I lay there under the sheets. I felt… violated. Sick. I wanted to throw up. Curl up and just… be gone.
The pill was easily swallowed, having no flavor to it. Then David and I… went at it. I tried to think of anything else. Just anything other than what was happening. Physically, it felt both good and… disgusting.
When it was over, I just tried to go to sleep and not think about it… I didn't sleep. What was worse about it all was… I expected it to hurt. Physically, but oddly, he was… gentle? I hate this guy.
I felt the bed shift and looked over, seeing he was up now and stretching. "Didn't sleep?" He asked.
"Why the fuck would I?" I asked bitterly.
"Well, I guess coffee is in order then." He said. I heard him snap his fingers. The sheets were gone and a small table with coffee and a plate with food. I looked back over and David was already dressed, a table with his own food in front of him. "We'll check on the embryo later. Give it a few more hours to multiply some."
"Why are you being nice about this?" I asked carefully.
"I am many things Button Mash. I'm the current leader of Lust, a Hacker, one can even call me insane for my goals and ideals, but even I have standards. Would it make it easier for you if I was just a heartless monster who cares about nothing other than harming people and kidnapping them?" He asked as he ate. "I'll have you know I'm the one who pioneered the cell grown Breeders. Creating synthetic beings, be them from organic or inorganic materials is easier than kidnapping people to reprogram. After all, off world they create synthetics as sex toys for people, the difference between mine and those is that mine can become pregnant, while the others can not."
"Considering what I've heard and seen, the fact that standards are even allowed is a miracle." I rolled my eyes.
"What do you think of when you think of Evil, Button?"
"Evil is subjective, cause I've done 'evil' things but I'm still a decent person, and the planet has told me personally." I said honestly. "But what is Evil? What most of the Chaos Guilds represent, just cold heartless bullshit because you can and nobody can stop you. What you're about to do with this petty war because 'it'll show true evil'." I waved a hoof dismissively at the last statement.
"The Family is all about Balance." David replied. "If that's true, then why side so closely to order. Even with the villain's guilds, the monsters… there's never a real threat or danger to anyone anymore. As is, people don't die in this reality, they just respawn. I want to build a new Family. If there can be a Mother that focuses on life and creation, why can't there be one for death and destruction?"
"Maybe because the Family has already went through some bullshit like this and would rather it not happen again?" I brought up. "And gee, that sounds like an interesting idea if it wouldn't backfire immensely the moment you put it into practice…"
"And you're so sure of that? After all… anything is possible in this reality." He chuckled. "I remember the first time I heard that saying… it used to make me feel so… liberated."
"Sometimes there are things you shouldn't do." I frowned. "The Morgan Incident from what I heard had plenty of shit that you shouldn't do."
"I wasn't around for that but I heard the stories. But if I'm honest, I do believe that evil is necessary, needing organization. But let evil regulate evil. If The Family cares so much about balance, then surely they understand after all these eras of peace, there's been a long overdue catastrophe."
"Why do you think this place exists?" I asked. "This planet exists for exactly that, not for you to swarm reality with a dumbass war. Sometimes catastrophes can stay down, and if they wanted one, why hasn't G-D or Pain come here to get it going?"
"I don't know. But do you honestly believe one planet to house all evil is balanced amongst infinity? Fair? No. There needs to be a change. This reality has been stagnated for so long. I just want to shake things up, make a mark this reality will never forget. If that makes me the bad guy in the eyes of reality, then I will be the bad guy. We both do what we must to achieve our goals."
"I will mount your skull over my mantle piece if this war happens." I growled.
"No you won't." He sait, taking a few gulps of his coffee. "You will sit and stay on the sidelines."
"The hell I will." I growled.
"Yes, you will." He stated, finishing his coffee off. "Because, I know where your family lives. I know where you and they all sleep. I'm giving you an out Button Mash. I suggest you take it. Because despite your current rage and anger and hatred of me and of Lust, in the end, you will never put that ahead of your family's safety."
"I hate you so goddamn much." I growled
"And I can live with that. Now, finish your breakfast. You are eating for two now."
I frowned, sitting up and began eating… even the food tastes amazing…
Once I finished eating I followed David to an adjacent room that looked rather… medical. I sat on an examination chair.
"This sucks…" I grumbled.
"This won't take long, now lie down on your back."
I did, his hand then glowed with that Code energy and he waved it over my stomach. "Hmm… Cell division stable, and… there it is. Code Energy. The pills work."
"Fuck…" I grumbled. "And…now things are going to get worse…"
"Actually the pregnancy will be pretty normal."
"I know, but this means your pills work, and that'll just mean you can mass produce Hacker's and cause untold devastation because you want to fuck with people."
"This also means you can produce them as well." He said, placing the bottle of the pills on my stomach. "There are one hundred and ninety nine pills left in there. And I'm sure once your Hacker children grow old enough they too can create their own by examining the pills. Or, once they go to market, buy some."
"Oh yeah, I forgot you're going to sell it for literally anyone to have…that's going to end so fucking poorly for everyone." I said. "Just…breed people with the ultimate power, and watch as the entire planet becomes a War zone for people trying to take control of it all…"
He laughed. "You act like Code is an easy power to use."
"Give people enough time." I frowned. "Now your plan basically hinges on if people are selfish and greedy enough, or so absolutely done with Chaos Guild's bullshit, that an ensuing civil war won't crack this planet open like an egg." I shook my head. "And from what I've been told and shown…it's going to happen…"
"Perhaps. But in the end would you care? Armageddon vanishing from amongst the stars would sound like a good thing to most. And it would surely piss off Nexus."
