Chapter 97

Paying the Consequences

Part 2

Somewhere downtown, a few miles away from Tommy and his boys, stood Willie. He has been out wandering and thinking since seeing Tommy and the others a few hours ago. He stopped back at the fire he had set hours before dawn to see how much of the house was left, now that more than half the day was gone. He sat across the street on the front stoop of another house and looked at the carnage in front of him. Hardly anything was left of the house now… he thought back to earlier when he had snuck out to set the blaze…

…even though the weather had warmed to chilly lows around freezing earlier this morning, it was a good deal warmer then the fierce cold he and the others had endured over the bulk of the winter, but yet cold enough to put a chill into his bones. It was still cold enough in mid February for him to continue wanting to start fires for warmth among other reasons. Even though he was told clearly to lay low for now and not to draw any attention to himself or the others, he couldn’t help himself. The others just didn’t understand he had to start another fire. He justified his actions by deciding not to listen as some sort of revenge because of how they treated him.

He had taken more than enough shit last night and was way past tired of the abuse; he just didn’t want to take it anymore. Being smacked around, punched, and fucked when one of the others just wanted some ass was something he didn’t enjoy at all, so he finally left even without a clue of where he was going to go in his semi-mentally confused and abused condition. He warned the others once before he wasn’t going to put up with it anymore. Sammy asked him not to go. She warned him that the asshole would just go out and find him again, just as he had the other times Willie had tried to run away. Willie still didn’t understand how the bastard always found him, but he did. Jimmy told him if he left, the big guy was probably going to hit him even more. He didn’t care. In his mind, he was done kissing ass, not to mention letting it be fucked almost at will by them and if it meant a war in his mind so be it. Though he knew it was a war he would lose, but right then he just didn’t care. After looking for somewhere warm to hide and because he just loved fires, he decided to start this one. This one was in a small house a few blocks from where he and the others were staying. He happily started the fire and sat back to watch it begin to consume the house. Willie had heard others say fire was alive and he knew it to be very true. It just didn’t sit there, it moved around, danced, and jumped. It consumed most everything in its path and breathed like nothing he had ever seen before. In his mind, he could imagine it consuming him, as he would then be reborn like the mystical phoenix. Fire had a majesty all its own. It was awe inspiring, a wonder to behold, and the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Willie loved fire. It gave him light, warmth and a feeling like nothing else could offer. All it asked for in return was food and air to breath.

As he sat in front of the house that hours earlier he broke into and started on fire, he just thought about everything that had happened to him lately. He looked out at the roof, which was now collapsed into its first floor. All that was left was the shell. Some flames were still showing from the rear of the house but there really wasn’t much left to burn inside the hollowed shell now. The upstairs bedrooms were now part of the first floor. Much earlier, they had burned beautifully up there and had collapsed onto what was left of the downstairs while he was gone. He got up and walked closer. As he stood there warming himself and watching the flames as they danced around in his head, he thought about it and considered starting another one for a moment to keep his demons at bay a bit longer. He loved the warmth but even more, he loved to watch it consume the house and consume him too.

Back to Tommy and the boys on the hill…

Tommy was just relaxing in the living room from helping Ben earlier. He and Ben had been quite busy with taking care of the fish. They had only recently finished preparing them and sorting them into five groups. Since Cameron was coming over, Tommy thought it wouldn’t be right not to share the catch with them too. The fifth group was for Davie and Duane. It was much smaller than the others were, since it was for just the two of them.

Tommy smiled as he thought of how proud his Cutie was in showing off his big catch. Shawn and Hunter had carted that monster around showing everyone what they caught. They even brought it over to Bryan and Kate’s, where they were a bit embarrassed over how Kate fussed over them and congratulated them on such a catch. Cody and his boys were also suitably impressed when they saw it. Shawn had dutifully told Bryan, Kate, and Cody that someone would be bringing over a share of the fish once they were all prepared just as Tommy had asked him to. Tommy had sent the two boys up to shower when they came back from showing off their monster fish, as they had really smelled of fish.

Once the fish were sorted, cleaned, and vacuum-sealed, Tommy had sent Billy, Joey, and DJ to give the others their fish while he cleaned up some. Tommy knew he would have to take another shower to get rid of the fish smell but right then he just didn’t have the time. So, he washed up the best he could once the fish were all taken care of.

