A/N: Meant to have this up yesterday, but I got dates confused and announced the Stelle lewd then by accident. Thus, this got delayed by a day.

Regardless, I hope you enjoy~

The Haar

Chapter 12: Jade and Otto von Alvensleben

Deep within the swamp, a certain duo had broken away from the main fleet of their own volition – excusing it as forming a better perimeter, but with their true intentions being anything but that.

'Heehee, we almost sound like spies~'

Jade's mirthful thoughts went unanswered, not that she was expecting any response. With an easygoing smile on her lips the silver-haired carrier waltzed through the swamp with little difficulty, side-stepping anything that looked too suspicious and crossing only islands that had a good amount of land on them, enabling her to avoid the muddy swamp-water that plagued most of the terrain.

Otto von Alvensleben followed just a few feet behind her, seeming much more nervous as she peeked back at the forestry behind them, as if expecting a monster to lunge out from behind a tree or skitter across the peat. Not that the Destroyer would admit it of course, and the second she felt Jade's eyes on her she feigned confidence, huffing and turning her nose up at the swamp... only to quickly cover it when she got a nasty whiff of the fumes permeating the swamp.

''Don't look so scared~'' Jade sang teasingly. ''I heard the monsters can smell fear.''

''T-They can?!'' Otto squeaked back.

''Yup. So you better stop being scared or you'll attract the whole island here~''

Her words did little to ail Otto of her fear – quite the contrary – but Jade just tittered mirthfully and kept looking around, searching. She soon found something interesting though; a strange collection of plants that grew out of a tree and in the boggy ground around it, tempting her over.

With nimble fingers she reached into her bag and withdrew a test tube, her other hand procuring a pair of tweezers from it too. That was the true purpose of their little expedition – Ironblood high command wanted some samples of the mysterious fauna on this island, and since they couldn't discreetly steal a corpse or two they had to settle for less grand things, like plants and bits of matter. Nothing that'd get them a medal, but she supposed the brainiacs back home would make use of it nonetheless, so it was worth gathering.

''Come on, help me out Otto~'' Jade called out languidly. ''We'll hear any monster before they grab us anyway~''

Otto seemed reluctant to join, not least thanks to her words, but with a grumble that failed to hide her anxiety the Destroyer complied; kneeling down by her side and taking out her own set of tools. Together they meticulously took samples without prodding the flowers too much – pinching off bits of what looked like pollen, taking leaves, roots, everything shy of ripping the flowers out themselves. All the resulting items gained were deposited into the test tubes and sealed tight, the glass freshly-cleaned and allowing the samples within to be seen.

''I kind of wanna try catch one of the tiny bugs we saw earlier, but since I'm storing these in my bag... yeah, no.'' Jade drawled. ''I don't want it escaping and going up my dress.''

Otto cracked a smile at that and was about to speak – when Jade raised a hand, cutting her off. A moment later Otto understood why; picking up a noise from just a few islands away, prompting the Destroyer to shift over further right-

-and found, over on another island, the familiar forms of Sheffield, Charybdis and Hermione busy taking samples too.

''Oho, what do we have here?'' Jade cooed under her breath, quiet enough that she didn't alert the maids. ''Seems like their command wants samples too, huh?''

''Yeah.'' Otto muttered, mindful to keep her movements slow – anything too fast would catch their notice. As it stood though, with an array of vines and such in the way, the two Ironblood girls were mostly hidden so long as they didn't make any sudden movements.

Jade leaned in then. ''Let's move further away. Don't need them knowing we're doing the same thing after all.''

''Should we stop them?'' Otto queried.

The carrier shook her head in return. ''Don't bother. The fact we found out they're also collecting samples is good enough intel as it is. Maybe this'll even get us a bonus, heehee~''

Otto nodded, putting away her vials and tweezers as Jade did the same, the two Ironblood girls sneaking away unseen by their allies – discreetly doing a wider loop away from them so they didn't accidentally run into them on their way back. Unbeknownst to them though the islands grew sparser the further out they went; shrinking in size as they neared the centre of the swamp until they were little more than patches here and there.

