Deathtouched - Chapter 20
Even more lemons - the honeymoon isn't over yet. Also, be aware that there is a very dark, graphic scene toward the end of the chapter involving infant death. For those that are of a sensitive nature, I suggest you skip over that part. It will be indicated by ********** at the start and finish.
Abby used some analgesic cream on Zoe's abused hole. Between that and the hot bath, she was able to walk a little more normally. Everyone was worried about the implication of another murder. Zoe lay in the back seat of their car, her head in Abby's lap, sparing her putting pressure on her rear end. Zoe swore that her tail was tender as well. She fell asleep again on the way back, actually comforted by the throbbing of her rear end in time with her heartbeat.
Nick drove, but he had Judy use her phone to call the number of the realtor on the house they'd seen, it wouldn't actually be that long of a commute in to work from there. Zoe awoke with her head still nestled in Abby's lap and Abby gently stroking her ears. Abby's arousal was strong in her nostrils since her nose was only inches from her wife's center. Apparently, ear stroking was a good distraction from the reason they'd had to cut their honeymoon short. Zoe hoped that she'd be in the mood later to properly thank Abby for the loving attention that Abby was lavishing on her.
They had decided to stop by their apartment so that Zoe could put on her priestess garb. Partly to give more of an impact to her visit, and partly to disguise how pregnant she was. Abby stayed at the apartment, having no desire to be there and not being required, she said she'd get everything unpacked. They'd decide later on whether dinner would be appropriate or not.
Zoe rode in the front seat on the way to the crime scene, every little bump sending gratifying jolts of mild pain to her anus. Zoe liked pain. Not the kind of pain for pains sake, but the kind that came from being dominated, like being knotted. Or like last night, when she self inflicted pain on herself.
Nick pulled their car, getting ready to park next to the yellow tape, when an elephant ZPD officer moved a barricade to let them through. Nick parked next to the Chief's official vehicle and then got out to help Zoe. Zoe gingerly slid out of the seat and to the asphalt. She looked at the house in question, a medium sized mammal house that looked the same as the other's in the neighborhood. Even the paint on the house alternated colors with the rest of the houses on the street. This one ended up pale blue.
Flashes from photographers popped, but Zoe ignored them. She felt no spiritual energy in the area, so there would be no spirit to talk to. She slowly walked in the front door to see Chief Bogo talking to Officer Wolford in the living room. Chief Bogo noticed how slow Zoe was walking.
"Priestess? Are you okay?"
"Honeymoon." Zoe said, letting the two males interpret that how they wanted.
"There's no spirits here Chief." She let him know.
"Backyard." Was all Bogo said, jerking his thumb in that direction.
Wolford snickered and high five'd Nick as they went past. Zoe stopped at the end of the concrete patio. Whatever had happened, it happened just on this side of the privacy fence on the back part of the yard. As Zoe walked along the marked path, Wolford updated them.
"At approximately 0640 this morning, neighbor's heard a scream and sounds of a struggle. When the nearest unit arrived at 0650, they found the remains of one Isabel Haskins, Puma. And by remains, I mean one ear. Forensics are swabbing for DNA now, blood splatter indicates that the fight happened here and, from the amount of blood, Isabel went down swinging. There were no discernable paw prints and I couldn't detect any other mammal. I did smell the odor of a scent neutralizer, the kind sold to skunks and ferrets."
Zoe looked around and then let her sight slip into the astral. She could see the fear and anger in the atmosphere. There was also a taint of madness, most likely from the killer. Walking up to the fence, she saw the claw marks on it, one set much larger that the other. Zoe placed her paw on the larger set and had a second's vision of a black and orange stripped paw swiping at her. She gasped and jerked her paw back.
"Oh gods!"
"What? What did you see?" Wolford asked insistently.
Zoe turned to the wolf and said, "There's more than one, this one was a tiger!"
oooOOOooo
The three on edge mammals trudged through their front door, ensuring it was closed and locked, the idea of having more than one cannibalistic mammal roaming the streets was very unsettling. Abby came running up to Zoe and threw herself into Zoe's arms. They hugged each other tightly and Zoe's nose began to twitch as she smelled Abby's arousal still lingering. Growling, she picked a squealing Abby up and threw her over her shoulder, carrying Abby into the bedroom, all indications of pain from the night before gone. As the door slammed shut Nick and Judy looked at each other. Judy just shrugged and said to Nick. "Let her get it out of her system, she deserves it."
Nick nodded as he sat down and placed an order for some pizzas. A buffalo chicken for himself, and a buffalo chicken with crushed beetles, peanut butter, and cream cheese for his wives.
