New Beginning 2072
Chapter one.
The rude awakening.
4:34AM the 4th day. Everybody in the den was asleep...apart from Tillis.
Looking at herself in the mirror in the dim light of her lamp, she slowly runs her fingers over the scar that ran from her right hip to her stomach. She dosn't remember how she got the scar but when ever she looked at it it always made her upset as if there was something about her past that she has yet to uncover, Her eyes begin to well with tears and roll down her cheeks she wipes them away with the back of her paw. Then there's a quiet knock at the door as Alvarez enters her room.
Alvarez: "Are you OK Tillis? I heard crying, It was that dream again wasn't it?"
Tillis: *sniff* "yes" wiping her tears away then making for her bed to sit down.
Alvarez made his way over to her closing the door on his way. Alvarez was very Fox like in looks he was also very slim but very toned with soft pale orange fur and long dark hair which covered half of his face and his blue eyes, He was taller than Tillis but not by much. Tillis however was more Feline, she had a very curvy body and very long dark hair which went past her shoulder blades, her fur was a very pale skin colour and her eyes were very blue.
She liked Alvarez a lot, he was always there for her when she needed him and always made her feel safe when he was around.
Alvarez sat next to Tillis and put his arm around her pulling her close to him, they didn't speak, they didn't need to, Tillis had already felt comfortable in his arms. they sat there for awhile as Tillis closes her eyes and starts drifting to sleep, Alvarez jogs her and says "Think you should get some sleep now babe" as Tillis crawls up to her pillow and puts her head down Alvarez lays down beside her watching her quietly fall asleep while he slowly drifts to sleep by her side.
Its morning in the den and Custurd comes bursting into the main room as Nikki is cooking up some breakfast for the den mates.
Custurd: "Awww what a lovely morning it is!!! and what are we cooking today Ms Nikki?!"
Nikki: "Some yummy food full of protein's for such a young lively person as yourself Custurd"
Custurd puts her nose in the air and smells what Nikki is preparing. "Ahhh not that survivor goo again...that stuff taste like glue and looks like it!" Survivor food was like rations it was comprised of processed wheat and corn, it wasn't particular'y tasty but was full of nutrients.
Custurd slowly made her way over to the table scuffing her paws along the floor and sulking. Custurd was very Rabbit like as she had very very long ears which went past her hips, she was very slim and small given she was the youngest of the den mates being a teenager still. she had long soft pink hair and pale yellow fur and deep purple eyes, shes was very pretty and innocent looking up until the point she opens her mouth, She was wearing her favorite bright pink T-shirt covered in small silver stars which went down past her knees in length.
Nikki on the other hand was the shortest of all the den mates and also the biggest, she was very cuddly and very adorable, her fur was dark brown almost like milk chocolate and she had even darker brown long hair which was on most occasions tied back into a pony tail and big green eyes, A lot of people would call her nicknames like fudge pudding or chocolate rolls. Being called names upset her at times but thankfully her den mates were all understanding and never made such remarks. She was wearing her red bra which left little to the imagination and a pair of tight blue jeans which she always left unbuttoned at the top.
As Nikki spoons the breakfast into the 5 bowls on the table Iria leaves hers and Custurds room to join them for breakfast.
Iria was Feline in looks and was shorter than Tillis but taller than Custurd, she had long rich dark red hair and pale yellow fur with light brown fur which went from her lower waist to her rather large for her size breasts. She was always very elegant looking and took pride in her appearance and today was no exception as she made her way to the table with a flowing red satin gown loosely tied up at the front showing of the majority of her body, she knew she looked good and she wanted to show it, However today she had a very angry look on her face.
Iria sat opposite Custurd at the table then bursts out "Thank you Custurd for waking me and everyone else in the den with your excessive squawking in the bathroom this morning"
Custurds face turns a pale shade of red "I wasn't that loud was I? Besides I was only working on my voice as i'm going to be a pop star when I grow up!" Nikki and Iria crumpled their mouth but let it be.
As Nikki lays the table with the bowls of food Tillis's room door opens and Tillis and Alvarez make their way to the table, Tillis was wearing her favorite green shirt which was obviuosly 6 sizes to small for her as she couldn't button it together, Despite this she still wore it as it was sentimental to her as its the only thing she has that remind her of her past as when she was found abandoned it was that shirt which she was found cuddled up in. Along with her shirt she had a slightly tight pair of black knickers on. Alvarez however was topless and just wearing a baggy pair of black jeans.
