Counter Earth Chronicles Chapter 113: A Little Less Hurt For The Two Of Us (Revival Part Four)
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Dongo and Neil’s meeting with Yama Kite is interrupted by a horde of irate humans who descended upon the hub studios trashing offices, production rooms, attacking and assaulting any luckless beastial to cross their path. As the Knights of Sovereign are about to take back the building by force, Niko enacts her own plan (much to Alex’s reluctance) to end the human siege quickly with as few casualties as possible....
Counter Earth Chronicles
*Chapter 113: A Little Less Hurt For The Two Of Us (Revival Part Four) *
Day 931 (Continued)
“Sorren I was skunked by a skunk." I said as the red dragon continued sniffing me.
“Alex and I were at the hub studios during an incident this afternoon. One of the victims was a young skunk who forced the mob to leave the premisses quickly." Lady Ursa said.
“They probably just finished bathing with several rounds of tomato juice love." Tauren said to the dragon.
“What you are smelling is just the scant remnants of skunk Sorren." The coyote added.
“Nope." Sorren said as he continued his nasal inspection.
*sniff* *sniff* *sniff* *sniff* *sniff*
“Sorren!!!" Lurie and Tauren exclaimed.
“Not another word you!" I growled as I grabbed the goofy dragon by his snout. But Sorren would not be deterred.
The dragon continued sniffing me all over my body before the proverbial light bulb went off.
“Ah ha! Pansexual!" The goofy dragon concluded. “Yes!! I knew you had it in you little buddy! So what do you like more males, females or both? Are you a giver or receiver?"
“Erm... So Lurie, Tauren how have you guys been?" I said turning my back to Sorren, ignoring the dragon's questions and redirecting my attention to the coyote and minotaur.
“Surviving. As you may have heard, the last year and a half has been tough for the empire." Tauren said.
“Before we left there were whispers of a recession coming Tauren." Lady Ursa said inviting our guests into the great room.
The grey minotaur and tan coyote joined my mistress on the sectional followed by the red dragon who was still astounded that I was no longer heterosexual but something more.
(Believe me, it was not by choice.)
“Well it happened as the master's favorability has declined." Lurie said.
“It all started with Rick Rivers challenging the High Evolutionary." The bull said.
“Which lead to the numerous protests, uprisings and violence." Sorren added.
“I lost count of how many of the populace were judged and punished because of this." The minotaur said.
“Don't forget about the natural disasters love." Lurie added. “It has also caused some to wonder if the master knows what he is doing."
“You are referring to that tornado that hit World Three?" I asked the 'yote girl.
She nodded.
“Some thought that given where the cities were built- they were immune from natural disasters." Tauren said.
“What do you three think?" My brown bear asked our guests.
“While the weather is tamer here than other parts of the planet that doesn't mean that it isn't outside the realm of possibility." The bull said.
“Look at the bad snow storms that took place this winter." Sorren added. We were snowed in for days while the wind just blew, the cities grounded to a halt."
“The High Evolutionary got blamed for that too." Lurie added.
“But I heard there were some bright spots though right?" I asked.
“Well there was that movie cinema that opened up in the theater district." Tauren said.
“Oh and there was another dance competition at the 1620 last year during All Beast Day." Sorren said giggling.
“Really?" I asked as my mistress looked on. “Did you guys compete?"
“You could say that." Lurie said cryptically.
“Hey we brought a clip." The dragon said calling up the virtual display on the view screen. He selected a item under news events and pressed play.
A recorded clip of the final minutes of the dance competition of 032 YOE appeared. It was definitely the dance club, the uniquely designed floor and changing sets and backgrounds I remembered. The trio was dancing on a large triangle platform that was moving down a hypnotic tunnel and the lemurs were back.
“We are down to hour twenty three Mr. Rock!"
“Right you are Mr. Roll and our competition has been widowed down to just three contestants!"
“Hey I remember these three from last year! Yes isn't one of them that contestant that charged off stage during the final round?"
“Right you are Mr. Roll! I think the coyote got into a fight with another contestant and the dragon was burning up the dance floor or was it other contestants?!"
“Well regardless they have come back with a vengeance this year and annihilated all of the competition; they are the only ones left!"