Lemon start
Zoe held Abby over her shoulder with one paw while the other ran up her thigh to her center, feeling how wet Abby was. As she kicked the door closed, she roughly thrust one finger into her, forcing a gasp from Abby. Zoe withdrew her finger before lodging it at Abby's rear opening. She was feeling very aggressive at the moment so she violently thrust her finger into Abby's puckered opening as far as it would go, eliciting a squeal from her wife.
Abby was breathing hard and fast as she felt how savage Zoe was being. Her libido was through the roof and she was ready to give Zoe whatever she wanted. She was surprised when Zoe threw her on the bed and then stepped back. Zoe pointed to the floor in front of her and snapped "Kneel!" Abby quickly got on her knees in front of her wife, her eyes on the floor and her body trembling in anticipation.
She could hear Zoe move about the room, objects being removed from the toy drawer of their storage unit. Her imagination running wild wondering what Zoe had planned for her.
"Stand!" Abby quickly obeyed, her eyes still downcast, but her ears tall and her tail twitching.
"Strip!" She eagerly took her clothes off, folding them neatly and placing them on the bed before returning to her position. She saw Zoe move in front of her and then felt Zoe slip her collar on her. Abby felt a small orgasm move through her and could feel the wetness from it drip down her leg, it had been a while since Zoe had collared her.
Abby saw that Zoe was wearing the red thigh boots and corset that she had bought for her wife and she became even more excited. Zoe was in full dominatrix mode.
"Kneel!" Abby was already drooling, praying for the command she wanted. Aphrodite must have been listening, because she felt her lead snap onto the ring at the front of her collar and then felt Zoe's paw on the back of her head. Her face was suddenly pushed into Zoe's wet slit and the the command, "Eat!"
Abby ate Zoe out like it was the first meal she'd had in weeks. Zoe's fluids smeared her muzzle and her ears caught Zoe's moans, making her heart leap for joy. She heard and tasted Zoe cum several times before her muzzle was pulled from Zoe's core. Zoe moved to the side and commanded her, "Down!"
Abby leaned forward until her shoulders were on the floor, her knees still apart. This forced her rear end higher in the air. She knew Zoe liked her this way since it gave her easy access to both her holes. Abby felt a rope tied to her right ankle then felt it tied to something else. Her suspicion that it was a spreader bar was confirmed when her left ankle was pulled and she was spread even more and it was tied off as well. Abby put her paws down and between her legs, knowing that Zoe was about to tie her paws to the spreader bar as well. Abby was now almost completely helpless and she relished that feeling.
Zoe shoved a ball gag into her mouth and buckled it in place. She sensed Zoe's muzzle next to her left ear.
"You're dripping Love. Do you expect me to be gentle? Answer!"
"Umph." Abby attempted, trying to say 'no'. She could have just shook her head, but Zoe liked it when she tried to be vocal when gagged.
"Good. Because I'm not going to be!"
Abby had another mini orgasm flow through her. Zoe's paw slapped down onto her mound, the fingers of her paw pushing between her lips. Abby felt Zoe's fingers enter her harshly, stretching her out. I was a little painful, but Abby was like Zoe, she liked a little pain with her sex. It was when Zoe tied her ears together that Abby understood she was going to get the full treatment. Her head was pulled to the side and a dildo was shoved in front of her face.
"Is this going to be safe to use on you?" Abby knew what Zoe meant. Would it harm the babies? It was one of the smaller fox dildos they had bought. It was inches smaller than Nick's penis but almost as big around. Even fully inserted, it wouldn't endanger her babies.
"eph."
"Good!"
Abby heard buckles being tightened and knew that Zoe had put on a harness, not settling for just using the dildoe with her paws. Zoe's paws spread her cheeks wider and the tip of the dildo was pressed at her entrance. Zoe then grabbed Abby's hips and suddenly shoved the dildo into Abby in one violent thrust. Abby screamed through the gag at the pain of suddenly being stretched so wide. While it wasn't as big as Nick, Nick tended to be much gentler that Zoe was being.
Abby had no time to adjust as the dildo was withdrawn but for the tip before it was brutally thrust into her again. Abby started cumming after the second thrust and continued as Zoe pounded her unmercifully. The harness itself was rubbing against Zoe's clit, so she would cum as well, just not as often. Zoe finally stopped after she'd cum for the third time, leaving Abby a quivering pile of goo, drool leaking out of her mouth and her eyes were rolled back into her head.
Zoe gently pulled out of Abby, allowing Abby's hips to sink down a bit. Zoe then lubed Abby's rear entrance and inserted the tip. Zoe grabbed Abby's tied ears and pulled, forcing Abby to impale herself on the first few inches of the dildo. Hearing Abby's muffled moan heightened Zoe's desire, but since she didn't want to damage her wife, she was quite a bit gentler than when Zoe used Abby's front.