Custurd: "Ohhh Hey how are the newly weds!?" All the den mates turn to Custurd and look at her with disgust.
Nikki: "Hi Alva and Tillis, I noticed you left the room early in the morning Alva was everything ok?" Alvarez and Nikki shared a room together much like Iria and Custurd Tillis however had a room to herself.
Alvarez: "Oh Hi Nikki yes its fine and im sorry if I Disturbed you at all"
Nikki: "No worries Hun" As Nikki smiles sweetly at Alvarez, she clearly liked Alvarez alot but could see he was more taken with Tillis but that didn't stop her trying her luck with him.
Alvarez: "And yes thank you Custurd for that early morning alarm...again, Where would we be without you eh?" Custurd crumples her face and looks into her bowl of breakfast.
Nikki: Well eat up guys you got a busy day ahead of you"
Custurd: "But this survivor slime is horrible how can you eat this stuff!" slamming her spoon down on the table and pushing the bowl away to to show shes done even though she'd only eaten a spoon and a half.
Nikki: "well if you don't want it Hun help yourself to some bread, you need to eat"
Custurd: "Hmph bread...NO THANKS!" as she storms of into her room slamming the door behind her, leaving the other 4 den mates to eat their breakfast in peace.
Chapter 2.
The new arrival.
Nikki: "You ready Iria and Custurd?, we've got to be at the offices by 10"
Iria & Custurd: "Coming!!!" as they both come bursting out of the bathroom reeking of perfumes.
Nikki: "OK my Hunnies we gotta move it the train won't wait around for us" the three of them head out the front door leaving Alvarez and Tillis to clean up the breakfast bowls.
Making their way down the hall passing many other Dens, it was a long walk to the Metro line from their den, The Metro line was linked all throughout Centre Earth it passed through the Residential zone which were 12 floors which is where everyone lived, Nikki and the den mates all lived on floor 5 section C1 so it was quite a journey to reach places.
Located under the Residential zone was the Commercial zone which consisted of luxury's such as clothes and food shops even arcades, The commercial zone spanned 2 floors.
Under the Commercial zone was the Industrial zone which consisted of offices and factory's along with power stations which were linked to the solar panels upon the Earths surface, The solar panels are what powers all of Centre Earth, It was reliable using the intense heat of the sun as it powered the City year in and year out. There was also back up generators in-case the solar panels failed to work.
Centre Earth was a pleasant city, everyone who inhabited it were always friendly. It was also a very new city only being built in the last 25 years, Because of its young age it was very metallic and clean however it was far from perfect it often became very hot at times due to the rising heat of the Industrial zone located at the bottom and the fact the air ventilation system hadn't been fully installed yet.
As they made their way into the lift and Nikki presses the button for Metro line C9
Nikki: "Hmm I hope we don't miss the train it'll be another 30 minutes until the next one"
Custurd: "Hey um Ms Nikki what are we going to the Industrial zone for anyway?"
Nikki: "Well Hun were going to collect some files on the new arrival coming this afternoon"
Custurd: "New arrival?!?"
Iria: "Yeah that's right Custurd were getting a new Den mate"
Custurd: "Aww sweet! I hope its a boy!!! there's not enough boys on our floor..."
Nikki: "Sorry Custurd its another female"
Custurd: "Oh no not another one...Why no boys? anyway where is she going to stay I don't want to share my room with another girl" looking at Iria.
Nikki: "Well Hun she will be staying in Tillis's room"
Custurd: "Hmm why cant we get some cute boys..." with the look of disappointment on her face.
As the lift stops on the Metro line the doors pull open and the 3 Den mates make their way onto the train "Great we made it on time, well find yourself a seat wont be more than a few minutes till were there" Nikki says. The train was rather empty with only a hand full of Anthro's taking up seats "WHEE! I get the window seat" Custurd shouts leaping onto the chair and pressing her face up to the window. "Well guess I'll have to sit next to lil Miss sugar rush" says Iria sitting down and taking Custurds left paw and holding onto it to make sure she doesn't leap around the train with excitement.