Jade was the first to notice the shrinking island size but didn't give it a second thought, brushing off the odd topography as just the island being weird. Further distracting her though was the sight of an odd-looking flower on one of the bigger islands, tempting her to hop over the small interjecting rivers with Otto hot on her heels; the two Ironblood Ship-Girls arriving before the flower within the minute. It took out thanks to its girth, easily a couple feet in diameter and with a bright, hypnotic colouration on its petals, the fuzzy yellow centre pulsing and throbbing every other second.

''Ooh, now isn't this an ideal specimen~'' Jade crooned, approaching. ''Here, take my camera. Snap a couple of photos will you?''

Catching the camera just-barely Otto stammered out an agreement, hurriedly looking around before snapping several photographs of the odd plant. It pulsed as if in response to the click of the shutter but otherwise didn't react, not even when Jade neared it-

-but when she stuck her hand within, the flower tensed.

Instincts kicked in and Jade leapt back – just in time too as yellowish pollen erupted up and out of the plant, soaring up high before slowly falling back down like snowflakes drifting down from on high. The two Ironblood girls wisely backed away from the pollen, suspicious and on-guard – lowering that guard when it became apparent the plant wasn't going to do anything else, returning to its previous pulsating state.

''...phew, that was close.'' Jade remarked as she straightened up, smiling once more. ''Heehee, maybe if it caught us in that we'd be turned into plants ourselves~''

''O-Oi, don't joke about that...'' Otto shivered at the idea.

Jade just giggled and teased the Destroyer some more, both so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't hear a distant buzzing sound. When the sound grew closer though they did; a jolt shooting through Jade as she whipped her head about, searching for the source of the noise. The nature of the swamp though made it sound like it came from every direction; a barrage of noise with no real source.

''Rigging on.'' Jade remarked with narrowed eyes. ''Something's coming.''

At her mental whim her rigging spawned behind her in a flash of light; the long but flat shark-like entity shifting on its low legs. Beside it Otto summoned her own rigging, specifically the larger shark-like half that held her main cannon – the creature releasing a steam-like hiss, but stuck on all fours without any water to support its bulky frame as it was, its mobility was limited. The one main drawback to Ironblood rigging; though strong, they were meant for use on the open sea, not on land due to their weight.

However it'd have to do. Thus the pair stood, listening intently as they tried to decipher which direction the buzzing sound was coming from, the noise blurring all around them and rapidly growing in volume until it sounded like a wasp in their ears... and as that thought struck, Jade spied several dark shadows zooming towards them, and realised an error in her judgement.

The swamp wasn't confusing their senses.

It was just that the buzzing was coming from all directions.

As that thought hit a swarm of giant Botflies flew in from all directions, swerving past twisted trees and skimming the water as they rushed straight for them – lured in by the scent of the pollen. The sight of the giant insects, each easily as big as their torsos if not slightly moreso, struck fear into the two Ironblood girls, paralysing them for a moment. A moment that allowed the insects to rapidly close the distance, when the pair finally snapped out of it and opened fire.

BOOM!

The loud explosion of propellant echoed through the swamp as Otto's rigging fired; its sole cannon barrel smoking before lobbing another shell out across the swamp. Though its accuracy wasn't the greatest the blast radius of each shell was enough to knock out two Botflies apiece, its turret turning to follow the mindless insects and blasting them with greater and greater accuracy. However there was so many of them, making up for their relative fragility with their sheer numbers.

Jade's rigging aided with their defence as well, its sole secondary gun blasting every few seconds whilst the handful of miniature anti-air guns spewed out a steady stream of glowing gold shells, taking several seconds of concentrated fire to down each Botfly... but it just wasn't enough. The horde was barely slowed and through sheer force of number they rushed in from every direction, getting within melee range-

-and then Jade's rigging lurched up, snatching one between its jaws and crushing it with a disgusting wet squelch. Otto's own rigging snapped up one as well, ripping black hairy flesh apart to reveal the yellowish insides of the insect, tossing the dying creature aside. But even with their ferocious offence the two riggings could only attack so fast, target so many – unlike their owners who were virtually defenceless.

''Ah-!'' Jade cried out as one of the giant Botflies rammed right into her, sending her onto her back. ''H-Hey-!''