"It would, but this planet was made, which is as big as Homeworld from what I've heard, so that you assholes can live free and do whatever the hell you want…plus, isn't this place also supposed to keep something super important hidden?"
"Don't know. Legends and stories get told and change over time. If there is anything important here, that's The Family's problem, not mine. Besides, if Armageddon does crack, it just means Nexus will have to let people evacuate. And if they still refuse, I'll pay their leaders a little visit. Either way, you could finally get off this planet, and I'm sure you want that more than anything."
"I doubt I can, given that I'd become a wanted criminal because of thing's I couldn't control…" I sighed. "Even though I really want to leave and give my family the lives they deserve…"
"Hmm. Well, come now, let's go fetch your friend, Breeder and I'll grab my good for nothing son and the rest of your payments."
"Fine…" I sighed. "Let's just…get the rest of this over with…"
I put the bottle of pills in my Assistant and got up and followed them. We stopped outside a door. "Wait here. I'll speak with my son privately." He said, walking into the room and closing the door behind him.
I rubbed my temples bitterly. "Magically this fucker has a conscious even though he want's to kill untold trillions of people just for some 'making my mark' bullshit…" I thought to myself bitterly.
"He's definitely self contradictory." Cheat said.
"Yeah, I can't get a beat on this guy. What the fuck does he actually want? Something about this is very weird…"
"He doesn't come off as crazy. Yet he tells us to basically keep safe by staying out of his war then threatens our family in the same sentence? Does he care about us or not or what?"
"No idea…and at this point it feels like he's doing this to spite someone or something rather than doing this as some 'I'm gonna shake the world' nonsense…"
"Well whatever it is, he's still too powerful for us to deal with. I think our best option is to just stay under his radar and-"
The screams from behind the door nearly made me fall over. It made my ears ring as the screamer's fear, pain, agony and pure terror left them with the sounds of their vocal cords breaking in the scream. Then, as suddenly as it started, it stopped.
David walked back out, a blindfolded man in a white T shirt and shorts behind him. "Here's my son. Well, former."
"Okay, what the fuck did you do?"
"Made him more agreeable for you."
"Uh…alright…" I said slowly. "And…because I have to ask, I'm getting some conflicting messages from your…entirety."
"And that's an issue for you?"
"When you hear 'I want to watch Existence burn for funsies' and 'I'm evil, not heartless' in the same sentence you tend to get a bit confused about a lot of things about a person." I said carefully. "Untold trillions will die from the war you want to start to 'make a mark on history', and even though you're the leader of Lust…you've more or less been an okay person to me, and the willingness to leave me and my family alone…I don't know if your trying to blackmail me or threaten me with good will or if I'm somehow missing something."
David smirked at me. "You're an Isekai, right?"
"I am…and what does that have to do with this?"
"So am I." He said, taking me by surprise. "It was what… almost three million years by now. Like you I saw this world as a playground. I found purpose. I found adventure, friends. My life was good. Then I came here."
"Were you kidnapped or did you…come here stupidly like me?"
"I came here willingly. I had heard the stories and knew the dangers, but it didn't scare me. I found it thrilling."
"So…what caused you to turn into…this?" I asked.
"Boredom." He stated. "I walked the zones, fighting and slaughtering everyone and everything I passed. Towns, Chaos Guilds, didn't matter. I was addicted to the thrill of the fight. It was my purpose, and after so long, I found few who could rekindle that thrill a fight could give me. Eventually, I became such an issue that the Chaos Guild Leaders at the time personally hunted me."
"Oh…" I frowned. "That's uh…that's a major problem…"
"Heh, yeah. They ambushed me and tried to beat and torture me. Too bad for them, it didn't work. In the end, I got them to fight against one another, it was clear whatever cooperation they had amongst one another was strained. Once they were distracted I broke free then used Consume on the Lust and Nexus leaders at the time. Consume is a legendary ability that allows me to absorb a person body and soul, keeping them a prisoner within me for as long as I see fit."
"Oh…" I muttered, my eyes widened in absolute horror. "There's…there's probably nothing that can stand up to you at this point…"
"Maybe, maybe not. But that's how I became a Hacker. Consume assimilates all the abilities of my targets into me, so when I absorbed the Nexus leader, his Code Powers became mine. The leader of Greed convinced me to join as a leader in the Chaos Guilds. He's a cool guy, I respect him. In the end I settled on Lust out of curiosity and for a challenge. My search for a proper fight hasn't stopped. At first I thought I could breed a child to rival me, but none of them were worth much. Then I realized, The Family is the most powerful group in this reality. What better way to fight them than to become their equal and enemy?"
"I…I don't know why…but it feels like there's a fight happening in a retirement home by you saying that."
David laughed… an actual, genuine laugh. "That's a good one. Huh… Haven't laughed like that in… a long time." He then kneeled down and poked at my nose. "I like you Button Mash. Maybe I'll visit you to talk more sometime." He stood back up and began walking off. I followed, feeling… confused.
"Uh…alright…" I said slowly. "So…you're just bored…and you think picking a fight with possibly omnipotent beings is a good idea?"
"I never said it was a good idea, I said it would cure my boredom."
"Ri~ght…so can't wait to see you get your shit pushed in." I said readily.
Again, he laughed. "You are a treat. I am definitely visiting you when I can."
I followed him to the living room, Fiona's mother was there. David waved a hand over her face, glowing with Code Energy as she then collapsed unconscious. He snapped his fingers and there was a blindfold over her eyes now.
"Alright…so what's special about these two now?" I asked carefully. "Or did you just press the reset button on them?"