Nikki: "Well Hunnies this is our stop lets get going" making their way down the long halls through the Industrial zone, it was noisy with lots of Anthro's wandering the halls "It's so busy" says Custurd "Yes it is, keep hold of my paw we don't want you to get lost here Custurd" says Iria tightening her grip on Custurds paw.
They stop outside the Residential offices, It was a very large and imposing building with long glass windows that went from the floor to the ceiling. Making their way through the front doors and stopping at the reception.
Receptionist: "Hello and welcome to the Residential Offices, how may I help you?"
Nikki: "Oh Hiya Hun were here to collect some files on our new arrival this afternoon"
Receptionist: "Very well and what is your Resident ID number please?"
Nikki: "Uhmm four six...wait no four eight five nine one three" as the receptionist inputs them into the database.
Receptionist: "Thank you Ms Nikki, you're new arrivals name is Lisa, she is 19 years old and her species is Fox. She requires no special treatment however she has little memory of when she was young" "No memory Hmm sounds familiar" Nikki mutters to herself.
Receptionist: "If I could just get a paw print from you and then I can give you her ID card to be entered into your Den's database system" "OK Hun here you go" pressing her paw onto the print scanner.
Receptionist: "Thank you very much here's her card and I hope everything goes well, Please contact us if there is any questions with the number on the forms"
Nikki: "Thanks Hun!" as the three of them make their way outside of the building.
Custurd: "So what now, Is that all we came here for was that silly card?!"
Iria: "Yes that's it for now Custurd we can go home now and get ready for this Lisa to arrive"
Custurd: "Aww but I want to go shopping and to the Technocade, maybe I'll see some cute boys there!!! Ms Nikki please can we go too the Technocade!? PLEASE!!!"
Nikki: "Hmm OK Hun but we cant stay there for long as Iria said we need to be home to greet Lisa into the Den" "Yay!!!" shouts Custurd as she pulls Iria along towards the metro line.
As the train pulls up to the Commercial zone the doors slide open and out bounces Custurd
Custurd: "Yay lets go shopping!!! I want a new dress and some tops and some trousers and some knickers and some jewelery and some shoes and a new bag!!!"
Iria: "Ugh how much sugar does this girl eat?" Looking at Nikki.
Iria: "Remember Custurd were not staying here long so how about we just get you some new knickers for now OK?"
Custurd: "Hmm OK Iria I guess so but we can come back tomorrow right!? I really want to try on loads of dresses!"
Iria: "Well were see shall we" making their way for the nearest clothes shop.
Nikki: "OK the underwear is over there lets go take a..." As Custurd lets go of Iria's paw and darts towards the dresses "OOOooo they so pretty" Custurd says with her mouth wide open looking up at the mannequin display "Come on you" shouts Iria "Were not here for those today lets go look at the knickers for you yeah" taking her by the paw and pulling her along.
Nikki: "Here you go Hun these would look great on you" holding up a pink pair with little rabbits on them "Err no Ms Nikki" as she turns away digging her paw into the knickers and pulling out a black lace thong "Now that's more like it!!!" shouts Custurd.
As Nikki and Iria look at each-other puzzled "Shes growing up fast isnt she" says Iria "Afraid so" says Nikki "Soon enough she will be raiding your clothes for things to wear Iria" as the look of horror appears on Iria's face.
Nikki: "OK Hun are those the ones you like?"
Custurd: "Oh yes Ms Nikki, can I have a red pair too and a pink and maybe a white one too?"
Nikki: "Oh alright then but you promise you will be good when Lisa arrives OK?"
Custurd: "OK Ms Nikki I will do my best" as Custurd grabs the other pairs and makes her way for the pay point.
Alvarez: Hmm I wonder whats taking those three so long?" he says to Tillis.
Tillis: "Well they took Custurd so I'm not surprised they're taking longer than expected"
Alvarez: "Yeah your right there *laughs* hopefully they make it back in time before the new arrival comes" going back to polishing the pictures on the wall.
Suddenly the front door bursts open and Custurd comes hopping in "Hey Tillis wanna see what I got!!!" as she empties her bag onto the book that Tillis was reading, Looking shocked at what Custurd had brought.
Tillis: "Uhm you two brought her these???" looking at Nikki and Iria standing in the door way
Iria: "She picked them..."
Alvarez: "Yeah they are rather revealing aren't they but as-long as it keeps her happy it's fine"
Custurd: "Yay thanks Alva!!! I knew you would let me have them" giving him a big hug.