When Zoe reached the knot and Abby's tail was quivering, Zoe pulled out before sinking in again in one, long plunge all the way to the knot. Abby squealed again and Zoe, having given Abby a chance to get used to the dildo, set up a quick rhythm allowing Abby no respite. A constant keening from Abby made Zoe grab her hips even harder and, when she felt Abby begin to shake with her orgasm, knotted her.
Hearing Abby's continuous squawks as she came set Zoe off once again and she pulled hard on Abby's ears, trying to get every last fraction of an inch into her wife's anal passage. When she'd come down from her high, Zoe gently pulled the dildo out of her wife and then took off the harness, laying it on a towel to keep it off the floor. Zoe then worked to release Abby from her restraints except for her collar, she would have Abby wear that until in the morning.
Gathering Abby into her arms, she pulled her into bed and held her. She told Abby how good of a girl she was and how proud Zoe was of her. She told her how much she was in love with the albino doe over and over again. She did all this while stroking Abby's fur, including the rim of her ears, pulling them in to kiss them. Abby finally responded to Zoe's soft words by saying "I love you too Zoe. Gods that was amazing! Can we do it again sometime? After I've recovered that is? Like, in a month or two?"
Zoe chuckled and hugged her wife who's stomach picked that time to growl. Zoe helped Abby to her feet, and having Abby lean on her since Abby could barely walk now. Abby joked that she felt very similar to after her first time with Nick.
End of lemon
Nick simply raised his eyebrows at Zoe's outfit, which earned him a smirk from Zoe.
"Like what you see... Master?"
Nick froze as images of the possibilities flew through his mind and he felt himself stiffening from them.
Judy, who'd already eaten, said. "C'mon HH, let's take care of that for you." and pulled him toward the bedroom.
Abby and Zoe heard him ask, "HH?"
"Horny Husband." Judy snickered as she shut the door.
Zoe and Abby finished off both pizzas and then took a bath together, Zoe holding Abby in her arms as they soaked and kissing the base of her ears often. Both of the thinking the same thing, unknown to the other. How they were so happy to have found each other and offered prayers of thanks to Aphrodite for their mates.
oooOOOooo
Zoe drove to Temple Square and parked. Wearing her priestess garb, she walked to the Temple of Apollo and was greeted by an Acolyte. "Greetings Priestess! How may the Temple of Apollo aid you today." The ferret acolyte asked politely.
He was dressed in yellow and orange with a laurel wreath resting on his head.
"Greetings and bright blessings to you. I have come to make an offering and a request of Lord Apollo."
"Then be welcome Priestess and may your request be answered."
Zoe walked in, bas relief carvings on the wall of Apollo's favored animals, the hawk, raven, and swan, as well as his symbols, the laurel wreath, the python, the lyre, and bow and arrows. The scent of Frankincense and Myrrh wafted through the temple. Zoe approached the alter and, pulling a small bundle of Myrrh out of an inner pocket, added it to the small brazier. Once she was sure it was lit, she knelt in front of the Altar.
She extended her senses and prayed. "Lord Apollo, god of prophecy. While I thank you for your gift, I ask that I not be blessed with this additional power. I have been given much and am content with what I already have. So please Lord Apollo, take the onus of oracle from me."
The next thing she knew, Zoe was flat on her back about ten feet from where she had been, looking up at the ceiling in a daze. She knew that neither her nor her babies were hurt, but she didn't understand what had happened exactly.
"That would be a 'no'." Zoe heard. Her eyes focused on a Hyena wearing the colors of Apollo, but with a lyre on one side of his over robe, and a raven on the other with his overrobe was trimmed in gold. An elaborate laurel wreath adorned his head. He held out his paw to help Zoe up.
"Joyful greetings Priestess. I am Zeke. We thank you for gracing our temple. Let's go to my office and I'll try to clear up any questions you might have."
Zoe followed, but checked on her babies just to be safe. The surprising feeling she got from them was that they considered what had just transpired as 'fun'. Zeke opened the door to his office, much larger and more elaborate than Aaron's. Sitting her at a small table, he brought over a tea service and poured her a cup. The wonderful smell of mint flowed from the pot. Taking a sip that Zeke poured for her, she hummed in pleasure, her eyes reflexively closing as she relaxed for the first time since her honeymoon had ended.
"So," Zeke began. "What was it that caused Lord Apollo to reject your request so vehemently?"
"I had a dream where my husband and wives were living in this house on top of a hill, surrounded by green meadows and I knew that it was in the Meadowlands. Our children were playing in the yard as I stood on the veranda, heavily pregnant. I heard a deep voice behind me and I turned to see a coyote approach me. In my dream, he was my husband, and it turned out I was carrying his pups.
