he had the need to be with Sara an the burning hot rage at Takashima for all of what had happened.

an then the image of the boys his pride an hope in them riding with them she fingered an thought 'you’re a distraction all of this the towers the public fighting its just a distraction to what is really going on'

he smiled her gift was a bit stronger than most HBED she got it all from him 'indeed it is'

"good lord Bill the risk if things don’t fall into place perfectly"

"in the end, yes I know, as I told Garret in counter point to the risk by that time all the media all the open fighting Takashima so nicely openly admitting to his efforts where the media can hear"

"will have ruined Takashima the people will be awake"

"an thus even if I die, I will have gotten to be with her even just for a few moments more I cant go the other path Rei.. old gray aged hurting inside from decades of loneliness. Keeping myself alive by eating twigs an weeds, on all fours like the animal he wanted me to be.

All because I through my selfish need to have her back letting the animal dictate my path caused a disaster of such proportions a few moments of it id rather die trying to get near him than any other path"

"will it work?" putting her hand on his that made the sharing even stronger

"I don’t know my ever unreliable gift hasn’t rang any bells save tonight's bit of exercise"

she wagged an ear

he tilted his head a bit looking at her an she saw it as well her searching for a child that was missing an finding it badly hurt a triple holding a claw over its heart snarling "I warned you not to ever betray Takashima Rei now its too late" the claw sank into the child as it screamed an went silent

she jumped back stumbling over the seat a bit eyes wide in a full panic "no I didn’t I wouldn’t" an she was telling the truth! People all around were looking

"calm Rei clearly you have a choice coming an soon. This is what I've lived with since I was a child the dreams they tell you how to fix it before the path becomes deadly id say keep better tabs on the kids first of all"

"but, when how"

"you'll know Rei you will remember it when its time" getting up "ill find a bed Rei make a honest report to Garret he can help"

"I will" clearly quite sobered

he visited Mary an her guys they had a private room the driver cameraman had taken a serious hit to the head an was cut up with a broken leg an was sleeping the technician had a broken arm collarbone an wrist he was feeling no pain with his meds

she looked at him "you don’t look like your all that strong like this the armor an such all gone" chuckling

"yup just HBED bull how you doing Mary?"

"I'm a lot better thank you"

"you have a very big exclusive here first media to be inside one of the FFH bases you can see the inside workings an the conditions maybe even get some very personal stuff emotional stories an such"

she smiled "that is an incredible idea I was thinking it myself, but didn’t know if id be allowed to"

"I can pull strings no worries, you do realize Takashima will now want to capture you an the guys to silence you so id say on extended assignment with the FFH is a good one"

she smiled "I will do my best to be fair an actually impartial reporting"

"good, again I'm glad you’re a friend"

he found a bed with the other HBED's that was unassigned an curled up on the bed pad sighing looking at Sara's face

sleeping in late a medic woke him looking in his eyes with a light "whu?"

"checking on ya Bully you’ve slept like a dead HBED"

"was tired got two hours before that mess" yawning widely "I'm okay gah stiff an sore though" turning his wrist a bit it popped

"thought you might be" getting the syringes the meds quickly helped as he checked more of him over "well your looking good that 1A in ya just makes for very fast repairs, okay go get food an warm up your muscles HBED hormones help speed up the repairs"

"okay doc you got it"

he spent most of the day exercising at one point a group of the base's kids came up he sat them on the exercise machine an lifted them an it to many stunned expressions the kids cheering

he got drafted to run everyone through training warm up so he did just like Joe had noticing that Rei was absent, an the fact that all the lady AB had taken up front row nearest him one was quite heavy with child but still exercising

after a good hour of fighting moves smooth an calm her scent changed from loudly pregnant he came to a stop looking right at her "you dear need to go to the medical area"

"me why?"

"your in labor that’s why"

"oh I am … n-not ohh" reaching out one of the others helped to steady her they were surprised an shocked looking at him

"what? Her scent changed, come on lets get you an your daughter to the doctor" walking over he scooped her up gently "ok everyone excellent work were done due to impending birth"

she smiled looking at him "you really are incredibly strong" reaching up she touched the ring with a smile "thank you for helping me Bully"

"quite alright its also learning for me as ill have to be there with Sara, where's your mate he should be there"

"um he's" she grimaced hands holding her belly she mooed in pain then sighing "he isn't, just a friend kind of"

"well friend or not its his baby he should be there" smiling at her "she deserves to know her daddy"

"you say that like you know"

"lets say I'm good at guessing" smiling at her

he carried her right to the medical area where they had him take her back to a room set up for her as she was the closest to birthing as he set her down another contraction hit an the doctor came in with a nurse both heading for the sink to clean up

"just got to make it a race huh Clarissa see how fast I can have the baby before they get scrubbed up"

she giggled "its not me, baby wants so baby gets"

Bill went to move away to go find her baby's dad an got held there by her hand

"stay please William… please" her eyes pleading smiling

"alright if you want me to stay I'm not the one to deny a birthing day wish"

"that’s good Bully just support her, help her to relax thank you" the lady doctor smiled pulling on gloves

he slipped in behind her on the table putting his back to the wall an she relaxed back against him

"your comfortable, little wonder Sara likes you so much" smiling looking up at him she touched the ring again

"I'm sure, she does like to recline on me, so what is that? everyone is touching Sara's ring? I mean I don’t mind but its got me wondering"

"its hoping to find a mate like you. Sara has your heart were hoping some of the luck will come our way too"

he smiled at that "give it time"

the doctor had her put her legs up an checked on things with her finger "yeah just like HBED's to make birth seem easy messing with the effort curve an such, your already dilated one third dear I hope your ready, baby sure is"

"I am an Bully says it’s a she" smiling as Bill tilted his head a bit

"did you now? so what makes you think it’s a girl?"

"I just do, something I've been good at for a long time would you like to make a bet? I've got a hundred that says it’s a girl ill put my money on it"

"ill take some of that" the nurse smiled

"okay, doctor?"

"ill stay out of it, you have super powers so heck no"

he chuckled "not super at all I had them before being converted that made them stronger yes but" stopping as she grunted leaning hard against him with a contraction "not super anything" he said softly

he rubbed her shoulders talking to her as the doctor got things ready cleaning her trimming fur a bit around her lower pelvis already her teats were making wet circles on her belly the sweet smell even making Bill salivate a bit which is what he'd expect made sure babies knew where to go

six hours of labor an she bore down a bit an the baby came into the world the doctor smiling "an there you are honey lets get you cleaned up a bit.. an the Big bull called it right it’s a girl"

"damn" the nurse shook her head

he chuckled softly "congratulations Clarissa"

"ahh thank you Bill" leaning back against him limply as she sighed clearly happy an quite proud

the doctor held the baby out to her "nice an big too very healthy you did good honey"

she brought her up an smiled "why hello there"

"she's beautiful" the baby opened her quite lovely green an gold eyes an looked right at Bill, grunted making a soft moo like sound it was the fact the sharing connection slammed into him with a very happy share with me feel "wow an she's wanting to learn right now"

the doctor an Clarissa looked at him

"the sharing we HBED's have, look at her"

her mom looked an blinked "my goodness you are such a strong little girl you are"

"ahh the mind connection Garret told us about, all you HBED's share but she's only been born a few moments surely not"

"no she wants me to open up to her"

"your mommy you should, go ahead" he smiled

"alright, hi there oh.. oh wow well she's very happy she's content an getting hungry I think she wants to know you Bill"

"thinks I'm her dad most likely, I wonder if she can understand I'm a friend not daddy"

"I don’t mind her thinking your daddy couldn’t have a better roll model"

he chuckled "I have my faults but I want to know more about this as mine will want it too"

"here you can hold her" smiling "I think doc wants me to get the afterbirth out"

"yes dear just ease up a bit to help it come out an you'll be done"

he knew this was also a test of sorts, he'd seen the numerous ladies peeking in an likely many had gotten the cameras watching. Gently taking her she hit him again an he opened to her

for a moment the baby girl AB looked at him almost in a do I cry or be happy an then it was pure uncut innocent joy "I think you understand, I'm just a friend don’t you yes you do" an she cooed there was a smile as well

"well id say you’re a natural there Bully" the doc put the very large placenta in a pan examining it for completeness

"well she certainly had to think about it" chuckling

"she knows you’re the Bully who will make the world safe for her" Clarissa sighed

"ill try, for you an all the kids" touching her nose she cooed again an smiled her mood changed to need food Bill gave her back to the doctor then slid out from behind Clarissa an scooting her up onto some pillows gently set the baby down she instantly latched onto a teat an suckled eagerly "she was hungry"

"id say so" smiling "thank you Bill for helping us"

"it was my pleasure get some rest both of you"

walking out the many ladies all wanting to hear more he had to ask them to give her time to rest a bit he was sure she'd be proud to show the newest HBED off

something had him moving urgently he found his gear an was strapping it on as one of the agents came up

"Garret is on the line for you William, um where are you?"

"going? I don’t know myself but I've got this urge to go an its really pushing me"

"well Garret needs ya"

"okay" finishing his getting dressed checking on the repairs which were nicely done the back of his helmet had numerous new icons a dead chopper as well as another crushed truck an driver

he sat down in the control room again Rei no where about this was beginning to worry him the head agent gave him a head set an tapped the keys bringing up the monitor in front of him

"bully, um your all dressed up"

"hey garret yeah not sure what got me all fired up to move out but it was seriously strong urge to go out"

"well it might be about Rei she just called in she's been out around the tower all day"

"oh an did she tell you about the issue?"

"yes, she also told me more about herself her brother a triple got her converted captured her an took her in made sure to gloat about the fact he'd made her a cow while in the pits"

"her brother huh.. well that would explain some of what's goin on"

"both from around Seattle she was sent to the northwest training center where we freed her, how did the birth go?" smiling clearly being asked by Liz who had just tapped a note on the desk again

"Baby is fine very healthy she's strong too moments after birth she wanted sharing. hit me with it like a hammer a cute love share with me hammer. So where is her brother?"

"records show he was with the forces around LA but was moved to near you"

"again the thing doesn’t quite tell me everything but it certainly sees more okay so brother triple is here Rei is here an she's been out all day likely wanting to pick a fight with him"

Garret nodded "most likely"

"eliminate the problem an risk to the child one of them has to be handled. okay then I know why I'm all geared up to fight then"

"your not allowed to, it’s the rules couple more days recovery"

Bill raised a eye brow up

"not that it would stop you even asking nicely?"

"a child is at risk"

"ok, well anyhow we had a minor tech glitch with the package"

"it works?"

"sure does you genius bull you, they didn’t shield the electronics for the booby trap so that’s being worked on it'll be ready tomorrow"

"okay good excuse for me to go out an tell the tower alpha an get some other help"

"other help?"

"high time the media gave a bit back"

he found Mary holding the baby as Clarissa took a nap the camera man was filming as Mary talked about the baby who seemed to know he was there an started to fuss a bit

"here Mary" he walked in an crouched down touching his nose to hers the little girl cooed again happily "she knew I was around"

"she did huh, this part of the HBED learning connection?"

"yes, we call it the sharing Mary." Smiling as he was telling her it again "She moments after birth demanded I share with her, her mom did as well I showed her I was just a friend not daddy"

Mary chuckled "well she certainly likes you a lot"

"I get that from a lot of ladies, rather an unfamiliar event for me as a human no one even noticed me around most of the time made me a good security guard" he looked at the camera man an his bandages "how you feeling? You okay to be up on that leg?"

he made a thumbs up "I'm good thanks for savin me"

Bill smiled an wagged an ear "Mary I have to ask a favor of you" gesturing to the camera man, he turned it off

"um sure" smiling again as the baby cooed "yeah your such a cutie alright"

"I realize that the media prefers to remain neutral but do you believe that is possible with what you’ve experienced?" he gently took the baby an smiled "is her future to be one of freedom, happiness an achievement? Or slavery, servitude an abuse? Can you honestly stand on the sidelines now after all you’ve seen?"

the baby looked at Mary an cooed followed by a happy little moo her hands a little uncoordinated wiggled like she wanted Mary

"you are a clever manipulative HBED William, but are quite right, an also wrong, the media has to remain neutral but! In my case I cant not in good conscience remain out of the way" gently taking the baby "what do you need Bully?"

"your station has a chopper don’t it? I need a package delivered to the roof of the tower its to stop the clone carrying out his orders which is to kill all the HBED's in the pits an his hunters if they don’t fight to the last"

"this is what you an that triple were talking about? I saw some of it on the monitors an the HBED's seem to be very happy about it"

"they are happy as it means the hunters are starting to wake up to Takashima's lies. Mary, they're losing their desire to fight for nothing so the triple asked for my help. He wants to surrender an stand down out of the fight maybe even come in an help us, we have several that have, trouble is the clone will send the destruct signal an kill them all if we don’t disable the transmitter dishes on the tower temporally. Once were in control no signal no mass deaths"

she nodded looking at the baby "your thing it warned you didn’t it"

"at the same time it woke me up warning me about your imminent issues yes"

"so two at the same time?"

"but also connected, can you help us? Later we'll have other ways to get them on top of the towers now that we know he's up to that point"

"ill have to speak to my station manager"

"please by all means, will he do it?"

"if I ask an tell him I'm being kept safe an protected by the FFH an then show him what's gone on an the guys injuries near conversions, yeah" nodding "I think he will"

"an you get the inside stories that other reporters cant the FFH trust you because of me"

"I did notice that fact quite quickly the ladies are very friendly quite open eager to talk, that because of you or something you said?"

"because I saved you, I haven't said a thing" smiling "call your manager let him know id like to" looking in his helmet at the time "catch lunch with him tomorrow, you along with what your going to give him for air to talk about it okay?"

"sure, so I just ask?"

"ask any human say I said it was okay if they give you any trouble that is"

she smiled an touched the baby on the nose who yawned wide tongue out

Bill went out an trotted along to the tower an happened on Rei heading back for the base she sighed looking at him "were together in this Rei all of us, is there any reason we should pull our punches with him?"

"no" she said coldly

"then let the Bully handle it if he comes out to play clearly he hasn’t the courage to face his sister, her out inviting him to fight now that she can defend herself"

she wagged an ear

"head on in I have to talk to the alpha triple"

"yes sir Bully"

after a bit he walked up to the gate house the guard on duty working calmly but constantly looking

Bill got the phone out someone had charged it looking as he turned it on knowing any moment he would call an it rang

He sat down on his haunches "hello Mr. Takashima a lovely day coming up looks to be clear an sunny"

"William what is it now? I thought the trade of those two men which I did not wish to be allowed to go, was to keep you away"

"they did buy you a couple days of peace, I'm here because id like to speak to the alpha AA1A Greg about perhaps buying you another day to move reinforcements to try an stop the loss of the tower"

"no William no more trades"

"aww an here I'm just trying to help out a friend if the person in question is converted then well.. but if they haven't been id like to save them before it happens what's one more human to you Takashima you have to wait a bit longer for them if you win that is"

"oh I shall William, why don’t you come to LA.. now.. come rescue your Sara, she misses you"

"I shall in good time, oh I shall indeed. I have things to do first.. now are you going to ask Greg to come out an chat with me for a moment or do I block the public! Side of the only gate into your tower here I can just sit here an wait, keep everyone in an out of the place"

"that is not what you agreed to for those men William!"

"it is! I said id not attack the tower for several days an I'm not attacking am I? Just sitting here an easiest way to move me is let me talk to the alpha"

"very well! Do not be surprised William when the day comes an I have taken you prisoner the retribution for all of this will be due" clearly annoyed

"oh I believe you Takashima but.. you see I know otherwise" lying through his teeth

he was silent for some time "do you, an if I were to tell you I know your lying to me? Only delaying what I know will happen? You see I know all to well Sara is the key you’re the one who turns it"

there! Finally the fact he'd almost expected! Takashima admitting he'd had a pathfinder someone else gifted who could see thinking quickly so he has had a plan all this time get more while he's talkative

"so someone told you the future did they" that’s it Bill let him gloat sound uncertain

"yes she did, she was very accurate as well, but towards the HBED program she told me repeatedly it would be a difficult an resisted. I should expect failure, unless I could bring the bull to me to the tower. the goddess eagerly carrying the champions child, that betrayal would undo everything but if I could control the bull the champion then I would succeed

don’t you understand William all of this.. all that you have done, its meaningless all of it! I have the goddess I have Sara she is most certainly pregnant with your child an if all of this has proven anything.. to the people the HBED's you are that champion… now please let us cease this circus let me reunite you both an you take command make this process humane I really do not wish to destroy so much I would have to rebuild in the end"

Bill knew in his heart who it'd been "it was Miss Yuriko, she was your seer wasn't it"

"yes, she also knew the champion would be the death of her. You killed her in Houston I noted you preserved her dignity an kept her body safe"

"yes, she wanted to alert security but id ripped the cameras an audio out of the entire floor… just so you know, she died with honor Takashima, I made it quick an painless. I regretted having to do it. I had a crush on her for a long time always wanted to ask her out to dinner never had the courage"

"she said you would regret killing her, but there was no avoiding it. there was a price to pay for aiding my plans. because her death came before the time of my success she could not tell me more than vague warnings of the issues that id face" he huffed annoyed "an clearly her warnings are far clearer to me now"

"we always have perfect hind sight, not to reward loyalty with betrayal the one you ignored most.. it was that moment that made us enemies.. she warned you not to do it she told me so"

"yes she did, you may speak with Greg if it will get you out of the way for another day William" an it clicked off he turned the phone off

that surprised him a bit, perhaps the talking with him helped but he doubted it as moments later six hunters came out, three triples Greg in the lead three normal AA behind them one triple Bill remembered all to well it was Rei's brother…

thinking ahh sometimes luck just loves me an fate just hates it

Greg looked at the others "Stay here he just wants to talk"

"Stay here? He's alone! We out number him we can capture him right now!" an Rei's brother rushed forward the other triple an the AA's as well

Greg sighed turning around as an AA sailed overhead with a thud into the parking lot going limp another crashed into the fence flopping flat

the HBED bull had Anton by the head nose twisted around trying to break free crying out in pain a kick to the chest sent the other LA triple sailing into the security hut smashing windows making the guard run for cover the last AA was under Williams other foot crying out as his full weight was on him

he got off an shoved the AA "go on get outa here mutt!" it yelped an ran he looked at Greg as he punched Anton in the head an he went limp looking at the other triple as it huffed an went limp as well "none of yours I hope?" letting the body flop to the ground

"no all LA personnel brought in" setting his collar on the gate arm

they walked a bit out into the street heads turned away from the tower

"I want the numb nut there who led the charge"

"Anton? Why ever for? He's barely functional"

"he's the local leader FFH's brother, hunted her down got her converted an like an ass gloated about it while she was still in the pits. If that weren't enough the ass will kill a small child with his claw like he was smashing an ant telling her she shouldn’t have betrayed Takashima"

"your what is it? precognitive gift? Telling you about future trouble? With him an her"

"yes, just accept that he's the one I want for another day" whispering "it works an its construction is being finalized when its ready we will march on the tower"

Greg nodded a bit "what about the incoming reinforcements and the ones here already I cant make them stand down"

"not your responsibility an we wont hold you responsible for them just yours we can handle them no worries just remember you’re here to protect the tower not attack"

"alright then, apparently you an Takashima had quite a talk out here"

"just verbal maneuvering an sparring off he still wants me to surrender he needs me so his plans can succeed, best go or too many questions"

"right"

they walked back over Bill picked up the brother Anton making up a quick story "since the lady in question just entered the machine an cant be saved ill take the stupid fool who decided to attack me as target practice for training" hefting him over a shoulder

"yeah take him, lousy hunter anyhow getting stuck in a head lock quite a reject, ill make sure to give the nice lady the special treatment when she comes out" putting his collar back on

"if you’re here to…" turning around an marching off "ill give ya another day Greg think about it might as well runaway now or end up hurt like these hunters!" waving his tail at him

"yeah bring it on William!" yelling back at him

Bill stripped the triple of everything an cut his tracker chip out smashing it he started to wake up an bit an gave him another thump to the head walking in with the wolf on his shoulder security escorted him in to the base where the kids were clearly surprised an so was everyone else

"someone get some restraints on this hunter" flopping him on the floor

Rei came sliding to a stop as she ran up "Anton.."

"there Rei problem solved, make sure Garret takes him to secure lockup…damn ripped my armor again" looking at a rip in the arm guard walking past the HBED's putting chains an restraints on Anton

Bill removed his gear at the showers he wasn’t about to pass up another shower taking his shorts an nose ring out of the pile he set them aside taking another brass tag an cleaning up showering mostly to sooth the bruises there was a feminine clearing of a throat

Looking through the water an soap suds there was Mary the other HBED's all whispering about bully done got another one several of the ladies giggled

"hey Mary give me a moment alright" smiling as he let the water rinse his face off

"sorry um Bill I didn’t mean to just walk in on you all" she blushed but didn’t turn away

"communal showers, easiest way to make them mobile an we were all nude at the training facilities for quite some time! Where people saw us that way all day" glancing back at the HBED's who went back to showering playing innocent several still chuckling

he walked out past her to the drier "so did you talk to your station manager?" rubbing his ears an horns then groin area with a towel

"sure did, interesting use for giant hand driers" watching the air shoving the water out of his fur

"works awesomely for HBED fur, so lunch today ill let you chose a place alright?"

"alright, you know he's going to ambush you with cameras"

"yes, its why I'm grooming a bit now before I go take a nap then head for lunch" smiling as he slipped his shorts on then nose ring "not going in armor just me"

"is that wise?"

"ill have an escort, but as leader of the FFH I need to present a certain image I don’t want it to always be one of war an fighting were not born fighters though it may seem that way most of the people here are just average people tossed into a remarkable situation"

she nodded an smiled "I've been seeing that constantly"

"good"

he got a nap an then got a helper to drive him an two FFH with Mary to a Chinese buffet near the stations office where they were to meet the manager Bill had gotten a shirt of sorts from one of the lady HBED who was making them a cloth backed leather vest which used cord loops an buttons to close it

the station manager came in with lights cameras and men but seeing Bill stand up tall the two FFH big 1A behind him in armor made them all come to a stop

"good afternoon gentlemen please come in have a seat, we have the restaurant to ourselves we have a bit to talk about an I'm sure Mary will want to tell you all about what went on" smiling politely

after several hours of videos Mary's written reports an videos to go with them the station manager was looking over the papers as Bill sat down on his haunches with his fifth bowl of egg-drop soup an bowl of vegetables to munch

"alright William so what do you want from me?"

"simple an easy, drop a package on the roof of the tower. it will once activated keep the clone from killing several thousand people asleep as chipped HBED's an the hunters who want to stand down instead of fight to the last as ordered"

"I cant, I don’t want the station involved"

"you already are sir, your news truck damaged severely to stop it so the hunters could get Mary they took her camera man an tech had them on the conversion line" drinking soup

"which if it hadn't been for Bill they'd be HBED's right now Bob" Mary added

"I don’t discount that at all an I do appreciate it. Mary is very popular an her guys some of the best we have but I cant get the station involved"

"again you already are sir perhaps even personally you understand that he has conversion plans for everyone in America? Means you your wife an children, any of them not close by where you can check on them regularly?" looking through him he did a daughter at college

"Bob, he will know if you lie, HBED's can smell the smallest lie an William has other gifts as well" Mary patted his hand holding papers a bit tighter than needed

"a daughter sir" taking a tablet from an escort he got it into the search function an turned it to him "last name first, you can see for yourself your worry the moment you thought about her was screaming at us" tapping his nose drinking more soup munching on a carrot

the manager looked at the tablet as it was slid over to him pushing papers an data drives out of the way he looked at the HBED bull that had come to first personify Takashima industries as an incredible advertising icon now the public face of the FFH freedom fighters an their leader

his hands trembled a bit "I just got a letter from her the other day"

"an yet she was gone.. no one knew where for several months nearly a year.. odds are she's with the FFH then" crunching "sendin you letters so you don’t worry"

he typed for a moment an grimaced hard smashing a fist down on the table making plates rattle

Bill turned the tablet around "quite a lovely AB, non standard fur colors" taking out the cell phone he called Garret

"who are you calling?" the manager asked

"feds, you need to talk to her that much is clear, an she needs to let you know she's okay properly"

"this!? This is okay?" gesturing to the tablet he calmed after an instant

Bill looked at him calmly "she is alive, she made it through the process, so yes its okay"

He set the phone down on speaker "hey bully what's going on?"

"need you to tell me about AB18281 um Holly"

"sure can, lets see she's up with Kim's group quite brave, good fighter why?"

"her father would like to speak to her as she's been sending letters but didn’t tell him she'd been converted"

"sure can give me just a few moments"

Bill picked up the phone an switched it to normal "okay bully I have her coming on why not the tablet?"

"small steps for a father who needs to understand were all involved in this" looking at him

"gotcha"

"um hello?"

"Holly? This is William 221"

"oh sir! Hello! Um"

"Holly have you been sending letters to your parents? An perhaps forgotten to mention something?"

"I.. I didn’t want them to worry it.."

"your father is here Holly, with me, I think it best if you two talk honestly an do have a bit of kindness for him he has to tell your mom"

"yes sir"

He held the phone out to him an he took it with a nod "Holly?"

"hi Daddy" "oh my god" covering his face leaning over head nearly on the table hearing her voice but it was different

Bill turned the tablet an put her pictures up full screen side by side the father looked at it an sobbed

"Daddy I didn’t mean to lie I just didn’t know how to tell you I didn’t want you an mom to worry"

"when how?"

"the FFH people showed me my file Takashima's hunters took me in my sleep I was exhausted after classes all day id slept through a bomb going off"

"yeah you always were a deep sleeper…" wiping his cheeks with his fingers

"daddy if William is there an he needs something, help him please. he's trying so very hard to make sure this doesn’t happen to you mom an Chrissie all of us FFH are working very hard any help is priceless"

he looked up an the Bull had gone back over to the buffet so quietly he hadn't noticed "I will, honey are you okay? The problems I've heard"

"I got to meet a great guy but he's not serious about a relationship if that’s what you mean I'm doing great as a HBED as well"

"I have your file pictures in front of me on Williams laptop"

"oh that ugly thing pha! I got my hair styled an colored its quite lovely now, I certainly turn the boy AB's heads" sounding very proud "I'm proud daddy, like William I'm proud to say I've been fighting to protect you an others an yes I'm proud to be a HBED… I hope you can understand"

"I can, alright honey can you please keep in contact"

"I will I promise I love you daddy" "I love you too please be careful" "I cant promise anything daddy it’s a war an things happen sometimes" "I know.. then do your best"

"I will.. tell mom I love her hug the little monster for me"

he laughed an smiled "I will bye honey" "bye daddy" it clicked off an he looked up at the HBED bull eating an almond cookie "its just once, drop the package on the roof?"

"yes sir"

"hell ill do it myself then.. thank you William" handing him the phone back

"ill see to it the FFH let Mary send things to Holly an back for you since safest place for Mary is with the FFH she also is trusted by them, she thus your station by default has a exclusive inside view of the war"

"yes" nodding "we'll set up drops an such for your reports Mary"

"alright" smiling

"so this is how it will go down sir I get you the package your chopper flies over the tower as the FFH march towards it your of course filming the event from above we arrive as you drop it once there the package will be able to stop the transmitters from killing everyone with a chip.

You Mary are going to stay back till its all clear there will be no debate on this there will be local hunters an the special LA forces sent here to get me the locals will stand down when the leader tells them to as they are disenchanted with Takashima an his lies"

"aww but Bill"

"no you will stay in one of the support trucks till the fighting is over the chopper will get a lot of it those LA hunters are killers an you know how that gets"

"god do I" hunching over a bit

"so next question is when?"

"tomorrow night late past midnight we want the streets quiet an nearly empty oh warn your pilot to expect issues with his electronics if he gets to close to the tower while the device is on, so when you see the hunters come out move away use the long range cameras"

"alright I'll remember that"

"thank you sir your help will save a lot of lives"

Bill Sat there watching the monitoring feeds from cameras around the tower seeing the new big heavy armored triples with the new hook an hammer pole weapons unloading from trucks going right into the loading docks

"bully I do not like the look of them" Joe said from beside him "bad enough there's several at the tunnel like those this looks like"

"an even bakers dozen of heavies Joe, the armor is too heavy an they cant move freely, Garret"

"ah so they're over loaded, good a weakness"

"several, cant move fast cant run on all fours the hook an hammer is too big..."

watching as one of Ken's lieutenants hopped out of the truck the bastard that had eaten the insides of the doctors an nurses at the hospital contemptuously took a long piss on the trucks wheel

"not trying to hide them either" Rei said from beside Joe

"of course not it’s a show of force Takashima thinks he can scare us away" Joe snorted softly "hey love" reaching down he patted Stacey on the rear as she handed out hand wrapped protein bars

she smiled an smacked his back "new stuff right from the FBI kitchens chock full of minerals you heavies need, eat up" putting two in front of Bill "eat bully"

"yes ma'am" smiling, watching as the truck pulled out another backed up "what else is he showing us" munching the bar

"clearly this is going to be quite a fight Bill" Garret was looking over the other long range cameras "truckload of AA's"

"okay with our current numbers they will have an effective edge of two to one" Joe was looking at his note pad

"ill get some reserves in motion now guys"

"no, we wont need them" Bill said clearly leaning back a bit "Garret what have you got for riot or mob control?"

"tear gas of course pepper sprays"

"no, the military stuff I saw shows on super slippery goop even cars couldn’t get past exploding canisters of super pepper powders paintball loads of the same"

"um you have another idea dream"

"nope, just seems to me that big heavy armored triples that aren't nimble with big heavy weapons. Get them on that goop they take a swing an away we go bowling for hunters" grinning "should be funny an embarrassing for Takashima on live news casts seeing his terrifying werewolves go spilling an slipping around like clumsy morons"

everyone started laughing an chuckling as Bill did some checking on Greg in the files

Takashima was watching an waiting all day annoyed with Sara her happily dancing with her HBED nursemaids watching all the news reports with William in them the incredible escape he'd made against the strike force sent to capture him

Showing all the various camera views along the route he'd taken. an the incredible helmet views made headlines world wide the destruction of the chopper being replayed going viral on video sharing sites

then the microphones in his damn skull helmet got the now dead Iona going against orders attempting to kill him after a three story fall off the parking structure

Then the triple attempting to grab the reporter who was willing to risk her life so dangerously to avoid him an William's subsequent rescue an victory

Now the news was already reporting the area around the tower being road blocked by police an FFH human helpers holding signs up to keep the public from getting into the combat area the stations news chopper showing even the main road being blocked off an traffic being detoured around

An then the FFH came marching towards the tower from four directions their skull helmets some AA now with red ones showing up in the streetlights pools of illumination the red helmeted ones ranging out taking on his scouts and small teams eliminating them fast an ruthlessly

"sir?"

"ready the transmitter, if they enter the property an your hunters start to fall back destroy them all"

"yes sir" the clone said softly

"oh no William no, not this time, your not taking that tower without major cost in innocent lives" watching as the choppers view came from right over the tower showed William marching in the lead trucks an vans hazard lights flashing following them up the street "your going to learn you stubborn Bull, I hold the keys, I decide life an death an I have all the plans"

the damn reporter speaking live from the back of a truck detailing what was going on loaded with people wearing the universal medical symbol on their arms

he looked at the monitor showing Sara's room she was watching intently as William marched her gold ring on his horn gleaming

"sir we have an accurate count now. The forces we have are now numbering two to one in our favor sir"

"good tell them to move out, standing order I want William taken alive, injured does not matter. I will see personally to breaking him, have your tower hunters stay in reserve"

"an the other FFH sir?"

"eliminate them all, let the humans watch their hero's an champion fall an await the hunters in fear, cowering in their homes, we're beyond hiding in the shadows after this"

"yes sir"

Bill looked at Joe as they marched towards the gate "we ready for this?"

"absolutely sir" wagging an ear an chuckling "I am so ready" cracking knuckles

"good, the fuck nut bastard triple friend of Ken's that ate the doctors an nurses is mine, that was beyond just letting the animal get lose that is a mad dog an needs to be put down permanently"

"yes Sir! Pass it along people" which the HBED's did

they all came to a halt an the trucks rolled up to a stop Bill removed his helmet an walked forward towards the gate seeing the choppers interior light blink once, package delivered

he glanced back at Joe who wagged an ear hearing him say over the com 'package has been delivered'

Bill knew Stacey would then set the arming device several pounds of C-4 under the blood tank would if the warning, not to move the bag was not heeded would destroy the roof of the tower an the dishes it would also start the oxygenation system to the blood

He walked forward as the big heavy armored triples with bloody paw prints on their chest armor were marching out of the tower the local hunters were as well lining up along behind them he spotted the mad dog as he calmly loped along beside the others

He looked at the guard in the hut "best run man, you don’t want to be in the middle of this, let me have your com too please"

"absolutely, good night!" tossing him the com he ran fast past the FFH an down the street

Bill tapped it to PA "I am William 221 leader of the FFH. all hunters, triples or AA's special forces of Takashima incorporated I will only tell you this one time!

Run! or surrender now, if you don’t you face death for Takashima's lies an crimes, this tower WILL! Fall tonight an if it has to it will be with your spilled blood painting the street"

Looking at the mad dog an pointing his pry bar at him "you! Though are a rabid mad dog one thing I learned in Texas was you put a mad dog down quickly! did you enjoy the meal you made of those doctors an nurses at the hospital in LA because they will be the last humans you ever eat"

He laughed "yeah an id eaten that pregnant little redheaded bitch of yours if id been able to she'd been quite a spicy treat!"

"you could have tried, I'm sure she would have handed you your tail" snorting "Sara likely kicked you in the balls its why your back there hiding behind the real triples you rabid reject get your mange infected ass out here OH an just how many times has Ken buggered you up the ass before he got tired of ya!? sending ya here to die" the FFH laughed behind Bill clearly taunting the hunters

he snarled an howled running forward the heavier armored triples surged forward taking their weapons into hand their supporting AA's fast behind

"KILL THEM ALL! William is MINE!" dropping to all fours to run even faster

Bill skipped backwards slipping his helmet on as they opened up a pocket to the charging hunters Joe grinned "buggered? You really were a scout just say it like you mean it Ken fucked his tail off!" that got a lot of the FFH to laughing which made the hunters snarl

As they reached the gate Joe yelled fire an hundreds of water balloons flew over head followed by that many an more as thousands of pops of the paint ball guns sent pepper powder pelting into the AA's a large phoomph sounded as a huge cloud of pepper exploded the triples started hitting the super slippery goop

For a moment as they moved it didn’t look like it would work then the mad dog tried to run at Bill an started a chain reaction as he fell over tripping up the front ranks they tumbled an fell into each other an the ones piling up behind them the AA's coughing an screaming yelping in pain digging at their eyes coughing howling for water falling down an rolling in agony

They too got covered in the goop as they slipped an fell weapons in their hands only made it worse fur an armor covered in goo they slipped an fell trying to get up bashing into each other the weapons hitting an whacking others feet an claws trying to get any grip

The FFH continued laughing as the entire attack turned into slapstick comedy that only made the hunters raging mad. The mad dog got himself onto his feet an onto his claws for grip he snarled an charged at Bill slipping an falling as he did so right towards Bill

"bad dog!" Bill punched him hard an sent teeth flying he took another swing an spun him around he tried to bite an claw getting another uppercut which sent him sprawling out coughing "get up human eater! Your going to pay for those men an women you killed I want people to know there WILL be justice! We HBED's will not allow mad dogs to threaten them again! Now get your rabid ass up!" Bill snorted loudly

he snarled an leaped at Bill teeth clamping down on Bill's helmet at the nose claws ripping at his arms an chest he punched Bill in the gut an put a knee into his groin making the Bull grunt an snort

Bill bellowed an punched the triple so hard in the gut he sent him flying off smashing into another triple that had nearly gotten up other FFH were fighting those who had gotten past the goop an leaped over the fence to get past the log jam of slipping blinded hunters

The triple got up snarling coughing a bit of blood "you a-are so dead!"

"looks to me like your stupid as well as rabid! You seriously think you can take me" punching another triple that was coming at him from the side then stomping on its head with a wet crunch "get your ass up an fight I'm not done with you" gesturing for him to bring it on "you need a painful death to make justice satisfied"

he howled an charged at Bill who round house kicked him right in the head smashing him to the ground another fist smashed into his ribs shattering one he rolled to the side an snapped his jaws shut tight on the arm as the other grabbed his head an bashed it into the concrete

shoving hard making the Bull fall down an roll his toe claws caught in the armor an he punched hard an fast several times holding the arm biting down with all he had snarling claws trying for the Bulls throat

he saw his end coming as the Bull snorted steam through the slots in his helmet grabbed a leg an yanked hard snapping it painfully ripping him from the arm. Tasting blood as his own an Williams mixed he saw the horns and the ring gleam as the head came around an they slammed through his heart an guts an a fist smashed his face flat ending him instantly

Bill bellowed snorting steam as he picked the body up an used it as a weapon smashing triples an AA that came at him finally flinging it at a pair of triples it knocked them flat he leaped in an gored them both

After thirty minutes of savage fighting the remaining special hunters forces retreated falling back past the fence line Bill had to grab an AC that was about to charge in after them

"not yet!" holding him back their shoes had been equipped with metal studs to give them grip on the goop the AC actually made Bills spark on the concrete

"ALL FFH fall back! Regroup!" he patted the AC on the shoulder seeing the damage to his arm an armor "aww damn"

they moved back as helpers an medics pulled wounded out of the way fresh FFH moved forward to guard the front line fire hoses were brought in an started washing the goop an blood off HBED's an the street

a medic grabbed Bill's arm an pulled the armor remains off an started working on it he crouched down as Joe trotted up his hand settling on his shoulder what fur was showing was frothed

"casualties?"

"two, one human helper a triple tossed his hammer at us, we ducked an it hit the truck crushing the door in on him he didn’t feel anything.. an AA red skull got over run taking care of Takashima's scouts alone we've got several dozen on the injured list even with the foot studs some slipped an fell became a real mess hell O'lot of bites"

"hunters?" looking at the parking lot as Greg was talking with the special hunters surviving triples

"there down to a fifth of what they had Bill only four triples left. you keep it up bully an they're gona put your kill icons along the sides of your helmet you’re a monster when you let the bull go" chuckling patting him on the shoulder

"hold still or I'm going to side line you" the medic said from trying to stitch a wound closed "or put you on report now let me get this bleeder closed"

Joe chuckled as Bill looked surprised and amused "well yes sir I'm not the head HBED am I Joe?"

"nope your not"

the medic looked up "oh dear god I'm sorry William I just grabbed a wounded HBED an went to work"

"no, no your right I'm fidgeting around thinking trying to save lives an fight the hunters your doing your job an thank you"

"ill get this patched up an let you get back to the job" smiling

Joe was at the same moment getting his tail bandaged "one of them hunters took you literally huh Joe?"

He laughed "yeah an got to speak to the hoof an its brother too, you nearly ready for the curtain Bully?"

"nearly, I don’t want those remaining hunters to hold a line they need to run the surrender will make a complete fool of Takashima"

"gas on an open fire Boss that can get awful risky"

he looked up at the AC "in this fire we want it hot enough to slag diamond Joe we want him so mad he'll pull everything he can after me"

"all after you boss.. we don’t want to lose you, go too far an he will cut his losses"

"no Joe he cant, he's become dependant on a seer everything he's done was seen by his personal aide an he's become crippled because I didn’t do what she warned him of my coming straight to LA"

"the one lady you took such care with? The one in Houston"

"yes, she knew apparently the champion, me, would be her death because Takashima wouldn’t listen to the warnings she tried to tell him. Thus he's running on a remaining list of warnings vague an hazy the more we push him beyond those lists the less confident he will be an the more likely he will react the way we want"

Joe wagged an ear "so this that report to Garret after Anton"

"yes, Takashima got chatty when I was waiting to talk to Greg the local triple"

"ahh" he chuckled "let the enemy tell you everything when they think their winning"

"he nearly begged me to come to LA an save Sara to get things back to where he has plans or surrender an make this process more humane ..humane ha!"

Joe snorted partly amused

The medic glued several cuts an rips shut an then patted him on the chest "no armor on that left arm Bully watch it"

"wont be needing it but thank you" getting up he took an offered bottle of water with minerals an flavors gulping it down he snorted water an steam out of his nose walking towards the gate

"alright you LA hunter reinforcements! We are done with you, run now or your gona be poured down the storm drains when were done how many more have to die before you understand we will not surrender we will never give up till we are free!"

all of the FFH repeated it echoing it around the entire tower

they snarled growling even the wounded trying to get up

he looked at Greg an winked "you gona just stand around or are you just waiting to see if you get any better looking?"

that made the FFH laugh

the triple walked towards him "my duty is to hold an defend this tower till the last William. cross that gate an it'll be the end of you" winking as he folded his arms

Bill turned to Joe "hey Joe get him... thinks he can win" fingering 'kill the tower'

"HA he don’t know the FFH very well!" turning to look at one truck he pointed at it an looked back "we come equipped for helping too"

Bill had turned back to Greg who was right there in front of him an the tower floor by floor went dark the LA reinforcements looked an stood confused shocked an surprised

"I'm here to help you Greg, are we done?" shoving the gate up an walking past it as the FFH marched up the driveway behind him

"we are William, I here by surrender the tower to you, I an my hunters stand down" taking his collar off an dropping it to the ground they all did as well kneeling down

"What? Fight damn you traitors! Cowards!" one of the surviving LA triples yelled looking around desperately for help his position suddenly seriously tenuous

"FFH! Kill or capture those hunters!" Bill pointed to them an smiled seeing the AA break an run some limping a couple started out carrying others an then dropped them to run faster the triples foolishly stood their ground an were taken from behind by the red skulls running around from the far side of the building

he caught sight of another Takashima truck picking up the runners an several climbed up on the roof as the FFH closed in the truck screeching tires raced away

"thank you Greg," patting him on the shoulder "you just saved a lot of lives, again thank you"

"after what I saw you do to that triple, id be out of my mind to try an fight you one on one"

"oh I'm not that bad a guy honest" walking him towards his hunters "as I have told Greg behave, go peacefully an you will be treated well. on my honor an if you aren't I will see to it someone gets my foot that is my word an promise to you" taking his helmet off

they all smiled

"Joe! I want that clone an the keys two minutes ago get hell secured we have media incoming!"

"yes sir Bully!" pointing at various leader HBED's they ran for the building one group for the loading docks the other the front doors which they had to break out a window as the security wouldn’t open the doors

trucks an support vehicles came in as FFH restrained wounded hunters bringing them over to the medics several had to be muzzled as they tried to bite the medics Mary came running with camera an lights along with several other reporters from other stations

"William!! William 221!"

he looked at Greg "trust me just go with it" looking then at the reporters "ok, ok easy folks"

they promptly turned on Greg questions flying rapid fire Bill stepped in "okay now I said to take it easy, Greg did a very difficult an dangerous thing for very good reasons. lets calm down we can find a place to sit down inside once its clear to do so an you can ask questions of him there. I need to make sure the conversion system is working an not killing the people who are in it since we had to jam the entire building to prevent the use of the self destruct signal"

they were soon walking into the conversion area an the FFH had already disabled the chip installer an were waking up the people who were nearly HBED's

the media were taking it all in Bill got Greg off to one side for a private moment

"you did a very smart an loyal thing don’t you dare feel bad about it you hear me"

"well I'm still going to be locked up" sighing wistfully

"not necessarily, you can help us you know. An the feds do take care of our dependants you have a lot to learn as well about being HBED"

"well my biggest worry is my daughters I haven't been able to reach my ex an her sister told me no money had reached them the apartment was empty she thought… oh my god"

"easy, be calm I already did some checking its why I wanted to talk to you alone, he has your daughters BUT! We know where an there is plans already in motion for that, they will be safe soon. your ex didn’t make it through the conversion line I'm sorry"

the triples eyes showed the emotions sadness for his ex then as he realized whispering close to Bill "I still loved her thank you but you! all of this tower crap the media being this huge pain in the ass for him.. your just a distraction a god dam smoke screen! To save the kids"

Bill grinned "see I knew you were a smart one... told Garret that too, hell half of the FFH haven't figured that part out yet"

"but how why?"

"my gift, it showed us where, together me an some of the FFH, an it showed us what would happen if I rushed right for LA as well. Takashima was told by his aide id do that an I was till I got warned" Bill sighed feeling it rip through his heart again his face again showing how much it'd hurt

"damn I could smell that, was it that bad?"

"do you trust me? Let me share with you" reaching out to Greg hand on his shoulder the sharing opened an the triple shuddered a bit "let me show you Takashima's end game"

"crap that’s a weird feeling" his eyes widening as the link grew

Bill smiled an thought 'yeah but it lets you see feel an hear this' he replayed the vision all of its pain an sadness all the memories

Greg closed his eyes his hand reaching up an gripping Bill's other shoulder hard leaning on Bill wanting to retch he felt sick "oh my god, dear god…all the people the HBED's"

"now you understand just what I am fighting to stop"

Greg looked up into the AB's eyes there was a sadness there loneliness but he was filled with hope an immense courage to make things right "an you’ve lived with that thing all your life? god id gone mad out of my mind"

"it only does those things to warn me to change path don’t do something that will result in me dead or so hurt that death is better… I cant rescue Sara not just yet an Takashima doesn’t understand how it works in my family it skips generations he actually has nothing my child wont have it"

"that madman, please I-I have to help stop this I don’t want my daughters to have that to suffer with"

Bill held his shoulders "it hasn’t happened, an every thing were doing turns our future away from that result an thank you, ill tell Garret you want to help you'll have to be cleared an pass a probationary time but that wont be a problem for you"

Bill was suddenly seeing Greg laughing chasing playfully after a pair gorgeous twin five year old girls in shorts an matching T-shirts one with dual brown pony tails the other a single he was so much larger than them, they were not afraid at all. they were so happy to be playing with him

Greg thought 'oh my, oh god my girls' he was so happy to see them too 'Kara an Kelly the reason I did this for the money to make life better for them' they ran from him as they all laughed Kara ran headlong into a pole for the clothes line an fell down nose bleeding like mad crying Greg because of his claws unable to help much it stopped there fading away

"dear god that was my girls" shaking Bill a bit "no wonder Takashima wants you so much"

"a first time for me something happy, an not disastrously bad," laughing a bit "a banged nose" smiling at him "two things that is telling you, groom your claws short an"

"pad that damn pole.. but I don’t have a…" realizing what it really meant

"home with a yard an laundry line? Maybe it’s a bit of a vision for me as well… means what I'm doing is going to help us all" smiling "we all have to have hope sometimes that were doing the right things. Even if it’s a house for a triple an his daughters, reunited after all of this to play in the back yard with its laundry line in the grass on a warm summer day. I am very happy to see anything like that kind of future instead of the other one thank you Greg I needed to see that much as you did"

Greg smiled feeling just how much relief Bill had the huge load of uncertainty suddenly gone an he hugged Bill firmly patting him on the back

"thanks for showing me my girls will be okay. Now I know I did the right thing without a doubt, I have to tell my hunters this news"

"careful, I don’t mind Takashima knowing my gift works but" holding a finger up to pause an warn him

"not just that he's going to lose, but that he has too for that vision to be real an I so want it that way, yeah ill be careful lot of ears still listening for him" smiling hugging Bill again "um but"

"ill get some of the FFH to escort you just a second, Joe! An escort for our triple ally here please, he needs to speak to his hunters"

"yes sir bully" he gestured to a pair of big 1A HBED's who came over to them

Bill let the sharing slip away with a smile. Greg clearly happy with the potential future ahead

crouching down he ate some of the MRE he'd been given as they walked around the facility Mary an the media following after the triple who was animatedly talking to the escort an them about what Bill had just shared with him omitting some of it like a pro

Joe put a hand on Bill "you should go get some rest Bully, Stacey's gona beat on you if she sees how injured an worn out you are, an still going like its nothing"

"so much to do.. but finally something happy came from my gift Joe its like a new day it feels so good I don’t hurt at all"

"oh?" the Bull looked up at him eyes shiny with tears of hope as he shared what had just happened "aww those are some cute twins alright an a good vision as well" wagging an ear with a smile

"well that wont save ya from getting beaten, my mate is keeping you honest for Sara, you need to get medical handled an some rest. after a real meal of course. we can handle this now Boss Bull go on"

"you sure?"

"after seeing that oh yeah, you go, ill spread the good word an tell the FFH were on track" patting him firmly on the shoulder

Bill went an bathed in the showers that had been moved from the base to the tower then to the medical trailer where he got debriefed an patched up better, sent to eat where Rei an a couple others came up an hugged him wanting to see an share the good news

He before hitting a bed pad called Garret on the tablet "I heard already the fact you had a good vision is spreading like wildfire. It is good isn't it?"

"it is, don’t let people relax an ease off though Garret. We still have a lot to do, it just shows your idea, your plan, is working the way we need it to. I just wanted to tell you thank you for it" smiling at him

"you’re the one who's doing most of the work Bully, but thanks, it's for all of us now isn't it" a tawny chin obscured a bit of the camera

"it is Bully" Liz said walking around crouching down next to Garret "its good to hear you’ve seen a light at the end of the tunnel Bonnie is nearly bouncing with joy"

"I am too just thousands of itty bitty ones since I'm tired an such" laughing a bit they joined him

laying down with the locket open looking at Sara he wanted a happy dream with her in it safe an together but sleep was empty

the next day was filled with media interviews an late an attempt by a small force of hunters to retake the tower which was repelled the thousand new HBED's as they were de-chipped an calmed were shown what was going on as Bill an Joe led the HBED's in exercises in the morning light

right after he went to them the new HBED's an sat down to talk to them encouraging them sharing with them hugging many of them

three days to heal up he climbed into the back of a truck with his gear the bed cover one of the taller ones to help hide him from Takashima's satellites he'd met the truck after several changes of trucks he then laid down to catch a nap the HBED dairy's were his next target several hours drive down the state

the truck let him out on a dark stretch of road just north of the first of the HBED farms crickets chirping the low of real cows off in the distance he waved to the driver as he drove away

"alone for a bit of recon" walking along the side of the road in the dark thinking that as Tim an Kim had approached the HBED dairies elsewhere the HBED's had been saved at the farms but the central milk collection facilities were destroyed by a small AA security force who evacuated leaving before anyone could be caught an questioned

Garret wanted this one taken intact not sure what the facility was doing with the milk it was clear something was going on. an it was valuable to Takashima so much so to destroy it quickly at even a slight indication of FFH in the area clearly he didn’t want them to find the facilities or what was going on

He hopped over an irrigation pipe into the corn growing as feed for the normal dairy's in the area to avoid the lights of a truck on the road slogging along for a bit after it drove by he came out on a farm road shaking the mud off his feet crouching down to look over the area

Bringing up the daytime satellite view his current location was less than a mile from the first HBED dairy sticking to the gravel road he made his way along the back of the farm finding the automated waste units an the large pile of processed dried fertilizer

Seeing the labels on it touting Takashima industries for a cleaner greener future he had to snort thinking well at least the farm isn't like the old fashion ones letting them walk around in their mess to eat an such

Sniffing he caught scents of AB's of course an a lot of them, then AC an AD as well an not a single male of any HBED

That’s was damn odd cant run a dairy with out a male

He slipped along the fencing the helmet warning him of the electrical zapper nothing big but it'd sting listening constantly as he moved along he found the back entrance to the farm an avoided the driveway announcer an infrared beam across the drive

Okay so the farmer that does like to know when someone's at the back door Bill stopped listening to a man berating someone quite annoyed as well

"damn some days I have to wonder bout you. I mean really that’s twice now you’ve taken to shovin me down an trying to do unnatural things. now go on git out there, maybe some time alone will cool you off"

a saddened moo came as a reply a female HBED's moo

Bill's thoughts immediately went to the breeding program wondering if these HBED's had been encouraged to seek humans as partners as well he moved quietly an quickly past farm machinery an various implements couple old cars an trucks stopping to admire a 1969 firebird sitting in the weeds for a moment an moving on

Farms been here for awhile thinking lots of new equipment an all Takashima stuff too they likely bought into the HBED's are the next big thing an wanted to cash in on the potential profits an now stuck with a massive debt

slowing an ducking behind a new tractor the AB who'd been put out into a small back paddock sighed an mooed walking around on all fours she was potent fertile reeking of it

Moving a bit to look better at her conditions he banged his shin just under the armors edge on the implement lifting arm of the tractor rattling the metal she turned an looked mooing questioningly

rubbing the sore spot he cussed at himself shifting back an moving from the spot to around the other side of the main barn where he could hear an smell a lot of HBED's inside

he could still hear the single lady AB calling out she must have caught my scent cause it was one of interest an come pay attention to me not fear or warning

he snuck around the front to the house spooking the dog who started barking he told it to shush an it did with a soft woof walking happily along with him a light was on in the living room where he lifted his ear up to listen in

the farmer was just walking in with a drink it was quite late for him to be up the smells of worry came out of the window listening to the news an local farm reports

"Charlie? You up?"

"yes, Glena it's alright go on back to bed I was just checking on the girls" his voice totally unconvincing he was deeply worried

"Charlie you have to get up in the morning… your worrying about the farm?"

"yes, an the girls all those HBED's the news filled with them being human before. An rose she shoved me to the ground again got my back hurting. She's randy as hell needin a bull which we haven't seen roun' these parts for months the co-op not keepin up with its agreements.. yes hon I'm worryin about the farm"

hearing her sit down the couch creaking a bit "well I am sorry, it was my idea to invest our retirement in them. The money from the milk an babies.. too good to be true I suppose"

"well if'n the co-op would bring in a bull as I've asked, least we could get more milk out of the girls till those FFH people come. we could recoup some of our losses but no they aren't bringin them around if they have any there I knew we should have bought one of our own"

"Charlie they did promise"

"an we signed a contract to sell all our HBED milk to them I know.. well damn, might well try an get some sleep that truck will be here in the morning to buy what little we have least them HBED's are smart enough to milk themselves an we were able to let most of the hands go"

easing down he petted the dog at his feet thinking they milk themselves huh tapping the button on the side of his helmet he made his way towards the back of the property again

"hey Bully that was quick" Garrets head came up in the tiny window

"got some intel for ya, an some questions"

"okay go"

"the DB AB's that Tim an Kim found their chips were the older ones weren't they?"

"yep, an they were far more functional than you later HBED's with the improved chips they could do a lot without much trouble or instruction"

"okay that explains the they milk themselves comment the farmer here said to his wife, okay so they aren't just animal check, how much can they do? Are they like the nursemaids functional but controlled?"

"from what we can tell yes though the chips can turn them simple at certain stimuli like seeing a human or they're getting upset"

"Alright also explains a lot, well apparently the Takashima run co-op isn't holding its end up, this farm hasn’t seen a bull in quite some time, has the owner quite financially worried"

"alright that goes with the data in the system as well that farm is tagged with a date of foreclosure looks like six others are the same"

"how long?"

"less than a week, another reason to contact the farmers if Takashima keeps to his patterns"

"yeah, more people with conversion appointments, alright going to check around the next farm an then wait for the milk truck"

"oh we found out something odd about the trucks"

"listening" making his way out the back of the property

"the tankers have a hidden inner tank Tim inadvertently found it when they emptied the milk from one of the captured trailers"

"what was in it?"

"we checked the contents it was medical grade saline water with a few other compounds nothing out of the ordinary not even dangerous"

"had to be something special for Takashima to have custom trailers made" he stopped on the gravel road an thought for moment

"I know that look there's our bully" Liz looked in for a moment with a smile

"you said it was taken as it was heading in from the dairy's"

"yep" "where was it going?"

"delivery sheet said the Seattle an Spokane towers"

"that doesn’t make any sense Garret, why take HBED milk to the towers"

he leaned back in his chair "I'm sure in a moment you'll tell me"

"get Tim on the chat here Garret"

"okay just a second" he typed an then called soon enough Tim was in front of a camera

"there's my boss bully! Hey there Bill damn some show your puttin on" finger writing to him 'scaring my girls worse than a horror film you are'

Bill chuckled "yeah.. okay Tim the milk trailer"

"empty working on the second one, HBED milk keeps very well"

that struck Bill as odd as well "it shouldn’t even with a refrigerated tanker"

Tim an Garret both waited

"Tim have you checked inside the last dregs of the milk?'

