Some of this was very familiar for the lonely, frightened no-fur that was known and loved as Doll but who currently was back to being the nothing the brainwashing in Persiana had made him. He'd been poked and prodded and tested before.Some of it chilled him to the core and he didn't even know why. It wasn't possible to lose more of himself, was it? Maybe he would be twisted into something new by these horrible strangers. The ones with large ears and sharp teeth.When he awoke, the warmth of Spitfire was gone. He'd stretched his arm as far as he could only to find a cold bed. He'd gone walking to explore where he was and the tom who led him back had been comforting. But then he'd been put under guard and taunted by a brown and orange long-eared creature.Now that same monster had dragged him to a room where he was strapped down in a chair, asked a million questions he couldn't answer, and left like that for he had no idea how long.The no-fur was sad, though it felt like he wasn't all
It was a long helicopter ride from Liam Martelli's tower to the first location Jinx had picked out to look for the circus where he hoped his brother was. It had been an empty field, the circus already moved on. Jinx felt stupid for not checking the internet before he flew all the way here, but now that they had double-checked the other locations, they were on the way to the second choice. According to the stream of social media pictures, the circus was still setting up there. But it meant another two hours in the air with the other toms.It wasn't Jinx's idea of a good time, but at least they were mostly silent. He was still trying to sort out the connection that had formed between Guru and Hades. They sat in the back of the helicopter, with Hades constantly giving Guru little touches and glances, all seemingly meant to comfort. Not that Jinx could blame him. Guru was a mess. Finding out that he didn't have a full bond with Spitfire had really thrown the tom for a loop.
Climbing out of the helicopter, Hades groaned as he stretched his muscles. He even went down on all fours, arching his back. He let out a hiss as his spine popped and cracked as he stretched himself from ears to tail until all the noise stopped."There had to be a better way to get where we needed to go." The Black-fur complained as he straightened up. "Like one of those big shiny jets you mob types are supposed to have.""Quit your bitching, Shady." Jinx bumped his shoulder against Hades's as he circled the helicopter, looking out into the field around them for something."The circus is over there," Hades pointed out, though his own eyes were searching the brush and woods on the edge of the field for movement. He had been surprised by creatures and toms coming out of places they shouldn't be too many times in his lifenotto be vigilant."I know, but that doesn't mean that's where the circus folk are. I saw some wagons over in that direction, a
Guru had decided to move away from where Liam and Jinx were sharing a deep conversation. Though he had hoped to be friends with the Orangelo, the Blonde-fur celebrity felt like that was impossible now. It wasn't in anything Jinx said but the few looks Guru caught when Jinx thought he was looking elsewhere said volumes.He hadn't meant to drive a wedge between Hades and Jinx, but something had happened when they had all... well... did what they did. Guru knew it was an orgy by definition but it felt like more."But what do I know?" Guru was turning in circles under hoping to catch a fast napthat definitely wasn’t a sulk. He finally settled and curled up as comfortably as he was going to get. "I saw love in my Spitfire's eyes. All the times we've been together, it felt like he wanted to own my heart and my soul. And I wanted to give him all of that and more. Isn't that bonding?"Glad no one could hear him, Guru buried his face in his paws and succumbed
Spitfire was not in the most comfortable of positions as a sickeningly sweet incense assaulted him and roused him from his earlier sedation. The tall ginger-haired no-fur was sort of floating and spinning upright in mid-air. There were tethers of some kind of auric signature he'd never felt before on his neck, ankles, and wrists. As of yet, they were not attached to anything to anchor him in place.There were a lot of blood stains underneath where he was suspended in mid-air and that was the safest place to look. All around him were shining, almost blinding walls of crystal and robed figures moving in and out of his vision. He kept spinning slowly as if his naked body was on display.One of the robed figures came forward and took down his hood. Spitfire recognized the Captain he'd met before. The tom's eyes were glazed over in a way that made him feel like Priest wasn't seeing him as a living creature with feelings but as something to be used."You have been called to serve. Enjoy wha
"What happened?" Ink was talking to the notebook open on his worktable.Tapping the pen against his teeth, he examined the sketch he'd done of the Marking he'd put on the no-fur who called himself Spitfire. The stories from his service were disconcerting. Some no-furs enjoyed the ritual. It was designed to bring pleasure with the inevitable pain. But, if the stories he'd heard from the Hares were true, Spitfire had reveled in it. The Hare who had led the ritual, Nickel, refused to talk to him. But the others were more than happy to gossip about how the no-fur had challenged and insulted Nickel.In another situation, Ink would have loved the gossip and material to harass the stoic Hare. But Nickel hadn't been seen on deck since the ritual. Priest had excused him from his duties for an entire day. How bad had the ritual gone? Because it wasn't just Nickel hiding that had Ink going over his work.Priest had stopped the ritual after the first stage. There was a second stage to it that all
