Diamondback

Story by Ashley Natter on SoFurry

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A scouting mission is sent as a proof of concept, but a meeting with a strange, giant snake will present danger and new possibilities.


A roaring storm turned the desert in a scorching expanse of harsh sand and acidic water, making it impossible to tell where the baked land ended and the thundering skies began. The unrelenting sun was long gone, swallowed whole by the tempest, the only light was coming from the never-ending hails of lightning flashing in white fury across the sky. And it was the most beautiful sight the Sphinx had ever seen.

She gazed up as the sun poked through the angry clouds sailing across the dark sky, for the first time in her life feeling the caustic air against her skin. Just behind her, she could hear the concern in William’s voice as he spoke with James and Richard a few paces ahead.

“Look at her, Richard,” William pointed to his tablet that was keeping track of the Sphinx’s vital signs in real time, gesturing over his shoulder at where the Sphinx was perched on a rock outcropping. “Her vitals are going crazy, something out here is clearly having a negative effect on her.”

Richard Dillian was the special security operative attached to their little scouting and scavenging expedition, coming from a background that had been mostly classified he was there to assure the chimera wouldn’t get out of control in case the scientists plans failed. He glanced briefly at his portable Geiger counter, his walking pace, much like his expression, unchanging.

“Radiation’s at normal levels, and the weather report shows no chemical or biological weapons residues on the area. Want me to put it down?” Richard was a man of shrewd logic, sharpened into a cold weapon for the company. James stared out across the dangerous landscape, before he turned back to address William.

“She is having fun,” James said, his eyes fixed on the curves of her body. “It’s her first time outside of the laboratory, this storm must be the most amazing thing she has ever seen.”

William laughed under his breath, that made sense. Having been taught to see the chimeras as nothing more than tools and assets of the company it was easy to forget that they were living beings.

Just as a tank is made out of steel and plastic, so are the chimeras made out of carbon and water. They had been created to give their lives for the good of humanity. They were tools and nothing more, born not out of a mother, but in the point of a needle.

William had witnessed the whole process, he had taken part on the complex enhancement of genetic material, the implantation of the artificial ovulum into the artificial wombs. And finally, the birth of the chimeras in an industrial line, any defective specimen quickly discarded.

“They are not humans,” he had been instructed repeatedly. “No matter their appearance. They are tools for our use. Their ability to think does not give them sentience.”

For years he had worked under those assumptions, spent countless days and nights working on the creation of the new gene line of chimeras, with a simple scribe condemning others to disposal.

And yet, the Sphinx had changed him. All those years of propaganda and training melted away as he looked into her eyes, he couldn't deny her sentience, her humanity,

“Let’s keep moving,” Richard called, marching ahead of the others with long powerful strides, his dark hair catching in the wind, the heavy assault rifle swinging against his shoulders as he set the relentless pace across the wasteland.

Next to him there was Alice Shani, the raven-haired woman had been sent as a communications specialist. She was reliable and quiet, even if a bit depressive sometimes. Normally, any woman employed by the company would be considered too valuable to risk on missions outside of the fortified walls of the Compound, but Alice seemed to be a special case, more than once she had been sent with dangerous scavenging missions and during a particular mission she had returned as the sole survivor.

William walked next to Alice, the once cold and clinical scientist had found a strange friendship with the woman. Once he had preferred the silence of the laboratories, but now he felt more at ease next to someone.

Coming last was James, there was little need for his skills with maintenance and cleaning, but William had requested his presence on the team with great intensity. Richard and most of the security department were pretty sure the two of them were keeping some kind of love affair, but as long as their little project worked well, they would overlook such flaws.

The Sphinx marched to her own beat. Even now she was off somewhere, scouting ahead or checking behind them, out of sight, using the area’s natural hiding places to camouflage herself. Richard had tried to enforce a marching order when they started the mission, but he had soon discovered that trying to tame the Sphinx was like trying to bottle a forest fire.

“Keep an eye on that thing,” Richard spoke. “If anything gets out of the ordinary you better use that kill-switch of yours or I’ll be forced to put it down with extreme prejudice,” he added quietly, glancing toward the Sphinx, tightening the grip on his rifle. He was packing experimental anti-Chimera bullets, fresh out of the lab, they were supposed to easily pierce the creature’s skin and came with a small termite charge that at least in theory would be able to prevent the creature's regeneration.

