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The Seventh Realm: Volume V

By Mantrid Brizon

Episode 61: On The Road Again

Exiting the guest room with their packs and gear belts on, a thoroughly relieved Sidana and Manny gaze at each other. With little smiles on their faces, they head downstairs. Checking several rooms, they soon find Darius and Koleta as they sit with Isabella and her son, Damian.

“How nice of you to join us." Isabella says with a little grin. “Did you enjoy your accommodations?"

“Yes, we did." Sidana answers, glancing at Manny. “It was wonderful."

“I haven't slept so well in a long time." Manny remarks, glancing back at her.

“I can imagine. Soft, warm places to squeeze into and relax." Isabella quips.

Sidana and Manny both flush as they look to the others. The amused expressions on their faces tell an embarrassing tale. It's obvious to them that their friends and hosts understand the full extent of their relationship. Darius and Koleta could have assumed it from the way they slept. More likely than not, however, the manor isn't as soundproof as they lovers hoped; Sidana was quite loud, after all. Rather than deny their relationship and save face, Manny is quick to claim her.

“What did you expect?" He says as he slips an arm around Sidana's waist. “My mate and I had a lot of energy to release, especially me."

“Manny!" Sidana exclaims, succumbing to embarrassment.

“Remind me to have someone change the bedding." Isabella says to her son.

Taking only a few pieces of fruit for their breakfast, the two soldiers pass Darius and Koleta their gear. At his mother's instruction, Damian finds two hunters who will lead them to the cave system that runs underneath the river. Isabella escorts them to the front door of her manor.

“It was very nice seeing you again, Manny, after all these years." She comments.

“Well, it wasn't even six months ago for me." He quips.

“Whatever."

Quickly spinning around, she startles the group as she places a hand on Manny's upper arm. Taking a single step back, he glances down at the appendage as she gives him a squeeze. He has a brief but powerful flashback to Minkoto when they first met. Sidana's eyes narrow as Isabella steps closer, her picturesque form pressing against him.

“Izzy?" He asks. “Are you alri-"

She leans in and abruptly plants a long, rather passionate kiss upon his lips. Sidana growls and takes a step closer, but Koleta and Darius both rest their hands on her arms, which pull back as she moves toward to the pair. Isabella rests a hand on Manny's chest, her eyes closed as she breathes a sigh of relief. Manny steps away from her and toward his lover, Sidana, snapping Isabella out of her little trance.

“Uh, mom?" Damian asks, a shocked look on his face as he stands with two equally surprised hunters.

“I've wanted to do that for so long. I had the biggest crush on you when I was a girl." Isabella coos.

“... Really?! I always thought you hated me."

“That's just my trademark bad attitude. It's just a shame that you're here and taken now." She sighs. “I'd have bent over a table for you if you even hinted at it, right in front of daddy, if that's what you wanted."

“Oh my..." Manny gulps.

“Maybe I still would." She winks.

“Don't. Do. That." Sidana snarls.

“Calm down. It was just a harmless goodbye kiss." Isabella retorts.

“Was it?" Koleta raises a brow suspiciously.

“Besides, Manny is the only reason that any of you are still alive."

“But you recognized me!" Darius exclaims in a combination of surprise and disappointment.

“I genuinely hate Cyrus; I'd have killed you in a second. I'm letting you live and sending you home as a favor to Manny, and it's also the only reason I didn't search your bags and allowed you to rest here." Isabella explains.

Stepping further back, Manny plants himself beside Sidana. He takes her hand in his, squeezing it tightly. Looking toward him, he looks to her with soft eyes. It's clear to her that he has absolutely no interest in Isabella or her offer; Manny belongs to her and vice versa. Seeing the display, Isabella sighs again, this time in disappointment. She steps closer to the couple, and with her hands resting upon her broad hips and tapering waistline, she looks up at the platinum blonde dragoness.

“I hope you take care of him, Sidana; I really like Manny." She continues.

“I will." Sidana nods, glaring angrily at the short but attractive woman.

“Good. I know he'll take care of you in return. Unlike Yasmin and Cyrus, Manny is the most amusing, kind and well-adjusted killer you'll find. That goes for you too, Koleta. Darius is a good kid, and you seem like a sweet girl. Don't forget what I told you, boy." She finishes, turning to Darius.

“I won't. Thank you for your help, Isabella. I'm sure I'll see you again soon enough, Damian." Darius says, shaking Damian's hand.