A week later, I was set to interview a friends brother for the job of nanny for our kits. When he showed up, it was the coyote from my dream. Now, that could have been a coincidence, but then, on my honeymoon, we came across the house that had been in my dream also. Concerned that I was now receiving prophetic dreams, I asked Lord Apollo to take the gift back. I already have more abilities than any other Priest or Priestess."
To Zoe's shock, Zeke started laughing.
"Ah, okay, I understand now. Zoe... May I call you Zoe?" he asked.
"Of course."
"Zoe, the gods don't like it when mortals think they know better than they do. While it might not have been your intention to insult him, Lord Apollo felt slighted anyway. The gods can be finicky that way."
"But why me? Why not you? Or one of the other Priests or Priestess's of Apollo?"
"Who's to question the gods? We're here to simply interpret their will. Besides, it might not have been only Lord Apollo's wish to make you an oracle, other gods may have encouraged him. You are, you have to admit, favored by many of the gods. Or he could have just wanted to have a piece of you to call his own."
Zoe sank into her chair, feeling tired both physically, mentally, and emotionally.
"I don't know if I can handle this."
"If the gods didn't think you couldn't handle it, they wouldn't have gifted it to you."
With a put-upon sigh, Zoe nodded.
"Thank you Zeke for the tea and the explanation. But I have one question. How did you know I was in the temple? I didn't see the acolyte inform anyone."
Zeke smiled. "Why, I had a dream of course."
Zeke had blessed Zoe before she left the temple and, feeling a little better, waddled to the Temple of Aphrodite. She admitted that she was now waddling instead of walking, as carrying three babies upset her center of balance. Entering the temple, it was laid out similar to Apollo's but was decorated in the colors and symbols of Aphrodite.
The acolyte outside, a pig, wore the red and white colors of the goddess. Inside, Zoe again withdrew Myrrh from her overcoat and lit it in the nearby brazier. Once more, she knelt.
"Lady Aphrodite, goddess of love. I come today to thank you for my wives and husband that I have been gifted. I ask that they know how much I love them."
Zoe stood with difficulty and made it out without encountering Selene. She didn't feel like sparring with her right now, given everything that was happening. Zoe's last stop was the Temple of Melinoe to see Aaron.
"... and I ended up on my back staring at the ceiling. Zeke helped me up and explained what had happened, but I still don't feel capable of being an oracle on top of everything else."
"I take it he didn't explain that all the gods choose the oracle, Lord Apollo just infuses the chosen with the ability."
"He hinted at it, but didn't come right out and say it."
"Typical." Aaron said with a smile.
"This on top of the recent spate of the cannibal killings, it's more than one, but who's to say there isn't more? Could it be and epidemic of insane mammals eating others? Are we going to revert back to our savage ancestry? Did Nick and Judy save Zootopia for nothing?"
Zoe realized she was starting to rant and mumbled an apology.
"Think nothing of it Zoe. I can understand your fear and frustration. And I'm sure that your wife, Abby, has told you how pregnancy can play havoc with your emotions?"
Abby had warned them, but with everything that had happened to her and what not, she'd forgotten.
"Now, I have some meetings to attend and you have a honeymoon to get back to, so kiss an old wolf goodbye and tell your husband and wives I wish them well."
"I will Father, I love you." She said, kissing him on he cheek.
"And I love you daughter." Aaron said, kissing her between her ears.
oooOOOooo
The next few days were mostly relaxation for the newlyweds. The sex went from fierce and passionate to loving and passionate. Each wife complained that she felt like she was swelling up like a balloon. Zoe in the lead with three kits, was upset that she couldn't see her feet anymore and only her priestess garb fit her. Nick was happy that the weird cravings had stopped, but now he was running around getting maternity clothes, giving massages of feet, legs, and backs. His wives apologized repeatedly for the amount of work that the were having him do, but Nick just told them that it's what a good husband should do.
Time passes as it always will, so Nick, Judy, and Abby returned to work, leaving Zoe to go back to school. Zoe tended to be late to her classes since it was hard for her to get up out of the desks and her walking speed had slowed down so much that she felt that Flash would be able to beat her in a race. Linda was ecstatic over the progress of Zoe's pregnancy and was overjoyed when Zoe asked her to be their Aunt. She also insisted on knowing the details of Zoe's honeymoon.
