"This is a disaster." Pearl said to herself upon seeing the new and improved Roger and
Lawrence like a knee-jerk reaction the words flying from her mouth as the image of the
upgraded Lawrence made contact with her brain.
"You think?" June replied sounding ever so slightly sarcastic.
Pearl didn't pick up on June's sarcasm, "When Zackery and Nick were the only big game in
town besides the Master we could count on the others eventually accepting him back due
if nothing else because he was needed.... now Zackery and his infinite stamina aren't as
unique now... "
"Yes I get it." June replied in a hush voice. June and Pearl had discussed June's plan with a
little bit more depth with Zackery, and he figured that they could likely rewrite existence
so Lawrence had been Laura since becoming part of the pack with minimal scarring on
reality. Pearl and June had returned to the female's den to wait for a decent chance in the
corner of the room.
But now that June and Pearl had seen Margot gleefully bringing in the new larger, more
muscular, more wolfhood, pastel green and white wolves, and had heard Ashley and
others chat about how dutiful Lawrence was in bed, this threw everything into chaos.
Keeping their voices low, June said, "Maybe we should just go along with our plan
anywho..."
"No way." Pearl said, "When we were all brought into the pack, none of us had sired
children, so our existences being removed didn't cause any trouble, but Margot now made
love with Lawrence last night... who knows what damage we'll do to reality if we try to
revise him now? In particular after Margot used a turn to make him and Roger into muscle
wolves that can equal Zackery?"
"How do you 'know' so much about this sort of thing anyway?"
Pearl blushed, "I had a boyfriend once, real Star Trek geek, he loved deconstructing the
laws of cause and effect the show used in the time travel episodes... "
"That was just science fiction."
"So was men landing on he moon once upon a time..."
"... okay, we can do this... let's talk somewhere private."
Thankfully nobody paid different she wolves comings and goings that much with the
exception of Megan with June... but she was very very much more so distracted by the
changes to her brother.
While Lawrence drank in the looks of all the she wolves (and doing the smart thing by not
speaking and thus not ruining the moment), Megan ever so slightly unsure approached
Roger.
"Bro... is that you?" Megan asked.
"You bet it's me!" Roger said gleefully, "How do I look? Oh I know how I look! Bigger
everywhere! Stronger everywhere! No one's going to mistake me for a she wolf now, and
let Zackery try to say anything negative about me now!"
Megan nodded, "Yes... Zackery not having any justification for putting you down anymore
is a very very good thing, maybe that'll... that'll teach him to not be so sure himself like he
was still in high school."
"You okay Meg'?" Roger asked concerned while all the other she wolves flocked around
their new white wolf titan.
"It's just..." Megan didn't know how to begin, "Is this really you?"
Nicole meanwhile was trying very hard not to giggle (and only slightly failing), Lawrence
and Roger were gonna shut up Zackery for good now! It was almost too bad, she had been
looking foreword to kicking that aloof wolf down a peg again.
"That's kinda a redundant question sis'." Roger said, "I mean, are Maxine and Robyn really
themselves? We've all been upgraded into Big Bad Wolves and part of the pack, we're taller,
stronger, and faster than any human athlete. I simply now look the part."
"Right, I know, I get that, but...." Megan sighed, "I think I was getting to kinda like how the
two of us were now peas in a pod.... our ages were so close together that everyone kept
mistaking us for twins even before day before yesterday.... but I can't help but feel that
you're now sort of ... generic."
Roger hugged his sister, "Sis', I promise, this is all for the good of the pack, this is what I
stayed a male for, it's still me, Roger, your brother."
Megan only slightly hesitantly hugged back, "I know you are, I know it is, but... I think I
liked being able to hug you all the way around, ya know? It was kinda fun being similar
and everything."
"It's a sacrifice we have to make for the good of the pack, you're for Master, and I'm for
everyone."
"Yeah bro', I know." Megan leaned against her brother's furry chest. 'This isn't a stranger
I'm hugging, it's Roger, it's not a stranger I'm hugging, it's Roger.' She said as a mantra in
her mind.
Zackery had to admit, having morning love making with Grace, Hope, and Isabelle had
certainly been weird, in particular since as Zylphia she had never even remotely considered
herself a slut and loathed people who had sex with less than a hello. But it had also been
very very fun.
Zackery meanwhile his way to 'pass' by the female's den since he didn't want to go through
the trouble of confronting Nicole and anyone else who agreed with her over entering for
Pearl and June... then he saw the new versions of Lawrence and Roger. "Oh shet." Zackery
said in a simple voice, turned around on one foot, and went back he way he came.
+++++++
"Mistress Alice."
The glass she wolf turned to see Martha with Kevin. "Yes Martha?"
"It's time."
+++++++
"So what's our new scheme?" Pearl asked sounding tired behind the bathroom curtain, in
low voices, glade that 'lip reading' would have been impossible even if the curtain didn't
obscure their images thanks to now having muzzles rather than lips.
June said, "If we Transform Laura right off, it'll cause confusion and alarm, and if we alter
reality, you'll throw a panic attack thinking it'll cause a rift in reality due to too many
paradoxes. And we can't have Lawrence say he wanted to be female all along now that he's
been updated into an imposture of Zackery and has no insecurities. ... "
"Again, what's your new scheme for us to help Zackery?" It was stunning to Pearl, the
Dare had simply said for June to not think any negative thoughts of Zackery, but she was
now willing to risk subterfuge for his sake.
"It's rather complex, that's why I want us to run it by Zackery first... we Transform or Dare
Margot..."
"What good would that do?"
