Axel went straight up the elevator, excited for what Avery had in mind for the wolf. "Finally! Recognition and hard work for my efforts, finally paying off" muttered the wolf. It had been a few weeks since he had sold the land, and the construction workers had begun making the foundations of his own office, right next to Russel's restaurant. He kept thinking of ways that he could rile Russel up once he had set up his own place. The elevator doors opened and Axel entered, Avery's hands were clasped together, eyes closed, calm and collected, two tiger bodyguards stopped midway, nodding to each other once they saw Axel. It seemed they had an important meeting that was over just before he entered.
"So I hear you wanted to see me?" asked Axel, strolling around the sofa, sitting on it casually, crossing his feet. "Yes, there's a matter that I wanted to speak to you about." Avery said, tapping a clawed finger on the table, giving a signal to the two tigers, who shuffled slowly behind Axel. Axel paid no mind to the two tigers, seeing it as a sign of being dismissed, little did he know they didn't enter the elevator down.
"And? What is it?!" said Axel, his excitement getting to him. "This" The large screen tv in the room lit up, displaying the crime that Axel had committed. That town actually had the technology to have security cameras? He was sure that he surveyed the area for any of those. "This, this is what you did to get the approval of the town? Do you realize that you put not only your life but the entire company in danger?" growled Avery, the two tigers cringed at the video still playing. Axel wasn't going to back down, not when he had a hold of the town. "I had to do it! You didn't have the grit to pursue success so I had to! I did something, you didn't, but the moment that I do everything I can to ensure our company's success you throw it out like garbage!" shouted Axel, standing up and breathing hard in outrage.
"Axel, I already broke a lot of policies and protocols just to save you from being publicly ostracized and shunned by the whole world. Or do you want all the people who see the news to hate you? You're lucky you're my son, but there's an extent to how much I can protect you. What would your mother say if she was still alive?" Avery retorted. "Don't you dare bring her up! Unlike you, she actually cared about me! You were never there for me! Its always company this, company that, I'm sick of it. So maybe you'd realize that it was you all along that's wrong! If I did a better job than you" confessed Axel, stomping and fidgeting his hands as he paced back and forth. "I kept telling you Axel, it's either I keep working or you don't maintain your lavish lifestyle. If so, drop the construction now, and maybe I'll forgive you. I know I had a lot of shortcomings Axel, but I promise you I never wanted you to turn out like this" Said Avery, trying to make him see reason. At that moment, Axel's expression softened, and it immediately returned to being angry. "No! Its too late for that! You had your chance all those years and you blew it, not since… not since…" said Axel, his breath out and tears falling out of his eyes uncontrollably.
"He's already too lost" thought Avery, his negligence had cost him his own son. There was now only one solution to this and he decided to bring out the wine and glasses. "Alright Axel, calm down. I won't stop you if that's what you want" said Avery, slipping a drug that his associate had given him. "I was wrong, we should be celebrating your success, as your father, I want to personally congratulate you, not only as my son, but as the future heir of the news company" said Avery, handing the glass of wine to Axel. Axe grinned internally, his fake tears and acting had worked, he had his way and soon, Russel and his friends would pay. Especially Mime, he thought of many ways he could make the deer suffer for almost throwing a wrench on his plans. He drank the wine and tasted something odd about it, but he waved it off as his imagination.
Avery nodded at the two tigers, both of them seized him, holding him in place. "Wh-what the hell?! Who do you think you're grabbing?!" panicked Axel. Sure enough, he had started feeling weak, his legs felt like jelly and he was slipping form consciousness. "I'm sorry Axel, its already too late for you. I can't discipline you anymore as your father, but maybe someone else can." Said Avery, that was the last thing Axel heard from him while being dragged onto the elevator seeing his father stand before him as the elevator doors closed.
The next day…
Russel and Mime watched from afar, along with the rest of the tree friends. They knew the construction workers were only doing their job, but it wasn't long before the building gets established and their town would be overrun by the Hawthornes. Lumpy being the tallest, saw three expensive cars coming their way, "Looks like trouble has finally come guys" said Lumpy, Nutty and Cuddles climbed up on Lumpy, seeing the cars in the distance as well. Nutty hid behind Lumpy, as well as Mime behind Russel. Each tree friend ready to give Axel a piece of their mind. But instead of Axel, a larger buff looking wolf had come out, assisted by the tigers. Avery approached Russel, Russel readied his hook, thinking he was one of Axel's goons.
"Are you Russel?" asked Avery, Russel didn't want to admit it, but he was actually scared of Avery's intimidating voice. "Y-yes, what of it?" asked Russel, his voice shaking. Avery sighed "I'm sorry" said Avery apologetically. "P-pardon?" said Russel, confused where this was coming from. "Let me introduce myself, I am Avery Hawthorne. Axel's father…" said Avery, shame made him trail off a bit. "So, you know what your son did to Mime?" asked Giggles, scared of what he might do. "Yes, he is a troublesome boy. I made sure he had received the appropriate punishment for what he did. Its not easy for me to deal with but this was the last straw. And for that I am sorry." Said Avery, his chest feeling less tight from the confession.
"W-well he should be, every dad needs to teach their children a lesson." Said Flaky, afraid she might hit a nerve. "Oh don't worry about him, he won't be coming back to this town in a long while, I made sure of that" said Avery, wondering how Axel was doing. He looked at the construction workers who were now leaving, the tigers informing them of the cancelation and compensating them for their time. "Is that your restaurant? Asked Avery to Russel. "Y-yes" said Russel, his voice becoming less nervous. "Its impressive, tell you what, since my son caused so much trouble for you, are you interested in being sponsored by me?" offered Avery, Russel rubbed the back of his head "Gee lad I don't know", but Mime nudged him and nodded, seeing this as an opportunity to make up for the past mistakes he had done. "I mean yes, I would very much be interested" said Russel, his mind quickly changing.