Iria: "So has the new arrival come yet?"
Tillis: "No your just in time she should be here in a few minutes" as Custurd scoops her knickers up into her arms and runs of into her room to try them on.
Alvarez: "So how did it go at the offices?"
Nikki: "Yeah it was fine, We got her Resident ID her name is Lisa and she is 19 years old" as shes enters Lisa's details into the Dens computer system.
Suddenly there's a knock at the door "Oh that's should be her now" says Nikki getting up and walking to the door to open it.
Nikki: "Hiya Hun welcome to you're new home"
Lisa: "Oh uhm H...Hi you must be N...Nikki, I'm Lisa"
Nikki: "Come on in Hun meet the rest of the Den mates" as Lisa makes her way into the Den Nikki looks out the door and see's she didn't have any possessions with her.
Nikki: "Say Hun don't you have any bags or anything with you?"
Lisa: "Oh uhm n...no I don't"
Iria: "Travel light I see, Anyway welcome im Iria that's Alvarez and that's Tillis an..." as Custurd comes hopping out of her room topless and wearing just a pair of her new thongs
Custurd: "Uh...UH OH" stopping dead in her tracks and looking at Lisa with embarrassment as everyone but Lisa laughs out loud.
Iria: "And this is Custurd..." looking at a rather red faced Lisa.
Custurd: "Im so sorry Lisa" grabbing a blanket from the sofa and covering herself with it "You have very pretty red hair Lisa" Custurd says perching herself on the edge of the sofa.
Lisa was a fox she was about Iria's height but she was also a little more curvier than Tillis, she had large green eyes and long flowing red hair with pale orange fur with very light brown fur which covered her stomach and breasts, She wasn't wearing much just a green cardigan buttoned up and a pair of worn out holey blue jeans.
Tillis: "So where are you from Lisa?"
Lisa: "Oh uhm not far..." looking down at the floor.
Tillis: "Oh OK well you will be sharing my room with me so please make your self comfortable" as Lisa lifts her head and smiles at Tillis "Thank you" she says.
As Lisa sits there talking with Nikki, Tillis looks at Lisa and has a feeling she's seen her before, she doesn't recall where but she feels it was a very long time ago possibly as far back as when she was still a cub.
Alvarez leans over Tillis and speaks quietly into her ear "Are you OK babe you look like you've seen a ghost?" As she pulls back and smiles at him "Y...Yeah im fine don't worry"
Alvarez: "Alright you lot would you all like a drink?" as everyone but Custurd accepts "Custurd, would you like a drink?" Alvarez says
Custurd: "Uh oh y...yeah sure thing" as she sits there gazing at Lisa
Iria: "Don't stare Custurd it's rude" Iria quietly says to Custurd
Custurd: "I'm sorry, shes very pretty she is, maybe we could be friends and go shopping and talk about boys and do girlie stuff you know"
Iria: "Heh maybe, she seems very shy so just be careful OK"
Custurd: "OK Iria you know whats best" as Custurd gets up to go to her room but forgetting to hold onto the blanket "Oh nuts!!!" shouts Custurd as she gets up revealing herself to Lisa again and making herself and Lisa go bright red "I...I am so sorry Lisa I'm going to go put some clothes on now" "It's quite alright Custurd you have a very attractive figure so don't feel to embarrassed" as Custurd blushes some more and giggles "Thank you Lisa, you are very pretty too" Custurd says then makes her way into her room.
Nikki: "I'm very sorry about Custurd shes very hyper most of the time and talks before she thinks"
Lisa: "It's fine, it's nice to see someone so happy with life and full of energy"
Iria: "Yes Custurd has bucket loads of energy that's for sure"
Lisa: "I'm sure she means no harm she seems like a very nice girl"
Iria: "Oh yes of course, shes rather smitten with you to be honest, she was hoping you and her would become good friends and do girlie things together"
Lisa: "R...Really? that's really sweet of her..." as shes blushes slightly.
Iria: "Oh yeah definitely, it'll do her good to have someone of her age about the place"
Nikki: "OK y'all I'm going to get some food cooking up for tonight, were be having tofu soup"
Tillis: "Mmm sounds yummy my mouth is already watering Nikki"
Alvarez: "Sounds good to me Nikki I'm looking forward to it" as he places a tray with 5 glasses of water onto the table "Drinks on the table you lot" as Custurd comes hopping out of her room snatching the nearest glass to her "Thanks Alva" she says tipping the glass towards her mouth but spilling half of it down herself "AHHH COLD!!!" she screams.
