HOPES AND DREAMS
Chapter 1: Here We Go Again!
Author's Note: Sequel to A Dream of Freedom Lost
It had been a quiet morning, but he was feeling antsy, irritable, and needy. He just couldn't seem to concentrate on the pile of reports on his desk. Finally, he just got up, walked away from the desk and went to the large bay of windows overlooking his flight line.
'What was bothering him? It felt like a heat cycle but none of his cycles had felt like this before.' He thought irritably, shifting his shoulders uncomfortably. Their son was just a year old, it was time for his cycle to reappear but still this felt different. He growled to himself as a growing tension built within him.
At that moment, Lt Commander Steele strolled in with another report in his paws. He saw the Commander near the windows and moved to his side. As he got close and began to open his mouth to speak the reaction he got was frightening.
'A male! Not his mate...back off...' Was Feral's instant response to the wrong male scent as he whirled from the window displaying fangs and glowing eyes. He hissed at Steele.
'Woah! What's gotten into him!' Steele thought as he wisely backed away slowly.
Feral watched him warily, eyes narrowed, but didn't attack. When Steele was near the door, Feral looked back out the window, his fur still fluffed. Steele watched him carefully as he sidled over to the Commander's coat hanging near the door.
He searched the pockets until he found the special communicator then slipped outside the door, closing it behind him. Flicking it on he was rewarded with a quick response.
"Yeah, babe what's up?" Came the familiar gravely tones of the Commander's mate.
"This is Steele, I think you better get to the Commander's office ASAP." Steele told him.
"What's wrong with him?" T-Bone said urgently.
"When I walked up to him a moment ago, as he was looking out the window, he turned suddenly displaying his fangs and hissing at me. I backed up slowly and by the time I reached the door he had turned back to the window. He never said a word the whole time." Steele reported.
"Crud! I thought he was acting a bit odd this morning. Don't know what the problem is but I'll be there right away. Don't let anyone else get near him!" T-Bone warned before closing the connection.
'Don't worry, I won't!' Steele muttered to himself as he positioned himself outside the door as a guard.
Enforcer Tower Control was startled when the Turbokat appeared above their flight line with no warning. T-Bone landed quickly near the entry doors causing many flight line workers to scatter. T-Bone barely waited for the jet to settle before he popped the canopy and jumped down.
He ran quickly through the hangar doors for the elevators. Enforcers watched his progress with concern. Something was wrong with the Commander for his mate to be tearing through headquarters that quickly. Whispers of consternation began rushing through the building.
As the Turbokat appeared and landed, waiting outside Feral's office, Steele was startled by a weird cry from inside. He opened the door a crack and looked in cautiously and saw Feral standing alertly staring at something outside the window.
T-Bone ignored the looks he was getting as he hurried into the elevator. Several enforcers eyed him on the car but his grim look kept them from speaking to him. None complained when he hit the express button that allowed him to reach the Commander's office more quickly. As soon as it reached the appropriate floor, he squeezed through the barely opening doors and tore down the hallway for Ulysses' office.
He saw Steele standing just outside the closed door. Steele put a finger to his lips and carefully cracked open the door. T-Bone peered in and saw his mate staring out the windows, his body tense with excitement.
"He made a really weird cry a few minutes ago." Steele whispered close to the SWAT Kat's ear.
T-Bone glanced at Steele in surprise then looked back at his mate. Frowning in concern, he slipped into the room. Steele hovered in the doorway behind him. Feral turned suddenly, gave a wild cry and was across the room in the blink of an eye.
T-Bone found himself flattened to the floor by his over eager mate. This close, the tabby now knew what his mate's problem was. "Woah! Your heat cycle snuck up on you, huh babe?" He said trying to calm Ulysses who was rubbing himself urgently against his mate and rumbling a mating call.
Behind him, Steele gulped in shock, 'In heat! Crud no wonder he's acting nuts!' Steele took a cautious sniff and quickly backed away in a hurry. 'Wow! That is strong, geez good thing he didn't want me!' He thought in shock as he backed out of the office pausing only long enough to slip the communicator back in Feral's coat then quickly closing the door again. As soon as he was outside he sighed in relief then groaned, 'Crud! I have to guard the door again! Where is that Sergeant when I need him?' He grumbled to himself.
Inside the office, T-Bone was being rapidly undressed by Feral whose eyes were gleaming wildly and beginning to glow like twin suns.
'Wow! He's so heated he can't control himself. It's driving him bonkers and his scent is soo intoxicating!' T-Bone thought feeling a wave of powerful lust rush through him. He helped his mate open his clothes before the tom tried to rip them off and just managed to pull Feral's pants down just as his Sabren mate frantically mounted him.