Three more attacks occured, two of them withing minutes of each other. One in the Snowy Hills area of Tundratown, and the other in Ficus Grove located in the Rainforest District. The third happened in the Haymarket District of Savanna Central. Zoe was called to all three, the worst being in Ficus Grove where the body of a sloth had only been half eaten. The spirit Zoe talked to said it was a bobcat and that it had been mumbling something over and over again. The only words it could make out was "kill" and "eat".
oooOOOooo
Zoe was late getting home after her lecture. It had been increasingly difficult to get in and out of her car, her abdomen was so large now that she had to move her seat all the way back and use her toes to press the petals. At least it was proof that she still had toes since she hadn't seen them in weeks. Her stomach had been hardening and she knew she was getting close to giving birth, informing the school so that they were aware.
"Kill" Someone growled.
Zoe's heart raced as her head turned rapidly in the direction where she thought she'd heard the voice, her ears fully erect, but she could see nothing on either side of the street. Her apartment was a half a block down so she began making her best time to it, digging her keys out of her purse and having them ready.
"Eat."
Said the voice, closer now. She was panting in fear now, not for herself, she already knew what it was like to die, but her babies! She needed to protect her babies.
"Help! Someone, help!" She cried out as loud as she could, running as fast as she could toward her apartment. She was panting and tears were running down her face. She had to protect her kits, nothing else mattered. She was mere yards away from the front door when she felt herself pushed forward forcibly, lines of fire erupting across her back. Zoe screamed in fear and pain even as she wrapped her arms around her stomach to protect her kits from the impact with the sidewalk.
Still with her arms wrapped around her middle, trying to protect her unborn children, Zoe looked up to see a grey wolf with white socks and a patch of white between his eyes. Eyes that seemed to be glowing blue.
"Master says kill. Master says eat." The wolf mumbled over and over again.
"Please, not my babies!" Zoe begged the insane mammal, While still trying to scoot backwards on the hard concrete.
"Master says kill. Master says EAT!" The wolf almost roared, his saliva drenched maw opening wide to take his first bite.
Zoe screamed as there were sounds like hammers hitting wood and she saw red splotches appear on the torso of the wolf. The wolf growled and looked up just in time for a splotch to appear on his forehead and Zoe watched in horror as the back of the wolfs head exploded, spraying bits of bone and brain all over the sidewalk and a parked car. The wolf fell forward, trapping Zoe's legs underneath his shoulders and head, the now slack jaws on her thigh.
She screamed again and tried to get a way, sobbing from the shock of the last few minutes. Zoe screamed again when she saw another wolf approach and it took about a minute for the wolf talking to her calmly before she realized he was wearing a ZPD uniform. It was Officer Wolford. When she'd calmed down, Wolford and his partner, Swinton, helped Zoe to her feet. Her arms wrapped around Wolford and cried into his uniform.
"Oh my gods! Z!" Zoe was engulfed in a hug by Abby. She automatically let go of Wolford and grabbed onto Abby. Nick and Judy had been pulling overtime in the search for the Cannibal Killers as the media were calling them. Zoe was shaking so hard that Abby could barely hold on to her. She tried listening to what Swinton was telling her but it was hard to hear him over the volume of Zoe's sobs.
"I've called for an ambulance to have her taken to the hospital and get checked out, just to be safe."
Then he turned to his partner and added, "Good thing Chief Bogo authorized lethal measures. I'm not sure that the dart guns would have stopped him."
"Please call Nick and Judy and let them know what happened please." Abby asked them. She refused to leave Zoe alone and go to their apartment to retrieve her phone. Zoe was clutching at her as if she'd never let her go and Abby hurt so bad that her wife had gone through such a horrible ordeal. Abby kept talking to her, letting her know that she was alright, her babies were okay, and that they were safe.
The ambulance arrived and transported Abby and Zoe to Zootopia General and the entire time Zoe never let go of Abby's paw. Abby could tell that Zoe was going into shock and, with Zoe so close to her due date, it could cause issues. The paramedics were able to get them to the hospital in record time and Zoe was immediately wheeled into a room. Nurses swarmed Zoe, taking her vitals again and hooking her up to their monitors, working around Abby who they recognized.
For her part, Abby stayed out of their way as much as possible so that Zoe could receive the care she needed while still holding her wifes paw and comforting her the best she could. Abby saw Doctor Everson, a cheetah, rapidly stroll in and received the information that the nurses had found out so far. He ordered an IV drip with Demerol to calm Zoe down. Abby watched as the drug took effect, the death grip that Zoe had on her paw slackened, her breathing eased, and the monitor showed Zoe's heartbeat slowing as well.
When Zoe's eyes closed, Abby let go of Zoe's paws and moved further away to allow the team to take care of her wife. Abby herself was shaking and she knew that she was in shock a little too. She'd seen the wolf with half it's skull missing and how close it had been to her wife. She could have lost Zoe and the thought of that happening made her feel dark and empty inside.
"Abby."
She suddenly realized that Dr. Everson was trying to get her attention.
