Love Struck Eternal
Chapter 62 - My loose ends.
Sam's POV, Los Angeles.
"Where are we?" Lia asked from inside my head as I jumped us to the US for a complete change of atmosphere.
"Los Angeles. Jari lives here with his family. We're gonna go see how they're getting on since I've been gone."
"The rabbit? Oh wow. I feel like I shouldn't be here. This is your moment." Lia replied back as I stood just outside their property with all of my bags. Two on my back and my duffel in my left hand.
Looking around, I found out that most of the people on the block were asleep. Time differences were a real thing when you physically moved across the planet. God I hope I wasn't going to intrude. I could try and text Jari though and just see if he's awake.
Going into my back pocket to pull out my phone, I decided to go a step further and call. I just stared at his front door as it began to ring. After maybe the third he answered.
"Sam?" He sounded surprised and for good reason, but he was happy to hear from me.
"Hey Sparky. You home?" I asked him back as he gave off a small yawn before replying.
"Yeah, I'm home. Why? What's up? How've you been?"
"Ehh I've been better to be honest. But hey so listen, I'm standing outside your place and….?"
"What?" Jari cut in to question.
As I stared at the house I saw one of the blinds on the windows open and soon I was staring at the rabbit who just began to happily laugh as I put down my phone to wave at him.
"Give me a minute. I gotta get my shoes on." He did his best to say it without waking anyone. So I did my best as asked and waited and soon enough I saw the front door open. At first I wasn't expecting much but when he came outside I was distracted by his sudden growth in height. He had to be as tall as his father was now, maybe an inch more. That equated to him being about five foot. He ran right to me and once within touching distance I came in to take him into a hug.
"Oh wow you grew." I laughed as he wrapped both arms around my back to reply.
"Sure did! Call it a growth spurt. I'm a little taller than dad now."
Pulling back about a foot to look him over, I asked, seeing his weight had also changed too.
"Put on some pounds too? You look good."
"You don't know how hard it is to put on any weight while being a vegetarian. It's been a lot of junk food thanks to school, but it's helped out a lot. Been going to the gym a little to just to make sure it doesn't just end up as extra fat."
"Like you'd ever be fat Jari." I chuckled as I squeezed him one more time before he asked me.
"What are you doing here? I thought you'd be gone for a lot longer."
"I'm on leave for the next two weeks. I was hoping to visit you and your family. Maybe….stay? If you'd all be so kind to me again. I know I have no right to ask Jari, but I kinda don't have a place at the moment to stay."
His eyes were so innocent and maybe I knew I could take advantage of him, but it didn't hurt to ask. Rather than just assume I was welcome. God knows what his parents would think. They might have concerns. Hopefully it wouldn't be an issue.
"Of course you can stay with us." Jari finally said back to me as I was quick to ask him in return.
"Are you sure? Shouldn't we talk to your mom and dad?"
Shaking his head the rabbit replied back confidently.
"You know what they'd say Sam. My parents owe you more than they could ever repay. I'm willing to take the gamble that you'd be welcome here. Just take the guest room like before. I think it's all clean and stuff. I'll talk to my mom in the morning when she gets up to go to the gym."
"Are you positive that this is okay?" I again asked as he reached over to take my duffel out from my hand.
"A hundred percent positive. Come on. Let's go inside. Just try to be quiet. I don't want to wake anyone."
Giving the small rabbit a smile, I leaned down to place a kiss on his lips. Jari was wide eyed and completely caught off guard once again by it as I thanked him a moment after parting his lips.
"Thanks Sparky. I owe you."
"Please stop calling me that." He begged as he was all red in the face now. Putting my paw on the top of his head, I scratched behind his ears to reply.
"Force of habit. Sorry."
"Is kissing me a force of habit too?" He then asked nervously as we began to walk to his front door.
"I'd like to think out of all the habits I have, that wouldn't be one of them that you'd have a problem with. Unless you're seeing someone, of course." Jari immediately began to shake his head.
"I'm not. It's just….you never tell me when you're gonna do it. I would like to be aware. Not fumble every time it happens."
"You haven't fumbled once. Stop overthinking. If you sucked at kissing, I wouldn't keep coming back for more. Doesn't that make sense to you?"
Jari realized I was right now. He could only chuckle quietly to himself as we walked inside his home and began to go up the stairs. Once at the top of the steps he guided me to the guest room where he opened the door and approached the bed to drop my bag near the foot. I quietly put the rest of my things in the closet and once I was done I made my way over to him to give him a soft smile as I retook possession of my duffel. Jari just blushed as I then put that bag away as well.
"I missed you." He admitted as I took a second to step out of my jacket. Exposing most of my upper chest to the rabbit, I quickly picked up on his hormones. Such an easy boy to understand, but again this was probably a wet dream to him. To have me show up in the middle of the night when all his family was asleep. To have me all to himself in a room.
"Oh my he's a sweetheart." Lia admitted from inside my mind as my thoughts were actually on doing something until she butted in to remind me of her everlasting presence.
"He's so nervous, Sam. Help the poor boy." She urged me as I questioned.
"With you right here?"
