A DREAM OF FREEDOM LOST
Chapter 8: Viper Develops a Cure
Some twenty minutes later the odd looking group was winging its way to the Bio Tech Labs. Dr. Konway had quickly set a work space up, contacted some technicians to assist and set up a secure room for Feral with a bed.
When they arrived, Dr. Kenton planned on lightly sedating Feral to keep him calm and to get some rest but he resisted just like any three-year old.
"Don't want!! Can't make me!" He sulked trying to pull away when Dr. Kenton approached with the needle.
"It's alright. It will make you feel better I promise. Please do it for me...hmmm?" T-Bone coaxed his mate gently nuzzling his face.
"Nooo...don' like needles!!" Feral whined pitifully burying his face in his mate's chest.
"I know. Nobody does but you won't feel anything but a sting. Come on sugar!" T-Bone pleaded softly his heart tight at how far his mate's mind had gone.
Dr. Konway's face showed shock and anguish when he heard the Commander acting soo childishly. He waited anxiously for them to be done so that they could get started quickly or it would be far too late.
Finally Feral submitted and minutes later was sleeping peacefully. Sighing gratefully, T-Bone exhausted as well, lay down beside his mate and slept. Razor had been very upset to see Feral's condition and had gotten them to the labs fast. Now he stood by keeping watch on Dr. Viper to ensure he didn't try anything underhanded or escaped before he was done.
The scientists and doctor got quickly to work. For once Viper didn't make any snide remarks but worked with the others professionally. The others grudgingly acknowledged that Viper was a brilliant scientist if a bit twisted. But it was the bent frame of mind that helped them come up with a cure.
It took some three hours but finally a weird blue colored fluid had been produced and put in a needle to be injected into Feral. The Sabren was just waking when they entered the room. T-Bone yawned and sat up as well.
"Is that it?" He asked anxiously.
"Yes. At least we hope so. Unfortunately, there is no time to test it. The Commander can't wait any longer." Dr. Kenton said sadly.
"I will warn you. It isss not going to be painlesssss. The serum will reverssse his energy and hopefully resstore it to itsss correct configuration within hiss body but it will hurt. A lot!" Viper said bluntly.
"Oh God! He's suffered soo much already!" T-Bone exclaimed disheartened.
"No choice. It isss the only way!" Dr. Viper hissed.
"Damn! Well do it quickly and I'll do my best to help him. You probably should all leave as soon as you give it. No telling how he'll react." T-Bone sighed and prepared to hold his mate.
Feral looked around in bewilderment no longer understanding what was going on. He held onto the only thing he remembered was important to him, T-Bone. He eyed the needle coming toward him fearfully and tried to pull away. T-Bone gently pulled his face toward him and nuzzled his face. Distracted, Feral didn't feel the needle.
Everyone quickly left and went to the security screen that was linked to a camera in the room so that they could observe what would happen. Everyone tensed when Feral's eyes went wide and he began screaming. He lunged from T-Bone's arms and slammed into a wall trying to claw his way out of his torment.
With an anguished look on his face, T-Bone jumped to his mate and tried his best to ease his pain as much as the bond would allow but it was hurting him too and his face twisted to mirror Feral's pain as well. Feral continued to scream and began glowing brightly. It was a race to see if the cure would take hold before the Sabren's energy reached critical levels.
When it seemed Feral and T-Bone could take no more and the Commander was glowing so brightly no one could look directly into the screen it was over. Feral collapsed to the floor with T-Bone on top of him in a heap. They lay panting, Feral was whimpering from the residual stings of his restored energy flow but was soon moaning with need as his energy levels soared out of control.
Though still smarting from the emotional firestorm, T-Bone could feel himself harden with arousal and knew Ulysses needed to be mated right now to dump his power. Groaning, he pulled his mate's pants off. He didn't bother removing anything, just pulled his cock out and mounted his mate without any finesse. He was just too drained but he did nuzzle and kiss Ulysses tenderly and was relieved to see it returned and the light of reason in Uly's golden eyes. Smiling joyfully they mated slowly and deeply until the power rolled over them in a wave of force with their orgasms. T-Bone shut his eyes against the eye-watering glare of Uly's energy burst.
The viewers had looked away when they saw the pair prepare to mate except for Viper who got a perverse kick out of watching the unlikely pair though he too had to look away when Feral's energy glared out.
"Well I have done my part. You will now honor the agreement and releasssse me." Viper hissed anxious to be gone.
Razor wasn't happy about this part of the deal but a bargain had been made and he never welched on a bargain.