“I hope so." Damian grins.

“I can't guarantee that cave is still clear... Be careful." Isabella warns.

Taking their leave, the hunters lead them from their leader's mansion and away from the village. To their surprise, they first begin the journey by heading south, even deeper into the jungle. Looking to each other, they all grow uneasy as the river and village disappear behind them.

“The cave isn't near the water?" Darius suddenly asks.

“No. It's not quite an hour's walk this way." A hunter replies.

“It's that big?" Sidana asks in shock.

“Yeah... Only one person ever made it through to the end." The other hunter replies.

“Why aren't they leading us?" Koleta thinks aloud.

“Isabella would never go back there, and I don't blame her." The first hunter explains.

Following the hunters on a roughly thirty-minute walk, they discover that neither they nor Isabella were misleading them. Manny is grateful that she seems to have changed, softening over the years. He kept his hand near his Ruger P95 pistol, prepared to execute the hunters should they be leading them into an ambush. Looking at the mouth of the cave, they can see chalk marks on the walls. Manny takes off his pack, retrieving a small flashlight. Pulling out a tiny Energizer Romeo flashlight with a ninety-degree head, he screws on a red plastic filter to protect their night vision and clips it onto his belt.

“Those chalk marks stay on the left side and move clear through the cave to an opening on the other side. Isabella said it was far when she marked it. We burned the main tunnel after her team went in." A hunter explains.

“Team? You said only Isabella made it through." Koleta remarks.

“I know... Why do you think we burned it?"

Turning back, the hunters are quick to dart away. It's obvious that they're afraid of the cave and what horrors might lie in wait.

“Alright everyone, try not to use your guns inside." Manny says to the group.

“Why?" Darius raises a brow.

“For starters, it'll echo very loudly. It can damage a human's hearing, or even make them permanently deaf; I don't even want to know how badly you'll be affected. Second, in a small space with unstable ground, like a cave, it could cause a collapse." He explains.

“Great. So, we're defenseless." Darius sighs in frustration.

“We'll be fine. Our girlfriends will protect us." Manny quips.

“I'll protect you, but they're on their own." Sidana coos, leaning in and giving Manny a kiss.

“Good to know we're safe in your hands." Darius facetiously remarks.

“It'll be okay." Koleta says, taking hold of Darius' hand.

Leading the way, Manny and Sidana enter first. Even with the red filter attached, his flashlight bothers their night vision. Forced to trust the human, the race with the weakest eyesight, they walk single file behind him. Touching the chalk marks, Koleta notes that they're made from some sort of stone and don't wipe away with her hand, even with moisture on the walls. They breathe a sigh of relief knowing that all they have to do is follow the markings. Moving slowly and watching their footing, they come to a fork in the cave. The markings enter the left tunnel.

Creeping through, Darius and Koleta can hear a faint gurgling noise, followed by labored breathing. Too faint to be nearby, especially with the echo of the cave, all they can be sure of is that they are not alone. Fearful of causing more harm than good, especially with Manny's warning, Darius keeps his hands on his knife and away from his Smith & Wesson pistol. Coming across another fork, the marks now veer to the right. Walking through the winding passageways, they cannot be sure of their direction; all they can do is keep following the trail.

Entering a large room, the follow the markings on the walls. Sidana reaches out and grabs Manny's shoulders, her claws digging into him. Though he wants to exclaim, he knows that she must have a reason. Looking back, her head is turned to the right. Darius and Koleta, though hard to see in the darkness, even with his eyes adjusted, appear fearful. Manny then hears a shuffling. In the distance, a Zajak hidden in the darkness feasts upon an old kill. The coppery scent of blood fills his nose. Eyesight and strength aside, Sidana has similar senses, but he can only imagine how overpowering it is to Darius and Koleta.

Both juveniles struggle to keep from gagging as they watch three Zajak feasting on a half-rotted carcass of a Kaladez. They tear at the flesh with their teeth, with the entire torso effectively hollowed out and genitalia having long been devoured. The creatures chew on the beast's legs, totally unaware of the four intruders in their cave. Certain that they are distracted, Sidana releases Manny's shoulders before gently patting his back as a signal to keep moving. Creeping as quietly as they can, they pass through the room an enter another tunnel, this one also to the left.