Tommy was happy to see his Cutie was doing so well after his nightmare but he still felt some pangs of jealousy when he saw how close Shawn was to Hunter now. He laughed good-naturedly, when Ben and some of the others told him about the kiss Shawn and Hunter had shared last night. On the inside, he was hurting from hearing that but he didn’t show it. He really wanted to do something about what he saw as his losing Shawn, but he didn’t think it would be right. Tommy thought that maybe he would take Shawn out for a day, just the two of them. He didn’t want to break up Shawn’s relationship with Hunter but he didn’t want to lose Shawn himself. Tommy knew his wanting to keep Shawn for himself wasn’t fair to his wanting to change for Jon, but he just couldn’t help it. Tommy sighed as he tried to figure out what would be the right thing to do, when his thoughts were interrupted by the doorbell.

As Tommy expected, it was Cameron and his two brothers.

“Hi guys, come on in,” said Tommy.

“Thanks Tom,” Cameron said as they all entered the house. “I’m pretty much ready when you are.”

“Okay, I just need to grab Hunter and we’ll be ready to go,” Tommy said.

“I’ll go get him for you Tommy,” Chase offered.

“Thanks Chase. He’s probably in Shawn’s room, just tell him we’re waiting and it’s time to go,” said Tommy.

“Will do,” said Chase as he ran up the stairs.

“Chance, you go have fun, while Tom and I go get some more animals for us,” Cameron said. “And don’t get in trouble.”

“What, don’t you trust me?” asked Chance mischievously.

“Do you really want me to answer that in front of Tom?” Cam said.

“I guess not. Don’t worry I’ll be good, at least for now,” laughed Chance as he went looking for some other boys to play with.

“Is there anything I should know?” asked Tommy watching Chance run off.

“Not really, he’s just been pushing his boundaries lately. Nothing bad, but it has been annoying,” said Cam. “I guess he is trying to see what he can get away with just like I did with my parents when I was his age.”

As Chase approached Shawn’s door, he could hear what sounded like someone jumping on the bed and giggling. He quietly knocked on the door but didn’t get an answer so he decided to open it. The sight before him was something he wasn’t prepared for. Shawn and Hunter were jumping on the bed as he thought, but they were both naked. Their arms and legs were flailing around in the air as they were jumping, not to mention their little dicks and sacs. Shawn immediately dove for cover once Chase opened his door and walked in, but Hunter just kept jumping and waved to Chase.

“Don’t you knock?” said Shawn a little angry.

“I did,” said Chase smirking after catching the two of them.

“He did knock Shawn, I heard him,” said Hunter as he kept jumping.

“Hunter stop jumping please,” asked Shawn.

“Yes Shawn,” replied Hunter as he landed on the edge of the bed sitting down swinging his legs.

“If you heard him, why didn’t you say something,” asked Shawn as he pulled a towel over to him.

“I was just about to when he walked in,” Hunter replied smiling at Shawn.

“Hunter, go grab me my clothes please,” Shawn asked still embarrassed and off balance from Chase walking in on them.

“That was fun Shawn. We should dry off like that more often,” Hunter said as he picked up Shawn’s pile of clothes.

“Yeah Shawn, that does look like a fun way to dry off. I’ll have to try that myself when I get a chance,” smiled Chase. “Maybe all three of us can do it?”

“Get out!” said Shawn quickly pulling his SpongeBob boxers on still hiding behind his bed.

“Sorry can’t. I have a message to deliver. Besides, I’ve seen you naked before and you’re just as small as I remember,” laughed Chase.

“Am not, I’m bigger than you!” said Shawn fiercely.

“If you say so,” said Chase noncommittally paying a great deal of attention to Hunter.

“Stop staring at him,” said Shawn sharply, seeing what part of Hunter Chase was looking at.

“It doesn’t seem to bother him. Does it bother you Hunter if I stare at you?” asked Chase.

“No sir,” replied Hunter.

“See if it doesn’t bother him, why should it bother you?”

“Haven’t you heard it’s impolite to stare?” Shawn asked as he pulled his blue jeans on behind his bed.

“Yeah but if he doesn’t care, then it doesn’t bother me. You sure you don’t care if I stare at you Hunter,” asked Chase.

“Yes sir, I’m sure,” said Hunter.

“Names Hunter,” said Shawn quickly as he pulled his Captain America t-shirt on.

“Sorry Shawn,” replied Hunter. “Yes Chase, I’m sure your staring doesn’t bother me.”

“See he doesn’t care.”

“Well I do. Now give us the message and get the hell out of my room,” said Shawn angrily as he walked out from behind his bed now that he was pretty much dressed.

“Oh yeah, almost forgot. Hunter, Tommy is waiting for you downstairs to go and pick up the animals,” Chase said still staring at Hunter.

“I know, thank you Chase,” replied Hunter as he immediately got up and began to put on his own clothes finally.

“Cute briefs there Hunter,” smirked Chase as he watched Hunter put on his Spiderman briefs.

“Thanks Chase, Shawn got them for me,” smiled Hunter happily.