"I'm sorry doctor, what were you saying?"
"That's okay. Priestess Hopps is okay, she has some claw marks on her back that are going to require stitches, but other that the stress of the situation she and the babies are fine. We'll keep her sedated for tonight and give her a chance to recover physically, but I'm worried about her psychological health. I'd like to get a psych consult and I'll need your signature to authorize it."
"Oh, okay doctor, thank you. You're sure her and the babies are going to be okay?"
"I promise. I've ordered a suture kit and our resident plastic surgeon, Doctor Smalls will be in to close the lacerations. You'll never know that she'd been clawed."
Abby sighed in relief. Dr. Smalls was one of the few mice that went into medicine. Her small hands could hold needles most mammals couldn't see. If she was doing the stitching, then you'd have to know what to look for and peer very close to see any evidence that tonight even happened.
Nick and Judy arrived, breathless after having run from the parking lot, to see Abby sitting in a chair next to Zoe's bed, the black furred doe on her side as a female mouse was sewing Zoe's back up.
"What's this?!" Dr. Smalls squeaked loudly. "Mammals busting into my patients room while I'm sewing her up!"
"Doctor Smalls, this is Nick and Judy Hopps, Zoe's other wife and husband."
"Hmph! Well, find a chair and sit down. And don't jostle my patient!"
Nick and Judy found chairs and scooted them next to Abby, who whispered everything she knew from her side of the story. Nick left to go talk to Wolford and get the inside scoop so to speak.
oooOOOooo
It was a long and hard struggle to climb back up to consciousness, but Zoe slowly became aware of light and a soft susurration of sound. Her thoughts were sluggish until the thought of 'my babies!' struck her like a lightning bolt.
"Mmur beebbes." She mumbled.
She heard her wife Abby respond to her. "Z! It's okay Love! You and your babies are okay! You're in Zootopia General at the moment. They have you on Demerol because you were in shock from the attack. The attacker is dead and you're safe. They want to keep you in the hospital for a few days and then talk to a psychiatrist just to be sure you don't have PTSD."
"Hmmm. Wahwa." Her throat was thick and dry, making talking even more difficult. She felt a plastic straw inserted in her mouth and she sucked, tasting sweet, cold water enter her mouth and rehydrate her. Zoe realized she was on her side, facing the door. Her back felt stiff and she remembered the pain when she was attacked.
She opened her mouth to let her wife know that she was done and, when the straw was withdrawn, said 'Thank oo." to her wife. Now knowing that her kits were going to be okay and that they were safe, Zoe started to relax when the door opened and Gabriel walked in with a worried look on his face.
"Uh, hi! I'm Gabriel, Linda's brother. I'm supposed to be the nanny. I heard about what happened and came to see Zoe."
Zoe grinned, pointed her finger at Gabriel and said "You're going to marry me!"
At Gabriel's startled explanation, Abby explained "They have her on drugs."
Gabriel's face fell slightly then Zoe piped up again. "No! You're going to marry me! Lord Apollo said so! In my dream! We have cubs!"
Gabriel looked at Abby. She didn't want to be the one to explain, Zoe having told them about her visit to the Temple of Apollo. Zoe told them that she wanted to wait and see what happened, but since Zoe had just spilt the secret, it was up to her. With a sigh, Abby said "Zoey had a prophetic dream from Lord Apollo showing us all living in a house in The Meadowlands. In it you were married to us."
She decided to leave out the part about the cubs. Gabriel was floored.
"I didn't think that you could marry more than one mammal."
"Rabbits can. I'm married to Zoe and Judy Hopps and we're married to Nick Wilde."
"I mean, I know rabbits can marry more than one mammal, but I thought it was only one mammal other than a rabbit."
Confused now, Abby asked him. "Where did you get that from?"
Grinning sheepishly he said. "I just thought, or rather, I didn't. Now I feel stupid."
"Mmmm. Love you. Gonna get married." Zoe said as she fell back asleep.
"She probably won't remember this when she wakes up again. Just know that it's not set in stone. You could marry us, you could just stay our nanny, or you could quit and never see us again. It will be up to you, you have free will."
"Thank you..." Gabriel raised his eyebrow.
"Abigail, but call me Abby."
"Thank you Abby. Let her know I stopped by okay?"
"I will, thanks for coming to check on her."
"Anytime."
oooOOOooo
When next Zoe woke, she was a lot more clear headed, she just felt... slow. She had vague memories of someone coming to see her but she couldn't remember who. Abby was asleep in the chair next to her. Zoe felt so much love for her wife, knowing that Abby hadn't left her side since she got here. Zoe let her sight slide to the astral to see her kits healthy and sleeping. Her stomach rumbled and she realized that she was hungry, so she found the little call button and pressed it.