"I reset the slave here. But I had to reprogram Jason. Congratulations you now own one of the rare male breeders Lust sells."
"Sweet Mother, why?" I groaned. "Couldn't you have just let him be?"
"If you want to make good use of the pills, at least one parent has to be a Hacker. This way, you can ensure they are put to good use. Now, lastly your Rem payment." He kneeled down and tapped his assistant to mine. The rem transferred instantly and I was genuinely surprised it was… so much… "I've already sent your friend home. Oh and here." David snapped his fingers, Kara appearing next to me, also passed out. "There we go, you're all set to go home."
"Alright…this…didn't go exactly as I'd hoped but it's better than what I thought would happen."
"I'll be seeing you Button Mash. Now you go on home, you have a lot of kids to meet and reconnect with." David snapped his fingers.
When David snapped his fingers, I was back in town, back home. Everything looked both the same but also different. At first security tried to arrest me but Able was teleported back home ahead of me and called them off. I then spoke with the New Foundation O5 and after that I was sent home. Cream, Maud, Sweetie, Tiara and Philomina all dogpiled me.
"You're finally home!" Cream said, crying into my fur.
"Yeah…I'm…" I teared up. "I'm home…" I cried and held everyone I could.
Once the tears were dry enough I told them all what happened, meeting David, the leader of Lust and… the kid I was growing… how the Floof Noodle slave was Kara's mother, and the… human male Breeder was David's own son he gave me for… using the pills to birth Hackers…
"And they just… teleported you back? All that distance?" Sweetie asked.
I nodded.
"That takes a… lot of power. It took Three ten years for him to bring you and Able there. And he sends you home in a second…" Tiara shivered.
"They make Male Breeders?" Cream asked.
"Said it's rare…" I sighed. "And…he can do that cause he's a Hacker…who has Consume…" I heard everyone gasp. "And…he consumed the previous leaders of Lust and Nexus themselves…"
"... And he sounded into you?" Maud added.
"I don't know why though!" I whined incredulously. "He's trying to start a bullshit war because he's bored…and somehow, he treats me right, want to keep you all safe from this and…was actually caring and sensual in bed…"
"... Well, you said he would visit so… are you gonna date them?" Philomina asked, making me blush hard.
"Why would date that insane fuck?" I asked. "He wants to burn reality just because he's bored!"
"I'm sure you can fix him." Tiara said while I groaned in pain.
"What Tiara probably means is… when an all-powerful being with Code Energy and is the leader of one of the major Chaos Guilds, you date them because rejection may equal fate worse than death…" Cream stated.
"Plus you're already carrying their kid, so." Maud shrugged.
"I mean…maybe? I still don't like this at all…" I groaned. "I helped him learn that he can just…breed Hacker's with special pills…"
"Ah… that explains him." Cream said, looking over at Jason, who I still had blindfolded and standing in a corner. "So, that means he gave you some of the pills right?"
"Gave me the first ever working batch of it before he mass produces the shit and sells it to everyone." I shook my head. "And that's his kid, who also has Hacker powers…but the pills only work if one of the parents has Code powers so…goodie for me…"
"... That's… I don't know how to process that information…" Tiara said. "...So, are you gonna take their blindfolds off or?"
"I'm…gonna have to…" I sighed bitterly. "Two more to add to the ever growing pile cause fuck me I suppose…"
"Well, one. She's a Slave so… no sex needed." Maud said.
"Still…" I grumbled. "Hate this so much…but hopefully we have time…"
"Heh… Well, the kids are all in school for four more hours." Cream said. "I believe you made a promise before leaving?"
"I don't know, mind reminding me of such a promise?" I asked with a cheeky grin.
"I dunno Cream, might not be good for Button's passenger." Philomina said, giving my stomach a poke.
"True, they might need some rest." Tiara added with a smirk.
"Oh when I make a joke." I said ruefully, but still had my smile as I hugged them all again. "I missed you all so much."
"It's good to have you back." Cream said as they all hugged me. "Now let's drag them to bed girls, because I for one am tired of hooves, tongues and fingers."
Wait what?
"Hold up what?" I asked in surprise.
"What, you thought we would be dry the whole ten years you've been gone?" Maud asked.
"Was awkward at first but after a while we got pretty good at it. Then creative, and when one of us needed something scratched we asked who was free or willing at the time since we had over a hundred children to take care of…" Cream huffed. "Ten years and I'm still not a Den Mother Pony…"
"Not for lack of trying." Philomina said.
"Well…I still have ten years of one part of me that hasn't been used." I said readily. "Ten years pent up for all of you."
"Really?" They all asked.
"Even with Kara… right there?" Sweetie asked.
"Or Able?" Maud asked. I gave her a look. "Hey don't give me that, you already accepted your willingness to take and give before you left. Ten years with two guys around you and your hot Breeder, I'm just surprised."
"I was possessing her body the entire time." I said. "Due to me technically being a Symbiote, I hopped into her body and kept her unconscious while we headed out, my body was in storage so it wouldn't be an absolute nightmare for the ten years."
"Hmm…" Tiara hummed. "Did you at least grope and masterbate while possessing her body?"
… This is not what I was expecting when I came home…
"No, I didn't…and I thought this would have been more on the first part of our reunion with cuddles and hugs and crying…and possibly me making you all bloated messes from how much we missed each other."
"Sorry it's just… given how much we had sex regularly before you left it's just kind of surprising you went completely dry for ten years." Maud said.
"Pay up." Philomina said, the others all giving her various amounts of rem.
"Bruh, why did you bet on me doing lewd things?" I whined.