"for?"

"get some tilt the trailer if you have to"

"okay give me a couple minutes" an he went out of camera range an came back several minutes later with a plastic bucket

Bill had sat down on the gravel road Garret had gone off to let Kim Joe an Sophia know about the trailers an came back a moment after Tim sat down

"okay Bill what's got your thoughts"

"Cassie around?"

"um yeah"

"need her help with this"

"okay, Cass hon" she came into view looking a bit rounder in the belly

"hey Bill!"

"hey Cassie your lookin good.. bit um rounder?" she blushed an smiled nodding "we got a problem with the milk there, an your human fingers will feel it if I'm right, ours wont. reach in an rub the bottom gently"

"okay" reaching in she did as asked an blinked "its gritty but smooth grit"

"what? I don’t see anything" Tim looking in the bucket

"no, she's right Tim its grit, pour that bucket through a coffee filter an you'll see it"

"okay Bill talk" Garret was already taking notes

"HBED milk contains the same potassium protein as our blood the key to the stealth units an our radiation immunity"

they all came to the same conclusion Cassie yanking her hand out of the milk fast "radioactivity!"

"Cassie! Its okay honest its safe.. the grit your feeling is the crystals the milk is being used to hide the radioactive material in the saline which can only be one thing being delivered to the towers. The radioactive element used in the conversion line"

Garret looked up an shook his head "of course! an Tim had the tanks so long it literally decayed to nothing but some unremarkable elements because of its half life. The milk hiding it from various detectors around the country looking for any traces of radiation"

"an the longevity of the milk Bully?" Tim asked licking an sucking the milk from Cassie's fingers lovingly which was calming her down

Bill smiled thinking Tim was taking good care of her "the radioactivity completely sterilized the milk, it preserved it like using radiation to blast medical equipment into being one hundred percent sterile thus the grit is very fine nearly imperceptible by anything but soft sensitive human skin"

Garret was nodding "now the destruction of the co-op buildings makes sense! The AA's have been told to keep us from getting the reactor or lab inside that creates the element"

"an if were to keep the good work going saving lives with it we need at least one facility intact to study it an produce the element for the towers we want to use for the process later, an its proven now to the media an world as a viable way to treat inoperable issues"

they were all agreeing

"clearly shipments of that are very important an can be delivered in numerous ways only small doses would be needed, so tanker loads equal a major loss for his processes"

"he's got to have other facilities on line by now" Garret pointed at the desk with his finger

"an there we come right back to where I am, why slowly turn off the milk supplies lets use our deductive reasoning Hmm!"

Cassie smiled "because he is done with it, he's got other sources an that’s become redundant"

"precisely give that lovely lady a cookie, so not only might the local facility have information he's hidden from us but if we cant get the other sources then we can this one again that time limit is a hint Garret"

"a week till he closes that co-op? likely because you told him your coming for Bakersfield"

"id lay odds on it an I'm not using my gift at all just looking at the evidence how many farms would be left?"

"several"

"how many that are just HBED's"

"um.. none! the HBED only ones are the ones he's got listed for foreclosure"

"figures the bastard, let the bigger combo farms take a loss no one to sell the milk too an due to contracts they couldn’t sell it to anyone else. The HBED only farms convert the owners an take the HBED's back… damn him"

"okay so this really is going to be touch an go how can we help?" Garret asking

"gona need AB AC an AD female FFH brought in as backup"

"Bully we have a nice group they’ve been training an want some action bit itchy to do some fighting were being kept quiet so all attention shifts your way"

"Garret?"

"ill get them on the move tonight Tim let them know get packing"

"right, night you two Bill," looking at him his finger wrote quickly 'you'll be proud of me I did it right thank you Cassie an Laura are good friends an they are worried about you please don’t go dieing' an it went off

"what'd the finger say?" Garret chuckled "that’s going to take on new meaning"

"thanking me for everything an telling me to be careful, okay so I'm going to go do some scouting ill come back to this farm its got a nice hayloft above the pens catch some Z's an see what the milk truck looks like when it comes in for pickup"

"okay it's a plan watch your tail Bully, the promised request fulfilled" rolling his eyes an it went off

Bonnie again gah that lady one time in the shower, thinking to himself as he ran along quietly heading for the nearest irrigation cut to get on the far side of the road where the co-op was located several miles down.

What is it she didn’t understand about I love Sara I married her I need her an id die for her. the shower was comfort an thanks for all the help I admit it was enjoyable to really let go.. even a bit harder than id intended to

Some days I just don’t get women, finally in one thing I'm just like most guys chuckling I think I know though.. I didn’t flat tell her no, god I've made a mess of things an didn’t intend to. Smacking himself on the side of the head he held the locket gently I hope you'll forgive me hon.

Being careful for any detection it took him a good hour to make it there a large orchard of almond trees got him right up to the fence which had a sensor wire in it proof against cutting razor wire top the building was well lit an very quiet

Making his way around the back he found several spots where AA had decided to relive themselves on the fence recently he waited in the shadows as a pair came walking around bold an loud chuckling about something

He slipped into the shadows under the trees down wind of them

"so" chuckling "she lifted her leg an pissed all over him for it he's not said anything since stupid human his days are numbered he just don’t know it yet"

the other chuckled "she's got a nice taste to go with her ass. she's getting moved to LA after this where you going?"

"crap I was going to Frisco but that damn William got the alpha there to surrender the tower"

"he means business" looking around a bit "Takashima's losing it because of him, were all going to be up the creek if he loses I don’t want to die for this"

"watch it he hears everything you know"

"yeah well he isn't perfect is he"

Bill watched them walk on an he moved further along the fence finding a low spot under the fence an the trip wire alarm strings through the taller grass he tapped the buttons on the side of his helmet to mark what it was an where

Garret came up "hey bully we've moved a satellite over the area how goes the scouting?"

"just a sec" in a whisper, he moved back into the orchard "tough nut Garret to take quietly the only way in is the front gate though a possible is via the back fence loads of electronic security" pausing to tap the upload of his findings an to watch another patrol go by

Garret looked it over an sighed "bad as the shaft approach wise"

"yeah, I wonder if they'd let the local farmers in the gate to speak to the manager"

"you thinking using one of them to pull the security all to one spot?"

"you sure your not learning how to do what I do Garret?"

he chuckled "have to learn how or get left behind, okay its getting late best head for your hiding hole before someone sees a HBED bull running around"

"right"

after a quick run around the area an over his own trail couple times he headed for the barn being far more careful this time. he could see she was asleep in her paddock he climbed up on an old tractor an leaped in through the loft door bumping into the straw bales inside meant for bedding

after a bit of shifting an moving hay he'd made a spot he could see the front doors an the pens below with several routes for escape if needed the ladies below mooing occasionally out of curiosity at his quiet movements

he yawned the smell of fertile lady AB heavy in the air thinking I'm gona have some serious dreams or a huge wood when I wake up. leaning back on the hay he let himself relax an doze off

the sound of the barn doors opening and an increase in air movement woke him three hours later refreshed a bit the helmet showed him the outside satellite view a smaller tanker truck had pulled up to the barn, an AA was outside from the scent an view the farmer having serious words with it

he moved a bit to hear it clearly

"I know you’ve got troubles but I'm not joking I'm not happy! I signed contracts with Takashima an the co-op that I was guaranteed the use of a bull when I needed one how are my girls going to produce milk with out being bred? Since AI isn't available either your putting my farm at risk!"

"Mr. Lettunitch, again I'm sorry I don’t have that information I'm just a simple guard for the milk truck but I will pass on your dissatisfaction with the service your receiving to the co-op's manager" the AA grinned politely reeking of condescending attitude

"perhaps sir if your needing money to make payments in advance of your next pickup I can give you a check for that if you like" pulling a large ledger out of a hip bag as she crouched on her haunches

"oh then I'm left owing if the girls don’t make enough borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, no thank you" huffing a bit

the human driver came over "four point six five" heading for the drivers seat

"well see that’s not too bad tell you what we'll just make it an even five an call it good" writing in the ledger then flipping to the tear out checks she wrote on one checking some calculations an finishing it with a quick rip from the book "there you are Mr. Lettunitch" handing him the check the ledger went right into her hip bag her AA grin clearly closing the conversation

he took it an walked away

the AA watching him go a sly mean grin on her face she got in the passenger side looking at the driver "so glad to get my ass out of this hick inbred area, these farmers sure are going to be surprised when they think were here to pick up milk an take them instead"

"yeah, yeah" he human said clearly annoyed with her

"shut your trap just be lucky I took your lack of sexual ability so well an just took a piss on you instead of something worse now drive. Stick it in once an shoot over my ass one hump wonder!" growling at him as the truck moved away

Bill had to chuckle so that was what the other AA were discussing the night before moving back a bit, so we were right Takashima is getting ready to move out pulling his helmet off to get a drink from his water pack an eating a couple protein bars

Yawning as he relaxed back to the sounds of the ladies below eating an other farm related sounds to catch a bit more sleep

He was suddenly pinned by several pairs of strong hands an heavy bodies a metal horse bit went into his mouth as he went to speak an everything went dark as his eyes were covered arms were lashed an tied tight where he had no leverage an a rope was wrapped around his neck to the post behind him

"Rhat rent rbetter rhan rhai rhought" a female voice said "raught rouh re rid"

"res re rid, row rhere rhave rouh reen rhandsome re rarm ris rat risk! Rour rupposed ro rhelp rouh rknow" another said smoothly clearly admonishing him for not being there sooner!

"roh re's rahy rig rne" snorting happily sniffing at his cheek her hands feeling his body an wandering lower "rim rirst"

"rno ri ram" another said thumping a foot down

"rboth rof rouh rop rit, rhe's rig rand rtrong rake rurns"

"ladbies rah" the Bit getting in the way of his being able to talk he'd bit his tongue already "rim here to reblp lebt me gbo"

"res re rknow" kissing his nose an then mouth "rour rhere rouh rave re rarm! Re rare roh rappy rouhr rere rinally"

they removed his pants an armor that would be in the way one bent over his lap an went promptly to work on arousing him with licks an touches the other bent over an from the scent an body heat put her rear right on his nose tail flopping over his head end coiling around a horn

"reek! ris rnose ris rold!" giggling "rooo re ris a rig rone risnt re!" wiggling her rump so more of her wetness rubbed on his nose making it burn with electric tingling of her all to evident fertile state

the one in his lap mooed with appreciation licking slowly an promptly put his arousal to use sitting down on him with barely restrained grunts of pleasure an to her great pleasure when he orgasmed with a snort around the bit in his mouth his huffing air

the next one pulled him away from the post by his legs an caused the rope to tighten around his neck an gag him cutting off his air a bit as she rode him hard banging him into the post a few times making him see stars. after they were done both kissing him affectionately they walked away happily talking softly to each other

Bill scooted back up a bit to ease the rope around his throat thinking Christ I've fallen into an amazons trap! Coughing swallowing a bit the lower grade chips must be keeping them calm unwilling to escape or leave even making them simple HBED when needed they want to save their home the farm an likely hear the farmer complaining about it they know to make milk they have to be bred

Damn the ropes are tight ahh crap here comes more of them. they went promptly to admiring him an feeling his body he tried to plead with them but got a ladies rear put on his nose to shut him up

The next ones gave him water poured into his mouth around the bit which he swallowed gratefully they talked as one rode about other ladies an how they had left him a mess an after they were done and quite sated. cleaned him off quite gently clearly enjoying a bit more time with him he tried to ask nicely to be let lose an they'd hear nothing of it

The next pair was one AB and an AC! The AB giggling an talking at the AC as she enjoyed him eagerly whickering snorting as he came inside her moaning around the bit

He sighed quite exhausted after the same going on all day mostly AB a few AC an AD as well. a single one came up he recognized her scent it was the one put out in the paddock the night before

"rhy rid rough rhave ro rhide? Re rhave rin rwaiting ror rouh" kissing him gently petting his face an ears

"pleabse no more" his head spinning with female fertile hormones body beyond just sore

she didn’t listen an bred herself on him, kissing him as she cleaned him up an then took the bit out of his mouth "rood?" she held a bowl to his face the sugary molasses smell made his belly growl an he ate it mineral tablets came next an water an she was gone

the farmer talking to the ladies below as he was checking on them an their food woke him a bit out of the daze Bill went to cry out an a hand covered his mouth the Bit slamming back into place clacking off his teeth an pinching the tongue for a moment the lady who just gotten bred kissing his nose an head "rshhhh"

he sighed as the bit got tied back around his head an she left again sleep came very easy he was visited in the night an was so tired by that point he slept through parts of it

light blinded him as he felt the bit untied an removed from his mouth an Garret knelt there "hey Bully you okay?"

"uooh"

A HBED in armor sniffed an shook its head with a snort "he reeks of fertile female Garret wow he stinks of Bull AB HBED too" she backed up a step

"get the medic up here now, an tell the others don’t take your eyes off the HBED's down there"

"sir" walking away

"bully hello Bully" waving his hand in front of Bill "you didn’t move for three days an no reports I got worried damn good thing too apparently" reaching over he cut the rope on one side then the other an then untied the one around the neck

"g-garret? Oh god" hugging him his arms hurt "ahhh damn arms! they hurt aaahh damn it" holding him leaning a bit

"Bill easy bully don’t break me okay"

he laid over on his side huffing air as a medic HBED came up an leaned back away from Bill "wow!"

"yeah we know he reeks of female an Bull just help him! His arms neck"

the HBED wagged an ear after several minutes an the use of water an smelling salts he coughed recovering a bit he was helped down the ramp. leaning on a post glaring at the lady HBED's now sitting on their rumps in rows FFH ladies in their armor watching them closely

he snorted at them an they cringed ears folding down

the farmer an his wife being escorted over to the open doors of the barn by a pair of agents in plain clothes the FFH closed the doors behind them an the two farmers came over

"Mr. an Mrs. Lettunitch this very large bull AB here is William 221 an he was using your barn to hide in as he scouted the co-op.. your girls decided they needed to tie him up an.. well they took it upon themselves to help the farm the only way they knew how"

Bill looked over at the farmers "they used me to make sure they got bred for the milk you need an I am seriously pissed off, an sore beyond any fight I've ever done… god I hurt"

"easy Bill easy the chips"

"I know! the damn chips! Garret" blowing Garrets hair back "Ohh god I need an ice pack did anyone find my pants?"

he soon had them an the rest of his gear next to him as the medic gave him a gel type ice pack which he leaned back on the ramp where he was sitting an slipped it into his pants moaning softly several grimaced in discomfort with him as he laid there his furr fluffed up a bit then relaxed

Garret gently patted him on the shoulder "we got in the area quietly so the hunters at the co-op don’t know were here we have a good three dozen FFH ready to go in"

"alright" sighing sitting up slowly "complete change of plan id wanted to sneak along farm to farm to get the FFH ladies near as possible to the co-op but the.. ladies here, I use the term loosely" glaring at them "delayed things to where that wont work"

he looked at the farmers "they're shutting down the co-op's real purpose for your milk, an thus why you haven't seen a bull. They're planning on foreclosing on yours an several other farms taking the ladies back an making you into HBED's to cover the debt you’ve not paid" he didn’t feel like sugar coating it right now an it came out quite sharp an annoyed

the wife sobbed as the husband held her close "I'm sorry we didn’t know"

"about them? No, no one thinks about it just the money" snorting "an I heard you talking you wanted to get any remaining money out of them you could get. You knew they're people so don’t lie"

Garret eased in seeing Bill was not himself "were here to help, were going to have to de-chip these ladies then have you stay an continue to operate the farm these ladies don't know how to fight an right now can barely walk upright. Yes Bill we will take care of the other thing as well"

"good!" making a face as it hurt again

"we really didn’t mean to cause anyone harm William" the wife said from in her husbands arm

"what they did isn't your fault an right now physically I'm exhausted an sore as hell as every single one of them! I think.. came up an made use of me" looking at the FFH "YES the AB AC and the AD!" sighing "thus I'm a bit on the grouchy hormone overloaded side please forgive my temper right now, but we don’t have a lot of time left to us to take that facility intact"

shifting a bit to lean forward an to the side closer to the farmers

"sir, I need you to drive me to the co-op in the back of your truck covered with farm stuff I noticed some bags of stuff off the side that reek of chemicals an would disguise my scent in the bed you drive up pissed off mad as hell which I'm sure you can do that"

"y-yes I can I suppose, they want to convert us too? But we did as they asked fed the girls well an did everything as asked"

"yes, letting the bigger farms to just eat the loss but the smaller ones like you will just simply disappear they did all those rules just to make sure you were deep in debt to them an they had the bare minimum excuse to convert you if needed."

Garret gently moved them away as the first of the girls were being cut free of their chips by a pair of the FFH the lady blinked an shook her head an screamed out loud falling over sobbing the farmers cringed at the sound looking back at Bill who sighed folding his ears down

"never gets any easier to hear that.." getting up looking at the farmers "I need to wash off where's your hose an some soap please?"

"oh I can help with that" she went with an agent to the house

Bill went around back of the barn soon enough cold water was spraying over him from above one of the FFH held the hose on him as he scrubbed an cleaned up taking very gentle care of pelvic areas then shaking off he slipped his shorts back on an then the gel pack back into place grunting at the soreness

yawning as he got his armor back on an sorted out racking his weapons again hearing another lady sobbing one of the FFH came up to him "here Bully this will help" handing him a paper bag from her hip pack

he opened it an the smell of coffee beans came out "you've been talkin to Amy I see" chuckling

"yes an they work, quite tasty too, but later you'll need rest these are just for a quick boost"

"I can rest later I need to get moving now" popping one in his mouth it was rather tasty! buttery caramel flavors an then the caffeine hit his nose flared an he snorted air "whoo okay good stuff"

she chuckled "always fun to see a first bean hit" ear wiggling in amusement "don’t get addicted though those are the expensive beans there"

"no problem" offering them back to her she waved her hand to refuse them

"keep um dear, I don’t think any other male could have gone through that so well"

"parts of me disagree with you it may not have survived, if Sara was here right now I couldn’t even if it was the one thing she wanted instantly" eating another bean both chuckled an he flinched in pain his step faltered a bit she gently patted him on the arm

they walked around to the front the farmer had backed his truck up near the barn others had stuff to put in the bed of the truck with him

he looked at the farmer an Garret who was on the phone "okay I want you to drive up an stop out on the road, pace back an forth like your upset an worried trying to decide what you need to do. I will let you know when Garret has the others in place then you'll drive up to the gate alright? They wont let you in, but demand to see the supervisor immediately anyhow threaten lawyers alright Charlie?"

"yes I can do that"

"okay the guard will say no or whatever just gun the truck an drive through the gate bar head right for the building an stop out by the loading area don’t worry just expect their to be several of the AA's to come rushing out to apprehend you lock your doors an duck to the floor ill let you know when its safe alright?"

"bully give me a moment alright" closing his phone an pocketing it. they moved bit away from the truck an the others quietly covering himself a bit with Bills bulk "the president just called me, said to tell you he wants an demands to talk to you"

"right now? Priorities mean much to that man? I mean really"

"I told him that were in the field an in the middle of an important group of missions. Said make time or he's going to send the secret service to pull the national security bit on you an me"

"ahh crap that would then get the military hot on our cases too"

"yes it would"

"crap, crap an just add crap to that, alright lets take Bakersfield then make time for the man.. he's clean isn't he?"

"yes, the entire thing is accounting for funds. he returned them to Takashima, a huge donation for his campaign war chest which he sent back via a letter, but it never got cashed so the money is floating in limbo"

"clever, it exists virtually in the presidents hands but isn't real" sighing deeply "alright not like we can tell him no when he pulls the matter of national security option it'd cripple our plans for him to interfere"

"yes so ill call him back an make it for a few days were on the initiative an have to pursue the tide, so okay I will let you know when the ladies are nearly there we will be ready to rush in right behind you HBED's with the demolitions experts"

"have them rush the fence smash it down Garret an go for the back door. I think we need to go for speed on this Garret, we might have only seconds to stop the facility being destroyed, any human with keys or near controls should be taken out"

"I agree, anything could be the triggering system but its likely in a control room.. you gona be alright alone out front?"

"I wont be there long will I " turning he hopped up into the truck bed slipping his helmet on "I'm gona smash um flat an run in best be right behind me Garret" laying down they tossed an old tarp over him setting a couple pallets on top then a tire near his feet the bags of chemicals went in next they were for the off chance that a hunter might be at the gate which he doubted

"Charlie ill thump the truck when the ladies are ready okay?"

"sure okay" sounding nervous

"Charlie they want to take your home your farm an YOU.. get mad! Be pissed! I know your worried about the farm! But its their fault all of this is going wrong! Get mad an use that"

"your right William" he sounded mad alright "I demand to speak to the co-op supervisor!"

"there ya go, alright lets go Charlie"

the truck got out on the road an drove along after a bit he pulled off the road an parked getting out

"were out front on the road"

"pace thump the fender occasionally get yourself worked up good an mad" Bill said softly "they're watching you right now give um a good show that'll prime the pump an get the hunters awake"

"I got you"

he paced back an forth pounding every so often on the front fender then kicking the rocks slapping his hands on his thighs yelling his frustration at the sky

Garret came up in Bills HUD "okay Bully nearly there Charlie looks good we can see three hunters already watching him from cover around the building an lots of com traffic they know a storm is brewing"

"when they're ready to rush the fence we'll head for the gate wait till we have security heading for us before sending them in"

"right" he thumped the metal of the truck bed "Charlie its time"

he got in an for a moment possibly he thought about the risks the costs an the danger an then slammed it in reverse road side gravel sprayed as a tire yelped on the pavement opposite

Bills helmet bonked the front of the bed then his feet pressed on the tailgate groin flashing pain as things moved around. as the truck screeched tires an turned up the driveway Knowing the distance to the gate Charlie cut it close tires braking hard chirping as he stopped hard the guard yelling for him to slow it down

"okay easy there sir, what's the problem? Where's the fire"

"I want to speak to the co-op's supervisor Immediately! I run the lazy 'L' dairy an I am sick an tired of the co-op not doing as it agreed to in the contracts! I demand to see that man right NOW"

"whoa easy sir, easy, okay now just calm down let me go give the office a call alright, just easy now" walking into the gate house Bill lifted his ear up past the tarp he could just hear him over the trucks engine "yeah, lazy L ah one of those group okay ill send him away"

he walked out "sir I'm sorry but the supervisor is up to his ears in a malfunctioning processor inside the factory if you'll call tomorrow an make an appointment"

"here's my answer to that"

Bill held on as Charlie slammed his foot down an the truck pealed out accelerating away from the yelling guard an smashing through the gate bar as it did Bill nearly yelled out a whoohoo as the truck slid a bit on the gravel in a turn then it did slide an came to a halt

Truck was thrown into park an the doors locked as several voices of hunters came running up the alpha thumped her fist on the side of the truck cab

"alright Mr. Lettunitch come out of there right now that’s quite enough of this!"

surging up tossing pallets an tarp off Bill snorted "oh its JUST beginning!" bellowing an leaping out at them they yelped an cried out trying to dodge him completely surprised

he smashed three to the ground. Turning to run for the loading dock one came leaping over the truck bed at him an Bill punched him hard in the face stopping him in mid motion bones shattering teeth flying out

the body wasn’t even on the ground an Bill was already in motion heading for the open door behind a tanker trailer backed into the dock the entire dock area covered with a roof an sides, angled to protect against satellite observation taking that all in he intentionally ripped a hose with a slash of a tomahawk milk gushed up an the hunters right behind him got it right in the face slipping an then falling into the concrete dock

he leapt up onto the dock through the door a quick look to the right then left he spotted the control room. Running right for the rooms door there an the large group of humans in there one holding a phone an a hand heading for a button on the control console its cover was open the key still wobbling

Bill angled his horns up to keep from goring them, a gun fired next to his head as he passed a guard bowling him an many others over as he charged in their bodies flying aside. He stopped hard hands on the console horn tip holding the mans Adams apple from moving

it was quiet save Takashima yelling on the phone which had been dropped a bit of glass tinkled as the sounds of the ladies charging an rampaging through the back towards the front came in

"HALL! Did you set the self destruct!?" came from the phone "Hall god damn it answer me! Did you set it!"

Bill looked at the finger only an inch away from it the button a tiny LCD screen flashing set self destruct timer press for yes

"lower that hand slowly, or I will give you a very messy tracheotomy Mr. Hall"

Bill watched his eyes as he thought about pushing it.. the thought flashed across his mind an it showed he was thinking an that was bad

"don't do it.. you will die the guard behind me cant stop that"

"Bully! Behind you!"

came from one of the ladies and the guard fell with a metallic ring of a pry bar to the head an she cried out as a hunter tackled her they got into a rolling fist fight pry bar sliding away from her on the floor

a Bovine bellow an there was a crash of the other cargo door as another lady slammed into the hunter an they both went to pounding on him

Hall eased the hand down

"good man, take a seat" shoving him into a roll around office chair

the Agents came pouring in before the hunters had been fully subdued an a couple got tumbled as the ladies got shoved back into them

Bill picked the phone receiver up grinning at the people slowly getting up some injured "why hello Mr. Takashima, I'm afraid Mr. Hall didn’t quite make it to the button. An interesting little place you have here, be a shame to blow it up" closing the cover an turning the key to lock it out again

"god damn you William! You son of a bitch! That IS it! Sara is going to pay for your actions!"

"then you will never have me Takashima! Never!.. she is the only reason I would ever go to LA an the fortress you’ve made there, you do need me there.. don’t you."

Pausing to listen to Takashima huff infuriated an to remind him of the lists an plans he was so tied to

"She dies an I will go to every single tower an facility you have. the death toll will climb until no one sane will stand their ground for you, not even your so mentally damaged triple A's will hold, you will become a joke, a tiny footnote in history.

You wanted to play the game Takashima the prizes are equally valuable for us both, I want my Sara my wife an mate you want your pathfinder so! stop behaving like a spoiled child not getting their way. you had several years of unending victories to reach this point but you were not playing against anyone who could match you.

Well, you wanted the game an set the stakes. I'm just playing to the best of my ability aren't I, would it be worth the end prize if it were not challenging to win"

"yes… very well William, an yes you are quite correct I was behaving very poorly at the loss of a minor facility enjoy your victory." An he hung up

Bill huffed looking at Garret in the doorway who grinned at him "nearly there Bill nearly there.. most of the hunters ran one you punched is getting medical treatment so is the one who decided to get into a fight with the girls"

"explosives being handled?"

"as we speak"

Bill flopped to the floor "I want a vacation" agents an HBED's chuckled

The guard who had shot at him had left a neat hole in his ear which got a bandage walking out to Charlie who's truck was the only one not covered in flashing lights an black

He gently tapped on the window "Charlie its safe now"

The man pulled a saddle blanket off his head looking up "can I go home now?"

"sure can, there will be a constant FFH presence in the area due to this place an the ladies they need to be cared for an taught how to walk an such I'm pretty sure they will help you around the farm to exercise an such, but you have to give them time to recover.

it’s a massive shock to realize you’ve been bred had babies an been milked regularly much less the fact the babies are gone some had kids before now they have more"

he nodded getting back in the drivers seat rolling the window down "I would assume the federal government will help with the food?"

"yes, just think once Takashima is done you wont owe anyone for all that equipment I'm sure a smart farmer such as your self will find uses for them"

"oh absolutely, thank you William. I'm sure the other farms around here are wondering what's going on" looking out at the road an the numerous trucks going by slowly the gate house guarded by five FFH an a federal truck to the side

"just tell them change of ownership for now, an agent will be assigned to the area he will send out letters"

"good luck William, ill Tell the ladies they're safe from Takashima" driving away

Bill looked at Garret the sun was starting to set behind the building "I want you to drive me to Bakersfield Garret, I need to shove hard he's on the edge"

"right now? but I don’t have any forces into the area yet"

"not going to attack I'm tired just going to make sure the pressure is turned on there make a quick hi your next on the tower tour an go get food then sleep"

"ahh gotcha, yeah that'll do nicely" gesturing to his truck "lets go then bully times a wasting"

Bill walked over an after a bit of seat folding he was able to climb into the back an Garret told several agents to handle the prisoners find out everything no lawyers yet looking back at Bill "tell them national security is at stake an that takes precedence"

Bill yawned an took a nap it'd be over an hour to get there might as well sleep. It was an odd dream uneasiness made him feel cold, they needed to hurry, it woke him an he sat up a bit "Garret, hurry up lets get there"

"huh? Why what's up? You have another dream?"

"yes, were needed there sooner is far better than later"

"okay" he clicked on his flashing lights an accelerated hard "hold on back there! What can you tell me bully"

"were going to need the reinforcements soon as you can get them there so to hold the tower an a group of medics"

"what happened?"

"not sure, I just know lives are at stake the sooner we get there the better there's no fighting involved"

Garret looked back at him for a moment an then back to the road "okay that is weird we'll be there soon"

Bill could finally see the tower over the area an got ready fingers on the door handles

"drive right on in Garret!" seeing the gates up an parking lot empty

he did coming to a stop an parking getting on his head set an then cell phone calling for the backup ETA Bill was already out of the truck an heading for the building pry bar at the ready

Garret pulled his gun an kept it at the ready "too quiet"

"its empty Garret, the place is completely empty"

"trap?"

"no, something out of the ordinary happened" walking past him "there Garret"

Bill pointing then walking over to a body tied an taped to a pole, black bag on its head outside the building entrance. Paper notes taped to the head many tossed to the ground computer printed, written with ink or other things

'I quit' on all of them

Bill spotted a single hunter coming out of the loading docks with a backpack "stop! don't you make me chase you! I just want to talk" not that his groin would let him chase anything at the moment

He stopped an held his hands up "easy William easy! I'm not for a fight just getting the hell out of here"

Walking over "what's in the bag?"

"food, I don’t know when I might eat next, I'm running for remote areas till the war is over that okay?" opening the pack showing the chow pellets inside

"who's tied to the pole?" pointing with a thumb over the shoulder

"the clone, wanted us to run an attack you over at the isotope unit the alpha flat told him to go get bent so the clone killed her, it didn’t go well for him after that... the towers monitoring systems are all off line someone cut the hard lines an the sat dishes Takashima don’t know we've abandoned the place"

"I assume you an the others took all the HBED chow an left none for the young HBED's or even shut the conversion line down?"

"um.. we didn’t even think about it I got back in after a majority of the people ran, I thought the human lab techs would take care of it honest I'm sorry please don’t hit me"

Bill sighed "get outa here go on!" waving him away

"thanks William have a good fight dude! Stay safe!" running out the gate disappearing into the growing darkness

Bill walked over to the clones body an Garret lifted the hood it wasn’t pretty, he let the hood fall back down the destruct key was on a chain in a pocket.

"stay here Garret I'll go scout it out if I'm right were gona need medics to help with the newly converted an food urgently"

"alright ill get it on the way, you come out an check in regularly hear me"

"sure do Mr. agent sir" saluting him

walking over to the docks he hopped up an walked along the quiet silence keeping a hand ready to grab his weapon walking into the conversion area the line had been left on automatic an five new born HBED's had come out with no IV bags installed he stopped the intake line an went to help them

getting the IV bags from the storage fridge a bit of work to find the tubing an connectors he soon had them hooked up the fluids an nutrients helping them as their vital signs improved quickly he put fresh bags on a few that had drained them

the last log entry was over an hour prior thinking as he walked out with the log Takashima likely told the clone to send the hunters an they didn’t know we were just a few FFH so didn’t want to tangle with a superior force an die like a majority of the LA bunch did

hopping down from the dock Garret was on his cell as Bill's rang he spotted Bill an closed it "sorry was making sure you were okay"

"I'm okay, sorry had to put IV's on five new converted an new bags on three more shut down the intake line didn’t get a chance to check the foods stores but likely they're empty or nearly so, best guess Takashima wanted these hunters to go attack us there an they didn’t know we were a small force an I'm tired"

"so they didn’t want to just go run into a meat grinder with you the controller" nodding "you took a tower by reputation alone Bully Damn that’s excellent"

"oh come on Garret it’s the fact they're learning that man don’t care he's a liar an is using them like cannon fodder"

"nope William 221 took a tower by scaring them off an that’s what I'm going to tell all of them"

Bill sighed "I'm gona go raid the break room if they left anything, want a drink?"

"sure" chuckling a bit as he patted Bill on the arm taking the log book to look it over

they were sitting there for nearly three hours when the first trucks pulled up with agents in them then others with trailers an the FFH

Joe came walking up seeing Bill with a dozen empty juice containers an some protein bar wrappers leaning against a light pole clearly just waking up from napping

Garret had been on Bill's tablet talking to Liz an was telling her he loved her an had to go

"well aren't you two something else" looking at the several other HBED's as they walked up

"hey I just drove, Bully scared them all into quitting they just up an left captured the tower all alone"

"ahhh HBED shit Garret, come on, they quit an ran off taking all the food left in the building because they didn’t want to fight an die over at the isotope plant"

the HBED's all chuckled

"well we have a lot of the Federal made HBED chow on the way. the trucks had to drop off a lot over at the dairies but will be here soon" Joe smiled "so Bully is now taking towers by fear alone well that’s excellent news!"

"ohh not you too Joe" holding his head laughing as they all did, he wagged both ears with it sighing "I just want a good couple meals an a nights sleep to recharge"

"you earned it Bill trust me after the HBED dairy of doom"

that made a lot of them laugh

"you laugh! You try being tied up an used for that.. I need a new ice pack" getting up stiffly with a groan an went for one of the medics

Garret looked at that as Joe bobbed his head "so how many did use him?"

Garret sighed getting up "one hundred an forty three AB AC an AD mostly AB"

Every one of the HBED's went slack faced an eyes wide showing their stunned expressions some looking the direction he'd gone

"though not all at once apparently two to three at a time with a few moments break in between… I think people shouldn’t tease or bother him about it alright. I'm sure its not easy being raped by chipped HBED's an you are HBED nothing really to get mad at" they all wagged an ear agreeing

after a good meal brought in via agents from local restaurants he found a quiet cool office area in the tower an relaxed in a cubical using it like a bedroom. other HBED's were bunked there as well as the night progressed some sniffling newly de-chipped confused an alone. he mooed reassurance to the room an they all called back softly

Bill as he got up found six young HBED around him in his cubical they all looked afraid as he got up he mooed reassurances at them again smiling as he hooked his helmet on a tomahawk

"gain your strength friends be strong we all gain family we are all HBED's. in the fight against the man who did this to us all. take your time learn how your body works" walking out to the walkway an more were there "you all will find there are advantages to being HBED don’t immediately discount it"

he went to the elevator an inside he whacked the camera off its mount an sighed leaning hard on the wall he was still tired an sore as hell

visiting the medics they gave him what they could which wasn’t helping the ache seeing the mobile base components had come in a hot shower! Ahh that will help a lot

he had just started taking his gear off when Joe came clopping up to the doorway "Bully!"

"mornin Joe if your gona talk come in an let me soak for a few alright"

"sure! Words come in two more towers were abandoned last night elsewhere in the country"

following the big bull a bit as he went in the showers an stood there hot water pouring over his front "ahhh god sore"

Joe smiled "so what do you thinks going on?"

"was there any FFH operations around the towers?" water pouring over his neck an back "god we need a soaking tub" horns leaning on the wall

"well Boss you’re the one who's getting beat up the most right now, if you need a tub, id say ask Garret for one. I admit id like to soak after a good fight" folding his arms

Bill looked at him from inside the pouring water "your right, so?"

"ah, yes small but important ones, targets of opportunity really. Kim found another isotope facility an took the hunters totally asleep at the place, then the lovely war mare herself got word a trio of Takashima cargo ships was docking in Texas city the moment the ships tied up they stormed the ships an seized the cargos"

"good stuff?"

"yeah more nuke parts, HBED virus, conversion machine parts the new hook an hammer weapons for the triples an one odd bit of armor interestingly had your name on it"

"me?"

"yeah, a restraint assembly of some kind made of some weird alloy, really strong stuff flip a remote switch an the legs an arms would magnetically lock to the other parts an from what she said it was very advanced, communications systems to tracking"

"he still thinks he's going to capture me.. good" walking out stepping past Joe to the air drier he held his hands over his privates limiting the air hitting things it still stung making him snort in pain grunting as the air stopped finally

Joe gently bumped him with a towel "you should take a break for couple days Boss let things heal up"

"oh that’s my plan but only got a day maybe two to recover"

"a day two? Then what? You cant rush in for LA"

"no, the president wants to speak to me in person an is willing to send the secret service after me and Garret invoking the national security act on us"

"oh fuck me, what's with him now? Isn't he dirty?"

"apparently not, but Takashima does have him on a barrel all in the virtual accounting" drying off gently "so I'm gona go get a soaking tub arranged. kick back an rest for a bit, I hope.." patting Joe on the shoulder

"hey Bill, if you need to talk.."

"I'm ok Joe, It was my own fault for trusting chipped HBED's cant really be mad at them either, damn I'm sore that'll make sure I remember it for a long time"

he remembered something from when he was a kid working near a small ranch as he walked over to the command trailer that would fit the need all too well. his armor off for cleaning an repair so he was in his shorts alone the guards looked at him an opened the door for him which he thanked them Joe was right behind

Garret was a flurry of activity but smiled seeing them "hey guys"

"Garret I need ya to get me something if you would"

"um sure what is it?" still signing papers an looking at new ones

"a steel or aluminum fourteen foot or bigger stock tank least four foot deep"

"a stock tank? What in the world for?" stopping totally to look at them

"a HBED sized bathtub for soaking out sore battle weary muscles an such"

"an other things besides Garret" Joe added nodding his head at Bill a bit then realizing

Bill looked a bit at Joe who folded his ears down clearly saying oops "suffice to say if you wont get it ill just go over to the ranch an farm supply place we passed last night an get it myself if its too much to ask, I need it"

"no, no its okay ill get it, I have to admit I hadn't considered a soaking tub as part of the mobile equipment"

"stock tanks have a drain plug an once empty aren't that heavy set it in the shower then close the trailer up around it"

"ahh yeah that'd work! See! Bill you find simple effective ways to solve problems that I was about to ask about" smiling "ill have one of the helpers go get it an be back by lunch that okay?"

"that'll do, ill go find some shade an wait"

"well do check the Sara recordings please there's a new one" smiling at him

Bill with Joe in tow for a bit went to the trailer where they were working hard on numerous armor an various repairs involved

A lady AE smiled an walked over "yes sir? Your repairs are nearly done almost no damage to fix this time"

he smiled at that "sorry for all the work I put all of you to, thank you for the excellent repairs to it. I just wanted to get my tablet for now" bowing his head to them "the fighters would be a lot less able to if it were not for all of your excellent work your really awesome people"

They all smiled human an HBED "well thank you William we all do what were best at let me get it for you"

Walking out of the trailer his nose ring returned as well Joe was called off by several HBED's so Bill found a shady spot under a large tree on the edge of the parking lot seeing the young HBED's laying out in the grass some talking to human helpers with tablets clearly asking about family an friends

He was glad to see that the communications systems had been fixed otherwise he'd had to find a wifi spot elsewhere bringing up the folder in Takashima's systems he opened the newest video file

Sara was dancing with her nursemaids then kissing the screen as it closed in on him marching for the Frisco tower he felt his heart beat harder an for the first time in days he felt good.

He watched her an the emotions listening to her voice like food for his spirit. as the hunters went down her peals of laugher an giggles made him smile

Then he fought the mad dog an her leap an cheer as he ended the triples life the nursemaids trying to calm her down a bit she waved them away clearly incredibly happy one of those who had captured her had died painfully on her Bully's horns

"best enjoy the moment Sara, I am about to bring your Bully low, I may not be able to strike at him physically but it will cost him dearly to take that tower" Takashima said coldly with no hidden malice "his need to make this public to capture the towers bringing the media into this ruining everything!"

she turned to see Bill walking towards the gate arm bandaged talking to the triple there then suddenly the image went out "no! what happened!"

"some kind of failure Sara a moment an we will see your Bully realize that he has caused the deaths of all the HBED's in the tower and the hunters guarding it will fight to the last or they will die as well!"

"you are a monster of the worst kind Takashima but you know that all too well!!"

the camera view came back from a nearby building showing the triple surrender to Bill without a fight! The others running or being taken out the towers hunters all standing down kneeling an removing their collars

"NO! kill them all! Stop them STOP HIM! Stop William!"

"I cant sir the towers transmitters are offline jammed! Nearly all the systems are"

Sara started laughing "OH he's going to pay is he Takashima? Will that be in making a complete fool of you? Or just another loss an the making a fool of you both!"

Takashima screamed in rage something crashed Sara was still laughing even her nursemaids were as well

"set me free Takashima an he will stop this! I don’t know what my Bully has planned, but if this is the show I get to enjoy! I can wait for him to rescue me! This is hilarious!"

"oh no Sara damn you, you’re the key to this if I cant win then no one will! an Dear William will be the one to do the deed an he will do it trying to save you I kill you an he will go into a rage that lets lose the animal an for that he will be punished till the end of his days"

"what you have some kind of crystal ball Takashima? He wouldn’t help you do anything of the sort!"

"ah but you see Sara, he is a crystal ball.. an so are others in this world it is rare, my personal aide she was a seer, before William killed her, an she told me all about the future very copious notes were taken,

oh an you are as well.. why do think I put you an William together? Your good looks? No you have the gift it just sleeps where William's is awake an active your child is indeed priceless but a loss I am willing to take at this point"

"no wonder he knew what you were doing! I almost suspected"

"on some subconscious level he had seen ahead an knew what was to happen what he needed to know he's been able to all his life Sara. Oh he an I talked a bit yesterday he lied to me, said he knew the future would be different than what I've been told"

"then it will be! he always will fight you Takashima"

"an that is why he will fail everyone… an I will escape to try again elsewhere I think I shall have agent oh what is his name? Ah Garret yes he will put me on the airline out of the country his helping William an the FFH such an annoying man, you see I have diplomatic immunity an certain governments will want me back"

"then you really are stupid as hell, not only wont Bill do what you want you wont escape HBED justice that I can guarantee you"

"hmm, well we shall see wont we, I think we best keep an eye on your tests a few pregnant with HBED babies their hidden qualities woke up you may actually be more valuable than just bait"

it ended there clearly Takashima had wanted him to see that interaction an as if on cue the cell phone rang he looked at it an grinned checking the time

"well good morning to you Mr. Takashima isn't she is quite the awesome woman! isn't she! Admit it, god I love her so much! Please tell her that would you! ahh such an excellent woman gets right under your skin an annoys the hell out of you like the finest salt"

chuckling

"enjoy your mirth William, have your FFH told you about the armor I had made for you?"

"yes they did, magnetic restraints? Oh please id die first before id wear that thing"

"then you shall, come William come save Sara surely you must see the curve firming her belly don’t you miss her so.. perhaps I should rub oil an moisturizers into her skin for you mustn't have stretch marks .."

"OH would you! She'd love that!… do be careful though she bites" he grinned

"yes.. Ken would like to return the favor she Bit his tail"

"ohh that’s a shame I'm sure she's going to need a lot of toothpaste to scrub that taste out of her mouth but! that’s okay ill make him feel a lot less he wont have anything to worry about ..save which level of hell he ends up in"

Takashima chuckled "then by all means come to LA show me what my champion Bull can really do, Ken awaits I will even make sure he fights you one on one"

"yeah that’s mighty nice of you, but I will get there when I want to. an today hmm nah today I'm taking a break waiting for my soaking tub need to soak out the filth from being in your towers

or you could just give this all up an cut your losses make everyone's lives that much better but you wouldn’t do that if someone paid you to go away would you Takashima I do want you to remember in the end I made many attempts to let you escape to runaway... well you have a very good day anyhow" turning it off

he saw the tank delivered an went to get it himself off the trailer the helper looked back as Bill undid the straps winding the strap up on the ratcheting handle

"ill go get a few more HBED to help unload it"

"why?" picking it up over his head with a smile

"they used a forklift… never mind" shaking his head

Joe an several others spotted Bill carrying it an got people an stuff out of the way as he made for the back area behind the shower unit where the water heaters an their tanks of propane were located

A quick check for level an a bit of shimming with boards ripped from shipping pallets he got a fire hose from the tower an put it on the drain for one of the heater units which was an on demand unit fed via a fire hose from a hydrant an started filling the tank with hot water

"looks like it could sit what three maybe four of the bigger HBED an lots more of the smaller ones all at the same time" one of the big AE observed

"yeah just about that, a good hot tub heater unit an air system would be the next upgrade to it the jets an the such"

several chuckled

Joe laughed "a HBED sized hot tub that’s portable! Leave it to our resident genius!"

Bill pointed to several of the gathered HBED's "you collect cold drinks don’t forget a cooler an ice, Joe ill save your tail for ya, go get Stacey"

He grinned "sir! thank you sir" trotting off

"you bunch get some packing crates boards nails hammers find something for steps maybe something for shade I'm sure some people wont want to lay out in the heat of the sun though soaking in it is far better"

they all bobbed their heads an wagged an ear hurrying off, he did a bit more work with the hoses an such so the water would be pulled back through the heater via the shower pumps he had to go put an out of order sign on the effected stall but it would be worth it

Garret wondered where all of the leader HBED had gone too the agents sent to look had also disappeared he heard music off near the shower unit an as he got closer laughter both human an HBED

Walking around the corner a shade awning ripped off the tower was over half of a huge tank filled with HBED's humans an smaller HBED around the outside on a tossed together ring of palettes crates an boards a set of concrete slabs were the stairs into the steaming water some of which had just splashed out running down the parking lot into the drains

pads from the pits laid out for some to lay on to sun themselves Stacey was relaxed on one leaned against the shower unit one foot rubbing on Joe's shoulder the other the water

"well I turn my back an look at all of you" agents had stripped to undershirts an underwear tried to hide one slipped off the platform to thud on the ground with an ow

"Garret" they all shifted a bit to either side to show William on the far side of the tank a large mug of iced juice in hand "behave or ill tell Liz"

they all snickered an giggled several ooohhed

"now that’s cutting low below the belt Bully be nice" smiling knowing Bill was messing around

he reached for the cell phone "lets see Bonnie or Amy would know where Liz is an"

"OK okay" they all laughed at him it was good to hear them all laughing together

"get your over working rear up here an take a load off for a bit" waving him on to the tub "someone get him a beer an I don’t care if your still working James Garret you can sit down an take a break"

"I've got a nice sandwich for you there James" Stacey pointed at a fridge under the trees "best eat it or I will tell Liz, an I'm a real bronco riding bitch no mercy from me"

everyone bust out laughing Joe whickering laughing mixed in feet splashing

"real watering hole congregation then" that got more laughs one of the AD leaned back an got the plate from the fridge an held it for him as he shed his shoes then socks pulled up pants legs feet easing into the hot water he melted after a moment "dear god that feels great"

they all smiled several were finger writing the Big moose chuckled an responded back

"so my agent friend what's up you smelled of worry an issues, what's goin on" Bill asked taking a large gulp of the ice filled mug that for a human would have been far too huge to pick up

all the others looked over at him "cant hide anything from you"

"any HBED James, any of us what's up?" looking right at him "you did avoid the tooth issue yes?"

"Oh yeah.. told her you warned me said she owes you a hug an kiss for that." Chuckling a bit "it… well damn I"

"Ach tis the question! come ta haunt another of our family" Bill said with a fake Scottish accent got several giggles an smiles

many murmured the question the question!

Garret looked at him an nodded smiling "really cant hide anything" sighing "I don’t know what to say to her"

"what did you tell her when she asked?" Stacey asked leaning her chin on Joes shoulder twisting a bit of his mane around a finger

"that with how things are we should wait"

"no faith in us James? Much less me?" Bill tilted his head

"no, no its not that honest.. just the.. other issues god so much to worry about"

"yes an I've already done a lot of the thinking for all of that, do you trust me James?"

"yes with my life" smiling

"then take a moment an think about this the right way… what does your heart say?" seeing past Garret the choice was blocking any future events "your heart is what you have to live with not what others think or how the world views us as a whole"

"you were looking weren't you" rubbing his hands a bit

"yes an because your undecided I cant see anything, as Liz is one of us were all involved so does she make you happy?"

"yes absolutely" his love bubbled an his scent showed it like soda fizz

"she enjoys playing in bed far more than your ex id wager" Joe grinned

"oh god yes" that got several chuckles "bed, bath, office floor, desk the chair"

"then what is the issue James? What does your heart need" Bill asked softly

"her, I need her" nodding firmly with a growing smile the load of worry vanishing from the scents

an the fog lifted Bill could see she had been worrying a lot since he'd told her they should wait "call her right now James, tell her the good news she needs to hear it"

"this your gift?"

"both good sense an the gift" taking another drink "speaker phone if you please James" waving his fingers for him to continue already

"okay" tapping the screen it dialed an she answered

"well hello! my handsome sexy agent man, how are you going to tease me into pleasuring myself tonight HMM? I miss you so much" purring sexually at the phone

Stacey an others all giggled the boys blinking with grins an James Garret turned red as a tomato "um hon liz your on speaker phone"

"I, oh dear good lord James!" covering her face made her voice muffled

"LIZ its William, we just wanted to make sure you knew. we had a bit of a talk with James as we are all HBED an family. He has something to tell you its very important.. an I know you have something for him" grinning as Garret looked at him wide eyed an clearly wondering

Stacey was all grin whispering to Joe several others fingered asking 'what she gona tell him'

Garret smiled seeing he was getting no help from Bill "hon they got me to stop an think about what you asked an they were so very right I need you, an I do not want to lose you so please yes I want to marry you"

She cheered through the phone "thank you everyone!! An you Mr. bully! I have a huge hug an kiss for you"

"thank you Liz, I'm just glad we have James around he's been super agent in all of this" everyone nodded or wagged an ear in agreement "we all want him to be happy as well.. now if you please Liz"

"um.. cant hide it from you can I Bully" came through the phone

"no you cant, once James made a solid choice I could see what was next"

"James honey um.. I'm late I think I'm pregnant. I didn’t want to tell you till I knew if you wanted me to stay"

Garret was stunned "how long?" but clearly happy

"couple weeks I think it was um fruit pies night"

everyone was amused an Stacey giggled "fruit pies! What is that Liz? You had to bait him into bed or something?"

"no he came to bed smelling of an apple snack pie an I wanted one but I was already"

"THANK YOU love um thank you" grabbing the phone up fumbling with the screen

everyone was laughing but Bill who smiled at him an bowed his head an gestured for him to take the phone an talk with her "go on James go talk come back ok"

"thanks Bully" hopping up he took the phone an walked down the steps an away from the group a bit still barefoot

everyone looked at Bill at that point but Stacey asked first "what did you see?"

"twins, a bit later to worry about the boy has an accident the girl does some incredible things"

"a good vision again Bully?" Joe asked clearly hoping

"haze makes it hard to see, peoples choices make it different from one second to another but the moment he said yes I got a huge flash of things some bad lot of good has to be because I'm relaxed"

"so? Or do I have to be a bull breaker" Stacey threatened with a fist HBED's laughed

"no, no this bully's already broken in, broken in really too well" several chuckled as Garret came back an sat down clearly very happy

"well that’s good to see your joking a bit about it"

"Liz happy?" Stacey asked

"yes, an she wants to know what you do Bully"

"an to think I hid what I could do cause id been looked at like I was nuts or a liar. Its twins James boy an girl"

"holy Christ" laughing "she's going to get big… twins wow" starting to send her a message

Bill wagged both ears mouthing later not message "you will do fine trust me just remember this okay, the boy likes high places till he's like two, keep an eye on him. Now what else is on the agenda?"

everyone smiled

"I think I will have that beer" one of the other agents got him one an patted him on the shoulder congratulating him

he took a swig an a big bite of the sandwich "MMh!"

"that’s my mate makes a mean chopped beef sandwich" leaning back he gave her a kiss

"something new with the president Garret?" Bill asked clearly making this part business an to dodge the interrogation of Stacey's

"mmH" nodding an swallowing "good stuff Stacey, um yeah he got word that we'd started taking a break after this tower being a walk in. he wanted you an me on the way this morning an I told him you needed time to recover after the dairy of doom pleading with him for least a day to rest an recuperate or face an annoyed AB1A"

"so tomorrow we head for Washington? Or where?" gulping down the last of his juice a cute AB lady refilled it from a pitcher in ice behind her as her feet an legs soaked "thank you"

"of course Bully" grinning

"yep" swallowing another bite an taking a drink to wash it down "he wants to welcome you to the white house apparently this is to be a public welcome of the leader of the FFH an champion of the HBED's. your to be treated as a visiting head of state, three body guards as well"

Bill looked at Derrick the big 1A moose AE, part of him just knew he had to go "your on that detail, Joe gona need a small HBED I want Garret to have one of the three NO arguments Garret your too valuable to us an Liz. an Sorry Joe but your commander of the region an have to stay here an.. Stacey is threatening me with BBQ sauces if I were to take you um save me Joe"

"you got it boss Bull" came from both of them others laughing loudly Stacey nodding her head firmly leaning back on her pads with a huge victorious grin

"so Garret how we getting there? Military cargo plane?"

"nope chopper to Edwards air force base where a federal private jet is waiting, in air refueling wants us there like a week ago"

"what is with that man Garret? Any clue yet?" Bill sighed this was so unreadable!

"he told me when I asked him point blank what the hell was he up to" taking a drink an burping "agent Garret that HBED bull represents the FFH they are change in the fabric of this worlds very core I want to talk to him privately you will make it happen or I will"

they all blinked then looked at Bill

"well I don’t have any bad feelings or reservations so I guess I'm going to DC" he fingered to Joe 'have Sophia shift FFH that way just incase we have the need'

Joe wagged an ear a tiny bit with a smile "just be careful boss, I do not want to be the one to tell Sara what happened" he shuddered mane fluffing up "even my babe runs in terror at Sara's temper"

"oh hell yes do not! get yourself killed Bully" she pointed at him

"we all have to accept that risk even the best of us aren't immortal" thinking about the larger plan over all Garret caught that thought on his face an smiled with a single nod he told Bill exactly what he needed to know the boys were good!

He sagged into the water a bit deeper he hadn't realized he'd been worrying so much about them determined now to make sure every one enjoyed the tub he got up stretching

"okay all I'm good n'soaked going to go find a spot to relax please who ever is next come on in" climbing out a few asked him to stay "no, no, we share I'm sure there are others who would enjoy a long hot soak"

he walked over to a tree an relaxed nude mostly in the sun to dry an relax hoping his mind would help with this new thing an the president

Joe smiled looking as Bill walked away "he isn't used to having fun or friends that is painfully obvious"

"its another reason why he needs Sara" Stacey said from behind him "he's normally a wall flower. Bonnie an Amy said he feels vulnerable without her, well of course! he's the kind who needs their partner sometimes just as reassurance they're doing things okay"

"well that explains that, I asked them an got a dirty look" Garret smiled finishing his sandwich

"well its not easy on a wall flower being told they are Garret, it hurts them breaks their self confidence" Stacey smiled "he's made a lot of huge progress though I think it’s the being the Bull he's not who he was."