“Wait, wait, guys you were the only contestants left?! Outrageous!" I screamed.
“We were thinking about you squirt." Lurie said.
“So you three won?!" I said with baited breath.
“Actually we let Lurie win." Tauren said.
“What did you win?" My she beast asked the trio.
“A Solstice Eclipse." Lurie said. “It seats six comfortably."
“So now you guys have a hover car and can travel around?"
The three nodded.
“Wow, congratulations!" I shouted.
“It was a mixed blessing though." Lurie said.
“A few months later the curfew took effect and no travel was allowed between 7 PM and 7 AM." The minotaur added.
“It isn't as bad for those of us here at the castle- as we can move freely within the building. But outside, it is rough." Sorren said. “And there isn't any hint when it will be lifted either."
“Yeah I heard, no night life anywhere within the five cities." I said.
“Yeah the dance competition for this year has been postponed because of it." Lurie said.
“So that is our little ahem, update. How was your vacation?" The red dragon said bouncing his eyebrows at me. “Learn anything new?"
(That shameless beastial!)
“I guess that is our cue mistress." I said looking at my warrior bear.
So yet another retelling of what we did our time away from the empire commenced....
Like the other tellings my she beast told the trio as much as she could remember. We included just about every thing that happened at the outpost of the forgotten.
“Oh my gosh!" The coyote girl exclaimed.
“Are you two alright?" Tauren asked us.
“It will be a long time before we are alright." Lady Ursa said.
“We had heard you were off duty until further notice." Tauren said.
“Aiieee!!! I have been marked!" Sorren screamed. “They are coming for me too!!!"
Lurie examined where the dragon was pointing. “That is a blemish love."
“Oh." The goofy dragon said embarrassed.
“How have you two been coping?" The minotaur asked.
“We have been seeing Lea for counseling in attempt to put all of this behind us." I said.
“Alex and I are still coming to terms with everything." My she beast said candidly.
“Don't mind grumpy bear here- she is just anxious to get back to work- she hates being idle." I said teasing my mistress.
“So what have you been doing with your time off?" The dragon asked.
“What we are doing now Sorren, reconnecting with friends." My warrior bear said.
“That is good my lady." Lurie said. “Let us know if we can help, even if it is just to talk."
The bear knight nodded.
“Well we better be heading back home, too- we have work tomorrow." Tauren said.
“You know Tauren is thinking about a taking a trip pretty soon. Perhaps you two might be interested in going?" Sorren said following his lovers to the door.
Lady Ursa and I gave the dragon very chilly stares at his remark.
“Or maybe not." He said grinning.
As the trio left, I snuggled my bear.
“So how about a movie mistress?"
“After helping the consortium today on their mission- I have had my fill of anything hub related pet. “
“How about reading together?" I suggested.
“Actually pet, I was thinking the same thing. Catching up on some outstanding work I put down while we were on vacation and then there is the report I have to write to the master about Warden King."
(Ugg! That wasn't the reading I was expecting.)
Even relieved of duty- my bear knight was still on duty. As I fell asleep, my mistress was still catching up on casework that she hadn't looked at in nineteen months.
*POOF*
“I love how that loin-cloth is wearing you!" The Tian mountain dog said to me.
“Spirit?" I said as I looked up from floor I was in the middle of mopping.
“I like how it accentuates your flanks." The crazy canine said running his paw over my cheeks. “And if I stare just right when you are sitting down I see side-penis."
“Spirit, enough! Don't you think of anything else besides sex?" I asked annoyed.
“Sex... with you." The crazy dog grinned.
(Geez!)
But the spotted dog continued.
“Hmm you like being touched on your flanks don't you? And here too." The dog said reaching for my male bulge.
“Yes." I said turning red in embarrassment.
“I will make a note of that my little comfort animal." He said as we sat down on the bleachers in the arena near the ring.
“Should we be taking a break right now? I mean the longer we delay, the longer it is going to take to finish up here."
“What do you think the guards are going to have us do when we complete our task?" The spotted dog asked me.
“Clean another floor." I said seeing his reasoning.
“Ding! Ding! and the freckled human wins a prize!"
“And what would that be?" I asked looking at the crazy canine.
