November 19, 2001Written By
Zhie
He moved through the weeds slowly, his sleek body brushing them aside as he
neared the drawbridge. Water cut to either side of his leathery skin, caressing
his fins as he slid up to shore. Placing his fins upon the muddy ledge of dirt,
he lifted himself directly up from the stream. Shark crept up to the structure,
carefully avoiding the roaming red shafts of light. As he made his way to the
back of the building, he reached for the water resistant case that hung off his
shoulder. From inside, he pulled a pair of binoculars, and looked up to the
windows of the third story. Crouching in the moonlight, Shark adjusted the
lenses and focused in on one particular window.
He saw nothing at first, but after waiting, saw what he had hoped he would
not. It had taken him over a year to train his lion not to come to this horrible
place with that damned cheetah. And now, sitting in Cat's Lair, with a puma on
his lap, was Thunderwolf, a bottle of brandy in one hand, grabbing Pumyra's ass
with the other. Shark threw down his binoculars, then kicked at the dirt.
Struggling to keep from either dragging Thunderwolf out of the lair by his tail
or flopping down and crying right there, he fled back to the water and swam
downstream.
---
Dr. Zhie raised an eyebrow as Shark glumly shuffled past her into her
Lonsdale residence. In the living room, a card game had been paused so that the
doctor could see who was at the door. Shark briefly greeted the three at the
table with a nod. Ruka was missing his socks and belt, Faero his shirt and vest,
and RD was somewhat happily down to only his pants. Had he been in a better
mood, Shark would have joined in for a few hands, but instead the ichthyoid
merely continued to walk to the dining room, where the liquor cabinet was built
into the wall. Immediately he opened it, fished around for the highest proof
bottle he could find, and downed half the bottle. Shark began to open his jaws
to speak, but the doctor waved it off as she slipped the bottle from his fin and
motioned for those in the living room to leave. The three sighed, collected
their clothing from the center of the table, and headed in the direction of the
billiards room of the basement. One of them tossed the doctor's lab coat back at
her as they left. Instead of grabbing for it, Zhie let it fall short and hit the
floor. She was busying herself with the table, which Shark now realized was a
locked cedar chest. Curious, Shark knelt where the doctor was crouching and
digging through the contents. She began to hand him book after book from the
box. Shark giggled and smirked as he read the titles. He smirked again when he
read the name of the author. While he was skimming one of the books, he felt
something get tossed at his side. He looked, and noted it was a medical bag, it
was heavy, and whatever was in it didn't sound like medical stuff when it hit
the ground. Shark looked up. Dr. Zhie was grinning mischievously, then handed
him one last item – a 35mm camera with a zoom lens. Shark hugged the doctor,
then hastily gathered the numerous books up into his fins. Zhie helped to lift
the medical bag atop the pile, then placed the cording that was attached to
either side of the camera around Shark's neck. Dr. Zhie planned to walk him to
the door, but Shark's pace had quickened so that he was out the front door
before she had been able to get halfway across the room.
---
Shark hurried back to the three bedroom townhouse that he and Thunderwolf
shared. Excitedly, he began to dig through the bag, and pulled out each item,
examining it before setting it on the floor. It amazed him that so much would
fit into such a small case. After setting up the room, he giggled to himself as
he skimmed through the books he'd borrowed. Several times he had to reposition
the play toys that he had set out. At the very last moment, and due to a
suggestion from the book he'd most recently aged through, he dimmed the lights,
lit two or three well placed candles to keep things darkened, and threw a sheet
over the items he had on the table. As he heard the key turn in the lock of the
door, he tucked the books under a throw pillow on the chair. The figure of a
lion staggered through the door, fumbling for a light switch. Shark stood and
approached. When he reached the lion, he pushed the thundarian's arm down and
away from the switch. Thunderwolf's golden-brown eyes met the aqua-grey gaze of
the shark.
For a moment, the aquatic biped began to doubt his being able to continue
with his plan. It took merely a second for him to regain his courage as he
dwelled in the eyes of his lover and realized no remorse was present, no trace
of an apology for what had been done. Of course, the lion had no idea that Shark
knew where he'd been and what, or in this case who, he'd done. Regardless, Shark
raised a fin and slapped it across the feline's jaw, then shoved him against the
wall.