Iria: "Oh Custurd how did you miss a mouth like yours..."
As everyone laughs making Custurd run into her room red faced again with embarrassment.
Chapter 03
Piece of the puzzle
Tillis begins undressing to go to sleep, slipping of her knickers and shirt pausing for a moment in-front of the mirror as her eyes are drawn towards the scar below her stomach. It looked dark in the dim light giving it a more visible presence, She runs her paw along it and bites her lip as she trys to remember just where the scar came from, it didn't look like a wound the edges were too perfect it looked more like it was done on purpose but for what reason? Whatever it was she couldn't piece together what little memory she has of when she was younger.
Tillis turns around and flicks the light switch off before climbing into her bed and resting her head on her pillow, Quietly the door opens and Lisa makes her way into the bedroom closing it behind her, Tillis stays silent and watches her as she walks to her bed in the dark only illuminated by the red glow from the stereo in the far corner of the room. Watching Lisa undress herself sliding her jeans and knickers to the floor and unbuttoning her cardigan, Tillis couldn't help but gaze there was something so familiar about Lisa but she just didn't know what, Looking at her golden red hair which reached down to her bottom as she makes her way to her bed as she slowly climbed in Tillis got a quick glimpse of her lower stomach Lisa had the same exact scar in the same exact place Tillis has on herself, Tillis gasps quietly but Lisa heard.
Lisa: "Oh Tillis I'm sorry I tried not to wake you"
Tillis: "N...no it's OK Lisa, G...g'night"
Lisa: "Good night Tillis" as shes tucks herself into bed resting her head on her pillow and closing her eyes.
"Hmm she has the same mark I bare" Tillis thinks to herself turning to lay on her back and look at the ceiling "So there is something familiar about her, But why?" closing her eyes slowly.
"You there!!!" a deep mans voice shouts from the other side of the room "What are you doing here on you're own?!" as Tillis stops in-front of what looked like a containment pod which stood above her "U...Umm I was lost" Tillis says shaking as the man moves closer, he was tall very tall a good 6 feet higher than Tillis, his features were difficult to make out in the darkness he seemed to be wearing a long cloak with a hood covering his head "This is no place for you to be wandering about little...thing" the man replies taking her by the paw, His hand was rough though not covered in fine fur like Tillis's it was like leather like skin. "I am taking you back to your pod, you know its not safe for you to be wandering around a place like this for someone your size and importance" as he then lifts her up by the waist with one of his hands and holds her close to his body. Making his way back to her room through two large black metal doors. Stopping in-front of her containment pod then placing her onto the blanket inside "Don't go wandering of again as it may not be me who will find you, not everyone here will be willing to keep you alive"
As Tillis looks up scared through the domed glass as he closes the door on her. She curls up into a ball crying and cold, there was nothing she could use to wrap herself up in she was naked and only had a number of bandages wrapped over her, bandages which had blood on them, The blanket she lay on was riddled with dry patches of blood also. Crying she wondered if she would ever leave this place let alone leave this place alive. As she wakes up in what seemed like morning but she couldn't tell as there were no clocks or any sign of light in her room, the only light emitting from the lamp inside her pod.
A man slowly opens the door and walks in as he opens the door a red light floods the room, Looking through the glass she See's many pods like her but unoccupied, utensils hang from the walls on hooks things like scalpels and knives they glistened in the red light which quickly darkened as the door draw shut. The man slowly walks towards Tilis's pod, looking through the glass at Tillis, His face was long and narrow his skin was wrinkled and his hair was for what little hair he had was gray almost white. He lifts the door on her pod and reaches a hand inside grabbing Tillis by her right arm, she squirms but his grip was incredibly strong she couldn't pull away, as he reaches in with his other hand holding a large syringe with a long needle on the end Tillis starts to panic she shrieks with horror and starts crying, the man however ignored her actions and proceeded to press the needle into her upper arm and injecting the substance into her. He then let's go of her arm and closes the pod door on her leaving her curled up and crying.
She starts becoming very sleeping due to the drug that he injected her eyes start to blur then begin to close.