"We convince her before we invoke the game to chose Dare to get her her turn back to let
it harmlessly be given to her."
"Ah..." Pearl said, the fact Pearl had used her turn was still an unknown among the pack,
unless she could get her hands on a way to given a new turn, she could be found out,
which would be the final disaster.
"We will Dare her to use Transform on Lawrence, if Lawrence choses transform, she'll
include that Laura thought the pack didn't need four uper males underneath Master. If
Dare, then he and Margot will do a minor display in front of the other she-wolves doing
their best to ad lip so not to appear scripted about Lawrence's sacrifice for the pack. If he
somehow ends up with both, he'll plant some discussing about being surplus before being
transformed in a way that creates the illusion that Margot is Transform or Daring him then
and there."
Pearl sighed, "So all the pressure of using a turn without Master's permission is on Margot
and no us..."
"Yes..."
"But Margot used her turn on Roger and Lawrence remember?"
"Not if Lawrence 'gave it back' so she could change him."
"Ah....."
"You don't sound so excited about this. This is what you want, what I want, what WE want!
To put the pack into a position where they -have- to accept Zackery back into their arms."
"I know but.... we're playing a dangerous game... so much could go wrong..and it could all
lead right back to Zackery... "
"Don't worry Pearl..." June put a burned hand on her shoulder, "I plan to talk it over with
Zackery before I put it into motion. He can help me figure out any bugs I might have
missed."
"So what'll be the female details of the TF anyway?"
"Chest larger than the twins as it can get without being ugly, and some long flowing white
hair, and some oriental red markings on her fur just for the fun of it."
"No changes in how she thinks about Zackery?"
"Neither her nor Margot, the Dare will include she'll think was Laura's idea after the Dare is
done and that it was a perfectly good idea, and double for Laura thinking it was her own
idea."
"We don't want them suddenly changing their opinions about Zack and raising Nicole's
paranoia."
"Exactly."
"Well.. have fun talking about it with Zackery..."
"We are you going to be?"
"Getting drunk."
"Just remember you STILL need to get your turn back before you're found out..."
"...I know..."
+++++++++
Kevin sat in Martha's lap reading Alice in Wonderland still, while Alice, Bart, Jensen, and
the twins gathered around. Kaylee was leaning over the tap over so slightly with her the
three clink she-wolves acting as a singular chair for her again not making a peep of
complaint having enjoyed themselves that morning quite much with Zackery at a joint
request of Jensen, the clink wolves having their first foursome with Zackery (whose
wolfhood was healing fantastically fast).
Bart and Alice sat ON the table, looking at the map the twins had drawn up in as much
detail as they could manage.
"So Alice, do you have everything memorized?"
"I do not have everything memorized, but I do have my instructions for the mission to the
police station and this map committed to my memory. I do think would need a brain the
size of a planet to memorize everything."
The wolves looked at each other then nodded.
"Right... you'll have to leave the map behind one you enter the real world. There are
mirrors in these rooms here, and in pretty much all the hallways."
"I understand." Alice said. "I'll check to see if there's anything reflective enough to enter
the filing room and a computer terminal directly. If I'm spotted I'm not to mention the
pack or any details about myself."
Darla said, "Alice, if you chose something that's not a typical mirror, MAKE SURE it's not
something that'll fade away when the sun comes off it or can be easy disrupted, do NOT
leave yourself without an escape rout. They can't hurt you, but they that doesn't mean they
can't tie you up or something worse, understand?"
"Yes Mother I do understand."
"Remember Alice," Darla implored, "Get in, find out what we need to know, then get out.
Do not be seen. Do not be heard. The security cameras and these red dots. Do NOT be
seen by them! Least of all entering and exiting a mirror. These sketched in spots are the
cameras blind spots. We're lucky they're focused on the doors so they won't be looking at
the mirrors..."
"If a police man stops me, should I bring him into the mirror world?"
"... only if positively absolutely necessary." Jensen said, "More vanishing would just bring
people's attention more, there would be nothing to connect us, but it would be best to
leave without any traces, THAT MEANS VERY MUCH IN PARTICULAR ALICE: Leave no traces
WHAT SO EVER of what you looked at, you don't have finger prints being glass but they
can't see what you looked at or find the folders in question of place... understand?"
Alice inched away from Jesen somewhat frightened in spite of being 'indestructible.' "Yes
Master."
Darla hugged Alice from behind. "It's okay dear, just be a brave girl and stay focused on
the mission."
"Yes Mother." Alice nodded. She looked at Jensen, "So only bring someone into the mirror
with me if letting them stay would compromise things, I understand."
"Remember mother loves you, and she's waiting for you to come home." Darla reminded
her one last time.
"You can do it Alice!" Kevin declared.
"Be careful Mistress Alice." Martha's right head said the other looking at Kevin.
"Just be careful, sister." Bart said.
Alice nodded, "I will." Alice stepped into the office's full length mirror, looking like the
ghost of a blond wolf in a Victorian era dress on the other side rather than unbreakable
glass in the real world. "I'll be back." Alice curtsied and walked out of frame, taking three
steps as she went, "One, two, three...."
And with that, Alice was at the police station in the world within mirrors. Alice stayed out
of the view of the mirrors, but did look at the reflections of the police and criminals as
they passed in and out of frame, looking as ghosts to her in the mirrorverse.
Alice regarded her map carefully to be on the safe side, to the video cameras she'd appear
at best as something that would appear on a 'haunted houses' series, but she remembered
her father and mother's instructions about not being seen.
Now Alice just had to hope that nothing went TOO wrong.