Moving through the long and dark passageway, the noises grow faint. Exiting into yet another room, they look for the markings, which seem to disappear. After searching for a moment, they reappear a distance away, but are sloppy dashes instead of neatly drawn arrows. Manny and Sidana both assume that an attack took place there and Isabella simply didn't mark a portion; they fact that she even bothered when in mortal danger is astounding. Before they can regroup and move through the tunnel, a scurrying behind Darius makes him turn.

“Ahh!" He falls back as a Zajak pounces.

Racing through the tunnel with blistering speed, a lone Zajak happened upon them by chance. With a swift kick, Koleta slams the creature in the ribs, the force audibly cracking several ribs. Her frighteningly large claws dig in, tearing chunks of flesh from the creature. It struggles to rise. Manny pulls Darius to his feet while Sidana steps before them to cover Koleta. The juvenile Ekzel grabs the flailing Zajak, holds it above her head and then heaves it down the tunnel from whence it came. As it flies nearly five meters, it slams into two more Zajak, who came after hearing Darius' cry.

Toppling over, they turn and run, racing down the tunnel and following the chalk marks. Dash after dash, they continue on. Knowing that Isabella was being chased in a cave that she wasn't familiar with, Manny and Sidana both hope that the end of their journey is just around the next corner. A faint blue light bounces off of the rocks near a corner. Is it daylight? Leaping upon her back, a healthy Zajak tries to bite Koleta's neck. In a panic, Darius turns to her and draws his knife. He won't allow such a foul and primitive beast to rob him of her.

She slams it against a wall, sees Darius with the knife and turns, all the while holding its chin to prevent it from biting. Darius slashes its side with the knife and the beast falls back. It lands on the ground and tries to roll over. Quickly stomping on its spine, the now paralyzed creature screams for help. Leaning in, Koleta takes hold of the Zajak's head, twisting and pulling. With her immense strength, she grunts as she tears the head from the monster, ripping the flesh, arteries and snapping the spinal column. She throws the head down the tunnel and turns back.

To their surprise, Sidana and Manny are gone. Their voices call out to them from further down the tunnel. A screeching behind them makes the juveniles both panic. With the blue light ahead and the voices of their comrades around the corner, Koleta draws her pistol and looks back. Darius sees her and also looks behind him as they run. Less than a meter away is a Zajak, eyes wide and bloody maw agape. Startled, Koleta reaches back, points her pistol at its chest and pulls the trigger. Darius barely has time to cover his hears before she fires. Even with his feline ears covered, the volume is disorienting.

Koleta winces from pain but seems to bear it much better than Darius could have. Striking the Zajak, a lucky shot hits it in the heart. The ground begins to tremor and the tunnel shivers. More Zajak screams echo throughout. It sounds as if there are dozens of them. Holstering her gun, they race around the corner to find only a longer tunnel. The blue light was some sort of fluorescent substance. Manny and Sidana wait for them around the corner. Dust and small chunks of rock fall from the ceiling and walls as the cave system shifts, the vibrations from the gunshot shaking loose that part of the tunnel.

Running as fast as they can, the cave begins to collapse, following them like a rolling boulder and filling the cave with dust. Barely able to see, they turn a final corner to see a much brighter light than before. Stumbling over fallen rocks and an already uneven ground, they scramble up and out of the cave, racing into the safety of the daylight outside. Falling into a heap on the purple grass, Sidana lands atop Manny and Darius beside Koleta. Dust is expelled from the mouth of the cave as if under pressure. To their relief, the Zajak's noises are no longer heard; the cave has been sealed behind them.

They lay there for a moment, grateful to even be alive. Manny looks at Sidana and brushes dust from her face. She does the same in kind and the lovers hold each other. Darius rises from the ground and helps Koleta up. Brushing her off, his hands touch her upper legs, sides, and then over her breasts. Looking to him, her eyes narrow and she steps closer. Throwing her arms around his neck, she kisses him passionately, their tongues entwined. Darius cannot help but wrap his arms around her, his hands resting on her buttocks and giving her a squeeze. Both are so grateful to be alive and to hold each other.

Finally rising from the ground, Manny and Sidana look at the juveniles as they make-out in front of them. Manny clears his throat.

“Oh, are you two alright?" Darius asks them.

“We're fine... What the hell was that?" Manny barks.

“What?"

“I told you not to shoot your guns in there. I told you why!"

“Hey, we were in danger." Darius defends.

Koleta appreciates the fact that he didn't place the blame on her, instead allowing Manny to believe that he had fired the shot. However, as their exchange grows more heated, she steps up.