"I can leave." Lia informed me back which made me urge her in return.
"Just give me a few minutes."
"Hehehe….don't hurt the guy. He looks fragile."
"He looks like a nervous wreck." I admitted as I intentionally parted my hair to the side and swayed my hips to one side. Jari just stood there motionless with his words unable to form into sentences. Lia on the other hand did what she said she would and left my body not a moment too soon. I used my powers to sense that she indeed bailed on me. We were now completely alone. Question was now on how I planned to do this? Giving the rabbit a very soft smile and lowering my voice down to a whisper, I took a step closer to him to wonder.
"Did you now? Why? For my charming personality? Or…?" Throwing my tail around my right side, I hit him directly in the chest.
"Or did you just miss touching me?"
Jari was sweating bullets now. I knew I had him right where I wanted him the second I felt his hands grab onto my tail.
"I…I…I…I…?" Leaning down to put a finger on his lips, I whispered.
"I need you to be quiet, Jari. Can you do that?" I asked him as he was stuttering. Slowly he nodded his head, so I pulled my tail away from him and put my hands on his shoulders. Very gently I pushed him back onto the bed and just took a second to admire his body. You could see just how excited he was, but he was just so nervous. Curiously I asked him as I ran my right hand down his chest.
"You're a virgin, right?" Almost in a trance he replied almost near mute.
"Ahhh…yes. You?"
Leaning in to press my muzzle into his neck, I replied while taking in his scent.
"No. Does that…..bother you?"
He went to lift his hands but I easily managed to grab them both to keep them pressed to the mattress. Unable to do a thing as I continued to sniff him, the rabbit replied back nervously.
"No. It doesn't. It's actually a good thing since…..well…..I don't. I don't know what to do." Pulling my head back to stare at him, I gently asked him while parting both his legs so I could slip in between him. Resting my hands on his upper thighs, I gave him a playful smile before asking.
"Do you consider yourself submissive?"
"I…I don't know. With you of all people, I don't think I would stand a chance in any other position." He admitted which made me giggle back.
"You're probably right. I mean look at us. I could eat you."
"Do you plan to?" Jari asked back, which is when my eyes glanced down at his crotch.
"A little. But what about you? Plan to stick to your instincts and run from the big bad wolf? Or…..face her?" I then wondered as I began to run my left hand up to his hip just so I could get a claw on the seam to his pajamas. With his heart pounding and his face blood red from blushing, he replied back truthfully.
"I wanna face her."
"Good boy." I whispered back as I began to drag his pants ever so slowly down. Jari was so innocent. He looked so concerned for anything that could happen. His hormones on the other hand spoke other tales. As I got his pants down, I was soon eye to eye with his dick and to be honest it was bigger than I expected. He had to have at least five or six inches on him. I guess I was expecting him to be two or three. How rude of me to assume. I thought to myself as he just seemed insecure about it.
"Mmmm. Wow Jari."
"What?" He asked me back nervously as I took it in my left hand to watch his facial expressions change from nervousness to willingness. I gave him a couple of slow strokes and I replied to his concerns as quietly as I could.
"You're actually a lot bigger than I expected."
"Really?" He asked back as I simply nodded my head and proceeded to ask him curiously.
"So was this always a fantasy of yours? It has been one of mine for a while now."
"I…I mean…yes? Sam? Please…?" I cut him off by asking.
"Please what?"
"Keep going. You're so soft." He admitted, which made me wonder if he was talking about the feeling of my hand around his dick or if he was commenting on my own personality. I figured he had to be talking about my hand so I quickly replied to his shaking form.
"It's gonna get better. Just give me time. I need to work you up a little."
"I'm plenty worked up."
"Me too, but you see Sparky, I'm more into the guys who can be dominant. The type of guys who just take what they want. Kinda like what I'm doing now. So use your balls if you plan to make me do something. I know you have a pair now, heheh." I chuckled as he was trying to process my request.
"Suck it. Please?" The rabbit begged almost as I questioned his ability to adapt to the situation for a moment before giving him another small smile.
"Are you sure that's what you want? My teeth are sharp." I joked with him now and that seemed to make him more determined as he then replied.
"I'm sure. Please."
"And you called me soft. Okay little guy, but you're gonna owe me for this." I informed him of as I switched hands and began to delve an inch closer to his dick.
"What do you want?" I heard him ask from above as I was about ready to work. Giving his question a quick thought, I replied a moment after I began to pick up on his scent again.
"For you to find your balls for starters. I know in your dreams you're the one pushing me around during moments like this."
"How?" He asked me back instantly as our eyes locked one last time.
"Because you are in mine." His eyes widened because the next thing he felt after hearing that response was the warmth of my wet mouth. He let out a cute moan almost in line with my actions and they didn't stop coming as I worked myself into a frenzy for maybe thirty more seconds. I went slow for him and just savored how he tasted at long last. Pulling him out of my throat, I looked back up at him to see he was indeed in a trance of his own.
"You gotta keep your voice down." I whispered to him as he was shaking in place from all this.
Giving him another strong sniff before going back to his tip, I asked him.
"You just shower?"