As she begins to wake rubbing her eyes she finds her self laying inside her pod on the blanket which was wet, wet with blood, her blood. Looking down there is a large bandage taped across her lower stomach and blood seeping through the bandages and running down her body.
"U...ugh! OUCH!" she cries as she pulls herself up to look out of the glass dome.
The room was dark as always however one of the pods light was on though there was no one inside of it. Trying to come to terms with what had actually happened to her she begins to feel feint, struggling to keep herself upright her vision goes dark and she passes out.
Suddenly shes woken up by someone lifting the door on her pod, Rubbing her eyes she looks at the stranger it was an Anthro she was feline in looks and had light golden hair and dark brown fur "I'm getting you out of here" she says unbuttoning her shirt and wrapping it around Tillis then scooping her up into her arms "Be quiet OK it's not going to be easy getting out of here" as she preses her back up against the wall and pushing the door slightly to see down the dark hallway bathed in red light.
Quickly she sprints down the hall sliding to a stop just before a turn then pressing her back up against the corner and peering around it "Shoot! there's 3 of the bastards" she says reaching her free hand to her crossbow attached to her belt, She pulls Tillis closer to her body holding her with her left arm "hold on tight OK" as she jumps out from the corner and starts running towards the three figures at the end, Suddenly there's gun fire dodging their bullets as she unloads bolts towards them, two of them fall to the ground but the other walks towards them as they draw closer she leaps into the air holding her right foot out and slamming the figure in his neck dropping it to the ground landing on top as she stamps her foot hard into its neck twisting it followed by the crunching sound of bones snapping "Hmph" she says as Tillis peers out of the shirt wrapped around her at the three bodies on the ground, they looked like men, they wore masks and had wires and tubing coming out of their body and appeared to be wearing what looked like black rubber suits "Drones" the Anthro says "Born entirely to extinguish our race, they feel little pain and always attack in numbers" as she makes her way to the air vent above them. She jumps up grabbing hold of the edge pulling herself up but just as they are almost inside a number of footsteps can be heard running down the hall followed by several rifle shots "Argh shit!!!" she hisses as a bullet catches her in the left leg pulling herself up into the shaft. Pulling herself along through the shaft with Tillis still clinging onto her side "OK we've gotta get out of here there is not much time left" the Anthro says stopping before a grate above a dark hallway.
Smashing the grate with her paw and dropping out into the hallway "That's our way out" she says limping towards the door at the end, Making their way through the door out to the open world. It was dark the sky was a dark red and the moon was bright amber lighting what little there was left of the city they had emerged into, Making their way across the broken dusty street she looks back towards the door they came from "Shit there's more of them!" she says as eight maybe ten more drones come walking out the door carrying rifles. Darting down an ally to their left as she tries her best to sprint with a wounded leg "UH Uh...Argh!" as she trips "I can't go on, you will have to get there by yourself little one" She says lifting Tillis up in-front of her "Hide in that wrecked car they wont find you there, they don't know you've gone missing they only want me! when its safe to come out make your way down the ally and towards the mountain in the distance, get the the foot of the mountain before dawn or you won't make it!!!" she says as Tillis reluctantly crawls under the wrecked car and hides behind the wheel.
The Anthro pulls herself to her feet and looks back down the ally where the drones stand, she begins to walk slowly towards them limping as she drags her foot "ROAR!!!" she shouts as she suddenly picks up speed and begins sprints towards them jumping to the left onto the wall then jumping from the wall into the pack of drones gunfire can be heard along with a scream from the Anthro when BOOOOM!!! the whole group of them go up in a huge explosion, Tillis looks on frightened, wiping the tears from her eyes she wraps herself up in the shirt again and waits until everything has gone quiet.
Looking out from under the car everything seemed quiet as Tillis picks herself up and looks towards the sky "It's orange now I don't have long left I have to move it" she says to herself.