“I gave you instructions like that for a reason!" Manny yells.

“You almost killed us!" Sidana growls.

“It was me." Koleta steps forward.

“... What?" Manny blinks in surprise.

“Darius used his knife to cut a Zajak that attacked me. I killed it and we kept running but another one was right behind me and there were more in the cave. I pulled out my gun when I heard it and when I turned, it was so close it could touch me. I was scared and panicked. I'm sorry." Koleta apologizes.

Looking back at Darius, Manny regrets assigning him blame so readily, while also appreciating his willingness to accept it on behalf of his girlfriend. Stepping closer, Manny grabs Darius' shoulder.

“I'm sorry."

“It's fine." Darius replies.

“I'm glad you're both okay." Manny adds.

“Me too." Koleta sighs happily, taking Darius' hand.

“How's your hearing?" Manny asks.

“It was ringing for a minute, but now it's perfectly fine." She chirps.

Koleta's healing potential is surprising. Darius, Manny and Sidana still feel a mild sensation of fullness in their ears from the echo of the blast. Taking a moment to further collect themselves, they take out the copied map that Isabella gave them. With the cave's exit roughly circled on the map, Sidana looks at the sky and calculates their bearings.

“Alright. A few days walk and we'll be back." She says.

“How many is 'a few'?" Darius asks.

“Three to five, depending on the terrain, and if anything horrible happens." She replies.

“We can only hope." Manny jokes.

“That's good. We only have about that much food left." Koleta adds.

With their course plotted in Sidana's mind, they begin their march through the jungle. For several hours they walk, covering a few miles and seeing nothing eventful. In fact, the jungle is unusually still. Taking a break to eat and rest, Sidana and Manny start a small fire so they can warm their meal. Darius walks a distance away, at first to relieve himself, but then to simply sit and think. With his back to a tree, sitting on the ground and with his knees to his chest, he stares at the swaying blades of purple grass. He turns his head as he hears footsteps; Koleta appears from around the tree, quickly joining him and sitting beside him.

“Thinking about your family?" She asks.

“Yeah." He sighs. “They've been on my mind lately."

“Mine too. I often wonder what my parents are doing. Are they worried? Is my dad able to work the fields? Is my mom still overseeing things in the capitol city for your dad?" She says.

“I don't think about things like that." He replies.

“What do you think about?" She turns to him.

“How my dad's leg is doing. If he's still playing those board games with my sister. If she's still inventing with old Chris. What kind of clothes my mom is weaving. Things like that."

“I see."

“It helps, you know? Thinking about them as if they're not worried." He adds.

“And what do you think Vanolza is doing?" Koleta asks.

The pegs of the bedframe creak as it shifts roughly, the short, wooden headboard gently rapping against the wall. Vanolza's fur is matted with sweat as he lay back, his hands on the juvenile girl's modest, B-cup breasts. Her heavy, tapering tail sways as the girl, about his age, bounces atop him. The Zelkona's already smooth and glossy hide is slick with her own perspiration. Her off-white flesh lined with thick orange stripes gleams in the sunlight which beams in through a nearby window. She gazes lustfully down at him with vivid orange eyes, rocking her hips and ramming the engorged, charcoal black flesh of his member into her taut loins.

“Nng, nng, nnnggaahh!" The Zelkona exclaims in pleasure, shivering as she works her lover. “S-s-sooo good! Ahh!"

“Oh, damn. Nng, I always heard, nng, that Zelkona, nng, girls had, nnf, tight vaginas. I'm, nnf, so glad, nnf, that rumor, nng, is true."

“Nngahh, and I, nnf, always, nnf, heard that humans, nnf, Ketlan and, nnf, py'sel, nnf, had very, nnf, large penises. I'm, nng, glad that, nnf, rumor is, nnf also true. Nngahh!" She grunts out.

The light-colored raptor girl works her teenage lover as thoroughly as she can. His hands slide down to her hips as she rides even faster and with more force, working on her third orgasm. With loud plops his exceptionally large member, big even by human standards and inherited from his father's genes, is rammed into her undersized loins, stretching out her vaginal canal with each motion. Exceptionally tight genitals are a trait shared by all Zelkona females, as well as any py'sel females who are part Zelkona. Juvenile mating and mixed coupling involving the Zelkona or Akzazel females and males of other races, especially humans, are common for this very reason; Akzazel are quickly becoming a staple breed on Monala.