"You can tell?" He asked back as I nodded my head,
"I can smell just about anything. You know how us dogs are. Hehe."
Jari smiled some more as I went back to sucking him off. This time however I treated him right for a few minutes. The whole time he kept up his stamina despite my efforts, but what surprised me was when I felt his right hand grab onto my left ear. Then he began to gently thrust into my mouth. Seems he was starting to find some courage. That or he was about to cum. One or the other, so I asked before that choice could be made for me.
"You close?"
Shaking his head he replied.
"No, I'm just….it feels so good. Sam? Can I….?"
"Hmm?" I mumbled back curiously as I let go of his dick and just began to stare at him. With his ears going back slightly, he asked me nervously.
"Can we fuck?"
"So bold Jari. What's wrong? Another one of your fantasies?" I asked him as I stood up now. Jari looked right to my hips as I answered his question.
"I don't have a condom for you and I've heard rumors that you rabbits fuck…..well….fuck like rabbits. Last thing I need right now is to get pregnant, Jari. That's the last thing you need too." Jari looked disappointed at first, but he knew I was completely right. However I was horny enough now to take a risk for him. Unbuttoning my jeans, I watched as his eyes widened. Not pulling them down, I whispered into his ears.
"But I do wanna fuck you. Are you sure you're okay losing your virginity to me Jari? I know I can come on strong, but if I'm pressuring you, just say so."
"You're not. I want this. I want you. I'll be quiet I promise. Just….?"
Turning around to give him my ass, I began to slowly take off my pants. The poor boy was speechless as I had to bend over to get them off my legs. Once it was all there for him to see, I pushed him onto his back and proceeded to climb up to his chest. Once eye to eye I whispered into his face.
"Good. Because you got me kinda wet to be honest. Just let me do the work. You just focus on not cumming inside me. Okay?"
He nodded his head so fast as I decided to claim him at long last. Jari instantly surprised me when I felt his tip go inside. Clamping around my sides, the little rabbit physically moved us more into the middle of the bed so that his legs could rest on the mattress. That's when I collapsed onto his body and just moved my hips. He moaned ever so lightly into my neck as I did the same in return.
Despite what I might have thought about having sex with a guy like him, Jari was doing a lot better than I would have expected. Soon he began to do the thrusting himself and instantly I picked up on the difference between him and Roslin when it came to being the bottom.
Roslin was a brute due to his size and I loved that, but Jari was more accurate and had a lot more energy. Most of that energy was in his lower body. His legs were naturally gifted and once he began to fuck me for himself I realized the truth behind one of my past sentences.
He really does fuck like a rabbit. His hips were bucking me faster and faster and it made it a lot harder for me to maintain dominance, but he wasn't looking to be in control. When you looked at his face you saw that this was just about fucking. Just like the rabbit he was, this soon turned into more of a breeding than anything. How hasn't he cummed yet? I had to ask myself as a loud moan escaped my lips for a split second. That alone gave him all the courage he needed to keep going till his end.
"Slow down Jari!" I moaned into his neck as he wrapped both arms around my back to state.
"I'm sorry! I can't stop myself!"
"Don't then." I begged him as I wanted more and more of what he was giving. I had to maintain my dominance regardless of how good he was fucking me. Doing my best to sit back up as he kept thrusting into me, I put my right hand around his small neck to show him that I could kill him if he ruined this for me.
Before I could do anything else though he reached under my shirt to grab both my boobs. Instantly I moaned as he squeezed them both with a gentle touch. After a few seconds I reached down to take off my shirt so he could get a direct line of sight on them. Thank god I did because Jari sat up into my chest to start sucking on them.
"You fucking….ahhhhh….what are you doing?" I asked him as I ran my claws through his hair.
The whole time he kept thrusting into me and I was beginning to question if he was really a virgin up until this point. Putting my hand back around his throat, I pinned the rabbit back down and ordered him with a playful growl.
"Calm down baby. I'm not going anywhere."
Jari seemed to enjoy it when I called him baby, so I played into it by asking him again.
"Are you getting close, baby? Or do you have more in ya?"
"I'm close but I can keep going."
Stroking his face now I smiled back devilishly to reply.
"You're such a good boy. Make sure you pull out in time….I'm not ready to have your kits."
"I promise. Just….come back to me." He begged as I gave him his wish by falling back down onto his small frame. From that moment on he clamped onto me and whispered into my ear for permission.
"Can I go fast again?"
"Yes baby. Give me all you got." I urged him as he leaned up to put his chin over my shoulder. His legs immediately began to spin back up and again I struggled to keep my voice inside my head. This was honestly better then when Roslin fucked me. Despite all of my expectations this little dude was exceeding in all categories. Or maybe I just really had a thing for fucking rabbits.
The bed was thankfully pretty sturdy, but with how fast Jari was going the sound of our bodies slamming into one another was echoing around the room. I really hoped that no one was awake for this.
