Lunch time came very quickly. But even as it did come very quickly as the various pack
members congealed into the dinning area (didn't feel right to call it a room anymore)
along with the shadow who did so with flawless clockwork precision, a great many events
still found time to take place.
Beatrice seriously considered giving Pearl a cold shower, but then remembered reading
somewhere that that was actually the LAST thing you actually wanted to do to someone
who was passed out due to drinking, you could end up sending them into a coma, or so
said one story at least. The best thing you could rely on was good old fashioned noise,
and even that would only keep them awake for a bit. Still, Beatrice had to know the full
story.
"WAKE UP!" The plain green Beatrice said loud and clear in Pearl's ears.
"WHAA!" Pearl's eyes shot open as she looked around completely disoriented and looking
even more confused.
"Pearl." Beatrice said kneeling in front of her, "Did you use your turn on June?"
"Wha-wha-wha?!" Pearl waved about looking scared.
"Did you?"
"May-mayb-eeeee."
"WHY?" Beatrice hammered in.
"Ferrrre, daa, guud, of shc-da-pack."
"The pack?! How?"
"Zhhhack's da best male save mast-starh, not lettin' em be en hurts da pack..."
"But-but-what does that have to do with June?"
"Shheeeaa, sawh, meaa, wittth Zhhaacckeerieee."
"He told you to?"
"Nooooohh. Ahh did ehh mahself..."
That answer surprised Beatrice, if she could trust what the drunk she-wolf was saying.
"But why Zack?!"
"Eh feeels niice, eh smells niice, eh is niice, eh looks niice, eh talks niice, eh touuches niice,
eh-"
Beatrice got the idea. "You heard what he said about Lawrence and Roger!"
"Et Ferrr daah good of da paack...sooh guud ferr da mastah."
'I'm losing her again. "Why were you with him to begin with?"
"Taaa tell'em... how worthleeesss eh wasss..."
'Apparently that didn't go as planned.' Beatrice thought to Pearl's answer as Pearl was
already out like a light again.
Alexandra came up behind Beatrice and said, "What was that all about?"
Beatrice jumped out of her skin and turned around, "What?"
"She was slurring like a sailor."
"She's drunk. Apparently she took making love to Zackery rather hard."
Alexandra groaned, "I was more upset than ashamed-"
"I'll take care of it."
"Both of you to the female den, there's an announcement that needs making. This order
comes from the master."
"Yes Alexandra." Beatrice scooped up Pearl in her arms and began to track back to the
lady's den.
Alexandra found Sarah, Ulysses and Jasmine paying video games.
"Shut that off and come to the female's den, there's an announcement to be made. This
order comes from the Master."
"Yes Alexandra," all three wolves said, but Alexadnra grabbed Ulysses by the tail making
him yelp.
"You're not a she-wolf."
"Oh... right." Ulysses said the noise of disappointed filtering slightly through his voice.
"I have a message I want to give to Zackery. Tell him the ban on him is lifted." Alexandra
said calmly, "By Master himself."
Ulysses brightened up at the prospect of being useful and hurried along straight to the
Male's den, as he did so, he glanced involuntary looked inside the gallery connected to the
main living room. Inside were five life sized nude gold statues of japanese women with
positively absurd maternal proportions, their pose the only thing keeping them from
falling over (and the pedestals with names no one recognized). All anyone knew was that
the had appeared on the morning the pack had been introduced. No one remembered
anyone missing, but of course, that had been part of the Transform and Dare, and the
pack as a whole had a enough intelligence to guess precisely where they had come from.
For Ulysses, and in fact all the pack members, they represented the ultimate and purest
punishment one could be dealt for disobeying the pack, with the clink's words suggesting
anyone knew would be a glass statue instead of gold.
Ulysses was honestly scared to bits about his worthlessness reaching Master's ears, and
instead of being upgraded into a female or a super male like Roger and Lawrence he'd
become a statue no one would recognize the name of. Sarah however, she liked him as he
was, she did MIND that he couldn't please her, in fact, she seemed more relaxed about
him because of that... and all the time... he felt SAFE around her, like she'd speak for him
and protect him if something bad happened.
When Ulysses hurried to the male's den, he found that Zackery was there with the three
she wolves who looked almost just like Alpha Female.
"Zackery." Ulysses said.
"What?" He asked looking at the boy annoyed.
"Master must have caught wind what Nicole did to you, because he's declared that none of
the she wolves are to reject you because Nicole said so!"
The three she wolves present seemed slightly surprised at this but said nothing, merely
flanking him on all side.