"an the advertising thing he got to show off for her that had to be good for him"

"absolutely! My bucking bronco" hugging him that got a few giggles an chuckles from those with dirty minds "he needs her to bring out the best in him the fact he's becoming his old self is bad. he'll start to worry his decisions are wrong maybe even make stupid mistakes just to make them happen he needs her"

"would.. no he couldn’t do that" Garret took a swing of his beer "I mean he's, so strong his personality is like light in a dark room"

"all because of Sara, without her over time he's going to go back to what he was.. afraid unwilling to take a risk if it would make him look bad or worse it might lose him friends"

"she fuels his self confidence? But he is the FFH he started this!" Garret spread his arms open to the HBED's trailers an Agents all around the area "if it weren't for him doing so much in the beginning"

"and her right beside him James, he only has so much self confidence fuel so to speak"

"I can imagine the Dairy of doom didn’t help even though he's the only Bull, hell HBED male of any kind, I know of that could have handled that an walked away" Joe said an got a lot of agreeing ear wags

"we will just have to do what we can to keep his spirits up, but it is beginning to show a pattern most HBED's do form a bond to the first person they pair up with.. I had to have Mike moved back to the command center to help Amy who was having nervous issues"

"oh the dear she is okay?" Stacey asked

"yes the moment she caught scent of him she was excellent calmed right down"

"scent.. that may help a lot Garret he didn’t take any of Sara's things with him did he" Joe asked

"no to keep them from being ruined I would expect, but I can have them rushed here this little trip he can sleep with her scent. here's hoping it gives him the fuel to keep going were nearly there" holding his beer up

"speaking of" Joe an others looked at him "what is going on? An if you think you can walk away an not tell us what you an bully are doing I'm sure Liz would lovingly extract the information for us" grinning as Stacey mirrored him over the shoulder

Garret sighed knowing there was no avoiding it "we all know by now what would have happened if he'd run right for LA" they all wagged ears or nodded

"well by his own choice he's bait, becoming such an annoyance an pain in the rear Takashima will shift attention forces an resources to head Bill off an guide him to LA where he can put the blame on HBED's an runaway that along with a top secret mission going on involving the boys, the tunnel to the nukes an kids think of it as the money back guarantee if all else fails" finishing his beer he tossed the bottle in a trash can

"we still get Takashima an end this even when all hope is lost"

it was early when a helper touched Bill on the head gently "William.. Garret wanted me to get you up so you could eat an get moving Chopper will be here in an hour"

"ok" yawning "muh armor clothes an such?"

"all ready for you sir"

"excellent, thank you" he got up an searched through his stuff laid out finding the coffee beans he ate two an felt it nearly make his hair stand up he found a wrapped in plastic package an even as he picked it up knew it was Sara's best shirt as her scent made his heart surge an woke his mood like a sunny day

he'd have to thank Garret for it

smiling as he walked out of the tower dressed in his jeans shorts an leather shirt armor an gear in a bundle over the shoulder tied to the pry bar the FFH outside all lined up saluted him with a foot stomp an bow of the head to the chest

"thank you all, now please go back to bed, I want you rested an ready for Vegas. I can only imagine what Takashima has in place there for us he will lose but it wont be easy anymore were going to see a lot of serious fighting from here on an he may even use HBED's in military mode against us so practice non lethal take downs alright?"

"yes sir Boss Bull" Joe said from the far end "thank you William 221 for being our leader an representing us to the president of the United States" they all gave a salute to that an then he sent them off to bed an back to their jobs

Bill walked up to him

"I know I know you don’t need a bunch of thank you's Bill but you really are important to us not just as the leader FFH but as a friend okay"

"okay," smiling as he patted Joe on the shoulder "so where's breakfast I'm gona be in the air for the day my body guard ready?"

"sir we are" the Big moose Derrick an a big lady AC nearly big as Sophia! Along with a small AB lady following all came up an stood to attention

"excellent"

the flight to the Air force base was quite quick they landed not far from a medium sized company jet, seats which had been removed from it were being loaded into a truck they walked down the loading ramp of the Chinook as a Humve drove up carrying a high ranking Air force officer

he walked up to them FFH in armor Bill smiled his gear over a shoulder Garret beside him

"so this is the HBED William 221"

"yes sir" bowing his head a bit to the brigadier general "I'm grateful to your base for the transfer of aircraft, I'm sure your operations are quite busy to be adding a jet an chopper into the cycle."

He could see it the man wondered just how real of a person Bill could be "My grandfather on mothers side was stationed here for much of his stint an as a result I wanted to be a jet engine mechanic with the air force out of high school but the recruiters didn’t like my eyes" he smiled looking at the other HBED's

"never seen such crestfallen men in all my life when they saw my glasses. I'm afraid all id be able to help with now is lifting the engines HBED fingers aren't so dexterous eyes are damn good now though"

the General looked at him for a moment deadly serious an bust out laughing "well it seems you are quite the character alright! So your grandfather was air force was he? Well Good! means you got some by default, damn shame about your eyes I'm always wanting good mechanics" gesturing to the jet "I know recruiters they don’t get all worked up for just any student either you must have had some impressive talent"

they all walked towards the Jet as Bill told him his grandfathers name when Bill was younger grandfather came here for the PX to buy stuff all the time brought him a toy jet once

"which one?"

"he told me it was an older jet even before his time an F-104 star fighter, quite a popular jet with a couple of the Apollo astronauts I kept it on a shelf didn’t abuse it like my other toys"

"indeed it was a favorite of several X plane pilots as well" Smiling

"I know of one it got converted into a land speed record racer as well so though old she still flies fast, its been a pleasure sir" as they reached the Jet he held out his hand to the General who took it firmly

"I have to say I doubted all of what id heard an seen about you meeting you in person though corrected all of that I can say its an honor William, thank you for all of your efforts to our country.

I've seen some of the fighting, read reports of the incredible courage all of your FFH have shown again thank you William, safe flight. oh an bit of a surprise two of our newest jets will be flying escort with you all the way orders from high up"

"ahh the F-55 dragons? Awesome five point five generation aircraft mono wing vectored thrust full stealth complete pilot emersion an super cruse wow thank you sir I read about them but never seen one up close"

"get a good look then, they will be with you all the way.." gesturing to Bill to lean over a bit "the tech boys are worried about your stealth device an the planes try not to use it alright"

"of course sir not a problem Ill make sure the others know as well"

he smiled an saluted Bill an walked to his hummer

as they loaded in Bill had to twist his head down to fit in an then dropped onto all fours to walk in dragging his things with his teeth to where the seats had been removed an cargo straps had been attached to the mounting points as HBED seat bells

"well least its not HBED cargo containers" they all laughed sitting down Garret took the seat nearest Bill

the captain looked at them an had to shift a couple of them to better balance the plane then shook Bill's hand with a smile

the stewardess pulled the door closed an latched it the HBED's were getting their improvised belts tightened with loud clicking of ratcheting mechanisms walking in she came to a dead halt looking at them

"um hello ill be.. the st-stuardess for the flight, food has been brought on board for all of …you"

"thank you ma'am" Bill smiled taking just a moment to look past her for all of their security getting his tablet out he typed on it for a moment then looked at Garret as his tablet got the note

'she works for Takashima, but her job doesn’t involve us she's supposed to attempt to install a device on air force one to boost signal to several fuel line interrupters already installed'

Garret read that looked up at Bill an typed back 'so just let her slide?'

Bill typed back 'for the moment, I will speak to her in flight id say you need to have the air force check air one for odd clamps on the fuel lines'

He nodded once as she came back easing around Bill carefully "Agent, would you like something to drink?"

"no thank you I'm fine right now"

the captain came on the PA speakers "were expecting a few storms over the central US so please keep your belts on for safety thank you, crew prepare for taxing an takeoff"

they were in the air moments later an the escort came up an along both sides Bill turned a bit to look enjoying the nimble super fast fighters out just past the wing tips the other HBED's did as well

"bully, that fighter out there its top secret isn't it?"

"its closely guarded but not top secret anymore. they did a TV show on its build an testing some serious an expensive work gliding along out there at a fifth of its cruising speed"

Garret laughed "Sara is going to pull her hair out with you"

"what? I didn’t have anything else to do with my time so I watched shows that interested me, an you know what they have come in handy!"

they all chuckled an laughed he sighed an smiled Garret thumped him firmly on the shoulder

"just teasing ya Bully, your good"

he took a nap as did Garret Bill had told the other FFH to keep an eye on her but do nothing he was gently nudged by a foot stretching out the Big moose yawned feigning sleep his finger started moving

'she's taken your picture twice an been texting like mad bully just FYI'

Bill wiggled an ear an stretched out yawning as he did thinking she's likely telling Takashima I'm on the flight an where were going that could change her fate if she gets recruited to do something stupid

Making a decision he reached up an tapped the call button it took her a bit to finally show up a bit spooked as well her scent screaming I've been caught fear

"y-yes"

"could I get something to drink please.. an you do realize, he wont keep his promise you'll be caught an charged with so many federal crimes that you likely wont see the light of the sun for decades"

"I, I don’t know what your talking about"

"don’t you.. hmm the box is small attached to the underside of a gray plastic mop bucket its painted to match" he smiled politely "just get it on air force one is what he said"

her fear spiked high as it could go

"you have a choice you know, that man the one with the deep green eyes, he don’t care if you have the crown jewels you’re the diamond in his eyes the one your aiming for.. sadness an loss is your future there his blues eyes are for any female he can lure to bed"

"I, I'm sure I don’t have any idea what your going on about"

"sure.. just remember one choice leads to hope an a future wont be easy but you'll be happy together for a long time the other even if you succeed getting it on the plane..

you wont get the money but you'll be joining the HBED nation .. a lovely AC nice colors mind hoof marks on the floor?" relaxing back "water please thank you"

the other HBED's ears were listening she backed off an brought him a couple ice cold bottles her fear had gone down a lot clearly thinking she didn’t move away but stood there quietly

Bill gulped the water down one bottle at a time airline air was always so dry

She crouched down "but I agreed to help"

He raised an eyebrow an matched her soft tone "an this is a binding agreement how? The man is a pathological liar. Did you sign anything?"

She shook her head

"then legally he has nothing on you" taking another drink "but if you try an do what he's asking any defense saying he asked me to do it, would get you a guilty verdict an him a verbal slap to the wrist at the worst"

she blinked "but he"

"Takashima has incredible skill at talking to people an orator who can, if given time, convince a blind man he can indeed see an needs eye glasses as well…then sell him those too.

Any amount of money he might have promised you, would only be the bait to get you into the tower to claim it for your work an it would promptly get you a one way ticket to HBED conversion"

She chewed her finger for a moment "then I shouldn’t have sent him a message your on this flight should I"

"it doesn’t matter, the moment we were seen in DC he'd know. I'm not afraid of him or his hunters I worry more for people such as yourself who have fallen into bad company but are actually decent folks, I was very serious about the two men the blue eyed one is not the one you need"

she sighed "but… so you can see the future then?"

"a bit some of it is feeling as well the green feels like a love that ages like fine wine it only gets better as it goes the other bleh turns to bitter vinegar. Neither is easy but which is the life you want? That is your path choice till you do I cant see any further I hope you make the right one"

she nodded an got up "thank you"

He looked at the messages on his tablet an the one from Garret 'devices found made to look like aircraft fuel line support clamps secret service is having kittens they want to know how an who, told them Takashima has people everywhere an FFH leaders have gifts'

When they met up with a huge air tanker for refueling past mid way somewhere over Missouri they got to watch the fighters do a bit of very skilled piloting an then they were on course for DC the stewardess served them huge salads mixed with federal HBED chow

The landing came easy the storms avoided Bill had napped a lot an was woke by the plot announcing their imminent landing they were finally brought to a parked stop inside a large hanger several federal SUV were there as well as a striker the seats folded up inside it

He looked at Garret as he stretched "sheesh Garret one confined space for another?" the others chuckled

"well if you weren't the biggest HBED it wouldn’t be an issue Bully, the striker is the best choice for safety its armored an with its other systems"

"I don’t expect Takashima Garret, but other people who knows"

"exactly, alright you first bully"

he walked in gear slid to him an onto his lap as the others loaded in an then Garret at the last the marine sergeant pushed the button closing the rear door an then looked forward

"alright were loaded racked an packed" under his breath "now I'm an animal handler for Christsakes"

the lady AB closest to him an Garret finger wrote 'can I please step on his foot bully'

Bill knew the others were looked at him though their helmets it didn’t show that easily but he knew they would be

he finger wrote 'no that is something an animal would do dear, but you can give him a big wet kiss tell him he's cute for a gyrine an if he'd like to play a bit of lets go make baby HBED's. should make him either love you or shut up the attitude'

The HBED's all hurfed chuckling softly after

"what the hell is that sound they're making?" the marine looked at Garret who was working on his PDA again

"Hmm? Oh that, their laughing likely at you for being um how to put it nicely ah dense yeah dense"

She took that moment an removed her helmet swishing her head an hair with a malicious grin "well he is just a gyrine after all agent Garret" grabbing his shirt an body armor she yanked him close to her an kissed him letting go "cute one too good kisser, want to go make some baby HBED's marine?" straightening his front a bit

He scrambled back from her wiping his face anger an revulsion flooding the vehicle

"if the sergeant would apologize for his rude remarks, I wont inform the president of his conduct. the kiss is just his well deserved just deserts" Bill said with a half lidded grin "we are not animals an if you’re an animal handler you really should get to know us better so she's offering to do so, unless your preference is equine or perhaps male?"

Garret who had for a moment been a bit shocked now understood clearly "Sergeant apologize immediately or are you in the habit of making the leader of the FFH one of the most powerful HBED bulls alive annoyed"

He spit on the floor getting back to his seat "my apologies" not sounding at all apologetic

She slipped her helmet back on "a shame you do kiss well" the others hurfed softly Bill chuckled

After a bit of a drive they slowed "were getting a police escort at the gates then to the white house people"

They all wagged an ear finger writing to each other Garret was learning how to read it when they did it slow enough, but the pure speed they could wiggle fingers some even talked to two people at once with either hand! Adding to that was the ears an then scents to add emotional content

Liz had been nice enough to explain slowly to him one night when her scent changed enough for him to notice as they enjoyed themselves all the ways they learned how to talk he knew that alone was just another factor in how different HBED's were from humans an he was going to marry one sighing with a bit of pleasant mood

"Garrets thinking about Liz, I'm sure she will be eager to get you back as well" Bill smiled bowing his head

"thanks bully for pointing that out" making a face at him with a grin after

"you did it Garret" came from the AC "quite strongly, she's got excellent taste in her man id have to say an you do in her" they were all clearly smiling even from inside their helmets

Bill fingered to the others not to poke fun too much after several turns an a short trip on a freeway they made more turns an slowed down he glanced a bit to the front of the vehicle the gates of the white house

"driver where we getting out?" Bill knew the location would seriously matter to the effect his visit would have

"your to be dropped off at the south entrance since Penn avenue is closed we have to enter the grounds off east street that’s far as I know sir"

"thank you" looking back at the others he fingered 'south entrance an easiest for the media to film of any visitors also closest to the rose garden. he really means for the media to go into a frenzy the rose garden is where peace treaties an major business has been done'

they wagged an ear

Bill just hoped he didn’t screw something up he should let Garret handle this thinking damn flaky gift the moose reached back an grabbed the package with Sara's things from his bundle an put it right on Bill's nose

It calmed him an his heart felt better almost braver he inhaled deeply an sighed slowly looking up the HBED's wagged one ear an looked back at the door thinking an a bit humbled they knew they could tell I was breaking.. take heart Bully Toro he's just a man an you haven't lost to any man'

The striker pulled up an stopped the rear door opening

Media cameras on stands which monitored the white house comings an goings spotted the Striker rolling in up the street which was quite remarkable a military vehicle just didn’t go to the white house!

they sent urgent media breaks to their home networks reporters on hand immediately beginning their reports on the several federal vehicles escorting a marine Striker up to the south door of the white house

Takashima relaxed back in his chair to watch the breaking news flooding in on the big networks focusing on one it went full screen this wasn’t on the lists but neither was much of what had been going on recently

He didn’t like this, not at all

"we go now to outside the white house as a marine APC has pulled up to the white house under escort, we aren't sure yet what is going on just yet so please bear with us. again this is live just outside the white house"

"Brian the rear door of the vehicle is opening up now apparently its brought someone to the white house under very tight protective guard were also getting word that a special press conference is going to be called tonight or possibly tomorrow from the white house chief of staff"

the door set down "a man has come out with a marine Sergeant an oh my armored HBED's!"

"Anne those look like FFH troops are we seeing FHH HBED's? unloading at the white house?"

"yes you are Brian, looks like three of them have unloaded so far their characteristic animal skull helmets an black body armor yes, yes that one there just turned to the side an there's the reflective FFH on the shoulders an sides

an there is what appears to be one more inside the vehicle.. a HBED bull who I believe is the William 221 yes there is the FFH leaders distinctive four horns"

"what are you doing William? You wouldn’t do all of what you have without a plan but this isn't to plan is it Bully.. ahh the president of course" tapping a few keys on his desk holographic files appeared an a grin appeared on Takashima's face

tapping a spot on his desk "get me the lists for Washington DC and prepare the hunters nation wide"

"yes sir"

he leaned back to watch "no, no William no outsiders in our game"

Bill walked out on all fours then stood up with his gear which the Lady AC took from him secret service were everywhere they were looking for trouble as was his HBED's so his safety looked after he turned to a man walking out with a generous grin

"welcome to the white house William 221 would you an your party please follow me I am the presidents chief of staff if you need anything I've been told to make you comfortable please do not hesitate to call on me"

"alright, so I gather the unloading here in the open is for the media's benefit" smiling

he smiled back "indeed it is, please" gesturing to a path sided with secret service at regular intervals into the rose garden

Bill walked with Garret at his side led by secret service an followed by them as well the garden was being set up for a press conference chairs the official white house podium on a raised platform lights as well

They were led in to a covered walkway along the west side an then into a door Bill ducked as did Derrick his huge horns banging off the wall a bit

"sorry Boss bull" grimacing

"its alright just lets not be the first ones to damage the white house since the civil war okay" patting his shoulder

they walked up to a security check point where several secret service were at a detector machine an x-ray machine

beyond it was a group of high ranking military officers trying to look like they were being covert of their watching but clearly they wanted a good look at Bill an the others

"Sir do you have any weapons on your person?"

he looked at the secret service agent rather dumbstruck an then amused "HBED's are weapons so yes, what ya gona do? put safety rubber balls on my horns an cover me up in bubble wrap?"

they all blinked unsure of what to do the chief of staff smiled "let them pass" gesturing to the HBED's to come on

"I'm sorry but the presidents safety is our primary concern we have to ascertain the threat risk to him"

"pull your weapon agent an shoot me"

even Garret turned shocked from giving his weapon to another to be locked up eyes wide

Bill waved them all to calm down "agent if your armed with anything less than a HBED killing round the most you could do to me is annoy an well that’s not a good thing to do I've smashed trucks flat, an brought down a chopper with my pry bar used as a javelin, fell off the top of a multi story parking garage to get up an keep fighting

what do you think the threat level is with Walking talking weapons? The president demanded I come here as soon as possible while we are in the middle of major tactical actions against Takashima an his hunters hundreds of people are being taken an converted as we speak.

now either let me an my body guard pass an keep an eye on us or get me a truck back to the airport I have a war to win! Not sit around here playing patty cake with the secret service" he snorted at him blowing the agents hair back leaving him to blink

in moments they had over a dozen marines with full combat rig there guns slung over their shoulders an heading in they had examined his gear an the others taking his modified gun and all their pry bars an tomahawks locking them up for later return

the HBED's marched single file ducking around light fixtures that hung low and after a few tight doorways a secret service agent had them all stop

the chief of staff walked past an in through the door holding it partly closed

Bill smiled hearing his cell phone ring looking at Garret "three guesses who's calling"

"that’s easy Bully our favorite monster" moving over "want me to get it?"

"nah let him eat dial tone" smiling as the chief of staff came out

"please come in an mind the furniture, thank you so much"

they walked in with nearly a dozen secret service who spread out around the room. one of the most famous known in the world the great seal of the United States of America bright an brilliant in the center of the rooms blue carpet

the oval office an the president sitting behind the desk writing on a pad for a moment till Bill cleared the door an stood tall

the others moved to the back wall near the fireplace an crouched down on their haunches

"well the pictures an video do not do you justice William, you are indeed quite remarkable you do! carry an impressive aura into a room" getting up an waking around the desk as Bill moved closer to the center of the room

"it’s a rare pleasure to meet a president of the united states in the oval office, I take this is both business an personal?" finally getting the chance he looked past the man walking towards him an got a lot of gray but worry scent was clearly evident

"indeed" offering his hand to Bill "it's an honor to shake your hand William your quite the hero"

"I prefer freedom fighter Mr. President" shaking his hand gently a soft rub of the thumb over the presidents hand he could see makeup come off on his thumb "hero's are super human they do incredible acts an don’t have personal gain in mind, I want my life with my mate an freedom for all HBED's"

he chuckled smiling "I stand corrected, ah Agent Garret its good to meet you as well" shaking Garret's hand

Bill sniffed softly as he moved nearer an that was enough to answer one question

the president gestured for them to take a seat

"ill crouch down or use the floor sir I'm sure the antiques wont like my weight on them" gently moving the chair from the head of the coffee table there an crouching down the president took up a seat across from Garret who sat down setting Bill's tablet down on the table

"well I'm sure the furniture is quite strong William um do you mind Bill?"

"if you wish Bill or bully is alright, so your worried, your very ill and have questions" sighing as he sat down on the floor folding his legs still very sore in other places

the president looked over at the secret service "some privacy please"

"sir"

"I know they're dangerous built like tanks weapons for conquest but you know something they could most likely better protect me than you could.. give us some privacy"

they walked out the last looking back "we'll be right outside sir.. just yell" glaring a bit at Bill then closing the door

the President leaned back into the couch "so its all true what I've been hearing an seeing then, you can see into peoples thoughts"

"no, in that your mistaken. first I can smell the fact your ill and quite seriously so, the makeup on your hand shows the pallor of your skin" showing him the makeup on his thumb pad "all my gift showed me was gray fog an worry your so undecided an upset you don’t know what to do"

the other HBED's chuckled softly and Garret had to smile though he tried to hide it

"now then sir if your worried about the war were working on it though this interview is causing us delays an likely giving Hiro Takashima a break to think an adjust himself"

"well I didn’t think id come into this an be ambushed.. but yes Bill I am very sick"

"likely an inoperable cancer, certainly smells of it" flaring his nose a bit "but please continue" the others all wiggled an ear

the president cleared his throat "well damn, yes it is pancreatic an its metastased, spread to my liver an even the rib an chest bone. doctors have given me at most ten months to live."

Leaning a bit forward "To cut it to the chase Bill I want to know would being converted save me?"

the other HBED's all twitched tails moved a bit

Bill tilted his head a bit "yes it could, but I wont convert you, an neither will anyone else and I'll tell you why, since we cut to the chase.

First it would tear this country apart the president converted into a HBED or dies in the machine who would get blame? Me an the HBED's" wagging both ears "unacceptable"

"then secondly it says in the laws of the nation which elected you, you have to be a citizen yes?"

"yes" he nodded voice showing a bit of annoyance

"HBED's are a product patented produced serial numbered I'm a bovine shaped toaster far as the law sees me were not human anymore least not completely. so the president becomes a HBED the chaos that would cause would just make Takashima happy as a child killer in a school bus fulla kids.

No sir to keep him from gaining any advantage I have to refuse, an no order or threat can change that so don’t try it"

He sighed "you warned me agent Garret, you told me he'd be stubborn an irritable without any rest"

"oh I've had plenty of rest sir I also know your not looking at the bigger picture look at it this way alright, several not so friendly governments financed an help Takashima what kind of message would it send when the head of the USA is taken an put into a conversion machine possibly to die in the several month long process? The body an mind altered from the man who went in"

"well there are issues of course I thought perhaps we could find those answers discuss the options an needs. Bill I know you were converted against your will I've seen that but I've also seen the fact that the procedure can do a damn lot of good you! Made sure that was seen as well an some damn fine media maneuvering you’ve done.

The general consensus is HBED's are good folk fighting a war that most people would have no chance to survive and they are glad your fighting, people are scared

now I understand the risks but if you look at this from my point of view I've done a lot of good an I don’t want to lose that an I want the chance to live to finish what I've started"

"then Mr. President you want to be saved your going to have to earn it. your going to have to use your influence an power to help fix the problems politicians have created that allowed Takashima to do this tying the hands of the FBI an police so literally our own laws gave him the nebulous right to do this to people"

"your blackmailing me?" leaning forward mouth hanging open a bit in amazement

"no I'm asking you to help where I don’t have any power or skill. You want to be a HBED to save your life sir, then by god your going to make sure when you become one its not going to destroy the nation as I pointed out.

HBED's right now have fewer rights than a dog, Takashima wanted to self destruct an entire tower of HBED's an then execute the hunters if they didn’t fight to the last all by flipping a switch an because of our current status all anyone could have done was shrug oh well he's rich he wants to drive a million dollars of boat into a reef let him oh he recycled several thousand HBED's ehh so what. right now HBED's aren't really people to humans

you have power here in government sir where peoples rights are decided the laws that bind our society we want our freedom! We want what we were born with, our right to exist to fair treatment under the law not a push button execution at a mad mans whims"

"ok but those changes take time"

"why? We were human, I had a birth certificate born alive male child January 18th San Monica California paid taxes had a social security number I've lived in nearly every state west of the Mississippi. I went to school, graduated Jr high in Oklahoma, got my GED in Texas taken many additional college classes, my life existed! just because I'm now HBED doesn’t erase all of that though Takashima would dearly love it if it did"

"hmm I see what you mean" he got up walked over an got a glass of water off the desk taking a drink "without proper changes id be converted an Takashima or someone else could claim I'm not me an without any legal basis id become a non entity"

"an instant confusing chaos that he would leap into joyously to stir up more trouble setting his hunters into terrorizing people his bribed friends an allies seeding dissention an fear confusing things further muddying the waters"

"setting up the nation for even worse troubles"

"yes sir exactly! its not that I don’t want to save your life but it has to be done in a very carefully planned way, an not before. HBED's are just like anyone else, people that were converted but still people with the same rights as anyone else an what about your wife? What does she think about it"

"were just friends anymore she cant.. the cancer was too much for her" sitting back down setting his glass on a coaster

"I understand sir" sighing "are you willing to use your influence to fix things? We have information that with the proper pressure could help to speed things up an yes I'm talking blackmailing the bribe taking bastards here in Washington they took Takashima's blood money

we put them on notice help fix this then stand down after a year or two retire an don’t ever run for another government job an you can escape justice that I'm sure quite a few of the people who they were supposed to represent an are now HBED would like to dispense"

he was clearly thinking "how many an who is it? Yes id be willing if they indeed took bribes from a terrorist they should get time in federal prison but I do see where your going with this. Do you have proof?"

"from Takashima's own records sir" Garret smiled "we've been conducting investigations to make sure the information is correct an so far in all cases it has been confirmed"

"such as Richard an AB1A on a special assignment, he was a St Louis city counsel member who was investigating the mayor for taking bribes from Takashima who to protect his investment had Richard a private eye an a police detective all taken the private eye died in the conversion we haven't found the investigating officer yet but he survived an is in some human owners hands"

"an there are more?"

"senators governors congressmen an for quite awhile you as well sir"

"yeah that damn check literally is in the mail I found out he had made a far too large contribution an had it sent back to him but its never been deposited"

"an that is going to haunt you till its cleared up was it a bank draft or a account check"

"account check I know it should have been a draft but" slapping his thighs "aides an helpers"

"easy fix, pay the fee cancel the check then send the cashiers draft with an agent to insure delivery to him personally"

"an who would be so bold as .. to go into a tower an know it was the real one.."

"hi FFH delivery service we deliver justice with a smile" Bill grinned "or just sign it over to me ill put it to use an tell him I am. I still need to visit Vegas what better place to spend his money for him betting against him"

the HBED's all chuckled Derrick softly said get um bully

the president looked at that an smiled "how would that clear my record?"

"the media, I will call it my back pay all the time I spent in the machine the pits then training center being an advertising icon which I didn’t get paid for an all my unused vacation time Takashima will shit a brick" hurfing as the others did

Garret had called up the info on the politicians "looks like almost two dozen senators an several more than that in congressmen several hundred of the aides an secretary's of others Mr. President I have all the details in the files an even Takashima's planed conversion types for each of them"

"like everyone else myself included"

"yes sir" turning the tablet to him

he reached out scrolling down the names a bit "dear lord I know all of them an Henry is ..was my best friend I never would have guessed"

"in some cases Sir"

"please call me Brian, Bill were conspiring to commit a crime to fix a much larger one might as well be on a first name basis"

"alright as I was about to say in some cases Takashima got them over a barrel forced them into this so our tactics need to be adjustable so literally a case by case blackmailing"

"alright so who first"

"why not your friend Henry who is.." looking at the names he brought up his file "an immediate case of got pulled in by his pants zipper" gesturing to the file

the President looked at it "forced to accept requests an money as his mistress was captured an has been converted um so she's a HBED?"

Bill tapped the entry an brought up her file "oh this is fate playing games with me Garret look" turning it to him

"Clarissa? You’ve got to have the wrong HBED"

"no the file has her as his mistress an she was taken going to her car from his offices Takashima had his hunters catch him an brought him to the tower where the good senator got to watch her put in the machine"

"dear god"

"yes its not easy to watch trust me, but gets one better he decided once she was done an still very young to make sure the senator got to spend some time with her at the tower ill bet I know what happened then.." pointing at the screen

"no wonder she was so far along" Garret pointed at the table tapping on it

"um gentlemen can you fill in the blank areas" the president smiled "you know all the stuff going on I don’t know"

"Bully here helped Clarissa as she gave birth, she's with the FFH in San Francisco safe an sound"

"she must have been protecting your friend Brian, I asked her who was the father she said he was just a friend an I was a much better roll model for her new daughter"

"well so that means other than the money an being forced to do things Takashima now has nothing on him she's safe"

"yes sir point is he enjoyed her company when a new female HBED has their first fertile cycle in the pits. You should call him in send the secret service after him he needs to know he's a new dad an he can help us"

"I think your right Bill" getting up he pressed a button on the phone "Mike get Henry here now don’t take no for an answer send the secret service around to help national security um" looking at the HBED's "anyone thirsty? Hungry?"

the HBED's removed their helmets an smiled

Bill smiled enjoying a sandwich an gallon of wonderful white grape juice as the Senator in question came in a bit upset his temper instantly chilled seeing him an the other HBED

"Brian what is going on"

"Clarissa said to say hello an congratulations you’re a father" Bill took another bite of the BLT

the man's relief was only matched by the surprise "but"

"I'm afraid Henry that Takashima let you check on her in the pits right when she was newly fertile for the first time as a HBED" the president slid printouts from the file in a folder to him "Takashima pictures of you um.. checking on her. an also a picture of your daughter born just a few days ago.. Bill was there with her" gesturing to him

"indeed I asked her who the father was oh he's kinda a friend.. still protecting you even as a HBED senator quite the lady"

his hand reached out an opened the file looking slowly at the pictures "she is safe then?"

"she is, she's working with the FFH in support roles" Garret smiled "she's quite the cook an really quite excellent with the children would you like to talk to her?" picking up his phone readying to dial

the senator closed the file "no thank you, now see here gentlemen"

"an ladies" the AC added from her bowl of food her malicious grin not hidden in the slightest

Bill got up an loomed over him "Takashima used you to help his plans by holding her threatening her but your married an it would be bad for your career to be known for a mistress an a lovely HBED female AB at that new baby girl an all" Bill looked past him an grinned widely

"ahh SO you knew! Takashima called you just a little while ago threatened her again promised he'd keep her safe when the FFH are destroyed but didn’t tell you about the baby well, well"

his face flushed, the president leaned back in his chair "so Henry, how is being a Takashima flunky job going for you?"

he spun on him "that is uncalled for Brian! you don’t know what he's done.. how easy it is for him"

"don’t we?" Bill snorted "id say sir your taking a very short sighted view of this, now we have her an the child safe. Thus he can only hurt your career as a senator, but that I'm sure you understand is dieing anyhow, no matter what happens the people who have been doing things for him to make this happen there will be a price to pay for it" poking him in the shoulder gently

"its simple Henry you stand up be vocal against Takashima an anyone that supports Takashima or blocks HBED equal rights begin the process use your influence to help these people become people again! as is only their right an a show of support from the government and nation that they are fighting an dieing for right now with only the hope that they will gain it back, an by gods I mean to make sure they do"

"but that.. alright Brian" nodding gently

"I'm sure Clarissa will be happy to see you doing all you can to help your child" Bill crouched down on his haunches "but I'm afraid that one thing you wont like is, an it will be enforced for everyone who Takashima has corrupted, when this is all over you step down voluntarily within a year or two. if you don’t the truth an all the details will make sure to destroy your career most likely brought under what was it Garret?"

"fourteenth amendment, specifically working against the United States an its people denying them their rights while elected into or serving an office a usual charge of treason is also brought on. an amendment to the same to make HBED's of all kinds the same as anyone else would fix quite a few things"

Bill grinned "but HBED justice will likely reach you first, so yeah traitor to the nation likely prison time, if your lucky"

"alright, I get the message" he glared at Bill "you are a manipulative obnoxious mean bull William 221"

"Aww complements for bully" Derrick chuckled

Bill looked through him an wagged an ear, he would do it "now that I know you will do it. I can warn you, your wife knew about Clarissa an she is also working for Takashima she set you both up. Clarissa will eventually want you to know your daughter an that is what sets you up to be killed by your wife. your child gets to see it all Clarissa kills your wife in furious anger an blames herself for your death… the baby becomes an orphan"

The senator swallowed hard "you can see" face going pale

"he told you I was special, you didn’t believe him.. guess what senator a divorce an proudly acknowledging your child gets HBED protections. Think on it while you sleep next to your wife what she's done.. what she is capable of… if you need to reach Clarissa contact Agent Garret"

the president pushed the button on his phone "Mike can you get Henry a driver back to his office an get the next one in here"

"yes sir Mr. President"

Bill an the others were escorted to the Lincoln bedroom the bed had been moved to one side an 4 large HBED beds were there with gift wrapped grooming items an official White house mints on the pillows set on the beds he scooted that stuff off his as Garret looked at the bed

"um I duno Bully" walking around the relaxing HBED's towards the bed

"oh relax James you’re a special guest of the president staying in this bedroom is like the greatest honor relax. god I'm exhausted, six senators four guilty of major crimes involving Takashima to save their asses the last one all of his kids three held prisoner one converted an working with us the last a chipped breeder triple A, god my head"

Bill flopped back on his bed an sighed

"well Bully at least this visit is going to be actually quite important to us getting something of our lives back" the cute lady AB said from her bed pulling armor off

he held a finger up at that "true but ill bet Takashima is working against us at speed. Speaking of" pulling his stuff over with his foot then tail pushed to his fingers he pulled the cell out "ooh three missed calls all from Takashima my, my no messages though" closing his eyes relaxing

he felt that cold chill shivering every nerve in his body sitting right up "Garret!"

"already on the tablet to command what happened?" typing

the others all looked as Bill closed his eyes an hunched over a bit "New York state send the red skulls now, the remote base in the middle of three towers range they some how followed the last strike team back an are getting ready to attack about an hour" his breathing was jerky an deep as he shuddered

"sending messages now we have a squad of them assisting human storage warehouse raids in Ohio they will be in motion shortly is this the major counterattack we were expecting bully?"

"y-yes, F-Florida Palm Beach the hunters oh god they attack a hospital media see them attack they want the FFH to come try an save the people they’ve killed everyone already why…I, ahh they set a bomb it… misfires catching them an the FFH all massive death toll"

he leaned over farther holding his head Mooing deeply in pain "god too much at once he, god he thinks over whelm my gift burn me with it" a hand set on his shoulder

Derrick then the lady AC Brandi her hands cupped his face lifting his head looking into his eyes Dee the AB put her hands on his arm "let us help Bully if we can" an he felt them want to share an it whipped into them they flinched an tears came but it eased the load

"Garret! Best type fast he is! counterattacking across the country simultaneously the worst ones are going to cost major lives human an HBED some are feints to draw out the FFH pull them from the real targets they will be the earliest ones"

"give me the worst ones an go down from there I'm on live with command Bully everyone's listening"

he started talking seeing the images of death an destruction the cities the towns areas of pain an death so huge the chill of it making him shiver from parents and children slaughtered at a late baseball game in Nebraska, a restaurant full of people a single AA reject walking in with a bomb screaming the joys of serving his god Takashima in Oklahoma city as it levels the entire block

finally the last one Kenneth walking along a line of captured FFH from the LA area their heads held back by other triples Ken humming as he sliced their throats with idle flicks of the wrist Fopp's body flopped forward gagging on his own blood the media who were being held by AA's to record an broadcast it all were next, savagely ripped apart on camera

Ken painting words with his claw 'all because William wouldn’t answer the phone such a bad boy' on the clean area of the floor the cameras left to watch the blood run down the cracks in the concrete

Bill heaved air Garret was going wild getting people moving forces notified

the others all moaned holding their heads he took the phone an hit redial getting up he staggered out into the hallway as it rang he fell to his knees panting head pounding secret service were watching but stayed back

"ahh hello William, so! did I get your attention yet? just how sensitive are you?"

"you god damn fucking monster!" yelling at the phone on the floor

"ooh temper, temper William my goodness. so you do have a weakness.. how very informative ill have to remember it"

Garret came out of the room an nodded once mouthing all ready

"yeah maybe I do but finding it out is gona cost you! Takashima"

"I doubt it in all honesty, but I can make it all stop William there is still time… What are you an the dieing president working on? Tell me and I will call off the hunters"

Bill looked up at him he'd come hurrying up in his pajama pants "wouldn’t you just like to know you fucked up excuse for a man, oh but you cant can you! You don’t have a seer! Someone to light the way for your helpless ass! Afraid to walk or run, oh you took a lot of chances to do this Takashima an you are going to regret it YOU still have time to stop it I wont help you again, stop it before you regret it"

Garret moved over to the president an was filling him in on what was going on the president for all his composure looked stunned

"temper my Bullish white knight, temper…" he chuckled softly "ohh William please, you don’t have any solution to this. all you can do is take your only option, that is to tell me what I want to know, and I promise to call off the attack do as I tell you.. obey me…" framing the words all to condescendingly with coy sweetness

"I call bull shit Takashima you think this massive attack is going to work then by all means go right ahead.. just speed up the losses your going to have. those who see you as a careless killer of your hunters, you don’t pay them, don’t trust them! an ask them to leap into the meat grinder every time. one of them is going to save me the trouble!" snorting at the phone "more than likely that back stabbing bastard Kenneth"

the president kneeled down "I was discussing with William the options someone like myself might have when the persons health is in question Mr. Takashima now call off your attack"

"ahh but William didn’t obey me, the offer is now void Mr. President. I do hope you enjoy the evenings show, all courtesy of William not being obedient an civil" it clicked off

Bill sat down right there an sighed holding his head "gawdamit I hate this thing" hitting the side of his head with a fist "agh"

"we have it handled Bully your gift gave us just enough warning the major cases saving the FFH an large groups of people when they hit the New York hideout an they will find it a trap for the hunters I estimate we have about forty minutes from what you said. the smaller incidents I've done the best we can to notify the towns an cities what's about to happen an get ready" patting Bill on the shoulder

"he isn't going to come away from this without a major bloody nose Bully" Brandi smiled an pulled him up

Bill looked at the president an Garret, he wiped a cheek spreading the wetness into more fur "Garret get Sophia on the phone, he attacks us an innocents then while he's so damn busy playing with himself lets show him he's supposed to focus on ME. I want the tower in Richmond lets give the President a tour of a freshly taken tower" snorting steam

"I'm on it right now Bill" opening his phone ”an a few more for good measure"

"absolutely" Bill sighed looking at Brian "your going to have to address the nation about the mess about to happen the FFH just cant be everywhere but the terror death an pain will wake people up to reality, not quite the way id wanted to wake them up"

"of course, you mean to take the Richmond tower tonight?"

"I sure am! he's not supposed to be making moves like this, it’s a child tossing a tantrum. watch the big show off Bully, watch the Bully toro! don’t see anything else!" snorting again still annoyed an head throbbing "that just might be going on"

the president an the other HBED's all realized that was the point

"Bill I want you an agent Garret to fill me in completely. I want to know what the hell is going on in detail, as president I need to know so I can bring the resources of the country to bear where it can do the most good"

"then you get our rights as people back! that fight is in your abilities your arena. leave the HBED hunter fighting to the ones built for it, too many helpers have already gotten hurt but they are there since their lover is as well"

he nodded "I can understand"

within thirty minutes a Marine Osprey tilt _-__ rotor_ landed on the south lawn Bill got in all armored up with Derrick an Brandi he leaned forward yelling to the pilot "at the tower get us right over it close as you can"

"what are you going to do?"

"drop in for a visit" putting his helmet on he got his pry bar out

they came in fast lights off the tower already under assault by Sophia an her troops just outside the gates Bill leaped out an crushed a dish flat smashing another with a swing

Derrick kicked then shoved another off the roof an then Brandi leaped onto her hands an kicked hard tossing the last off the roof sparks popping from the ripped cables

Bill tapped his helmet "tower is silent! Oh lovely war mare, now shove them hard! Make them break!" looking down at the fight

"William! You sexy bully you! You do! know how to make a lady happy!"

Bill could hear her war cry whinny then cry out to attack

"lets pay the clone a visit" he stomped the roof door open snapping the locks an walked down the stairs they marched down to the private floor the clone upset about to run slammed into Bill as he opened the door "well he just couldn’t play right could he, well fine…" punching the clone back into the room the body tumbled an flopped to a stop

Bill walked in to Takashima's face on the screens clearly mad as hell "well hey howdy there Mr. Takashima" letting more Texan into his accent mostly because he was tired head hurting "ya'll just had to go an play with out me, so I made a new game, tit for tat" swinging his bar around the monitors an screens exploded into bits as Takashima was about to speak he scooped up the building keys an pocketing them

Bill marched down the stairs calmly but clearly annoyed

Derrick an Brandi right behind she leaned over to the moose "Bully is just a bit annoyed"

"hell after all that id say he's in a good mood compared to what he should be, my head still hurts from it"

a group of triples an AA came through the next fire door an stopped dead eyes wide Bill's pry bar rang as he jammed it down hard breaking concrete

"we surrender! Stop the attack! Please!"

"then march! I want all hunters in the parking lot on their knees hands on their heads now!" snorting

the lead Triple tapped her headset "all hunters stand down surrender! immediately! Move out to the parking lot that is an order! I repeat all hunters stand down!"

more an more came from every floor into the stairs an marched out in columns kneeling down human guards as well conversion lab technicians an office personnel

the feds both FBI, secret service then HBED helpers came rolling in filling the parking lot with trucks and trailers

Marine one flew in hovering over the parking lot a couple HBED's cleared the landing spot of a crushed Takashima chopper an it came down to land the media were racing up lights an cameras on

"Sophia!" Bill snorted

"Sir!" her tail flagged up as she stood at attention

"I want FFH around the perimeter NOTHING gets in or out!"

"yes sir bully! YOU HEARD THE BOSS BULL move it!" snorting at them

HBED's ran to around the fence line an went on guard

Bill walked over to the Chopper an removed his helmet looking at the president "we haven't checked the building completely yet but give the experts a few moments"

"damn I watched it myself but fifteen minutes of savage fighting I know I still missed a lot"

"its hard to see HBED's fight one of the major reasons humans are so out classed by HBED's we literally race past them, for all our size were incredibly fast an powerful Brian" looking seeing the bomb experts wave I think we can start heading for the building"

"your leaping out onto the roof was to kill the transmitter dishes?"

"yes fastest way to keep the destruct signal from making the place a tomb, also cuts off the majority of the systems that can be controlled from other towers but to re-establish computer access they will have to be repaired"

they walked along FFH at the ready watching the Hunters many injured the triple A sighed relaxing

"they will get medical treatment soon as they are made safe for humans to approach the really hard headed ones have to be muzzled so their wounds can be treated Brian, we make sure they get good treatment"

he stopped looking at the triples as they were getting restraints "and these are the triple A's? the AA1A"

"yes sir this alpha she was one of the smartest ones I've run into she realized its healthier to surrender when the FFH aren't happy"

"I want to talk to her Bill"

"alright" walking past the guarding FFH "I want both alphas to come here you wont be harmed"

she got up an came over chains clinking "the AA alpha is out on a mission William"

"that’s alright we know about the missions, the President wants to speak to you"

her eyes went wide but followed chains clanking with her movements quite loudly a row of secret service all with guns drawn but held down stood in between

Bill chinked the concrete with his pry bar next to her "behave an we all live happy that is all I'm gona say"

"hello alpha would you be willing to talk to me for a few minutes? I have questions"

"yes sir, my name is Rhonda"

"alright Rhonda so tell me how did you get to be like this volunteer? Or force?"

"a bit of both sir"

"both? Please elaborate for me"

she explained she'd volunteered for conversion to save her family who were all captured being held prisoner her brother an father were also hunters in other towers

Bill had to snort she'd lied "she's only tellin ya part truth Mr. President her lie started at her father his being in a tower"

she glared at Bill "alright my father recruited me got me a good position but he is still a triple in good standing sir"

"so becoming a Triple A was an option for you for why? A normal job elsewhere wasn’t enough?"

"not when Takashima talks money ..the power an what he is going to do to the country we wanted to be on the best side"

Brian a bit annoyed an also amused smiled "but Rhonda that isn't happening is it"

Her head lowered "no, but that is because of YOU" leaping at Bill who faster than human eyes could quite follow punched her in the head with a fist slamming her chin down into the pavement with a yelp of pain

"stay down Rhonda I told you behave or else, do you need more of the or else?"

she moaned "no, ow.. damn that hurt" rubbing head an then chin wincing in pain

"just got to push that last little bit you Triples" Bill looked at the President "sir? Any further questions? For the alpha"

"Rhonda, what will you do when Takashima fails, do you want to be imprisoned for years? That is where your heading"

"no sir I don’t, but with part of my family prisoners my father convinced Takashima cant be stopped what would you do?"

Garret had the tablet open "well we can fix one of your problems Triple your mother sisters an younger brother all are converted they are HBED's right now your"

Her eyes had gone wide "no, NO! he promised! NO god damn him!" she slumped low

"I don’t lie Rhonda I've said it a dozen times I've said it a hundred times Takashima does not keep his word a promise is just a way to a end for him, means nothing empty words"

"well as I was about to say" Garret continued "they are working with the FFH right now"

her body changed an she sat up wiping tears "please let me talk to them ill be good I swear" looking at Bill

"your word, one more issue with you an it’s a muzzle an a cage till the war is over" Bill glared

"you have my word"

Bill sighed "alright she told the truth Garret"

Brian an Bill both watched as Garret got them on the tablet the mother verbally lashing her to the point the triple nearly whined with each word laying so flat on the ground she nearly had the appearance of a rug

"now then Ron don’t you dare believe what that monster has told you. your father has lost his ever loving mind! If you need to believe in someone you got him right there! William 221 do you understand me young lady!"

"yes"

"what?"

"yes momma"

"alright then, William!"

"Yes ma'am?" smiling at Brian an Garret

"she gives you any more trouble you have my full permission to paddle her tail till she cant move you hear me"

"yes ma'am I certainly do, already had to apply some or else to her head"

"GOOD, now the kitchen needs me I've got hungry tired HBED fighters coming in to eat excuse me please. Rhonda I will speak to you more once Garret has gotten you here…" the tone promised further ear chewing by the AC mother

the screen went off the triple sobbed an whined curling up a bit

Bill looked at Garret "well hell if I knew that would work so well id get more moms on the tablet after their kids"

Bill led the president an a couple photographers he had along over to the loading docks helping them up Sophia an her lieutenants with them as they entered hell. the racks of still sleeping humans, the machine with its prisoners a new born AE male rolling out to helpers hands clipping the nerve in the throat an the chip

Bill took a moment while Brian looked into the machine his scents showing just how deeply this was effecting him the gray clouds of indecision clearing from his future to hug Sophia

She crushed him tightly in the hug sobbing a bit in his ear whispering encouragement to him about Sara he smiled a bit looking at her cut short mane running his hand down it gently "it suits you my lovely war mare"

"flatterer its so the hunters cant get a grip on my hair" smiling "but it does suit me" ears perking up Fully "I was thinking about getting it colored"

"hmm I'm no stylist Sophia but yeah I could see that" smiling hugging her again

"Bill?"

she smiled an fingered 'back to work'

"yes Brian?" walking over to him

"is this bad?" gesturing to a cart moving over to a tub built into the machine

"yes sir, that lady has died its disposing of her virus infected remains"

"cant we do anything?"

"no, if you were to be exposed to her right now you an anyone else in the room could be infected with her virus variant which is customized to her DNA it'd cause death major disfigurement weird three headed one armed creatures for all we know"

the tray tilted a robotic arm moved over an helped slip her body into the tub the partly changed tissues tore blood pouring from the wounds a half formed bone became exposed

"who was she Bill?" watching hand coming up an touching the machine looking in at her

Bill touched the screen right there imbedded in the machines wall "Marge Nelson she was 65 years old a graduate of Princeton university specializing in economics' she's been a teacher for the past twenty years at a community college in Rome Georgia, a widow she had three children two of which have been converted, the third is out of the country" Garret got the information looking past Bill an got on his phone

"she enjoyed white wine romantic novels an red peanuts covered in Carmel an dark chocolate captured after a night class at the college heading for her car a late model import towed an sold for scrap She was to be an AC1A in a deep mahogany color with white on the hips an shoulders a splash on the left side of the neck"

Bill Finished with a sigh as the tub was closed off locks engaging an pressure seals inflating a spray of liquid rained down over her body dissolving the skin the tissues bubbling the metal pan heated causing steam an further gasses several minutes later it stopped an the resulting liquid drained away a series of sprays of different colors washed the tub an the drain an then it went still the inner door opening ready for another

The President sighed leaning his head on the wall of the enclosure "will anyone remember her Bill?"

"yes if it takes my entire life people who never got the chance to fight they will be remembered an if I die then another of the FFH will take up the flag it wont fall till we all have, Brian you too will have that debt"

"if I survive"

"I've seen far worse issues come through an are some of our very best fighters they mean to win an enjoy their new lives to the fullest"

"is that what drives you so hard Bill?"

"yes, it was once guilt for working for him loyally then anger for being betrayed now its just my need for Sara.. he has altered us made it so if you mate with someone enough times it forms a bond so he could have points of leverage an insurance policy if you want but he didn’t take into account how love works for some

if someone loves another enough they can carry the load the pain an issues for just the tiniest of hopes of being reunited with them.. life without is beyond considering"

he looked up into Bill's eyes an saw the tears there as they disappeared into his dark cheek fur

"I think I've seen enough Bill. the pits I'm sure are full of those who made it through this test an are well on their way to being safe with the FFH" he turned to the Secret service agents nearest and his chief of staff "I want the national guard brought in an they are to help hold this tower so that FFH commander Sophia's forces can move on to other battles tell them the FFH are in charge they are supporting them"

"thank you Mr. president" she smiled bowing her head to him with a bit of interest in her scent she glanced at Bill with a grin an ear wiggle

"Bill James when your done here I will see you back at the white house we have a lot of work to do and I have to make some serious decisions" walking out with his secret service escort

"sir" came from both Bill looked at Garret soon as Brian was out of sight

"did we just gain an ally or more trouble?"

Garret looked up at him "Bully your asking me? You’re the one with the gift"

"hmm he's got a nice rear" Sophia wiggled her ear with a swish of her tail moving to look a bit more

"down girl no taking the president for a test ride" Garret smiled she laughed loudly stomping her hoof Bill had to chuckle

The ride back to the white house in a striker after several hours of locking the facility down Sophia decided she needed to be with Bill for a bit so she came with them back to the white house they all got to bathe in the white house pool an hosed down to get the chlorine out

They walked in with towels an gear the chief of staff took the towels "there will be a very large meal ready for you all shortly in the main conference room agent Garret is already there with the president so please follow me"

Walking into the room past several guards an locked doors Garret had apparently gotten a smaller version of FFH command set up on the screens there and sitting at the table was the group of high ranking military from all the branches on either side of the president who was looking over several pages of printout

"ahh good you’re here I hope the pool was okay only the smallest of you could really use the showers comfortably"

"its okay it got the stink of HBED sweat off thank you Mr. president" Bill sat down at the other end of the table on a provided sitting pad an Sophia sat down next to him the others stood near the door

Garret came around an turned on the large screen behind him in it was all the FFH leaders along with Richard Victoria an Trisha they were clearly waiting

the Military commanders looked at them an clearly were not comfortable Garret set a tablet in front of Bill his image made them smile Joe instantly finger wrote to him

'watch yer tail bully'

that finger writing didn’t escape the presidents notice "agent Garret if you would be so kind as to make the introductions so that the various commanders are put at ease I know as a group they have every reason to be suspicious of people" the blanket coverage could have easily meant the humans as well in Bill's opinion

"yes sir well this is William 221 leader of the FFH an first of the free HBED's which I'm sure all of you know, the lady AC1A with him is Sophia 662 in command of the FFH forces in the southeast united states" she bowed her head to them

"on the screen behind William are the other FFH commanders. Tim 217 second of the free HBED's northwest US, Joseph 414 southwest US, the White AA is Kim 482 in charge of the northeast, the other AA is Trisha in charge of the FFH red skulls the fast response units of primarily AA's and a few triple A as well. the last two are Richard 1819 and Victoria 2193 they are special unit commands currently on need to know only missions of critical importance"

each had bowed their heads as their name had been read off Bill though was looking at Brian there was no gray he'd decided on actions but they were hidden not being thought of

"it's a pleasure to meet you all ladies an gentlemen as I'm sure you all know or have heard I asked William here to help me understand clearly what has gone wrong an what we can do to help an fix the issues and after seeing the Richmond tower fall, thank you Sophia for the fast response to the call to attack it"

she smiled an bobbed her head in acknowledgement

"this meeting has been called as an information sharing effort not only so I have information to give various world leaders about the FFH an what is going on, the Military leaders of this nation have found themselves a bit slowed by all the secrecy that has been set up as a wall to the nation an what the FFH are doing. now I realize that much of what is being done is to stop an slow Takashima industries from continuing its activities"

"if I may make a correction Brian, its not the company it’s the man, Hiro Takashima the head of Takashima industries the man runs everything his paranoia is absolute the only people he trusts are his HBED clones of himself and then they are closely guided by him"

the president nodded the marine commander looked down at Bill the image of Takashima on the central screen facts scrolling along the side

"then why not simply take out this man why all the dancing around" gesturing to a stack of papers "training centers cargo trains"

Garret smiled an brought up Takashima's own plans minus the southeast "that sir is because of the designs he had on destroying the country we don’t have the data on the southwest as of yet decrypted but this is all from his systems thanks to Williams plan to get us into his systems via the first attack in Houston"

Garret went on explaining what had been found an how the missions went Bill concentrated on checking these men out an found what he expected to the Army general was with Takashima

"Garret I'm sorry but till the army sends us another general your not going on revealing everything to Takashima's ally"

the man looked at the president not convincing in his shock at all "sir these animals certainly your not going to believe this"

"Animals!" Bill stood up an snorted "I believe sir you have me mistaken for your self! What man would decide to kill dozens of children in his care just to save his own ass as Takashima found out an has been using it against you for years"

he paled a bit

"oh yes sir I can see, an I can assume the fact Takashima called you several hours ago when he contacted the congressmen an senators your" waving his hand a bit "stink of fear an discovery started hammering on my nose the moment you saw me"

"would you be so kind um Mr. Moose?" Brian smiled "I'm sorry I don’t know your name"

"its Derrick sir" "Derrick would you please escort the general out to the agents outside please" "of course sir it'd be my pleasure" cracking his knuckles armor creaking as he walked over an plucked the general up out of the chair who started yelling an thrashing

Garret went out with them to help an came back a few moments later with Derrick Bill smiled wagged an ear at him looking now at the marine commander "you sir need to get another driver the lieutenant is one of Takashima's agents not just a spy or ally an actual agent he's been getting intelligence for him from your files"

"you have to be joking I've known him for years"

"an this makes him what? A damn good agent placed right where its most useful how often do you give him papers to handle an give to someone else?"

he blinked thinking

"agent Garret if you would" "certainly Mr. President" walking out

"anything else Bill?"