"I'm gonna….ahhhh….Sam?" Jari moaned as he reached his climax. Not wanting to risk anything, I threw myself over to his left side and went back down on him with my mouth. It didn't take much more to make him cum and when he did I was at first surprised by how much he produced and in complete honesty it tasted about as good as I expected it to. Jari moaned and moaned the whole time I swallowed and gave my head a very slow pet until his hand met my ears. He grabbed each one once as he struggled to breathe. I was breathing just as hard though, even after I finished cleaning him up.
Giving his dick one more good suck, I pulled him out of my mouth and mounted him one last time. He was in a trance so now was as good of a time as any. Bringing my lips to his, I kissed him and asked sweetly into his big ears.
"How was it?"
All he could do was lay there and look exhausted, but he was smiling despite that. Looking me in my eyes he replied at long last.
"Amazing. Did…Did I….Did I do okay?"
"More than okay baby. You were actually pretty amazing."
"Did you even cum?" He then asked me as I ran a claw around his stomach to reply back.
"Honestly? A few times."
"Really?" He asked in amazement of his own abilities. Nodding my head I whispered on.
"Really."
Jari was the sweetest little boy I knew. I already knew I didn't deserve him, but that wasn't going to stop me from trying. I liked him a lot. It just sucked that we didn't have a lot of time to spend together. Hopefully after this we'll do a lot more before I decide to go back to Moscow to rejoin Tika and my real family.
Before that however I still needed to get into contact with Royce to give him a status update. Nothing changed since we last spoke, but I needed to know where G.U.N planned to drop off that money I was basically pocketing.
I might also drop in on Minky. We didn't end our last conversation well and I wanted to reconcile with him about it. I needed him on my side.
"Sam?" I heard Jari whisper as I moved away so I could put back on my clothes while he caught his breath some more. Giving him a happy look back, I replied curiously.
"Yeah?"
"Does this make us a thing? Like….officially?"
"What do you mean?" I then asked back to be sure of what he was asking me. Without breaking eye contact he wondered innocently.
"Are we dating? Like can I call you my girlfriend now?"
"I wouldn't mind. Is that something you want?" I replied back which earned me his full attention now as he sat up from the bed. Crawling to where I was sitting, Jari leaned into my side to reply.
"More than anything."
Wrapping my arm around him, I replied back happily.
"Then I guess I'm your girlfriend."
We both celebrated a little by hugging each other some more. Only this time he was so gentle with me as I knew it was about time to send him to bed. Giving him one more kiss on his lips, I urged him.
"We should get some sleep. I'd love for you to stay here with me, but I doubt your mom would see it that way if she walked in on us."
"You probably have a point. I'll ahhh….I'll get back to my room. I'll let her know you're here when I wake up." He stated as I was quick to question.
"Assuming you get up before me that is. I'm not a late sleeper. I'll be up early. If I get to her first then we'll come find you. Okay?"
"Okay." He replied back as I got up with him to approach the exit back into the hallway. Jari held onto my hand the whole way and once I had him pushed out of the room, I whispered closely to his face.
"Thank you for tonight. I'll see you in the morning."
"Goodnight." He smiled back as I shut the door.
The second the door closed I was greeted by Lia almost instantly. The fox came barrelling out of nowhere with a lustful grin to question.
"How'd it go?"
Giving the goddess her fair share I replied.
"Jump back inside me to find out. If you're that curious."
She watched as I proceeded to sit back down on the bed. I let out a heavy sigh and then laid back.
"Ohhh it must have been fun if you're tired. I won't ask any questions, but I have to know. Better or worse than Roslin?" She sat down next to me before I had my answer ready, but her eyes lit up when I replied.
"Better. Without a doubt."
"Really?" She asked back in disbelief.
"Really." I mumbled now as I kept my eyes closed.
To be honest I was kinda sore after that and all I wanted to do now was meditate my way to recovery. Lia picked up on that urge after I had taken the position and reached out to touch my arm before urging.
"Can I join you for another session before I have to go check in on your old master?"
"Of course. Sit." I urged her as I shut my eyes.
Raptor's POV, An hour later.
What more could I do to fix this? I had to ask myself as my wife was crushed by her daughter's decision after what happened last night. Mixed with the fact that she almost hit her back was more than enough to send her into a depression. I've never seen her this way and it was different considering she was usually the one more emotionally held together. She always had to care for me in this kind of a state, but now that the roles were reversed, I was at a loss. Nothing I said to her got through and she wouldn't stop crying.
I called her sister to ask for help and hopefully tomorrow she'd be here to help her as well as I. But when it came to the facts there was one that stood out above the rest and that was the simple fact that Samantha cut her emotional ties to our family. A family I bled to have. A family Zeta bled to have. Both of us together were at fault for what happened to our daughter. None of this was her fault. What her mom did was probably the final straw. It would have been mine if I was in her shoes.
Sitting in my office with Yoga outside keeping watch, I tussled in my head for a solution. There has to be a way to fix this. I can't keep my daughter from growing up, but losing her completely like this was something else. She was already off the grid for the most part. Marcus wasn't gonna find her and even he has been missing for the last few days. If Sam really was serious and planned to avoid us like the plague then by all means Zeta and I were useless. Even with all my power and influence, I couldn't hope to find her after this. Why did I fuck up like this? I asked myself as I struggled to keep myself from getting mad.