"Why were you surprised we did lewd things with each other in your absence?" Tiara asked. "We all love you, there's no changing that, but with you gone we all had each other to rely on and… well, feelings developed and bonds were formed. We each went on several dates and it's not like we were strangers to being in the room when sex was happening, the difference that time around was you were gone. We just ended up making this more of a poly herd from a harem herd."
… Huh… they have a fair point… Guess more changed than just my kids growing up without me for ten years…
"Hate how I missed so much…" I sighed.
"Well, now you can catch up… but since Philomina won the bet she gets you all to herself and first." Cream said.
"I''l try and make it quick for the rest of you." Phiomina said as she picked me up and carried me to the bedroom- woah…
The bedroom also changed. It was bigger, had a walk in closet with a huge standing mirror on the wall there, a large makeup table, the bed was now a single large mattress rather than the two large ones we kept next to each other, and there was so many pillows!
Philomina closed the door behind her and gave me a kiss before laying us on the bed. Woah this mattress is soft and squishy!
She broke the kiss and gave me a warm smile. "Feels amazing to have you home Button."
"It feels amazing to be home Philomina." I said warmly.
She raised herself up, got undressed and we began.
I made sure to treat each of them right, feeling like for a moment things were as they were before. Though, they all showed me their new skills and… woah…
Eventually once the fun time was over they all got into the shower, which was also changed and much, much larger, able to shower all of us at once if we wanted, and did, before helping each other dry off.
Once that was done, Philomina, Tiara and Cream went to go pick the kids up from school and I was left with Maud and Sweetie to prepare dinner.
I didn't even notice the kitchen got… huge. Including the massive table of… so… many… chairs…
"Okay so gotta make Hazel her salt free meals, Kent their vegan meal, April their PBJ's…" Maud began muttering as they began having the kitchen cook meals automatically and prepare the dinners.
I… didn't recognize the names… they must be… my other kids…
"Don't forget to check Jenna's backpack when she gets home." Sweetie said.
"Right, her and her cheese crackers addiction…" Maud replied.
"I…" I sighed sadly, not sure where to start as my heart ached due to just…not knowing anything here.
"Button can you set the table?" Sweetie asked. "Also check under chair number forty, that's Emily's chair and she hides her pranks for dinner under there so, be careful it could be a whoopie cushion or a stink bomb."
"Alright…" I said, starting to set the table as…I felt like a stranger doing all this…I've been gone for ten years…
As I set the plates, utensils and such, I did come across chair forty. They all were numbered it seemed. I looked under and… I'm sorry is this… I pulled the taped mini spray bottle out from under there and read the label. Liquid Ass? I did sniff the tip of the spray nozzle and… yeah, that is indeed liquid ass!
I gagged…
"Just throw her prank items in her room, it's also door forty!" Sweetie called.
Door…Forty?
I walked back to the hallway and spotted the adjacent hallway I didn't notice before… there were a lot of doors. All numbered and under those numbers were names…
I read over each, eventually coming up to door forty… Emily…
I opened the door-
Thunk! Splash!
I had a bucket of water fall on my head…
"Ha! Got ya!" A recording of a little girl's voice said, taunting me.
I paid it no mind and just… looked at the room. A bookshelf filled with various pranking items stood against the back right corner, a large bed with a fluffy blanket and pillows sat unmade and tossed. The floor was carpeted and I noticed some brown hairs on the ground. A toybox sat outside the closet next to the front door. The posters all were from either movies, anime or bands and they all were pinned on blue wallpaper.
On a desk I saw a computer, a notebook titled 'Not Prank Plans' sat and I looked up to see a framed photo of a brown furred, fluffy Dire Wolf pup, dressed in an orange dress. She had pony ears and was running from Maud, who was covered in silly string and looked very mad…
"Damn it…" I muttered bitterly, tearing up as I saw so much that I missed out on with raising my family…
I shakily placed the spray bottle with the foul smelling liquid on her desk and…
"Hey Button." I turned, seeing Sweetie at the doorway. She saw me and quickly gave me a hug. I just… cried.
"I'm…I'm sorry…" I cried.
"... It's been hard. You not being here…" Sweetie admitted as she held me tight. "The kids have all asked about you a few times. Some didn't. Some, the older ones, I've noticed seem to have grown to… very much dislike you for not being here. I don't know how they're all going to react now that you're back. It's going to be an adjustment for them, that's for sure."
"They'll all hate me…I don't blame them, I hate me too…" I cried.
"Not all of them Button. The older ones, the ones we adopted, maybe… but the rest are going to be very confused. And be cautious around you. You will be a stranger to them… it will take a lot of time and effort."
I…just hearing that…"I've…I've been a stranger ever since I got back…"
Sweetie held me tighter. "It's gonna take time Button… a lot has changed in the ten years you've been gone. I know it hurts now, and it will hurt for a long… long time. It might never stop hurting, but you can still connect with your kids. You're still part of this family."
"We'll see when the kids get here…" I muttered bitterly.
She sighed, pulling back some, looking at me then gave me a kiss. When she broke it she leaned her head against mine. "We've told them about you. Often. What you were like, showed them pictures and told stories about your runs and what you were doing. Some of them do look up to you. Level Up thinks you're a hero."
That…hearing Level Up saw me as a hero…it…it honestly hurt, both that she believed in me that much…and that I wasn't here for her. "W-well…g-good to know."
"I know it's going to hurt when you meet them all. But you are here for them now. Something tells me you aren't gonna be taking a leave of absence again for a long… long time."
I looked Sweetie in the eyes. "I don't think I'll ever wanna leave home again…" I frowned, trying to wipe from tears out of my eyes.