There was a certain comfort in the muffled sounds coming from the ship as Agent lay in the narrow bunk and tried to pretend he wasn't sulking. Because gods didn't sulk. They didn't have these complicated and quite frankly ugly emotions.He had come to the space Captain Priest kept for him so he could sleep and recover his strength. But dreams of King had chased him out of sleep and left him in misery. His mortal body ached, but because of his stupid choice to throw himself into the cycle of reincarnation, Tricksy couldn't leave it. He was trapped as Agent, for the time being.The only answer that existed for his current predicament was to defeat the Orangelo and get his full powers of Chaos back. Once he had possession of his full god powers, then Tricksy could manipulate the mortal shell to accommodate the modifications he'd made to it. Once that was done, he could reclaim his lover from the Fates."King," Agent moaned, rolling onto his side.How he ached for the touch this body had
"I thought I told you I..." Lexi was cut off as his breath was stolen from his lungs. His body reacted to Agent's words. He felt the change coming on a bit differently than normal. Almost like the auric magick was similar to Jinx's, but his body was allergic to it. "Stop. Whatever it is you are doing, something's wrong." Lexi tried to reason with Agent as one auric signature summoned another and Jinx's lingering aura joined in the battle with Lexi's own body to fight off Agent's Chaos powers. Ears were trying to shrink and grow back at the same time, arms were re-forming but entirely too short for a tom. And then the bones started breaking and resetting. "Really, please! I don't think it's working right! You can't just tell my body what to be. It is fighting you." The pain was growing so quickly Lexi was seeing white and black spots before his eyes. He felt everything go numb and then some of his parts were bubbling away with the invasive magic like he'd been dipped in acid. The en
Epilogue - Part 2Shadwell Sebastien Woolsey, also known as Hades, stomped in out of the rain, shaking it off his fur before he went any further into the house than the entry hall.He could hear the commotion in the main room. It was the kind of overwhelming noise only two bunnies, one large Northern Forest tom, a cosmic entity, and ten kits could make. It was the sound of a happy home, one that Hades had never dared to dream he could have. After his own rough upbringing with a sire who was embarrassed to be a Black-fur and an anonymous no-fur father, Hades had long since put aside any thoughts of being a sire himself.But his mates had changed all of that and helped him to realize he wasn't afraid of being a sire. He was just afraid of being his sire. Hades didn't feel shame about his fur color nor that of any of his many, many kits. He didn't think he was capable of feeling this much love. Though, he was grateful to Ink who had given both of the omega bunnies anti-pregnancy Marks. T
Epilogue - Part 1Guru hadn't been back to the Mousetrap since its renovations or since his kits with Spitfire were born. With all the little ones around and a very grumpy ginger-furred bunny to deal with, he'd barely left the mansion where himself, Spitfire, Doll, and Hades now resided.There was definitely a touch of Chaos everywhere he looked. A few booths sat at a slightly less than 45 degree angle and had straps like a carnival ride. No doubt when the bar was open those were full first from the novelty of it. Then there was the tricked-out pie case. Guru salivated a little, having heard from his mate Hades all about the supposedly world-famous pies.Jinx didn't have time to make them anymore so he'd begun to teach his brother Ink. Today appeared to be one of those sessions as Jinx was snatching a knife away from his paler brother and grousing about the proper way to cut certain fruits.The big Blonde tom put a paw around the other bunny in his life, his sweet Doll. Who looked esp
Everything was quiet for the first time in what felt like a lifetime.Spitfire sat down where he was, in the middle of the rubble left from fighting so many automa-toms and Agent's Hares. This part of Atlas City was wrecked. He wondered what it looked like outside of the battle barrier they had erected. Was Guru's mansion still okay? Did they still have a home?A ripple of auric energy told him Cosmo was on his way, having secured the collapsing bridge. Good, that was good. He needed to bond with his avatar mate to recover his god aura properly. But for now, since the battle was done, Spitfire was going back inside to see Doll and the kits. He needed to check on them. Something about this silence didn't feel... natural.Cosmo's voice in his mind assured Spitfire that it was not. Time had been frozen by a god and until it restarted, only the deities would be able to function.Spitfire wondered how long it would be before he knew how to do that. It was a pretty cool trick.He stood, stre