Quickly she starts running down the ally to the empty street ahead looking to her right she See's the mountain the Anthro told her about, running down the wrecked street and hopping over debris from fallen buildings or broken cars as she makes her way to the end of the street where it suddenly stops and becomes a huge baron wasteland full of burnt dead trees, she slowly walks across the sandy plain and into what looked like was once a river which had since been completely dried out. She starts sprinting along as fast as her small legs could take her as her eyes are fixated on the mountain in the distance, suddenly her foot catches an object as she trips over sliding on her front through the sand coming to a stop in-front of a very burnt out tree, Picking herself up she looks back at what she tripped over thinking it was a rock but as she stepped closer and looked at it in more detail it was in-fact the skull of a creature...it looked Anthro like but it was to narrow to be an Anthros skull it was badly burnt but as she looked up she noticed that the whole area was covered in these skulls along with many other bones all scorched too, stepping back she hears her foot crunch into one of the skull "Oh my" she says looking down as her foot sits within the skull she stepped on to "These look like the skulls from those creatures who I was with" she thought to herself then looking at the sky which had turned to a lighter shade of orange "Oh no I don't have long left at all" she says as she feels the warmth in the air begin to rise.
Quickly she starts to run, running faster than she had done before as the mountain began to fill her vision, She could see halfway up the mountain that the sun had started to rise as it was bathed in sunlight. She stops at the foot of the mountain but there's nothing immediate there apart from the many bones and dead trees which littered the area "What now, where do I go!?" she says frustrated she kicks one of the skulls at her feet which bounces of a dead tree then breaking into several pieces. Suddenly at the foot of the mountain the large rock in-front of her a small opening appears at the bottom of it. A woman's voice calls out "Hey there, Are you Tillis!?" as Tillis walks slowly towards the opening "U...uhm yes I'm Tillis" "Great!" the voice replies "Where is the Anthro that saved you?" "S...she sacrificed herself to save me" Tillis says clutching the shirt the Anthro wrapped her up in "OK Tillis your safe now you are with us the Anthro's and were taking you to Centre Earth"
"Centre Earth?" Tillis thinks to herself as the Anthro climbs out of the small opening walking towards Tillis. She was tall and slim with purple fur and short red hair, bending down and picking Tillis up in her arms "It's OK Tillis were get you cleaned up and remove those bandages on you" she says to Tillis in a comforting voice as she makes her way to the opening and climbs inside closing it behind her.
Chapter 04
The Survivors
8:22am Nikki pulls herself out of bed and stands there moving the hair out of her face and rubbing her eyes, As the room comes into focus she notices Alvarez awake and putting on his jeans and top.
Nikki: "Oh heya Hun, good morning how are you feeling?" as she makes her way over to him and wrapping her arms tightly around his waist and giving him a cuddle.
Alvarez: "Hey Nikki, I see you're feeling bright this morning" as he looks down at her naked body "I really hope your going to put something on before you leave the room hehe"
Nikki: "Oh hehe yeah of course Hun, I just wanted to give you a lovely warm cuddle" smiling into his eyes then resting her head on his chest.
Alvarez: "Uh that's OK but I better get some breakfast going for everyone" pushing himself away from Nikki.
Nikki: "Aww OK Hun what'ya making today?" Looking rather sad because she was no longer in his arms.
Alvarez: "You're favorite, Rolled wheat" as Nikki looks at him trying to think if he was being sarcastic or not.
Custurd: "Hey Iria that's cheating!!!" Custurd shouts as her and Iria sit in-front of the screen playing Anthro fury together.
Iria: "Haha! Got you again" As she hammers the buttons with her paws making her character spin Custrurds around and throwing it into the pit.
Custurd: "Grrr... I don't like this game anymore I wanna play Bunny hops Adventure" Dropping the joy-pad onto the floor and slumping herself into the sofa.
Iria: "Alright you can play that after breakfast as-long as you eat it all this time" As Iria flicks the screen onto the News channel.
Custurd: "News!? BORING!"
Iria: "Oh shut up you" As the news reporter begins to announce the latest information.
Reporter: "Many Anthro's may be experiencing some issues with their power supply for the next couple of days due to a malfunction to a number of the solar panels on the Earths surface. Some appear to have been sabotaged with the cables cut and panels smashed. However no clues have been left and the saboter is still at large"
Custurd: "Cool!!! so does that mean were going to have a black out?"
Iria: "Uh no I think were OK Custurd, Our section isn't connected to the panels that were affected"
Custurd: "Oh...that's a shame, I want some action around here" As she grabs the remote and flicks the screen over to her favorite channel AMTV.
Custurd: "Yay I love this song" as she jumps up onto the sofa and flails her arms around wildly.
Alvarez: "Alright you lot breakfast is on the table" as all the den mates make their way to the table apart from Lisa who was still in the bedroom.