Looking around my desk only made things worse as the whole reason for any of this sat right between my hands. A small eight ball of coke that Sam handed over after having her teeth rearranged by her mother. I knew this wasn't the end of that drug for her. Sam was gonna stay on it and it was gonna ruin her life in the end and I was powerless to stop it.
Slamming my fist down on the desk to vent some of my frustrations, I took a deep breath and went back to trying to find a solution. Or at the very least, a way to cope. After a few minutes my thoughts went to the one person I knew I could talk to about anything. My therapist, Dr. Clamer.
Maybe having him help guide us through this could be the best course of action.
As I attempted to think more on this, I broke out of my trance when the door to my office opened. Looking up from where I was I locked eyes with Zeta who looked no better then when I last saw her. This time however she stated as she came in to close the door behind her.
"I tried to call her."
"She's not gonna answer us. She made herself very clear." I replied which in turn got her to shout back at me.
"She's my daughter Raptor! She just can't ignore us!"
"She can and she will. Now come here and lower your voice. Our business is all over the capital now thanks to all your screaming."
The wolf came over slowly and as she did she cried to me.
"I don't know what to do without her Raptor. I fucked up. I lost control."
"Did your venom have anything to do with that Zeta?" I had to ask her to be sure it wasn't maybe a side effect plaguing her from Sam's experimental dose. However Zeta showed me her red eyes a second later before turning them back off.
"No. I have perfect control over that. I just…I don't know what came over me. I wanted her to be safe and not make the same mistakes I did involving that shit." She referred to the coke sitting on my desk now as I gave it another quick glance before assuming back.
"Well we don't have much of a choice now. She's gonna snort the shit out of spite now."
"She could die, Raptor." Zeta cried back as I was quick to question her.
"And what do you want me to do about it? I can't stop her Zeta. She's fucked off to god knows where now and even if I wanted to, I can't just poof myself to wherever she is. I have no clue where she could be and Marcus isn't around to even try to help."
"Where is he?" She then asked as I shook my head to reply.
"No clue. I haven't been able to raise him for a few days. Something must have happened, but I think he's okay. If he wasn't he would come to me. I know the guy."
Reaching out to grab her hand, I begged her with two big eyes.
"Let me worry about Marcus. Sam? Sam we can't do anything about. We both fucked up as parents and now we have to pay the price."
"Do you just expect me to forget about her?" She questioned in loss as I shook my head to reply.
"No, or course not. All I'm saying is if she wants to find us, she can. We don't have that luxury though and despite my best efforts I won't be able to find her. We don't have a choice this time Zeta. We gotta let her go. She's gonna do her own thing and we can't change that. All we can do is support each other and hope one day she comes back to us. It's all we can do now as her parents."
Zeta knew deep down that I was right. I'm sure Clamer would agree as well if he was here. Taking my chance to claim this, I proceeded to instruct my wife as calmly as I could.
"We're gonna go see Clamer later tonight. We need to have a third person there to explain it all to us. To help us figure out how to move forward from here. I know you can't see it, but I'm just as hurt as you are. I lost my flesh and blood. I can't bring her back and I sure as hell can't fix the mistake we made to make it better. We just need to cope. To cope and to accept. Clamer can help us do both and we need time to talk in a more private manner. I can't have all these people meddling in our family business. Not anymore."
Zeta nodded but she was hurting regardless of having a plan or not. All I knew was that I had to stay strong for her. We'd find a way to get through this together.
Sam's POV, the next morning.
Lia left about an hour ago to go see Roslin. I was left to my own devices as Jari's parents were more than happy to have me here. Janice was already out shopping for some food I could eat, while Mario was at work. Lola and Jari were both watching their little brother Jake while I was focusing on contacting Minky.
I had already called Royce to give him an update and thanks to some intel from Major Fenning, I knew where the money would be every month. It was gonna be a simple dead drop into a savings account that they set up for me. All I had to do was withdraw the funds. Something made easy since I planned to just drop it all into my actual bank account. They wouldn't be tracking the money past the first deposit Royce told me, so I had no worries in pocketing the cash this way. Plus every time I checked my balance I got happier and happier. I was already rich, but more was more at the end of the day.
Minky on the other hand was easy enough to contact as well. A simple phone call was all it took, so I dialed the number and waited for him to answer. In a few seconds he did.
"Hello?" He sounded annoyed to be honest. Giving him my sad voice I said to him as nicely as I could.
"Hey Mink. It's Sam. I just wanted to check in. Can we get together soon? I'm back in LA for the time being."
Keeping himself professional he replied.
"Yeah. I'll send you my address in a few minutes."
"Minky?" I quietly mumbled as he went silent.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what happened back at the Lotte Hotel. I wasn't listening or even thinking back then. I was overwhelmed and the drugs only made it worse. I wasn't trying to hurt you. I swear. I just….send me the address and I'll be over shortly. I promise."
I could tell he was accepting of my apology. He took a few moments to consider his next words, but after some time replied back happily.
"I'm texting you now. We can talk more in person. Just be safe. I'll see you soon."