William nodded his agreement, yet he knew that he never would be able to bring himself to use the devious device. He looked back at the Sphinx and smiled reassuringly. Everything would be alright.

Richard kept a close eye on the three humans and the chimera, he hadn’t survived for so long without learning the smell of a suicide mission. The plan by itself reeked of desperation, Richard himself was of the opinion that all chimeras should be destroyed, they were much more trouble than they could ever be worth, the gryphons by themselves had caused the collapse of civilization, so of course that some idiot decided that the best idea was to create even more genetic chimeras, and someone even stupider decided it was a good idea to deploy them on the field.

At least the beast was wearing the purposely lethal sonic-collar around its neck and if that failed, there was a bio-tracker injected in its blood stream, the device was simply impossible to remove and could give her location with a 5 meters margin of error, more than enough to target a hellfire missile in case it decided to escape.

Yet, he couldn’t trust the beast, there was too much intelligence behind those inhuman eyes.

His companions were another problem unto themselves. Alice seemed normal enough, but her past record showed that someone was trying to get rid of her, and Richard sure as hell didn’t wanted to be caught as collateral, his best call would be to eliminate her on the first chance he got. Heck, maybe someone back home would reward him.

William and James were, simply put, disposable. The scientist had been sent since that was his plan, so when things got out of control might as well be him on the claws of the beast. His fuckboy was just there because of the scientist’s insistence, and Richard was sure that no one back home would be too upset if he went missing.

He would need all his wit if he intended to survive this incoming fiasco.

The Sphinx dashed across the plain, clouds of sand kicking up in her wake.

She chanced a look back over her shoulder, making sure that nothing was following. It was almost impossible to believe she was outside of the laboratory, after so long dreaming of the outside world she now felt its dirty under her paws, the warm breeze against her skin, and the strange combinations of smells from this new world that had just been open to her.

Somewhere off to her left, she could see a storm in full fury, attacking the Earth with unrelenting fury. Streaks of blue lightning flashed down, repeatedly punching at the ground. With a tang of disappointment, she noticed the storm was moving away from her, she had wished to experience the rain, even if it was acidic.

Every time she closed her eyes she saw the walls of her small, aseptic cell; the constant, unfazed light of the fluorescents lamps that made time a meaningless concept. There were only the meals and tests in an endless cycle that would have been repeated until one day it would come her time to be disposed of.

But now she was out of the claustrophobic depths of the laboratory and very soon she would be free to experience this world and all it could offer. She glanced back at William and James, the two humans would certainly come with her, but the two others were a mystery so far.

She was interrupted by a piercing scream from William, that was coming from a few paces behind her. Overwhelming the scream was a loud, fierce hiss.

The Sphinx's reactions were faster than her human’s companions, she burst through the dusty wasteland only to falter as her eye took in the astonishing scene in front of her.

A giant diamondback rattlesnake lay coiled in the desert sand, its layered rattle vibrating furiously. The reptile's forked tongue flicked in and out of its mouth, tasting the air around it. The long teeth, angled back, emerged from just below the maxillary bone of the upper jaw. It was well over thirty feet long, its body as thick as the trunk of a tree.

It was, without the least shadow of a doubt, the most impressive chimera that the Sphinx had ever seen.

The setting sun glinted off a silver collar around the creature’s throat, probably some remnant of whatever laboratory had created it. In front of the impressive snake, sprawled helplessly in the dirty was William.

Richard's rifle was up and ready, braced against his hip, aimed at the head of the reptile. But his finger held still on the trigger.

"No!" The Sphinx called from just behind him, her voice unexpectedly loud.

"Why not?" The human spat.

"You will hurt him," The sphinx spoke.

William was paralyzed in front of the monster, laying on his back, legs drawn up, one hand lifted as though he could simply push away the monstruous snake.

“I’ll never hurt you,” the Sphinx whispered as she approached the giant snake. “Never.”

Moving toward the creature, she caressed his head with slow, caring movements.

“You already trust me, you just don’t know it yet,” she whispered. “We are one and the same.”

With her powerful claws she reached for the silver collar and broke it open, the snake hissed relieved, moving his head from one side to the other.

“Yeah, I bet that feels much better,” she smiled, her paw caressing the big head, her claws sliding over the scales with just enough strength to make it noticeable. “Now I have need for you to do something for me.”

In surprise, the humans watched as the Sphinx parted her lips and stole a kiss from the monstrous snake, their enhanced bodies moving with swift and heated desire around each other.