Pulling herself out from under her covers and flicking the lamp next to her bed on. Stepping her way over to the mirror and looking at herself, running her eyes from her face down her breasts and stopping at the scar on her stomach. Slowly she begins to gently stroke her paw along it and bites her lip to hold back her cry. Tears slowly roll down her cheeks as she brushes them away with the back of her paw. After a short while she pulls herself away from the mirror and grabs Tillis's gown that was thrown over the back of her chair and wraps it around herself and leaves the bedroom to have her breakfast.
Upon the Earths surface located within a large run down factory.
A tall dark man walks slowly down a dark corridor filling it with the sound of his footsteps on the tiled floor, He wore a long black flowing robe that dragged along the floor behind him and a hood that covered his face, His figure appeared to be very muscular.
He stops at the large metal door at the end and presses his hand against it pushing it open.
Slowly he walks into the next room, A large hall, it was pitch black and you could not see where the walls started or the floor finished only the feint blue light that trickled in through the door the man had left opened illuminated subtle shapes of hundreds of figures standing in its centre.
Silently they didn't move or make a sound they just stood there like stone statues.
Suddenly the man pulls a staff out from his robe it adorned an Eagles head on the top and the shaft was made of roughly cut wood.
He raises the staff into the air and the eyes of the Eagle burst into an intense white light illuminating the room and all the motionless figures within, their eyes begin to glow red and they all step forward one step and straighten themselves up onto a neat formation.
"Greeting's soldiers" the man says with a very deep and powerful voice "It appears the solar panel sabotage went according to plan, this should give us the perfect opportunity to infiltrate Centre Earth and do so unnoticed by the Anthros. As you all know specimen 001 is still unfound and our primary duty is to obtain it and return it to our labs for testing to further our research into the perfect Anthro vaccine. With this vaccine complete we can put an end to this threat to mankind and we the humans the Survivors will re-inhabit this Earth as the primary race once again!" as every member in the room raise their right hand into a fist and shout "For the human race!"
"We do not expect this mission to be easy, we expect many casualties and many life's to be lost but none will be in vain. The Anthros may have superior reflexes and skills but they will not be expecting us, giving us the advantage. We shall win this...this War! We will prevail!!!" as the room erupts once again with the chant of "For the human race!"
Custurd: "Yay Bunny Hops Adventure here I come!!!" Spooning the last mouthful of rolled wheat into her mouth and forcing herself to swallow it.
Nikki: "Well done Hun you ate the whole lot today!" Giving her a cuddle and a kiss on the cheek as Custurd jumps over the back of the sofa to land in-front of the screen itching to play.
Alvarez: "So how you feeling today then?" he says looking at Tillis.
Tillis: "Oh I'm OK, been better but nothing to worry about"
Alvarez: "Alright babe, well just so you know I'll always be here for you" as Tillis smiles at him then gets up from her stool and makes her way over to him and sits on his lap putting her arms over his shoulders.
Tillis: "I know you are, you do so much for me I don't know how I could ever repay you"
Alvarez: "I don't ask you too, I just want to know that you are well and happy that's all I could ever ask for" as Tillis's eyes begin to well.
Tillis: "Thanks Alva you're so special to me" pulling herself closer to him and gently pressing her lips against his and giving him a kiss. All the while Nikki looks on from the kitchen "Hmph" she says to herself "Why do I never get the men..." placing the empty bowls into the washer then slamming the door.
Iria: "Hey sweet heart you alright in there you need a hand?"
Nikki: "N...no I'm fine Hun don't worry about me"
Iria: "So Lisa how are you today how did you sleep for you're first night here?" looking at her.
Lisa: "Uhm yeah it was fine"
Iria: "I'll say, you were the last to get out of bed this morning you must have been comfortable"
Lisa: "Y...yes I didn't want to get out of bed" smiling at Iria.
Iria: "Ha don't expect many lay-ins with this girl around im telling you" as Custurd turns to look at Iria and pokes her tongue out.
Custurd: "Hey Lisa did you wanna join me in Bunny Hops Adventure!?!"
Lisa: "O...oh sure thing Custurd" as Custurd grabs the other joy-pad and leaps onto the sofa next to Lisa and dropping it into her hands.
Lisa: "So uhm what does this do?" as Custurd looks at her bemused.