“Nng-yeah... That's a good girl. Nng, you, nng, are doing, nnf, so well. Grrr." Vanolza growls lustfully, smacking the glistening flesh of her firm ass. “Ride me, girl. Nnf, harder!"

“Nnf, nnf, yes sir, nnf!" She coos between grunts.

Resting her hands over his shoulders, she leans forward, gazing longingly at her lover as her orange claws dig into her mattress. The Zelkona had long been a matriarchal race; it's bred into them. The males are often subservient to their females, who are also noticeably larger. Both traits are a direct and permanent result of the gene splicing performed when the ancient humans created the race. The assertiveness of the human, Ketlan and half-breed Sakona men is irresistible to many Zelkona, as it is to Vanolza's young lover.

“Nng, that's right. Fuck me like, nnf, a good girl. Nng!"

“Ahh! S-so big!" She squeals.

Vanolza takes hold of the breasts of the raptor-like girl as her modest B-cup orbs sway in front of his face. He sniffs the sweet, feminine musk of the girl who perspires above him, straddling his pelvis and rocking her hips to the best of her ability. He licks the orange flesh of her nipples and wraps his lips around them, sucking gently on her breast, massaging the other before attending to it as well. It drives her wild.

“Ahh! Ahh! Vanolza! You're, nnf, so good at this, nnf!"

She leans forward and extends her tapering, pointed tongue. Nuzzling his cheek, she licks the matted fur of his neck and gently nibbles at him with her carnivorous teeth. Half-aroused and half-afraid as he feels the razor-sharp fangs caressing his neck, Vanolza takes charge. He bolts upright, startling the girl who plops down hard atop his exceptionally large penis.

“Ahh!" She cries out.

“My turn." He growls.

With a rough spin, he throws her to his left and drops her onto the bed, rolling with her so that she now lay upon her back, her pelvis held up slightly from the girth of her tail. With the appendage betwixt his legs, he gazes down at her, looming over her like her master. He takes hold of a breast with one hand and squeezes, his other forearm holding him upright. Leaning in, he kisses her both passionately and roughly; she feels as though she is his property as he touches and uses her as he sees fit; she loves every second of it. Vanolza quickly plunges himself back into her quivering, taut vagina, driving in the exposed flesh of his member, however small that amount is.

Squealing and growling, she makes a strange sound like a loud purring or grumbling. This is common to Zelkona and the Akzazel half-breeds; it's always a sign of pleasure or happiness. Necking his lover, he plows his flesh roughly into her. Thwap, thwap, thwap as his furry scrotum smacks her firm buttocks. So great is her pleasure, that she can hardly even formulate words, merely moaning, groaning, shivering, and gasping.

“Nng, nng, I'm nng, about to, nng, finish..." He grunts.

“Ahh! F-fill me! Nnf, nnf, puh-please, nnf. Give me, nnf, all, nnf, of your hot, nnf, seed! Nnggaahh!!!" She squeals.

“Ggrrraahh!" He growls.

Slamming down hard and burying himself deep into the quivering, undersized loins of his partner, the girl feels the half-breed boy filling her to the brim. It pushes her over the edge. She lay beneath him, gasping as she strokes the damp, matted fur of his back.

“Hhf, hhf, wow... Hhf, you have, hhf, sooo much." She gasps.

“Hhf, you're welcome." He teases, nuzzling her face.

Elated that she accepted his offer to mate, the Zelkona girl hugs her lover, Vanolza, as he lay atop her. With her arms wrapped tightly around him, he is unable to back away or even pull himself out of her thoroughly used vagina. With their wet bodies pressed together like two matching pieces of a puzzle, she snuggles with him, though he would rather pull himself out of her, clean off, and watch her drink the tea. Nuzzling Vanolza's face with her broad snout, her eyes closed tightly, she wonders what their Ekzel off-spring would look like, forbidden though that would be, as they are both years away from being old enough for their ceremony of adulthood.

“Are we done now?" Vanolza finally asks, gazing into her eyes.

“Almost..." She coos, gently stroking his face with her sharp claws.

She holds him inside of her until she is satisfied, knowing all too well that Vanolza is unable to overpower her. As a young juvenile, she is unsure how often she will be asked to mate by another in her peer group, so she savors the moment, among other things. Hopefully, she can have a lover this good in her adult years.

“I'm sure he's getting into something." Darius chuckles, glancing at Koleta who sits beside him.