--- Thunderwolf's first reaction was to retaliate, both with force and with
words. It was the triple row of razor sharp teeth that stopped him. But stubborn
pride won out, and Thunderwolf attempted a lunge at the Shark. The attempt
failed, as Shark saw what was coming, and slid to the right, then shoved down
hard on the lion's back. Thunderwolf crumpled to the floor, landing on his hands
and knees.
His ATTEMPT to get up was met with resistance on his back. Looking up, he saw
Shark standing over him. The grey skinned man shook his head, maintaining on his
face a look of pseudo-anger. In fact, to Thunderwolf, Shark's expression,
coupled with the fact that his arms were crossed over his chest, made him look
like a drill sergeant. This unexpected change made the lion curious, and he
decided not to try to get back up unless he was so instructed to. From behind
his back, Shark produced a thick leather collar. Thunderwolf's jaw dropped
slightly as Shark bent down in front of the lion. Drawing it around the
thundarian's neck, Shark brushed his lion's mane out of the way and adjusted the
thick strip until it was tightly wrapped. Thunderwolf swallowed, but found it
difficult to do so with his throat constricted as such. His thoughts were
intense at the moment, and he somehow wasn't able to pull his mind back to
reality until he felt his entire body being yanked forward. Shark jerked on the
leash again. At first, Thunderwolf did attempt to get back up to his feet, but
was again met with the same resistance as before. Cursing quietly to himself, he
slowly crawled behind Shark as he was led into the living room on his hands and
knees.
The sight as he entered the room shocked and intrigued him. Most of the
furniture had been moved to the edges of the room so that there was a large open
space in the center. All of the shades were drawn, but a few glimmers from
nearly burnt out candles allowed a certain glow in the room. The lights from
passing cars flickered every so often through the blinds, giving a rather dark
and sinister feel to the usually bright and cheerful room as the faded light
slid down the wall. A moment later, he realized why the room was not lit as it
usually was. Above the room, where there once had been a chandelier hanging,
only the hook that attached it to the ceiling remained. He had not noticed that
while making this observation, Shark had ventured behind him. Without warning, a
wet towel was scrunched against both his nose and mouth.
Before having –A chance to –React-he-was—-----awakened suddenly as
something awful passed under his nose. Coming out of his daze, he watched as
Shark replaced the cap on a bottle. Thunderwolf made an attempt to lunge
forward, but with no success, for the next thing that was brought to his
attention was that his arms were bound behind him, and his feet below. But…very
loosely bound. As he began to get his bearings, he planned to voice his opinions
on how Shark was treating him – yet could not speak. His throat dry, his
tongue sliding over a smooth rubber gag that had been inserted so that his mouth
could barely close around it, lips unable to move. The light flashed in through
the slits in the blinds, and the lion could make out the shape of his beloved,
yet suddenly turned sadist Shark, sitting on the sofa. Thunderwolf looked above.
The hook overhead had a rope running from it to behind him – somehow he was
aware that it connected to his hands. There was a pulley of some sort as well.
Not about to find out how the makeshift contraption worked, Thunderwolf
struggled against the bonds. Shifting, pulling, and straining did him no good,
and only exhausted the thundarian. He was perspiring heavily, which was more
than evident to Shark, as the ichthyoid had remembered to remove all of the
lion's clothing before restraining him. Shark now took delight in watching the
writhing form strung up in the center of the room, the moisture glistening off
of his tanned skin. Muscles expanded and contracted, chest rose and fell, and
finally, his moving slowed and stopped. Shark grinned again, stood, and
approached his captive. Pleading eyes met his, and for the first time, Shark
could smell fear. He'd smelled it before, from others he'd met. People he knew,
some in passing who took a moment to look in awe at his jaws, then briskly walk
away. Sometimes his friends, just because of his massive size and power, both of
which he kept in check at all times, but still could cause the heart to skip a
beat. But never had he smelled fear from Thunderwolf. And he liked it. Running a
fin from the lion's cheek down across his chest, and then around to an
altogether different cheek, Shark felt his playmate's body tense and shiver
beneath his touch. An almost spasmodic reaction was the result as Shark firmly
grasped his lion's rear end. Thunderwolf made another desperate tug on his
restraints. Shark furrowed his brow, faking a look of sadness and confusion as
to why his slave would try to escape from him. Stepping behind his lion, the
shark grasped a small bar that was bound on either end of one of Thunderwolf's
wrists and raised it so that it was well above the lion's head. Thunderwolf
cocked his head back to see the foot long piece of golden metal. The design was
familiar to him – it was a replication of a certain Thundercat's weapon of
choice – the expandable energy staff. And it was the word `expandable' that
made him struggle again, trying to force his arms back down at the very least.