"Yeah, yeah! I know Viper but I'm not letting you go here. Let's go!" Razor snapped.
"Where are you taking me?" Viper demanded.
"Back to the swamp of course. We know you have a lab out there somewhere. No way am I letting you wander around near here so let's go but first, give me your paws!" Razor ordered.
Snarling unhappily, Dr. Viper held up his paws for Razor to snap handcuffs on and a second pair was snapped around his ankles. He hissed at that but did not complain. Razor hauled him back to the Turbokat and after a quick flight, deposited the lizard in the swamps, removing the cuffs.
Viper wasted no time disappearing into the steamy undergrowth surrounding the swamp. Razor also wasted no time returning to the Bio Tech Labs to see how his partner and Feral were doing.
Back at the lab, Dr. Kenton and Dr. Konway examined Feral and were relieved to find him completely recovered. The serum had worked. Happy and very tired the pair were grateful and thanked everyone for their efforts and left for Feral's apartment when Razor had returned to fetch them.
Razor was ecstatic to see Feral completely back to normal (and privately thought how weird that was considering their previous antagonistic relationship with the Chief Enforcer). His partner looked worn out but happy. He dropped them off on Feral's apartment building roof and wished them a good night.
Finally alone and settled on the couch in Feral's apartment they just sat and held each other for a long while too tired to do anything more.
"Do you really feel okay?" T-Bone asked quietly.
"Yeah, I do! I'm so sorry to have put you through all that. I felt my mind slipping away and it was frightening. I've never felt so helpless before and hurt so much either." Ulysses said softly.
"I don't blame you. I'd have been terrified too." T-Bone said gently caressing Uly's paw in his own paw. "So we're finally okay now?"
"I think so. Now maybe we can finally just get to know one another and try to get a life going, a strange one, but a life of some kind." Feral sighed and closed his eyes laying his head back on the couch.
"Sounds like a plan!" T-Bone agreed and leaned against his mate and closed his eyes as well.
Back at the Bio Tech Lab, Dr. Konway and Dr. Kenton wrote up the formula, back up documentation, lab results, and the report on Feral's medical exam. Dr. Kenton would take it with him to store in the Psych Records for use if another case appeared. The condition would be called the 'UF Syndrome' after Commander Feral who was the first test case.
Dr. Kenton planned on writing a medical article on it, sharing the credit with Dr. Konway and though they were reluctant to, they added Dr. Viper as co-inventor. They didn't want to incur any animosity from the insane scientist later.
Two days later...City Hall Press Room...
Finally rested, T-Bone and Feral realized they needed to inform the public that Feral wasn't a danger so the Commander called Ms. Briggs to arrange another press conference.
So here they were again facing a wall of press. The difference this time was Feral's obviously calm demeanor.
Ms. Briggs explained that the pair would be in charge of this session and signaled Feral to take over.
"We've requested this press conference to clear up what had occurred at the last one. It was learned that my own energy ability had turned on itself. What this did was to gradually cause me to lose control of my emotions and, after that, my mind as well. By the time a cure was found my mind was that of a kitten. I thank the courage and determination of my mate for keeping me from harming others and giving me comfort when I needed it most at the cost of his own sanity." Feral said quietly turning to his mate.
"I thought everything was lost, until Dr. Viper offered a solution. He recognized Ulysses' condition and, in exchange for his freedom, he volunteered to help develop a cure. It really stuck in my craw to make a deal with that creep but Ulysses was running out of time and without his mind controlling it, his power would have destroyed a good portion of that part of town. With Viper's help, Dr. Kenton and Dr. Konway were able to develop a cure. As you can see, Commander Feral is back to normal." T-Bone said glancing warmly at his mate.
"Where is Dr. Viper now?" Ann Gora asked jumping ahead of her peers as usual.
"Razor released him back to the swamps where we know he has a lab somewhere hidden. Don't worry! We will get him next time!" T-Bone said firmly.
"So everything is alright between you two now?" Ann asked studying both of them.
"Yes, though we have a long ways to go before we are used to each other. This is still odd after all. But now we have the time and I'm no longer so stressed about the bond." Feral said.
"Do you plan to cohabitate and how does Razor feel about this?" Ann pressed on annoying her colleagues.
"That is personal and none of the public's business. As for Razor, he is slowly adjusting to my mating as well. We'll be alright! Now that is all we had to say. This conference is over. Thank you for coming!" T-Bone said politely but firmly. He and Uly ignored any further questions and left together. On the street they parted ways with a lingering kiss. They would see each other later that evening.
Feral returned to his office feeling better than he had for a very long time. Being bonded had given him a sense of peace.