He watched an looked at the air force an navy commanders stopping at the navy "you sir need to get your heart checked you’re a few months from a heart attack your grandchild will be ever grateful not to see you collapse as you take her for ice cream"

"I just had a physical" "and the doctor didn’t check your heart a fatal error please sir for Ambers sake"

"how do… god"

"gentlemen William an the other HBED's have been genetically engineered to be war machines that can take on nearly any land force but also to occupy an subjugate a war zone thus the ability to share knowledge an skills with the young HBED's makes them quickly as effective as their parents they call it the sharing a linking of the mind in Williams case he is as I believe you coined the term a pathfinder? Bill please that’s your domain"

"yes Sir I can see a bit of a persons current thoughts mostly images ideas bits of memory tie that with scent an observation I can deduce truth or lies sometimes a bit more the other is seeing alternate paths in the immediate future an the conditions that can make for serious trouble or a desirable path such as yourself sir"

"ah my immediate future has cleared up has it?"

"yes it has, your no longer undecided on what to do how to help an much more"

the commanders looked at him "I am dieing gentlemen the doctors have given me less than a year to live an my best chance to survive is the same conversion process as these fine upstanding hero's of the country have gone through. Yes Bill I'm going to go through with it once we get this war won an handled the issues we discussed earlier"

"excellent Brian" smiling "my father I hope will join you he's also dieing from cancer" Bill said under his breath

"we will continue this meeting soon as a suitable replacement if found for the army command till then we'll enjoy a snack a meal for our FFH friends as they run on quite a lot of food"

the new army general called in from the pentagon was clearly not quite ready for what he found arriving at the meeting but was quickly cleared with a minor warning to be careful of his shoe laces

"excuse me?" sitting down realizing this HBED bull was the William 221

"your shoe laces, one will come untied on the stairs you'll take a tumble an break your ankle simple enough warning" smiling at him "be careful"

Brian leaned back "alright Bill now give it to us straight what's going on, all of it"

Bill looked at Garret who nodded "we're as the marines have pointed out, dancing around a madman who has a finger on a button which can set off a pearl necklace of nuclear devices not far from the entire length San Andreas fault the resulting devastation is beyond anything man has ever seen" letting his memories color his tone

"he also has thousands of human women in breeding centers with standing orders of any attempts of rescue will get them all killed thousands of children in two facilities which are in reality traps for anyone foolish enough to attack them an yet we do have to attack them

so yes we dance around him, as he watches the big showoff bully in front others steal his wallet an pants tie him up rob his house kick his dog so yes we dance with the madman to save a hell of a lot of innocent lives

gentlemen I just want it known any outward open support from the federal government and he will set off the devices he has left"

"how do you know the devices will work William?" the air force representative asked

"Garret"

he brought up the video of the CIA test even Brian became speechless

"we believe the tunnels under California have an estimated two to three hundred of these cutter nukes possibly more" Garret looked up from his tablet as he read that

"alright give me the details, ill have it trimmed down to what they will need"

Bill spent the next hour explaining what every attack had done the reasoning behind it an finally sighed even the others his friends now had to hear the last bit

"our last and only ace in the hole Brian is not me, not the missions that Richard an Veronica are on to save the children knowing full well once they are in there they will have to hold at all costs an not the captured towers they're just attention getting.

it’s the AA boys Jeff and Alex along with two dozen of our AA red skulls under their command infiltrating the LA tower with the hunters that have been running away from the fights at all the towers we have been attacking in California random singles apparently cut off from their towers by FFH efforts, I believe three have been lost Garret?"

he nodded "they were recognized by other hunters one escaped but died from his injures"

"so I'm the bait as I've said before, I'm out there to lure the hunters away from LA we knew Ken would reluctantly send away his best to try an catch me as Takashima has placed such a high value for me being captured. he would insist only the best be sent leaving the lame injured an second rate hunters remaining for Ken to lead at the LA tower which is why were isolating it from easy reinforcement

this also puts pressure on Ken, who we hope will show his true colors an try an take out Takashima if he hasn't by the time I move on LA he wont, it is a possibility to save his own hide he might try an kill Takashima himself"

Joe an all the others all now understood fully the depth of Garrets plan

Bill continued the explanation an had to stop them all from protesting his actions to come

"I am the FFH leader! I will not discuss this with you it is my choice an decision to follow the plan to its conclusion including the risks. I'm the only one who Takashima will not kill if he captures an if he gets me exhausted after the fight with Ken then we will have given him his last wish an its gona cost him dearly to get it…

it shows the President just how much were willing to pay to stop Takashima but losing any of you.. my friends is a price I am not! willing to pay. if you go to LA an try to fight with me he will kill you to make an example of you simple as that, thus I will not accept any discussion. if you can not follow orders then step aside an someone else will take command of your areas you can sit the end of the war out on the sidelines"

he opened his eyes an snorted at the laptop "do I make myself clear on this?" then looking at Sophia who lowered her ears an bowed her head

"I will follow orders William"

"I want to hear you all say it!"

they each did Tim though had tears as he said it clearly shushing Cassie

"then when the time comes Agent Garret the FFH will have the full an open support of the united states armed forces I will have the commanders here assign liaisons to your staff get them up to speed on where an what is needed so that when the time comes Takashima will find himself no options at all"

"HBED justice Brian if there is one thing we demand of you of the federal government, he is ours as he created us as we are, we decide his fate" Bill poked the table with a finger

Brian an the military commanders all were clearly uncomfortable with that

"we will of course put the man on trial requests like that will have to be put before a judge, thank you all this has been one hell of a night I think tempers are a bit on the hot side due to the lack of rest Bill we will continue the other work after a good rest alright?"

"alright" folding his arms knowing all too well that was something they would have to do themselves when the time came. an looking at the laptop each of his friends wagged an ear once glancing over Sophia did as well he didn’t even have to ask

Brian stopped him as he walked towards bedroom several minutes later "Bill, if things go wrong"

"then someone else will convert you Brian, you fix things you'll have earned your HBED body.. yes I know its dangerous but the fact Ken will be dead Takashima will feel far from safe an need me all the more alive then to lead his armies as well thinking threats to Sara will work if I hear her pain see her tears those will only make me stronger"

"if he is given to HBED's for justice.." clearly worried an disturbed

"his fate will be unique, death is too easy for him oh no I have several ideas that I've talked about with the others"

"conversion?"

"perhaps.. his utopian dream he tried to spin for Sara a rather poetic justice in my opinion many FFH wouldn’t agree"

"so then what?"

"its best if you don’t know, what you don’t know cant be used against you can it" walking away

"Bill"

"yes?" stopping an looking back at him

"I hope you'll forgive me for one of the things I have to do, I believe its for the best all things considered"

"what are you going to do?"

"it's best if you don’t know what you don’t know" smiling "cant be used against me Boss Bull"

Bill tried to see but Brian had learned quickly to hide what he was planning it left Bill with a bad taste

The next day he was woke late ate an yawned at Garret who smiled "fifteen towers one night I'm sure Takashima is ripping his hair out"

"well hell let me ask him!" getting the phone Bill hit redial but got no answer "damn cant gloat what ever shall I do to get my feel good moment"

the others chuckled eating an enjoying the food the president came in looking at the paper an his tablet "quite a night, lots of troubles averted Garret damn fine work Mister you can expect to be getting some serious kudos for it" pouring himself a cup of coffee "your in a better mood Bill?"

"fifteen towers taken last night while Takashima's hunters were out playing with themselves yeah I'm good"

"ow that is going hurt"

Bill made a pouting face "he didn’t answer my call to gloat" rubbing fake tears

"aww try again later by all means" laughing for a moment "Garret if I could get a few bits of information for my media interview with Bill later. I'm basically going to let you guide this Bill I'm going to be the man on the street who needs to know what the hell is going on alright? Garret this way please"

"alright, I think I need to get groomed I'm a mess not suitable for viewing"

"I can fix that give me a few minutes Bill an it'll be good" Garret smiled already dialing on his phone walking with his tablet with the president

Sophia looked at Bill as did the others her finger between them started moving

'what is he planning Getting a bad feeling'

'don’t know an he's learned too quick how to hide it from me though I got a flash of something to do with the military he met with the major brass again before I got up I could smell the army generals aftershave'

Derrick munching on a carrot wagged an ear 'should we be expecting trouble boss'

'no, but whatever it is I do get the feeling its going to be held till we finish our current issues'

Garret came back in an Noted the eyes on him Bill gave him that chill "what? Suspicious much"

"always James" Sophia smiled "we live longer from it"

"what's he playing at Garret?" Bill glared

"he's having to make plans to sooth the other governments of the world, tours of the facilities in the towers likely part of tonight is going to be interviewing you. I know the media tonight are from every agency world wide, the world will be watching Bully"

"they worried the United states will use HBED's against others?" Derrick asked getting another carrot

"you guys sharing right now? I honestly don’t know exactly what he's got planed"

"do your best to find out Garret, we've had enough surprises for a lifetime even two of them" Bill popped a chunk of apple in his mouth chewing

Bill went an caught a bit of relaxing time going around the white house looking at the art an such it was really a treasure to see it all a photographer was taking pictures of him as he went around

finally making his way back to his bed looking at files recorded of Sara there was one new one but Takashima had removed the sound

it was clearly of him arriving at the white house an her reactions then after awhile he woke her an the HBED's Bill could lip read a bit of what she was yelling at him at that point

'he wont tell you anything… you are a monster…"

it ended there seeing her gave him a good mood boost putting his nose in the package her shirt was in for a bit helped more he curled up on his bed an sighed feeling all too alone needing a good dream with her in it

a hand gently touched his head he stretched out groaning a bit feeling like he'd been having a nightmare

"what has happened to your hair! Dear, dear me"

"Justin!?" sitting right up as the man smiled at him

"whoo an you’ve grown too, why hello William" smiling a lot "Garret had me in a safe house near the city ohh an when he said you needed to be groomed he didn’t say id have to start from scratch again least its not those stuffy agents wont even let me trim their hair Humph!"

"oh Justin so much has happened, Garret not telling you?"

"please honey he put me here an left faster than a excellent bottle of wine at a party! But you can tell me all about it I could use some good gossip! Oh but your hair OHHhhh" sobbing dramatically "we simply must get you conditioned an styled this" gesturing to the locket reaching for it "just isn't you"

Bill held his hand from touching it "it stays Justin" opening it he showed him Sara's pictures "Takashima has her"

His eyes went wide "oh honey OH I am so sorry! They don’t tell me anything I didnt know" hugging him then holding on for a bit longer than needed he looked into Bill's eyes an got serious "oh Bully without her something has died inside you I am so sorry I wont tease you"

"it hides Justin hiding safe an protected waiting for her, you understand"

"oh absolutely honey.. come on lets get you all god like again huh big party?" smiling getting up

"nope conference with the president an apparently teleconferencing with other world leaders an world media services"

Justin's eyes went wide "dear honey oh id best get to work I've got to get to work!" pulling on Bill's arm muttering dear me repeatedly

Bill got a déjà vu moment an stopped him "Justin just a second" looking past him Bill now knew why he'd felt the deep need to have Derrick come along "Justin do you believe in fate? She's such a fickle thing an lady luck those twins lately been giving me trouble"

"I do believe in fate Bully why?"

"then I know why she pushed me sitting in a heated stock tank looking at this big Moose HBED he needs to go I had this urge he has to go… you hear I can see a bit predict things yes?"

"well a bit gets rumored around not enough for my needs but.. yes why who is this moose?" planting his hands on his hips

"his name is Derrick, great HBED big strong talented an a real professional I want you to know something important an I don’t have a lot of time before he walks in the door so this may sound weird.. yeah but don’t take forever, he will, he always does an always will an of course I would be glad to alright? An I will speak with him about your needs okay?"

Justin was blinking a bit reflexively "your right it does sound weird Bully honey come on lets go make you god like" walking over to the door he opened it an ran right into Derrick "oh my dear me I am so.. sorry…" looking up at him his sexual scents exploded like a bomb crippling his ability to think

"oh I'm sorry didn’t expect the door to just open um.. " an Derrick smiled with a flutter of his eyes an his body reacted like a mirror to Justin

Bill sat back down an smiled thinking yup love at first sight god look at the sparks flying

"oh hello" came from both they smiled clearly amused

Justin looked at Bill mouthing could I get a moment an realized with a grin what Bill's weirdness meant

"um" getting up Bill walked over an smiled "Derrick this is Justin HBED groom extraordinaire, Justin this is Derrick hella awesome HBED AE… an ill go find a walk in shower an get scrubbed clean.. right Justin?"

"yes please" with a sigh eyes sparkling

Bill eased past took the do not disturb sign off the inside an hung it on the door as he closed it hearing as he walked away a giggle an laugh behind him behind the door

Took a walk with the chief of staff to a gym building off the white house to find a shower which was narrow but he sighed feeling the hot water pour over from above crouched down to fit wishing Sara was there to enjoy too

Still wet an relaxed he sat down on a bench from a good hour in the shower Justin came bouncing along "there you are!" carrying a large bag "lets get you all fixed up huh"

The brushing was done to a clearly very happy Justin he finally leaned on Bills back an whispered to his ear "you are such a sweetheart you know that, I insist don’t you dare argue now do tell me more"

He looked at him as he did a bit of hair trimming along the neck "what gossip or Derrick?"

"OH! Both dear! both.. please don’t make me beg! god I think I'm in love NOT that your not always my Bully god" panting a bit "but he oh" fanning himself

"he will" answering Justin's unasked thought "like I said before the fireworks"

he bounced rapidly an nearly squealed like a girl half his age and quite joyously went to task on Bill polishing hooves horns fingers making his fur gleam the locket sparkled after his polishing

somewhere inside his bag he found accessories like a gold ear tube to go into the remaining Bullet hole in the ear and a gold choker with a bit of wire he made a gold diamond shape from another necklace an hung it above Bill's chest marking from the necklace he let Bill put the nose ring in after polishing

Bill stood up an smiled thinking about Sara

"oh Bully, Dear, dear William" he broke into tears "I am so glad you introduced me to him otherwise id steal you away right now to be my god"

"Fate plays her tricks well, thank you Justin eventually ill be able to pay you back for making me look far better than I normally would"

"oh don’t you ever speak to me of money!" he wiped his cheeks with a cloth hanky "you introduced him to me your polishing will always be free dear, now do promise me try to condition please…" waving the cloth with a flutter

he walked back into the White house proper an people blinked reflexively clearly not believing their eyes going up stairs Sophia an the others were also stunned Garret walked up an stopped in a jerking motion blinking gawking a bit

"holy sweet Mary you look incredible Bill" everyone wagged ears in agreement

"glad I don’t have a lot of lady AB around then I don’t need another Dairy of doom" the others laughed

"were going to meet him down in the garden Bully"

"alright head on, lets go people um Derrick… wait for a moment okay?"

"sure boss"

he waited for the others to go down then looked at the Moose "I'm going to tell you something an don’t say anything till I'm done. I want you to remember three words they are priceless an will keep Justin happy through your temper an moods fail at those words an I will make a moose rug out of you, you got me mister?"

he wagged an ear "yes sir" going to attention

"Justin is like a bit of hand blown glass strong enough to hold its marvelous shapes all art an wonderful beauty tap it wrong an you shatter it. three words will fix it an you two will be epic in the future. repeat them regularly to him, a whisper on the phone leave a rose with it wrote in glitter on a petal an you will never regret a single day, say it after me 'I love you'"

"I love you" wagging an ear he smiled "I will remember it"

"good cause id hate to make a rug outa you, too lumpy them big horns an that nose! Scare the kids..." shaking his ears an starting down the stairs

Derrick laughed then stopped "wait your serious? You'd make a rug out of me?"

"damn straight I would.. lets go Mr. Moosic in bed"

Derrick laughed an smiled knowing William's gift told him it all for a reason he sure as hell wasn’t going to question or forget it..

Bill walked along the Chief of staff was smiling very appreciatively at his grooming the president was talking to the media about the events last night detailing out the FFH responses that had saved thousands from the attacks talking to them bout various things going on nation wide involving HBED's and the promises of help for those effected by the events then he started taking questions

a reporter asked was Takashima industries responsible for the attacks as the FFH had been reporting another asking about Bill was he working with the white house to end the terror attacks by the rouge hunter AA questions were asked about Williams involvement in the attack on the Richmond tower

"hold on now please let me turn this over to the FFH commander, who is here at my invitation to help explain. to not only the citizens of the united states but the rest of the world.. William 221 leader an commander of the FFH"

the chief of staff gestured for them to go into the garden with a smile

the others walked in beside him as his fur gleamed an the flashes sparkled off his horns an the jewelry. they took up a line behind the stage helmets on then as one they removed them an hung them on the hip he had made it over to the stage which had been placed offset so he would be nearly equal to the president

he held his hand out to Brian "thank you Mr. President" an they shook cameras flashing continuously "its an honor to be here"

he turned to the reporters an their lights "thank you ladies an gentlemen of the media I hope I can clear up any confusion that the people of this world may have I do not profess to be a scientist or an expert on medicine but I can tell you what we have discovered an learned

one thing I do want to say this before we get into the questions. We HBED's who are free of the chip installed in our heads that made us slaves servants pets an animals to be bred sold an slaughtered on a whim. we began this fight to protect all of you from the same fate, an to regain that which was taken from us, our lives. We will have that freedom returned, we fight, we do not stop, we do not surrender till Takashima is done"

the others all snorted behind him with a grin an a foot stomp

"first question please" standing proud tall an strong

the questions went on for quite awhile an he told them all the things that had been said before an finally one reporter she stood up "William 221 is it true you were an employee of Takashima industries?"

"yes one of his best most loyal guards lieutenant in rank"

"then how can anyone truly trust you"

"because my loyalty was rewarded with betrayal, in the kits you’ve been given is the evidence of that yes I admit that I would willingly have gone into the machine but only as a act of loyalty. Takashima helped me an I was quite the fool for believing he could do no wrong it was the belief that he couldn’t have had anything to do with another guards death that"

interrupting him "isn't it true that you are charged with that guards death in Houston"

"yes, only because of Takashima pointing the finger at me while he was converting me, again not quite the right way to treat a loyal employee"

"but those charges have not been dropped" she smiled "do you intend to turn yourself in?"

"no, an I have evidence to the true killer from Takashima's own computer systems it will be turned over when things have settled down"

"but in a court of law such illegally gathered evidence would be inadmissible" again she attacked her eyes had a gleam

Bill looked past her an she was a blank the others around her were like vibrant colors to her gray "ma'am I have to say, your as tenacious as a pack of hunters tracking a wounded HBED. I complement you on that, but you'll not anger me into a display that would give Takashima all the jollies he needs

Now under several parts of the terrorist activities act an several homeland security edicts Takashima industries was already being examined for importing parts used in the assembly of nuclear devices and other improprieties when we of the FFH first got word out of the training centers the federal government was at loss in one letter we gave them so much more than they had gathered in months of investigations they instantly began to help us as they could we still had to do much for ourselves so!

not a month prior to our letter a special field agent had gotten into the caverns under the Niagara escarpment dug out by Takashima for his nukes to destroy the rock cap that held the river an lake Erie in place she had been able to transmit a good portion of her intelligence but was captured an tortured for information prior to an after conversion so we did not collect intelligence nor did the federal government with out due cause

the sheer size of the offences he has committed there is no denying it even if a few pieces are not admissible there is plenty more to damn him"

"did not Angela Voll EX01 live William? an aided in the escape of the HBED's from the training facility riding with Sara Cassidy did she not? not lifting a finger to aid Miss Cassidy as she was taken from the hospital I would have to say it is remarkably convenient that she could do that and is an agent of the government could not a great deal of the information you’ve been providing be completely false made up by the government to shut down Takashima industries?"

Bill narrowed his eyes "interesting how would a reporter know EX01's name since she's a special field agent with the FBI, an that information has never been revealed"

She blinked an shifted in place clearly being caught rattled her

"you’ve made an error Ma'am, id have to say you work for Takashima well good! you can take back with you the information that no matter what games he wants to play I'm going to win"

the president gestured an secret service moved in an his phone rang pulling it from his pocket it was Takashima

"you see William! He knows! He's calling you!" she struggled a bit as she was being escorted away

he Looked at Brian an opened the phone turning it to speaker phone

"hello Mr. Takashima, quite the night last night so much excitement I hope things went as expected?"

"your mouth William is going to cost you now, I hope your ready to pay. yes you’ve ruined quite a few things but your going to learn that there is a cost to HBED's for not obeying me. last night was the last victories you will have, now that I have been informed that she is safe"

"safe? What are you going on about Takashima if you think hollow threats will stop this"

"nothing hollow about this William 221, make her speak Kenneth"

"my pleasure sir" he snarled

"AGH! Ow! BULLY! Don’t you dare back down!" she shrieked in pain an it went quiet save her sobbing "don’t you…let him win''

Bill's fur had fluffed an his ears went limp as his heart instantly hurt he knew he'd made a mistake! Déjà vu came flooding in

"now! Do I have your complete total attention William? Yes? Good very good. the doctors tell me she is just far enough along that pain an injury wont immediately cause her to miscarry.. now.. you will obey me William 221, you will! Obey.. but this is for the debt owed for all you have done all the interference."

He was quiet for an instant Bill could almost see him smile

"Kenneth, break her arm"

"yes sir" his voice sounding all to pleased

Yelling at the phone "don’t do this Takashima!"

Sophia was instantly at his side then the others as well the media looked horrified but stood there silent an motionless

they all heard her scream an the sickening snap with her shriek spiraling upwards in volume to fall off with her whimpers

"now then William… such a stubborn bull you have become, you have caused me nothing but trouble, but from now on"

Bill's knees went to give out unable to hold himself up feeling the sharp pain in his arm hope collapsing in upon itself Sophia an Derrick both held him up

she hissed in his ear "don’t you dare fall, don’t you dare give that fuck the satisfaction Bully he's watching you. tears yes let them flow, but don’t you fucking fall"

"you will obey me William 221, do not make me have to hurt her further risking your child an her"

he shuddered jaw trembling knowing thinking she was going to hate him for it forever the déjà vu screaming at him not to, he needed to obey him for her sake

but he couldn’t do it…

"n-no" it came out weak an the warning disappeared leaving him cold an empty an that hurt even worse than the worst of his dreams

"what? What did you say William was that disobedience? Kenneth break her other arm"

"I S-said NO! god Damn you!" pushing the others away grabbing the phone off the podium "you have finally done it Takashima hurt her more! You think I was a problem before! you haven't seen anything yet! You’ve signed your last chance away there is no hope for you Hiro Takashima there will be no escape for you or your hunters! I will not be merciful any more!"

she screamed an shrieked as the sound of a snap came from the phone her cries of pain blotted out by his Bellow of pained rage an sob

crushing the phone to bits leaning on the podium a bit he sobbed slowly looking up at the media with a glare

"Are you all AWAKE NOW!? Now do you understand the danger your all in! god damn you people! so much stupidity it takes some ones lover their wife screaming in pain! Live! To make you all realize your all in danger" he turned an walked out of the garden

the others were right with him he leaned on column supporting the colonnade above feeling the pain in his arms an was clutching them to his chest protectively hearing Brian ending the media conference

Sophia held him tightly after a moment "can we stop dancing around with the fucker now Bully please tell me yes god please say yes!"

Garret came walking up pale an disturbed "not yet Sophia I'm sorry.. god I'm so sorry Bill"

Bill mooed banging his head on the column panting a bit sobbing body trembling this was all his fault she would never forgive him

The secret service flowed in an Brian came along he sighed seeing Bill limply leaned on the column tears dripping

"much as I hate to insist Bill, there still is the matter of the conference with the world leaders, though after what they assuredly just witnessed their rethinking their worries I'm sure"

"right at this moment I could care less about their worries" turning around he slid down an sat with a thump leaned back on the column "they could care less about mine" closing his eyes an leaning his head back body trembling

Brian walked away calling Garret over "do what you can Garret, I need him in that meeting. I think Takashima has over stepped far enough now with the media, his backers will cut their ties if they don't a majority of countries will turn on them.

I'm sure all of them are afraid of what HBED's could do to their nations if that man can make more elsewhere. HBED's may become the new atomic weapons. I need them to understand they are indeed only human inside not some created monsters only Takashima can control"

"I'll try my best sir" watching him walk off Garret turned to the HBED's who were trying to help he knew this would take making Bill mad break him out of the pain "bully, this isn't over don’t you dare give up on her, on all of us"

the Bull opened his eyes an glared "I FELT THE breaks I still feel them! Goddamn it Garret do you understand It was my fault I had a dream an didn’t know till it was too late"

he didn’t want to but "then she's good as dead isn't she Bill, for fear of the pain, of her being hurt further, your going to let her die alone. selfish was never something I expected of you"

"no! never! But what can I do now?" sobbing a bit "she'll never forgive me"

"you fight past his threats an yes maybe even her life might be the cost… too many people need you to fight Bully, for now Brian needs you in that meeting, the world leaders need to understand your not living nukes… your people, show them how much you hurt Bill show them how much she means to you"

his eyes had gone back to the pain he sighed an wagged an ear after several moments still holding his arms close they weren't broken they felt like it though, getting up he took a couple steps an sobbed uncontrollably both Sophia an Derrick held him up

Justin appeared out of nowhere all a flutter he went to help clean Bill up a bit Garret gently stopped him

"but"

"people need to see his tears, they have to see that HBED's tough as they are feel emotional pain just like us"

he stood outside the conference room as the chief of staff let Brian know Bill was there he came out an gestured that he could enter looking at the others so many put their hopes on him an they had become the best friends he'd ever had clenching his eyes closed he tried to suppress the anger the pain an grief an failing yet again sobbing

Sophia gently just put her hand on his he could feel her strength an courage

"I -I can do this" looking at the chief of staff who smiled still holding the door for him

Bill walked in feeling much smaller seeing the large screens all filled with people small flags names an proper titles under each of them

"ah here he is, I'm sure all of you will forgive William 221 if he's a bit out of sorts after what just occurred"

he sat down on the provided sitting pad an sighed ears limp he shuddered a bit

the Russian presidents image increased in size as he spoke "Brian clearly this Takashima is a major threat to your national security why do you allow these HBED's to control the fight with him"

"because the man holds the key to a chain of nuclear devices buried under California near the San Andreas an much of the fighting has been done with minimal federal involvement the man is out of his mind if we were to get involved openly supporting the only people who can effectively combat the werewolves he would set the devices off"

"so a terrorist has not only captured converted an killed citizens of the United States but also threatens with nuclear weaponry" the Canadian prime minister noted "honestly Brian you could have told us. such a weapon would cause us serious damage as well"

"we honestly did not have an idea how bad this was till it was safe for federal agents working closely with the FFH HBED's knew who was safe to tell the details. Several agencies are still cleaning out moles an planted agents. it was after the FFH first attack on the tower in Houston the information gained from that mission has proven priceless"

"William 221" the French minister smiled politely "you have, my heartfelt condolences I for one do appreciate your efforts. Please help explain to us more in depth what is the seriousness of the threat to the world"

Bill's voice for a moment didn’t work but softly it came "thank you sir, I certainly hope I can help"

"what I want to know is are you infectious?" the Spanish minister asked interrupting him others nodded "it has been revealed that you are a different HBED type an infector of people"

"Takashima, issued a statement just moments ago about you William" Brian said as he slid a printout over

Bill looked at it not looking up "I am one of what he wanted to be his plague carriers but the problems were not addressed prior to my conversion. he used the 1.3 variant on me to make sure I would become a superior HBED type a command 1A there is a video file of my conversion with his own admission"

"yes William, Brian has already given us these, are you or other HBED's infectious!"

"no, absolutely not, its part of the very conversion machine it will not send a person out as a completed HBED unless their immune system is actively destroying the virus that created them. In my case it is the same, the functional aspect of the 1.3 variant was that I developed retractable fangs and the need to eat meat regularly as I am part bovine human and reptile." That got several quite revolted looks

"the venom in my fangs can shut down any immune system totally, this was we believe where the problem occurred in the design. instead of virus in with the venom the glands became a harbor for symbiotic bacteria the virus completely eradicated from my system"

the German held up a hand "so your bite is deadly?"

"yes sir, the bite area would quickly turn septic. I don’t know if tests have been run on the speed or such. We've assumed that a fully functional plague type HBED the glands would inject HBED virus with the venom I doubt many would survive without intravenous fluids an other support systems in the conversion machines. But as of this moment there are no functional plague carrier HBED's"

Many nodded in understanding

"William we have seen how much he values you, is it this gift you have? It makes you so much more valuable than the other FFH?"

"yes ma'am" looking at the British PM "his private assistant had it as well, though it was functionally different than mine. she could apparently relate things in the future in great detail but only up to the time of her death after that point her predictions became vague this is why Takashima wants my child, me to be his HBED army commander my child to be his body guard an helper mine is different an unreliable"

"not true Bill, you saved thousands last night both human an HBED other aspects are why you were able to help out the FFH in the beginning without the database"

"I didn’t get any warning till just before the call he was about to b-br" he covered his face "break her arms" shivering sob came out "it was my fault"

the world leaders had gone quiet

"Bill you can look into a man an see what he's afraid of because its in his immediate future like with me my indecision was clouding my path its because of you I decided that the FFH are going to be supported by the United states as your all fighting for it and I'm going to do all I can to fix your rights as people

and you can give men an HBED's courage, energy to literally pull themselves out of helplessness an despair even when all hope has been lost you begin talking to them an bring them back invigorating their hope an making them into warriors you cant deny it William I've read the reports seen the power an felt the energy because I needed hope too I believe you can win

I think Takashima fears that most about you, the one thing he cant control he cant stop" he turned and looked at the world leaders "William is infectious but only as we all should be as leaders he gives hope dedication an spirit he leads by example leaping into the fight first. unwilling to let even those who are ready to die give up" he took a drink of water

"how many HBED's have left the United states Brian?" the PM of Britain asked

"we don’t know but it has to be several thousand I do have numbers on the ships captured by the FFH that page is also included in the documents your receiving"

so what will be done with the HBED's which have been taken from the United States to other countries?" the Italian minister asked "will we have to worry they will be loosed on our peoples?"

"were working on that right now. likely a special response team that can handle them without killing if at all possible, as they are again prisoners inside their own bodies. they haven't a clue what they are doing till the chip is disabled" Brian smiled then it faded looking at Bill who was still sobbing quietly

"What I think many of us are wanting to know is Brian" the Russian president leaned back in his chair "what about this conversion machinery? What happens if the technology is allowed to be used on other nations. You have been fortunate to have people such as William 221 who have the courage and intelligence to fight back effectively using the conversion as an asset instead of a crippling event"

Bill looked up at him "HBED's will control the technology sir, Takashima's own paranoia has made a computer system incredibly secure without all the parts involved the process will fail" standing up "I know we HBED's have made the decision that it will be used to save lives an it does with my gift an others who are learning their own. humans with less than noble reasons will be rejected outright" looking at Brian

"isn't that right Mr. president? You've made that decision as well.."

he smelled an looked uncomfortable to the extreme

"I'm in no mood to dance around with politicians Brian even less with words, tell them the truth" glaring eyes filled with tears "tell them why I am here so far from where I was fighting for my wife"

he turned to the monitors an set his notes down "I'm dieing with inoperable cancer, my only option is to be converted if I want to live. I've got less than a year to have the process done"

it brought a collective gasp several expressed their deep condolences as well which turned Bill's stomach

"as FFH leader an commander I'm putting all of you on notice. any attack on the United States when Brian is being converted to save his life, thinking the head of the government is unable to respond will find the HBED nation very unhappy an will consider such an attack as an act of war on them.. you wont like what happens then…

you think you’ve seen anything on how tough HBED's really are… you don’t have a clue viruses poisons drugs bullets bombs electronics lethal radiation all useless.. you feel threatened by us? How do you think we feel? Were not going to march into a death camp or reservation to be starved to death watching the babies crying wanting food so yes my gift let me see what people can an will do who they will blame to make themselves feel better.

I will not see another future! where HBED's pay the price for Human fears an stupidity! we fight for YOU so the same fate doesn’t befall the entire world! You all fight too much an HBED's being the newest way to eliminate your neighbors with your neighbors own people.

The very least you could do is be compassionate and understand were just people not mindless machines we have a conscience we have a heart were not even really fighters. unlike those enthralled under the chips they! You should fear, even I… have been a victim of them.

Now excuse me, I make very poor company I'm excusing myself before I cause world war three HBED's would be the only winners in that too. you want HBED's to help out with other HBED's then get rid of the help Takashima is getting from…some of you" glaring back at the room then opening the door an walking out

Brian coughed an took a sip of water "I apologize for"

"why Brian? he is right don’t apologize for the truth. there are people in this conference who are helping Takashima" the British PM tapped her desk "he also showed the fact he is a patriot he may not serve the government but he stands proudly on guard for his country and his fellow HBED's if I remember right you yanks are quite famous for that" smiling

"an I do not believe anyone would be in such control when their wife was made to hurt so" the Russian president sighed "an then made to come talk to possibly those who are helping the one doing the hurting yes?"

Brian sighed "well I can confirm now my comments to some of you I am going to organize the FFH cohesively an they will have full support then if needed they then can be sent with UN special forces to help with HBED attacks that are likely to occur due to the HBED's shipped out of he country by Takashima prior of course to the FFH halting all of his shipping"

Sophia was pacing she didn’t like this it didn’t feel right Bill had told her to trust her instincts more than once an he also told them to share, she could feel how hurt Bill was an he wasn't openly sharing this didn’t feel right

After a bit he came out smelling of sadness tears an upset

"I'm going to bed if I'm lucky ill get some rest.." walking off

she bobbed her head at the body guards to go an they were right off behind him Garret was looking but also on his PDA trying to handle things she knew this meeting was more than just an interview she marched over an slipped past the chief of staff who was quickly an quietly trying to stop her

she walked in pushing him back out with a firm swish of the tail "forgive me Mr. President but I have something important to say" standing proudly

he nodded to the secret service an chief of staff who stopped trying to get in past her

she walked over seeing the world leaders looking on

"ladies an gentlemen this is Sophia 662 one of Williams commanders, affectionately known as the war mare" nodding his head to her

"thank you, it wasn’t exactly fair of you Mr. President to drag William in here after what just happened. In pain, upset that he'd just let Takashima hurt Sara quite severely, not fair at all, not able to effectively think about what's really going on in here.

I know what this, is it’s a trial, are HBED's too risky to allow to live after they have fixed things. Don’t any of you think that William hasn’t already given that plenty of thought already an discussed it with us. if there is one thing about William being remarkably intelligent he looks at all the potentials an understands things several moves ahead." Planting her hands on hips

"if you believe he hasn't prepared us for the potential that mankind would turn on us after taking care of Takashima an his mess.. best think again, this isn't a threat or an empty promise it’s a fact." Snorting folding her arms

sighing an clearly showing her softer side " truth be told He's a sweetheart romantic at the core he would believe a promise till it was broken.. all of us watch his back as he has saved ours many, many times no one is pulling the wool over Bill's eyes from behind"

looking at Brian "I am just letting everyone know if Bill asked us we would, doesn’t matter what it was or what it would mean to our lives we would do it willingly, I'm done thank you all for a important moment of your time excuse me" walking out the door

Brian coughed softly

"quite the leader indeed Brian to endear such loyalty from his troops, you best tread carefully how you go about things" the British PM smiled

"yeah your telling me" making notes

Bill laid out on his bed sighed the pain was fading an yet still burned in his blood the bull was wanting blood yelling at him about her being hurt an yet he knew she was going to hate him for telling Takashima no "just couldn’t say it could you, stupid fuck up …its your fault"

The door opened after a bit an Sophia came in an sat down next to him her hand resting on his shoulder he could feel her wanting to share to help ease his pain but he couldn’t

She didn’t move an didn’t say anything her presence an calm helped him sleep finally came an the walls fell

She grimaced at the pain, anger grief the deep worry most of all the growing self doubt. Joe had told her about this is was the lack of Sara effecting him. Getting the bag with Sara's shirt from just under his bed she put it near his nose an the intensity of his emotions calmed

Thinking calmly 'you cant give up Bill she needs an wants you, don’t give up please. I'll admit it only to you like this I'm terrified were going to lose. I couldn’t handle being bred I just cant do kids' feeling her insides shiver at the thought

She nearly jerked her hand away as his came up an covered it gently he sighed deeply she had to blink walking into a house setting a belt pack down on a side table a key card an ID badge the floors had runner carpets over honey colored wood going into the kitchen where the stone floor made her feet clop louder

Her nose sniffed a hearty welcoming home smell of vegetable soup an fresh bread an all to handsome AC male smiled wearing a caution cook kicks all ass apron an nothing else she felt her heart beat faster seeing him nose flaring tail flagging up

He offered her a spoonful of soup an in the other hand a buttered bit of the bread

"really long day you needed a break so I made dinner" smiling with an ear wiggle

"I want something else for dinner we'll have that for desert" kissing him very passionately pinning him to the counter feeling his hands set things aside for her body an it faded leaving her huffing blood hot

looking at him as he snored softly he actually sobbed Sara's name softly "you telling me to hold on ill find the one huh Bully" she leaned over an kissed his head "thank you, sleep Bill rest I'm here to keep you safe"

Brian came out huffing as he sorted through his notes an handed them to his chief "I want copies handed out to the names listed ASAP and their opinions for the questions by noon tomorrow"

"yes sir" hurrying off

Garret came over as did his AB body guard her head inside the skull helmet Brian got a chill from them every time he saw them "so that actually went better with Sophia barging in than if she hadn't"

"I'm sorry sir I didn't"

"its okay Garret HBED's have a lot to be worried about. Her speaking up for Bill, an she called it right, I was unfair to have dragged him into that. though he gave the world an ear full no doubt but Sophia she put the cap on it" looking at the AB "an everything gets reported to FFH commanders huh Dee?"

"absolutely would you expect anything less?"

"not at all, how does the United States government gain that any hints?"

"you become trusted takes a while"

"like Garret here huh…"

"Garret is also family, that might be another way to get personal trust from HBED's"

he stopped an looked at Garret who looked unabashedly prideful "Garret? Care to elaborate?"

"I'm engaged to a gorgeous AE named Elizabeth Mr. President, an were expecting"

"really.. well congratulations all around, must be quite the lady"

"she is, an so are all of the HBED ladies but I suspect it’s the fact they survived the machine an now fight for themselves an others they also chose their partners very well I know one lady recently found you to be quite attractive as well"

"oh? An who would that be" smiling as he continued walking

"she'd flatten me if I told"

"it was Sophia Mr. President thinks you have a nice ass even leaned an moved to get a longer look" Dee chuckled softly "she's never done that before"

Brian blinked then smiled "well ill take that as high complement" chuckling patting his chief of staff on the shoulder as he came back "I want that next batch here early tomorrow tell the secret service whatever it takes"

"yes sir, an the dinner with Governor Moils?"

"give my regrets the business with the HBED's is taking precedence"

he woke with Sara's shirt on his nose guilt followed feeling a hand on his shoulder he slid out carefully Sophia sighed an shifted her head onto the side of his bed going right back to sleep the others were sleeping peacefully as well

needing air he headed for the exits the moment he reached the first floor the secret service were in a flurry nearly ignoring him he grabbed one as he was hurrying by "what's up?"

"Takashima triple A at the south gate were making sure the president is safe getting ready for trouble"

"ill handle it, I'm in the mood for handling the trash" he ignored the agent trying to stop him. he figured this was Takashima wanting to screw with him further well someone was gona pay today

marching out the south door heading for the gate tourists were running away along the street several federal vehicles were heading for the gate secret service hurrying as well they had formed a blockade line as Bill walked up

the Triple wearing a Takashima security outfit holding a white flag in one hand an a small package in the other standing by the gate it had a broken ear an had seen some fighting already black fur showing the scars

"ahh William! Good to see you! These little men seem to be getting rather trigger happy" grinning far too wide exposing his teeth

he stopped a foot from the gate

"ooh just a bit on the grouchy quiet side this morning hmm? Well Father saw your phone got broken an sent another just for you"

Grinning his voice full of contempt an pleased smug attitude he put the box through the gate towards Bill an instantly Bill grabbed his wrist an yanked him hard into the gate the metal clang an his yelp of pain made the secret service all jump

Bill let him stagger back an kicked the gate hard smashing it flat pinning the triples feet under the bars he walked over it crushing them the triple crying out in pain he grabbed a handful of the triples collarbone an shoulder yanking him lose of the gate it clanged on the ground

The triple gagged an coughed on the blood running from his nose yelping gripping Bills wrist an got slammed into the gate support post smashing the light fixture "he sent you here to die! an by all rights I aught to rip yer spine out by your tail" snorting hard in his face

"but your gona do something for me so I need ya alive lucky you! now pay close attention" squeezing the triples collar bone it yelped an cried out

"I'm listening!" the media were as well taking up positions across the street "god damn it I'm listening!"

"you go back an tell the other hunters you spread the word, Takashima has signed their death certificates by hurting Sara. tell them to run or disappear don’t much matter to me, but if they face the FFH or if their luck is just gone to crap going against me in a fight they're going to wish they had died you got that?" squeezing again

"Yes! I got it I got it please William it hurts!"

"I'm not done with you!" snorting hard in his face looking at the agents at the gate "give me that box" holding his hand open for it someone grabbed it an put it in his hand "thank you.. now you see this?" he put it to his lips "open or I take teeth out"

the triple opened it's mouth an Bill shoved the box in "you take that back to him an tell him this, no more talking no more game he best start figuring out his fucking last wishes I'm coming for him an no nukes no threats no army of half wit fucktarded hunters is going to stop me an this is for Sara" knowing he'd said nukes far too loudly he didn’t much give a damn anymore crushing his grip the triples collar bone snapped loudly

Bill's other hand clamped his mouth shut "don’t lose that phone don’t you do it" going limp as it whined an cried in pain. softly just for the triples ears "I'm sick of him an his god damn game. you make sure to tell the other hunters the more he hurts her, the more they're gona hurt an not die till I'm damn good an ready. this was just a sample got me? if she dies the world wont be big enough to hide from me"

He nodded whimpering

Bill let go of him "now run I don’t want to see you ever again" the triple got up an ran didn’t even look back steam rolled from his nose turning around the secret service backed up he walked over an picked the gate up setting it against the other

"sorry about the damages" the Chief of staff was already on a phone for repairs he just nodded

Bill needed air an time away from politicians turning he headed for the Washington monument it promised to be a beautiful day not too hot but sunny heading down 15th street a secret service agent ran up an stood in front of him "sir you cant go"

"cant I?" sighing "listen I need some time to myself. I'm more than capable of taking care of myself, an if Takashima is stupid enough to send hunters after me in the middle of Washington DC all the better" smacking his fist into his palm "I hope he does, now excuse me" walking past him

he could hear the media following as he walked along several shouted questions at him he stopped again an huffed not looking at them "normally I like to have the media along but today can you folks kinda just hold back, let me think I'm alone just enjoying a walk in the capitol soak up some of the hope an promises the founding fathers made… thank you"

walking on he saw the signs for the boy scouts monument an could see a large group of both boy and girl scouts heading down the path towards it till they saw him an stopped turning around they lined up an saluted

he had to smile "good morning all" saluting them back "heading for the scouts memorial?"

one of the troop leaders smiled "sure are, an you?"

"not sure, just need to take a long walk looking for hope an inspiration we all suffer with a low spot in life, so I'm here in the capitol an decided to take a walk"

another scout leader smiled "well scouts William 221 is looking for hope inspiration an a bit of guidance should we help out a former scout?" they all immediately agreed

Bill walked along with them letting them guide his walk he noted the pregnant mom along he stopped dropped onto all fours an looked at her "your feet are screaming pain so loudly I can hear them hop on"

"oh no I couldn’t" shaking her head with a smile

"your five months along the hormones are making the tendons in your body relax an stretch so feet sore an swollen hips hurt, pelvis starting to relax an spread a bit yeah I can carry a car you really wont bother me" grinning "ill even tell you the baby's gender"

one of the other ladies along laughed "he sounds like an old pro at pregnant ladies"

"actually no, paid attention to too many TV shows about it my Sara has sighed dramatically about it enough times" that got laughs the mom walked over an he held his hand near his side an she hopped up "it’s a boy by the way"

"your right! Wow you are good"

he carried her along for the longer walk to the Washington monument past the world war two monument then along the reflecting pool towards the Lincoln memorial the scouts talking about the monuments which was part of some of the studies they had in school

Bill felt the pull an moved towards the center of the stairs she asked to hop off an he helped her standing up

"thank you William, I don’t think its right though for the leader of the free HBED's to carry anyone… not in this place"

"that too is a free choice for me to make" smiling "but thank you Ma'am"

he turned an looked up the steps an walked up one at a time feeling the history gone on here knowing a lot of it from school he stopped one step short of the very spot where Martin Luther King had spoken of equality, jobs, freedom an a dream

kneeling down feeling the stone engraved with the words 'I have a dream' closing his eyes an feeling his dreams the guilt for failing Sara the deaths the tears came up with the pain

the media who had followed along taking pictures an filming now closed in an though silent loomed over him knowing a moment in history they caught the tears falling onto the words

"he had a dream that has yet to be fulfilled completely you know… an another man comes along to take even more away from all people not just one but all men an women, stripping them of their hopes their dreams their lives.

Even the very promises for freedom the pursuit of happiness bypassing the 13th amendment that Lincoln helped make slavery forever a crime guaranteeing the constitution was always for all Americans of all races creeds an religions, I know we fit in there somewhere HBED's are Americans we are people an god knows we hurt just like anyone else"

standing up he wiped his cheek he turned to look at the gathered crowd the scouts he bowed his head to "thank you for the help"

looking over the crowd of all colors an ages "I am William 221 leader of the free HBED's, I am not a spiritual person but I do believe in strength, courage and that the heart will lead the way HBED's share a common bond thus AA is brother to AC sister to AB HBED's have become family.. equals we share our fates

the world has changed from Mr. King's day, no longer can freedom be won without a fight. he was not a pacifist by any means wanting to use words to create action but he would have been horrified at what has happened. as violence has created an reshaped us to be what we are, a certain fact must be believed violence will have to fix that which has been made.

HBED's deserve to have their dreams and their hopes for not only us but our children, an we will fight to the bitter end for them. no matter who issues that challenge be they foreign or domestic. We didn’t ask for this it was forced upon us, we will have our due we will be free we do have dreams not just for freedom but for life an happiness"

the applause he got surprised him many of them came forward an shook his hand

Police an park rangers came up but didn’t ask him to leave they just hung around to help keep the growing crowd under control

He went on an walked to the MLK memorial an found a spot there to sit looking over the water at the Jefferson monument reading the pamphlets so much alike an yet very different the situations "all men created equal men who had dreams of freedom, all but HBED's" sighing

He got the feeling he needed to get up an did walking around one of the perspective stone walls an watched as a blind black man stumbled on a uneven surface Bill's hand shot out an caught him just before he fell knowing this was gona make the man mad at him for helping

"easy sir, don’t get upset but your right near the"

"edge! Yes damn it I've been here more times than you can count"

"yes you have, nearly every day since it opened to the public" smiling as the man navigated the ramp

he stopped an turned towards Bill his temper now gone curiosity overwhelming it "I heard you making a speech over at the memorial.. " searching his hand found Bills arm feeling the fur an the size an the muscles "your built like a truck an quite hairy"

"well I'm a HBED bull sir, id expect to be a bit furry an big as a truck I've lifted a few" smiling

"huh… I've been hearing a lot about you people, sad business that. You worried about people making more trouble later?"

"yes wouldn’t you be?"

"hell yes.. but you warned them didn’t ya" he walked towards the seats holding Bill's arm

"yeah but when has that ever stopped anyone when they think or albeit when they aren't thinking to cause more trouble for those who've had enough"

"true, true.. you sound like you need an ear to bend, troubled?" sitting down with a smile "an thank you for the hand"

"don’t mention it" sighing "being the one everyone else looks too makes it hard to find a sympathetic ear an yes I am very troubled"

"well them reporters are back there talking to their cameras leaving you alone to sit with an old blind black man in a very special place where a man is honored for his efforts an troubles to make people free. Just like your tryin to do"

Bill sighed "I wouldn’t want"

"to bother me? I sit here every day to listen to the people they don’t notice me cause I'm blind they look right past me you helped me an from how you spoke you knew my pride would bite"

"yes sir, you still needed that steady hand though"

"so talk, you need someone to listen"

Bill hoped the man wouldn’t regret this an told him so much so many worries the fears an his feelings of guilt an then looked at him as he mulled it over for a moment

"you do have quite a plate full.. lot of it can be fixed by saying can I do anything about that right now? Have I done all I can for now? If yes then shelve it"

"I can see that, never been much good at that"

"you need the shelf space an that is your friends. tell them your fears an worries them HBED's they look to you cause you are doing so much worryin for them, they feel it an it takes good people to do that an notice it. they want to help you take some of the load off let them help!

yeah I'm sure that its all because your missing your lady its making you confused. the guilt, hell any red blooded male is gona want to protect his lady an that man hurting her trying to get you to obey him which is last thing you should do, he'd just hurt her more often cause of that then where would ya be?"

"in hell, wearing his specially made armor to keep me in check. leading his army's to convert the united states population into HBED's"

"there you go… hard, harsh thing.. to have to do tellin him no… part of you knew she'd rather you fight than give into him, even if it meant her being hurt feeling guilty over it just shows how much you care bout her.. an you know what he would an can do to her as well an that has to be the worst of it"

Bill could only wag his ear if he opened his mouth it would only be a sob

"you haven't really been able to face that have ya, I don’t much blame ya taint easy to see someone as dead till they are… but if your gona stop him your gona have to"

he swallowed hard "yes…" sighing deeply "someone told me" sniffing back tears "it'd been easier if he'd killed her an I do have a bit of experience with death standin on a persons toes, my mom was sick an dieing for months"

"yeah it still don’t make it easier but they were right… I think ya got this fixed now right?" putting his hand on Bills arm patting gently

"yes, the others my friends all so sure I can save Sara it was"

"too hard to talk to them about the fact you'd already thought about it.. it aint likely to happen no matter what ya do. That is one thing about friends that sometimes happens they don’t want you to lose hope from giving up when being realistic is different"

"yes sir"

"well I'm sure from the footsteps I'm hearin some of your friends are coming"

Bill lifted his ear an sure enough hoof clopping "yes sir, thank you for the ear"

He smiled "no problem"

"you be careful Takashima will send his hunters after you just to know what we talked about"

"pha I'm not worried about some overgrown mutts he wants to know ill tell him yer just being human now go on I like my quiet"

Bill got up gently put his hand on the mans shoulder the old frayed jacket crumpling a bit he patted Bill's hand an nodded "ill be fine"

Sophia an Derrick came walking up as Bill came out of the monument "okay I've had my thinking time lets get back" walking past them they spun around an hurried to catch up

"Bully what the hell" Sophia asked "you just walk off?"

"I needed air, away from all the issues for a bit to think. I made a speech to the people made it pretty for the media. Brain best have his list done because I'm not done with Takashima an I'm tired of the crap, I really have no patience for politics all the dancin around tradin bits of power favors an such"

snorting he shook his head hard an sighed deeply finally making the choice he had been fighting from the beginning "I have hunters to kill an a mad man to stop"

soon enough he was back in the oval office eating several BLT Brian was walking back an forth clearly annoyed

"Brian let me get back to what we were doing being here isn't helping me or anything else I know we have several more senators to speak to lets get them in here"

he sighed with exasperation clearly he was about to start yelling

"no Brian I wouldn’t if I were you, yelling at me when I needed air will only get you on my bad side"

the President closed his mouth "I am the"

"president of the United states yes I know that.." standing up "my wife is being hurt people are being converted as we speak they are dieing! Waiting for you to get in gear an do what is needed"

instead of being angry he nodded letting it go "your right I should have realized after what he did to you last night you'd need some air I'm sorry I had no right to be upset at you Bill"

"s'okay Brian lets get going"

Brian turned to his chief of staff "get them in here"

Over the next three days Bill threatened consoled an helped men an women who through various events Takashima took advantage of them regardless of political alignment Bill instilled courage an hope save those who eagerly embraced Takashima they didn’t leave the white house without bracelets provided by the secret service

Every night Brian read those names off to the media the ones who were criminals who refused to help detailing their offences to mankind an Americans an he called for HBED rights an equality telling the remaining officials not to attempt to leave the country come to the white house when summoned things would be judged on a case by case basis

Bill spent part of the evening after eating dinner with Brian talking to Sophia Tim, Joe, Kim Amy an Bonnie asking them to handle some of his worry most to just listen to him understand why he was worried an they agreed to take care of those things an keep him appraised

Bonnie was apologetic of her pushiness an affectionately supportive but didn’t push anymore

Brian the next morning had a list on his desk an a frown talking to someone on the phone when Bill came in

"damn!" dropping the headset down hard "that’s five of them now who've taken private boats fast as rabbits outside national waters"

"seize their assets shut off their ill gotten gains an credit"

"already being done, they didn’t want to give us a chance to help"

"or arrest them… that gets around, if I might make a humble suggestion. Ill lay odds on that they have places in the Caribbean why not get DEA in on this"

Brian grinned "thank you" getting back on the phone "they do watch all the boat traffic like hawks"

"boats light aircraft larger ships from various drug originating countries.." rolling his fingers a bit in the air "homeland security should be a bit more on the ball here"

"I agree, yes I need DEA to get involved on those running officials.. what to charge them with? Treason violations of the 13th an 14th amendments assault on thousands of Americans need more? I'm sure we can find a few more including violating national security alright advise the coast guard to get involved I don’t want Takashima thinking he can save them" hanging the phone up

"he wont, he's gotten what he wanted from them already interference an issues to tie people hands"

"yes.. well the rest are surrendering to federal officers as we speak I think we can let you go back to your plan"

"excellent" turning he looked at Dee "Dee your with the president if Takashima pulls something I want you holding his hand 24/7 and I wont take any discussion of this. the secret service be damned" looking at a pair of them "they let air force one get booby trapped I don’t trust it neither should you. The backup jet should be stripped to the frame as well so if you need to be moved Sophia will handle your travel arrangements they can go along Dee holding your hand"

Sophia grinned with a wag of the ear "one of Bully's worries has been that Takashima would try an take you hostage as well, an knows all about the fall back positions your secret service agents have ready" she gently slipped a couple printout sheets out of her armor an set them on the desk "all from Takashima's computer systems"

He took the sheets looked them over an could only slowly shake his head handing them to the agents there "you heard William gentlemen adjust your plans I want you to work with Sophia on this"

"sir" both of them were completely annoyed to hell an reeked of it but looked over the pages an clearly gave up that fight

Bill fingered at Sophia 'be nice talk to them they just had the rug yanked out'

she wiggled her ear as she spoke up "gentlemen I will need various options on deceiving any pursuit of motorcade elements as HBED's were a bit big to be driving limos so your still going to be very critical in this"

they nodded at her as she smiled

many hours later Bill was watching out the window as Las Vegas came into view the pilot readying to land

In his chest pocket was the certified check of Takashima's donation to Brian. a letter had been sent to the LA tower notifying him that Bill demanded compensation for back pay unused vacation time severance unlawfully selling his truck home possessions an the such

Sophia had hugged Bill at the airport as they were loading to leave she was uncertain an Bill opened to her immediately

'be patient Sophia, give yourself the opportunity to be happy I know you’ve never allowed yourself the chance to enjoy what you are now the emotions, physical responses the hormones alone can be so powerful..'

she blinked emotionally embarrassed loudly in his head

'easy lovely lady he's out there you know he is'

'you..'

'it was in my head wasn’t it' grinning at her 'dead asleep I still remember them.. don’t get embarrassed just be willing to enjoy when its time'

'who um who is he? Do you know?'