Minky hung up leaving me to consider my next move now. Minky's text then came through and once I got the address I considered teleporting over there right away. Jari would be distracted most likely with Jake, but if I went right now Minky would question how I got there right away. I'll have to wait a few minutes before going.
Reaching for my bag, I grabbed onto my vape pen and took a hit. Figured I'd buy some time getting high before leaving. I had concerns that needed to be discussed with the cat and I was anticipating problems to come if I waited too long to deal with them. I wasn't going to let that happen. Jari and his family were easy targets.
Taking another drag, I looked up from the front porch of the house to see Jair walking his way out to me. In confusion he asked me as I blew out the smoke.
"What's that? Nicotine?"
"THC. Want some?" I asked him back as he kindly declined and replied.
"No. I can't smoke. I don't wanna miss out on any potential jobs because I failed a drug test."
"I understand." I informed him back as I took one more hit before telling him.
"I'm gonna head out in a few minutes. Gotta meet up with a friend of mine. You got any plans?"
"I'm gonna go hang out with some of my friends at the library. Do you wanna come after you're done? We'll be there for a few hours studying." I couldn't hold it in. I let out a deep chuckle and questioned.
"You have a day off from school and your idea of fun is going to the library to hang out with your friends and study?"
"Yeah? Is that bad?" He asked back in all seriousness.
"Not bad. I just didn't think there was a bigger nerd than me, but you take the cake. Carrot cake, I mean."
Giving him a smug smile he questioned.
"Carrot cake? Are you making fun of me?"
"A little." I chuckled back as I walked back inside the house now.
"When are you gonna be done with your friend?"
"Hopefully in an hour or something. I'll text you when I'm on the way. I just gotta go get my bag." I told him as I rushed upstairs. Staying at the bottom, Jari shouted up at me.
"I'm gonna head back to the yard to help Lola! I'll see you later! Be safe!"
"You too!" I shouted back as I entered the guest room to then go under the bed for the bag that held my armor and rifle. The weight of it gave me shivers as I knew what I was gonna be getting into, but it had to be done.
Using my powers, I jumped to the address and just tried to focus on keeping my balance after landing. I was still getting used to jumping like this, but here I was on location. Minky operated out of a storage unit deep in center city. Made sense if I thought about it, but how big was this unit? I had to ask myself as I began my search for his. Text said it was unit seventy eight.
It took me about five minutes to find it, but when I did all I had to do was knock twice and the shutter began to rise up. My eyes widened to find out this unit was as small as I thought it would be, but inside was a computer wiz's wet dream. I felt like I was in the matrix as Minky sat at a small desk with a headset on. When he saw me standing there he took it off to urge me.
"Come inside. I gotta shut the door."
I stepped in and watched as the door came back down, but my eyes noticed something off about it from the inside. It almost looked like another wall and Minky saw my attention being taken by it and stated to me in confidence.
"Bulletproof, fireproof, explosive resistant, and most importantly…..soundproof. You need a pound of C4 to get through that. Helps me feel completely safe when I'm behind it."
"I see where all the money I pay you goes, but what's…?" My finger pointed at the ceiling as I saw what looked like two rounded cameras looking at me. Looking up at them Minky replied.
"Friend and foe home security. Provided by G.U.N themselves. Well….stolen from G.U.N. But one click of a button and these bad boys will decimate anyone within the confines of this room. It's also my way of destroying everything if I'm ever made and have to flee. They'll destroy all the equipment in seconds if given the chance."
"Got all your bases covered then. Impressive."
Turning in his chair Minky then asked.
"How have you been since we last saw each other?"
"Good." I replied back as I set my bag down on the ground.
"How was the wedding? Spend any time at home after that?"
"A few days yeah, but I got out of there when I got into a fight with my mom." I informed him as he was quick to wonder.
"Verbal or….?"
Opening my mouth to show him my missing fang, I replied.
"I wish it was just verbal."
"Damn. I'm sorry. Glad you got out of there." Minky was genuine about that. I could tell by his face as I took a step closer to his setup to reply.
"Me too. Don't plan on going back again. Not unless my work brings me out that way."
"Speaking of that, are you for hire by chance?" Minky asked as he did a complete turn in his chair just for fun.
"Depends on the job, but I came to you to talk about something I already had on my mind. I need help finding someone."
Scratching at his face now the cat replied calmly.
"That works out then for us both. You need help and so do the people I work for. It's nothing major. Just a small problem with someone trying to get into the network's mainframe."
"For what reason?" I asked him back as he shrugged and replied.
"Most likely to get and resell information the network has stockpiled across the world. You couldn't comprehend how much we know. Wanna know Ajax Marano's flight schedule for next week? Or maybe what company is about to make a breakthrough in medical science so you could invest beforehand and make millions? Or how about what your dad had for breakfast?" The last one was a jest, but Minky found it funny as I asked him now.
"Does it pay?"
"Not in the way you expect. Do a favor for the network's big wigs and you could have a very valuable asset if something was to ever come up that you knew you'd need help with in the future. Trust me on this Sam, but it's basically a priceless gift I'd be giving you for a job well done. Need help assassinating the pope? We'll give you everything you need to give it your best shot."