"I figured as much." She chuckled, but teared up as well. "Come on, we wanna surprise the kids when they're all sitting for dinner. Plus if Emily shows up and sees us here she's probably gonna shoot us with her Mustard Gun."
…
I laughed a little. Mustard Gun?
"Mustard Gun?" I asked. "What kind of nonsense is that?"
"Don't ask. A friend of hers at school showed her how to make them. Since we don't allow them real weapons she uses that. She usually loads it with spicy mustard and aims for the eyes so be careful."
"Oof, that's not good." I said with a wince. "But…hopefully things will go well at dinner."
"Hopefully… you should also take another shower. She usually adds itching powder in the water for her door trap."
… That explains the slow creeping itchiness…
"For the love of…" I grumbled. "Alright, let's make it fast before I really start to itch."
I quickly rushed back to the master bedroom and took another shower. It took a few washes to get it all out but when that was over I could already hear the stampede of children coming home. Most seemed to be running to their rooms based on how the foot traffic sounded.
I sighed as I dried off, hearing them all talk and laugh.
Their talking and laughing should be music to my ears…hearing that all my family is safe and okay…but…it was foreign to me…something I haven't heard before and…it only hurt more…
After a while the majority of the noise died down as they all made it to their rooms. I sat in here. I felt… terrified… I knew I was going to be gone. I knew things would change but seeing them…
I think I did choose wrong when I left…
"Hey Button." Cream said as she came into the bedroom, quickly closing the door behind her. "Sweetie told me you saw Emily's room."
"Yes…I did…" I said, just laying in bed as I…I wanted to see my kids but…I just couldn't. "I…heard you all having fun at dinner…"
"Dinner hasn't started yet. The kids are all doing homework about now. Some of the few moments of peace the house gets." She chuckled.
"Well…you still all sounded like you were having fun…"
"They were more happy to be home. Kids and school, mortal enemies and all that." She added, giving me a kiss on the cheek. "You regret leaving now… don't you?"
"Whether I left before or after…it doesn't change a thing…"
"Button…"
"You know I'm right…"
She sighed. "You know, sometimes when you were gone I thought you'd be like this, and I'd say 'I was right' and all that but… fact is, you are their father. Mother in Power Up's case, but the point is it's not too late to be their parent. Father or mother. It will take time, but they'll open up to you after a while. You aren't one to give up. One of the things I both hate and love about you."
"I hope you're right…"
Cream gave me a nuzzle. "It will be rocky. Bumpy and yes there will definitely be some who will shout and yell and… be angry with you, but I know if you keep trying they'll be able to accept you too. Some will accept you easily, readily, others will take more time and effort and I know you can do it."
"Thanks for…having some hope for me Cream." I said, nuzzling back as I just…wanted to be a good father…
"Always. So… how long has Kara been out cold?" I looked over, where I saw my Kara, still out cold, Jason and Kara's mother both still blindfolded. We got them in here to hide from the kids until later.
"Uh…I don't know…" I said slowly. "Really gonna have to fix that…"
"I guess for now it's fine… so, that other Floof Noodle is her mother?"
"Yes, he gave her to me cause he was bored of her." I sighed.
"Is she also a Breeder?"
"No, she's a Slave…which doesn't help but…eh…" I sighed.
"Actually, she might." Cream sighed.
"She might?" I inquired.
"Sorry, just thinking about other stuff I probably should tell you." She sighed.
"What do you have in mind?" I asked.
"Well, as you know Den Mothers are extremely… fertile, and Breeders apparently because of their code birth the most children possible for their species. We knew right off the bat we couldn't properly care for so many infants. With their biological mothers in storage for their own safety, the girls and I all had to… adopt Den Mother Slaves, like her." She motioned to Kara's mother. "The first year they cared for the infants as they should, wet nursing, burping, cleaning them. When the kids got older we considered returning them but that wasn't actually an option it turns out so… we gave them new orders. They all work in the Garden now helping feed the kids."
"Well…shit…." I sighed bitterly. "Good to know I suppose."
"We can have her work with the others. We have them follow a strict schedule so they aren't overworked and they are kept well fed. We check on them regularly too. It always creeps me out how happy they are to mindlessly do the tasks we told them to do…"
"Yeah…I don't like it either…" I sighed. "But…as long as they're content I suppose…"
"At least with them so long as they're working they won't have mental breakdowns. So, that aside, dinner will probably be ready in two hours."
"Alright…" I said. "I'll just…be here, doubt I can do anything while we wait…"
"Well… you could check on her." Cream motioned to Kara's mother. "Maybe through Treasury you can learn more about who she was and such? Cause the other option is to wake Kara up and spend time with her."
"True…" I sighed, walking over ot Kara's mother and, making sure she could only see me, I undid her blindfold.
Her eyes flash the same green as the Breeders. She then gave me a bow. "Greetings Master." She addressed me. "What are my orders?" She asked as she raised herself back up.
"What is your name?" I asked.
"Whatever you wish for it to be Master." She replied.
Right… none of them have their own names anymore. Plus I remember David just addressed her as Slave…
I sighed, trying to think of what name she could have cause if I learn her name I can't say it.
I eventually came up with something. "From now on, you are called Vee." I stayed.
"Understood Master." Vee said, giving me another bow. "What are my orders?"
"Your first order…" I tried to think of what she could do, considering I don't know the schedule they made for the others. "Cream, you got the schedule on you?"
"Yes but let's wait to give her that. Some of the kids are still in the living room and they might see her on the way to the Garden."
Crap. Maybe something in here she can do? Maybe some questions if anything?