'I know he's out there, an you will like him, that’s all I really need to know'

her thoughts heated an she shivered a bit at the feelings 'like.. yes that works' both silently amused

they both looked over as Derrick was snuggling Justin chuckling an setting him into the airplane before getting in himself

'I wouldn’t have thought'

'becoming HBED doesn’t change as much as people seem to think. an yes I know I was a wall flower an still am somewhat if I don’t have anything to say I just fade back so Derrick who young never embraced what he really was trying to fit in with others I'm very happy for them they can be happy'

she wagged her ear touched his nose with hers an then leaned her head against his

'I wont say be careful, but I will say kick some ass for me'

'have to remember to get the kitchen apron made for ya..' she'd thumped him hard for that thought an then whickered loudly laughing

he looked at Garret who was waking up from his nap Derrick an Justin talking softly Brandi the AC yawning Bill had to admit to himself he wanted a bit of a nest egg if he survived an using Takashima's money was the best way he could think it could get used

just had to make sure the casino he'd picked an gotten info on would work with them having an impending federal investigation as an ace up his armors sleeve should help

Joe was at the air port with five hundred FFH effectives an support

Bill came out last an everyone cheered he walked over to Joe an hugged him firmly "its good to see ya again Joe any news?"

"bastard tried twice to get her out of the tower we have a cordon around the place at about 4 blocks so he tried choppers the moment they landed the engines an rotors suffered.. issues.. shame huh"

"oh absolutely" grinning an patting Joe on the shoulder firmly

Garret walked up "I have HBED's coming from all over Bill our scouting shows he's done exactly what we'd hoped he's pulled a lot of the triples an hunters from LA the kids an the tunnel to here right now were seriously out numbered"

"then were right on schedule Joe lets go visit the Diamond Horseshoe"

"YES sir!"

they marched with police an federal escort right down the strip people came from the casinos an their hotels to look many cheering

they made a turn an just off the strip was the casino they wanted. it was old an needed renovation it had the attached hotel but nothing like the other far grander places with their themed entertainment

Bill had taken that idea an had gotten Garret on the ball getting certain HBED's here fast as possible a quick note to Brian had confirmed his permission to negotiate with the owner of the casino

They walked up to the main entrance an the parking valet's were quite shocked FFH support trucks an trailers all pulling up across the street waiting to pull in

Bill walked up to the doors, an as people watched walked in Garret an Joe with him security an several others came hurrying up

"hello, could one of you nice people please ask the owner id like a few minutes of his time thank you very much" Bill smiled politely

Garret held up his ID badge to them

The managers an pit bosses nodding one calling on a in house security radio

A few minutes later a man came hurrying up as Bill was signing autographs people happy to meet him. the man reeked of cheap cologne but it couldn’t hide his intense smell of fear

"hello! An wow I never thought id ever get the chance to meet the William 221"

"well here I am, I was hoping I could have some of your time it includes some private business an how HBED's can help you"

he broke a forced smile "Help me um" voice going a bit higher

"yes sir trust me we should talk in private, oh could the FFH trucks an support vehicles pull in? their sitting out in the street I wont give the word they can deploy yet till you've had a chance to hear the business we need to talk about" smiling at him an standing tall over everyone else

"sure," turning to a manager "have them"

"park in the west end lot.. its so were between your casino an the tower.. please" Bill again smiled an bowed his head a bit

Joe an Garret both smiled as well. Garret had slipped his badge into his belt

The owner looked at that an then the manager "yeah the west side have the valets put up parking barricades keep the area reserved. Well right this way we can use the conference rooms"

Bill fingered to Joe 'bring in the help' an ear wiggle an Joe turned on the tip of his hoof an walked out to the door he bobbed his head once an FFH units took up guarding positions at the driveway an began flowing into the casino

The manager hurried up past Bill an Garret as they followed the manager to let him know about the FFH flowing in he slowed to listen to them

"I am a very important target for Takashima industries sir I'm simply making sure of the safety of your guests an myself if at the conclusion of our business we haven't come to an agreement my FFH troops an I will leave without a second thought" again smiling the man's fears had gone orbital an he was sweating profusely as a result

he put on a polite smile "well yes of course I should have realized" he led them down a hallway an its rich but worn décor an into a large room its wide table quite dated the very old LCD screens showing hotel information

Bill walked along the carpet had seen better days the short pile in places gone a bit fuzzy feeling the wall waiting for the owner to close the door as he told managers an security to back off

"well I have to say you are a lot bigger than the news let on" closing the door looking at Garret as he set down his case an brought out his tablet "what um kind of business are you wanting to talk about?"

Bill grinned an gently pulled the curtain closed on the windows "well Larry you don’t mind first names do you?"

"um no"

"have a seat an ill fill you in on what were here to do what we'd like to help you with an" sighing as the wall paper was peeling a bit near the other side of the window feeling it in his fingers "clearly you do need a bit of help don’t you Larry"

"you know this is starting to feel like something the mob would do"

"have a seat Larry I'm not the mob" moving the chair an crouching down to gesture to the seat across from him "I want to help you Larry an in the process you help us a business arrangement pure an simple"

he sat down with a blink unbuttoning his jacket "alright lets hear it then"

"alright short an to the point then, your little money workings the feds know, an are about a week from walking in an taking the shoe from you. I think only the maids cooks an a few of the porters are the only ones not on the arrest lists." Looking right past him he knew he'd been caught an was about to panic

"but now pay close attention Larry the FFH need you.. thus with permission I have been given full ability to make the issues go away or partly or not at all well I guess it is kinda like the mob but were here to help you go straight an actually make a profit too"

he coughed an shifted a bit "well um alright say there is a.. problem with the money"

Garret pulled several files out of his case still typing on his tablet sliding them over to Larry

"all the evidence the FBI an DEA has on the.. money Larry" Bill smiled "copies of course the originals are safe"

he opened the top pages an got pale an then whiter still closing it gently looking quite sick "okay.. so um"

"Bill please or Bully if you like. The FFH would like to help you in many ways Larry. you see Takashima doesn’t care who he takes an converts. I noticed that he'd taken your only entertainment a second rate magic act an dancer team right out of your own parking area" tisking softly

"he did? God I thought they up an quit" sighing

"no, she's in the local tower he got moved to phoenix they both are now HBED but we've saved only him so far it'll be several months before they are able to walk so I took the liberty of having FFH who prior to being converted were exotic dancers to ballet stage hands entertainers singers all professionals brought here to help you. first thing a resort needs is a show that no one else has yes?"

Larry blinked the ideas an potential profits all started flying through his head a grin began on his face

"an for the time being they will entertain for free.. nice huh? Thought that might get a smile out of you. Now second thing an this will require an investment of capitol.

I propose a pay per view televising of my upcoming fight with Kenneth Takashima's triple A an overall security commander now before that fight happens in LA we plan on taking the tower here this will allow people to see just how tough of a fight it will be seeing um Garret?"

"current numbers in the local tower is over forty triple A maybe more an hundreds of AA hunters all armored all ready to kill"

"it would be just me versus him in LA but the video advertising the pay per view fight at the same time the blood the gore FFH an hunters dieing we don’t make the offer to televise people dieing lightly Larry it will grip people around the world it will get their attention an world leaders are watching as well

we want you to handle the video of my fight I want a percentage to go to all HBED's but the rest to go to rebuilding this casino into a resort that will cater to them to the HBED's an their children

you'll be the first an HBED's have a long memory of who helped them Larry just think HBED's their families coming here to relax to spend money not any of the other casinos friends of HBED's an their families the purely exotic flavor of having HBED's to entertain an work here which you would have to pay them then of course"

"of course, okay why my place why not one of the others who have a lot more money"

Bill grinned "because Larry I can see I look at you an see the future. you walking out on stage to open the new diamond horseshoe resort lady HBED's on each arm you've lost thirty pounds health much improved the fact one of those ladies might be a wife I'm not sure she certainly likes you a lot. the resort is huge more elaborate an opulent than anything seen in Vegas tells me you invest wisely an bet wisely as well…

that being another thing would be betting on the winner of the fight, I have a large chunk of money I want to bet that being something you also know how to handle quite well"

Bill smiled that very betting is what had gotten Larry into trouble various drug cartels had been laundering cash through via bets losing a bit here an there to pay Larry but then Larry got greedy an started rigging the system to take more the Feds had captured the drug cartels bosses who were getting ready to kill Larry an they fingered him to help themselves

Bill took the water pitcher an poured Larry a glass "you'd have to take the bets honestly of course Larry. a lot of people would be tossing their cash at this Takashima I'm sure will as well just to answer my taunts of his cowardice to bet on his champion hunter"

"wow" taking the glass he took a big drink "it’s a lot just the demolition costs alone"

"you would get a great deal of federal assistance as well Mr. Kristi" Garret added from the side "FCC permits are already done allowances for various adult issues the permits to advertise gambling across all state lines an internationally all done. phone lines are already being set up

television equipment an crews all being brought into this we have several arranged events such as specialists in unlimited fighting champs willing to talk an discuss the fight you have the skills an facilities due to the shoe being a bit on the empty side to host such a media blitz"

Larry was clearly thinking

"An HBED's work very hard Larry we like to, it makes our bodies feel good the HBED's would be right here helping to clear the area dig lift pound desert heat just means you'd have to have a hose for them to soak down an get a drink they do eat more but the fed's will provide HBED chow at a discount there will be a lot of help Larry the only stipulation is

you go straight, no lies no cheating. HBED's can smell a liar like a dead animal in the sun be honest with us an HBED's will come they once this war is over Larry they will want a place to come to be entertained to forget the pain to embrace their new lives an enjoy being free. fun for the kids an the adults.

you'd have the chance to have fashion shows for the ladies an males the opportunities are an open world not for the slaves accessories I once helped with but real good things for people to enjoy an want"

Larry nodded a bit

Bill wiggled an ear at Garret he'd seen Larry make the decision to do it the knock at the door came a moment after

"I also had our ranks checked for architects an designers an we had some really great ones to chose from they're here too offering their services for free for the HBED people and you Larry"

The HBED's that came in were just people not armored fighters, wearing kilts an jeans nicely made shirts an tops several of the males had ties carrying cases of drawings an plans also carrying holographic display bases

Larry looked at Bill stood up an smiled holding his hand out "welcome to the diamond horseshoe soon to be the diamond shoe casino an resort where we cater to all HBED's an humans"

Everyone applauded Larry smiling as he shook Bills hand photographers were popping pictures an were shifted out after a moment so the owner could take a moment to see what the designers had ideas for an to get his input an opinions

All night FFH came in via trucks an the airport marching into the casino red skulls came in an began clearing the streets of Takashima's hunters saving people all over the city from becoming the newest HBED's

parking captured hunters along the fence to be loaded up into trucks an hauled off to prison Takashima's trucks were piled up for scrap

Bill who had gotten some sleep in a room went up to the roof Joe beside him holding onto a folded flag this would be the spit in Takashima's eye the clear challenge as Bill hooked the clips onto the flag he started pulling it up the pole watching as it caught an early breeze an its huge size billowed out

The FFH skulls on the blue background below them 'never give up, never surrender we will have freedom'

"damn that looks excellent Bully" smiling his ear wagging as a resounding cheer an foot stomp rang out from FFH below them then again

"sure does an it can be seen for half the city the media missed us arriving they know now"

"you really ready for this Bill? I mean.. you know what he's likely going to do"

Bill looked at the tower about a mile away hands on the railing "you an a blind man both know what I have already Joe" sighing softly

"I knew the moment I found out he had her, but… well what can I say.. I'm an old fashioned romantic, too many movies an books, the hero the lover he has to try don’t he? No matter the risks an odds against him. otherwise where do we get hope for the future?"

Joe walked over an put his hand on Bill's shoulder an squeezed firmly

Bill was eating with a group of FFH as Larry an his manager came in to the restaurant dozens of other HBED's were as well

"William there you are can I get a moment please?" clearly nervous an upset

"sure Larry pull up a chair I have a good idea of what your wanting to talk about an have a solution already"

he blinked an sighed getting a chair an sliding it over "that is really disconcerting you realize that I hope"

"you get used to it" an AE reindeer said taking a drink his white an blonde fur spotless his rack gleaming

Bill smiled as they were all sharing talking inside as he looked through Larry then his manager who Bill caught was old school mob as expected an had been leaning on Larry to stop the FFH

everyone at the table an around them including several red skulls all turned slowly to watch him the man was so clueless he just stood there hands at his belt Larry looked at him an he nodded to him to go on

"Larry" Bill took a breath pulling the mans attention from the other "the world is changing an HBED's are the result, men wanted change but instead of doing it the right way it was done the old way… I have to ask you Larry you’re a good sort I've seen that. do you believe that HBED's will just walk away now? we pledged to help you Do you honestly want us to go?"

"well the huge numbers of room service calls alone! The cooks are in an uproar"

"yes well many have traveled all night to get here they're hungry thirsty your cooks should have found our support staff eager to help them.. I know a huge truck load of fresh HBED chow arrived this morning thus I'm eating a very delicious HBED chow omelet made with some remarkably sweet tomatoes" smiling at him

"here Larry relax a moment alright" pouring him a glass of juice an putting it in his hand looking at the manager "could you give us a few thanks" watching as one of the AA escorted the man away nicely

"Larry that man he's trying to ruin you, you do realize that don’t you?"

"no he's been keeping the place afloat"

"actually Larry" the reindeer AE smiled bringing around his tablet "he's been keeping you near bankruptcy just to get you into the money laundering thing, worked too. after looking at his books an the true numbers he's been paying off people too I mean please, how obvious can it be, five hundred an fifty dollars for a mop bucket?"

he put several sheets together an handed them down to Larry via the others at the table Larry started looking at them an sighed going a bit limp

"just so you know Larry that’s Henry he once managed several restaurants an five star hotels in New York city he retired an Takashima ripped him out of a retirement community an there are three others who will be helping you together they will fix this massive cluster fuck that guy caused an you should within what ladies gents a month?"

they wagged an ear thinking on what they had seen

"a month you'll start seeing profits again. You see Larry we want to help you, he doesn’t remember we don’t lie smells bad we just don’t do it if we do other HBED will know trust us okay" smiling at him "drink, you don’t need the booze anymore HBED's will help take the load remember we like work alright"

after breakfast Garret came up to Bill as they looked into the restaurant at the group of HBED managers as they talked to Larry pointing out things for him enjoying a meal with him as beginning friends

"is he really worth all of this Bill?"

"was I? Were any of us?.. He does make this place with guidance into a place HBED's come to, to share an enjoy his efforts because of us now.

He even brings in funds part of the resorts profits for the monument dedicated to those lost to the machine satisfying our promise that they will never be forgotten he rebuilds the southwest facility in exact detail an builds the monument over the shaft there"

"there? The whole place? Why for gods sake"

"its where this fight started Garret, an he will eventually also propose an I agree that everyone who is given conversion should have to live through a week of what we had to the pits the hiding to be put with a trainer who would be actually a therapist to help them walk an move relearn writing an all what we had to"

"but why there's better ways"

"so they learn James.. not to abuse the power of becoming HBED but respect it an use it wisely…" looking at his huge hands "we learned, because our choice was taken away.. look at those who eagerly took the power what have they done with it?" turning a bit to look at Garret

"it wont be easy but if HBED's run it they"

"guide it as we have to.. or do we have to suffer more of Takashima's hunters abuses in the future?"

Garret had to nod in understanding why the huge investment in a man who wasn’t much more than a criminal an a bad one at that but even he could apparently make something good happen an to the training of future HBED's they didn’t need more of the hunters ilk

Bill went out to the covered pool sundeck area various guests of the hotel smiled. kids followed him as he headed for the FFH weight machines set up where he could have an audience the media were yelling questions an being held back By various FFH guards

Larry finally came out an gave them all media kits on what was going on clearly getting into the fight promoter mogul suit

he walked over an put his hand on Larry's shoulder "I hope we can expect all of you to be there tonight bring an appetite please" smiling at them all pictures flashing

"William 221 is of course a guest of the diamond horseshoe an will be here to train an prepare for this centuries most epic battle a one on one fight no holds barred combat match between himself an Takashima industries champion triple A an head of their security forces Kenneth Robinson"

Bill smiled "I'm sure its not Ken so much as Takashima who will be afraid of the big bad FFH he wouldn’t risk letting his favorite triple out of his sight.. or since he doesn't trust Ken maybe he would.. just to be rid of him it honestly doesn't matter to me

the fight is personal. I want Ken, he was the one who took my Sara he broke her arms he made sure I got a steel door to the face an got converted He hasn’t the courage to face me in a fair fight an he knew it when we were human an he knows it now

a great big werewolf coward hiding behind the flashy teeth an claws he hasn’t half the guts most of the AA have. hell they face me in battle Ken kidnaps an hurts little human women to show how big an strong he is… what a big bad wolf alright" snorting at the cameras FFH all around laughed

Bill waved an let Larry do his thing walking back over he gently set the kids to one side as Joe an a couple of other big FFH males loaded up the custom made weights for him an to act as spotters

"okay kids you stay right there an keep count alright? Can you do that for me? I'm going to be lifting a lot an exercising getting ready to take on the bad guys commander"

they all agreed happily encouraging him he could do it the HBED's smiling at that as he started working out

Joe smiled "Garret an the HBED counsel have decided to help you for the best fight training you need to have Bonnie here with you Bully were not taking no so don’t even try an argue"

"nice wait till I'm under a ton an more an tell me that! I'm so telling Stacey" grunting as he lifted it up they made him keep it an ease it back down he gave them all a dirty look the kids cheered an gave the 1A hero's chant don’t give up

"you can try Bully but in this case the ladies decided it was the best way to help get you ready apparently you have to make sure those big AB hormones get used up before going to bed"

the others an then Joe chuckled at his face

"yeeeahh sure Joe I'm sure Bonnie pulled some serious favors for this one" sighing but smiling starting his workout in earnest

that night on the roof he watched via his helmet as Takashima began fortifying his property Joe beside him several others with long range low light cameras for the others feds were also taking notes

one triple walked from the work to the gate an stood there for a moment making the come here gesture to them then making a lewd gesture to his groin laughing as three other triples walked along with him

"file says that’s Tinker Bill last of Kens escorts" Garret was typing again

"the silver murderer crushed a nurses skull like a grape ripped the throat from an AB yeah I recognize him Garret" Bill used the low light to see what was going on over at the cargo docks "Joe I think he's gona do it this time"

"use chipped HBED's boss?"

"yeah… the AA's are ripping out the raceways not just for beefing up the fencing I just spotted a group of AB young but" letting that hang

"Garret this is gona be massively bad" looking at him as the HUD changed

"any ideas Bully?"

"I don’t know that sticky glue? They wont like us much but bomb the parking lot an cargo docks with it they wont be able to move. cargo nets more pepper powder"

"okay I'm getting that"

"Bill much as I hate to say it" Joe spoke up "stun grenades tranquilizers I so don’t want to have to kill innocent HBED's"

"you an me both Joe but god damn it Takashima is finally reached it an has a hell of a lot of triples an hunters backing them up were not going to take this one easy"

"do we have to at all boss?" one of Joe's commanders asked "why not just blockade them all in"

"no way to guarantee that we could hold them" Joe answered "that silver ass triple A Tinker especially"

"an I don’t want any of these frontline AA or triples making it back to LA where Ken might have them guarding Takashima when I go to fight him that would just put the boys in a major bind"

Garret coughed clearly warning about operational security in the open

"anyhow.. these hunters cant be allowed to escape they have to be taken out of the game…much to our pain an hurts to come all we can do is make the opening assaults force the clone an Tinker to commit them all sending the chipped HBED's in mass so we can take them out of the fight early on.. the more lives saved as the result"

they all wagged ears again watching the hunters an Chipped HBED's now helping to fortify an make barriers blocking approaches to the tower K rails being unloaded from trucks by hand

Bill looked at camera views from all around the tower being provided by red skulls out scouting

A group called in alert they were trying to stop a Takashima semi truck racing in they took out the driver an the trailer doors burst open with more triples an hunters flooding out an agent told them to pull back they were out numbered

"Garret your gona have to get us a lot more medics stockpile the HBED blood too crap they got even more reinforcements"

"already on it Bill I'm pulling all the FFH I can in"

"we don’t have a lot of time, Takashima is going to keep bringing in more an more the longer we wait" Joe snorted

"Joe.. no mercy any Takashima trucks get stopped anyway they can be" Bill touched the controls on his helmet for a moment

"I hear ya Boss Bull they get stopped no matter what"

Paul the Red skulls Alpha AA Wagged an ear as well "gotcha boss consider them all done for"

"then we can only get ready for the worst fight we've ever seen. Time to put Tinker on notice Joe Paul an four escort"

"Bill are you insane?" Garret held his arm

"no I'm mad.. I just want to make sure Tinker understands the depth of the grave he's digging himself since he's using the chipped HBED's" turning an walking for the elevator

they all walked right for the fence line of the tower Triples an hunters called out alerting others to their approach

Joe chuckled softly "now this! feels like were the lawmen heading for the OK corral"

"crap I hope not Joe, the law didn’t fair any better than the Clanton's did" Paul said softly his Arkansas accent coming through

"thankfully most of that was fictional story dramatized in film. a damn poor fight over all thirty shots fired off in as many seconds three died three wounded two ran away one Wyatt Earp walked away unharmed" Bill said looking an studying the fencing an its shoddy additional work

the others chuckled Joe saying something under his breath about Bully an TV documentaries with a chuckle

parking lot lights their poles bent to aim out past the fence came on flooding the street where they stood with light

Bill stopped a foot from the fence still on a public sidewalk taking his helmet off looking at the razor wire along the top. raceway stainless fence jammed on top as a core for that the others in the street at the curb behind him

"so where the hell is this Triple called Tinker?" Bill shouted through the fence "who the hell gave him that name? Please tell me it’s a Damn nickname"

a howl from four triples an several escort AA came as they ran from the others headed right for Bill at the fence

Standing still as they rushed up fast an halted snarling Tinker walked a bit closer

"Jeez H one of ya'll needs a breath mint.. Derrick? You got any of them white house pillow mints left? Those aught to kill the rancid road kill breath from one of those triples"

"id have to look Bully I might have one, awful shame they're quite tasty" Smiling inside his helmet

"don’t bother AE ill just pluck it from your corpse later" Tinker grinned an leaned on the fence uprights his grin wide teeth fully exposed tongue flicking a bit "sooo your Billy Bully 221 huh I'm not hugely impressed not disappointed either mind you"

"Your stench proceeds you Tinker… let my friend give you the mint your dentist needs to be converted then killed"

Tinker chuckled "an the AB1A does have a sense of humor! Ken said so, I just didn’t think it survived the conversion… apparently Takashima can screw up more than once… he left you alive" his eyes narrowing a tiny evil grin as he slowly licked the fence bar watching Bill

"yep an he screws up a lot he gave a sadist like you power"

"ohhh now, now complements.. I might start to think you want something more private from me" the other triples chuckled "maybe some hot wolf meat?"

"only your life Tinker only your waste of air an resources you call a life but I'm sure your mother was mentally handicapped otherwise she'd taken care of it at birth"

Tinker snarled an spit froth at him "don’t you fucking talk about her! You son of a bitch!"

"is it that embarrassing Tinker? Well I'm sorry clearly your mom's visits to your room were for other things than just to tuck you in" leaning a bit closer

Tinker roared at him incoherently slashing his claws just a breath away from Bill's nose spit an froth splattering on him

"what Tinker? you admitting to being a rabid mentally challenged inbred mother fucker? you want a piece of me you reject triple A? Your gona have to try a hell of a lot harder! I pounded the life out of your man-eating boyfriend since Ken! Sent him to his death in Frisco! Now I'm here for you!"

Bill grabbed Tinkers nose an held it as he snarled an frothed he didn’t even try to grab at Bill's hand the other triples went to move "stand down.. this is tween me an this piece of triple A shit, TINKER! Pay attention!"

banging his head on the bars of the fence the triple went dead silent eyes deadly backing away from the bars air huffing

"you have two choices it decides how the fight is going to go for you Tinker"

"fuck you an your bargaining" spitting at bill

"I'm not here to bargain with you retard I'm telling you. Use chipped innocent HBED's an all of you are going to answer for it, you Tinker can chose the easy death or the fucking long painful one your choice. that’s all ass holes enjoy your fencing work"

"screw you! You god damn slave Bovine human fucker! were going to eat you all alive!"

"heard it before from better killers an they died too. oh an your not my type Tinker I prefer girls over mother fuckers any day you want sex go home to mom an daddy!" flicking his tail at them as he turned

they all heard Tinker ranting an snarling a chunk of a parking curb smashed to the street just next to Bill

they got back an calls of attacking hunters came from all around the area FFH heading for the fights Paul ran off with red skulls Bill only grinned knowingly at Joe as Derrick went to help as well

"you sly bastard! they get reinforcements an you goad Tinker into tossing them away"

"had to do something, Takashima will beat him around the ears for it an it wont work twice so lets wipe the streets with the ones he tossed out"

"you got it Boss" snorting eagerly calling on his com the attackers were to be wiped out he clopped out the entrance with others

Bill went back up to the roof Where Garret was an they had set up a command area Bonnie came hurrying over an wrapped herself around him kissing him he smiled an returned it patting her on the rump walking over to the rail her in his arm

"how many Garret?"

"a lot you pissed him off but good, just wish you'd tell me what you were planning"

"didn’t think it'd work but hit a raw nerve with Tinkers mom I hate to get you worked up Garret but if it didn’t work"

"temper, temper" Bonnie giggled

"Still going to be an ugly fight"

"least this looks to take down some of them" Garret added "no prisoners bully?"

"not this bunch Garret they're here to fight tooth an nail to the death" watching the fighting again studying the fencing "Garret"

"yeah Bill?"

"how hard would it be to get a train engine an string of cars loaded with scrap an rock?"

Garret an Bonnie both looked at Bill confused

"mass… rolling mass.. we need to rip an crush all that fencing away trash their carefully planned approaches an such. that much has to be done in one swoop get a long thick cable couple really fast FFH to run it around the tower make it into a lasso an pull it tight maybe even kill some hunters too" leaning on the rail clearly thinking out loud

"why the train Bill?" Garret asked

"huh? Oh hell Garret have you ever seen a train wreck? They keep going for miles just too much rolling mass have the train get up to speed an then hit the cable yanking it tight the destruction would be remarkable then have some chains with hooks launch them over the resulting pile of fencing an a couple of big semi tow trucks to haul it off fast strip the entire parking lot clean then we can control the attack far better

I want you to note the approaches they made Garret" pulling him over to point them out "both of them are directly inline with offices on the tower he's brought in guns an has them hidden id say start using your snipers as well"

Garret picked up his binoculars an was looking "I cant see anything past the glass Bill but you haven't been wrong yet an at this point id not be surprised. Get the snipers to take out the second an third floor windows along those approaches lets see what he's got!"

Bill watched as the windows exploded into fragments an in one case an AA fell out the window the curtains opened enough to see cannon an multiple machineguns four rockets shot into the windows from different buildings an explosions detonated making windows shatter for blocks around

Bill got the Déjà vu tingle an grabbed Garret yanking him to the side as concrete exploded right where he'd been standing "SNIPERS!" pushing Bonnie to her rear he ducked covering Garret an agent collapsed as the back of his head burst open

The com channels went nuts as people called out targets an wounded Bill hit his com as Bonnie crawled over closer to him "all FFH keep your heads down snipers in the tower stay under cover take your targets as you get them" several bullets whizzed by

Garret looked at Bill clearly realizing his luck

"you have a long future with Liz James an your kids need you" Bill smiled "I would be a poor friend indeed if I let you get hurt"

"thank you Bill" taking a deep breath "shit.." tapping his com "all snipers I want that tower suppressed! NOW if they come up to take a shot I want them dead!"

"someone make sure the hotel guests are away from the west side of the building all west side windows need to be covered an we need to get some bullet proof screens on them" Bill said into his com

another rocket launched an took out a pair of the dishes on the star a man fell screaming Bill an Bonnie both crawled back to the nearest roof access an got the surviving agents off the roof the agents hurried off Garret right behind them

they stood there on the landing just below the roof access door

Bonnie sighed an looked at Bill, smiled an leaped into him kissing him passionately pulling him down as she fell back giggling "come here you big bully bull your so mine right now!"

"Bonnie!"

"oh shut up an kiss me some more"

later he showed her his room already bulletproof panels were up inside the windows the curtains pulled shut she put her bags down seeing that now two HBED beds were there his tablet on the coffee table with several old papers an his spare armor parts in a pile couple empty bowls from food

"certainly looks like a guys room" laughing at the face he made

"hey you got yourself moved into a war zone don’t knock the accommodations" heading for the shower

"oh I'm not" picking up the bowls she put them outside with the old newspapers an a full trash can "you just need a lady around to help out"

"oh so did you decide that or did the ladies HBED council?" yelling from the shower feet clomping in the metal tub

"I did with a unanimous agreement from the HBED ladies" picking up his much abused pants tisking an sitting down with them she got her sewing kit from her things

he came out after a shake, drying his ears an horns "you realize id much rather had you safe than here right?" rubbing the towel along his tail

she smiled "Bill I need you, I don’t want to be safe anymore I want to be with you" biting off a length of thread an quickly threading it

"damn it Bonnie I! needed you safe" snorting "not that I don’t.. want you here. But this is going to be the worst fight we've had. you saw already how this is going to go. what happens if Takashima over whelms us, the hotel will be his next target"

"then I with the other support FFH will do all we can to evacuate the hotel an pull back" her needle flicking through a ripped open seam

he sighed "you hungry?" picking up the phone

"yes I could do with a nice big salad an some juice dear" still sewing

he picked up the HBED menu "room service please… William 221" waiting a moment "yes id like a large number 3 an a number 2 meals apple juice an send up a extra bowl of fruit an HBED chow.. mineral tablets yes thanks" putting the phone down

"extra snacks huh Bully" grinning as she bit off the thread an went after another seam

"with you around an what went on in the stairwell id best" laying out on a bed "god I'm so tired I just want this to be over"

"nearly there aren't we?" tugging on a seam an it opened she started adding stitches

"yes this is a majority of Takashima's best fighters an anyone Ken might call on to help defend the tower in LA once these are done its just Ken an Takashima though we expected a fight at Phoenix but he gave that one to us when we attacked his hunters were out playing with themselves" sighing deeply

"just wish my gift talent or whatever it is would help me out here"

"it did you saved Garret.. I'm quite sure Liz will deeply appreciate it"

"yeah an it let the other agent die was he involved with a HBED? What about his family an friends? No is not being very helpful just flaky an it annoys me"

"it will tell you what you need when you need it love. Don’t worry I know at first many were he said what? An then you got proven right so many times now people just accept it an don’t bat an eye"

she looked over at him an he snored softly "an he falls asleep on me, well I did pounce on him after a long day" smirking as she sewed

she woke him only to eat an then snuggled up to him lights off she felt his chin rub gently on her head between her two small spike horns

"you know Bonnie we all have these gifts most of us never use them its like trusting an instinct instead of our logic. were always told to look before you leap but it blocks the gift so relax" gently offering to share she opened up to him without pause

he gently pushed a bit of concentration at the spot where it had hurt him being overwhelmed an she inhaled stiffening up he could see what she was

her showing holograms of clothes designs fabric choices smiling as the people clapped things were silent but the HBED models she showed the people the clothes were beautiful and fit the HBED's spectacularly the people were nodding clearly happy with her designs it faded after a moment

she rolled over an looked at him "that "

"that was you Bonnie I just nudged ya where you need to relax an let the door open"

"was that.. the future? Am I, will I be a clothes designer?"

"you are already lovely lady that is telling you, you need to pursue your dream"

"but, I want… " pushing her nose up under his chin

"what you want is to pursue your dream, make something of your new life. don’t worry about me just think about it, what is it you’ve always wanted to do?"

"make clothes to see my designs in magazines" hugging him closer

"then you need to do that, I'm doing my part to make sure you get that chance, an damn it I want you to. Not be Suzie home maker where you'd always lament on what could have been"

"but I love you"

"I love you an I do enough that I want you to grab a hold on to your dream an live it! Not sit around doing things you don’t want, but do because its something you think id expect. well I'm telling you Bonnie" replaying her vision for her "be happy, be successful, be you not because of me but because you are, you can do it"

he sighed as she nuzzled his chest an cried softly

the next day Garret came up Bill was working the weights with a passion body steaming in the cooler air Bill snorted as he lifted weights with arms an legs guards an helpers were clearly a bit uncomfortable with the huge amounts

"hey Bully damn that’s some serious tonnage"

setting the weights down with a clang "yeah trying to make sure when I go in after Tinker when I hit him he feels it"

"your commander Bill you don’t… official orders from on high"

"HBED crap what are you talking about" looking at Garret while wiping sweat from his eyes

"president has done it due in part to the issues Takashima started by exporting HBED's then the open attack on the country. The president sent around the notice this morning. The FFH are officially a military force of the United States to be known as the United States HBED unified Special Forces"

"I KNEW! He was up to something DAMN! Him" getting up he walked over to the pool an stepped off into the deep end with a huge splash

Garret went to walk over but one of the helpers held him back as the big bull surged out with a wave of water shaking hard steaming stomping past

"no couldn’t be honest with me had to do it on the sly, damn him. James I want to speak to that man right now! I don’t care if he's taking a crap or in bed or about to set off the nearest nuke"

"okay can do bully"

Bill was with Joe an all the HBED leaders on a conference call as Brian finally came on he held up a hand to stop them all

"you can yell at me all you want Bill you get this one time, after that I will have you locked up for gross insubordination so hear me out before you go ballistic.

World leaders agreed to stand back an not interfere in what clearly is a world wide terrorist issue as you an the FFH have been handling it an keeping Takashima in check. clearly taking out his greater plans an preventing the use of nuclear devices saving millions of lives but the one thing they would not allow was you an the others to be unofficial lose cannons your far too powerful.

I was looking at world wide sanctions against the USA if you FFH were not openly unified as a fighting force of the country so that you would be held accountable for your actions yes even to the extent of war crimes if god forbid that were to happen.

This also makes it possible for you to officially go into other countries under United Nations request an recover an deactivate chipped HBED's being used elsewhere as weapons of war which is already nearly passed in private talks with all members.

Now this also opens up other much needed help, Takashima supporters now are on notice he is a terrorist an there is the great likelihood that any country that harbors him will find the HBED's coming in with United States backup and world support as the man clearly is a threat to the entire world.

They would find themselves on the long walk off a short plank right into serious embargos trade blockages an perhaps UN control of their country which usually leads to their current government falling an things they wouldn’t like such as open war

Even China agreed to the conditions though North Korea abstained China is leaning on them they really do not want the entire world on their toes a few others are sitting on the fence but they always do.

Now I'm sorry but you will all be receiving your official draft notices to make it all nice an legal. you Bill are as before the commander you'll be getting technical advisers from the other branches of the military to help an set things up proper ranks command structure an the such. Garret an the other FBI who have been involved from the beginning are being reassigned to your forces Bill."

He sighed looking at them "I really am sorry but it has to be this way an as a result of this you all are recognized as citizens of the United States, with all your rights privileges an responsibilities as such the senate an house both voting very late last night with the world ultimatum ringing in their ears.

Congratulations William 221 you an your HBED warriors support staff an others your officially people, nothing public yet don’t want to slap it into his face"

"an the HBED technology?" Bill asked as the others were all happy talking some clapping

"its been agreed to your conditions that HBED's retain control of it an monitor who becomes HBED for medical reasons it is up to a review board of HBED's. you proved to them that your gifts an the enhanced senses of HBED's are the best to keep it from being abused in the future an if a HBED does go bad you’re the most capable to handle it"

he sighed relived ear wagging

"so still going to yell at me Bully?" looking a bit sad

"wait till you need to be converted Mr. President you'll get an ear full about trust an honesty, you could have told us" sighing

he nodded "I did the best I could Bill, as it is if Takashima does anything else like the open attack. I'm going to have to put the country under martial law an set a curfew to put the peoples fears at ease"

"an our current plans?"

"well as commander you wont be going in toe to toe there in Vegas I'm sorry Bill, but" holding his finger up "I know your plans need you to take on Kenneth so that’s allowed hell I've already got the pay per view set up an money riding on you, you kick his ass inside out"

"planned on it… alright Brian but same thing applies as before we've been screwed over once never again"

he nodded "I know an so noted, ill give you credit for a later time yelling at me, got to go" his image disappeared

Bill sighed

"alright then now its time ticking on how long till he does something stupid an causes Brian to issue the lockdown we wouldn’t be able to wait anymore at that point the country could collapse from the serious issues that kind of lockdown would cause"

Garret nodded "total freeze of trade, shipping, the stock market, government services, schools, roads, air travel, banking that would cause major chaos"

"alright people nothings changed lets get back to work, Garret ill leave it up to you to tell Liz she's been drafted" chuckling softly as Garret rolled his eyes

Bill the next day was running laps around the casino loaded with weights, guards along the way to make sure he was left alone the media were in a pair of courtesy carts whirring along in front of him asking questions about himself, Bonnie was holding out water to him as needed

One got a phone call an looked at him "William! Takashima is calling a press conference in an hour at the LA tower what do you think he's going to be talking about?" microphones were pointed at him

"it isn't what he's going to go on about that I'm worried about. I'm hoping the media will politely refuse to attend, its far too dangerous to go into any tower an I'm sure if the media remembers all the other things he's done they will realize that its really not in their best interests to go, just my advice to my friends in the media"

"do you think he would hurt them William?"

"hurt? No, convert yes, once he's done his talking or some reporter asks him something that offends him he will wave off any further politeness an have them converted as a lesson to other humans who he has very little regard for"

"even live on air?"

"he has sent his hunters after the FFH an never cared about people with cameras before why would that change? No folks id advise against it but it is a free country an now becoming a HBED isn't a slavery sentence no matter what Hiro Takashima wants his empire is crumbling an it only a matter of time"

they were all watching the big screens all around the casino gambling had slowed though the place was busier than ever Bill relaxed with Bonnie in his arm drinking a gallon of juice Garret was talking to Liz till the news came up with cameras an reporters in a room clearly in one of the LA towers conference rooms the Takashima logo huge on the wall behind a podium

already in the room was a trio of hunters in very ornate an polished armor standing at attention a couple of Takashima's human workers were quickly putting things in place an right to the second Takashima walked in picture flashes an cameras moving to follow

Ken an five other triples walked in behind him Ken clearly opting for functional command hunter ballistic mesh with security emblazoned over the back an shoulders the others in the all to familiar heavy armor of the triples with the hook hammers

Takashima took a moment to touch the screen in front of him opened the bottle of water pouring some into a glass an finally looking up at the media

"I'm glad to see that some of the media have the good sense not to believe everything that damn HBED bull tells you. It does so make the world a better place for us all. Now then this is to clear up a few things, do hold your questions till the end thank you"

tapping the screen in the podium "now in answering the challenge that William 221 has issued, Kenneth is ready for you an has been since before your little trip to the white house to plot against an confuse the poor sick president. I'm sure the medications he has to take to hold off the pain from the cancer has left him quite addled"

a tiny grin passed quickly over his face as he continued

Bill snorted

"now then of the blockade of my tower in Las Vegas, yes my hunters an security have been ordered to protect the facility at all costs an so they shall to the very last so what shall it be William? no tricks this time, no taunts will draw them out. They are loyal to me an know their place are you ready for a real fight?

This battle to come will cost you dearly William why must you sacrifice the lives of my hunters an your HBED's to continue a war that the out come is already known to us.."

one of the reporters stood up "Mr. Takashima! Are you implying that you know the future? You have someone that has gifts such as William 221?" an sat down slowly as the hunters growled softly

Takashima sighed clearly highly annoyed "I did once, an aide who told me many things pertaining to the future of the HBED program an William who killed her in the first raid of my towers to steal the archives an plans from the vault in Houston while his human wife an co-conspirator made a presentation at the shareholders meeting there to distract me."

Pausing for a moment to think "So much has gone against what my aide told me, I began to doubt the truths she gave me but no.. for it was her powers that told me how to gain your loyalty William an I had it for years didn’t I William, Faithful an loyal, never questioning, always willing to go above an beyond the call of duty for me, all for the help I gave you when your own family cared less if you lived or not."

Takashima's eyes gleamed with malice

"Your pitiful mother weakened by years of unrelenting hard work, alcohol abuse an smoking, she was dragging you an your path finding gift to the grave with her. I had to do something didn’t I or lose you lose the gift that she told me was priceless, A minor injection.. a bit too much medication while you were busiest at work an that ended the strain on you an sealed your loyalty to me…

All of it, all of this so much un-needed drama, this could have been so much simpler William but you had to fight.. you could not be the William I enjoyed, the loyal one, no you had to be the hero the champion."

He sighed an looked out over the media with hate "now I had asked that you hold all questions till the end! I'm tired an no longer want this interview"

his flash of temper changed the serine face breaking the mask he'd kept up an the greater admission of guilt as well, none of the reporters would believe the façade now that he tried to rebuild quickly an he huffed seeing that it was too late

he snarled an smashed his glass of water to the floor

"William 221 has pursued a path that he believes will avoid the fate she foretold for all of you! I know it will lead to one an only one end William, but you! You have to deny the truth you had to fight me, to try an deny the fact that I, I! Shall win this war

when you are ready William" sneering at the cameras "Kenneth will be here waiting for you an when you have lost the fight he will drag your broken body before me so I can break your spirit! That stubborn refusal to obey me even allowing Sara your wife to suffer in pain so you can continue your willful disobedience! It will end!

an then William" sighing deeply "once you are broken to my will the wholesale elimination of the remaining FFH an conversion of the humans will begin! as it has to be, Kenneth!"

"Sir?"

"take them all an convert them, they have served their purpose, I am no longer in the mood to answer their insipient whining an redundant questions"

"yes sir! You heard Mr. Takashima rack an stack them all"

everyone of the reporters an camera men started trying to fight or run some pleaded begging the hunters for mercy as they were hauled away kicking an screaming more hunters came in. the live feed of the cameras showed it all. Ken walked over to the last camera standing the room empty of humans now an grinned slowly

"time to pray people for what good it will do you.. god wont hear your pleas from a HBED chipped mind as you serve willingly an happily, breeding as told, but do run! we like to hunt those who run.." grinning with all the evil malice he could "please run I could use the pleasure" chuckling then shoving the camera over the signal broke an went to static

the channel went back to the news desk as they started talking about what had just happened the reporters in the casino looked at where William had been an he'd gotten up an was walking with Bonnie beside him

he went outside an leaned his head against a light pole in the parking area

"hon he did that just to get to you, he knows we have him on the ropes!"

"all the effort an chances I gave up I was invited to go bowling movies drinks topless clubs car racing with friends from school an…watched them drift away as I gave him everything an… more… my mom AGH!"

he snorted hard bellowing punching the pole harder than he had anything else an it snapped off the bolts sparks flying metal clanging an screeching as the other lights failed the fixtures shattered on top of one of the trailers

he picked the pole up an wrenched it folding it as he crushed it his temper finally had enough crushing the lights down onto the mass of metal he was huffing steam an it was rising off him like smoke dropping it with a clang

he looked at Garret an the others "we best mobilize people, I'm sure Brian wont take this well"

"he's already calling a press conference Bill" Garret was listening to his head set "likely to initiate martial law"

"I'm on it boss bull!" Joe called out the alert an whickered loudly his metal shoe stomped with a loud ring of metal "you heard the boss bull MOVE IT people! Move it!" yelling orders HBED's hurried for their gear an to get ready

Bill got that uncomfortable feeling as he looked at Joe's back he walked forward an grabbed on to his shoulder "Joe"

"yeah Boss?" his equine ears stood up as he turned to him

"don’t go in, I know were going to lose people but Stacy.. she needs you.. the baby"

Joe blinked "were all in this boss.. I'll try but thanks for the warning" smiling "if I don’t fight for them what am I worth?"

"I know" patting him on the shoulder "someone get my armor alright, Garret! Get them military people in the command trailer"

"already heading that way Bully!" yelling over the hooves clopping HBED's yelling an shouting

several minutes later they were listening to the president proclaim martial law issuing the curfews an authorizing the police an national guard to arrest looters an those who broke the curfew they also had orders to shoot an kill any Takashima hunters seen or report them to the newly created HBED military forces

then he announced that all HBED's had equal rights under the constitution an were to be reconnected with their true lives stolen from them by Takashima which sent the media into a frenzy outside the trailers HBED's an marines holding a guard line away from the gathering troops

Garret was talking to someone an smiled looking up at everyone "the tigers teeth were just pulled! We've taken the tunnel an the last few nukes are being disarmed as I speak I sent the signal to Richard an Veronica to take the buildings an they will be getting major backup in ten minutes but even as they moved in were taking major heat"

"then lets rip into this nightmare an get it done now we have the military able to help us openly what have the professionals got to take this crap out?"

"I've looked over the ideas sir an I think the assault could be best done with a surgical strike to the west side of the tower here furthest from the pits an conversion areas using laser designators for several smart bombs" the marine captain pointing to the side near the third floor on the pictures

"topple the tower over on these empty buildings an those guns the dishes an all his nasty surprises into a heap it will keep the civilian casualties in the pits to a minimum then immediately come in with the tanks an HBED support rip into the front with covering fire"

Bill looked at it an his mind for once was helping a bit "it'll certainly work Captain but lets do this as well, Garret there's three big D9 heavy construction bull dozers down the main drag near the edge of the city.. call it national security seizure at this point then drop some plate steel over the windows send them in from the east along this street to shove the mess of fence an K rails into the fallen tower an out of the way

we want a clear field ladies an gents its going to be a close quarters brawl no matter what we do I want the tanks an APC to act as gun an medic cover. Any guns he might have left in the building they are their responsibility to take out quickly the choppers to keep any escaping hunters from getting to far. Garret the other things at the ready for when he deploys the chipped HBED's?"

"sure are I've got a couple fire bomber choppers ready to be filled with the glue to swamp the loading docks an parking area around it, an helpers with the pepper ball ready to support"

"get some tranquilizer guns ready it wont be enough but any we can put out of the fight quickly is less we have to kill in the fight"

soon enough they were rolling the dozers into place with snipers trying to reach the drivers guarding red skulls protecting them from hunters, tanks an APC from near by military bases got ready lining up ready to roll forward as two air force jets were heading in marine choppers were ready to swoop in already circling at a safe distance till the jets went by

Bill leaped up on top of a striker its turret turned to aim at one of many windows of the lower floors of the tower the gun loader slammed a round in. Bill's headset was getting ready to fire confirmations from various units Joe was crouched down on the back of an Abrams turret looking through binoculars

"I've got major hunter movement towards the dozers" came over the com net from someone else

Bill tapped his "all guns all snipers fire at will hold advance until the jets make their run red skulls watch those dozers keep the hunters off of them!"

Garret's voice came in "ETA 20 seconds laser units paint the tower radar tracking shows Takashima knows their inbound"

Suddenly their com squealed loudly as it was jammed Bill nodded to Joe who sent up a flare all the FFH activated their stealth units which surrounded the tower jamming its systems an the squeal stopped as a result

an AE buck ran up fast behind the striker "Garret says the laser units are still working any second!"

"good pass it along ready to advance"

"yes sir!"

an as he trotted away bugling loudly the jets screamed by less than a breath later the west side of the tower was obliterated nearly to the central core by two massive explosions the lights all going out tanks fired an more explosions racked the tower as tank killer missiles rocketed out from the shattered windows taking a dozer out in a burst of flames an parts an Abrams an a Striker were rocked back as the weapons hit them hard as well

bullets started pinging off the machines the HBED's kept down behind them waiting for them to move up

a loud groan of over loaded metal came from the tower as glass started raining down the west side of it, the structure began to lean tilt an collapse windows shattering with the sickening snaps an screams of bolts in the beams ripping lose the tower whistled as it crashed to the ground with a boom an clouds of dust several hunters falling to their deaths as they tried to leap from it

"Joe! Send up that flare!" it went up an all the stealth units went off. Bill hit his com "all units attack keep the dozers covered"

the remaining pair moved forward at their best speed the teeth on the tracks tearing up chunks of asphalt breaking concrete an rolling over street light poles they slammed into the K-rails an fencing shoving hard the drivers shifted down in the gears to gain torque as the load increased

the striker he was standing on rocked as it fired blowing out a corner office the missile that had left it smashed into the rear ripper teeth of the dozer closest to the building an caused the hydraulics to fail the huge teeth slammed down an bit into the parking lot pulling up great grooves of it slowing it down even further

two tanks fired into the building as a group of choppers came in their chain guns ripping down at something over the far side of the towers remains

"loading docks are opening" came over the com, gun fire was almost constant from the tower the striker rocked back again

"here comes the war machines, Garret ready with those fire bombers" "their coming in now under escort bully"

they came in low an immediately took fire but the flood of brownish goo smashed down on the huge wave of chipped HBED's flowing out of the loading docks it splashed up an into the building swamping HBED's an washing them into the dock walls

one chopper came down clipping a building as it did engine smoking clearly losing its hydraulics from the smell coming over the cordite an gun powder it crashed in a safe area beyond the battle

the escort choppers opened fire into the tower with several missiles an their chain guns raking along the entire floor finally the dozers had shoved the guts out of the planned approaches to the tower an the drivers were grabbed an run to safety by their HBED guards

Bill watched as the chipped HBED's kept flowing out literally running over the others now mired in glue to fall in themselves legs an arms being held fast by the stringy material a howl came from the main building as the triples an hunters surged out of the remaining windows an doors along the first floor

"all FFH advance! Here come the hunters" Bill said over the com feeling his heart go cold knowing so many were going to die

the tanks moved up opening lanes for the charging HBED's an the guns that remained opened up on them to cover the hunters charge they in turn took immediate return fire from the vehicles an choppers

a bullet slammed into his helmet an made his head rock a bit Joe was wide eyed "DAMN! you okay Bill?"

"yeah I'm fine tell the red skulls to find that sniper my com just went out" "gotcha boss!"

he hopped down an pulled his helmet off seeing the bullet had smashed the antenna an went into the circuits "damn" looking around he grabbed an AD female who was about to head in to the fight "stay with me dear my com got damaged alright"

"yes sir Ill let Garret know" "thank you"

he put his helmet back on an climbed back up she stood next to him "Garret says to keep your hard head down"

"yeah, yeah tell him to check on his snipers I think he's lost a building to the north east an they now have it"

"yes sir relaying it now" the Strikers commander came up "sir we've got a break through the hunters are getting past the units to the north I just lost three of them off my command board"

"alright JOE! Send the fast units to the north side we got issues tell them to watch out for the snipers"

"agh crap!" hearing someone fall down inside the Striker

Bill looked down at the commander as blood gushed from a chest wound "medic! Got a man down! Someone target that four story building if the snipers don’t respond blow it away!"

Two of the near by tanks turrets turned an aimed after a moment both fired an the buildings upper floors exploded an the roof fell into the street flames erupting from burst gas lines

Another burst of fire rained down from the choppers on the far side an it was answered by a an explosion of a chopper its flaming wreck falling to the street

He looked at her "tell Garret to shift forces to the north east" she wagged an ear

A tank erupted in flames on the west side of the line closest to the towers remains he watched as HBED's an Hunters both were knocked down by the ammo going off venting out the safety covers on top of the turret

He felt a large caliber round smash into his chest an grunted "damn" kneeling down Joe looked over at him "I'm fine armor took the brunt of it"

"damn it Bill get back would ya!" punching an AA in the face dumping it off the back of the tank for others to handle

"no! I need to be here, I know that it told me I had to be here Joe! Right here an now!" standing up he bellowed gesturing as he sent in more of the FFH to shove the hunters back

"all forces move forward put the hunters under pressure!" she yelled over the com

Joe relayed that an the vehicles all moved forward as they could into the gaps opened up by the HBED's

the strikers cannon fired again right into the buildings entrance exploding the windows an doors into a vapor of glass an bits of metal the security desk totally obliterated the machine guns in the office above it raked the hunters an HBED's both mercilessly

Then he spotted Tinker coming out from the entrance looking a bit singed more triples without the heavy armor flowed out an leaped into the fight

"get that damn machine gun over the entrance!" yelling down into the striker the man who'd taken command nodded

"all units target of fire, gun emplacement above the entrance" three tanks guns answered an the explosion flattened Tinker an the triples coming out like a flood

another RPG rocketed out an slammed into the FFH lines an Joe's tank fired blasting the entire corner of the building away

the lady behind him screamed as a Triple yanked her hard away from the back of the striker Bill snorted an leaped off into the triple an its companions his horns finding flesh an armor ripping his fists beating the air from their lungs an stomping on the fallen

Joe an others were there in a moment an the break through was plugged a striker exploded into flames down the line "Joe! Tell everyone cross support! Were getting to many breaking through! The fuckers will get to the medics!"

"right boss!"

Bill picked her up an she wagged an ear to say she was okay "tell all the reserve units to move forward to hold the back area safe for the medics!"

"yes sir"

"an tell um to keep hid best they can if the hunters break through they will have to stop them at all costs" hearing another group of howls right in front of his striker Bill climbed back up an the FFH had gotten pushed back to the line of vehicles

Bill bellowed an snorted getting his pry bar out he moved down to the nose of the armored hull an started swinging the heads an bodies of the hunters being smashed an slapped away

they couldn’t fault him if the fight had came to him! A pair of AA ran an leaped over others to get him, he smashed one right out of the air the other slammed into him an making them fall onto the turret his pry bar went flying

It snarled an snapped at him claws flashing a punch to the ribs an it yelped he grabbed it by the jaw an slammed it onto the side of the Striker an then stood up flinging it back into the pile up he roared a bellow at them an smashed both fists down on a triple as it tried to get him

"push these damn Dogs back!" an the HBED's unified an shoved back hard horns fists an weapons all bloody marines started standing on the vehicles their guns loaded with the HBED killing rounds ripping into the ranks of AA's

Bill watched while punching a triple in the face as an AB was ripped off a tank an the marines then all killed in an instant later by a trio of triples blood spraying the tank erupted in flames as they leaped off

Something smashed into the back of his head an he rolled off the Striker to see a triple with its hammer whipping around for another hit Bill grabbed its foot an yanked hard pulling it down to its death with a stomp of a hoof an a twist of its neck

He got back up on the striker an smashed his hoof down on the face of an AA Tinker grinned an Bill saw it as the triple took a spear from a shoulder bag not the hook an hammer many were using an started to run right at him in the open area behind the hunters line with his escort at his sides taking out an AD who tried to get to Tinker

The spear gleamed an was thrown with all the triples strength Bill knew the moment had come part of him accepted it ready for the end sad that he'd never see Sara ever again an not save her though he'd come to accept that pain already

The Deja' vu told him peace or pain.. the choice to be made. Watching as Joe saw the throw as well an leaped to save him

Bill made a choice in that moment the only one he really could make, the one that lead to more pain an sorrow. grabbing Joe's armor he hauled back throwing himself an Joe off the back of the striker he felt the spear lance right through Joe into himself Joe screamed out in pain as Bill grunted an they hit the ground hard

FFH all around saw it happen an anger exploded like hot fuel on a fire they turned an tore into the hunters letting their animals lose the cries an screams of pain from the hunters became deafening

Bill Looked at Joe on his chest the spear had missed his heart but had gone right through the left lung an part of the stomach Joe's eyes fluttered a bit "hey boss… I didn’t think you" he coughed blood "were that way" grinning through the pain

"only for you Joe" groaning as he lifted Joe off an the spear came out of his gut an blood welled up in the wound

Joe sobbed hands on Bill's face as he saw the wound "damn it, I was too slow"

Bill laid him on his side reaching behind him an snapping the spear shaft off

"no Joe" looking around "MEDIC!" he pulled out a wound wrapping kit an stuffed it into his armor grunting at the pain Joe was fading "I knew you wouldn’t listen, I honestly don’t think I was supposed to live Joe," grimacing in pain again "but I couldn’t let you die in my place either could I? now I have to end this the hard painful way rules or no rules"

Joe's breathing was jerky red bubbles forming in his nose an blood trickled from his mouth he finger wrote 'to hell with the rules kill that fucking bastard Bill Kill him for me'

"absolutely, an don’t you die on me Joe damn you don’t you dare die, MEDIC!" Bill picked him up seeing they were all busy an carried him back to the nearest doctors who immediately got to work on him

several saw the blood dripping from the gut wound an tried to stop him he shoved past heading for the line blood in his eyes feeling the hate an anger boiling up pain fading to nothing as it did

seeing so many wounded an the dead he snatched up the spears shaft from where it'd fallen an moved past the striker the fight was still raging an he snorted bellowing loudly

"OPEN A HOLE!" gripping the shaft in his teeth he charged forward the FFH leaped out of the way as he burst through the hunters line mowing them down FFH instantly following him through the breach rolling the Hunters back onto their own lines bodies being walked over as they did

he had one target an only one in his eyes, Tinker who had just thrown another spear into an AC laughing at the scream of pain as the AC tumbled an fell. he saw the Bull skull an the four horns coming his eyes went wide in terror realizing death was coming for him an there was no escape now

triples an AA tried to stop the Bull an paid with their lives as he gored an stomped them ripping arms hands faces an bodies with his horns. one tangled itself into his legs an got a hoof in the mouth smashing teeth an jaw out leaving it screaming in pain jaw barely attached.