Zackery's eyes lit up in surprise, then excitement, then joy, "Haha! Good old Jen! I knew
she/he wouldn't let me down! I should have known! Heh... could always count on him/her.
Isn't that right girls?"
The she wolves all looked at each other and then said together, "Yes/Yeah/Uh-Huh."
"I guess you should be glade this doesn't really have any effect on you eh Ulysses?"
"Yes indeed." Ulysses nodded perfectly calm, he hadn't minded anything Zackery had said
about his inability to carnal please the females like a true male in the least, because they
were absolutely true.
"You know," Zackery suggested, "You could just ask Jensen to make you one of the girls."
Ulysses blushed, "Actually... I suggested that myself... but Sarah says she likes me just the
way I am."
Zackery blinked and said, "I guess she's into that sort of thing."
"What sort of thing?"
Zackery grimace, "Never mind. Feel free to sit in on any unities I have with any of the
females. You can take lessons from it."
"Thank you sir." Ulysses nodded.
"Speaking of which, hey Hope, 'Belle, Grace, how about we show him how it's done?"
"No./Un-Uh./Not happen."
"What? You're joking."
"Don't feel it./Not now./.... Maybe later."
"Sounds like you girls actually -need- it." Zack slumped. Hope braced herself, but Zack
made no sudden movements, and his voice sounded more disappointed than dark.
Not one of them found his idea of Ulysses watching them mate as depraved, after all, it
was what Ulysses was supposed to be for right? Even if he was still in the early stages of
puberty and thus not in the tastes of any of the females.
++++++++++
"What happened to her?" June asked as soon as Beatrice came in with the passed out Pearl.
Beatrice looked at June doing her best to hide her apprehension. "She passed out drunk."
June feigned ignorance, "What was that about?"
"Having made love with Zack." Beatrice parroted doing her best to sound ignorant.
June did her absolute best play acting, "She sure is taking this harder than she needs to."
"That's what everyone seems to be saying."
June tensed up at Beatrice's words. How many had been around Pearl when drunk?
Dammit. June had been hoping to be done here before Pearl knocked herself out with a
wine bottle.
"Howdy-hoo!" Sarah waved at the mass of females covering the males, she saw the new
two wolf titans, but made no reaction to them beside thinking that they were good
looking, but had no interest in leaping on top of them like her pack mates, Master was all
she needed and for when he wanted her.
Jasmine rejoined the blob with willing eagerness.
Alexandra came in, the gray wolf said, "All males back to the male den, all females front
and center, this order comes from Master himself."
The she wolves in the blob looked rather disappointed at this, but complied as they began
to line up. Beatrice helped Peal to her feet besides her. Roger and Lawrence left the she
wolves also disappointed.
Alexandra looked at the lesser females of the pack and said, "By order of Master himself,
Zack is under investigation."
'DAMMIT!!!' June thought cringing, 'There's no way in Hades no one isn't going to jump the
conclusion Zackery is behind it if I ToD one of those extra males now no matter how I
string things along!!! DAMMIT! I should have used the game on Margot to change
Lawrence for me the moment I set foot back in here!!! From now on if I need to do
something for Zackery dear's own good, I'll do it myself weather he likes it or not.'
Nicole looked very pleased with what Alexandra said, playing with the ribbon around one
ear smiling as broadly as a she wolf could.
"Zackery is NOT to know he is under investigation in any shape or form. This order also
comes directly from the Master and is not to be questioned. Understand?"
"Yes Alexandra." The she wolves said together.
"Also. The Master has ordered that there is be NO ban on Zackery what so ever. He is not
to be barred from the female's den nor is any female forbidden from mating with him."
"WHAT?!?!?" Nicole snarled. Megan also looked shocked. June drank in Nicole's exclaim,
Pearl in her doopy state smiled.
"Weather you mate with him is your own business. You also had no authority to impose
that ban in the first place cousin, so be glade you weren't punished for your
impertinence."
"You dislike him as much as I and Megan do!" Nicole shot back.
"What I feel on the matter is meaningless! You stepped out of bounds reserved for the
Alphas and Betas... be grateful for the Master's mercy."
Nicole opened and closed her muzzle several times, then finally got back in line, "Right
cousin..."
June felt relieved. 'Now I just need to begrudging give Zack a 'second chance' because
Master said so, and I can then stop hiding being with him.'
++++++++
Martha of course said nothing to Nick's mess, she was of course Omega, lowest of the low,
and it did not directly involve the cubs, so what right did she have to say on anything Nick
did?
Mr. P on the other hand, "Clean up on this mess boy."