Wrapping her arms around the snake’s neck, her claws spearing into his scales to hold him to her as a purring moan escaped her throat, the long, swollen tongue of the snake found its way inside of her, filled her mouth.

With his long tongue exploring her mouth, moving and thrusting inside her mouth, bulging her throat, tasting each other’s kiss and their hunger, the snake moved around her. His body coiled hers.

James and William could only watch as weird, wicked lust filled their bodies. The Sphinx and the snake moved in their primal, wild desires without a moment of hesitation, both humans couldn’t help but feel envious of the creature that could give the Sphinx something they never would be able to do.

The snake’s rough, tough scales stroked against her softer fur as his lips tore from the kiss to plant a bite on the line of her neck, the poison flooding her body would have been enough to kill a human, but for a chimera like her it caused a wave of fiery, undiluted pleasure to explode inside her body.

Opening her legs for the creature, she watched as two swollen cocks grew out of his slit, each of them much bigger than any human could ever hope to achieve and deliciously ribbed. The swollen heads of his cocks eased between the lips of her sex and nudged against the entrance of her vagina. She watched, wide-eyed, the poison spreading in her body as the snake began to ease both of his cocks inside of her.

This was a conflagration, a wild fire of lustful desire that raged without control in her body. The snake tightened his coil around the Sphinx, moving his cocks deeper inside of her, she could feel the burning stretch as her muscles fought to accommodate the width of his two cocks at once. The folds of her pussy were gleaming with her juices as the red, heavy shaft parted them.

James couldn’t deny it was arousing, the sight of the Sphinx being taken like that, being fucked in ways he never would be able to do, he felt his cock hardened in his pants, strange pleasure overwhelming his rational thoughts as he tried to understand why this felt so good. He breathed heavily, he loved the Sphinx, but he also knew that he was only good to her as a pet, he never would be able to give her this kind of pleasure. He was lost in a turmoil of sensations and ideas; and had no idea how to hold on to his sanity.

The snake humped and moved, his cocks stroked deeper inside the Sphinx, sending her into a maelstrom of sensation that whipped through her mind and body, ignited a fire deep in her womb. Nothing existed but the feel of his strong body coiling around her and the cocks moving deep inside of her, filling, stretching her until she was roaring out like a wild animal, begging for more.

Deeper. Harder.

Her muscles clenched around him, spasming with the need she couldn’t control. In one hard stroke the snake buried both cocks inside her. The cocks throbbed inside the clasp of her tightening pussy. Flexing and pounding in rhythm to their shattered breaths, she nearly came at the feel of it. She was desperate for the pleasure, the poison in her system taking her higher into pleasure than she could have known existed.

A bite in her back made time dissolve, the sharp fangs easily breaking the skin and pumping the poison inside of her until her rational mind slid away, receding with reality as the deep pleasure of his coils wiped everything else from her mind.

Her eyes darted open and she stared into his emerald eyes.

“Fuck me,” she roared.

William and James felt a shiver in their spines, incapable of holding back a wimpy moan at the sound of the Sphinx’s voice so taken by pleasure. Their hearts pounding in anticipation, however even with all the lust and desire they felt, their cocks were only half-hard.

The snake coiled tighter around her, sending his cocks deeper and stealing her breath like no human ever would be able to do. Her claws dug into his scales as he began to thrust, to move. Each thrust tore another roar from her, sent her higher into feral bliss. Heat tightened in her pussy, in her clit. It whipped through her, raced over her flesh, and finally collapsed in her womb in an intense, raging burst of pleasure.

Her orgasm filled every cell in her body and sent ecstasy tearing through her nervous system. It stole her breath, stole her mind, and left her as a feral, lustful creature. She felt the snake thrust hard and deep before his body tightened and his release spilled inside of her. The hot seed flooded her womb, spilled in long, thick ropes of cum that made her belly swollen.

She was still fighting to catch her breath when the snake released her. The monstrous creature was sated, tired. He would be no more threat for the humans for some time now.

She regained her balance quickly, getting back on her feet even as snake’s cum still dripped from her pussy.

“I saw a river not far away,” Alice offered, breaking the sudden silence that had fallen after the two creatures had stopped their feral rutting. “We should mount camp… She seems like she needs a bath.”

The three males nodded in agreement. Alice sighed relieved, she would need a long and cold shower after that too.