Bill let the Bull lose an the fury fueled a massive charge that couldn’t be stopped ripping past numerous hunters blood spraying an splattering he smashed into Tinker an his escorts sliding on to the floor of the entrance area

Ripping his blood covered helmet off so he could see, he head butted one then smashed its throat with a fist leaving it gasping for air that would never come again Tinkers claws raked an sliced his nose an face an got bit for it as the other escort tried to bite Bill he got Tinkers hand instead

Bill put his knee on the escorts groin as its belly armor was ripped away by their thrashing an fell hard on its chest punching Tinker away with a wild swing feeling the soft orbs under his knee crush the cry of agony made the triple fold up a crushing blow to the back an another to the head made the bone shatter

his neck hair stood up an went cold a urgent warning as deaths breath came over him. barely in time he rolled away from a swing of a fire axe the blade ringing on the black marble stone floor an he surged up smashing Tinker an the axe into the wall bouncing off an slamming to the floor

feeling the blade whack him in the side as they rolled Tinker bit him in the nose an Bill bit him back ripping the nostril open blood slinging about

Tinker shoved away an that was the mistake Bill had waited for an charged into him slamming him back into the wall again knocking the air from the werewolf's lungs in a huff, body missing his horns sharp points by inches

Bill spun an grabbed the spear shaft roaring a bellow at Tinker as he leaped at him missing the wolf just barely the spears shaft sank into the stone an wall bits of the stone exploding off Tinker leaped into him shoving hard biting Bills arm

"fuck you, you god damn son of a bitch!" Bill fell forward on Tinker an crushed him to the floor raking his horns over the backs of Tinkers legs an then punched him in the side breaking ribs then going after kidneys "your gona die an die SLOW!"

Tinker wriggled out an Bit Bill's leg deep tearing an biting again an then the tail an got a knee to the face knocking teeth out for it

Bill bit Tinkers tail hard an felt his fangs sink in deep the venom surged in past the blood flowing out Tinker screamed out a shriek of pain thrashing Bill off an snarled at him Bill got up panting the fangs retracting as he bellowed at the wolf in defiance

They smashed into each other again trading punches an Tinker got his claws in using them like a knife repeatedly stabbing an cutting the bull in the ripped open parts of his armor who had to be tiring pushing an shoving on him now then stopped an he snarled in triumph! He had the bastard!

Suddenly the bull looked up into his eyes an grinned at him "time to die Tinker" lifting him off the floor by his armor Bill saw the look of utter helplessness in his eyes as he threw Tinker backwards

the spear shaft ruptured from his guts an armor an he gasped crying out in agony an surprise holding onto the shaft feet dangling just inches from the ground claws just touching the stone

Bill suddenly felt completely drained an fell to a knee panting for air a gunshot an pain in his side made him spin stumbling standing up staggering more seeing the clone! It fired again hitting Bill in the chest making him stumble a bit more

"die damn you HBED! I don’t care what father wants now! you’ve destroyed everything! Die damn you DIE why wont you DIE" firing again an then again the Bullets thudding home blood running from the wounds though the torn an shredded armor

Bill snorted "even the most inexperienced bull fighter knows better, never get too close to a wounded enraged bull!" he charged into the clone smashing into him another gunshot an more pain but the clone was smashed flat moaning in pain

Bill got up an yanked the man around by his ankle an with both hands spun him around an smashed him onto the same spear shaft as Tinker who shuddered an died at that moment Bill grabbed a hold of the wolfs head an twisted it around till it ripped off with a crack an pop blood splashing a bit

He staggered an threw it hard out into the fighting the hunters triples an AA's saw that as it rolled to a stop an looked at him in growing horror, eyes going wide tails dropping limp. he snorted daring them to continue the fight

they all stopped fighting an weapons fell from limp hands an they all started kneeling down an putting their hands on their heads

Bill walked out of the buildings remains huffing air for a bit his nose all bloody stuffed up he walked unsteadily leg hurting from the mauling part of him knew just how bad he must look but it didn’t matter he needed to check on Joe an Derrick as well

FFH stood at attention as he walked past their eyes showing horror an sorrow in side their helmets the hunters cringing like beaten dogs whimpering whining as they were restrained

One triple suddenly pulled lose of the HBED's who were about to restrain him an he fell at Bill's feet "please! Don’t kill us! Oh God please! We surrender!"

Bill snorted an the triple cried out cringing "get up an face your punishment like a HBED triple A you had your chance to run to get away now I don’t much care if you bleed to death but do it with some damn dignity!" shoving him back with a bloody hoof to tumble back into the HBED's

"get these lousy cowards out of here"

He walked past the vehicles as they moved forward their guns aiming at the hunters being lined up medics were treating the marines behind them the men at the guns all looking away one turning away an retching

Even more Medics were going after the FFH first where they had been pulled back from the line then where they had fallen he could hear their cries of pain an fear

Seeing so many dead lined up along the sidewalk he could hear the blood pouring an dripping into the gutters like rain water the life once so bright an strong draining away lost forever

medics came up to him an offered help uncertainty an horror in their faces as they did so, he pushed them off to others that needed the help more

He followed one of many pickup trucks an wounded HBED's to the hospital setup in the parking lot of the shoe going along hearing an seeing more tears more pain seeing so many hurt he stopped a human medic gently

"where's Joseph" slurring his words a bit thinking damn busted lip

the mans eyes were filled with shock an for a moment he couldn’t speak "dear god.. f-far left ICU tent, last I knew he was alive hurt bad though"

"thanks" patting his bloody hand on the mans shoulder he found it after a short walk people stumbling as they saw him. he walked along the HBED's there those awake looked up at him an sobbed covering their faces closing eyes

he found Joe there with Stacey holding his hand Bill's shadow blocked out the light for a moment an she looked up at him an her jaw trembled then she sobbed terribly

"H-he's gona make it Stacey don you worry, he's not gona disobey that order ah told him not to die" swaying a bit feeling light headed "he best not if'n he knows whuts goo fer him"

"dear god Bully.. please someone! Help! You need to let them help you Bill please!"

"there are others who need the help more than I do" sitting down with a thud his tail hurt an he brought it around the end was dangling at a weird angle an it was chewed up "damn I liked that tail" his head swayed as others came running up unsure what to do

"is Derrick alright Stacey?"

she cried out 'he's fine Bully… he is just fine" covering her face with her free hand sobbing

"good too much pain thday.. didn’t want Justin to cry too"

Bonnie exploded in an fell into him holding him as he listed over afraid to touch him "oh god Bill"

"hey sweet thing" sighing "let Garret know the clone even broke, tried to shoot me he didn’t like Tinkers spear anymore than Tinker did" sighing again he felt her arms around him felt good to be held

Garret who came in just as he collapsed yelling for the doctors repeatedly

he watched with Bonnie hand holding hers as they operated on Bill both in tears his phone rang an he opened it "hello?"

"Garret its Brian, what can you tell me?"

"he's alive.. not sure how, doctors don’t know if they can keep him that way"

"how bad?"

"bad.. part of his intestines were hanging out, Tinker the command triple A nearly gutted him but Bill didn’t know when to stop apparently he kept on fighting. the clone shot him several times one bullet lodged in his heart the others ripped through lung liver one stomach his nose was nearly ripped off the entire cheek was missing the teeth an bone exposed it was found where the fight ended they got it reattached surprisingly"

"god… an the triple? The clone?"

"Tinkers body was speared on a shaft of metal from one of the spears he killed several with during the fight.. it ripped his insides out through his armor. Bill Bit him on the tail full shot of venom, ripped his head off not to mention dozens of other injuries that would have killed him

the clone was dieing from a blow to the chest shattered ribs sternum crushed due to a head smash by bully but Bill impaled him onto the same shaft of metal he put Tinker on right through the heart.. there was a line of dead hunters up to where Tinker an the clone died so it was a huge mess"

"James.. please let all the FFH know our prayers are for their speedy recovery an that Bill recovers"

"thank you sir I will"

the news that night the president announced that the Takashima tower in Vegas had fallen to the HBED special forces but the cost had been high as everyone had seen Via the live showing of the fight he sighed clearly saddened reporting that William was on the critical list still alive but seriously injured an that he possibly would not survive

the many news services had shown the graphic damages to William 221 the fact that most of his face had been ripped an torn lose his insides dangling as he walked away from the battle looking just like the FFH skull helmets truly the HBED of death. the media were trying to get updates on his condition but all calls to the Casino were being politely refused

interviews of sobbing yet proud HBED's said no damn hunters not even Takashima himself could ever kill the HBED of death an that got a roaring cheer even from the wounded all around

Takashima smiled happy for just a moment the damn Bull had finally fallen unfortunate an unavoidable as it was William had made it so there was no other choice

now worry started to burn inside if even this could not kill that damn Bull what would it take? he had fallen once an been severely injured an had fooled him then was this more of William's game?

He knew now both of the facilities that held the children had been lost at high cost as well. all the HBED babies now beyond his reach much less the insurance policy the human children represented now only the ova an stored semen collected from the many HBED's produced but they needed time in wombs which would cause major delays

The child facilities fall an their desperate defense told of the fight his hunters had put up to keep the facilities an the FFH had taken casualties but they had fallen an now the buildings were surrounded by ten times their number in HBED's an with military back up there would be no chance of recovering them

No the nearly simultaneous attacks of the facilities with his attention on Vegas he found out far too late to move forces to help them the true scope of William's gambit finally showed itself

At least he still had his last option yes the destruction of the lift at the training center had caused massive delays there causing parts an weapons from quickly reaching the tunnels having to be diverted to the second entrance an a majority of those being intercepted as a result

damaging electrical systems an the ring casting plant, the warning Kuriko had given him that more than one entrance to the work was absolutely needed had truly been worth the cost

the many other losses had certainly made their effects known as well, a series of faxes with coded messages had stripped away three of the five places he could escape to if he had to leave the United States thinking well all the better now he knew who truly wanted to have the world obey them they would get his HBED systems an benefits for their use

he turned in his chair as Kenneth walked in

"yes Ken?"

"I hear that Bill has fallen.. Tinker nearly killed him before being killed himself"

"yes from what I've seen, but I wouldn’t relax just yet Ken the FFH will be coming here now. I see the true plan that William was working on. Strip LA of possible reinforcement make me pull off hunters that were better suited here to hunt him down, while also taking important targets like the child support facilities"

"as I once said sir he's clever he knew what he was doing, an the tunnels?"

"still my trump card, how is Sara taking it" tapping his fingers together on his chin with a small grin

"I wouldn’t know all she does is whimper in bed the lack of pain medication I would have to say"

"does she know her Bully is good as dead?"

"I would assume so, not like it couldn’t be missed its on every channel. the protesters have been making a nice influx of fresh supplies for the line sir"

"indeed, such a shame I so would like to gloat that I told her so, but if all she will do is whimper its not worth the effort"

"sir, we lost over two hundred ninety triples an nearly double that in AA's as well as the chipped HBED's moved into that tower for its defense also the weapons an equipment, numerical numbers aside we got our asses kicked"

"really Kenneth they are just HBED's after all, one an all even my clones they only matter when they are needed we will easily replace them all an then ten times that number" narrowing his eyes "is that a problem?"

"no sir of course not" tilting his head a bit

"good now notify the towers in Oregon, Washington New Mexico and Arizona to start sending out their extra hunters on foot if need be. the roads are controlled they will have to get here the best way they can soon as possible"

"yes sir, an what if William shows up?"

Takashima blinked feeling the fear an doubt bubble inside "he might, but there is no way he will be in any condition to fight any time soon. go on Kenneth see to the hunter transfers"

"sir"

Takashima turned as he heard the elevator doors close the paused news showing the living bloody skull face of William 221 the fact that the Bull had not even slowed so grievously injured he felt his blood go cold with fear

Parts of him knew not to wake up, it'd hurt too much. he'd have to know how many of his friends the people he had led into the fight had died. He didn’t want any more pain, it was beyond him to think that their souls would ever rest

But he opened his eyes purely out of innate bullish stubbornness seeing the terrible outdated drywall texturing of the rooms in the Diamond Horseshoe he knew if it was hell he was in for worse than this

swallowing hurt he could see a nearly empty bag of HBED blood on a stand over him

The smells in the room started to come back as air moved in an out of an open nostril the other stuffed with something there was no sound for a bit then voices started coming back from what had to be the hallway or farther

Suddenly Bonnie's lovely face was there cheeks wet with tears she was talking but it was very far away

"oh my god your awake" she turned an yelled at someone an then came back she ever so carefully touched his face an kissed him tears dripping on him making him blink

"whgga" swallowing again

"oh honey no, no don’t just lay still"

"whighy tearrs?" why was his mouth so messed up?

"why tears? Oh god Bill oh Bully" she smiled trying to talk but kept sobbing touching his face gently brushing her fingers over his head through his hair

"rouuh tink I dieed orgh somtin" trying to smile a bit

she sniffed hard wiping her dripping nose on an already wet towel "lover you did die.. twice on the operating table, they had to stop your heart a third time to get the bullet out of it" sobbing again "honey you don’t know just how bad you were hurt! The doctors didn’t know if you'd ever wake up again!" leaning over she kissed him again an again gently tears dripping

then was suddenly Derrick an Justin were there Derrick looking like he had faired far better than most just a few bandages Justin was right in his face "oh Bully! You dear, dear sweet HBED don’t you dare think of moving!" he jumped a bit at their sudden appearance

"yeah boss you were a major mess, we sent word to Garret he's coming right now. I got orders to sit on you if I have to, so you keep still okay so just lay there alright.. please"

"Jobh?" thinking Joe looked like he was dead poor Stacey the baby I should have forced him out of the front lines somehow tried harder to get him back

Bonnie smiled "he's alive an recovering very well honey they say if you hadn't carried him back to the medics he'd died, now shush rest alright please"

That was surprising but he sighed deeply chest hurt in a few spots

Trying to swallow again "rink? Dry" licking his lip mouth felt like it was full of sawdust

"oh no honey no, trust me Garret will have the doctors in here with him okay, if they say it'll be okay then ill get you something"

"k" sighing as he looked at them smiling down at him then suddenly there were doctors an Garret there in his face he blinked wondering what was going on with the sudden appearances

"hey Bill damn bully you had us all worried hell Brian was getting ready to fly out here to see if he could order you to wake up" smiling at him the doctors clearly done with their examination not looking displeased or worried that was good

"haough bad?" looking at Garret waiting for the reaction

his face told him everything with that

"we took a pounding bully but you finished it, they had a lot more triples an AA's than we had expected even had them hiding in buildings behind our lines but you saved a hell of a lot of lives taking out Tinker an the clone like you did"

"haghf to keep ghoin" trying to push himself up he couldn’t as Derricks big hand was firmly but gently planted on his chest

"no Bill you are in absolutely no shape to fight Ken, no.. just hell no. I've had FFH calling me from across the country threatening me that if I let you get up an try to fight I'm gona be in a lot of trouble with Liz please just lay there heal up okay"

smiling "were just incredibly happy you woke up, people are celebrating because of it the docs say it’s incredible you took such a beating an are actually alive"

"ongh ahhy" trying to remember the fight he ran at Tinker an the pain had disappeared the flash of ripping his bloody helmet off came up but nothing else

"1A yeah it does make a difference but Bill please listen to me okay you were dead… a walking dead Bull HBED… most of your face ripped off insides hanging out an torn shot bleeding all over… you literally were death.. scared the hunters shitless right into flat surrendering thought you were about to send them all to hell or something… now please lay still rest okay"

Bill sighed a bit stunned he just didn’t remember it the finally finding Joe an Stacey in the hospital yeah Bonnie there holding him

seeing the worry an pain in Garrets face he smiled "ror Liz kay" smiling a bit more "rows me kisses" puckering up a bit

Garret laughed "god he's making jokes again, thank you Bill" leaning over hugging him gently wiping tears

This time he closed his eyes an woke up more normally to Bonnie gently wiping his face with a cool cloth she smiled looking far less upset

"well hello love how are you feeling? Thirsty I expect" she put the cloth to the side

"yes" wow I'm tired "very thirsty" still slurring a bit likely things all swollen up but mouth was working better

"doctors said you can have some fluids but not too much don’t want to hurt your insides while they're trying to heal"

"can I sit up a bit?"

She looked at him for a moment an then smiled "well I suppose if it doesn’t hurt an you lay still!" she went a got a big pile of pillows an eased him up slowly sniffing an watching him for any sign of pain finally she was slipping another in an his gut gave a twinge of pain

"that’s all you get Bully sorry honey" smiling as she adjusted things an put the blanket back up on him an then offered him a straw "mineral water the doctors said it wouldn’t hurt you"

he got a few sips an she took it away "so what's the news? Any troubles"

"well, the city isn't pleased with us, major damages to a lot of the area the feds have stepped in to make them stop yelling at us. The tower is being cleaned up by the hunters on a chain gang hammers cutting torches an pry bars loading it into dump trucks I thought that was poetic justice"

Smiling he tried to chuckle an it made things hurt "ow" a partly bandaged hand went to his stomach

"uh huh see, now lay still rest that’s my good bully" she finished his bath an kissed him

he sighed relaxing back deeper into the pillows his upper right horn the tip had broken off he making a mental note it would have to be sharpened or a metal cap he watched her go about tidying up the room

now damn glad she'd come since the fight had not gone badly "so when you gona sew your self up a short skirted nurses outfit hon?" he smiled as she looked at him an his affectionate moo with a laugh tail waving around

"when you can get up without any pain an don’t you dare try an do it yet!" wagging a finger at him but then waved her jeans covered rump an tail at him a sly grin on her face "though id look sexy in it apparently"

"yes you would, but if I can get up without any pain why would I need a sexy short skirt nurse?"

"cause then you could catch me an play doctor" laughing as she took a bundle of dirty clothes an rags towels stained with blood out side to a maid cart tell the HBED helping thank you coming back with clean towels an wash cloths "honey you should rest stop trying to think an plan for a bit you really do need rest"

he wagged an ear an sighed

"ill check to see when the doctors will let you eat something your stomach growling is quite loud okay? So sleep"

"kiss me first an I will sleep"

smiling as she came over an knelt down to kiss him he held her head gently an let his heart open to her fully not regretting his choice to take pain over peace as the kiss lingered a moment more she moved back an blinked

"god is.. did I.. wow" blinking a bit with a huge grin

"I love you Bonnie" smiling "thank you sweet thing" sighing as he relaxed an closed his eyes

he got a sharp pain an blinked the lights were low Bonnie was asleep next to him an AC was looking at blood in a sample tube

softly he spoke so not to wake Bonnie "you my doctor?"

the AC snorted an spun as his mane fluffed then sighed "scare a HBED to death William, yes I'm your doctor" now smiling "you haven't been awake much when I've come around you do need your rest"

Bill wagged an ear "so doc V is keeping his word I see"

"yes he is" the distaste in his voice clear "the feds keep him quite safe as he teaches doctor an nurse HBED's. I'm sorry about waking you William, I needed to check your blood count see if your liver has been affected an if you might have an infection, though it does seem to be healing quite well"

"I need to talk to you about just that doc. Did Victor tell you anything in his sessions something that can help a HBED heal faster? I need to get moving an sooner is better"

the AC knelt down on his haunches "Bill do you mind if I speak frankly?"

"go for it I don’t like the standing on rank an ceremony thing anyhow, I'm just the leader cause I was first an Takashima don't want me dead yet"

"well you were Bill, you lost ten inches of your small intestine an three of the large with numerous punctures an rips your heart had a bullet stuck in it for hours an the one that went through your liver shredded it going through. You aren't immortal Bill this last fight proved that yes we HBED's are incredible at being able to absorb huge damage an heal but even you have limits you need to rest"

Bill sighed "doc if I don’t get moving soon Takashima is going to get reinforcements back into the LA tower an that will cause major issues with two young friends of mine. Now Jeff an Alex are great guys but they are expecting me to show up an finish this fight so far they an several other red skulls have avoided detection but how long can that go on?

Now I know Victor, I saw right through him literally, he hides his little fun facts about us. I know he has tricks up his sleeves for helping HBED's or just things that can be done to speed this up think doc any little slip of his, we could have Takashima done an finished an then I can lay on a beach somewhere an heal now isn't the time"

The AC sighed looking at Bill like he was completely mad out of his mind but Bill looked at him an saw it as the AC remembered something an nearly decided not to say anything for Bill's own good

Bill reached out an put his hand on the AC's "please doc"

"alright Bill, he did off hand mention that something like blood doping could boost an injured HBED's healing in an emergency apparently the fresh blood rich in nutrients an hormones no wound toxins, but it's the effectiveness I don’t honestly think it could be that much of a difference"

"if Victor said it, it works, the man is a royal pain an a monster for everything he had done but he was a lead HBED designer that makes him an expert an why he's teaching HBED doctors"

the AC wagged an ear reluctantly "I can see how it also could help with you in other ways, you cant eat till things heal up far more an you need the nutrients to continue to heal. the lack of them will slow your recovery possibly even cause you further harm"

Bill smiled "Hi names William 221 or Bill even Bully to my friends.."

"Ian 8492 HBED AC doctor" putting his nose out

Bill put his under the others which made the AC blink then his eyes an scent showed he understood why

"ill get right on the blood Bully an soon as possible get you to eating processed food to get more nutrition into you. A HBED needs food to heal… I just worry about your liver an intestinal tract your heart sealed up tight soon as we got the bullet out"

"1A an HBED engineering for ya, thank you doc an yes I will behave an rest I just want everything done that can be"

"understandable, you’re a warrior an the war isn't done. Get some rest" patting Bill on the shoulder an getting up

the next morning he was sitting there with three bags of blood an glucose running into his arms sucking on federal Mineral tablet an Garret coming in like a brooding black cloud

"Bill"

he held up a hand "tell me I'm not right anytime I don’t actually reach the truth" slurring his TH's was getting annoying but that morning Ian had told him it was just swelling the nerves had been difficult to reconnect but they were clearly working

"now Takashima has jumped at the opportunity to bring in hunters to LA an literally is doing everything to get them in as we expected would happen"

"yes he even attempted to boat them in an a few of the ship load got past us at the port but the local area FFH caught them all"

"our very fortunate friend Fopp? I would have to say such an excellent spy.."

"yes, but"

"ahh wait," holding a finger up to stop him "now he has been attempting to shift our attention away from California, anything he can do to distract us. An so far our talks have prepped Tim Kim an Sophia for that contingency. Thus they are independently hammering any out breaks that he's trying an its costing him towers hopefully breeding centers too as a result since they went through much of what we've been doing with little to no losses so they have fresh fighters ready to tango"

"yes three towers so far"

"I asked Ian if Victor had let slip anything that could help an injured HBED an this is it" pointing with his ear sighing taking a sip of watered juice "we have extra blood I wouldn’t do this if we didn’t. any improvement I can get I'm gona take so I can get up an finish that sona bitch Takashima" snorting

"I need to finish him James, I cant go on with my life till this is done" tears came "I got a choice in the fight James" voice going quiet swallowing a knot "peace or pain… not right or left do or don’t.. live or die but the life means pain… an then Joe leaped in I took the only path I could I could have spun him an I around an took the spear myself I knew.. for a moment I wanted peace as it happened"

"dieing as a result" he lost his glower an sat down on the edge of the bed

"yeah.. it was one of those moments where I had a choice stacked on others an they all depended on judgments …an luck… I grabbed Joe an leaped back not caring what was behind me call it a leap of faith if you want. I just wanted to save Joe if it meant me dead then so be it I tried to keep him out of it but that stubborn AC"

"what would have happened if he had stayed out?" clearly having an idea already

Bill sighed letting his ears go limp "I told Joe I don’t think I was supposed to live but I wasn’t going to let him die in my place Stacey an his son need him too much"

"son?"

Bill smiled a bit "yeah baby is a boy gona be a real athlete major gold medals all through school"

James had to smile "I don’t see where life or death was any choice Bully yes its been a hard road but.. well hell I came in to chew your ear for pushing an… well" patting Bill on the leg

"told you once this is all done I want a vacation gona need it to heal up fully an hopefully make peace with my self"

James smiled "you'll have it"

"hows Liz? Twins sunk in yet?"

Garret laughed an smiled "yes she doing great we talk every chance we get an you have been elected to be little William's god father"

"named after me? Oh god the kids gona have some serious identity issues" chuckling an flinching a bit in pain

a moment later "I smelled that pain Bully! Settle down!" Bonnie said from the bath where she was showering

"yes honey" bumping his head on the wall

Garret laughed softly "okay Boss bull I will leave you to your lovely"

"mate.. she's my very lovely desirable mate" sighing an relaxing back a bit the pain still tingling

Garret nodded "it works for Tim if anyone can do it too its you"

"I don’t know fighting another war might be easier" sticking his tongue out

Bill finally got permission to have a tablet an then two to help out the others as they were running nearly independent wars in their areas

he each night took time to talk to Tim an his pair of lovely ladies oh there was a bit of tension at first possessiveness but HBED's with their senses Tim showed nothing but truth an the fact he loved them both the same had cooled tempers an the needs of HBED's for human comfort after a while of accepting what had happened

Cassie had taken the biggest step an offered to leave even pregnant Tim's wife Lynda smelled the truth an the love an they became friends now months later they kept Tim quite busy but the love was all to evident even his AC daughter helped Cassie an Lynda keep Tim honest

Bonnie sat in on these but her nose told her the truth Bill had accepted that Sara was likely to die no matter what happened an he had done it to be able to continue the fight grief would come later

The media were finally allowed in with the doctors permission an Larry was there as the show promoter playing up the un-killable angle Garret heard this an smiled giving the media flash drives with a recording on it telling them to view it later they were welcome to use it as needed

The questions were most about the martial law which was being lifted in many areas save California his opinions on the fighting elsewhere in the country with the hunters an his recovery time which he replied to all with a smile, Bonnie at his side Garret an a bandaged Joe to one side

"William, how are you doing? Yes the doctors an others have made a point of saying that your recovering but how are you doing"

"I'm mad to be honest with you, a bit disgusted as well. I knew that Takashima would eventually use chipped HBED's against us in combat. I warned Tinker not to do it, it would be his epitaph carved in his head stone an that came true I buried him an the local clone who shot me repeatedly got the dead too

yes Takashima your clones are now breaking an going against orders too. tried to shoot me down didn’t care what it took but wanted to kill me" Bill paused to take a sip of juice "cant even control the clones now huh Hiro? Are ya sure you don’t want to just concede the fight an slip away like the low down yellow coward you really are?

No, no your going to take this all the way to the end its the only way with you. Well fine Mr. Takashima I'm recovering from your clone an Tinkers attempt to kill me, thank you for the improved bullet proofing the rounds to my heart lung liver one in my gut an back out, god damn clone shot me in the mouth! An broke a tooth! I'm sending you the bill for the bridge I'm going to have to have made…oh wait" grinning leaning a bit closer to the camera pain spiking in his gut the pain made his anger glow

"I wont need to… ill deliver it in person.. soon.. death is coming Takashima" the grin frozen as the video ended

Hiro Takashima felt the chill roll down his spine the fact he was trapped in his own tower now combined FFH military patrols kept the area around the tower for four blocks clear an blockaded only the extensive supplies brought in before the fight allowed his remaining forces to operate without hunger human workers brought him in food but they regularly were harassed by the HBED's

The news anchor had continued on a bit but now had something new "this recording was given to us in the interview with the recovering William 221 apparently this was recorded in an airline cargo hold prior to the first tower assault in Houston which was the opening moves of the HBED wars"

It showed several HBED's and an all too recognizable William 221 several were in a tighter circle

An AB snorted inside his helmet steam gushing out its voice echoing a bit "I am the conquest Takashima wishes to bring to everyone, there can never be peace for him or his followers"

A large AC male bobbed its head with a snort "Takashima's soul is diseased thus I bring pestilence for him, his servants, and his followers they will never again know prosperity from others suffering"

A female AC swished her head mane draping over the helmet the now well known voice of the war mare came out "I bring him his greatest desire I am war, none shall escape our desire for justice"

And the largest AB bull all knew who he was snorted loudly "Takashima brought on his own famine of the heart, disease of the soul an twisted desire of conflict an war… death is ready an coming for him he will never escape me, for I am that death made real by his own hand"

They each put a fist in the center it faded bringing up the news desk "an apparently that is where William 221 an his lieutenants got some of their code names, which for William has made him to be literally known as the HBED Bull of death"

The screen exploded around a decorative paper weight as Takashima swallowed hard breath coming hard not from anger but cold fear, it made his heart pound an took his breath away he slapped the desk hard making his palm sting

"sir?" his local clone asked calmly

"tell Kenneth to prepare, William is coming an he's coming for blood"

"yes sir"

"three weeks Brian three I've been sitting here on my poor tail" holding it up an its scarred fur the tip sans fur as it was covered in stitches "doing everything I can short of flat out getting up an walking to California to keep that mad man in his tidy little self built trap an your telling me I cant finally spring it?! Are you nuts?"

"there's your credit for yelling at me Bill"

"fine then hear this too! Since I'm using credit I might as well max the card!

I don’t care what the world has to say they aren't here they aren't the ones converted, I don’t care what my father who called yesterday to plead with me not to kill that bastard in not so many words. he will face HBED justice that is final"

Garret came in next to Bill "we will do everything"

"Garret back off" came from both of them

Bill snorted "I tell you now Brian you take this one thing from us"

"you Bill! you want revenge, not for you oh no for the women bred against their will, the children stolen from their parents who have died or converted into different HBED's, all the families never to be reunited as humans, the women an men lost in the machine most of all the Marge Nelson's!

an I would be lying if I didn’t want blood too but he has to face fair justice not a HBED hanging judge"

"hanging judges worked well enough for the united states government for a long time an there was no complaints. now you ask me to let a terrorist possibly the worst one ever in history! Past present an future

he who has created so much more trouble to come for generations that we haven't even gotten to! The race riots to come protests over HBED's stealing human jobs women's abilities to have human kids… you want us just let him go

To walk away! Thumbing his nose at us! to go to jail spend years waiting for a fair! trial which will dig up pain an rip open scars that will have healed or tried to in thousands of people

just to bring up testimony when everyone short of a dead person in the grave knows he's guilty of it all openly admitting it!, to spend billions! Of taxpayers money on the Fair! Trial. his attorneys going on pulling more an more crap out of their asses anything any little excuse to let him go on escaping justice true justice while he lays back in a cell laughing at us an insult to the Marge Nelson's

no Brian an we can argue about this till I die an your bones there is no fair! justice if he does not answer for his crimes an HBED's will not allow that, ask them, ask any of them Brian! ask their partners ask the loved ones of the ones who've died fighting him! ask the marines who stood with us here in Vegas! Fighting shoulder to shoulder"

"either he gets a fair trial or I will have to"

"don’t Brian, that is your only warning… if it wasn’t for us the united states wouldn’t exist any more. he had you an the government so tied up with your own political bull shit legalese gerrymandering making the taking of a human life into a HBED to repay a debt a okay!

You would have been so busy talking about what you could do while his weapons went off an would have ended life on much of this world as we know it, an he didn’t care one bit an still doesn’t! an yet, somehow he deserves a fair trial.. well he got that from the HBED's he created in abstention we just need to enforce their fair judgment on him"

he closed the tablet cutting the president off Joe wagged an ear as did Derrick an others in the room Garret saw that an sighed

"he is going to be pissed" getting up

"let him he's playing politician world leaders want Takashima for where he sold the chipped HBED's they want his secrets an they're putting pressure on Brian we have already discussed what Takashima needs an death isn't it"

Bill looked at Garret "you trust me don’t you James"

"yes I've told you that before"

"then tell Brian to tell the world leaders to go piss up a rope. Takashima has gotten a fair trial by thousands of his peers he's guilty, an death isn't good enough punishment. Just trust me James I wont kill him. much as I so want to break every one of the 206 god damn bones in that scrawny little freaks body! An feel his life expire in my hands" steam puffed out of Bill's nose as he clenched his hands around an invisible neck

"we know exactly what to do with him"

"ill do what I can to calm Brian down"

"James" "yeah bully?"

"feed him all the promises you have to so we can finish this. When its all done an over I will surrender myself for whatever punishment is deemed needed to satisfy his office to call it done"

the HBED's around the room growled a bit not agreeing at all

"no people, we have to do this, an no one else needs to suffer more than Takashima. but if means I have to stand there an take the heat after, than so be it, he will face HBED justice"

against doctors orders he was up eating puréed meat an vegis fast as he could get it his gut often hurt but the pain just made him push harder

the third night on Joe came late as Bill was soaking the leg Tinker had bitten an torn into he sat down plopping his feet into the hot tub he didn’t say anything but set a box down between them an they were both quiet watching the lights of the casinos blink an flicker

"how long did you know?" his voice quiet as he swished a hoof in the water

"had odd bits of dream for months, but the cold chill hit when I told you to stay back it came clear only when Tinker threw the spear"

"did you really want the peace? To … die?"

"I'm tired Joe, never liked fighting I preferred to make peaceful solutions mostly due to my bad temper. Just because I'm good at killing don’t mean I like it.. at that moment death stood there at my shoulder lovingly whispering peace an quiet could be found into my ear, no pain, no fighting.

her wanting to help me find an end to my worries, like the greatest most seductive lover in all the universe, an yes for a moment, I did, I listened."

"Garret told me that you could have taken the spear an ended it but didn’t, you moved us both"

"told you that I couldn’t let you die in my place Joe. Seeing you die, Stacy's tears an the brave son, your son, who every HBED memorial day stood there with her saluting your memory. I couldn’t let that happen so I chose pain, I chose to live.

oh breaking free of deaths whispers hurt, don’t think it didn’t, cause at that moment I knew, I would never know a day without a fight of some kind..

but that’s life isn't it big hoss? life aint nothing if it isn't a fight"

Joe smiled reached over an one arm hugged Bill gently bumping his head on Bill's

"a boy huh?" smiling plashing the water a bit

"yep, gona be a hella athlete the other AC gona be cussing yer name for years as their sons just cant cut it"

Joe chuckled an patted Bill on the back "lets get you up to bed Bill, Bonnie said if I didn’t, she would make my kid feel the hoof to my rear."

"ow, what kind of lady did I shack up with?" both chuckled at that

getting up an groaning a bit as just walking had made everything hurt then he started lifting weights too but he had to move to push things

Joe picked up the box as he held Bill up then they walked along

"What's in the box?"

"oh this? Thought it might fit that broken horn of yours figured it was lucky an all"

"lucky how?"

"it didn’t kill us, made us stronger against the pain an death" opening it, it was a horn point

"made from Tinkers spear point" taking it out he reached up an shoved it hard onto the end of the broken horn "might need some glue to keep it on Boss but looks good"

Bill smiled "thank ya Joe.. I'm sure Ken wont appreciate the gift" both laughed an moaned a bit in pain..

"I need a beer.."

"me too boss bully"

they made a stop at the bar an acquired a couple each since pain meds had little to no effect on Bill anymore it was to help that pain

Joe it was just buddy drinking both bottles downed before reaching his floor they staggered a bit coming out of the elevator

"crap boss I, I think were drunk on a couple beers"

"meh, works as a pain killer that’s all BURRP I care bout" sliding along the wall a bit

"ohhh mommas gona boot me outa bed come staggering in like this"

"yah you deserve it Joe, yah realize how many buh bahbies you two gona have. An poor Stacy ha-has to carry them?"

"noope how m-many?" leaning on Bill

"six, she finally Burrrrp puts her foot down wit you Mr. Hoss. But buh by that time she's a pro bronk buster"

they both chuckled an Bonnie came out of their room looking shocked an surprised folding her arms

"William 221 an Joseph 414! What is this? No.. you wouldn’t!.. you are! Your both drunk!"

Joe folded his ears an retreated mumbling apologies to Bill

Bill stood straight an walked towards her, his nose tingled an that instantly explained why she had been staying out of the room a lot past few days. so was the worry she had trying to decide what she wanted with him an their future together.

He touched her cheek then softly brushed an ear then neck. leaning in to kiss her she didn’t want to for a moment then did tentatively an it heated up from there. arms going around his neck, he was unable to stop the sharing as it opened up to her an she sighed feeling how he did for her as he kissed her deeply arms pulling her closer

Then she was in front of a table filled with clothing design agency executives her skills were out for them all to see,

the gowns, the suits an dresses spring, summer, fall an more. She'd worked her tail off, an the many friends she'd made in the FFH sewing groups to learn the best skills an little tricks to perfect her talents as Bill had insisted she needed to do

"an there you have it ladies an gents the most beautiful gowns an outfits ever designed for pregnant HBED's an their female human partners as well, they bring out not only the deep beauty of a child to be, but celebrate it proudly with taste an style"

standing up straight her pregnancy rounded belly not detracting from her self designed attire but enhancing it

"the entire collection is ready for you to stun the world, if the price is right of course"

"Bonnie why must you tease us!" the lady at the head of the table smiled hands openly pleading with her "I've already told you we want you on staff to be our new head designer, name your price dear! Name it!"

"I tease because I want you to offer me the pay, I want you to see the huge reception this collection gets then you can offer me the lead designer position an then you will understand just how much I think of your agency that I've come here an offered this only to you, deal?" smiling as her hand came to rest on the curve of her belly

"deal! Anything to get you on the team Bonnie anything you want"

an they all applauded her an she turned to look at someone the gleam of red hair! Sara! she was smiling an clapping as well getting up from where she had been sitting with the other models an their stunning outfits

they both blinked looking at each other as the vision faded the joy an relief that exploded between them had Bill hugging her kissing an trying not to cry

finally he kissed Bonnie with all the passion an love he had. they nearly fell over together in the hallway but he picked her up licking his nose an carried her in the room an flicked the door closed with his tail

they started out like a pair of rutting animals an then it became loving an gentle finally the pain from numerous places made him stop but it had been worth every bit of it holding her sighing satisfied body close

"I feel so good lover I didn’t think it'd feel like this"

"you are magnificent" he smiled an kissed her again "thank you Bonnie for loving me if you hadn't id never seen that with you"

"you realize what that round belly I had means" her eyes gleaming with mischief

"yes I do, what do you think we just did"

she snuggled up against him arm around his body "gona be a busy daddy lover, no more looking for death"

"never looked for her.. she came hunting me… an never again not the love I want" relaxing down a bit more into bed he could feel the hormones at work helping heal him dump the toxins an pain out of his system

the doctors were amazed after another week his wounds were not completely healed but enough that they couldn’t stop him. Ian was amazed an had to wag an ear

Bill Nodded at Joe who called the FFH to attention Larry smiled as the media were invited in an they were immediately yelling questions Larry took over at that point to calm them an ask them to sit

Bill stretched feeling stronger than ever he was in a modified FFH armor his rank on the shoulders a pair of gold eagle patches American flag on the right arm an the HBED FFH flag on the left parts of it were glossy Black, Justin had groomed him incredibly happy for the news an it had spread like wildfire

The media finally got settled an Larry smiled "thank you ladies an gentlemen of the media I present to you the commander of the United States of America, Unified HBED forces William 221"

the HBED's in the room all stomped a salute Joe snorting proudly

"William has as you can see made incredible progress an tonight will show the people of the united states that the terror an fighting will soon be over"

Bill smiled his helmet had so many kill icons they had to put multiplication markings on many of them so they could fit. it rested on its hook more improvements to keep the systems safe from damage he brushed a bit of lint off his impeccable armor

"ladies an gentlemen of the Untied States of America your attention please, thank you" he smiled horns gleaming the metal point sparkling

the room went silent save the strobes from camera flashes "I personally want all of you to know that your incredible help an courage to stand your ground against the hunters an their fearful strength, to help an work with the FFH has brought us to this point.

thank you all for your spirit an generosity it proves that America is indeed still a country well worth fighting an dieing for.

in a few hours I am going to LA, once there I will permanently take care of the triple A who took an eagerly hurt my Sara an once he is done it is Hiro Takashima's turn. This war ends today so thank you all for your priceless support an your betting on me I will not let you down" snorting head held proud

the FFH saluted an cheered

Takashima smashed his glass down as he turned off the feed to Sara's room she spun looking at the cameras arms in casts a HBED helper gently wiped tears from her cheeks

"he's! coming for you god damn son of a" her screaming still evident from the ears on the HBED's with her as he killed the audio

looking at Kenneth "is everything ready?"

"yes sir, best as we can prepare for under the circumstances"

"I want the entire force ready to take him, if the opportunity arises of course, he is not to be killed!"

Ken sighed clearly at his breaking point

"Mr. Takashima I must say under protest, that damn Bull has destroyed everything. There is no way we can recover from this, we should try an evacuate before it becomes impossible to do so"

"Ah but we still have the tunnels Ken! Our one last an best weapon for ruining their efforts! Once used they will regret it all" smiling an spreading his arms "an yes Ken, I know your screaming at me inside that triple A skull that I am a crazed fool, even stupid, for trying so hard to take him alive!…"

he leaned on the desk "can you not see why he is so valuable!? He can see the moves anyone makes it is why he laid those traps for the hunters in Houston, an how he could tell the FBI about the other training centers secrets, how to anticipate our counterattacks, he knew! He could see before they happened!

if I can only control him…

We can recover from this Kenneth, an the loss of their champion it will leave the People, HBED's an government without hope! They will be completely helpless! Before his path finding ability an if they still refuse to give up the fight then our final weapon will be used we have time to evacuate then"

looking at the digital files of William spread out in the holograms he wiped them away with a hand

he looked up eyes gleaming on the edge of madness smelling of sharp edged fear "I tell you Ken beat him physically without any mercy! punish him with all your fury! For all the damages he has done, make him beg for pity! Do whatever you have to! But bring him before me alive!"

Ken clenched his fists armor an muscles creaking "yes sir Mr. Takashima whatever I have to do to win will be done"

Bill with many others were flown to LAX where they marched escorted by military vehicles the public along the roads cheering them on

He looked over at Joe as a Humve drove past to get some cars out of the way

"I Know we talked about tall the options last night Joe"

"has anything changed?"

"well no but"

"then stop worrying about it Bill. you have the hardest an riskiest job left to do stop adding to it"

"I'm Trying but there's still gray undecided moments ahead"

"now I see why Tim joked about you thinking all the time... we will be ready don’t worry we sat an talked about all the potential options we can handle it boss"

a news chopper an a military gunship escort flew over head heading for the tower Larry in a limo came pulling up along side

"Bill the place is all ready, it’s an old park an ride lot. We had it all nice an dressed up new smooth asphalt paint an such, got rid of the parking blocks banners are going up as we speak lights an cameras all working go kick that triples ass inside out!"

"thank you Larry did you place all my money?"

"sure did, an we also got Takashima's bet too. He put one hundred million on Kenneth it has raised the odds against you, but if you win the cash out is going to have you very comfortable"

"not the way he eats" Derrick said from behind Joe the chuckles rippled down the line

Bill smiled "thank you Larry, hold my tickets for me please. ill be around to pick them up later"

"president just came on Bill" came from Garret via their com's "patching it through now"

"William?"

"yes sir?"

"you remember fair trial"

Bill rolled his eyes "thank you for the well wishes Brian yes I am a bit scared thanks, yes ill Kick Ken's ass an save the world for you" reaching up to turn it off

"Bill.. wait, I'm sorry you do what you have to, an let the rest fall where it may. An yes kick his ass hard, good luck Bully."

"thank you Brian" clicking it off thinking one less gray spot thank you Brian

the news went live as did the pay per view channels showing the FFH an military vehicles spreading out along the blockade line

Bill hugged Joe an then Derrick

he wagged an ear to the HBED's once with a smile "we never stop! we never surrender!"

"TILL TAKASHIMA IS DONE!" they all shouted with a foot stomp an it was echoed around the tower as the news services announced that William 221 had arrived in the area an was proceeding to the fight site

he walked up to the parking lot seeing it had indeed been prepped for a fight lights came on just to be ready if things went on for awhile cameras were all around on every pole covering every angle

Bill had to grin taking his pry bar out an jamming it down into the asphalt with a loud metal ping then crouching down looking up at the tower wondering how long it would take Ken to show up or would he when facing this finally take out Takashima himself

Getting a drink from his water pack he started stretching warming up muscles relaxing his worries

So much was different now from his vision of the end of California an the so many dead the vision had shown. They had to make sure that the man didn’t have one last card to play thus why he had to do things this way, sometimes you had to sacrifice a valuable piece to win the game.

Takashima watched the information scrolling along the screen on the pay per view of the fight showing total numbers watching an where. from the numbers nearly the entire world was watching all the better they all shall see the true power of my hunters an the strength of the HBED's

The current odds were in Ken's favor but the numbers were shifting constantly as the betting was rushing to be finalized

Unlimited fighting pros were part of the announcers they were going on at length about Williams injuries an how though HBED's healed quickly doctors had shown great concern over this happening too soon after Vegas which showed the bloody skull face an ripped open insides

That gave Takashima the chills again the clone an a nearly ebony antelope female carried in a tray with a pot of hot tea the HBED poured the tea an then a spoonful of honey with a dribble of HBED milk she bowed silently an stepped back

The clone came up watching on the other side of the desk "Kenneth has gone out sir, the hunters are ready as well"

"good" picking up the cup an sipping feeling the hot liquid ease his chill "let us see if death can be defeated once an for all"

Ken came running up followed by six of the remaining triples in the tower he stopped seeing Bill stretching watching carefully

Bill stopped "send them back, or the hovering gunship will send them to hell Ken. This is between you an me"

Ken nodded to the others

"kick that fucking HBED's ass Ken!" one shouted back as they ran off back to the tower

With a snarl Ken moved forward "this has got to be the biggest god damn cluster fuck up you have ever done Bill, you just couldn’t leave, or done the fucking smart thing an runaway"

"run? Oh but Takashima told me not to run, so I'm only cleaning up the mess Takashima started with you helping him. Hey! Takashima I know your watching, make sure to let Sara watch! I want her to see this dog shit get smeared all over this place"

Ken growled an spit towards the Bull "your all talk Bill"

"oh! Am I? Steve Tinker an excuse me I've killed so many triples I've lost track of the numbers I've got to look at the back of my helmet" pulling it off "ahh yes twenty nine other triples don’t think so from their graves… all talk? Are you sure Ken? I don’t hunt down little human women like a lap dog an brag about it that is big talk"

Ken's temper flared an Bill could smell it thinking he had been right on the edge of taking out Takashima himself I can use that too

"so Ken how do you want to do this? Armor? No? weapons? Ill let you decide it don’t matter to me. I'm not a trained mutt taught to heel at a command of course the smartest thing you could have done was kill him yourself.

so! your first big choice huh? You at least get to decide how you want to die" Snorting an crouching stretching his legs ready for any attack

Ken growled an huffed "you wont goad me into getting pissed off an losing control Bill. I know exactly what your up to, we'll do this bare knuckle an I'm going to make you hurt"

"well good! its about time I finally found a werewolf worthy of the name! The others all barely able to fight more over trained morons than werewolves"

they both started pulling off armor an Ken grinned as he raked his claws down a metal light pile it screeched loudly

"made your final mistake Bill, I've got claws you don’t" Grinning an hunching down

Bill laughed at him "claws? Oh please Ken" he hooked his head an popped a hole right through a small building that once served as a hut for the attendant "I have my own very sharp weapons as well now. You have claws I've got horns but I can kill you an you cant me.. there's your problem Ken an that’s gona make you regret coming out here"

Punching the building it smashed flat he ripped the steel door off an tossed it out in the middle

"hey look! an old Friend of yours Ken, remember it? you will find its gona hurt you more than it did me"

"fuck this!" he snarled an charged in "I am so gona tear you apart Bill! An you will be broken to his will!"

Bill shifted into a defense posture an the distance closed, he grinned an charged at the last moment smashing into Ken's gut getting grunt of pain from the triple.

he flipped him up an over sliding to a stop blocking several wickedly fast punches an then got a foot swept out but stood there balancing on the other with a grin

"whoups was I supposed to fall down Ken?" smacking his hoof firmly back down on the ground "my bad"

Ken blinked at a loss for a moment an a fist snaked in an bashed his nose hard sending pain shooting up his face "fuck!" then a hoof smashed into his arm an made it ache he attacked snarling but Bill had backed out of range of each swing

The Bull was grinning an slipped past a lunge dodging a claw swipe only to snap his teeth on the triples nose getting a snarling yelp of pain an further attacks all of which were ineffective or missed entirely

Bill had opened his sharing 'listening' to Ken who didn’t have a clue how to use it thus he was telling him every move an instant before doing it Bill sidestepped a swing an grabbed Ken by the wrist an judo tossed him hard he light stepped back an watched the triple roll over onto all fours an snarl at him

"what's wrong there big bad? Oh I know you aren't trying hard enough! Come on! Least give the people a good show or are ya gona tell the world the truth you’re a damn coward another school yard bully that never grew up! You cant get any satisfaction in life cause I'm a big cowardly bully! Boo Hooo"

Bill sidestepped his swing an punched hard with his right landing a huge blow knocking the air from Ken's lungs leaving him gasping then a left round house spun Ken around an left him flat on the ground

"ohh poor little big bad wolf, you don’t get it do you! You always thought you knew it all. didn’t need to listen to anyone else's opinions.. oh no it has to be all about you, nothing an no one else mattered! Well wake up moron, want to know the secret? Your telling me what your going to do!"

Ken leaped up an tried to grapple with Bill an he slipped out of it like an eel

just to prove it Bill started calling out what he was doing just as he did it "right! Left! Swipe an kick! You never listened to the news we told you all about it!

this is the sharing that Takashima made into us all! you think it I know! Yes I am a human fucker Ken an I owe you several for her too thank you for reminding me!" punching him in the jaw hard sending a spray of blood flying Bill tried to land another But ken dipped back

Kenneth backed off an leaped suddenly at the Bull an got a punch an bite in the Bull twisted away an gave him an elbow to the ear

"HA there you go Ken! Let the wolf lead. you cant be human anymore! If you do I'm gona hurt you so bad an I want you to think you had a chance! Let the big bad wolf go Ken let it rule you! Like Takashima wanted me to do so he could destroy everything I cared about!"

the wolf snarled an went into a flurry of swings kicks an finally hit Bill several times an Bill absorbed the blows just so he could stomp hard right on his foot hearing a bone crack Ken fell back an rolled back up favoring the foot

"good much better you asshole. I warned you didn’t I, that I was coming for ya an wasn’t gona go easy on you" watching Ken he slipped showing the foot didn’t bother him much as he let on "your guarding your thoughts, see how much better that works. now it’s a fair fight now its my turn to teach you a few things"

Bill snorted an rushed Ken smashing into him as he tried to fake Bill off with the foot Bill hooked a horn in an ripped it across His belly an punched him hard several times Ken kicked him off an leaped on him

A hand went around claws bared going after the jugular Bill grabbed it an then with the other hand socked Ken in the nuts making the triple retch an cry out in pain an he rolled away snorting

"bad wolf its too soon to try an rip my jugular out tisk, tisk!" waving his finger "I still want to play an teach you how very bad this is for you!" he eased to the side keeping Ken in front

"I'm in fact going to tell you how your going to hurt then eventually die. I'm gona Bite you Ken! then break your arms an finally render you a vegetable with the fucking steel door. I want to see your face smashed like mine was!

"screw you Bill!"

"no, no I'm sorry Ken I already killed your tail lifting friends I'm sure you'll find plenty of willing hell hounds! When your dead!"

leaping into Ken as he did an they traded several hits Kens foot claws ripping at Bills legs his knee went hard into Bull stomach making him grunt in pain then he bit Bill in the shoulder an realized his deadly error too late

Bill Bellowed with the pain an chomped down hard on Ken's shoulder an they fell together thrashing but Bill bit harder an harder feeling the venom glands pumping everything they had into the Wolfs shoulder

Kens claws ripped at anything he could reach feeling the searing burning pain he beat repeatedly on Bills head an ear crying out he finally scored a solid hit in the eye an drove the Bull to let go

Bill got up spitting fur an a bit of dripping venom as the fangs pulled back in "you fucked up Ken I told you, you wouldn’t listen always you never listened to me"

feeling his sides all ripped open from the repeated clawing made them hurt a lot he stood up straight an let the anger fuel the Bull he bellowed an snorted

"fight, damn you fucking backstabbing coward! You owe me your fucking life for everything you put me through! An I'm gona take it out of your hide one chunk at a time!"

Ken roared in pain leaping at him they traded bites an blows rolling around kicking an clawing horns cutting deep as the claws

Ken bit down hard on Bills upper arm an held on trying to choke the air out of him

Bill kicked him hard once in the knee then another tearing the joint open ripping the tendons off making Ken howl in agony

Left eye nearly all swollen shut, cheek cut to ribbons again, bites an tears all over now. The arm hung a bit limp but Bill snorted in satisfaction Ken wasn’t going to get up again he smashed down on Kens arm with a hoof then kicking his face knocking teeth out

"gona teach you how it hurts you fucking monster breaking some ones arms! too bad he cant feel it like I did! At least its on live TV an she can see you get yours!"

dragging the struggling triple out to the street he tripped Bill snarling raking his claws over the calf muscle Bill yelled out in pain panting as he looked down at him "Kenneth break her arm!"

An Bill kicked his arm hard snapping the bones on the curb Ken howled in agony rolling over an away holding the arm screaming expletives calling for help from his hunters.

"yes sir! Do you like it you mother fucking son ofa bitch! You enjoyed breaking her arm! Well there's one back at ya!" getting up swaying a bit

he yelped in pain an surprise as Bill yanked him further into the street by the hair an smashed the other hand an arm together on the curb with his huge cloven metal shod foot

crushing the wrist an snapping the arm bones the ends ripping out of the skin an muscles which got another shriek of intense pain an crying howl

he was crying now softly begging for it to stop, pleading with Bill to stop. the Bull limped on a now nearly useless leg it hurt so much. falling over as he leaned over to grab Kens bad leg

"oh no you fucking bastard you did this, brought this on yourself! Hundreds have died because of you so many cant sleep eat or find peace because of you

the god damn nightmares haunting them. you hurt an terrorized my Sara! I lived in the pits in terror every time you came in! people can not live their lives because of you!"

tossing Ken hard out into the middle of the lot. he tumbled a bit crying out in agony, finally laying face first panting in pain blood dripping from his wounds he could see Bill had fallen over again

"no p-please Bill it it's! not my fault! I was only doing what he told me to!"

"Your so fulla crap! all the more reason you deserve this! You don’t care about the pain you caused anyone. Do you even remember the lady AB you had her mind fried out! All because she woke up in the pits! Do you even remember her!?"