"Tell me a few things about yourself, like what are you good at or what your capable of." I said.
"Whatever you ask of me I will humbly fulfill within my abilities. Be the request be laborious or sexual in nature I will do as you request. If I am unable to perform or fulfill the orders due to physical limitations or my own inabilities I kindly request you discipline me appropriately for my failures Master."
"Alright, now what are you good at?" I asked, still wanting to know if she has a talent at something or somehow still had whatever talents she had before becoming a…Slave…
"As a Den Mother I am capable of wet nursing, nannying, childcare and if you request, child bearing responsibilities. My primary programming is in household cleaning, cooking, and as a Floof Noodle my healing stomach is available for use at your request should you seek need of it. Secondary programming includes manual labor, gardening and sewing."
"Thank you." I nodded, thinking about what she can do, cause there's still a lot of time.
I felt Cream tap my shoulder. "Ask her if Kara looks familiar." She told me.
I looked to my still unconscious Breeder… maybe…
"Vee, do you recognize Kara?" I asked, pointing to the unconscious breeder.
Vee looked down at her. She looked at Kara for a while, and I did notice she seemed to be smelling something before she turned to look at me.
"I'm sorry master, but I have no idea who this Floof Noodle Is. Based on her scent I can conclude however she is a Breeder. She is also yours and well used," I blushed. "She has children present in the building, and that based on her scent compared to mine she is most likely my biological daughter. However I have no recollection of her."
… She could tell all that from her scent?!
"Jeez how sensitive is your nose to pick up on all that?" I asked in surprise.
"As a Den Mother, Floof Noodle and as a member of an Apex Predator Species my sense of smell and hearing are two hundred times stronger than that of a normal predatory species. She most likely has these as well, but as she is a Breeder, she makes no use of them and has no need to."
"... Well damn." Cream said.
"Huh…" I said. "That's…interesting…" I said, flying up and gently patting Vee's head. "Thank you."
"My pleasure Master. Is there anything else you request?"
"Hmm…" I hummed. "Do you prefer being…rewarded with anything in particular or just anything?"
"I will humbly and happily accept any rewards you give me if you see fit to give me any Master." Vee said.
"Alright." I nodded. "Hmm…so many things…" I need her to keep busy for a while… and preferably something not too noisy… hmm… ah! "Uh, Vee. Clean the Master Bathroom." I said.
"Yes Master." She said, slithering over to the bathroom and began grabbing cleaning supplies.
"Well, that should keep her busy for a while. What about Kara and him?" Cream asked. Kara was still soundly asleep and Jason was still blindfolded and standing there.
"I'll…give it some time before I wake either of those two up…" I sighed. "Got a lot of shit to do still…"
"Fair… so, wanna hear about about Emily since you… saw her room and such?"
"Yes, I'd like to know about our little prankster."
"Heh, well for starters she's one of your daughters with Karla. She adores dresses and such but her mischievous side was there from the time she could crawl. In fact the first prank she ever pulled on her siblings was the classic hand in warm water one when she was just three."
"A fan of classics I see." I chuckled.
"Well, that's how she started. Once she got into school her pranking took more advanced forms and all became more elaborate. She only ever targeted bullies or other pranksters."
"That's good she targeted those people instead of innocent's."
"Yeah. We were actually called to the principals office when she swapped a bully's juice box for hot sauce. Personally though the brat deserved it. She might be the daughter of a Breeder but she is not less than anyone." Cream said, growling a little.
"The fact that people would treat her less because of her birth is beyond me." I growled.
"Kids can be cruel. She's earned a reputation around school but she has some amazing friends and her siblings always have her back." Cream laughed. "Just wish she'd get less detention…"
"Gotta stand up to bullies someway." I shrugged.
"Heh, she gets that from you, you know."
"What? Pension for Detention?" I joked.
"To try and help her family, at the cost of herself…" Cream sighed. "Lots of the kids are like that. Makes me happy, proud even… yet also equally terrified…"
"Scared that one will go too far and get hurt?" I asked.
"Or worse…" She sighed. "Part of why I'm glad you're back. Maybe you can help them understand…"
"I'll try to warn them…but it's still up to them…" I sighed.
"I know….I just hope it prepares them."
"Yeah…as long as they're prepared." I said readily.
"Well, I better head back out. I'll be back when the kids are all seated and we can… introduce you to them all." She laughed weakly. She then gave me a quick kiss before leaving.
I sighed, looking down… was it worth it?
I wrapped my hooves around my stomach and looked at Kara… I lost ten years worth of time with my family to find a way to help the Breeders, Slaves and Serfs… I have the key… but, my own unborn child will have to take it over when they're old enough…
In the end… I play a starting roll in this but… I won't be finishing it…
Was it worth it?
"This…is supposed to be my story damn it…" I growled. "I'm supposed to be the one that finishes this…not be some sidelined putz because others deemed it so."
But… wasn't this my choice? My choice to conceive this child in exchange for returning to my family?
"I…had to do it or else bad things would happen…" I thought to myself. "Is this what I'm reduced to? One decision turning me into a sidelined failure?"
Is it a failure to return home safely? To the ones you love and who love you back?
"Is it a failure to help the villain with his bullshit because you were too powerless to do anything about it?" I mentally growled.
Is it not worse to never return home because you chose life over death?
"Is it worse that I could have gotten my family killed because of his petty need for a fight?"
He gave you an out, and taking it makes you no less a hero than anyone else put in your situation.
"I was weak…I…I couldn't do a damn thing about it and now he can just sell his product to anyone he wants and cause untold devastation…even if he could have done it with literally anyone else…he chose me…"
And what made you so special? To him? To his plans? Why start with you when any female or Breeder could have done the same?