"That's wonderful. What was your name again?" asked Avery, "Russel" stated Russel, "And you?" asked Avery, Mime spelled his name with his hand. "Ahhh, Mime was it. You know, I was quite the teacher in my day. It's good that one of you at least appreciates the art of finger spelling" said Avery cheerfully, remembering his younger days. "Actualy, he can't speak" said Lammy, "Oh, I'm sorry if I offended you, Mime" Avery closed his eyes, he kept thinking of how Axel abused Mime but decided to keep it to himself. "Wow, for a big guy you are really nice!" exclaimed Nutty, Avery chuckled "Yes I get that a lot from youngsters like you. You know you remind me a lot of Axel, he wasn't used to be like he is now, but back when he was a lot like you. Young and energetic, with a world full of magic and wonder in his eyes. But it's my fault for neglecting him." Said Avery, there was a moment of silence, not one of them could imagine Axel being what Avery had described.
"I think I have overstayed my welcome in this wonderful town of yours. I think its best I leave for now" said Avery, standing up from his crouched position to leave. "Oh no, it was actually really wonderful meeting you Mr. Hawthorne, we look forward to meeting you again." Said Giggles. "Just call me Avery, and I hope this makes up for everything that happened." And with that, Avery left with his servants. Mime and Russel looked at each other, and held hands, returning to Russel's restaurant. Scratch that, it was now their restaurant.
Meanwhile, in an island far far away…
Axel woke up, being kicked awake by a boot to his side. "WAKE UP SOLDIER!" growled a heavy and authoritative voice. Axel got up, taking in his surroundings, tigers were everywhere, marching, running, exercising, lifting, and shooting at targets. The tiger general approached him, "I knew your face looked familiar, seems like you caused a lot of trouble for my friend's restaurant. You call yourself a man when you can't even defend yourself against a guy with pegged legs." Shouted the tiger general in Axel's ear. "Beat it old man! You think you can order me around! I demand to be taken back to my place this instant!" roared Axel. "Oh you see, we made a deal with your father. You see, you were interrupting my vacation all the while making a fuss on my favourite place to eat my lunch. Therefore, he told me I can discipline you in any way I want." said the tiger general. Axel began sweating, his father had dropped him off on an unknown location, leaving him to the mercy of this former nazi. "But I'm not going to do that. Instead, I want you to meet my apprentice" said the tiger general, standing aside to show Buddhist monkey, now clad in army fatigues. "And you wouldn't want to make him angry, he didn't like the stunts you pulled back at happy tree town. I hope you two get along, for your sake." Said the tiger general.
They heard an explosion in the distance by the public bathroom. There was now a huge hole where the building's walls used to be, Mouse was scolding one of the tiger's for throwing a dynamite clumsily. The tiger general sighed, but this immediately gave him an idea, "Well, you now have your first duty. Give him what he needs to clean up Mouse Kaboom's mess" said the tiger general to Buddhist monkey. Monkey left and returned with a small toothbrush and a spray of disinfecting liquid. "Hmph, you think that I'll do what any of you say? You can think again." Said Axel, hoping his attitude would work on Buddhist monkey. Buddhist monkey's eyes started twitching and clenched his fist so hard that Axel swore that he could see the vain's almost beginning to pop. "Okay okay, sheesh, calm down" said Axel, snatching the two cleaning supplies from Buddhist Monkey's hands and heading towards the bathroom.
A few hours later…
Sneaky was about to take a shower when he noticed the massive hole Mouse had left. "Really?! I leave Mouse to train the recruits for a few hours and messes it up? Can this day get any worse?" and as if on cue, he heard someone muttering to themselves. Sneaky peeked around a corner of the bathroom, it seems that Axel was finished cleaning the dust and rubble and took the luxury of taking a shower alone at midnight. He heard there was a rapist wolf that had been forced to become a recruit here but he didn't really believe it until now. He hated rapists all his life, and this wolf was going to get it. He camouflaged himself, having a transparent effect on himself, stripping off his clothes. Axel washed himself, and started masturbating, "Yeah, take it bitch." Said Axel, thinking of sodomizing the poor deer in the future. "Hmph, so it is true he is as arrogant as they said he was. Time to teach this guy a lesson on humility" thought Sneaky, sneaking behind Axel. He aimed his penis directly behind Axel, he suddenly grabbed Axel's arms, holding him in place. "W-what are you?! Let me go! I- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Axel, the night would fill from shouts of pain to moans of pleasure. Let's just say that by the time Axel left the island, he developed a certain addiction to being a bottom.
Annnnnnnd its finally over. Just a heads up, don't expect me to upload anything for the next 3 days cause I'm going camping. Yeah! That's right! Ugandantenno! Survivalist extraordinaire is going to go camping with his friends (If I even have friends lol) and hunting for his own food (which will probably be the supermarket. But fret not! I'll be writing two stories on my notebook so I'll just type it by the time I get back. The first one will be a Sniffles x Lammy yandere story. Don't know the title yet but I plan to do that. Sniffles doesn't get much love except for those who ship him and Nutty together. And there's also this story about Flippy. But this one is actually a non-romance story. I'll try to come up with jokes and adventurous feats that Flippy will do. If you think the plot will be too similar to Death's Gambit it's because it is. Happy tree friends characters will be copy pasted in place of the characters of deaths gambit, the only difference is I'll add some humor to the story as best as I can. Hope the second story doesn't discourage you guys, peace out!