Ken sobbed an snarled in pain trying to get up

"You told me once never to follow an order that violated your moral code!" he'd gotten up an grabbed the door Ken looked up at him holding himself up on his elbows arms hanging begging sobbing

"you only have one Kenneth Robinson me, me an no one else matters!! No more"

Bill bellowed an fought the pain down "hey Ken! Knock, knock! It’s death at the door for you!"

swinging it hard snorting loudly with pain an effort. Ken screamed out in fear the metal caved in with a huge bang, warping the door pieces went flying out of its core as did Ken's face

the momentum tossed Bill around an flopped him out flat panting where he stayed for a few moments

"ohh god damn it all, I so need a vacation… agh crap I hurt" rolling over an getting up slowly favoring the injured leg arm throbbing an nearly useless

He looked over at Ken's body face smashed blood pooling head cracked open ear missing blood Filled Bill's mouth an he spit it on Ken "you don’t fuck with a Bull, an never mess with his mate"

He took a step an went off balance "whoa" thudding to the ground "ow god damn it" looking up a group of Triples came walking up one with his pry bar

"this aught to make him easier to handle!" swinging it hard into Bill's head the metal rang loudly

The FFH were all watching an cheering as Ken fell then the Hunters came running from the tower Derrick pulled his fire axe an Joe held his arm

"But! he needs us"

"no Derrick.. just cool your tail, its all up to Bully now, it's all going as expected" tapping his Com "Leader one has fallen I repeat leader one has fallen all FFH units tighten the noose"

Garret nodded to all the agents at various tablets an computers they sent out orders to all FFH units to move out

Bill woke up in pain face now wet from water being poured on it coughing as it went up his nose groaning in pain

"well it is finally come to pass hasn’t it my William" Takashima's pleased voice right out in front

Bill opened his eyes but blood made them sticky

"doctor wash the blood from his eyes I want to see them an his expression" Getting up an moving aside

a man came in an poured water into his eyes an wiped a bit with a cloth he did some work on the left one to alleviate the swelling then putting a bit of glue in the wound then he got up "there we are sir"

Takashima smiled all to happily, a female AE bringing his little folding lawn chair back over an putting it down for him. he sat down an kept the superior grin

"there now, your wounds have been treated, we wouldn’t want you dieing. though that seems to be nearly impossible with you. though I did have to chastise the triple who nearly split your skull open thankfully he hit you in the hardest part" he folded his leg over the other

"oh come now William nothing to say?"

Bill chuckled an then laughed which brought pain but it was worth it

"why are you laughing William!"

"because your predictable!" chuckling more "such a cowardly monster of a man"

"stop it! Immediately! Stop that laughing!"

"you heard Mr. Takashima be quiet!" a hunter at his side said to his ear

getting a punch to the side it only really hurt as it hit already injured parts but that was Jeff! The grunt of pain satisfied Takashima though

"now, now he's been injured enough today, I'm sure he understands the situation he's in, William is nothing but brilliantly genius" getting up he left the chair there

"ahh William didn’t you tell me, no you lied to me, saying you had seen the future differently than this, now do you believe me that it was all worthless effort an needless drama?"

"no, no effort when it saves lives an makes a better world is worthless. An I did see things, I saw the horrors that you inflicted on the country an so much more"

Takashima's eyes lit up an he moved back over to the chair quickly "do speak of them William, what did you see tell me"

"ill tell you nothing"

"ah dear bully" sighing with a dramatic flourish of his head getting back up

"I see I still need to encourage you, I did figure out how you were able to resist me my orders to obey or I would hurt Sara. You made the pain even worse for yourself to numb it, by putting her in the grave in your mind. Ah but once you can smell her, see her tears, hear her pain you will not dare to disobey me then.."

smiling with malice

"you did say she had given her life for you.. my people finally found how she passed that along to others without saying anything such an interesting invention, finger writing!

Once I realized what was being done, so much became clear. old videos of you an the many other HBED's all talking right out in the open! But no one noticed not even Kenneth, so very clever William yes so clever" touching his desk

"bring Sara up here" "yes sir"

he walked around smiling more as Bill tested his bonds "no William, you wont escape that certainly not injured as you are, an never even healed, so please don’t waste your time I would rather you reflect on how to recover this mess of things you have made, I expect you to focus on that"

"sure, so you’ve got me Takashima, you have a broken an beaten up HBED bull. you cant possibly believe I would do anything for you"

"oh but I do! I told you. She said once you control the champion, it will all go the way I wish. Well William I certainly will control you"

"Takashima"

easing up feeling the pair of heavy chains to the collar that tied it to the chest harness frame which the arms were held in place by the magnets legs locked motionless as well. two pair of hands gripped a hold of the chest frame an his arms to hold him

"even if you do hurt her, I wont tell you anything beyond the fact that I did see what you had planned for me, an I will forever suffer with the memories that gave me."

Takashima's eyes gleamed "please tell me William, I can reward… or punish you.."

"alright, alright only cause I didn’t believe some of it myself but after so much.. I do now"

sighing he looked at the elevator opening an two AA with a clone escorted Sara out arms in casts she broke free an ran over to him Takashima waving them off with a hand an a condescending grin

"oh my god Bill!" hugging thumping an hitting him with her casts as she Kissed him sobbing into his neck an ear

he gently hugged her close looking at Takashima she stunk of pain fresh an old, thinking yeah he's getting the optional idea all the way the bastard

"So William she is alive, uncomfortable but alive. Now I have given you a reward, you are with your wife again. you must now tell me what did you see" sitting down on the chair holding his cup of tea

"alright you wont like it though"

"no? well I'm sure I can be the judge of that. Now continue before I think your delaying just to think up some barely thought through escape plan"

"I think everything through Takashima. No, I have no plans to escape, I know better" smiling as he gently nuzzled Sara's neck her stiffening an instant the spike of fear scent as she heard that

not able to use finger writing as she pulled back a bit, Bill wiggled his ear that was away from Takashima looking at her "I always think ahead don’t I my love"

"yes" an her fear was gone "he's always off in his own world"

"an as he should be, a pathfinder looks past today, as you were saying William"

"well so you know how it led up to my first real vision, you have to know how I woke up. My wife gone, Doc Victor playing games with my food I was weak from lack of real food my father in on the lies"

"yes we have seen the videos of you and the truck impact. Victors reports on you said we were all quite fortunate you lived, the damages did help to improve the installation of chips in new AB. thus you have saved lives you did not even realize existed."

smiling an leaning forward a bit "continue"

"I was so furious that you had Sara an Ken had put his filthy hands on her" snorting feeling his temper rise even with Ken out of the picture

"oh my temper was epic, but I couldn’t do anything too weak. I collapsed an then Amy an Bonnie took care of me kept me alive reminding me every day that Sara needed me" he looked at Sara feeling the guilt rear its head again

"I need to tell you about Bonnie hon, I .."

"I remember her Bully, if she took care of you, anything she had to do I'm okay with it"

Takashima cleared his throat a bit

"yes I know Takashima, I'm getting there… well I ended up slipping, let on I knew Liz was an AE an her name! Agent Garret's new lady love but id never met her. Amy playing matchmaker with your software Takashima"

"an who is this Amy?"

"Doe AE449" Sara spoke up

"Ahh yes I know her, so she was arranging couples with federal agents was she, I will have to make sure she's kept alive"

"well they brought in doctors, with machines, to see what was my brain doing when I was getting the lucid moments.. They got more than they bargained for, first I've been able to see forward for a long time Takashima. it went away when my mother died because of you

well the sharing was your doing an so was being able to see through people to see a bit of what they worry about their scents an posture all combine to tell me things"

he gently had Sara sit in front of him the chains gently draping over her, hands coming to rest on her shoulders an gently rubbing them

"I went to a map looking for the children you took"

"you can visual locate? Excellent this is excellent news" clearly very pleased he gave the cup to the AE smiling

"but not alone Takashima"

"what, who was with you why not?"

"the boys an Bonnie Amy and Trisha though Trisha didn’t believe in me enough at the time to let me share with her that closely, she would later though"

"go on William how did you find the children"

"I moved the others to look at the map an I guided them, told them to relax share with me told them to feel where sadness an upset of children were the worst, oh the doctors machine was going wild, but they all stood up an pointed to the children's location"

Bill grinned "they found them not me Takashima" lying to him, watching the disappointment color his face "it was after that, while we were all sharing, connected feeling emotions thoughts needs.

I looked at LA on the map reached out an as I touched it thinking, I would have to attack the tower nearly alone to have any chance of saving Sara.

The world ended in that instant an I lived through it… an will never be free of it like a curse"

He shivered, pain in his leg made him sit down chains clanking an rattling Takashima's eyes were locked on him anticipation burning him alive from the inside clearly knowing the future was a drug for him

"I went alone Takashima, I attacked the tower an your hunters for month a rouge HBED while the others worked to stop your other towers an hunters. Me I lived on the street, empty buildings, alleyways, always setting traps for your AA's an triples an I was very good at it they grew to fear me.

I finally could not handle the separation any more Sara's picture with me but I could not be with her, I took on this fortress an killed guards, AA's, an triples without pause. I climbed the stairs, you showing the world that I had let the Bull, the animal, lose an I let it kill your people, I was mad beyond rational thought, I knew only one thing."

Takashima's fear came up an he sat up straight in his chair

"To reach you, an rip you limb from limb. an then see your heart beat its last in my hand" Bill gave the same grin he'd made before an Takashima's fear was like sweet candy it boiled an twitched like a wounded animal

"I told you there was nothing that would stop me, even as I killed a hunter I kept climbing an killing. Telling you it was your fault this was happening all I wanted was Sara. an when I reached the floors where you had made this tall cage, a platform over it, where you had Sara held out over the void… the teeth of several crazed triples below"

Bill's voice stopped, throat went tight at the memory. only made a tiny bit easier that she was in his hands alive

"go on! Tell me William! go on" his hands holding his knees the knuckles gone white

"you said it was all my fault, you had to punish me for letting the animal rule me… you let go of her an she fell screaming into their teeth" his voice choked off as he trembled at the memory

"oh god Bully" she hugged his head shivering a bit an then saw the ring an locket

he smiled an pulled the ring off with a loud squeak putting it back on her finger "the locket has your picture in it, gave me some hope as I looked at it when going to sleep"

she wiped his cheek a bit of the tears

"then what happened William I realize that was very traumatic" Takashima sighed "continue!"

he got mad at the interruption not looking at him for a moment then turning his head slowly to face Takashima

"if you want me to tell you more of the nightmare you made for me Takashima, then come here touch me"

"touch you?" Blinking

"yes, I'm far more accurate if I can touch a person I need to make sure that future wont happen now if I have to I will fight for you to stop that" looking past the man as he got up. Bill could see the layers of trouble nightmares on the rise, angers at others for numerous failures.

He believed he had won, ideas, paranoia, fear huge as it washed over the rest a skull flashing in the thoughts

Bill's bloody skull

"she did not need to touch" fear spiking

"Kuriko's gift was different from mine Takashima you know that.. surely your not afraid of me making you sick? Please, your design made my immune system so powerful that touching me is more like having your hand sterilized. I'm restrained in chains an this metal harness with AA's holding me"

Takashima's courage brightened "yes, quite so" walking over he put his hand on Bill's head

Bill relaxed an knew he smiled an sighed relief with the sudden loss of the weight on his mind so many worries evaporated like the fog in the sun

"what is it William?"

"oh good news so very good"

"then she was right! I will get all that I wished an this entire mess will right itself"

"then relax let me finish my nightmare that at the end left me aged, gray an alone completely grief stricken"

Takashima clearly very pleased sat down again. Bill looked over his shoulder at Jeff an then Alex on the other side with his very wide peripheral vision the other AA's wiggled an ear at his unspoken glance

"I watched you set the timer an snap the key off in the lock smashing the consoles we fought an your sword cut one of my horns off but I ripped two more through you"

"impossible"

"no, because it was your clone.. you had fled before I got to the platform an gloated telling me all about the two hundred an ninety nukes in the tunnel the one that runs nearly along the San Andreas fault"

"that I could believe, go on clearly you got to see their power"

"oh yes I did, I rode it out in the pits below the tower. but it was beyond what you had calculated their power amplified by the fractured rock you dug through, it became a cataclysm.

The faults over all of the state moved at the massive loss of weight the coast moved north over a thousand feet in an hour of shaking Billions died Buildings from Canada to Mexico clear to Texas the quake was so violent the gauges used to measure them didn’t go that high"

Takashima blinked speechless

"tidal waves crashed around the pacific some washing away entire islands. Hawaii was destroyed Japan as well the waves washed miles inland in Alaska.. all of that to spite me to try an kill me an it failed"

Bill swallowed the knot in his throat "the others who had been sharing with me Takashima, they got to live my life, my nightmare with me. so I have witnesses to the terror to the horror. You escaped, Agent Garret putting you on an airplane out of the country the FFH though had finished Takashima incorporated costing a lot of lives as the federal government stopped helping trying to handle the devastation you had made.

I got blamed for all of it.. HBED's got punished for even the babies were evicted sent to the remaining part of California which was a radioactive wasteland they tried to grow food but nothing would in the poisoned soil. I watched babies die starving for milk as their mothers could barely keep themselves alive"

He shook his huge head gently

"I watched them all die… starving, trying to escape the prison they were killed until I was left alive alone in exile grief stricken eating twigs an bits of leaves I died with a news clipping in my hand a memorial to the disaster still blaming me for it all…"

Takashima stood up "I can see why you clearly did not immediately attack the tower as it was told to me would happen, clearly the scientists calculations are incorrect… I commend you William for being wise enough to make other plans… " an Takashima's face changed as realization came

Bill grinned slowly "you seem uncomfortable Takashima, problem?" hugging Sara to himself

"what have you done William?" he backed away

"sacrificed Takashima, I sacrificed, surely you understand sacrifice, to gain position, to lead your opponent into a trap, to make sure he has no further surprises waiting before you finish him"

Takashima couldn’t articulate speech for a moment so disbelieving his mouth moved but no words came

"the boys were with me Takashima, they can confirm I was about to come here an do exactly as I said as you were told I would do,

but Agent James Garret came up with the new plan. We knew that in the end I would have to get close to you an see what else you might have had laid out, did you have just one more nasty little trap?.."

"the touch" backing away further till he bumped the desk an went still

"the touch Takashima, the good news was for me, as you don’t have any more nightmares to hurt people with"

"impossible! I just talked to the triple in command there. Your lying to me William! You are lying"

"am I? What did you think I would do with the knowledge after that nightmare? Let them go untouched? Oh it wasn’t easy! An it took time.

Garret an I decided to make sure I was the loudest most obnoxious HBED ever, taking towers, challenging you, making you furious with me… but that was the intent, bait has to attract the prey get it to bite an follow the lure… an you bit hard Takashima.. call your tunnels check on your last weapon as you don't believe me"

They all looked at a loud smack an thud of a body as one of the red skulls had punched the clone laying it out flat unconscious "it was becoming annoying all of its inching its way to the elevator, sorry there Bully"

"what.. my hunters, no"

"my red skulls Takashima.. there was moves an pieces moving over so many levels, gaining positions, hiding in plain sight as the HBED's did so did the AA's, again all because you were looking at me, focused on the Big Bully as you were supposed to be, like I said predictable.

The boys Alex an Jeff along with others all slipped in with the evacuating hunters from your towers as they ran helping them to escape the FFH we lost a few but not many.

knowing you would insist Ken send his best to catch me… thus stripping the tower of its defenses it was always the real target! even with the president causing slowdowns pulling the national security ploy to talk to me still worked to our advantage… boys can I get up now?"

"sure can Boss" "they aren't locked just tug"

Bill stood up leg an arm hurting an the collar came off with what sounded like the snap of tape pulling the chains which yanked the harness off all crashing to the grass flicking the leg locks off with a little kick Sara leaped into his arms hugging him hard mumbling she missed him so much

Bill kissed her head looking at Takashima inhaling her increasingly happy pregnant scent

"go on Takashima I want you to realize the reality of this, this is now my future, not yours this is where I tell you, check mate…an game over, please call"

he touched the desk "get me the tunnel command post!" "yes sir"

they all waited as the call connected

"yes sir? Is there a problem?"

"who is your commander triple?"

"why that would be the HBED AB1A William 221 sir.. I just personally wanted to thank him for saving me from being recycled by you Takashima do have a nice day.."

it clicked off as Takashima turned pale looking at Bill as he moved forward quickly setting Sara down all he could see was the skull rushing at him! He cringed covering himself in terror he felt the Bull's searing hot breath but no blow came

"now Takashima concede the game, no terms were expected none given"

he shook an nodded terrified

Sara moved forward an whacked him hard with a cast busting a chunk off on Takashima's head "Freak! Damn YOU! OW, ow Damn ow" holding her arm painfully to her chest

Bill gently pulled her back "easy hon easy"

Takashima was holding his head as blood ran down the hair onto his expensive shirt

"easy!?"

"goddess, you taught me how to control myself. now please be patient alright" wiggling his ear smiling at her

"alright lover"

Bill turned to the AE doe "HBED get the first aid kit"

"Ryes rir" she bowed an walked off through a door

Bill took a hold of his arm an turned him around an moved his hands out of the way

"what are you doing William?"

"I'm going to treat the wound I don’t want you bleeding all over.. then you have some papers to write I don’t want blood on them"

she brought the kit back an set it down on the desk. Bill flipped though things an took out the wound glue an dripped it into the gash

Takashima screamed out in pain Bill held him Still an pressed the wound closed "oh don’t be such a baby Takashima its only wound glue. I agree its not nice, but grow up" wiping the majority of the blood off with a disposable towelette

Takashima looked at William clearly confused

"why would I care any at all Takashima? Because, I'm better than you, I'm both the bull an the man who you betrayed. an yet you gave me the greatest treasures. It's why I now give you the chance to earn a choice on how your future goes"

Bill gestured to his seat behind the desk as he sat his hip on the edge "first I want any private bank account numbers of Takashima incorporated an your own"

"robbery William?"

"no, an I'm offended you would think that" snorting at him looking down past his nose

"its for all the HBED's to help them rebuild their lives" leaning over closer to him the fear came back "you profited from taking their lives you need to pay that back an interest as well"

"a-alright" he got a sheet of paper an wrote them down referring to the computer once then held it out to Bill

"very good, now just to take away any issues that lawyers might try to cause I want Takashima incorporated to be turned over to the HBED's, a governing body of them to be elected every four years"

"the… yes I understand why as well.. the federal government would take control of it anyhow an it would eventually be passed on to the HBED's"

"with a lot of lawyers making a killing on it as it went… you know you should have converted the lawyers no one likes them"

"Bully!" Sara thumped him then smiled as he put his arm around her shoulders the others in the room chuckled though

Takashima smiled a bit an wrote out the paper holding it out to him "more?"

Bill read it an wagged an ear a bit "yes that will do nicely, now I want you to write out your admission of guilt"

"no, your going to kill me, I know you will that would seal my fate"

"if you finish what I ask you to do Takashima, I swear to you, the option I'm going to offer you one of the choices will make sure you do not die, but you have to do as I tell you"

"I must obey you" he said softly as he slumped in the chair

"at least I'm not demanding you call me father an put your nose on hot asphalt to show obedience" glaring at the man "am I?"

"no" sighing

"id say Takashima he's being incredibly generous, best do as he asks while he's in a good mood! I certainly wouldn’t pass up the chance to toss your ass out the window!" Sara huffed an folded her arms casts clunking an flinching in pain

he started writing an then handed it to Bill after several minutes

"I Hiro Takashima created the technology that took human lives an intended to enslave them sacrifice them as animals made them into weapons of war I am guilty of theft, kidnapping, extortion, rape of others, murder, intent to commit murder, fraud, slavery, an the deaths of thousands of innocents an many other crimes against mankind I do fully understand the depths of my crimes an plead guilty to them all"

Bill put it with the others "very good Takashima, now I want you to tell your hunters an clones to stand down. all of your facilities across the country are surrounded they are to go out an surrender hands on their heads an as I told others, if they behave, they will be treated well the war is over"

He nodded an touched several spots on the desk "all facilities all hunters an clones this is Takashima, you are to stand down peacefully. I have been guaranteed your good treatment if you behave from William221 himself. Go out an surrender to the FFH immediately, we have lost"

Bill held his hand "this is William 221 any hunter that refuses to surrender peacefully it is on their heads what happens to them not all hunters in a facility"

Takashima let go of the square an sighed now understanding how complete of a loss this was at that point

Jeff walked over to the window looking out "the hunters are heading out Bully hands on their heads the blockade line has moved in close an they're already lining them up"

"very good Jeff thank you, Alex"

"sir?" Smiling as he stood straight an saluted Bill

"that hidden com you have" "oh yeah" he reached up an opened the Takashima security armor an ripped the lining open an gave it to him

Sara saw that an blinked "you had that an didn’t say anything to me?"

"we couldn’t Sara I'm sorry it killed us that we couldn’t say anything to you either we knew he was watching you constantly, we did all we could honest"

"don’t be upset at them goddess, they did as ordered. it had to be or we couldn’t have done this" Fitting the com in his ear "Garret this is leader one, checkmate"

"I hear you leader one! Your voice is damn sweet to hear! I'm already on it Boss bully"

"good" Bill knew that also made Garret an the Fed's busy as hell now it was time for the final act

taping it again "Joe" the others looked on as Bill wiggled an ear

"Bill you are incredible!"

"I try Joe, Big hoss its time if you could please"

"absolutely my pleasure sir!"

Bill tapped it off an looked at Takashima "now then Takashima you’ve done as I asked, I give you your reward a choice of fates.

You can if you want, surrender to the feds or police for your fair trial. which the president is really pushing for as I expect other governments are wanting to gain more information on the conversion system an information from you.

Thus I would expect years of imprisonment, with regular interrogation an encouragement.. painful uncomfortable encouragement to talk quite likely.

Then decades of testimony causing people you converted more pain as they are asked to relive the horrors an issues in front of a jury. Billions of dollars spent to finally be found guilty an sentenced to death, possibly electric chair, firing squad, I don’t know depends on what state they put you in for the trial.

All if you reach the safety of the fed's that is, you see below on the street are thirteen hundred effective combat HBED's, who's numbers include a lot of people very upset with you the deaths of friends an family. Many of those are now mixed type HBED parents an human children. such anger cant be controlled very easy, an likely would go off like unstable chemicals.

Now, the nearest federal vehicle is three city blocks away. I made sure of that, even now Joe an others have caused a few flats, coolant issues, minor vandalism at most, but it makes sure that you will have to run… run very fast, an alone as your escort would have to stop an try an delay the others.

Running through a gauntlet of angry killer HBED's, who would take immense pleasure in seeing your body be ripped apart as suitable justice for all the pain you have caused, yeah messy.

Takashima blinked an shivered going completely pale walking over an looking out the windows seeing the rows of FFH holding position around the tower an in patrolling groups many looking up at the tower their skulls waiting. He turned to Bill fear screaming out "no please" he said softly

"Or" smiling at him

"you turn yourself over to HBED justice willingly. Which you have been found guilty of all crimes as charged by a jury of your HBED peers several thousand of them.

who entrusted your punishment to me as I see fit, an I swear to you Hiro Takashima, death is too easy an fast for you. no the punishment will be fitting the crimes you have done but death is not an option on that path"

Bill got up limping a bit over to the window "the choice is yours Takashima, please take a sheet of paper an write down which you chose. this is to protect me from the fair trial people who seem to think you deserve one at any cost to the people who have suffered your nightmares"

"is that all the choice I am to be given? No choice of an honorable death?"

Bill smiling with all the anger an hate he had inside for the man Takashima's heart nearly stopped from his panic level, fear shooting so high that he swallowed reflexively seeing the terrible monster of a HBED bull William had become

"no, your fortunate that I even give you an option! You gave me none. also because you have no honor Hiro Takashima. you proved that by rewarding loyalty with conversion and all the other things you did to me an thousands of others. thus as she warned you, betrayal would be your downfall"

"then I surrender my fate to you William" lowering his head in total defeat writing it out an signing it "you made sure of that I'm sure"

"yes well I always did have your best interests at heart. I'm glad the mess that you would have made of the street just yuck an thank you for patching me up I just wanted to make sure I said so"

he looked at the red skulls "you two bring the clone out to the feds, Boys your with me. HBED you will go with these AA an ask for a medic once outside so they can remove your chip"

"yes sir" came from the AA's Bill held the documents out to Alex an then held his hand out to Takashima "tower keys please"

he brought out three an placed them in Bill's hand

they got in the elevator an it was a bit tight but Sara sat in his lap face buried in his neck.

Alex pressed both the open door an close door buttons at the same time an held a beep came from the speaker which announced it was heading all the way to the bottom the conversion pits

Takashima saw that an again thought of escape but they stopped seeing William looking right at him a chill ran through his body an he let the thoughts of escape fade he knew there was none at this point why try? he had lost.

"that’s for the best Takashima" Bill said the others looked then went back to facing the front

the door opened with a soft tone an already the FFH had gotten a lot of troops into the level they all stood at attention as Bill carried Sara out of the elevator the boys had Takashima between them.

Takashima's fear made him shrink lower seeing the skull helmets all of them with hate filled eyes inside

when they walked through to the machine Bill gently set her on the end of a table as he fingered to the others to give him some privacy with Sara they did moving Takashima to the far end

crouching down in front of her, he had to tell her an this was far more difficult than anything else had been

"Sara, when he took you. I was left hurt weak an alone inside our friends lied to me but because they knew what id do an I did. They did it out of love for us both but it didn’t hurt any less. Amy an Bonnie nursed me back to health it took a lot, an part of it was I had given up.

I inside knew that when I started the plan, Takashima would take it out on you. First hurt an likely then kill you. that knowledge was worse than if they had killed you at the hospital as it would be because of me, because of the fact I had so many others depending on me I couldn’t let them down"

"oh Bully no I"

"hush! I have to tell you everything, you need to know alright… so just hush. It's difficult to do this but I have to" Holding her head gently she put a hand on his an nodded

"Bonnie came to me the night it started an asked for comfort, she needed hope much as I did an I shouldn’t have but I did. I admit I was wrong, but through the fighting the stress an pain she was there.

Then in Vegas the other HBED ladies made a decision an she got moved there to help me, after Takashima broke your arms nothing was working, I was losing the drive, I lost hope. many others knew now what I had from the moment I knew you were gone. the chances to get you back alive… were falling, yes Takashima was right, in my mind I had buried you so I could fight"

tears dripped from his cheeks loudly breaking on the floor

"Well she pounced on me in the stair well after the building took sniper fire an she filled that empty spot that was slowly killing me she gave me not the same hope you did but it was hope! an I was drained of it by that point, but also guilt was tearing me apart inside blaming myself for them hurting you. I needed her, she wasn't you so I still had problems"

he sighed "I love her like I do you Sara, an I cant just dump her like an empty can. I love you both very much an need you, I talked a lot with Tim an Cassie who is pregnant and Tim's wife Lynda they are doing very well together as a family"

"he found her, she's okay?" smiling at the mention of Tim's wife

"yes hon, an she, she understood what we had to do an the bonds that formed… please forgive me" his ears went limp eyes worried an sad dread colored his voice

"I tried so hard to faithful, I even got your locket an you’ve been with me every step of the way, but a locket an ring don’t give hope an love"

she sighed an smiled finally after thinking a bit "I did say anything that they needed to do.. you sure about this? Two ladies?"

he hugged her "yes hon I am, I saw you with Bonnie as she was making a business meeting you seemed very pleased with her clapping an all she has the gift too like mine"

"what is she like?"

"you, but a bit less temper" smiling as she thumped him on the nose with a finger

"oh your just a glutton for punishment" smiling at him

he chuckled kissing the finger

"yes, but for you both I would fight another war" he stood up an picked her up "thank you my goddess thank you" hugging her close again she smiled an kissed him

"what if I don’t like her?"

he sighed "then I will build two houses next to each other so I can keep you both nearby me I've gone through hell to save you, not going to lose you again if I can help it"

"hmm well that would be silly, two houses an the arguments that would cause who stole the salt oh she did oh I did not its in your house" chuckling a bit

he smiled and picked her up again "I have a hotel room in Vegas love, after you see the medic I'm gona get you moved there. your tired stressed an hurt my goddess you need rest the baby is likely not helping"

she went to argue an sighed hugging him "your right I feel like crap, I could do with a vacation"

"hey what a coincidence me too!" they both laughed together an he could smell her joy return "it will also give you an Bonnie time to talk, without me trying to be a peacekeeper. which with me around would likely cause explosions instead."

she kissed his nose "your mom did a damn good job with you Bully"

he walked over to Jeff an put her in his arms "Jeff please take Sara out to the medics, an then get her to Vegas no media no crap she don’t need the stress right now"

"Bully?" she looked a bit panicked

"hon I have things to finish here alright, ill be along in few hours, unless something else goes wrong" rolling his eyes sighing he looked at her "an love you don’t need to be involved with this part. id rather you be getting food an sleep in a safe comfortable place so no arguments. Jeff you stay with her"

"yes sir she's safe as Fort Knox"

he waved to her as she was carried out an at that point the only human there was Takashima. the people inside the machine were HBED at this point an not likely to interfere

he sighed as an AD closed the dock door an locked it wagging an ear to those who could see an that was passed along to Bill via Alex who wagged his

Joe wagged his ear to an looked at the cameras around the room pointing a remote at each the record lights came on

Bill turned slowly to Takashima who's fear an apprehension was on a nice boil "now then lets get back to our favorite monster" walking over he crouched down to look him in the eyes

"Hiro Takashima, you have been found guilty of all crimes both by the irrefutable evidence an your own admission.

It is in the opinion of this HBED, an many of the HBED counsel, that you will likely never learn what you must, to earn the right to be free of the chip. That is to be installed in your head as a custom HBED.

Takashima's heart rate raced up an his face paled hands clenching

"But Hiro you will learn, an you can try an prove to the HBED counsel that you indeed have made progress as every five years your chip will be turned off an for one hour you can plead your case before the people who you have so unfairly mistreated."

"then you mean to convert me?"

"why yes Hiro I do, but not the one you have set in the system no, no. you see I've been reading the manuals an paying attention to the very video's you took of people who you took a personal hand in their conversion"

he turned still crouched down an slid the personal key of Takashima's into the terminal an smiled

"I wont tell you the password" Takashima folded his arms

"I know it already, you are predictable Hiro. I've told you that before, you called me the white night to your black bishop. You would never be so limited in your power thus black king, again check mate" typing in black king it flashed accepted

Takashima slumped "please do not do this William, I have information, knowledge to trade valuable to HBED's."

Bill stopped his typing his filed an groomed finger tips helped a lot, looking at Takashima "I already accounted for that you may offer that at the first parole meeting"

"I can help the HBED's! please William!.. do not do this please"

Bill watched him for a moment letting logic make the choices he was the one who would be held accountable, it would be on his shoulders that would the blame come to be carried alone as he planned

"Takashima, after all that you have done, I can say that I do this with HBED's best interests an yours at heart. would you have me do any less? So my answer is no, this has to be done" taping the enable key the system hummed creating a profile an deleting his saved choice

the bar code came out into the tray. Bill took it out an looked at the expected composite HBED on the screen the fur patterns were a mix of AB an AC the AD back fur an AA tail though as the viruses worked together the body would likely be markedly different from the projected form an the alert there noted that

"Hiro Takashima you are to be converted into a polyglot of all HBED types, not a 1A an most certainly not a triple A as you had set for yourself.

you will spend your days as programmed, using one of the old more flexible chips to clean an polish with humble respect an horror at every bit of dust an grime, every single name of those lost in the machine an who gave their lives to stop you an your hunters to keep the nightmare from the entire population of the United States.

You will say their names as you polish, asking each for forgiveness for what you have done, you will live simply a bed an blanket, you will be fed an cared for as needed, only when sick or to deliver your babies shall you be forgiven this task."

Takashima's eyes went wide with horror

"An they will go with you to do the task, an once they are old enough to understand they will be taught who you are an why you are being punished so severely."

"You will serve your sentence till you have proven that you have learned what it is to be a true parent, a lover, to know worry about others beyond just yourself, to willingly sacrifice for others an your children, an know what a parent suffers for their children an never speaks of to them because of the love they have for them"

Bill stood up "an what the pain an loss you have so blithely put on others without a care or worry how deeply it can wound the heart. you shall remain at your duty till then or the day your body fails. If at some point your knowledge or information is needed then the terms of this sentence can be discussed an adjusted as needed upon Counsel approval"

Bill peeled the bar code off "do you understand your sentence Hiro Takashima? As I have explained it"

"you.. y-you mean to make me female! No, NO! please William! The system it will rewrite my very brain! To adapt my mind to the body's hormones an cycles!"

"yes, an you will be fertile with all HBED types an human males as well, being openly willing to enjoy a males company when fertile. This the only way for you to understand the pain you have caused so many others… hold him"

Joe an Alex both did, Bill applied the bar code to his head an ripped the shirt from him an then pants an AD held out the box of sedative patches

Bill looked at that an that was when the memories of all the pain, the betrayal an loss came back "no," waving the box away "this is my revenge here Takashima! for what you did to my mother to gain my loyalty what you did to me an then for hurting Sara..

you will watch the needles as they end your humanity an begin your sentence. the injection collar biting into the neck inserting the long stainless shafts, you will feel the radioactive isotope as it destroys your immune system burning an searing its way though you.

an the HBED immunity factor flushing your body of all viruses an bacteria then the cold flow of the HBED virus as it is pumped in ending you as a human, I want you to remember those moments Hiro Takashima in complete clarity"

lifting him up Bill slammed him down on the table stunning him, strapping him down with medical tape around the wrists an legs, the card placed into the holder an put the table into the feed line

the cameras were moved so to see the entire event as Takashima recovered just as the door slid closed his bar code read an processed the collar came in an clamped around the neck to insert the needles in an sew them in place so movement wouldn’t dislodge them

he screamed out in pain an the radioactive symbol came on an he wailed crying out Williams name pleading an begging him not to do this. a screen requested permission to administer a sedative to the human supplied

Bill reached out an held his finger over the approve square in the touch screen. listening to Takashima crying sobbing the injections paused as the isotope did its work

"y-you wont let me s-suffer William!… please" his head held down by the collar as the machinery worked "PLEASE!"

"go to hell" Bill snorted an dropped his hand "think of it as your first lesson in sacrificing yourself for others" Joe put his hand on Bill's shoulder an felt it tremble a bit

they all watched as the remaining injections were made an he laid there whimpering feeling the cold of the viruses flow in "take good care of the memorial Hira, we will see you in five years" touching the approval square

they all walked out to the feds finally rolling up Garret an others a bit peeved

"the president is going wild, no one answering their com, the building being held by the FFH no one let in what the hell Bill, where is Takashima!"

Bill put the recorder in his hand "HBED justice has been settled James" Derrick came walking up with Bill's armor which Bill then pulled the rank patches off "I'm done" plopping them on the camera he took the documents from Alex an put those on the pile as well

"you, what, I damn it bully"

"I think what Bill is telling you Garret is his taking his vacation to rest an recuperate" Joe smiled an saluted him "HBED commander! Sir! We salute you The War is over!"

All the HBED's went to attention an saluted hooves an feet stomping then they all cheered Bill only smiled finally feeling relieved an could let his guard down

Bill spent the night in bed Sara between him an Bonnie all cuddled up under an single large blanket he had the tickets from his betting an was going to surprise them both but fell asleep thinking about it

Garret an a cell phone came in the midst of breakfast Sara threw an empty orange peel at him "were on vacation! Garret! Go away!" Bonnie was getting up from setting the tray on Sara's lap looking ready to pound him. he ducked the peel an smiled a bit but his demeanor said everything begging eyes went to Bill next to Sara

Bill got up stiff an sore "its time for Bully to pay for his revenge I imagine"

"whoever it is they are not taking you away!" "hell no! I just get my Bully back!"

"ladies I'm sure that it will be fine please calm down" looking at Bill "it is the president an he calmed down once he saw the video I suspect it is an ear chewing but"

"yeah" Bill took the phone he walked out to the hallway leaning on the rail looking out over the party still going on with the injured HBED's from the Vegas assault oh they were having a grand time fireworks were still going off over the big casinos as the sun was beginning to brighten the sky

"yes Mr. president?" "Bill I aught to have you locked up right alongside the triples you helped to capture!.. but that wouldn’t help me would it, id just make every living HBED madder than hell at me. Much less that pair of she demons your involved with!" he paused then much calmer "how is Sara?"

"the doctors say she's exhausted, severely stressed an malnourished, the baby has been taking a lot more from her than a human child would at this age an thus she's on a five meal a day diet lots of protein an milk rest an relax. Her arms were set correctly, but they haven't healed well due to the other problems so they hurt her all the time"

Brian sighed

"I wont apologize Brian, he had to pay, an there are things many people have not thought of or realized. we have Victor hidden thought to be dead, Takashima converted an now never to escape us, where are the other three creators of the HBED system?"

"I, oh dear god"

"exactly, an why Takashima had to face HBED justice, we much as he deserves death, didn’t dare kill him. he didn’t deserve it too easy, I did look past him, an Rick has already been tearing the system apart trying to figure out where they went.

all Takashima knew was they made him mad as hell when the first attack happened they went stealth an disappeared. Victor was the only one he could contact as he was trapped in our training center with us"

"who are they?"

"its in the information packet you were given, I saw their names in Victors mind but he hadn't seen them in months when we took him by surprise. I had hoped that they might make a move at jumping out when the war ended but"

looking at Garret who shook his head no

"they haven't tried, so either they booked on us before the war got mean, or they are staying low to wait it out"

"crap, why didn’t you say anything about it"

"I didn’t know if Takashima had converted them or had them killed. it was only once I got near him that I could see all the things in his head, such as future worries was how to make them suffer for abandoning their places. Takashima killed his own brother to get the original virus out of a lab they all worked at. so his killing them was all to possible we just didn’t know"

"alright, I hate to be difficult but what do we tell people about Takashima?"

"he escaped or nothing at all, it was just another clone which was handled"

"that wont help the world feel safe, and the world leaders are going to have a fit"

"they aren't safe an after the reception I got, the world leaders be damned.

So until we find the shipments of HBED's, an those three collaborators let people be free an begin to rebuild they need it Brian, hope needs time to recover… if the others think Takashima escaped they might come out of their holes an try an contact him"

"or the clones of him!"

"exactly, I know Garret has several of them kept safe an more being locked up, set them out as bait"

"we already did some checking through the systems sir" Garret added towards the phone "the shipments were transferred to other ships mid-ocean one shipment was even transferred to another while both were in lake Gatun in the Panama canal"

"so literally we have no idea where they went, passing ships in the night"

"an I'm not surprised Brian, terrorists buying such a weapon would not want where they are going to be known."

"god just what we didn’t want"

"you have the Unified HBED task force which will be ready within hours to deploy anywhere in the world thanks to the speed of the United States armed forces. Get the HBED's there an we can stop the Chipped ones cold"

"alright, ill work around it. Some of the leaders have expressed interest in meeting you in person William state dinners invitations to balls an parties"

"not right now, I need to heal up I look like crap rolled over an Sara needs me an I need her. I'm taking a vacation no option in that"

"an if I asked you to come to the white house via Richmond tower as a guest of the president?"

"your meds not cutting it anymore Brian?" letting his concern open in his voice

"no, an the pain is getting worse, the doctors say its all the new stress on me darn HBED freedom fighter commander Bulls"

Bill looked at the phone then put it back to his ear again "oh really" smiling a bit

"just joking Bill but it has taken a toll, please"

Bill sighed "alright Brian, get the media set up I want cameras to watch it all twenty four seven, so that the American public an world leaders see I or the machine isn't pulling a switcher-roo on them"

"I understand, not that the Public needs to see my privates but I will get it arranged"

"okay, an hopefully I can finally get an answer from my father the two of ya at once would likely mollify any other issues people might have"

"alright Bill" it clicked off Bill sighed someone saw him below an they all raised mugs an drinks with a huge cheer he waved to them

"ill ring your dad for ya Bully it'll be on the com"

"thank you James" patting his shoulder then walking back in Bonnie was showing Sara some of her drawings they looked at him "the president respectfully requests our presence at the White House in Washington DC… his cancer is worse an needs the help soon. I don’t dare wait too long, too weak an we could lose him in the machine"

they both nodded "we guests or that kind of guests bully?" Sara asked

"were the honored good kind, an you can both enjoy Sophia's company as well"

they both smiled "guess this is me packing for yet another trip" wiggling her rump at Bill. he gave her a pinch an she mooed in surprise then laughed Sara smiled an drank more of her juice

they were flown to DC in Air Force One freshly checked out an approved for flight he kept Sara with him much as he could carrying her onto the air plane as the media showed the world

his father had been brought but was clearly undecided Liz came with him an thus her an Garret were cuddling in a rare display of public affection Amy an Mike were along an many hugs were shared with Sara

when the ladies all napping James an Liz were asleep together Bill looked at his father

"I heard, the bastard.."

"all things be told dad, mom was tired her health failing yeah she could have gone on another month maybe less didn’t make what he did right. Now I'm not going to lose you too not now"

"what if I'm tired too?"

"HBED crap I've heard several of the lady HBED's have been interested, you blew them off"

"I'm sick an hurt Bill" "this can fix that" "an if I don’t want to?"

"then tell me you want to just lay back an die an ill drop it"

his father looked from his very comfortable chair an sighed "no man can say that, death is the great equalizer an it’s a scary thought"

"then you don’t want to die but cant be HBED?" "no.. I'm… I'm not as brave as you are Son I couldn’t do this"

"you cant wake up healthy strong an young again? Learn how to walk an such yes but once learned you can enjoy life again" Bill looked at him an the gray was so thick not only in the mans beard but also his future

"I just don’t know Bill, I realize you're trying to help, an maybe I feel guilty about that too. I never did much to help you"

"you did though, you taught me what not to do, unintentionally mind you, but still I learned to be better than my father. hard to hear I know but truth usually is"

the senior William nodded

"an I want my kids to have you around I want you around, hell I want to hear the stories you tell them I never got to hear myself so I can tell my grandkids"

the senior William smiled "you made a lot of those already by doing what you’ve done"

Bill sighed with frustration "if you don’t want it I wont make you, but I think its damn poor of ya dad. You have the chance to enjoy life physical health a happy opportunity to grab that brass ring an take another ride an share in our triumphs, help us rebuild an make HBED's a good thing.

An chance to prove to me, yeah prove to me, your not the terror mom ran from every time a letter arrived, but hey its your life… brass ring on this ride slips past pretty damn fast I've made my offer now its your turn to actually try for once"

"Bill I.."

"whatever dad, whatever" closing his eyes pulling Bonnie a bit closer an the blanket back up on Sara

they arrived in DC to a parade secret service an the military escorted them a longer route to the white house riding on the back of a flat bed hummer the media were rabid in their numbers cameras everywhere

Bill held Sara in his arms wearing his armor, helmet on a hip. Sara the secret service wanted her to have a bullet proof vest an she hid it under the blanket Bonnie was on his other arm waving with him as Sara waved as well

Sophia had made it a grand show all available FFH from her area over three thousand of them marched weapons gleaming armor immaculate a real band played along the sides of the HBED columns the same marching tune that had come along with them from the first visits to the malls

Huge banners welcomed them an the HBED's to the city

Sara smiled "you art mortal, oh handsome bully of mine, you art mortal" Grinning impishly up at him as the people were cheering loudly tossing flowers an ribbons from the buildings

He laughed "thankfully this isn't Rome my darlin goddess" he caught a rose someone tossed an held it to her "for thou art far more beautiful than the reddest rose they all but glow in envy of the my goddess"

She took it an blushed a bit then bopped him in the nose with it laughing as he blinked an laughed with her

They pulled up to the white house the HBED's lining up along the street to a huge meal laid out for them all the president came walking up he stunk of pain but for the media he had a bright smile an a hug for Bill an Sara

"Brian this is Bonnie she's also going to be my mate if it weren't for her, id never got moving after Sara was taken"

"well it is a huge pleasure to meet you as well Bonnie" hugging her she blinked an smiled

"thank you sir its an honor to be invited to the White House" her finger wrote to Bill 'I just got a vision bully'

"Brian mind if I find a good quiet spot for Sara to rest an eat?" "oh I'm not that bad now"

"hush you.." Bonnie said with a snort "your no where near being recovered enough Bully march over there please"

"yes m'love"

Brian bust out laughing pain or not

Bill found a nice shady spot under a tree an set Sara on some cushions quickly provided by the chief of staff Sophia snorted amused an knelt down to hug her

"ill keep her company Bully we have a bit to talk about you go get her some of that damn fine food"

"alright thank ya Sophia" him an Bonnie both walked off her pulling him close his head leaned over talking to him privately

"well damn girl you look" "like crap I know"

"then stop given him trouble, he fought like a mad HBED to do things all tryin to save ya an all of us"

Sara smiled "he knows its just me Sophie, its just how much he loves me"

Sophia smiled "I honestly didn’t think we could do it, he never gave up though"

"only because of his friends held him up an don’t lie you helped him too"

"yeah, right after that call. Hearing that happen to you honey that nearly killed him, blamed himself couldn’t save you from it his gift warned him at the last instant an from what I felt from him as he hurt. for a moment he could have obeyed Takashima then this deep set strength anger I have never seen come from him he told that fucker no, much as it hurt you both. that point turned the war in my opinion"

Sara nodded "I heard the pain through my own Takashima sealed his fate that moment"

Sophia leaned over an hugged Sara rubbing her back "don’t you dare ever let him go Sara don’t ever"

Bonnie whispered to him "I saw something when he hugged me"

"good sweet thing that’s good, what'd you see?" "him as a HBED"

"good that’s good news" hugging her a bit "means he's gona make it through"

"an he was wearing an apron, but I couldn’t see it too well seemed strange him nude save the apron really quick flash of a thing is that how yours do?"

Bill could only grin Kissing her head then nose "mine get a bit longer an color with sound but yeah love here let me show ya" sharing the memory

Bonnie giggled an bit her lip looking over her shoulder

"ahh don’t hon, let it be a surprise.."

"okay" kissing him.

That night the White House had a major press conference Brian walked up to the podium the media went quiet he had forgone the makeup an he looked horrible Bill just to the side Sara relaxing on a lounger next to him Bonnie on the other side

"thank you all for coming for two years I have been honored to be the president of the United States. I have seen the one thing that no president will hopefully ever see again. A terrorist attack not on the buildings the places or structure of America but at its very spirit at the people who make it great.

The HBED wars will never be forgotten for what they showed us is that, when we do not stand together to defend our way of life to help our fellow man, someone will try an steal it all away from us all. We also came incredibly close to losing the very world we call home as well.

A madman insane with greed an power decided the fate of all Americans, an was well on his way to completing those plans. If it were not for people who were set free of their sleepwalking prison by the efforts of one of them, to literally go above an beyond the call of duty even at the cost of life, happiness an in the end his freedom to stop that madman.

Ladies an Gentlemen I of course speak of William 221 once known as William Morin in an unusual circumstance began this war for revenge on the man who was once his employer Hiro Takashima for the base betrayal of his trust an loyalty.

An he became what many world leaders now see as the very spirit of the United States distilled into its purest form. he fought for life liberty an happiness. I'm sure we all know well the lovely Sara Cassidy the driving force for him, to literally fight for it all, an for us all as well. a truer form of love an dedication I will likely never find or see in my lifetime.

Sara blushed a bit as Bill mooed affectionately at her the cameras catching it all his gold nose ring proudly displayed

Well William 221 has fought for us, he nearly died twice, an many other HBED's have died for our freedom. We would be very poor Americans indeed if we did not honor their willing sacrifices. so this day will become a federal holiday, national HBED day an I hope future generations remember just how close we came to all being HBED's like them.

Now we have numerous HBED's that need to be recognized for their individual Herculean efforts. I will be doing that shortly, an as per a unanimous vote of the senate an congress a memorial will be built here in the capital commemorating the war an its losses,

but the HBED's have already deemed a more functional memorial will be made on the site of the first actions of the HBED war.

They have been raising funds, an several private funding sources as well to rebuild the southwest training center that Hiro Takashima had built to house train an create special breeding pairs to not only serve as a learning center for all of us, but also as a place where those who are put through the HBED process for medical reasons will be taught to control their new HBED bodies so they too understand the incredible responsibilities they have being HBED.

He smiled "an I do not take on the process myself without deep contemplative thought reflecting on not only what the HBED's have had to go through, but also my long talks with William an the war mare Sophia an several others as to what the future holds.

I have decided to go through the procedure, for the chance to live cancer free, to enjoy living not suffering in pain as I am now. An to continue my time as president of the country where the world knows freedom! includes the HBED's! who fought an died for her an its people! God bless each an every one of them!"

The cheers from the HBED's drowned out anything thing else that could have been said an Brian smiled waiting finally it died down an he held up a hand "thank you all, that is one thing you always know when a HBED is happy they let people know it"

He smiled "William 221 step forward"

Bill did limping a bit to be next to the stage. he saluted an stood at attention his bandages an stitches still red an crusted with blood

"damn Bully you look a battleship that took a beating an kept on fighting"

"yes sir! An they paid the fee for tangling with me too, you don’t grab the bull by the horns without risking all you have"

"absolutely, William 221 the congress of the United States voted in what has to be the second fastest decision ever made to award you the Medal of Honor. which is given to those who distinguish themselves through conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States, An you absolutely did that an more William I am honored to be the president to present it to you

an in reflection of the service you willingly rendered the country prior to the unification of the FFH as a military force of the United States.

I also award you the highest civilian award possible the Presidential medal of freedom With Distinction for your meritorious contribution to the security an national interests of the United States in addition to world peace by stopping Hiro Takashima an his Forces an bringing the plight of the HBED's to all our attention,

I thank you sir, the country is in your debt"

Brian pinned the medal on Bill's chest through the armor's outer cover an then the other on its ribbon went over half of his horns then the other side to rest nearly like a choker at his throat

"thank you Mr. President, I didn’t do all the things I did for awards or medals, I did it for a very selfish reason. I love my mates an I want my children to be free if that brought on the rest then it's all good" smiling at Brian who smiled an shook his hand

"how does the HBED version of a handshake go William?"

Bill bent over an touched his head to Brian's an then nose equal to his

"it has far deeper meaning than hand shakes do Sir, it shows respect or equality, the scents given off by another communicate trust an more. another change many people will have to learn as humans don’t have our enhanced senses"

"they will indeed" smiling

Bill stood at attention saluted then turned with a bit of a wobble an walked back over to the girls Sara got one of the presidential medals as well in her chair Brian patting her hand as he shook it not letting her get up either

Brian smiled "tomorrow a select group of the media will be informed of who will be reporting on my conversion procedure. as William has pointed out the people need to see that I am not being replaced or some hoax is being perpetrated on you all.

The conversion procedure thanks to the HBED's such as William, has been shown that in the case of a terminal illness it offers one last chance to continue living a healthy life. thank you HBED's your nation owes you all a huge debt of gratitude it will not be forgotten"

They all cheered feet stomping drumming the ground the dinner an media interviews went on for hours Bill finally had to ask the peoples forgiveness to get Sara into bed she was starting to hurt an exhaustion was setting in

Again he got to visit the Lincoln bedroom this time there was fewer HBED beds he laid her on the bed as Bonnie sighed rubbing her belly "I over ate" burping as she looked over the room

Sara chuckled as Bill smiled "all that an I didn’t get any munchies"

"you have to be kidding lover" as he helped to get her out of the very nice dress she was in "all that incredible food an you didn’t get any?"

"nope I got a plate an promptly got pulled into a serious talk the joint chiefs were having about the HBED shipments an my plate disappeared" looking at her with a confused expression which Sara laughed at "damn shame too I had a meal there Ill tell ya"

"ahh so that’s where you got off to" Bonnie hugged him an was stripping his armor off

"yeah they had a CIA operative that may have had a lead on a group of three hundred chips reporting in an wanted help on how to handle the issue if he found them"

"spy games already Bully?" kissing him he smiled at that

"yes till all of them are found" he reached into a bag he'd packed an brought out her favorite sleeping outfit an robe

"OH you saved them!" she hugged him an slipping them on she sighed feeling the material of the robe "damn I love this robe" chuckling

"you go catch a hot shower love I'm gona go see if someone can make me a dinner plate" now wearing only the choker medal an his jeans. He looked down as Bonnie's fingers were working on the jeans "well hell Bonnie strip a Bull of his horns without him knowing it too?"

the girls both laughed an he scampered away from her clutching fingers trying to strip him completely he got out into the hallway holding his pants on with one hand, her back with the other

"fine you better bring back something sweet for us Bully" an she blew a smooch at him closing the door

the secret service clearly were the utmost in polite decorum not saying a thing as he refastened his pants an no shirt "tis life indeed"

he came back with a cart with a very nice selection of acquired food the kitchen had become the staging grounds for the caterers an he took his time the cooks an servers all smiling offering him trays of goodies to add to the cart along with several cold beers which he opened an set near each agent in the hallway

"don’t mind me guys just making sure everyone enjoys a bit of something tonight thank you for your help an service" opening the bedroom door an closing it with a hip wish of the tail

in the morning the Richmond tower now the staging ground for the area FFH forces an several national guard units Bill stood there watching listening in on reports from Garret about several rouge AA's an a single triple in upper Maine attempting to carve out a territory of spooked humans to serve them an breed with. Garret was asking Kim to send in a response force

Bill sighed leaning against the wall of the trailer with Sophia an Dee. Derrick an the boys just waged their ears they had arrived during the party an were still a bit in the bottle he offered them a few coffee beans

"an so it begins, the cleanup that will take years" the others all agreed

soon as that was done they went out an waited he kept smiling at Bonnie an Sara talking they had hit it off, now like sisters another thing he didn’t have to worry about. Bonnie was sewing as Sara talked about the planning of the Casino resort looking at various designs an plans that had been approved on a tablet Sara said something funny an Bonnie laughed loudly

"looks like their happy bully"

he turned a bit to look at Sophia he could hear the touch of loneliness in her voice "yep, god am I ever glad they hit it off"

she thumped his shoulder with a smile "so what's next for you?"

"vacation, heal up, take care of Sara, then I had a few thoughts about the people who couldn’t fight, they were already marginal before conversion. They need a place to call home, to find work an get the help they need to climb up from the gutters an cardboard boxes"

"like hank"

"yeah, I know where they come from Sophia, for nearly a year my mom an I lived in a car. moving when the sheriff was asked to move us, he didn’t like doing it but there was really no where else for us to go till mom saved up enough to make the first an last with deposits an such trying to got to school living in a car was harsh the kids never let it be forgotten"

he folded his arms "so we ate burgers an fries that had been rejected due to being too old after cooking an sitting. Sometimes whole steaks an such from her other job that people didn’t finish So I know all to well, had to run off some of them when a guard never had a way to help well now I do"

"the major funds?"

"nope my betting money, the funds from the sale of my home an truck is barely a drop in the bucket. No I have enough to buy some serious land" he smiled an pulled the balance ticket showing it to her

her eyes went wide "a nine digit figure? Damn Bully! Do the girls know?"

he smiled "not yet it’s a surprise, Bonnie did well on her bets but mine were placed at the moment when the odds were the very worst against me thus the very sweet payout" putting it away

"there's some land in southwestern Idaho an southeast Oregon that caught my eye I suspect my gift is telling me too

it has trees an water available. also have ideas for what to do. A grower for HBED foods high in mineral content we have to have, we also have some biologists who work in that field as HBED's that I am seriously going to be wanting their help"

"a farmer? How interesting I don’t see you as a farmer"

"a grower rancher agricultural developer" smiling as she sighed laughed at him "well someone has to begin it, an its well worth the effort. if I keep it a ranch farm I can build a town for my workers an help them with those jobs build up their self esteem fix the issues I can. I expect a lot of them to move on eventually. Though the ones who just cant, too scarred from human life an cant adapt to being back around them as HBED's it would be a safe place for them"

She hugged him "an it would keep their unstable moods an massive HBED strength away from the more fragile humans"

"exactly, they don’t need to be locked up but it would happen an a lot. last count we had over nine hundred unstable HBED's an another two thousand borderlines… they need a home where they wont have to face people who put them into that situation some its just to escape their past forever"

"always thinking ahead, taking care of us all, you sweetheart you"

"yep" grinning knowingly "its my job, I do it well"

Marine two flew in With Brian his doctors in tow, secret service everywhere the HBED's all lined up an saluted Brian went along with the media presenting medals to various HBED's as Bill introduced them to him formally

Sophia smiled proudly as he pinned a medal on her an smiled "thank you for all your able help Sophia I think you'll always be affectionately known as the war mare though"

"I earned it, an carry the name with pride Mr. President"

"Brian please dear lady, I count you as a good friend" winking at her he walked on an Bill watched the sparks as Sophia looked on her eyes showing what Bill could see as longing

he finger wrote to her 'no worries my war mare I know who he is an I've met him'

her head snapped around then went back to watching the president she whispered "Who is he? Where? Oh bully don’t tease"

"id never do that dear one, not when it means much as this to you, I will introduce you no worries" he said softly

"he's here?" she said a bit louder then shrunk as Brian looked back a smile came back as he presented the Boys with medals

Bill fingered to her 'yes now be good' she snorted an calmed herself but her waving tail betrayed her emotions. Bill had to smile as she was nearly bubbling feet barely held still as they followed along

the media got set up at the machine special cameras were set up to watch the entire process with a blurring filter to be used in the software so that those less able to look at a man's privates could be spared

the doctors looked over the machine an could only advise him against it Brian looked at them

"will I live to see new years gentlemen?"