"And what the fuck do you know mystery voice?"
Enough. Enough to know that you can not be the main character when it comes to your children. That is what it means to be a parent. Will you break just because you're not the hero you wanted to be? Or will you help your children be the heroes Armageddon needs?
"Because then what's the point of my struggle against this!?" I mentally roared back. "What's the point of all my training, all my fighting, all the days I spent keeping my family safe and sound only to just be told 'welp, you're a parent, time to let your children that you fought so hard to not be a part of this to fight your battles for you'." I mentally growled, feeling my blood boil at being told to shove it and let my children fight my battles when they shouldn't have to. "What's the point if all I amounted to was a Breeder in the end?"
… Children need a guide. They need a mentor. They need parents. You can teach them to fight. To be safe. To thrive on Armageddon like no generation has before, and you can and will fight by their side. You are not stepping down Button Mash, you are taking a well deserved rest.
"Fine…a rest…well deserved? Eh…"
Everyone deserves a rest. One day, you will have to stand again and get back to work, but for now… enjoy your family.
"I…guess…" I mentally sighed. "Thanks mystery voice…just…hate how I helped the bastard I wanted to take down to stop Lust…"
I sighed and walked over to the bed, climbing up and onto it and laying down.
"So are we just not gonna talk about the random voice in your head you spoke with that was none of your symbiotes?" Cheat asked.
"Well if the mystery person would like to speak up…but yes that was very weird and freaky."
"... We probably should take it's advice and rest though… because even by this reality's standards… that was weird…"
"It can always get weirder…and yeah I'm…just tired…"
I lay there on the bed, almost falling asleep. I kinda wanted to, but I sat up as the door opened and Tiara poked her head in. "You ready Button?" She asked.
"Kinda…if having a weird crisis with a voice outside my head talking to me means I'm ready."
"That probably means you need therapy, but that can wait for another time."
I got up and followed her out the door, through the livingroom and into the kitchen.
Wow… seeing… all of them… Wow I really fathered this many kids? Well, the vast majority anyway…
All the faces the kids had ranged from shock to confusion. Tiara stood next to me, as did Maud, Sweetie, Cream, and Philomina.
"Kids, this is your father Button Mash." Cream stated, her voice loud but not yelling. "He's finally home."
There was silence, then whispers…
"Settle down." Philomina called out. "I know many of you don't remember your father. He left when the majority of you were all infants. He traveled far to find a way to help Breeders, most of you know you also miss your birth mothers and only know them from our visits to the storage center. It will take time, but your father found a way and will work on it as soon as they are able. Until then, please, he has missed you all dearly. Try and be nice- Flare put the slingshot down…"
I looked and spotted a red Floof Noodle toss a slingshot behind them. "I wasn't aiming for dad, I was aiming at Sun!" Flare defended.
"I'm aware- Sun Cloud put the potato gun down…" Philomina huffed.
A fox-like pony chuckled and tossed the potato gun behind them. It fired upon hitting the ground and a potato turned into mashed bits on the ceiling.
All my mates huffed.
"Let's get back to dinner. Come on Button." Sweetie said.
I looked at all of them…so many faces…so many children that I never got to witness the births of…to hold…"I….I'm sorry…" I teared up for literally the fifth time in the past forty eight hours. "I…do you have any questions?"
"Why are you a mare?" Someone asked.
"Blame Cheat, one of my symbiotes, who fused her mare body with mine to force me to relax." I answered.
"Are you old?" Another asked.
… I don't know whether to be glad they aren't asking hard questions… or insulted someone thinks I'm old… I'm only… twenty six! And I… fathered the vast majority of these kids with the power of horniness and keeping their Breeder mothers happy… as well as my mates who are not Breeders…
"I'm not old." I shook my head. "I'm only twenty six. Next question?"
"Are you an alicorn?" Another asked.
"Yes, I am indeed an alicorn." I said, using my horn to levitate a fork to prove I have unicorn magic and fluttered my wings to show that they are big and strong enough for my size.
"Does that make you a princess?" Someone asked.
"I mean…technically it does." I said honestly. "I just need a dress and some regalia then I can be a 'pretty princess'." I said, the last words being in a playful posh voice.
That managed to get a few laughs.
"Are you gonna spend time with us?" I recognized that voice, and looked around and spotted her. Emily. She was wearing a bright green dress and had a small bow pin clipped next to her right ear.
"Yes, yes I am." I nodded. "I…I missed ten years to try and make this world safer for you all…" I teared up. "I'll…try my best…"
Eventually the girls led me to the seats where the grownups ate. As I ate I looked up and spotted the kids all looking at me… some I noticed looked… mad. They were the older ones… a few of the younger ones looked mad too…
I sighed.
After dinner the kids all went back to their rooms and Maud took me to storage to pull the Breeders out. I haven't seen them in ten years too, but to them it will looks like they saw me yesterday…
"All in all, it went better than it could have gone." Maud said.
"No…" I sighed.
"How so?"
"They…still looked mad…" I admitted. "I…know it did go well but…it…still hurt to see them that mad…"
"... A lot of them have been agitated. Majority of them all being from the Breeders, they didn't get to know their biological mothers, just visit them when we took the kids on trips to storage to see them. Then you, a lot of the kids despite seeing us as their mothers, some even see the… helpers, as parents too, but none of the ones who were mad back there actually thought you were gonna come back. They thought it was a lie we told them to make them all feel better. They're hurt and have been for years now… It's not gonna be easy. Especially the older kids. Some already moved out when they were old enough and had a job for a while."