“Snuggle time!" Spirit said pulling me close to him.
(Well at least it wasn't sex.)
So we took a break from cleaning the arena and watched prisoners entering and leaving the ring.
“That one is one mean looking pony." I said to the mountain dog as we watched a miniature horse enter the arena.
“That is prisoner 47 The Hunter." Spirit said to me.
“Why is he called The Hunter?"
“He like Screech, Thud and Gorn took it upon themselves to hunt humans." The Tian mountain dog said to me.
“Yeah I remember them telling me that they hunted for sport."
“Well, The Hunter was a bit different- he focused on specific targets." Spirit said.
“What specific targets?"
“Human children. No children, no adults- no adults, no humans." The spotted dog said to me.
“What about that one?"
“The naga? That is prisoner 54 The Creeper." The spotted dog said to me.
“The creeper?" I asked.
“Yeah he is serial rapist. That one will wreck you and then wreck you again." Spirit warned me.
“How is that?"
“Two penises." The mountain dog said. “It is best to avoid contact with those two for your own safety."
“And that one?" I said pointing to a female bat.
“That is prisoner 62 Foxglove."
“What is her deal?" I asked as the female bat entered the arena headed to the wrestling ring.
“Assassin." The spotted dog said to me.
“How did she wind up in here?!"
“Her client sold her out. She is very bitter about it."
“Wow." I said looking at her lithe form.
“It is best not to approach her either." The Tian mountain dog warned me.
“How is that?" I asked.
“You know how dangerous Lotus is right?"
I nodded.
“Foxglove will impale, gore and cut your head off before you can even start to run. It is best to avoid all contact with her."
“Thanks for looking out for me." I said hugging him back.
“Any time butt buddy."
“Now about my nickname...." I said staring him down.
*POOF*
Day 932
“NO! NO! STAY AWAY!" I heard my mistress roar. “NO! GET BACK!"
My bear was having another bad dream in contrast to my retro dream; I was revisiting events I had already experienced during my time at the Maximum. It was the weirdest thing.
Carefully I reached for her thrashing paw quite mindful of the sharp claws that belonged to it.
“Mistress! Mistress! It's alright you are safe!"
“Alex?!" She said stirring.
“It was a dream and from the sounds of it, a bad one." I said holding her.
“It was pet." She admitted.
“Do you want to talk about it?" I asked as I lifted her arm and pulled in to her side.
“The alien creatures. I dreamed that they came back for me some years from now." She said shaking.
“And...."
“I relented as they took me aboard their sky craft. They performed their experiments, tests and exams on me. When they finished, I patiently waited for them to return my clothing and to send me back to the planet."
“And?"
“They didn't." Lady Ursa said looking at me.
“What?"
“They decided to keep me as their breeding sow. I was taken to a room attached to a wall which made me very fertile." My warrior bear said dropping her gaze. “As soon as they deemed I was ready, they brought in sires- many sires."
“Sires?"
“All kinds of ursines Alex, panda, speckled, sun, brown, white, black, sloth- all types. The beings made them breed with me one by one. I was helpless to resist as were they."
“Oh my." I gasped.
“I felt so powerless as each one ejaculated inside me and the beings observed the results." My warrior bear said. “I begged and pleaded with them to let me go. They said no, they were fascinated with me; I would be staying with them aboard their craft for the rest of my existence as their personal life experiment."
“It is ok mistress. You are safe." I said hugging her.
(Three nights in a row of bad dreams.)
“What time is it?" She asked me.
“It is 6 AM." I said looking at her communicator.
“No morning call from Lord Tiger." My she beast said dejected.
“Well, we better get up, we have our routine and our session with Lea this morning."
That morning we skipped morning sex for obvious reasons and went right to exercising. I decided on ring wrestling.
“What is the object of this pet?" My warrior bear asked as I drew a five foot circle around us.
“We each step inside this circle and try to push the other out of it. Who ever steps outside of the ring first loses." I said to my lady bear.
I locked my hands with her paws as we tried to push each other. My ursine warrior who was fiercer, stronger and more powerful easily thought she had me defeated until I yielded and she stumbled past me out of the ring.
“Not so easy is it mistress? Mistress?"