"That's what I'm doing!" Nick replied at the titanic four legged wolf.
"Do it faster!"
"Yes-yes!" Nick nodded. "I'm just tryin' to find ways to get Lawrence and Roger beefed up."
"The she wolf Margot used her turn, they're as muscular and tough as you are now." Mr. P
said simply, "Master approved before hand."
"WHAT?!" Nick said dismayed agitated and honestly feeling very betrayed. "After I drove
myself insane for her, I mean them?! That's not fair!" Nick whinnied.
"Life's not fair little man! Now get to it!"
"Yes yes!" Nick cried unhappily.
"Greetings to all of you." Alice said as she entered the study.
All the wolves save Nick turned to her.
"Hello Mistress Alice." Martha's bowed all six eyes closed on her two heads.
Alice looked at Mr. P, "Master has spoken Mr P! Mr. Zackery is to be put under a full secret
investigation for the time being to study his motives, designs, and threat level to the
power structure of the pack."
Mr P sighed in relief, "That's good news. A loose cannon is the last thing any group needs.
All they do is sow confusion and disorder in the ranks."
"Yes Mr. P." They also delayed Alice's goal of bringing her cousins and auntie into the
pack, something Alice was none too happy about in the least. Alice then pranced over to
one of the poetry books and began reading Poe.
Marcy and Kevin were relieved that papa would be making sure Zackery wouldn't hurt
them. Bart and Jenny were glade that one was one less complication to -greatly- worry
about for the pack's immediate future.
Nick wondered what the big deal was, but if Nicole said that this Zack dude was bad news,
then Nick wasn't about to challenge her on it in the least!
+++++++++
"Welcome back." Zackery said, showing no visible reaction when he saw the new wolf titan
versions of Lawrence and Roger who were rivals to him and Nick in terms of wolfish and
male form.
"Hello." Lawrence said cooly remembering how Zack had treated him before.
"Ditto." Same with Roger.
"So how does it feel?" Zack asked.
"Eh?" Lawrence asked.
"How does it feel? The power, the size, the strength, the eyes of all the ladies on you."
The clink around him said nothing.
"I can't say I'm not enjoying it." Lawrence said doing his best to sound cultured even if his
new muscle buff make him seem rather contradicting.
Roger of course had Megan's chat with him at the back of his mind but wasn't about to tell
Zack that and put on his best face, "I FEEL GREAT! Bigger! Stronger! Faster! Harder! Better!
Intense isn't it?"
Ulysses just inched back away from this, Roger and Lawrence were so focused on Zack
that didn't even notice him.
"Wonderful then isn't it? So it feels good to be upgraded? As a former female I can't really
give a comparison on this state and my old one, but the -power- really is the greatest
isn't it?"
Still trying to get under Zack's skin Roger replied, "YOU BET IT IS!"
"Glade we agree." Zack smiled and nodded. Lawrence only nodded in turn.
"Hope, Grace." Zack said.
"What? / Yes?"
"Why don't you test out Lawrence and Roger's new bodies while 'Belle acts as a control
group with me."
The girls were completely shocked at this. Zack had just suggested they mate with
Lawrence and Roger then and there? Isabelle looked at her two fellow replicas of Alpha
Female who nodded in return.
"I guess... I guess that sounds alright."
"Be sure to take notes Ulysses." Zack said to the purple wolf boy.
Both the plain green and white wolves just now noticed Ulysses in the room. Somewhere
the last shreds of their humanity screamed that it was bloody wrong to do this in front of
Ulysses, but the two Big Bad Wolves totally ignored it. It was no different than a apprentice
getting to see the craft he was aspiring for.
The females began to place themselves near Lawrence and Roger, not even asking for their
permission or opinions on the matter, which didn't matter in the least anyway, this was
what they were kept male for in the pack anyway.
Ten minutes later Ashley had stormed in to give Zack a piece of her mind and tell him just
how she... wasn't... going to... mate with... him.. just cause a ban was... lifted...
Ashley's brain was easily overwhelmed by the combined pheromones of the now three
fully excited three males Big Bads, her head turning to mush. She was pulled into the three
way mix and match without a word or a complaint. She didn't notice or care when the
match up was between her and Zack, and didn't give it a second thought when they
switched partners again.
She had walked out of the male den thirty minutes later, dizzy, disoriented, and swimming
through a powerful after glow. She walked drunkenly as what she had just done came
crawling through her mind. "All the males... are pretty good.." Ashley said, not being able
to tell which ones had been Lawrence and Roger and which ones had been Zack as things
had gotten totally chaotic. So yes, Ashley settled on just that doing her best to maintain
her dignity, all the males were good.