T-Bone's moan was lost in Feral's loud groan of relief and satisfaction as the Sabren set a punishing rhythm to relieve the intense ache in his womb.
T-Bone found himself holding his mate's hips just to stay seated inside him. After only minutes of intense, violent bouncing on the tabby's pole, Feral and his mate reached completion with loud howls and a burst of bright energy that blinded T-Bone.
Uly held himself up with his arms rigid though trembling, his paws planted firmly on the floor to either side of T-Bone's shoulders as he caught his breath. Meanwhile, T-Bone was shaking his head trying to clear his vision. He could see spots before his eyes as raised his arms and began rubbing Uly up and down his arms soothingly.
"Hey love, must be one heck of a heat cycle! Is that usual for you?" He asked softly.
"Uhhh...No...never been this intense... it's making my skin crawl under my fur and driving me crazy. Ohh...love... I'm soo hot!" Ulysses panted in answer already beginning to move again.
"Ahh babe, that's rough. Don't worry I'll get you through it!" He said thickly, as he met each of Uly's up and down movements to bring them to another fast orgasm. This time he remembered to keep his eyes closed.
Feral went limp and lay on his mate. As soon as he recovered, T-Bone wrapped his limbs around his mate and flipped them over. "Okay, now I'll take it from here, love!" He promised.
First he pulled Feral's boots off then in one swift yank, he pulled pants and underwear off. He raised his mate's legs to his shoulders and thrust home. Feral growled in eagerness and panting with renewed heat, he met each of the tabby's thrusts with a lift of his hips. This time they took a little longer before a flash of lightning rushed through Feral's body and he roared his climax followed closely by his mate.
T-Bone slumped onto his mate's broad chest and heaved for breath, praying for a brief break. He raised his head and murmured, "Uhm...do you think we could maybe take this home and a nice bed rather than this cold floor?" He asked nuzzling his mate gently.
"God! I want to but I'm not sure I can hold out long enough to get there." He moaned moving his hips again. T-Bone was still inside him and semi-hard. As he began to move, the tabby groaned as Uly's energy and pheromones conspired to get him hard quickly.
"Yeah, okay! We'll do this as long as we have to, to take the edge off then try to go home." T-Bone said in resignation then sighed as he obliged by plunging into his mate's willing sheathe, thrusting hard and fast. Uly wrapped his legs around the tabby's waist to pull him deeper. His back arched and he cried out in hot surrender as he came again around his love's hard tool. T-Bone roared as Uly tightened around him, milking him dry and the room was lit up by another bright burst of energy.
For the next hour, T-Bone mated with Ulysses. Finally, they lay side by side trying to catch their breath and resting their trembling and exhausted bodies. T-Bone's clothes lay strewn around near his mates. Pushing himself to his feet he stretched.
"Man you were really on fire, love. Can we go home now?" He asked as he picked up his clothes but didn't put them on yet.
"Ummm..." His Sabren mate hummed to himself, eyes closed.
Shaking his head and sighing, T-Bone squatted beside Uly and caressed his face. Bleary, unfocused eyes stared back at him.
"Come on love, get it together!" The tabby urged shaking the big tom's shoulder a bit.
The eyes snapped into focus at his mate's urgency, he was finally able to shake himself of his sated stupor enough to get up. Smiling in relief, T-Bone got dressed. Feral stayed on the floor for a moment gathering and putting on his clothes.
Some minutes later, they were both decently dressed though there was nothing they could do about the heavy scent of sex they both wore including Uly's strong heat pheromones. The best thing they could do was leave as fast as they could before anyone was affected by his mate's strong scent.
"Wait, I have to put away some sensitive documents first," Feral said halting just short of the door and turning back to his desk. He sorted through the reports, locking some up and putting others in his out basket. As he headed back for the door, he said, "Jeremy needs to be picked up from daycare..." His mate interrupted him.
"Don't worry about it love, I'll call Razor and have him pick him up and care for him until we are free." T-Bone said as he opened the office door and hurried through.
Sighing in resignation, Feral hurried after him. Calling over his shoulder, he said, "Steele you're in charge." Steele blinked in surprise watching as his Commander nearly ran for the elevators and vanished.
Shrugging his shoulders, Steele strolled into the Commander's office and halted suddenly, wrinkling his nose. 'Oh fah! I'll have to open windows to get rid of that scent quickly.' He thought in irritation as he made for the windows.