Right… The adopted kids… most of them were twelve, eleven, they have to be twenty already…
"So it's a bit worse than I thought…"
"Unfortunately." Maud sighed. "It's hard parenting so many children. Most of them form their own groups within the house and when we can't be there they help each other. All in all, it's been hard for everyone."
I shook my head. "Just another thing…" I muttered.
"These early months, maybe even years will be an adjustment. You think you'll be okay?"
"No. But I'm gonna have to deal with it anyways."
"Well, for what its worth, I know you'll be able to pull it off." Maud said.
I smiled as we walked in silence to Storage. Once there they scanned my Assistant and now we were waiting for the girls… Oh boy…
"So, see anything neat during your travels?" Maud asked.
"Well, I did see some neat things when we stopped to let Three rest but overall it was just…us hopping around for a long time."
"Nothing of note or that stuck out?"
"Uh…there was one thing that was…kind of horrifying…an area filled with Spider Trains…"
"Oh, Choochoo Charles?" I stared at Maud. "A lot of the kids play games and all of Kara's kids inherited her love of horror. Oh, beware of Emily come Halloween… She gets really morbid with her pranks on Halloween…"
"Goodie…" I grumbled. "Not something I'm excited for but sure."
"Master!"
The fluffy impact of eleven huge ladies was more forceful than I was expecting… As was the weight of all of them being on top of me and trying to- ah!
"Well, for not having knowledge of the ten years they were asleep they sure act like they haven't seen you in ten years." Maud said as the girls were basically crushing/molesting me.
Normally I'd be okay with this but this is in public!
"Ladies ladies please! Let's wait till we're not in a public area!" I said quickly to all the horny women.
"This is a normal reaction when let out of extended storage." The receptionist said. "Despite their sense of time not being affected, their Programming still keeps track of the time. While mentally they aren't suffering the negative side effects their programming knows it has been ten years and is driving them to… make up for lost time."
"Oh so Button's gonna need to rut them on the ground here to get free?" Maud asked.
"We have bedrooms here for when this happens. There are also plenty of liquids free for as long as it takes to satisfy their programming."
"Ah… They might need an ambulance when they're done."
"We have a medic bay on standby at all times. He's actually been preparing for Button Mash's return. Ten years away is a record for storage of a Breeder here."
"Then can someone please get them off of me so we can head to a room before Cheat decides to take over? She's already chanting 'do it'..."
They managed to get us all into one of the spare rooms and… what happened next was… just… I have no words… It was so… rough… so unhinged… so much…
I had to swap out with Cheat a few times to get it done but when it was done, I had literally been fucking for two days, drank maybe two hundred gallons of water and or sports drinks… more milk from the girls than I ever have before… and I dislocated my hips on multiple occasions…
To make it worse, when I got home Kara was up and pounced me… I accepted fate and spent six hours with her…
"I'm… gonna take a break from sex…" I groaned from my spot on the bed.
"Yeesh. I don't think they've had you this bad save when you first got them." Cream said, applying more ice along my limbs…
"I'm just surprised you managed to keep hard the whole time." Sweetie said.
"Stubbornness, it's still been ten years…and Cheat was horny…"
"You do know that's not how genitals work right? Ten years means nothing is 'built up' and just… stored. Unless you have abilities that do that but I know you don't have them." Tiara said.
"I…do…" I sighed bitterly. "Who would have guessed the Dark Skill tree Lust would give me…all the stamina for thing's like this."
"Too bad it doesn't heal the bruises and bites and… I'm sorry is that a hickey? How… who even puts a hickey there?!"
I blushed…
"Uh…they were…a tad unhinged…" I said sheepishly.
"At least they're back and happy." Cream said, chuckling. "Honestly, we've missed them too. They're all meeting their kids at the moment. The ten years seems to not have affected them. They're still trying to treat them like babies or toddlers."
"And another thing…" I groaned. "To tack onto the list…"
"Want some pain killers?" Sweetie asked.
"Pain Killers can't help emotional pain."
"But they might help you walk again at least." Sweetie chuckled, raising a hoof as it seemed to open up and out slid a syringe… well that's new… She poked it into me and at first I felt a burning sensation… quickly followed by a cooling sensation that made the pain slowly ease away into a bearable dull ache. I sat up and watched her hoof pull the syringe back in and close back up. "There, now you can move again for the next six hours."
"Why six hours?" I asked, getting up and stretching after all that time.
"That's how long the medicine lasts and currently you aren't able to handle a second dose immediately after." She stated… Medical… Holy…
"You got the First Aid Install?" I asked.
"Oh, yes I forgot to tell you. Funny story, the town was having a swap meet about six years ago and someone was selling it in a box of junk. They only charged me thirty rem for it!" She cheered. "Now I can perform all fields of medical assistance to the kids and learn and adapt medical knowledge based on species and biology and all that. I can even take blood samples and run tests to determine illness and allergies."
… Wow that is a useful thing…
"Sweetie has been saving us a fortune on doctors visits." Cream chuckled.
"Add another to my growing list…"
"Oh hush up." Tiara huffed, giving me a light back slap with her wing. "Take these one day at a time Button. And remember, you are not alone. There is no time limit. Just take things as they come at you."
"I spent a day and a half having things 'come at me', why do you think I needed the pain killer?" I asked with a cheeky grin at my shit attempt at a joke.
"You know what I mean." Tiara chuckled. "It's gonna be alright Button. Tomorrow is a new day, and you can spend it connecting with your children."
"If you say so." I sighed. "Ten years…"
"You can do it. It will take a long time, but you can do it."
"I'll try…"