The ten of swords was not a magick to use lightly. Jinx had never actually cast that card before. He had been warned, repeatedly, that there were cards in the deck he was given that took as much as they gave. The pinnacle of the swords suit was one of those cards.Clutching his bleeding paw against his chest, Jinx drew one long breath after another. Everything smelled awful, the air was so thick with blood that he could taste it. He was certain that there was screaming all around him, but he couldn't hear it over the roar in his ears.He'd finally managed to end this stupid battle. He was the undisputed God of Chaos now. Jinx could feel it in his bones, right down in his soul. The power was flowing out of Agent's body as quickly as the blood that was pooling under both their paws."The kits..." Jinx's enemy was croaking out a few last words. "Are they safe?"Jinx's eyes followed Agent's weak attempt to reach out. There was a wavering shield, made up of th
Liar.The word kept echoing in Agent's head and in the air around him. The Demon was lying to him. They were made of lies and deceit, after all. There was no way King had pined for him for all those years. Tricksy had made a huge mistake when he'd tried to create the Innehavre bond. He'd killed a young no-fur, but it wasn't just any no-fur. He'd killed the oldest of his and King's litter. Stripped his soul bare and left the tom who loved him to take the blame.King had to know what happened to their kit. Both of them kept an eye on the three no-furs who were theirs. They couldn't help it. They were parents, after all. They worried.But throwing himself into the reincarnation cycle was the only way to make sure that the Innehavre bonds continued. Tricksy needed to sacrifice time and his own connection to King to the ancient powers that gave him his powers as the God of Chaos. Those beings, older than any god who now walked the earth, had changed who he was. Made him the God of Chaos an
*****Author Note - be warned, this chapter has the loss of a newborn in it ********If Priest so much as suggested movement, Doll growled at him and threaten his life. Ink seemed to be less in a hurry to take the small bundle from his arms.The no-fur cooed and cuddled the tiny, tiny form. "Hush, my kit. It will be alright. Your Daddy is right here and I'm not going to let anyone hurt you."In his head, Doll knew the smallest of his kits was gone. In his heart, he couldn't part with the sweet grey and white striped tom kit. He heard him release one small, strangled cry before Ink started swearing and Priest turned to try to revive the poor little dear before handing him to Ink and not turning around presumably so Doll didn't see his tears.Ink had said words... Sorry and hold him... Doll didn't really hear them all over the roaring in his head as he was handed the still kit.He kissed the babe's forehead, his tears unchecked. "I'm sorry, little one. I didn't get to let you grow. I tho
Lexi was enraged. At his clever attackers and at himself. He had headed straight back to the bar when he caught a glimpse of tufted ears and the skin of a no-fur neck.Deciding rather than join the fight against the automa-toms, he would capture and defeat the one controlling them, the Demon began to stalk Agent. As he'd gotten closer, the image of Agent began to fade away.A bolt of what had to be Chaos magick slammed into him, sending Lexi flipping end over end. When he'd started to push himself off the ground, Lexi was in his least powerful form, that of a green tom.Having no idea what auric power his tom form had as it wasn't a glamour any more, Lexi could barely summon any energy to mold and was no match for a trio of Tawny-furs that had thrown some kind of aura-draining net over him.Now he struggled to escape the net while the Tawnys had just fucked off.Muttering to himself, Lexi considered what the trap had meant. "Does Agent think I'm so easily beaten? No, he's like super s
Hades found himself alone with Doll again and he wasn't sure what to do. He was holding his hand, muttering encouragement, but that felt like nothing.Spitfire had experience with this stuff and Guru was able to ease Doll's nerves with his singing. Ink and Priest, though they were practically strangers, were doing more for Doll than he could manage. Maybe he should join Jinx and Spitfire outside. He was good at fighting. But that meant leaving Doll and Hades wasn't sure he was ready."Look at them, pretty baby," Hades whispered, nodding his head towards the line of bins where their kits were bundled up and mewling, an occasional wail comingfrom one of them. "It's hard to believe that this is really happening.""I can't wait to hold each one in my arms." Doll let his head fall back on the soft blanket. "Or see all of you cuddle them. Although I will be glad to rest, I still feel there's a somebody or two in there. But they seem quiet for now." His no-fur's
Arriving after three of the kits had been born, Spitfire took a moment to check on them before he grabbed Doll's hand and leaned close to talk to him."Look at how good you're doing, sweetheart. Three of our kits are already in the world." Spitfire stroked Doll's sweaty hair. "I know, this is awful. It feels like it will never end, but you are nearly done."The new Black Devil turned to look at Ink, who was acting as the birthing doctor. "How many more are there? He is nearly done, right?""There's at least one more. But without an ultrasound, I can't say for sure." Ink replied, already coaxing out a fourth kit."Little one so big." Doll sounded exhausted. He leaned his head against Spitfire. "But he looks just like Guru, my beloved. Only completely White-fur and with my copper eyes. He's gonna be trouble. This one is kicking a lot but much smaller.""They're all going to be trouble, I think." Spitfire nuzzled the side of Doll's face. The thundering sounds of battle from outside were