Shark gave the bar a twist, and Thunderwolf's arms were suddenly wrenched apart
and spread above him. Then the rope from the ceiling was pulled, and he was
suspended from the hook, arms pulled taut overhead. Thunderwolf's throat
expanded, and had he not been gagged, Shark would have been the recipient of a
loud roar. The fish giggled. And then became mischievous.
First, Shark adjusted the bar connected to Thunderwolf's feet, so that the
lion was now fully displayed and stretched tightly. Shark weighted down the
lower bar, then raised the lion higher. This caused the restraints to pull
Thunderwolf even tighter, and Shark licked his lips in delight at Thunderwolf's
expression. Both pain and pleasure were written upon the feline's face, though
Shark could still pick up on the smell of fear – as well as arousal. It was
time for Shark to find where he'd placed that camera.---Thunderwolf could do
little more than watch as Shark fumbled through the assortment of items on the
table. He did notice a rather familiar camera – the one he'd given to his
daughter on her eighteenth birthday when she'd shown interest in becoming a
photographer for the Third Earth Inquirer. If it really was hers, that meant
that Shark had most likely borrowed a number of other objects. Thunderwolf again
tugged at the ropes. Shark's attention was brought back to the lion. He stood
and approached, holding in one fin the camera, and in the other he had a rather
crude looking instrument. It was a shoot of dried bamboo, but one end had been
cut lengthwise so that there were five or six thin pieces branching from the
handle, which was wrapped in leather. Shark set up the camera from the side,
adjusting the timer to shoot every forty-five seconds, then hurried to position
himself behind the lion. The canvas of tanned fur was spread out in front of
him, and he anxiously tried to decide where to begin. The first swat was mild,
in the realm of pain. Thunderwolf would have barely noticed the first stroke,
except that his entire concentration was on what Shark was doing. The second was
harder, and better placed. By the third, Shark seemed to have caught on to the
idea, and Thunderwolf's body jerked away from the crude whip-like instrument.
The camera flashed just as Shark was laying the forth blow against the lion's
back.
"You like that, don't you?" Shark whispered from behind, placing a
fifth lash against the feline. "Your reflexes are deceiving what your mind
is thinking, aren't they."
The sixth time the bamboo whistled through the air, it stopped closer to
Thunderwolf's neck, and Shark traced the tip of it down his prey's back. A
perfectly timed flash of light came from the other side of the room.
"My, my, what big shoulders you have…" The stick was dropped to
the floor as Shark began to massage the lion's muscular physique with his fins.
"And what big teeth I have…" he concluded, pinching one of
Thunderwolf's shoulders in his massage jaws.
The lion didn't do much as flinch; in fact he leaned into the bite. Shark
grasped the other shoulder and rubbed it a bit harder, then switched to biting
on that one. The camera continued it's documentation of the event, pausing only
when the little red out-of-film light began to flash. The ichthyoid crossed the
room and rewound the film, keeping his eyes on Thunderwolf. The lion was panting
slightly, sweat merely glistening on his skin. Shark was pleased to see that his
work had aroused the thunderian, and was eager to get back to what he'd been
doing. He reprogrammed the camera for longer intervals, then crossed the room to
a bucket filled with ice and concealing a bottle of wine. He returned to the
lion holding it and two glasses, as well as another item. It was a small box,
and it looked somewhat old and decrepit. There was no lid on it, and barely
visible sticking out of the top was some sort of utensil, perhaps a spoon of
some kind. Thunderwolf shifted a bit uneasily.