++++++++++
When lunch arrived, Roger and Lawrence were of course much easier to spot. Megan
however couldn't shake the feeling that her brother had been made into a mimic of Zack
the same way the three new comers had been made into mimics of Alpha Female, and that
gave her a sick feeling at the pit of her stomach.
Of course Magot LOVED the new and improved Lawrence.
Pearl and June still sat apart, and still did her best not to sit too close but not too far away
from Zackery, couldn't flip flop on a whim after all. Ashley two shades of blue had tints of
red as she blushed thinking of the mix and match she had been pulled in and not saying a
word to anyone, but feeling more embarrassed them sickened. She certainly didn't LIKE
Zack now, nor did she feel Nicole had been wrong for the ban or the spot between the
legs (which seemed perfectly healed now), but she couldn't say she hated him either.
The Master's bandages could likely come off tomorrow at the pace he was going, even if
he was still stuck with just drinking fluids today and the next day.
Caroline discussed Nicole's idea of the self defense classes with Master. Alice ate in the
mirror with her aunt and mother, Bart really not wanting to see what he'd end up wearing
if he went in there (he imagined a little boy's sailor suit). He was glade he instead ate
along side his father with his sisters and younger siblings.
Sarah of course sat next to Ulysses. Leaving some joking if she was going to chew his food
for him too, which Sarah ignored and Ulysses blushed from.
The clink of coursed per orders stayed here Zack. The rest of the females were interested
in staying near the males. Kaylee didn't like not having her personal chair with her, but
settled for just being near her mate instead.
The shadows of course going about the task like it was a task and nothing more. That
three of them were women was glaringly obvious by now. But all of them acting like robots
or shadow puppets.
Mr. P and Martha ate side by side in silence but enjoying each other's company as fellow
guardians of the pups.
Nicole close to sit in Nick's lap like he was throne, (which he didn't even remotely try to
object to) and no one questioned her on it, and Jensen didn't even bat an eyelash at it or
give it a first thought nor did his inner circle. This was mostly for Nicole's self confidence
after being battered down by Alexandra more than anything.
Lunch broke up as it always did as the wolves went back to their tasks of either wasting
time or moving along the ebay train or working on the designs for the revisions to the
outside of the house.
This led to a lazy afternoon, Zack oblivious to his three friends were spying on him,
trusting them completely (sans of course Pearl and June's actions, he wasn't stupid).
As the scent from four deer slowly floated up and away from the estate, many deer began
the slow and tireless journey of making their way towards the estate on hoof, driving by a
fundamental -need- to go to it, not understanding it, not desiring to understand it, nor
caring to understand it.
Afternoon turned to evening and evening turned to night. Kaylee finally got her wish
(wearing the helmet and stick again) to get the females and Ulysses and the pups to take
part in a Smash Brothers tournament on her wii... most won through sheer dumb luck to
being ignorant of the game's simplistic controls, while the cubs mostly dominated the
game. Nicole still couldn't believe she got knocked out in the second round. Terri was
blown away in the third. Ulysses and Millie made it all the way to the semi finals along
with Jenny and Kevin. Ulysses and Jenny faced off in the finals, and Ulysses made sure
Jenny made a run for her money as she finally and tirelessly claimed the meaningless
crown of smash champ among the pack.
Dinner was much a repeat affair. There was a total sense of comfort about how routine
and how NORMAL it all felt. It was good. This was there life. This was the pack.
Alice made her nightly visit to Abbey and Samantha, apologizing for the delay which she
sadly wasn't allowed to share details of but promised it didn't have to do with their 'father.'
Abbey and Alice both doing their best to entice Samantha into 'trying out' going through
the mirror once it was time. Samantha own curiosity now driving her mad at all the
possible place she could visit if what Alice said about the mirror was true.
In the kitchen angry, tired, upset, and mentally exhausted Julie slammed down the phone.
"Thank you for NOTHING!" She slowly looked back at the fortune teller's card.... the
insanity of it, the absurdity of it.... 'What do I have left to lose? ... She's just say some
generic and vague mumbo jumbo then ask for money to lift a family curse... just what do I
have left to lose?' Julie thought as she went to bed.
Lawrence and Roger had what could have amounted to a -party- that night with
themselves and the females in the lady's den (the co-ed den didn't seem big enough).
Only Megan, Nicole, and Sarah didn't take part. They moved to the co-ed den themselves
to get away from the smell and the noise.