It landed on her, big compound eyes near her face and making her flinch back – only to jerk in shock when something stabbed her in her shoulder. Her icy-blue eyes darted down to her left, bewildered to find what looked like a needle in it... only to watch as that needle zipped back into the Botfly's 'mouth'. She tried not to look at it, the mere sight of the giant insect making her want to throw up. Before the overgrown insect could do anything more though her rigging came to her aid, swiping the insect aside with its tail and releasing a harsh, grating shriek, ignoring the multiple Botflies that were trying and failing to stab it with their own mouth-stingers, the needles unable to pierce solid metal.

Otto on the other hand was having much less luck. With her rigging being smaller and possessing only a single gun she had to stay practically beside it just to get any sort of cover – its tail lashing out this way and that, knocking Botflies from the air or chomping down on any unwise enough to come from the front. But for every fly that died another one seemed to take its place, steadily overwhelming their defences, and even though they still had plenty of ammo it was becoming hard to even think with the incessant buzzing in her ears-

And then suddenly she was stung on the back of her neck. Otto shrieked and stumbled away, swiping, but the Botfly behind her just stung her wrist. She jerked her arm away and her rigging shot the Botfly into smithereens, a harsh gust of smoke blowing past her, but before the smoke had even cleared yet another giant insect was there, its mouth-stinger stabbing her in her right shoulder. She gritted her teeth and tried to back up but her legs were slow to respond, invoking a momentary confusion within Otto.

Then paralysing terror as that strange lethargy spread further through her body, her fingertips going and her knees struggling to support her own weight. 'W-What the hell? Is this p-poison?!'

Otto got her answer as her body abruptly refused to work any longer – and with a strangled shriek she fell, hitting the squishy ground and unable to do more than twitch her fingers. Nary a second later a Botfly swooped down and snatched her body up with its arms, her heart sinking as it picked her up. It seemed to struggle with her weight somewhat, buzzing louder in exertion, but after a second seemed to adapt and began to ferry her away.

Her beloved rigging, overwhelmed and struggling to see past the literal swarm of Botflies trying and failing to sting it, couldn't save her.

'This can't be happening, this CAN NOT be happening!' Otto frantically thought, keeping her eyes closed just so she wouldn't have to stare up at the insect carrying her.

More than once she was terrified it was going to drop her paralysed body in the water, smelling more than seeing the water brush just feet below her, but the giant Botfly kept its hold on her. Eventually it began to slow though, its wings buzzing louder in her ears as it lowered her down onto the soggy ground, and it took considerably more effort than before to open her eyes. She almost wished she hadn't, the revolting sight of the overgrown bug making her heart clench in terror... a terror that only grew when the bug reared its hind section back, allowing a long, pinkish ovipositor to protrude out of its flesh, long and curved.

'Wait wait wait no don't tell me this freak is gonna-!'

She got her answer as one of the insect's legs tucked her panties to the side, exposing her smooth nether lips to the smothering swamp air – and then its ovipositor pushed between her folds. Otto wanted to cry out but her body wouldn't comply, allowing her to release only a strangled sort of gasp as its sex organ pushed apart her insides bit by bit. There was little pain, oddly, but the discomforting sensation of her pussy being spread open was one that left her dizzy, barely able to breathe as its tip pressed up against her cervix.

Then it raked her walls as it pulled out. Though somewhat smooth the Botfly's ovipositor was lined with small barbs that dug into and dragged along her vaginal walls – and it was likely only thanks to her newfound numbness that she didn't feel it much. If anything it felt like something was just poking and pushing about inside of her... but when she lolled her head to one side and looked down her front, she paled at the sight of blood clinging to the insect's cock-like appendage. It was cutting her insides with every thrust – but why?

She was strangely calm too now that she thought about it. Despite having a literal insect raping her she was just... placid. She should be afraid, that she knew, and she supposed on some level she was. But with every passing second the feeling waned and she was just left with an empty head, the mere thought of struggling so far-off it just wasn't something she considered – not that she even could struggle in this state, anyway.

'I wonder what Jade's up to right now...' Otto pondered, the thought made to the background track of squelching flesh and high-pitched buzzing.

