Once again, I've suffered a massive schedule slip. I'm going to put this fanfic on indefinite hiatus until I can get my life sorted out.

CHAPTER 21

"This park is going to be Iron Battalion territory real soon! Better leave along with your kitty bitch! We don't tolerate people who don't love their species!"

Avery's blood ran cold when she heard that. Oh God. What do I do? The dog just froze and could only stare at the scene in front of her. A blue lizard who couldn't be no more than 18 was confronting a mixed-species couple consisting of a male gray fox and a female cream-colored cat.

"You there!" The lizard boy yelled. Oh shit. He better not be talking to me...he is...

"Come over here!" He said walking over to her. Before Avery could react, she was grabbed by the wrist and dragged over to the couple that clearly wanted to leave.

"See this? This dog lady right here clearly loves her species. Just look! She's pregnant with more of her kind!" The lizard explained to the couple. He thinks Forest is just a dog. Should I correct this guy?

"Just...leave us alone. Please." The fox pleaded.

"What I want you to do is read this pamphlet and consider what you two are doing." The lizard said as he hastily grabbed a bunch of folded up pamphlets and forcefully handed them over to the couple.

Avery didn't know what to do. She did know whether to stay out of this conversation or to intervene. She looked back to Amy for help...Amy wasn't there.

"Amy?" Avery asked quietly.

"HEY!" A loud bark echoed throughout the park. Avery turned her head towards the sound and saw Amy walking toward them with a police officer (a rather large gray dog) beside her.

The lizard boy dropped his pamphlets, raised his right hand to flash a Roman salute and ran away. The couple soon left as well. Curiously, Amy wandered over to the pamphlets and picked one up. The police officer left once the lizard boy was out of sight.

Avery sighed and walked over to Amy.

"Come on. Let's go home." Avery said. Amy was curiously flipping through the pamphlet.

"Oh my," Amy gasped as she read the pamphlet. "It's the usual stuff that they're railing against. Interspecies relationships. There's even a section about homosexuality."

"I don't wanna hear it! Let's go!" Avery yelled. Amy dropped the pamphlet and tagged along with Avery.

Avery laid down in her bed and stared up at the ceiling. She thought about what had happened. Was stuff like the incident with the lizard boy going to become more common in this city? Maybe I should just sleep and stop worrying about this. Avery closed her eyes and went to sleep. Or rather, she tried to. She was jolted from her attempt to sleep when her cellphone started buzzing against the wood of her desk.

Groggily, Avery picked up her cellphone and looked at it. She didn't recognize the number. Avery thought nothing of this and held it to her ear.

"Hello?" A strangled, nasal voice answered. Avery gasped in shock. She knew that voice anywhere.

"K-Keith!?" Avery stammered. She couldn't believe it. Keith was a student at the high school she had attended. He was a rather un-impressive looking leopard with rather thick glasses. Despite his rather nerdy appearance, Keith was CONSTANTLY getting patted down by the school security whenever he arrived because he always bought drugs to school. He frequently invented new (and rather elaborate) ways of getting drugs past security and into the school. Avery never really liked Keith. Mainly because he may or may not have supplied the prescription painkillers that resulted in the fatal overdose of a freshman girl.

Yet here Keith was. Calling Avery late at night. She no idea that he had survived the war. What could he have wanted.

"Yeah. It's me. Keith." The leopard said rather bluntly. "I heard all the stories about your work with the Resistance. That's kinda why I wanted to call you."

"Go on." Avery said.

"Look. There's a party going on. It's not just me. Jessica, Lauren, Bobby, Koby, all of us are here. Think of it as kinda like a high school reunion, but at Koby's house. We were wondering if you could possibly come, Avery. It's on the east side of the city. I'll text you how to get there. "

This whole discussion felt very strange to Avery. It seemed odd to be invited to a party shortly after midnight. But Avery thought little of it.

"Sure, I'll be on my way." Avery said and turned off her cellphone. She quickly ran into the bathroom to get dressed and soon went to her car. She checked her phone. Sure enough, Keith was providing instructions on how to get there. It was all a blur to Avery. Turn left on this street. Don't turn right on that street. After twenty minutes of driving, Keith told her to stop and she had arrived at the house.

Avery got out of car and saw Keith standing outside with a warm grin on his face. He hadn't changed at all since Avery last saw him. Same thick glasses. Same scrawny build. Same dorky aesthetic. Hopefully he didn't bring any drugs with him.

"Avery! Glad you could come! We've all been waiting to see you again!" Keith yelled. Avery ran up to him and gave him a friendly hug. She wasn't exactly sure why. This was Keith. The same Keith that had always bought a wide variety of drugs (from his mom's Xanax to black market PCP) to school. The same Keith that may have killed that freshman girl with his pills. Nevertheless, Avery felt a strong desire to hug him.

"I know. I missed you too." Keith said returning the hug. He then felt her bulging stomach.

"Oh. You're pregnant! Mind if I ask who's the father?"

Avery hesitated for a moment. "Maybe later."

"Okay. Let's go in. Hey, what happened to your ear? It looks like something chewed it off." Keith had noticed Avery's chewed-off right ear tip.