Chuckling, I replied.
"I have no intentions on killing the pope."
"That's sad. I know a lot of people who want that guy put in the ground, but what have you. In return I'll help you with your issue. Which is?" Minky hummed back which got me to reply.
"I need to find out where an old enforcer of Don Verno's is holding up. His name is Twig."
"I know the guy." Minky replied as he turned back to face his monitor. Starting to type hella fast, the cat soon claimed.
"After we killed all those pricks at the meet and greet, Twig went on a warpath to find you. Double for when he found out you killed Verno's daughter. Since then he's been rounding up some muscles across the five families burning remains. They've taken to the streets over the last few weeks and have been reclaiming territory they lost among the purge you caused. The police are having issues handling him and his men."
"I just need to know where he is Mink." I told him back as he scrolled around for a few seconds before replying.
"Might find this funny, but Twig's taken over Don Verno's old compound. He's there most hours of the day, but have faith that he's still looking for you."
"That's fine. I plan to kill him before he does find me. Last thing I need is trouble."
"Worried about something more personal?" Minky asked as I nodded my head and replied.
"I'm bunking with that family of rabbits you met back when I needed the money to buy their kid back and pay off their debts. I know how people like Twig operate and he'll use them to get to me or he'll just kill them to send a message. Neither can afford to happen to them, so I'm cutting this loose end off before it has a chance to get bad."
"Smart move. I'll get you any details I can while you're out taking care of this contract for my employers. Speaking of which, we already know where this guy is at. Lives in Venice, real close to the beach. Texting you the address now."
"You just need him dead?" I asked Mink as he nodded his head and went on to reply.
"Him and anyone else there, but take this and put it in his computer before you leave." Handing me a USB, he proceeded to state as I got on my armor.
"It'll infect his setup and wipe everything. The network needs to make sure nothing slips the net."
"I gotcha. Thanks Minky." I said back to him as I put the USB in my vest.
Minky smiled and got the door to the storage unit open for me as soon as I was done dressing up. As I waited for it to fully open he said to me with a smile.
"Not a problem. I trust you know what you're doing at this point. Just come back here when you're done and I'll have whatever you need to deal with your mark."
With my mask in my right hand and my rifle on my back, I walked my way to somewhere quiet just to get a look at my phone for the actual address. Once I was ready, I jumped to the location and just focused on using my phasewalking to stay out of sight to any nearby mortals and there was a fuck ton considering the area. How was I gonna handle this? I thought to myself as I looked around at the beach house I was standing out front of.
This wasn't gonna be too hard to pull off if I abused my advantages. The main ones being able to walk through anything in my way and the ability to stay completely invisible to the naked eye. All of my confrontations since being on my own have felt disappointing. There was literally nothing anyone could do to stop me from doing whatever I wanted. This would be no different, but when it came to dealing with Twig I felt the urge to use my actual skills to kill him. It was boring being this overpowered.
Nothing was gonna stop me. Just like how I killed Esteban this would be over in minutes. Phasing through the front door, I saw this was nothing more than a frat house. College kids no less. Didn't look like there was an actual adult among them. Three fat hogs drank and laughed among themselves in the living room while two more were making sandwiches in the kitchen. Upstairs were a few more kids, but most of them were fucking each other in the guest rooms. Two however were in the master bedroom and I knew just from my senses that this was where I needed to be. So very calmly I walked up to them and walked right through the door to see a tall ferret sitting at a desk staring at a series of four monitors. His partner turned out to be a half naked female human who was laying in the bed. She looked drugged out of her mind as I considered making this quick for both of them.
Keeping my rifle behind my back, I reached to my vest to grab onto my K-bar. Uncloaking myself, I put my left hand over the girl's mouth and held her in place as I put the knife right under her chin and stabbed up into her skull. She died almost instantly but her body flinched in a panic from the sudden lack of life leaving her soul. I watched the ferret at the computer the entire time just to make sure he didn't turn around from the noise. He didn't though considering he had a pair of earbuds in.
Pulling the knife out of her head, I wiped the blood on my sleeve and crept up behind him. Same as before I grabbed him from behind and held his mouth shut as I sent the knife clean through his bare chest. Blood poured over my hands as I held him there until he passed away. Once he was dead, I got to work on inserting the USB into the computer.
My eyes looked over the files he had opened on his screen and I'm sure most of this was shit I shouldn't be looking at. Banks statements, records of transactions the network made in the course of the last ten years, personal records on local operators and much more. Thankfully I had no care in the world for their business, so I quickly ignored it all and just waited for the wipe to finish. In the meantime I considered the method to offload the rest of these kids without gunning them down. My ears twitched when an idea came to me and considering I had a few minutes to kill I figured I'd get to work on making this happen.
Walking my way back downstairs, I phased right though one of the dudes in the kitchen. He instantly reacted to the cold air passing him and questioned his friends on the couch.
"You got the AC on?!"