“Yes, yes, very cunning pet."
My female bear seemed to be elsewhere that morning.
“Mistress are you ok?"
“I was just thinking Alex. What if the next time the come for me, they decide to keep me like Triceraton?"
“Then I will miss you greatly." I said jokingly.
(Now that was a disturbing thought.)
The thought lingered- through out our shower, breakfast and our session with Lea that morning. Once again the sexy she beast put us in separate trances as she continued our treatment.
“Ok my lady let's move on to your experiences at the Maximum." The lioness said.
Lea listened to Lady Ursa recap our first few days at the top secret outpost, exploring the facility, finding the previous warden's body and our encounter and desperate fight against Solo and his thugs.
“Where are you now?" Lea asked.
“Alex and I are on the fourth floor of the prison building- the art gallery." My she beast responded.
“What are you seeing?"
“We have been confronted by Solo, a failed lab experiment and convict. He and his supporters have taken over the prison and killed its staff." Lady Ursa said shaking. “They are planning on escaping and returning to the empire. “
“How do you feel about that?"
“As a knight in service to the master, I can't allow this to happen. Solo is giving me an ultimatum, join him or die. I declined the offer. He is ordering his thugs to attack."
“What did you do?" Lea asked concerned.
“Alex and I are fighting them as well as the rest of the prisoners. There are many!!! Alex has been captured and they are attacking me! AUGH!! There is just too many of them!! I can't strike them down fast enough!! AUGH!! OOF!!!" My she beast said reliving the moment she was defeated and Solo and his thugs started beating the life out of her.
“So Solo and his supporters won the fight?" The sexy she beast asked.
“He is ordering his forces to kill Alex and myself. Another of the prisoners has suggested an alternative. The living death. We are being taken to the third floor- there is a machine that de-animates prisoners."
“Oh my!" Lea gasped.
“This is going to be particularly difficult." I warned our healer.
“No, stop let me go!!!" Lady Ursa roared. “I can't move!! They are doing the same to Alex! I am so sorry I got us into this pet!! Please forgive me!!!"
“What are you seeing now?" Our healer asked.
“One wall support, Alex and I both are." My fierce ursine warrior grumbled.
“We would stare at the support pillar for 24 hours a day, day in and day out for the next eighteen months." I said to our healer.
Lea then put me into a trance right after my mistress and from what she said our retellings were identical; as before I didn't have much to tell her apart from our earlier debriefing.
“Alex, my lady, that was some vacation." The lioness said concluding our session. “I can't believe all that happened."
“It did." Lady Ursa said solemnly.
“Remember there is more." I said reminding Lea.
“Yes what you experienced after you were re-animated. We will go over that tomorrow."
After our session had ended. My bear and I decided to spend some time on the roof talking.
“Alex, I am so sorry about what happened during our trip...."
“Mistress don't." I said hugging her. “We have been through this. You were being manipulated at the outset, the later portion was just an impossible situation. What is important now it that we both heal and get back to some sort of normalcy."
My warrior bear still felt guilty about what had happened no matter how much I forgave her.
“After what we have been through Alex I think that is impossible."
“Well let's settle for just having your night terrors with the greys ending- maybe even being replaced by some erotic sexual dreams about a certain bear with a V- shaped birthmark on his chest?"
“Just like the dreams you are having about Bertha and Spirit?" She shot back.
There was that awkward pause again.
“You know about that mistress?" I asked my she beast.
I watched as the bear's eyebrow raised as I stared at her.
“My dreams are of events I already had experienced at the Maximum."
“Why is that Alex?"
“I guess on a subconscious level, I miss Spirit and Bertha and I am very worried about them. By the way, did you finish that report to the High Evolutionary about Warden King?"
“Yes pet, I sent it to him last night while you were sleeping. I also sent a recommendation regarding Spirit's treatment."
“That is good news. Hopefully the master will remove that Dowd and send Spirit to some place where he can receive the proper help he needs."
“So pet what would you like to do with our free time today?"
“Why don't we check out that movie cinema that the consortium helped open in the theater district?"
Lady Ursa agreed. She did sound some what intrigued.