The insect's hairy body pressed itself against her lower half more, its ovipositor jamming in harder now, faster. Every thrust sent a twinge of nameless sensation through her loins but she couldn't really bring herself to worry, almost feeling fatigued as the insect continued jamming itself into her pussy. Maybe she should just let it keep going this so it'll be over with and she can go home. She'd never heard of anyone being impregnated by an insect anyway, so it probably wouldn't work, she was just worrying for nothing.

In fact, why care at all? Just let the bug impregnate her if needed. It'd get her sent back to the Ironblood sooner anyway.

Unbeknownst to Otto the Botfly's poison had worked its way into her brain, slowing her thoughts and rendering her numb to her own emotions – leaving her stuck in a distant, almost drugged state, too dazed to think rationally any more. A state that the Botfly took full advantage of, buzzing louder as it pummelled her cervix until it soon breached the final barrier in her loins, the tip of its sharp ovipositor thrusting up into her cradle, before at last it impregnated her.

From the tip of its ovipositor dozens of small eggs, the same colour and shape as a rice grain, poured into her womb. Carried on a gush of off-white fluid they clung to the insides of her birth canal the moment they could, dozens upon dozens of fly eggs nestling into her baby chamber. However that wasn't enough for the overgrown fly, its cock pulling out past her cervix as it continued to lay its eggs, one after the other oozed from its ovipositor and finding their way into the fresh cuts along the insides of her vagina, the eggs nestling into the warm bloody flesh and settling in for the long haul.

Of course, the Botfly wasn't just content with impregnating her once. It just needed to wait a short while for its eggs to develop and hatch.

Thus the giant insect plucked the dazed Otto back up, ferrying her deeper into the swamp to built itself a nest – assuring its new broodmare would carry hundreds, if not thousands of offspring.

Before she was all used up, of course.

X-x-X

Jade wasn't sure when Otto was taken.

One moment she was there, the next she wasn't.

And alas, when she got a certain distance away from her rigging it naturally lost power – the connection between them too strained to 'power' it any longer. Thus without a fight the shark-like rigging went limp against the boggy ground, its sole main gun inert and leaving Jade to pick up the slack, now without the benefit of having an ally that could attract the bug's attention.

When faced with that, the outcome was inevitable.

''H-Hyaah! L-Let go of me!''

Jade's cry of peril went unheeded by the insects, the sound unable to carry far with all the buzzing overlapping it. The carrier's rigging tried desperately to protect her, even covering her with its body at one point, but the bugs mercilessly stung her until her limb body was unable to resist them – resulting in Jade being left laying on her side, mere feet from the flower that had initially attracted her attention.

Behind her her rigging launched some planes, the tiny warplanes barely making it into the air before a bug or two grabbed them – causing them to either explode or to simply be crushed, unable to grow into their full-sized variants without several seconds of flight and enough room to transform. Its two anti-air guns had been squashed by the falling corpses of Botflies, leaving it with just its secondary gun to whirl about and snipe any Botfly too far for its tail or maw to reach, but even then it was being swarmed so much its mobility was hampered, the corpses laying around it making its footing uneven.

Jade sniffed, something irritating her nose. Pollen?

Pollen.

A jolt of fear shot through her, vividly recalling the yellowish pollen the flower had exuded earlier, but she couldn't reach up and wipe at her nose – her arms completely limp. She tried to avoid breathing but oxygen was a necessity, and with every inhale a tingly sensation travelled down her throat – and a surprised moan escaped her as the feeling reached her lungs. They tingled in a pleasant way and her skin started to feel the same way, the phantom feeling travelling out in a wave and soon spreading over her breasts. It felt... good, she had to admit. Great even. It made her feel a bit uncomfortable but that was because of her clothes, admittedly, her hand coming to her dress and pulling the front of it down.

She never stopped to wonder how she could move her arms now, unaware of how the pollen and poison were intermixing in her system, granting her back her mobility. But Jade was too enthralled by the tingly feeling to even notice, moaning under her breath as she yanked her strapless black bra down, allowing her bare tits to push and rub against the sticky, boggy ground. A ground that she'd previously seen as disgusting, but now found oddly pleasant, a mewl escaping her as she rubbed her perky nipples into the squishy peat.