Shortly an Ibis, the nurse on duty for her room, stuck her muzzle in the room and asked, "What can I do for you Priestess?" quietly so as not to disturb Abby. Jennifer, the Ibis, knew Abby and how much she loved her wives and husband. Zoe mimed eating and Jennifer nodded, leaving to get her something to eat.
Zoe let her head fall back onto her pillow. She could remember getting out of her car and then getting attacked. She must've been injured and the stiff feeling in her back was a bandage or something covering her wounds. Her heart rate sped up and she began to pant in panic as she thought about her babies. She remembered Abby saying they were okay, but still.
She shifted her sight to the astral and looked at her babies. She could see that they were asleep, probably due to the drugs they had her on, but they were in good health. She could even make out how they looked. Aaron was his father in all ways save for his size, while Faith and Grace were rabbits all the way. Zoe's breathing and heart rate returned to normal knowing her kits were safe. Jennifer silently entered the room to find that Zoe had gone back to sleep. That wasn't anything unusual, so she set the try on the bed table and checked the monitors. Everything seemed to be in order, so she went back to her work station.
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Zoe got out of her car and she knew what was going to happen. It was like being in a movie that you've seen so many times before and helpless to stop what was about to occur.
"Kill."
Zoe started crying. She knew it was a dream, but her instinct as a mother sought to protect her kits, even from a nightmare.
"Eat."
Zoe started running again, but it was like slow motion. She could feel each claw as it tore into her body, leaving trails of molten lava behind. She fell again, still trying to protect her babies.
"Master says kill."
Again, the grey wolf was there, three red splotch's where the bullets had impacted, and with the back half of his skull missing. Zoe knew he was dead, but it didn't make her fear any less real.
"Master says EAT!"
Again the undead wolf opened his slavering jaws, but this time Wolford and Swinton wouldn't be in time to stop him. Zoe watched in horror as the wolf bent down and took her stomach in his jaws. She felt a shooting pain as his jaws closed and she screamed in horror and pain.
"NNNNOOOOOOO!" She screamed as she saw the leg of one of her children sticking out of the wolfs mouth as he reared back, chewed,... and swallowed. Zoe felt like a piece of her had died. The wolf dove in for another bite when he stopped, looked at her, and with his muzzle still coated in her and her babies blood, said "Zoe! You're having a nightmare! Wake up! Zoe!"
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Zoe's eyes snapped open and noticed that she was in the hospital. Except that it felt like the wolf was still biting into her stomach as a massive cramp hit her.
"Abby!" Zoe panted, locking her eyes with her wife. Frantic, Abby let her know what was going on.
"Z. You were having a nightmare and you're in labor. I've paged the doctor and she's on her way. I've also called Nick and Judy so that them know. I'll be with you every step of the way Love."
Gods bless her Zoe thought as the cramp let up, allowing her to draw a deeper breath. Birth, she was giving birth. It was one thing to consider it as an abstract concept, but now that it was real, Zoe didn't feel prepared. Zoe tried to focus on her astral sight to see how her cubs were doing, but couldn't focus enough to do so.
She turned her worried gaze back to Abby, Abby grounded her, Abby was her rock. The nursing staff came in and rapidly set the room up for birthing. Just as they were finishing, the doctor, a rabbit, came in and got ready to help deliver Zoe's triplets. Several contractions had hit Zoe in the meantime, and each time Abby was there to hold her paw through the pain, to talk to her and comfort her.
Zoe mustered up enough energy from childbirth to turn to Abby and say "I love you!"
"I love you too Baby!" Abby returned the sentiment with a grin.
"Ghhaaaahhhh!" Zoe screamed as an extra violent contraction hit.
"Very good Priestess. The next time a contraction hits, I want you to push."
"PUSH?!" Zoe yelled angrily from the pain. "It already hurts worse than getting knotted!"
At this point, Zoe wished that Nick had been even bigger than he actually was so that she might have an easier time giving birth. The doctor, Doctor Abrahms, was a doctor that Abby knew. One of the best OB doctors in the hospital, and she trusted her to take good care of Zoe and the babies. She was calm as she answered Zoe.
"Be that as it may Priestess, this is the only way to deliver your babies. You're too far into labor for a 'C'-section." Gods it hurts! Zoe thought. Another contraction hit and Zoe pushed, a mental prayer to both Melinoe and Eileithyia, the Goddess of Childbirth for an easy delivery and the good health of her babies. It felt like it was hours later when the first of her children was born. Was this how my mom felt when she gave birth to me? Zoe thought. Thinking of her birth mother in her other life.
"It's a girl!" Doctor Abrahms informed her and Abby.