That afternoon we headed to the theater district. It turned out that the theater- The Movie Palace opened about a block from the World's Finest Restaurant. It was a small cinema with a single auditorium which seated about twenty patrons and a large viewscreen with a great sound system where movies from the hub were aired:
“AHHHHHHH!!!!" Dahlia screamed as she and her male companion climaxed. “Trevor that was... sufficient." The female caprine said to the ram that she had allowed to share her bed that evening.
“Only sufficient?!" Trevor gasped. “My dear, it has been a long, long, long time since I have connected with someone like that."
“That's nice." The female caprine said much to the ram's shock. “You can find your clothing on the way out. I think it is on the couch in the great room."
“That's it?"
“That's it." The female goat said.
“That is not what I was expecting or wanted." The ram said pulling out of her.
“So tell me what were you expecting?" Dahlia said staring at the slim, but fit sheep that had just been inside her.
“Something more than a one night stand my dear." Came the reply.
“Such as?"
“A relationship." Trevor said pleading his case. “Someone to call a friend, a companion. Someone to share my life with!"
Dahlia was silent.
“It is apparent that some beast hurt you badly perhaps even jading your view of relationships." The ram said.
“It has?" The caprine asked.
“Dahlia what I am saying is that I am attracted to you." Trevor said kneeling at the she beast's hooves. _“Please let me be yours. I will worship you day and night. I will provide you with real love and real affection, not this pseudo romance you are receiving now." _
“Hmm... I will have you... for now." The caprine said to the ram.
“I promise you won't regret it- a stable relationship with someone who really loves you for you." Trevor said laying next to his new girlfriend.
The movie ended with Trevor showing has jaded lover how to open up, ending her string of one night stands and learning how to love and trust another again. For his part, Trevor made Dahlia feel special every day and every night.
“So what do you think?" I asked my bear knight.
“I was impressed that the caprine female overcame her pile of failed relationships, stopped viewing males as the flavor of the week and was able to find a decent boyfriend." My she beast said placing her paw on my hand.
“Yeah love is wondrous when it is right." I said to her.
“So this is how you watched movies on your world pet?"
“Yes mistress, it was a shared communal experience. The audience laughed, screamed and cried together depending on what was happening on screen." I said looking around at who was in attendance. There were a few humans, and some beastials a penguin couple, a malamute and wolf and sheep- but mostly the crowd was light.
“It was a brilliant idea and a great attempt to bring the citizenry together." Lady Ursa said looking around at the small crowd.
“It probably will get busy during the weekend." I said looking around.
“We better head back home pet, that was a long movie and it is getting late." My warrior bear said as we left the auditorium.
“Want to check out some museums tomorrow? Afterwards we could go to the Wild's restaurant for lunch."
“I suppose." My she beast said.
That was the bulk of our lives our the next few weeks morning therapy with Lea and then Lady Ursa and I had the afternoon to ourselves. We went to the beach, visited parks, museums and recovered. My mistress' nightmares did diminish somewhat as a result of our sessions, but she was still having them.
In the evening we would watch something on the hub. As for my fierce ursine warrior, I thought our down time was very relaxing and soothing, but that was only me. Lady Ursa was trying to hide it, but she was going stir crazy; being idle was getting to her. She longed to be doing what she loved, knight work. Defending the empire, fighting its enemies, not sitting on a sectional wasting away.
After our first week of sessions, Lea did determine what specifically was traumatizing my mistress and I. For my she beast the trauma was three fold (1) Being abducted and experimented on against her will by alien creatures not of this world. (2) The fact they would be coming back for her again in the future and she couldn't do a damn thing about it. The only consolation she had was the knowledge that despite being poked, prodded and studied, she knew that they would not kill her; she was valuable to them for some reason. But that didn't mean her examinations wouldn't hurt. (3) The third trauma was being turned into a statue for eighteen months at the Maximum. It was a situation she felt powerless to prevent.
As for yours truly, Lea determined that my trauma did not come from being experimented on by the greys but in seeing what they had done to their other victims in horrifying detail. That and receiving the living death from Solo and his thugs. Which surprised me. I thought she was going to include the fact that Lady Ursa and I had given our bodies to others in the prison just to survive. According to the sexy lioness, we weren't, especially me toward the end I was starting to get used to it. The fact that I was still thinking about my cell mates and their fate after my emancipation was proof.