"sir there could be a new procedure"

"tomorrow yes I know, but what are the odds? Have you heard anything?"

they had to sigh shaking their heads several HBED doctors were there as well to assist as the human doctors had refused to help at all

"an every moment I wait my odds of surviving lessen, thank you doctors, but I am going forward with the procedure" they shook their heads an walked out

Brian looked to Bill who had made a form with help of a couple lawyers he held it out Brian

"please read an sign Brian, it is just a formality. once you set the precedent it will be easier to enforce later on"

"of course" he looked it over nodded an signed. Garret signed as witness an so did one of the media as a second witness

Bill held up his cheat sheet of warnings for him to read but then set it down

"sir what your about to do will if everything goes right give you a new life. you can chose what you want to be, but often times the system is very accurate as to what your mind will accept once it wakes again in the new body.

Thus we as HBED's can only suggest to you it is your choice in the end. an what many died to make sure you had that very right to chose. Once HBED do you sir promise to uphold our dedication to freedom life an liberty to be happy an embrace the life you will have?"

"I do"

"then please come here an type in your name lets see what the system calculated would be the best type"

Brian came over

"last name first of course"

he chuckled an typed blinking looking up at Bill "well that is unexpected"

"you can make modifications if you want. everything from hair color tail length eye color reproductive ability"

"wow, um.. Bill a little help? This is like buying a new car an not sure which options you want"

"options you have to live with Brian, there are tradeoffs such as me I have to have the biggest transportation an small doors.. pha! yeah right. but I'm a walking battleship as you so aptly mentioned"

Bill smiled an leaned over him an helped a bit as he did he whispered to Brian's ear alone. he turned a bit an then nodded at Bill. Bill made further changes an slid the master key in to allow the options the system readied the virus to be special coded an the bar code slid out into the tray

"this is your last chance to back out Brian I know you wont, but I have to let you know there is a chance"

Brian nodded "I know, lets do this"

Bill helped him up onto the cart a couple of warmed towels had been left on it then removed. he undressed the ugly cancer effected bones made the skin an blood vessels visibly angry an annoyed, Bill applied the bar code to his head as pictures were taken flashes at times blinding

"lady's an gentlemen I here by turn over the responsibilities of my office temporarily to the vice president an ask the HBED's of this nation to stand ready if indeed some threat occurs while I am unable to act I ask that they respond quickly with the military to act upon that threat"

Everyone saluted in response to that. Bill took the sedative patches as the HBED doctors watched an applied them under his arms

"eeh cold" "the sedatives entering the skin.. sorry cant be helped"

Bill helped him lay back an sighed Brian's pain an illness was quite strong on the nose at this point "no pain any more Brian, be strong, a good friend will be here waiting for you to wake up don’t you disappoint"

"I wont" he sighed an relaxed "thank you Bully" an he was out

Bill moved him over an the doctors all checked him wagging ears taking notes seeing he was relaxed an sedated. the cart rolled into the sensor leads station an then the door opened the cameras flashing reporters quietly narrating the door closed an the collar came in a mist of the immunity factor went over his skin an the radiation symbol came on

Bill looked over at his father who'd been watching at a distance, an to tell the truth looked a bit green around the gills. his lack of even trying, only confirmed Bill's original thoughts of his father an he wasn’t going to keep trying

he saw Bill looking an slowly his son turned away back to the machine his neutral expression betraying his disappointment he wouldn’t waste any more effort on him

William senior went to retreat only to face Liz an the boys Trisha came walking up an Amy put her hand on his shoulder

"ganging up on me?"

"no sir, trying to help you clear your emotions about this" Trish sighed "he will not push you anymore, he's tried, he reached out to you"

"an you are refusing to take that hand, the only one he can give you" Amy said softly to him her pregnant belly rubbing on his side "he cant give you love, but he is offering his children's love your grandkids. The chance to watch them grow an play which you missed out on with him"

"but hey if you don’t want to share in their lives its up to you" Alex added "pretty lame any excuse you might have, to have the chance to be healthy an strong play with your grandkids spoil them as a granddad should"

"Alex.. he has his reasons for him they are enough. That is another freedom we fought hard to make sure people kept" Trisha sighed clearly not agreeing to the words

most walked over an lined up near William but Amy stayed with him

"are you sure about this Bill?"

he looked at her "I.."

Amy could smell the fear finally "being afraid is something we all have to face we all had to face some kind of fear. There is only one way to an that is to stand up to it. Such as Rick realized only at the end that he wasn’t a fighter an nearly got people hurt, Bill nearly killed him for risking them all. it was a bad day that started the war against Takashima but Rick put his fear aside an made it through"

She rubbed his shoulder gently

"your son wants you step forward an face your fear, face him, that alone will patch a lot of the hard feelings decades in the making between you both, otherwise you are only what you showed him for all his life… afraid to be a father, to be his father.

He faced his fear that he wasn’t ever good enough for you, now its your turn" an she walked over to the others

several other humans who were sick were being converted and were being helped by the HBED doctors who now understood a bit more

one being converted was a trainer that had taken massive crippling injuries in one of the many fights. his mate kissed him an smiled a lot of love an hope in her AD eyes as he went into the machine when he was inside she broke an sobbed

William gently held her he had looked an could see him come through awesomely so he shared with her an she joyously hugged him still crying but relived tears worry draining away

The only thing left was to wait Bill thought he was glad the doctors had been able to keep the trainer alive long enough to convert him so he could walk again.. talk an move as well the media all left many of the HBED's as well

Bill was looking over the readouts on Brian an moved a camera for that to better see the panel an sighed part of him wasn’t surprised about his dad the other was still hoping though he was unsure as to why even waste his time doing so

"so this is what that man wanted me to be?"

Bill nearly jumped shocked from his thoughts at his father at the terminal looking at it. Walking around it was an AB but nothing like Bill

"looks like a damn Guernsey milk cow err bull"

"um that’s a Holstein fur pattern dad, well that can be changed it can be customized you want to be all black or all brown, white hell there's even gray. Takashima collected dozens of samples of every breed known an some that are extinct as well anything to make the AB HBED's stylish consumer products"

"oh hell, what are you?"

"honestly a mixture an you don’t want the fangs bad breath some mornings blah"

"well cant you type something in here to make something like you but not as beefy" he snorted an chuckled "sorry son that was unintentional"

Bill smiled an chuckled with him "I can try give me a second" crouching down he typed for a few moments an then wagged his ear "there, mom always gave me the impression of a Brown Swiss she liked brown cows so you'd be mix of those minus the Swiss"

"what kind is that?" pointing to an image on the screen

well me.. in the component types, Takashima used Angus, Swiss, Caracu an this one is a Square Meater along with Australian Brangus to get most of my Bovine qualities then human an Komodo dragon an apparently diamond back rattler"

his father just shook his head "I can see where you got the horns least part of the shape"

"so.. I'm going to ask the system to combine the bovine parts an give us a composite for best options. you want to be a 1A too? It'd keep more of your human qualities"

his father sat there for a moment "no, I failed at a ton of things not much I'm proud of save you"

"your adaptive dad that is a trait you'd want to keep" touching the selections on the screen making him an early 1st generation 1A the system worked the genetics an mixing giving several dominant fur patterns expected head shapes an horn styles

"that’s a handsome looking one" pointing to the third one "lot like you in many ways"

"well it'd keep the family resemblance going" smiling a bit smelling the uncertainty fading from his father

"true," nodding then he stopped looking at the slowly turning AB image "does.. does it hurt?"

"no, you sleep through it all several specialists have said the cells in the brain are last to change since they pass on their bit of held memory to the HBED one that moves in an takes its place.

I remember everything dad, even my run from the hunters till a steel door rang my bell. Then I woke up with a migraine cause the cart had fallen an my head whacked another cart breaking the chip then the doctor shoved his fingers up my nose an pushed my head back into shape"

"ahh ow" he grimaced

"yeah, but that wont happen here no chips anymore"

"no wonder you gave the door to Ken"

Bill grinned "absolutely, it was for him, someone with grave sites for sale" they both chuckled softly

His father huffed hard "alright, I admit I'm"

"worried, there is always a chance but thousands went through okay" he hit the create square an the barcode came out a moment later "its up to you" picking up the sheet he held it out to him "take the brass ring an ride again dad, take the second chance"

Bill sighed he didn’t look at his father to see for once he would go on faith his father was a strong person an would make it

Sophia came clopping up "ohh no you don’t Mr. Bully, where is he what's his name"

Bill smiled "but I haven't gotten the apron yet.."

"to hell with the damn apron where is that male AC!" planting her fists on her hips "or do I have to stomp it out of you"

"nope, I just want you to calm down an use your gift relax an think, you'll realize why I haven't said a thing"

she blinked "but.." calming down closing her eyes she calmed further an felt Bill reach out an put his finger on hers there was a flash of an image no color no sound but it was the first vision from the males point of view! Her walking into the kitchen hungry eyes wanting more than just food

she looked at him an then felt it as he took his finger away

"I think you know who already my lovely war mare, be happy, enjoy love with all you are, he will" walking away

she looked at the machine an there on a screen was an AC to be an it was him she turned to Bully's back "but"

he stopped "oh come on Sophia, you noticed him first even leering at his ass"

"but the president?"

"Brian the AC president with a few color adjustments an 1A so he's able to keep up with you.. yes. The vision you saw Bonnie got it when she hugged him.. "

she smiled an laughed loudly whickering walking over to the machine

"I told him a good friend would be here waiting for him to wake up"

"absolutely Bully oh absolutely I will be!"

Epilogue

Bill walked into the living room Sara was napping on the couch the newest addition of the clan on her belly both wrapped in the blanket baby idly nursing she yawned an looked up at him with a nova sized flare of love an recognition for daddy

Smiling he returned it an she went back to her sleep

the fire in the hearth had burned down a bit so he added a few logs to bring it back up the snow outside the huge tall windows falling in fat flakes he turned listening to the roaring voices filled with laughter an running then winced at a pair of thuds from upstairs an cries of pain

He walked over to the stairs as the kids went to come pounding down their hooves thudding on the carpet runners he shushed them with a glare "shhh, mom an your sister are on the couch trying to sleep"

"I fell" "me too" the younger sisters sniffling the older brother rolled his eyes at the tears the oldest girl smiled an waved at him

"yes I know, come here let me check" they came over an he crouched down hugging the four of them

"are you home forever now daddy?" the littlest asked

"yes honey, no more hunting chipped HBED's we found the last of them, ok your fine nothin broken no bloods but hey… did you break my floor?" huffing at them "I thought I heard something break"

"no, um" they all looked at each other very anxiously

"best go check then, my floor broken gona come outa someone's allowance" He stood up an had to smile as they all went pounding upstairs an a quartet of voices came down no nothing broken "okay play a little less like a stampede okay" chuckling a bit as they stomped off back towards their rooms

"Bully, lover? Is that you?" Sara asked clearly sleepy an tired

he walked over an leaned down she smiled an brightened hugging his head an kissing him

"H'lo my lovely goddess I see Tiffi has gotten you to sleep on the couch"

she smiled "your daughter, has decided that she likes the left breast more than the right an gets huffy with me when I need her to take milk from the right"

"I could help"

"William that’s her milk"

"she's sharing with dad?" he said with a grin trying not to laugh as Sara grabbed a pillow an then sighed "lucky bully I'm too tired to beat you with a pillow"

he noted the empty plate an glass on the end table near her head "need a refill love?" smiling taking both heading for the huge kitchen

"yes please, is it all done? Are you home now?"

he filled the glass from the large jug of HBED milk an got a cantaloupe that had been cut into an sliced off several more pieces from it "yes its all done, the last of the chipped HBED's have been found and the last of Takashima's partners as well"

"HE was there!?"

Bill walked out an crouched down with the glass an plate putting them within her reach "yes in a way he died about two years ago. the three hundred an ninety HBED's hungry an lacking leadership did as programmed."

"oh no, how many humans?" taking the glass she drank down a third of it

"three remote villages in Indonesia about four hundred, the man moved them from North Vietnam when things became unfriendly for him an them. we tracked him along the old Ho Chi Min trail an lost the track couple years ago when the monsoons started"

"ok so how did he die?"

"far as we can tell, snake bite, it got infected an he tried to inject HBED immunity factor but never got it in the arm we found the Takashima facility all over grown in the jungle the pens empty a couple dead HBED's in them starved to death. They went to the villages an took over every single woman old enough to be bred was round with child. Already two years worth of babies running around as well

the government wanted us all out, didn’t care how either, screaming we were a plague going to make them all HBED's, we were all airlifted out. A navy medical ship off the coast of south Korea the women are there on board with the HBED's they have been forbidden from returning the men left alive were moved to other villages an the government burned the area to ash"

"so the women? They going to be coming to the US?"

"yes though upset an rightfully so, their male relatives told them they didn’t exist anymore, which didn’t help…" Bill sighed "we arrived this morning in LA long ass 14 hour nonstop flight I caught a flight to Vegas an then home via a chopper heading for Mountain home air force base"

"ohh Bully you haven't even slept have you" putting her hand on his cheek he rubbed on it

"ill be okay, I'm home now ill get sleep in my bed with my lovely mates… to be honest love it was anti-climatic end to the mess. thankfully most of us spent our time trying to keep the Indonesian troops from killing the HBED's an us. the women screaming, the babies all running around scared to death trying to stay near their mothers" he sighed deeply

"well were very glad your home an not a scratch this time thank you very much" kissing him passionately "Bonnie is all wound up like a spring the twins have her all restless worried you'd not make it home in time"

"she in her studio?"

"yep video conference calls to Europe all night to several cloth makers an such. she's close hon an its got her nervous pacing, sewing"

"ill go sooth the lovely mother of my children as I've soothed you" smiling she kissed him again

"uh huh your turn tonight with Tiffany I want to soak in the tub an sleep" kissing him then sighing "but she wont let that happen. Two in the morning like clockwork she will whimper an my boobs will hear an voll'la milk for baby"

he kissed her head "I gather she's not taking to Bonnie's milk?"

"oh no, she loves it little greedy gut, nurses From Bonnie like a vacuum cleaner" lifting her up a bit "but she wants momma's at two in the morning" chuckling as the little girl AB yawned widely her eyes opened an she exploded with joy an love at them both

Sara rubbed her nose on Tiffi's "yes you do, an momma's boobs are all to happy to wake her so you can nurse. making big wet spots an making me uncomfortable till you empty them you baby you"

Bill concentrated an gently put his chin on Sara's head, he had learned how to share a tiny bit with her an he replayed the joy an love their daughter was all to happy to express. Sara sighed an reached up with her arm an hugged his head to hers

"she loves you so very much for the time inside an the love an care now goddess, I just thought you should feel that"

Sara sniffed a bit an kissed their child "Daddy is mean he always reminds me how much you kids are so awesome when he does that"

Several loud thuds an yelps of pain came from above "an then they grow up…" Bill smiled an got up pulling the blanket back up on Sara an the baby "ill go treat the wounded an visit the nervous momma"

Sara chuckled an smiled relaxing back grabbing a slice of melon to munch on "they are your babies Bully I'm sure their fine"

He consoled wounded pride an implied owies with hugs an kisses, went to his room grabbing his arm communications unit. the moment he removed it from the charger the hologram scrolled messages an alerts important notes "business continues on" tapping out a note to Terry he was heading down in a bit

walking upstairs to the third floor he could already hear Bonnie chewing someone out over a fabric she'd ordered an it had been woven wrong he carefully opened the door to her studio the natural light flooding in through dozens of windows an skylights tinted bluish from the snow falling

she was cutting fabric on a table the computer display hologram generator on an overhead swing arm the hologram of a man clearly wincing as she verbally an visually showed him the errors

Bill stalked forward ever so slowly the numerous body forms for both male an female humans an HBED's the females with adjustable belly sizes for various states of pregnancy all with partially completed outfits plans pinned to them with marks for changes

Her stomach was very large an set low in her pelvis the twins making her stiff grouchy an sore. she rubbed it gently looking at the supplier turning away from the cutting table

"listen I don’t need apologies I need it fixed Randal, the red is missing the woven silk core at the midline of the design which is key to the design! you got the blue an silver right I need that run in five days as per agreement otherwise you'll refund the money an I have to cancel the red which will cost far more than your having to work overtime"

"alright Bonnie alright ill get right on it" it went off

Bonnie sighed

he watched her pick up his picture from her main drawing table touching a finger to the image

"call Maxine"

After a moment her Business partner came up on the hologram "Bonnie dear, so are we done whipping the northern hemispheres weavers into submission yet? I've had numerous calls of people begging me to call you off, I think we've gotten several thousands in discounts as bribes."

"I'm sorry Maxi, just" sighing "worried"

"yes dear an he will be home soon I'm sure, I saw on the news that they were being airlifted out of the country a bit of trouble going on"

Bill walked forward silently careful of cloth scraps that might give him away Maxine saw him an he put a finger to his lips to shush her

"Bonnie dear I know your worried, but our suppliers are now running in terror from you"

"they did things completely wrong Maxi, how are we to make thousands of outfits ready for the spring line if the material is wrong?"

Bill slipped his arms around her, hands on her belly an she Jumped "you adapt an change my sweet love"

"William! OH GOD scare me to death!"

he kissed her as she turned her head silencing the protests

"see dearest, now please go take a break relax! An thank you William, half the textiles industry on the planet is in your debt" it went off

Bonnie turned in his arms an hugged him tightly nose buried in his neck breathing hard but calming "I was so horribly worried I saw things, I so understand how you hate the gift"

"I know, an I handled it, took smashing an tossing a Indonesian military truck into the jungle to convince them they really didn’t want to fire on us or the chipped HBED's" hugging an rubbing her back as well "were all done now, that was the last of them so I'm home other than HBED business an ours"

she crushed him in a hug

"do you want me to call in to the office hon? We can go just sit an cuddle"

she sighed "no I'm okay now, I've got things to cut an sew some changes to make an alterations"

"you sure?" she smiled an wagged an ear "okay" he could smell one of their not yet offered for sale products on her breath "honey barbeque soybean bars huh"

She smiled an giggled "the kids fault, they're very good by the way an hit the spot when I'm craving something crunchy an mineral filled"

"how's the flavor?" smiling as she did "an where are the kids getting them?"

"awesome, I think the shift supervisor, she's giving them samples. I put them to bed last night an found several under Eve's pillow told them if they were going to sneak into the caves an not expect me to tell daddy they better pay me off" laughing a bit

he had to chuckle "sooo taking bribes huh? Tisk Bonnie really" he tickled her a bit an then hugged her close the twins kicked him an she giggled a bit more

she saw his look at her belly "their just fine, in the right position to come out, one is a little lower than the other so its not going to be a fight between them to get out, their just two weeks late an getting heavier" groaning a bit at the end

he had to smile an rubbed gently "hey you two be nice to momma an lets make an appearance alright"

she held his hands pulling them around her hips an smiled up at him "hmm I could use a bit of playin around oh handsome bully it'd make me feel better, relax me"

"hmm sure its not to try an bounce the twins out early? Serving an eviction notice" he chuckled as she pleaded with a seductive smile

"maybe, but don’t deny you want to too"

"oh id never ever do that"

quite relaxed an satisfied, after a quick cleanup, he walked to the storage area of the house where the access door to the caves was. the handle had a jump rope tied on it to help certain small kids to open it he left it on there

opening the caves let the smells of hundreds of fungi into his nose the soybean bars were an east Asian delight he'd acquired the fungus an then with a bit of work improved the fungi via his lab techs

they were nearly ready to start selling them in the states for human an HBED meals the boosted mineral content was easy to add in an the fungus seemed to enjoy it making the bars even tastier added flavors an spices were easy hand dipped work then wrapped an packed fresh

he walked along the mined out caverns the minerals taken out were part of their daily needs the air temp in various controlled zones for the different fungi needs slipping though curtain doors to a slightly cooler zone looking at various notes an reports on the arm pad computer

"welcome home bully!"

he waved at a picker at one of the many racks of mushrooms the cart out in front filled with the choicest fruits

"how are those? Those the new batch of porcini?" looking at the AD his hair had picked up some natural glowing fungi a result of living in the caves exclusively the low lights helped show off the effect

"sure are an they're wonderful!"

walking over he plucked one from the compost an took a bite chewing "they sure are, tastes a lot better than the original I brought in, so how are you doing?" tapping on his arm making a note about them

"me? Oh I'm great no Agoraphobia at all, I'm inside a huge house well cave. my personal cave is warm an dry furniture an carpets lots of books I'm very happy thank you for asking"

"an perhaps a certain young lady ewe?" munching another from the next rack same species it was also quite delicious tossing the stem in the recycling bag on the AD's cart "are we looking at perhaps needing to make some more space in your bachelor pad?"

the AD smiled "well she comes over an visits nothing.. certain yet I do like her a lot"

"ok, well just passing on a bit of advice coming from my gift.. she likes you a lot too an is waiting for a opportune moment to tell you something important"

"she is? Oh" happy an exited he smiled brightly

Bill smiled "let me know we need to get the mining machines in there an open up more space hmm? Okay. Oh an when you get a chance get a review form from QA an let them know how well this batch is doing alright? Since your right here an can tell the lab what's going on taste an such"

"absolutely Bully I will, these will be some of the best yet"

"I hope so, the best quality ones all hand picked an selected for prime flavor sell for great prices an that money comes right back here for everyone" smiling patting the AD on the shoulder "your um glowing a bit by the way"

he chuckled "yeah the stuff just doesn’t wash out very well"

Bill leaned over a bit to the AD "it shows where she's been holdin on too ya for dear life as well. The hand grip smears in the wool" he chuckled as the AD looked an laughed bleating a bit smacking Bill on the arm

He walked on checking on various levels talking with supervisors an production going on as the road twisted an turned leading down to the valley floor coming out into the HBED cheese ageing areas racks filled with rounds slipping through curtain doors to find a lady AB coming right for him a sharp stainless tool in hand

"easy eaasy! No running with sharp tools! Donna" remembering the last time the excitable dairy AB had nearly gutted him with a knife trying to present him with a slice of their now award winning provolone

she came to a quick halt "ohh sorry William I forgot, but it worked! Ohh your going to love it! Its aging excellently too!"

offering him a bit of a test core from their new sharp cheddar with a mix of blue cheese culture it gave the cheese a very distinctive smooth texture an the taste he got of it confirmed it

"ok that’s coming along wonderfully, what do you think more aging? Or smokehouse?"

"we could try both see what it does. the HBED milk sugars feeds the bacteria differently an the immunity factors are making for some interesting delayed mixing. some areas are nearly a soft cheese others are becoming hard like the blue an the milk fats are wonderful just so many incredible reactions going on"

"ok do a couple in the smoke house wax a couple let them age cool"

she nodded an smiled "what are you seeing?" hands on her apron around a bit of a belly

he was tapping on his arm making notes on the cheese which Terry his office secretary was likely typing out as he was putting it in. he looked at her for a moment "boy heavy over ten pounds too, week early"

she hugged him "Chuck is going to be so happy!" putting a hand on her belly as she bounced a bit

"how's the Mozzarella coming along?"

"we solved it Bill," she puffed up a bit with pride "we mixed in the buffalo milk fifty-fifty an then added in more HBED butterfat ohhhh you are just going to love it! We have the first batch going out on an order"

"excellent got a small test round? Ill have that for lunch with some of our sausages"

"ooh that does sound good but ill have it over asparagus" chuckling she went along the racks him right behind "an my handsome mate as well" wiggling her rear with a giggle

"I'm sure he will enjoy knowing he's the desert"

she guffawed an mooed laughing. They went through isles of racks an rooms where other cheeses were being tended an she picked a small round off the shelf "here you are"

"thank you, keep up the awesome work Donna an congratulations" giving her a hug "have to get down to the office I'm sure Terry is already stacking things a mile high on my desk"

"thank you Bully an you tell Terry your helping your employees, an making sure quality is excellent. its why were on the stock market! I invested half my pay last month"

"a retirement plan Donna is actually safer"

"I know but I want to get more so I can give the kids a better chance than I got, you saved me from the drugs an tricks then becoming this, you made me happy an proud to be an AB an then sending me to school for cheese making" she hugged him "I put my money back into the company that cares deeply about its workers"

"thank you Donna, everyone benefits so new boy on the way are you gona need a new addition to your house?"

she smiled an looked cute hands behind her back "if I say yes would a kiss for my favorite boss be a good down payment?"

he laughed an smiled "it would indeed, ill get the builders to come by an take a look an get it on the schedule, looks like were going to need to get the playground parks built this spring finally" she leaned up an gave his cheek a big kiss then smooched his lips too swatting his rear

"go on now boss go get to work" she laughed as did others wrapping cheese an carting others around

"yes ma'am" he chuckled an typed that into his arm pad

he walked through the aquaculture greenhouses plucking up a head of lettuce that had been rejected for root rot the leaves still excellent it would have gone to families here instead of to market

the packers all waving at him he waved back the supervisor AA she waved "stocks up five percent Bully!"

"excellent! That’s all your hard work people damn fine work it is! Damn I'm proud of ya"

he finally walked through the labs the entire journey never stepping outside into the weather. the human an HBED researchers looking into microscopes cloning tissue samples to hybridizing others examining water samples to HBED milk quality

the lab had a few quirky people an they tended to glue themselves to Bill so starved for approval an acceptance, they worked so hard he had to institute mandatory breaks an maximum ten hours in the lab as a couple had literally worked to collapsing

"William!"

an there's Andy now Bill thought setting his eventual lunch on a counter "Andy how are ya"

he rushed up with a tray of numerous things the AE deer type smiled an swallowed his tail wiggling an flagging showing his nervousness his musk was potent too

"William I got some new fungi cultures from those samples you found in that abandoned warehouse in the Netherlands"

"the Takashima freight warehouse? I didn’t think those were edible, I was curious to see why they were growing so well in preserved wood an in the cold"

"because they got exposed to the raw HBED virus. they somehow incorporated it or got infected by the virus an it adapted them to the cold an normally indigestible wood.

But the interesting thing is they are remarkably prolific even in the cold, an can digest toxic heavy metals completely which is what was used on that wood as a preservative before it was banned. And they make these lovely pink an orange fruiting bodies that are edible a nutty butter taste, rich in good minerals an have a rather lovely texture to them"

Bill had to lean a bit on the counter an reached into a hip bag to get a coffee bean munching it his nostrils fluttered a bit wanting his mind perfectly clear for this

"ok Andy you know the rule test, test, test an then get someone else in the lab to check too. I want this top secret alright get Mary on it"

"M-m-Mary? Y-yes sir, I have run the tests three times they do flourish in toxic waste"

"an the remaining part of the fungi after harvesting?"

"inert becomes compost-able no traces of the waste I've burned rotted an ground the body an gotten nothing out of it"

Bill rolled his jaw "Andy I want the tests run again by Mary, then make out the detailed report company stock is going to skyrocket when I go after a patent for that fungi. Okay Andy you did damn good thank you, now go take a nap please. your wired so high on coffee beans I think your reaching a time dilation effect"

He smiled an sighed "thank you Bully" hugging Bill "an yeah I think that half pound was a bit too many"

"Mary first please oh an Andy.. Mary would like you to ask her to dinner" Mary was a human an had been favoring Andy with a lot of attention of late "take her to Hanks diner"

"oh um but I " his ears were twitching an his nose was as well

"that’s a request mister.. gift remember?" tapping his head "trust your Boss, an friend please.. you wont regret it"

"kay.. um w-what should I s-say?"

Bill smiled as Mary had walked up a tray of beakers in hand to Bill's left out of Andy's sight "id say relax an say what your heart decides"

"um Mary would you be able to go to dinner with me tonight, id really love it if you could? How's that?"

"yes id love to" she looked around the analyzer machine with a smile at him

"oh ohh! M-m-Mary I -I oh I-I " his tail went flat an he was quivering

"Andy go take a nap, she said yes hard part is over now, its going to be eat an enjoy talking later" he smiled as Mary set the tray down an helped Andy to the break room

Walking into the main office finally Terry held out a huge stack to him "more on your Desk Bully please sign an date the ones with red flags asap okay and!"

He stopped arms full looking at her

"Sophia Tim Joe an Kim have all called they left one message all the same"

"what is it?"

"five years, they didn’t elaborate just said you'd know what it meant"

"dear god… has it been that long already… "

"time fly's when your working your tail off for the government an HBED farms inc. boss um.. are you done with the government?"

"yeah ill be finally getting my discharge papers this time, though they nearly begged me to stay in the reserves I'm done. I've got over four thousand HBED's humans an their dependants with them that depend on my being here, an thank you Terry for all the incredible help"

"Sara told me it would be a big job an I'm glad I like a challenge oh um" she nodded her head to the office an made her fingers like antlers on her head making a serious face to go with it

"gotcha thank you Terry" he opened the door an pushed it closed with a swish of the tail

Fopp was in a chair facing the desk "hey there Boss bully"

"well hello to you too, long time no see there Fopp"

"that’s for the best boss, nice selection on the lunch"

"oh you’ve tried the cheese?"

"yup damn good, speaking of that"

"ohh let me set this pile of work down an sit myself I have a feeling I'm not gona like this"

"likely that alright"

Setting the stack down he got the desks holograms up for a moment an put do not disturb on them they disappeared "get ya a HBED beer Sean?"

He elk looked over his nose at him an smiled relaxing again "sure these from your head mechanic efforts?"

"sure are, he keeps finding little touches to make every batch better once he finds the best one I'm going to start brewing as well, micro brewery stuff an he'll get the promotion to brew master" Bill reached behind his chair to the mini fridge grabbing a pair of flip top bottles he held one out to the elk

they both took a drink then bill cut a chunk off the cheese an held it out to him which was accepted an nibbled on

"mm ok that’s better than before"

"yep, okay Sean talk what's goin on"

he took another drink from the bottle an told him all about the former senator to California who had been a Takashima flunky an was trying to seal the state from any HBED foods or products an was also trying to force all HBED's to wear collars an dog tags Bill was making mental notes

"an when he spotted me, he shot me left me for dead out there in the woods sending the new senator an governor back to the cabin"

"oh that was the really wrong thing to do, now he's gona be up to his ass in trouble. he was given a second chance to save his ass"

"third, I caught him trying to keep a chipped lady AE elk HBED in his place up in northern Cali I set her free an told him he's just damn lucky it wasn’t the FFH that found her"

"oh this man has got to go. Okay ill handle it… alright Sean its time to talk"

"oh don’t you use that witch gift on me Bully" pointing the bottle at him

"Sean, I don’t believe that you understand something, my gift it shows me opportunities, now see with you an I don’t even have to use it. You have a lonely dark cold death coming that we both know will happen, that shot to the shoulder you could have just sent me a note made a phone call it woke you up

you’re here because you know damn well I reserved a place for you. No more hiding an being hunted of all my family an you are family I have a safe place for them, you’re the only one I haven't gotten to help completely"

"your warning years ago saved me from a messy death I consider that paid"

"HBED crap Sean an you know it, I have my sources too. that lady AE you saved you’ve kept an eye on her for years. yes I've been spying on you too Sean, for the very fact I wanted someone there to help you, you'd not die alone, someone would be there when you needed it most."

The elk sighed looking into the bottle

"she's never found anyone she liked enough to match a certain Elk she met years ago you know"

Sean looked up "how?"

"I told you I have my sources too, she's a very clever stock market analyst made my investments triple every quarter an has helped all of our people here make damn fine choices"

"all in the family huh"

"absolutely, if we don’t someone else will take it from our very fingers. Now hear me out, your tired, much as you like the game, it wears away at the soul. I don’t doubt anything you could tell me of what you’ve had to do… but your HBED now, an need a safe haven our city isn't named Haven for nothing

come home Sean..

come home to a safe place to rest, work if you want. try anything you want, lots of jobs to do"

Bill reached in his desk an tossed a set of keys on the top

"just north of town four bedrooms, nice kitchen, dining room, living room with a fireplace ground source heating has apple orchards on three sides quiet nice backyard an a hot tub underground there's connection to the tunnels an a workshop some woodworking stuff.. you do like to work with wood I believe"

Sean looked down at he brass keys on a tag that said Fopp, Shall Eventually Always Need this the capitals spelling Sean

"an if I don’t"

"then you'll miss out on the HBED games in summer sorry you have to be a resident" smiling at him saluting the Elk with his bottle as he took a drink

Sean/Fopp laughed finally "you knew didn’t you" reaching out an taking the keys with a smile

"yes, a year ago but I knew you had to come here before you'd accept" smiling at him "your mail person is Ray, nice guy doesn’t talk much. if the tunnel mailbox is fulla junk I'm sorry but once the mail found out about an entire town of HBED's they just drop the mail off at our post office an runaway he delivers everything exactly as the rules say to"

Sean chuckled an ate more of the cheese "an yes I do like to work with wood"

"good! some nice burls been aging in the shelves there, they should be sweet to work I could use

a desk pen set or a name plate for Christmas" smiling as the elk laughed leaning back pocketing the keys "go bring her home when your ready, she's been lonely"

Bill worked on the stack for most of the day enjoying some of their local made sausages for the various AA an triples that were the local police an security the boys had brought their families an were damn good at their jobs thus he left them to do it the cheese an lettuce leaves as bread

He couldn’t believe five years already tapping Sophia's private number in it rang an her lovely face came up eating

"hebow? Obh!"

"caught ya snacking I see" smiling as she swallowed an smiled

"Bully! Well hello dear you look intact an unharmed for once" she could see all the world land marks he had pictures in front of on the wall behind him the medals an awards there as well

"yep, an last ones too finally"

"so Brian told me.. he hasent gotten your report home yet but last one was dead?"

he wagged an ear his finger telling her more detail as he spoke about other things the girls an the kids she finally wagged an ear an smiled

"well five years we've been busy"

"hell yes we have I admit id forgotten the time"

"well I don’t blame you! The city of Haven a private city for HBED's an their dependants"

he heard smaller hoofs running into the kitchen "momma! Can I have another soy bar please"

"hey is that who I think it is?"

Sophia lifted up a handsome little AC an set him on the seat "sure is, say hi to uncle Bully you remember"

"he makes the soy bars! I love them!!" Sophia laughed "thank you uncle Bully! You’re the best! All the other kids want to trade for them but I don’t trade nothin! I like them soo much!"

Chuckling "well thank you Jonathan, hey how do you like the honey nut one?"

"oOOOOHH that one is so yummy! The apple one is even better but I only got one" looking sad

"only one huh.. well I have to check but I'm sure that box had five in it" seeing the guilty response of the war mare "but ill tell ya what, I want one of my soy bars favorite fans to be happy. ill have another box sent right out with a new one on top sweet black cherry an peach how's that sound?"

"YAY! I cant wait!" bouncing on the chair he turned to his mom "did you hear mommy!"

"I sure did, they do sound yummy"

"now you have to call me back I'll ask you some questions for our people who make the flavors you can tell them exactly what you think of um alright.. that’s the price for the new kind… right mom?"

she giggled an wagged an ear "I can do that! Huh mommy you can call for me an help try them!" "I sure can dear, okay let me an uncle Bully talk alright say thank you" "thank you!! YAY!" he hopped off the chair

she sat back down chuckling smiling at Bill "so what are we doing boss Bully?"

"five years is exactly that we are nothing if we don’t keep our word"

she sighed "I know a lot of us moved on just as you hoped"

"the council has a responsibility for all HBED's dear much as id rather just let the issue go on who then would we be but less than ourselves. Guilty as the criminal who is being punished"

she sighed wagging an ear turning as Brian's voice came from another room "where is my lovely warrioress?" he came in an kissed her with a small twist of roses he saw Bill an smiled "Bully! Damn fine work"

"crap.. an don’t try to shine it up all it does is make a polished turd. I shouldn’t have had to smash a truck to stop those morons I thought we had complete permission to act as needed to save the HBED's an those effected as needed"

"you did"

"you might want to check with the state department an the embassy there cause someone didn’t tell them that.. anyhow I'm done I resigned I have more important things to handle here"

Sophia turned to him an said five years

"oh that.. you’re the Big bull on the council of HBED's what are we doing?"

"your still sitting behind the big desk Brian you don’t need to get involved"

"I'm near the end of a second term Bully I cant do more an honestly I have better things too do" hugging Sophia around the shoulders she smiled

"yup cooking more hot soup an fresh bread" Bill smiled

they both laughed Sophia grinned a bit too knowingly

"ahh so you already have I'd believe" she laughed as Brian looked on surprised

"cant hide anything from you Bully darn you" she leaned back a bit looking up at Brian "dear we have a bun in the oven"

"what?! What! Oh yes!" hugging her turning an looking around "Jon! Jon!" He clopped out of screen "Jon were going to have a baby! Your gona have a little brother or sister!"

"aww I don’t want to share my soy bars! Do we have to?"

Bill guffawed an laughed mooing snorting loudly smacking his leg, Sophia laughed an blushed mumbling something about Jon being Brian's son

After a few minutes things calmed down Bill had reported about the twins soon to arrive an grinned at the AC pair

"oh I don’t like that grin Bully" "why what's up? Bill? Are things going to be okay?"

"oh absolutely fine Sophia's a strong healthy lady but we've been noticing a trend already 1A's that have kids with the same HBED mate more than once the chance of twins jumps up something the designers didn’t calculate into the system"

Sophia blinked "twins? You see twins?"

"I saw a flash, I need to get closer to ya then I can say for certain"

"oh come on Bill" Brian smiled "what a tease"

"hello flaky gift here, Sophia? What do you see?"

she relaxed eyes closed an then a tiny smile came

"anyhow alright Brian Sophia ill send a message around two weeks an we meet at the monument? That sound okay?"

"sounds good dear talk to you later" "hey wait honey Bully what did you see?" it went off Bill could only smile

two week later Bill Bonnie an Sara with the five day old twin boys an kids arrived at the southwest training center via a custom trailer camper home hauled via a semi truck they got it parked an the sides extended out on their hydraulics landing stands dropped an were locked the driver hooked up to power water an sewer connections provided

Trisha an her mate came in their motor home an were hooking up as well

Sara smiled as the HBED's came out of the trailer setting up sitting pads on the folding out porch then they all stopped looking at the buildings an pens the kids oblivious already playing heading for the playground set up

"god its like nothing happened" Sara shivered a bit holding Tiffany close protecting her

"right down to the cameras" Bill's neck hair fluffed up a bit

Trisha came over an hugged them all her fur was fluffed up too "I know you told them exact Bully but damn! it feels the same too"

They all jerked around at the sound of a buggy humming along a lady HBED AE sitting beside a man dressed like a handler

Bill snorted an felt his blood heat Bonnie pulled Sara back an grabbed the babies Trisha was growling hackles up

The AE smiled at first an then held her hands up "its okay folks honest easy now, this is Bo he's one of the tour guides an educators" she looked an realized "Bo get that shirt off their originals"

"oh hell" ripping the shirt off quickly tossing it into the buggies back seat "I'm sorry folks please its okay I'm not a real handler, never!"

Sara came forward "easy Bully" patting his arm

Bonnie looked around Bill "god I was having flashbacks"

"you!" Trisha smoothed out her hair or tried to "I was expecting hunters to come around ready to kill us"

"I was expecting him… waiting around the corner ready to have us all taken" Bill snorted steam an sighed

the AE doe Smiled "no folks, but just so you know, everyone who was here has reacted exactly the same. I was in northeast so it doesn’t effect me like that. I do apologize, I got your notes an confirmations for reservations I should have met you at the gate I am very sorry"

"its okay the sun was setting like this the last night before it was destroyed" Bill said "for a moment it felt like I never left" shaking himself a bit dispelling the dread

"here's the list of when the cafeteria is open" holding out a pamphlet "we currently have twenty new HBED's training an learning here and you will see AA's out performing security work so please no pounding them they're friendly good folks

I do understand why you didn’t want to use any cabins, we have had a few who came an pointed out a few flaws an we have corrected them if you do see any other than the missing rig which is where the memorial is now.

please don’t hesitate to let us know. the fact that your response to the facility was so intense shows were doing our job very well, again I am sorry I should have anticipated it"

"oh Ann the others" "oh yes we also have some misbehaving HBED's minor crimes they were sent here an are wearing control collars the states they committed crimes in the judges decided they should have to learn things the way others had to for several months"

"were they mid war?" Bonnie asked

"yes they were, they never got sent to a training facility an thus never really learned how to control themselves, well they have now. one year sentence for a particular pair as mater of fact an they are learning"

Bill wagged an ear "an Hira?"

"ahh you know of her? Yes she's here, this late I imagine she's in her cabin poor thing experimental combination HBED unit the control chip embedded in so deep it cant be removed without risking her life"

she finger wrote 'not that anyone has tried of course as per HBED counsel decree' she held her hands together looking at him Bill wiggled his ear

"thank you Ann, we'll finish setting up our campers an perhaps walk around a bit while the kids unwind" Sara added

"that will be wonderful, please enjoy yourselves I know the memories can be incredibly powerful painful sometimes as well"

"I have a very happy one right over there I was proposed to by the big mass of beef here" elbowing Bill with a smile as he grunted

"who's cooking? Did Betty come back? She owes me recipes" several laughed at that an Bills sad face

"no I'm afraid not, but we did get a cook from southeast an he's quite good. please sleep well, I'm sure the rest of your group will be arriving as the evening progresses"

the kids all wound up from being cooped up in the trailer were yelling an playing with Trisha's little girl an boy chasing an laughing

she patted Bill on the shoulder "I think you’ve grown bully, beautiful kids"

"yours aren't nothing to ignore, she's your mirror he's gona be impressive"

"gift boss?"

"a little.. watch him but don’t get in the way. he's gona break his ankle, but the challenge drives him to get better an more athletic. Future Olympic gold medallist in gymnastics"

she smiled "what wonders are yours in for?"

"I don’t know" "huh? your kidding me"

he smiled at that "its one of those quirks with my gift, I cant tell gender of my own kids while still in side their moms, just they will be healthy, and I cant see anything like with yours or" he paused looking at her

"oh now Bill don’t look at me like that, always means trouble"

"when you get home after this don’t go to work early… go in late an you'll be fine"

"go in late… should I be worried?"

"only if you go in early. a bus gets cut off rams into a guard rail you pull over to render assistance an a semi driver not paying attention looking at you instead of the road swerves to miss a rubber necker an ends up killing you by accident"

she blinked "I'm gona be late to work then" hugging him "thank you Bill"

Bill finished setting up the patio of their very expensive trailer home it had been the one big luxury item he'd gotten himself, Sara had blanched at the price then saw the Vegas winnings an could only blink at the numbers

He flipped on various systems the driver standing near by

"were on site power Bully don’t need the solar but its all hooked up"

"yeah I know thank you, just switching it over to Battery charging again" touching various symbols on the screen an then folding the panel closed the cloth awning glowed up to brightness its under surface coated with a electro-luminessant

"Ok Billy, you want to go get a hotel room? or stay in the sleeper your choice"

"ill stay here, the sleeper is like a hotel room already Boss, night all" he waved to the others who waved at him

Bill grabbed some drinks from the side fridge an walked to the back where everyone was sitting watching the kids popping the top on a HBED beer an held it out to Trisha's mate an then one to her Fruit drinks to Sara an Bonnie

"oh hey" sniffing it the male triple A smiled "this the HBED beer I've been hearing about?"

"sure is he's nearly got it right, by the way I'm William most just call me Bully"

Trisha smiled "oh I'm sorry Bully this is Galvin we met an well things went very well"

Sara smiled taking a sip of her drink adjusting Tiffi a bit as she nursed "Galvin.. old Irish for the right one"

Trisha blushed a bit at that "yes he is" watching Bill greet Him Bill got that look again "Gal Bully is gifted"

"oh I've heard of him the Bully that no HBED would know freedom without"

"that’s better than some I've heard. The triple slayer the AB terror of the hunters… Death"

"but you earned that one all too well Bully" they all looked as Sophia an Brian came walking up from a parking limo, little Jon ran past like a bullet for the other kids "the hunters even T himself understood that all too well"

he walked over an Hugged her firmly with a kiss to the cheek picking her up a an then setting her down then greeting Brian who touched his nose under Bill's his ear wiggled "here my friend you are indeed the lead HBED" he said in a whisper

"pha.. I'm"

"just the first one awake, an became the hero because of that" came from most of the others they all smiled at his embarrassed sigh his ear wiggled at that

"Bully hon we all know better you did what you had to do" Bonnie added "nothing less"

Brian sniffed the air "is that the legendary HBED beer I've been hearing about? Id love to sample it"

Bill got one for him an a fruit drink for Sophia with a smile he smacked her rear she snorted tail flagging as he winked once the girls all giggling Brian laughed snorting an whickering but she put a hand on her belly knowing what that wink was meaning "oh dearest.. you need to find another pair of names"

"what? Really!" he yelled out an whickered loudly in Joy hugging her

everyone watched as another big semi pulled in an backed into a camping slot the sides decorated with advertising for a HBED remodeling company based in Seattle as Bill's was gloss black an ghost HBED's charging along the sides

Tim leaped out the rear door not even fully opened an charged at Bill to slide an stop hugging him tightly Bill lifted the smaller AB up an hugged him back they were firmly patting each others backs then calmer they touched heads an Tim put his nose to Bill's

"damn its good to see you Tim" giving him his new bottle of beer with a smile

"you too Bill damn I think you’ve gotten bigger" laughing as Bill picked him up again

"Gona have to stretch you people out! Darn snort people" everyone laughed

"hey will you two Bull's stop bull shitting around an help out?" Cassie an Lynda were at the back of the trailer an Cassie was huge!

"Cassie! Bully! Bring that Woman here right NOW" Sara yelled

"yes m'love" came from both Bulls to a lot of laughs

Bill scooped Cassie up an then offered his hand to Lynda who smiled "such a gentleman thank you Bully" walking them over to the gathering

Tim put out large relaxing chairs for them both Lynda was pregnant but not big as Cassie Bill set her down in the one nearest Sara an the hugs soon went to aww's over babies

"alright kids let me get this thing set up go play" Tim waved them out an they flooded out cheering loudly "no war's keep it play not fighting please" Bill came up next to him

"so how goes Tim?"

"good the housing remodeling for HBED's an buying foreclosed units for it is great, thank you for the loans it got us into it with operating capital an I plan to" he blinked as Bill put his hand on his mouth

"shush Tim, trust remember? No worries, when your good then remember"

"well the trailer was a good idea, we got special permits to use it at home sites for the families to live in till the house is done, thank you Bill" patting him on the shoulder an taking a long drink from the bottle "hmm damn that’s good"

"soon going to have a microbrewery selling it, here let me help. The driver gona hook you up or what?"

"um let me check" Tim walking around to the side Bill got the controls open an started opening the sides out an getting the awning open the power came on for electric lights instead of the solar Batteries Tim came back around watching for a moment then smiling at the girls showing off pictures

Gal an Brian came walking over Tim smiled "Mr. President"

"not here, I'm just Brian your.. Tim?"

"yes" they greeted smiling

"that’s Galvin Trisha's husband Tim" finishing up the setting up he closed the panel as they greeted

Tim looked at Bill "is Kim an Joe making it?"

"if Kim can, she's pregnant an I told her if she feels its too close don’t that an she's a huge fashion model even pregnant with jobs almost constantly so no use risking things much less having her son here, Joe will be here possibly Garret if I know Liz she's gotten the rumor mill from Amy who will be here"

Bill smiled at their ear wiggles "Kim's vote was given to me as no, so already there's a negative oh an Tim you best tell Cassie next Thursday she needs to make sure your home an Lynda is ready to help"

"um" Blinking Tim looked over at her then back Brian chuckled an Gal did smiling as well behind his beer

"babies say its time, just letting you know" Smiling as he took a drink of the beer he gave Tim an gave it back

"damn it bully cut that out, that’s not funny" Tim threatened with a fist

"what joke? She's gona be early by two weeks, boy an a girl twins I hope you planned for that"

"oh hell no! Cassie honey!" he clopped over to the ladies grouping there was a shriek of surprise an a huge cheer Brian smiled at that

"a bit of good to go along with this meeting Bully?"

"yes, an no, you cant talk me into being reserve or an advisor. I have a company to run an manage people who depend on my being there.. its hard to come home an have your youngest ask are you staying home now daddy"

Brian nodded taking another drink "well that was short an quick, thank you for listening to my offer first"

"sorry Brian, but the government isn't going to manage my business while I'm off doing things for it"

"true, so what's got as you like to say yer tail in a jam? That note you wanted to talk to me in person urgently when we got here"

"a certain senator who we let slide, has decided to get his nose into HBED business again an is trying to insult us as well" Bill explained what was going on adding only that it came from a very reliable source Gal an Brian both blinked

"oh hell don’t tell me this is going on in my state" Gal said "Trisha will tear them apart before doing that crap"

Brian gestured for him to calm down "no I know who this is its in California, the NSA has been keeping an eye on him homeland security has also noticed he's been trying to find certain missing friends of T"

"who are locked up in far, far away places or dead. Nice couldn’t keep me in the loop there Brian?"

"you have a certain elk who disappeared from all radar not a thing since the war who I suspect is who came in from the cold to let you know"

"yeah, the dear senator shot Fopp left him for dead"

"nice" Gal added taking another swig "I gather you two have a plan for this dick?"

Brian looked at Bill "do we Bully?"

Bill grinned very maliciously "we do, we warned them all an he's pushed so we now push him back an hard he's outa here

I sent a text to my favorite reporter she'll be here in the morning, I have a large data file on a flash drive for her an a copy has already been sent to the police in Sacramento and one to the state district attorney as well"

"Bully don’t play around" Gal smiled finishing his beer as Tim was heading back over all smiles

"your in trouuuble Boss Bully Cassie has it out for your tail" waving his finger at him

"hey don’t think I wont deflect it right on you bubba, you did the hump an bump not me" Brian an Gal both laughed

in the morning the remaining Members an Garret had all shown up to many hugs an smiles an with the kids they walked around the facility nearly silently Bill Stopped outside the cabin that had it not been destroyed would have been theirs right down to the name plate on it Sara looked at it an up at him

"just don’t feel like five years goddess"

"no it don’t bully toro.. my love for you hasn’t changed at all" hugging his arm an pulling him on

they all went to the cafeteria an got a great Breakfast the learning HBED's all came to say hello an had to go to classes the ones being punished lowered their heads trying to hide

Ann the AE walked in "AHH here you all are! wow seeing nearly all of the original warriors together some of the first HBED's free of the Chips that made us slaves animals an beasts of burden"

she was quite loud about it clearly trying to get something important across to the bad ones

"saved us all again thank you, I hope the food is good?"

everyone nodded

"excellent, the facility is yours to examine, again if you see anything wrong just let us know"

"I have to admit id like to see the pens where Bill fell off" Brian asked

Bill shuddered a bit at that

"that would be the upper deck on pen row three the closest to the truck unloading docks the railing has a tour card there we have all the holograms working an even the showroom as well Sara your desk even has some of the paperwork that was recovered on it"

"I'm not finishing it" everyone laughed "I'm done with that shit"

"could we take the tour that the general public do?" Liz asked Garret nodded "I've only seen this place from the long range video and the tablets the FFH had at the time"

"absolutely we normally have hundreds of visitors a day but as William requested a few days every five years for HBED counsel activities we've reserved certain areas for that"

Bill drifted away from them all as they took the tour he walked back to the monument out back

Its glossy white fine marble walls lined with blue tinted glass gold edged names he looked down at the center fountain its polished industrial stainless steel one of the many in the pits under the towers now all long stripped out this one was now an overflowing fountain

He crouched down looking up at the polished gloss black upper walkway an the gold doorframe aimed at the sun the opening in was meant to be the raceways entrance the doorway above the artist meant for it to represent the path to freedom that couldn’t be reached by a HBED anymore

the water was cold as ice from deep underground the tunnels had hit springs an the water that was pumped out of the remaining tunnels was to here the water kept the grounds green an growing the ones below were open for people to see as part of the tour what had been going on including made safe cutter nukes on display

looking over the numerous names touching a few gently he heard a mumbling an turned to look

it was Hira hip bags filled with polishing an cleaning items wearing a green staff shirt behind her was two babies in a wagon she was pulling playing with their toys she was also pregnant as well

she looked up at him smiled "hello 1A AB welcome to the memorial, I usually have some time before the tour to polish I am very sorry if there is any dirty spots to be seen"

"thank you Hira, I see your doing a fine job of keeping it clean an tended I'm glad.. these people never got the chance to see the sun again we should always remember them"

"yes" grief came very pronounced in the depth of its scent "they deserved far better"

"indeed they did, I didn’t need the tour I lived here for a time" watching Hira carefully

"did you? Ohh this place such terrible things but now it’s a good place ahh I know you then your William 221"

"yes I am.. its been five years Hira do you know why I am here?"

"no well I don’t think so" "it was a promise made to you, the HBED counsel is here you'll see them in a bit please stay around for the meeting thank you dear"

"oh alright thank you" an she went to cleaning the walls saying the names in a chant asking for them to rest in peace the sun would be around soon to warm them in its light

everyone showed up an so did Mary with her new AE cameraman Bill walked over to her an told her about the flash drive he was putting in her hand she looked at him an smiled "thank you Bully"

"friends do for friends don’t we"

"we do, so um" pocketing the drive "what is this?"

"you'll see it’s a promise made a sentence passed.. justice served"

walking into the memorial the other HBED leaders were there some sitting down on chairs like Sara Hira was escorted in by the AE Ann who then took her kids aside

Bill removed a wrapped box from a hip bag an opened it putting the battery back in the device an lcd screen came to life scanning the area for any chips around one came up the name Hira

He looked at her an touched the Deactivate option

The once simple eyes blinked an looked around an locked onto Bill an they gleamed with hate

"five years as sentenced Hiro Takashima.. five years of progress for HBED's, of healing an so much more. Lives have been born the world has changed. your allies gone, your helpers an HBED designers forever lost, all chipped HBED's free an coming home. You have cared for your task as sentenced

It is time for you to prove to us, you have made progress as well Hiro Takashima… "

They all walked out of the memorial Hira walking away with her kids an tour groups saw them an came up Mary the reporter was a bit stunned but was already heading for her van

Bill smiled an waved them to gather round Ann had brought the buggy with water an snacks

Kenneth - AAA

Takashima

Sara Cassidy

FBI: James Garret

EX01 Angela

Richard Veronica AB1A's

AA482 - Kim (mike) pregnant

662 AC1A - officer Sophia Lyndon

AC414 - Joseph (Stacy) pregnant

AB217 - Tim (Cassie) pregnant

AB233- Hank (Sylvia)

AE449 -Amy (Dave) pregnant

HBED – humanoid biologically engineered device – human being enduring defeat

William/Bill/The first musketeer (TFM) 221AB1A

FFH - Freedom For HBED's

Types:

AA - Canine

AB - Bovine

DB - dairy bovine

AC - Equine

AD - Sheep

AE - Cervidae

EX - Fox

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