''Nn... ah...'' The tingling had reached her crotch now – leaving her pussy aching in a way she wasn't entirely familiar with, the sheer need making her whimper.

Something that tempted her hand under her dress and into her panties, fingers sliding along her nether lips and quickly getting herself wet, her pussy practically weeping in mere moments. With a horny whine Jade shoved two fingers into herself, shoulder twitching as she earnestly worked her fingers and got herself off, satisfying that tingling sensation... for a time. With every passing second it became stronger; a fierce, twisting need that was almost painful, her fingers unable to satiate it. She needed something thicker, stronger, bigger.

As if in response to her subconscious want, her rigging was de-manifested, leaving Jade alone and surrounded by bugs. One of which turned its attention onto her instantly, flying over and mounting her – eliciting a silly giggle from the drugged Jade as she stuck her ass up in the air, her short skirt hiked up and her black panties sensually peeled down her thighs, letting the insect see her creamy ass cheeks and drooling pussy, one that practically begged to be railed.

A desire the Botfly was all too happy to oblige.

''Ah~!'' Jade cried out in delight as the creature's thick, barbed ovipositor slammed between her petals and raked her vaginal walls – the slight twinge of discomfort vastly outshone by the pleasure that rushed through her.

It was so much bigger than her fingers and reached much deeper, the tip bashing up against her cervix and sending hot jolts straight through her groin – knocking moan after moan out of Jade, her eyes screwing shut with a broad smile on her lips, happily accepting the creature's breeding tool. Her submission just made it easier for the insect as she could arch her back and shift her legs further apart, letting it sink in at just the right angle to prod her cervix-

-and a fresh shudder spasmed through her as it penetrated said cervix, entering her womb. The barbs on its cock raked her vaginal walls but she hardly cared, any pain twisting into blissful pleasure as it pumped in-and-out of her, the pointed tip breaching her womb over and over again. Around her other Botflies swarmed and buzzed about, waiting for their turn – the prospect of an endless amount of sex making Jade moan into the wet ground, shameless anticipation burning in her loins.

Jade bit her bottom lip until it bled, squealing as the Botfly's hair body bumped and pressed against her ass, the countless hairs on its body tickling her skin and only adding to the stimulation assaulting her crotch. She could feel it twitching inside of her already, its insectoid cock pulsing and twitching within her womb, the barbs letting it hook into her and open up new spots for its eggs to soon nest.

''Mn, come on, come on~'' Jade moaned out, delirious as she stared into space – lost amidst the tingly warmth in her pussy. ''I-I'll cum if you keep doing that~''

The Botfly naturally didn't reply to her moaned words but it kept breeding her all the same, rutting into her from behind. The fact she had a giant insect despoiling her didn't even really seem to register to Jade; her mind warped by the twisted concoction of chemicals inside her and bordering on delusional, accepting the mating with a giggle and mewl, her back arching as she felt the insect's legs brush over her spine.

''Ah, ah, a-ahh~ Yeah, right there, r-right- nn~! YES~!''

Jade's jubilant cry echoed out through the swamp as she finally reached orgasm, gushing around the barbed cock raking her walls. The sudden tightness that squeezed down on the creature's cock made the barbs dig in even deeper, and barely a second later a torrent of eggs shaped like rice grains flooded Jade's womb, egg after egg clinging to the insides of her birth canal, the excess filling her pussy proper and entering whatever little nooks they could, nestling in.

And much like a real Botfly, the monstrous creatures would hatch and feast upon their host – eating them from the inside out.

A threat Jade was entirely unaware of as she giggled senselessly, cheek to the boggy ground and eyes claimed by a faraway look, laughing at nothing.

And when the Botfly plucked her up, leaving the rest of the swarm to feast upon the ambient pollen left on the ground, Jade just continued to smile – lost in pleasure land.

[END]

A/N: On the whole not too happy with the chapter, oddly enough. Not sure if it's the monsters I selected or what but wasn't entirely content with this one. Wanted to spice it up a little, though ended up giving it a bit darker of an ending. Thoughts?

Either way, see you next time in Chapter 13: Charybdis, Hermione, Sheffield~