"I don't want to talk about it." Avery pushed past Keith and went inside. She gasped at what she saw. Everybody from her high school was there. They hadn't changed that much. It was like she had stepped back in time. As soon as she entered they all turned to stare at her.

"Holy shit, Avery!"

"Of all the people to save the world, you!"

"Hey, sorry about that one time..."

"Oh wow. You're pregnant! Obviously it's not Sonic. Who's your-"

"PLEASE!" Avery yelled and the whole house went silent. She continued.

"Can't we all just have a good time? Isn't that what we're all her for?" A moment of silence, all of her classmates began to mumble each other in agreement. Avery then walked further into the house and made herself at ease. She didn't want to be some type of savior. She just wanted to be a normal party-goer for the time being.

Koby's house was incredible. The hot tub was excellent. The food was some of the most amazing stuff she had ever eaten. Nothing had been slipped in the punch. And her old classmates were very friendly with her. Far more nicer and respectful than they had been in high school. Some of them even apologized to her. Avery's spirits had been down due to the events earlier, but now they were lifted.

It was then that Avery heard something. It sounded like a chilling howl. She thought little of it and went back to the party. She felt someone grab her by the shoulder. She turned around. It was Keith.

"Hey." Keith said nervously. "I wanted to talk to you about something."

"About what?" Avery asked.

"It's something that's been eating me up for quite a while now. I've...I've always felt very guilty about it." Keith confessed. Avery knew what it was. It's about that freshman girl.

"It's about what I think it is, isn't it?" Avery replied.

"Yes. It's about that. Follow me. We need to discuss this somewhere private." Keith said with a gesture. Avery soon began to follow Keith somewhere. She didn't know where. A feeling of dread began to creep through Avery's body. Something terrible was going to happen and she knew it. But she had no choice. So she continued to follow Keith.

The house was big, so there were plenty of twists and turns. Where could Keith be taking me?" Keith then turned a corner into a hallway. As soon as Avery went around the corner, she gasped in shock. Keith was gone. He had simply vanished into thin air. Avery began to tip toe nervously through the hall.

"Keith?" Avery called out. What's going on? Where did Keith go?" Avery then let out a yelp as something grabbed her from behind and dragged her forcibly into a nearby closet. She screamed through the hand covering her mouth.

"Quiet now. It's alright. I missed you so much too." A very, VERY familiar voice said. Avery tensed up and felt like she was going to vomit.

"I-In-Infinite?" She gurgled weakly.

"Yep." the jackal sneered. It was at that moment that Avery fell unconscious.

Avery woke up on an altar of some sort. She had no idea where she was and she was too frightened to move. How did I get here? Where am I? Something wet then dripped onto her cheek. Avery wiped it away with her hand. She looked at it and her eyes went wide. It was blood. Avery looked up at the ceiling and screamed in horror.

Keith. Koby. Lauren. All of her friends and everybody who was at the party. Dead and suspended from the ceiling by meat hooks.

"Like the decorations?" Infinite laughed as he stepped into the room, positively drenched in blood. What looked like bits of organs were also clinging to his fur. Avery gagged as the stench of death penetrated her nostrils. Infinite flashed a grin. His teeth now seemed to be decaying.

Avery didn't know what to say. As Infinite walked closer to her, she noticed that he had a massive erection.

"What better way to celebrate our reunion than by letting you know that you belong to me, not these people." Infinite growled. He then got up on the altar with Avery and began to tear at her clothes. Avery began to cry in terror.

"No! Please!" The dog cried out.

"Still pretending that you don't enjoy this?" Infinite grinned and with a tug, tore away Avery's panties, exposing her vagina.

Avery began to sob uncontrollably. Infinite was back and going to torment her AGAIN. With a yelp, she was pinned underneath Infinite's blood-soaked body. She squirmed in vain, getting blood and bits of organs on her.

Infinite growled and began to position himself at her entrance. After a couple false stabs, he hit home and shoved his cock roughly into Avery with a grunt.

Avery screamed in pain as she was being violated again. This was possibly the most painful one she had ever had to endure. Infinite began to moan and grunt into Avery's shoulder as he fucked her brutally on the altar.

Avery wanted it to end. To make matters worse, a piercing beep began to echo throughout the room. Avery didn't know what it was but she wanted the beeping to stop. The pain in her ears was even worse than the pain in her vagina.

The dog used all of her strength to free one arm from Infinite. She needed to stop this beeping sound. Avery reached out...and shut off her alarm clock.

Avery opened her eyes. She was in bed. Safe in her apartment. She sat up and took a few moments to comprehend what had happened. She soon began to realize that it was all just a nightmare. Keith had never called her (he might not even be alive). There was no party. Infinite was hopefully still locked away.

Avery sighed and gazed down at her belly.

"Oh Forest. What am I gonna do?" She asked her son.

Thank you all for reading this fanfic. It was an honor. I am now going to put this fanfic on hiatus. I don't know for how long. I know for certain that when I come back to this fanfic, there WILL be a timeskip. Possibly around the time when the Avatar is almost ready to give birth.

Special thanks to Kjsndn for pointing out any mistakes that I may have made.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.