"You're much more inviting of a physical punishment, I've noticed."
Shark answered him. "You like to thrash about, like to be pushed around a
bit, restrained like this, all that is great fun for you, isn't it."
The lion shook his head, but too playfully for Shark to believe him. It was
obvious that the lion wanted to return to their game as much as Shark did.
"I could whip you until morning, and it wouldn't stop you from going out
after breakfast, finding yourself a Thundercat whore, and fucking her before
lunch, would it?" Shark questioned.
Thunderwolf tried to protest, but through the gag, it was little more than
muffled mewls.
"I need to be able to trust you, sweetie." Shark began to pour the
wine into the glasses while Thunderwolf began to nod in an attempt to convince
him that he would be able to. Shark ignored Thunderwolf's efforts, and carefully
measured the powder on the spoon-like object. He was about to add it to one of
the glasses, then stopped.
Shark held the odorless while powder to the lion's nose. "Do you know
what this is?" Thunderwolf shook his head. "You would like to know,
wouldn't you?" Thunderwolf nodded enthusiastically. "I don't think I
should tell you." Answered Shark, tapping it into one of the glasses.
Thunderwolf growled a muffled growl a bit in protest, more in frustration.
Shark set both glasses on the table, the one nearest containing the powder.
"It is what is going to keep you with me and away from those women you
keep going after." Shark placed a fin on either side of the lion's head.
"I need to remove this." He said, fingering the gag. "But if I do
that, you need to promise me you'll be a good kitty. No biting, no yelling, none
of that stuff. I have ways to deal with that if you do. Understand?"
The lion nodded, and Shark carefully removed the obstruction. Thunderwolf let
his jaws relax now that the awful contraption was out of the way. He managed a
hoarse "Thank you" as he kept watch on what his lover was doing. Shark
nodded, gave a grin, and then picked up the glass of wine that contained the
powder. He approached the lion, and held it close to his lips.
"Do you trust me?"
"Of course I do."
"Do you love me?"
"More than anything." Answered the lion softly, his eyes fixed upon
the glass.
"Then drink." Prompted Shark.
"But –" Thunderwolf caught himself, knowing that any protest
would negate his responses. He parted his lips and allowed Shark to hold the
glass so that he could sip the contents. The entire time, he kept his gaze set
on Shark's eyes. If he didn't, he wasn't sure he would have been able to follow
the directions as instructed. Tipping his head back slightly to get the few last
drops, he caught a glimpse of Shark's smile. Shark placed the glass back on the
table.
"I hope that wasn't too bitter for you. The powder tends to make it that
way." Shark picked up the second glass and came back to the lion.
"It was okay." Thunderwolf told him, though he really wanted to ask
how Shark would have known how it had tasted.
"I drank a glass before you arrived. It only works if both drink."
Shark continued, unknowingly answering the unasked question. "But it helps
to drink a second glass without the powder, gets rid of the taste."
Thunderwolf willingly allowed Shark to give him the second glass, after which
he asked exactly what the powder would do to them.
"The closest analogy is that it turns the wine into a "love
potion". It will cause you to never desire anyone else again. And,
"grinned the shark, "it will cause you to desire me more than you ever
have before. Feeling that sort of dizzy, tingling feeling yet?"
Thunderwolf nodded slightly, moving a bit restlessly in his bindings. Now
that Shark mentioned it, he really was aching to get his hands on his fish.
"So, are you going to let me go yet?"
"Absolutely not." Replied Shark. "If I let you go, and you so
much as look at anyone else, you'll end up falling for them. And I don't even
want to deal with the consequences of you looking in the mirror." Shark
approached Thunderwolf again, holding the gag. "If I let you go now, it
could ruin everything. We have to wait until the powder takes its full
affect."
Thunderwolf jerked his head away. "You're not going to put that thing on
me again, are you?"
"You don't like it?" Shark frowned. "I thought it added to the
experience. That's what it says in chapter six, at least." He said,
pointing at the book on the couch.
"True. However, sometimes you have to bend those rules a bit. Chapter
nine, you might not have gotten that far yet." Thunderwolf explained.