"F...Faith! Her name... is Faith!" Zoe was able to gasp out. She was breathing hard and couldn't remember ever having struggled so hard before. She collapsed back onto the bed, only now realizing that she was laying on her back, and watched as the nurses cleaned, weighed, and measured her daughter. Her back hurt, but the ache was minor compared to what she'd just accomplished. She was still breathing a little hard when another contraction began. Zoe screamed through this one and when it was done, fell back onto the bed.
"P...please, water." She begged.
She'd been screaming so much that her throat felt raw. She needed some water to soothe it some.
"Sorry Zoe, but we can only get you ice chips."
"Nnngghhhh." She groaned, wanting to be able to enjoy mouthfuls of clear, ice cold, water.
"Okay Priestess, keep pushing." Doctor Abrahms said calmly.
"I don't want to." Zoe whined, wanting it to be over already. "Abby, you do it. Please?"
Abby wanted to chuckle, but she knew it wouldn't be appreciated at this time.
"I'm sorry Love, but I can't do this for you. But it'll be my turn soon enough."
Abby remembered her stint in the OB ward, how messy the whole process was, so the only thing missing for her was actually giving birth.
"But Abggggggaaaahhhh!" Zoe began, but ended in another scream as she pushed with the contraction, trying to birth her second baby. Zoe was able to eat some ice chips and they helped, but they weren't enough, a water hose didn't seem like it would be enough.
Why does it seem like time is slowing down? Zoe thought vaguely. It felt like she was trying to push a bowling ball through her vaginal canal. She wanted Nick to be there so she could cuss him out for doing this to her, but he wasn't, so the only thing she could do was add her anger into her screams as she pushed. A sudden release of pressure between her thighs let her know that another one of her babies had entered the world.
"It's another girl!"
"Grace." Zoe rasped out, her throat raw from screaming.
Her head sank back onto the pillow and Abby stroked the fur on her head and her ears. Zoe loved her wife, never more so than now. Zoe felt more tired than she ever had been before. The nurses repeated the procedure that they had with Faith.
"No more babies!" Zoe groaned.
Abby smiled at her wife. "You say that now, but give yourself time, you'll change your mind."
Zoe panted. She opened her mouth to deny that she would when another contraction started. Aaron was eager to be born. This was the worst pain yet, Aaron being larger than his sisters. Faith and Grace were the size of baby hares, larger than rabbits given their dad's larger physical size. Aaron was, to all intents and purposes, a tiny fox. He was only slightly bigger than his sisters, but that little bit made a difference as he traveled the path his sisters had widened for him.
"I see his ears!" Doctor Abrahms called out. "One more big push Priestess and you'll be able to greet your son."
One more, only one more. Zoe repeated like a mantra. She was already exhausted, but her body wouldn't let her rest until it had fulfilled it's duty as a giver of life. Zoe screamed as another contraction hit and she pushed as hard as she could, ready to be done with childbirth. When she was done, she knew that Aaron was still inside her. Zoe looked at the doctor with hate filled eyes. She lied! She said one more and that was one more! It's not fair! She lieeeeAAAGGGGHHHHHH! Zoe screamed through another contraction.
The sudden release of pressure let her know that she'd succeeded and she collapsed back onto the bed, utterly exhausted. Doctor Abrahms was doing something to her down there. Zoe couldn't see it but she could feel it. Abby saw Zoe's look and explained.
"She's sewing you up where you tore yourself giving birth Love. Don't worry, you'll be riding Nick in no time and neither of you will be able to tell the difference between before and after."
Zoe was going to argue with Abby about that, but the nurses handed her children to her then and she lost track of everything, enchanted by the angelic faces of her babies. She'd never seen anything so adorable before in her life. Instinctively, she opened the front of her gown and brought Faith to her nipple. Faith latched on and began to suckle. Grace was next and had no issues latching onto her breast either. Zoe felt the warm glow of her children feeding, the pain of delivery quickly becoming a memory as she immersed herself in the fundamental act of motherhood. She found herself smiling and looking up at Abby.
"You did good Baby!" Abby complimented her wife, stroking Zoe's ears and head fur and kissing her between her ears. Zoe was able to finish feeding the girls and then brought Aaron to her breast. She gasped as he bit down harder than his sisters and told a curious Abby, "Just like his dad." Which eared Zoe a grin. After the babies were fed, Zoe was finally able to drink some actual water and then fell into a fatigued sleep.
A/N: I'm sorry for the dark and graphic depiction of a baby being eaten. However, nightmares and panic attacks do happen during pregnancy and such a thing happening would be the worst nightmare ever.
I also noticed that I neglected to mention in the earlier chapters how your breasts tend to enlarge and get tender during pregnancy, sorry about that.