The lioness said now that she knew what was traumatizing us, she was going to develop a treatment regimen to make us whole again but did not know how long it would take.
Day 942 (evening)
“And we conclude our program with this feel good news segment." A familiar brown avian said. “Beal Beaver a human who lives in World Two, has been visited daily by a friendly toad (non-beastial) who lives in a pond near his home. So the he decided to start dressing up his new friend in the latest fashions." Yama Kite said as he rolled a package that showed the small toad wearing a top hat, then a cap, then helmet just the right size for the toad. “I don't know about you, but I think the toad is having a good time. Perhaps a fashion show next? This is Yama Kite reminding you that you only have one life, go out and make it a good one."
(Not bad, I actually like this program.)
Despite Dongo's best efforts Yama Kite's other program Why Are You Poor was still on the air. Dongo was still upset about that. But in the coming weeks, he had the consortium start tracking down those who were on the program and started helping them in an effort to give each a happy ending.
“So what do you want to watch this evening mistress?" I asked cheerfully.
“I don't care." My bear grumbled. “I am tired of being idle, I just wished the commander would clear me for duty."
“He didn't. Neither did Lea so you will have to find something else to do with your time. Have you ever thought about a hobby? I find painting very relaxing."
“I do have hobby pet. Thumping enemies of the empire." My grumpy bear pouted.
“I am sorry you feel so useless mistress." I said kissing her as the chime at the door sounded.
“Come on in, its open." Lady Ursa said.
“Greetings!" A female coyote said.
“How is our favorite knight and her pet?" A grey minotaur asked.
“Bored Tauren."
“She is just tired of sitting around the lair and wants to go back to work." I said to the trio as they entered the great room.
“Has Lea cleared you my lady?" Tauren asked.
“Negative."
“Well gee that is too bad." Lurie said. “We just came by to say that we are going away for a bit."
“Really where to?" I asked. “Oh yeah that trip you had spoken about."
“Tauren is going to visit Mr. and Mrs Frost." The goofy dragon said plopping down on the sectional between Lady Ursa and I.
“You mean the farmer that you worked for Tauren before becoming a beastial?" I asked.
“The same. He has been wanting to meet Sorren and Lurie for the longest time." The minotaur responded.
“That and he is um, having problems." Lurie said.
“What type of problems?" My she beast asked.
“Well, it is with the help." The bull said cryptically.
“Ooo! Ooo! I have a idea!" The goofy dragon exclaimed as the bull and coyote eyed him carefully. “Why don't we bring Alex and Ursa along as well?! It would be sort of a weekend vacation!"
The room fell dead silent as the bear gave the dragon a icy, very chilly stare.
“Un why?" Tauren asked Sorren.
“Yes why Sorren?" The knight of Wundagore asked the nervous cafeteria chef.
“Sorry wrong choice of words." The dragon said starring at the floor. “You could consider it payment for all the times we looked after and took care of your cute, cuddly widdle pet here while you were away on missions."
“Laying it on a little thick there love aren't we?" The coyote said to the dragon.
“Well we did keep him out of trouble (mostly) and from being lonely and worrying about his master. " Sorren said innocently pressing two digits of both his paws together.
“Well the farmer and his wife do have extra space." Tauren admitted. “And we could use some extra bodies and Lurie is evening trying to learn english for the occasion."
“That does sound like a good idea. Alex? Madam?" Lurie asked us.
“Mistress?" I said asking my she beast.
“Tauren where does this farmer live?" Lady Ursa asked.
“In the countryside just outside of World Four." The bull said.
“For how long?" My she beast asked.
“All his life. That was the farm I worked on before the empire came into being." Tauren said. “He and his wife have long since retired, but still live there."
“Tauren has been catering to their needs for some time." Lurie added.
“So what do you say mistress? A few days in the country, relaxing, reconnecting with friends? You have the time."
My she beast thought about it and ultimately decided that a weekend in the country would be good for both her and I. At the very least, we would finally meet the farmer that raised Tauren and we would continue readapting to our lives here back in the empire. But of course it turned out not to be the get-away we were hoping for.
To Be Continued....