"No, it's a long book." Shark grinned again, tossing the gag back
onto the pile of toys and sorting through them. "So, when were you going to
tell me you wrote sex manuals?"
"A lion's gotta do something to make a few bucks." Thunderwolf
answered. "I just can't imagine anyone would still have them, that was back
on Thundera."
"Your daughter was keeping copies around in case she ever had to black
male you." Shark said, picking up a pair of rubber gloves, then realizing
they wouldn't fit over his hands, put them back down. "If that were the
only reason, they'd still have been in the original shrink wrap."
Thunderwolf watched as Shark came skipping over happily with an odd looking
instrument. "What the hell is that?"
"It's something I stole from another fanfic." Shark said proudly.
"I'd tell you what it is, but since it's from someone else's story, and I
can't say the name unless I want to be sued for copyright infringement, you'll
just have to hope that you've read the story it's from."
"That's not a shiller, is it?" Thunderwolf wondered out loud.
Shark's fin suddenly silenced him, placed firmly across his mouth.
"Don't do that! Every time you say that word, we'll end up having to pay
royalties to the person who owns it. That could really start making this fanfic
expensive. And you know that there isn't a whole lot of money in the porn
industry to throw it around like that." Shark removed his fin.
"But that is a shiller, right? Can I have it when you're done? That
would be so cool to add to my torture collection. Please?" Thunderwolf
begged.
Shark was thinking about getting upset, since the budget for the fanfic would
have to be doubled now with the royalty fees they'd have to pay. And yet,
somehow, what had just been said could work to his advantage.
"Well, the only problem with it is, since it's already been used in two
previous fanfics, and now this one, it's running low on power. It's only working
at about a tenth of what it usually can do, and I don't know if it can be
recharged. Are you sure you still want it?" Shark questioned him. He'd been
encircling the lion, so that now he stood directly behind him.
"Oh yes, I definitely still want it." Thunderwolf said, and then
bit his lip, realizing his grammatical errors, too late to retract them as he
felt the oddest sensation run down from the tip of his tail into the rest of his
body. He stiffened and relaxed only several moments after the rod was no longer
in contact with his tail. "Whoa." Thunderwolf shivered suddenly, some
sort of energy still dissipating as it reached the tips of his fingers and toes.
His whole body tingled and he wasn't quite sure if the experience was more pain
or pleasure. He had a feeling he'd have a chance to make a further comparison as
the night continued. Shark slid his fin across Thunderwolf's back approvingly.
"That was the lowest possible setting, you know. I don't know if I
should ease slowly into a more intense level, or let you experience that right
away."
Thunderwolf said nothing, somewhat in shock that Shark was, in a way, harming
him, and enjoying it. "Shark, I am so sorry about earlier. I really am. I
wasn't thinking, and I'll never do it again."
"I know you won't ever do it again." Agreed Shark, "But you
still have to be punished for what you have done. I've let you get by too many
times without even a slap on the wrist. This time," Shark said as the
shiller recharged, "I was to make sure you remember."
The lion jerked against his restraints as the tip of his tail met the tip of
the rod once again. He was jolted a bit more than the last time, and it was
quite clear that the voltage had been increased this time. Thunderwolf gritted
his teeth, and soon the feeling began to leave his body, but not as fast as it
had the previous time. He tried not to pant, but couldn't help it. He was
positive, although he could not see his companion's face, that Shark was
smiling. Instead of protesting this time, Thunderwolf waited for the next wave
to travel through his muscles. And it did, again and again, getting stronger and
stronger. As the level of pain increased, the level of pleasure did as well. By
the eighth burst of energy, Thunderwolf became unsure of his ability to control
himself. Somehow sensing this, Shark placed the shiller down onto the table and
went to the kitchen, returning with a wet cloth. He gave the lion a playful pat
to begin with, looking quite proud of what he had accomplished. Then he
proceeded to dab the cloth about his captive, cooling the lion down. It upset
Thunderwolf that he was less aroused from this act, but didn't protest. The cool
cloth helped his sore, aching muscles and the heat that was contained within him
from the shiller. Shark reached for one of Thunderwolf's wrists, exciting the
lion to think that he was to be released. It nearly disappointed the feline to
feel the bond stretch further still. Shark continued to tighten each of the
lion's limbs. The stretching alone was painful for Thunderwolf, but all this was
placed aside as the shiller once again made contact with his tail.