"You fucking high? Bring me my sandwich!" I chuckled to myself as he made his way to the couch now to feed his pal. Turning on the gas stoves, I took in the scent of the gas quickly filling the air, then made haste for the basement to mess with their furnace. After I was certain that this place would go up like a tinderbox, I got back upstairs to retrieve the USB that had finished its job. Putting it back in my vest, I pulled my knife out of the ferret's chest and went to my belt to grab onto a frag. Making my way back down to the front door, I pulled the pin and left it on the stove before teleporting down the block. A few seconds later you felt the ground shake and saw the place explode.
People could be heard screaming from all over and sirens soon followed as black smoke filled the air. I just let out a sigh and again questioned how easy this all was for me now that I had Lia's powers flowing through my veins. What was even the point? I wasn't anywhere close to being satisfied. I needed the rush of combat. The actual threat of danger. Not this sneaking around bullshit. That urge was feral of me to have, but it felt great regardless. Killing Twig would be a delight. I had no intention of staying silent during the event. I'd send another message to the world with this. I needed to feel alive.
An hour later.
I was giving Minky some time before revisiting. Had to make it seem like I wasn't just phasing everywhere I went. So I put my priorities back on Jari, who I texted ahead of time to let him know that I was on my way to where he was at the library. Still can't get over how he spends his days off just to study more. I guess I was the same way a few years ago.
As I walked into the library with my duffel on my back, I made sure I was presentable and then took a quick look around to see if I could find him. Unfortunately it wasn't that easy to do from a first glance, but my nose soon picked up on his scent. Jari always had this citrus scent to him. Smelled like oranges mostly, but I couldn't tell if it was just his scent or his deodorant. Regardless I sniffed him out in a matter of seconds. He was on the second floor and when I got up there I found him sitting at a round table with four other rabbits. Three of which were girls, but all of them were going over piles of notes togethers.
On the approach, I came up from behind my little rabbit boyfriend to ask curiously.
"Am I interrupting?"
The second he heard my voice he jumped and turned to look up at me. His friends all just stared at me in confusion as to why a big wolf like me was suddenly looming over the table.
"Hey! You made it! How was your friend?"
"Good." I replied as he looked to his own friends nervously to state.
"Guys...this is Sam. My girlfriend."
They all went wide eyed and just looked absolutely stunned for what to say to that statement. Jari quickly noticed the shock and chuckled out.
"What?"
I gave his friends all smiles and that's when I decided to try and help him recover his friends by claiming.
"He's in safe hands. I'm not trying to eat him."
Jari laughed again before muttering back to me.
"I'd hope not. Come on guys. Say something." He urged his friends. One of the girls was quick to question.
"You're dating a wolf? How did that happen, Jari?"
As they talked I reached down to pick up Jari's laptop. I wanted to see what he was doing so I looked over his notes real quick as he talked about us to his friends.
He looked like he was trying to figure out how to make a stable engine reactor. A quick glance of his notes showed me that he was indeed pretty smart to figure most of this out on his own, but he had his flaws. Most of it was in his calibration equations. If he went with what he had here it would surely work, but it wouldn't be stable for more then a few minutes at best. Two of his friends were watching me as I grabbed a seat next to him to begin messing around with his open word documents. After a few changes Jari took notice and questioned curiously.
"Wait, what are you doing?"
Grabbing him by the arm and yanking his chair closer to me, I replied as I pointed out his mistakes.
"You're doing this wrong."
"How?" He asked me as I quickly urged him.
"Look at what you wrote here for starters. You follow this and you could make a prototype work, but it wouldn't work for more than thirty seconds. But if you change a few things, like the inputs you have here, then you could have something more self sustainable. Change your inputs from two point two to three point one and you'll see that I'm right. You could even stretch out the power usage to compensate for the extra input if you use a different set of batteries. Like a car battery for instance? Why are you trying to run this off twenty d batteries?" My question confused him at first, but as I looked him over more and more one of his friends looked over the changes I made to state.
"She's actually right, Jari. You could use a car battery instead of all that. It would be easier to install as well. And look at what she did. Her numbers make sense. Did you study this?" I was then asked as Jari himself looked it over.
"I was a budding scientist. I was gonna go to school for this type of stuff before I joined the army."
"You're in the army?" They all gasped as I nodded my head and replied.
"First Lieutenant actually. I work in special operations."
"Wow!" The girls all shouted as the one male rabbit among them said to me nicely.
"Thank you for your service."
"Thanks for saying such." I replied as I looked back at Jari who was still amazed by the changes I made to his project. Putting my hand on his leg from under the table, I caught his eyes and just smiled as he said to me.
"How didn't I think of this?"
"Because you're not me. That's why we're a team, Sparky."
Jari widened his eyes and dropped both his ears in embarrassment as one of the girls questioned.
"Sparky?"
"Mhmm." I replied which in turn got them all to laugh as I was then asked.
"Why?"
As I went to respond, Jari put a hand over my mouth to order.
"Don't answer that!"
Giving him a small smirk, I silently agreed not to say anything more. Jari was about ready to faint but that was when I decided to grab onto his hand. We both just smiled softly at one another as I urged him to go back to his notes. I promised to look out for any mistakes he was bound to make.
mT Shadow.