-----
"How are you feeling, love?" Shark asked, sweeping the cool cloth
across the lion's forehead.
Thunderwolf moaned an answered. The last few hours had been a continuous
cycle. Shark would torture him to the brink with the shiller, only to bring him
back down with the cold water and cloth. For the last hour especially, the lion
had wished some sort of release, and was denied it by Shark. He had no idea what
the correct response was, but he knew he needed Shark, and soon.
"You want me, don't you?" Shark teased, continuing to cool the
lion's skin, though the fur was already wet and glistening from sweat. "You
know what that is? That's the powder from the wine. The shiller is meant for
main, there's no way for you to get excited from it. But the powder, no matter
what, is what makes you feel this way."
"Please Shark, I can't stand this anymore." Thunderwolf finally
managed to gasp.
"I'm sure you could make it past another forty minutes or so."
Shark assured him, readying the shiller.
"Please, don't, Shark, please don't. I feel this…urge, this need…I
can no longer handle this." The lion admitted, hanging his head.
"Are you…surrendering?" Shark traced the edge of the shiller
against his lion's skin, but did not use it.
Thunderwolf contemplated that thought for a moment. Above all, above the
code, thundercats never surrendered. But if he did not, not only would he be
subjected to the further torment of the shiller, which, to him, wasn't exactly a
bad thing – just tiring, but he would also be kept from any other activities
that might be able to happen, and the powder that he'd ingested was causing him
a burning sensation. Not the type of burning from a flame, but another usually
pleasurable type. Unless, of course, you were in a situation such as this, and
kept from quelling the fire. But the implications of a thundercat who had
surrendered were tremendous – turning one's back on the entire group was the
best analogy to it. Turning his back to Cheetara, and Pumyra, and any of the
other female nobles was what he would really be doing. That was what shark
wanted, not for him to abandon the clan, but merely to stop holding private
counsel meetings in their chambers. Thunderwolf looked up to see the shark in
front of him.
"I surrender." He said with a sigh, "But to you, and you
alone."
-----
The pair awoke in the morning, exhausted, but disturbed by an incessant
knocking on the front door. Shark managed to untangle himself from a sleepy lion
who smiled lazily and snuggled back into the comforter as Shark walked to the
door and down the stairs. As soon as he was within earshot of whoever was
banging on the door, he began to explain that he was coming, that horses could
be held, and that if the door was broken, someone's ass would be in a sling.
"Oh, it's only you." Shark let the door swing open so that the
cheetah would enter. "What are you doing here so early?"
Zhie gave Shark a funny look, then showed him the display on her watch. It
clearly read 7:45 am on Friday morning. The last time he'd seen her, it had been
Tuesday.
"Friday! Oh, shoot! I didn't realize we'd been sleeping this long!"
Shark exclaimed.
Zhie gave him an ever funnier look, shook her head, and proceeded to make her
way into the living room where she collected her "therapy supplies".
Shark began to sheepishly take down the contraption he'd built that was still in
the living room. It didn't take long and they had moved everything back into
it's place.
"I'm so sorry, I know I promised I'd get this stuff back to you before
the weekend," Shark began, but Zhie waved it off as they headed to the
door.
Just as the doctor was about to leave, she noticed a peculiar item sitting on
the desk. Picking it up and reading the side of the box, she brushed off the
white powder that had landed on her sleeve, then scratched her head and looked
questioningly at Shark.
"It was a last minute thing, it's from your fridge. Hold on." Shark
fished through a pile of items in a box on the desk and retrieved the lid to the
box of baking soda. "I would have asked, but I was just so excited about it
I forgot."
Dr.Zhie took the box, smirked, and decided not to ask. She was better off not
knowing. She already had too much of an idea as it was after seeing the living
room the way it was. Waving goodbye, she quickly headed out of the house and
down the driveway.