“You have given your message, now get out!” said Shawn pointing at the door.

“Okay Shawn, I’m leaving. I was serious about all three of us doing that though sometime,” Chase said as he headed for the door.

“I don’t know, we’ll see,” Shawn said embarrassedly.

“Shawn, I’m sorry for busting in on you two like that, but once I saw what you guys were doing I just couldn’t help myself,” Chase apologized.

“Next time try harder,” said Shawn. “Now out, Hunter still needs to finish getting dressed.”

“Okay, I’ll tell them you will be down in a few minutes,” Chase smiled as he went to the door. “Or do you two need more time than that,” he teased as he quickly shut the door to prevent Shawn’s shoe from hitting him in the face.

Chase laughed to himself as he went down to tell Tommy and his brother that Hunter would be there in a few minutes. After he delivered his message, he found Chance playing with Caleb, Danny, and Chris so he decided to join them.

Tommy was in the sitting room with Cam as they talked when he heard someone come down the stairs. He turned to see both Shawn and Hunter walking hand in hand downstairs and over to them. Tommy never realized it until then but he had never heard Hunter make noise as he walked around the house. It was almost as if Hunter was a ghost he could move so silently.

“Sir, can Shawn come too?” asked Hunter innocently.

Tommy sighed, thought about it for a bit, and said, “I guess so.”

“Thanks TJ,” smiled Shawn. “I wonder what animals we will find.”

“Shawn, how did you know that we are going to get some more animals?” asked Tommy. “Hunter, did you tell him? You know you aren’t supposed to repeat what you hear others say unless they actually say it to your face, and I know I didn’t mention what we were going to do to you yet.”

“He didn’t Tommy. Chase said you guys were going to get some more animals,” Shawn said.

“Alright, that’s fine then. Sorry if I jumped on you for that,” said Tommy. “I’ll be right back. I want to check on my brother real quick and then we can go.”

Tommy left them real quick to tell his brother that he was heading out, and to see if they needed anything. He could tell that both of them were still very pissed at him but Luke at least would still talk to him. Kyle was still giving his brother the silent treatment. He refused to let Tommy give him a hug or listen when Tommy tried to apologize for having to do this. Tommy was hurt over his brother’s behavior but there wasn’t much he could really do about it. He thought of grabbing his brother and shaking some sense into him, or beating his ass for being such a jerk. In the end, he knew, while they might be fun to think about, actually doing them would only make matters worse. He left his brother to go find Jon. Once Jon knew he was heading out, he went back over to the sitting room.

“Alright, let’s head out,” Tommy said.

“Are we taking your truck or mine?” asked Cameron.

“I think we can take your truck over there and I’ll drive whatever Al has the animals loaded up onto back to your farm,” said Tommy.

“Sounds good,” Cam said.

They all piled into the truck and headed over to Al’s place.

“You know, it’s kinda nice not having to drive every time,” Tommy said smiling as he gazed out the window.

“One of these days you will have to let me try that,” joked Cameron. “I don’t mind letting Chance drive the farm equipment around but if we go anywhere, I have to drive.”

“I know how that is. I have Ben or DJ who could drive, but it always seems like I drive whenever we all go anywhere,” said Tommy.

Tommy sat back and relaxed, allowing himself to enjoy the unusual experience of sitting in the passenger’s seat. Tommy glanced in the back seat and saw Hunter and Shawn busy whispering to each other and giggling. On their way over to the facility, Tommy’s phone rang.

“Hello,” said Tommy.

“Hi Tommy,” Al responded.

“Oh hi Al, we are on our way to see you now.”

“I know, I’m watching you, I just wanted to tell you that your truck is loaded and ready to go. It’s parked out front, charged up and ready. I only put out a few animals for you. Should you get more people and be capable of taking care of more animals, I will be happy to supply them to you. Until then, you can just keep making these trips to replenish your supplies.”

“Thanks Al, we really appreciate all the help you’re giving us. We will be there shortly,” Tommy said hanging up.

Back at the house fire…

As Willie turned to look for another building to burn, something caught his eye. He quickly shifted his body defensively to see whom or what it was and jumped as it once again turned out to be his worst nightmare. The taller, muscular teen was closing in on him quickly but not really running his way.

‘Shit!’ was all Willie could think to say to himself before being grabbed by the nape of his neck, as he felt a hand clamp down hard on him.

“Owww, shit, cut it out… that fucking hurts!” yelled out Willie in pain.

The hand squeezed harder almost bringing the boy to his knees.

“What did I fucking tell you about starting anymore fires!” yelled the bigger teen, as Willie’s knees began to buckle from the pressure being forced on his neck.

Almost speechless from the pain and pressure being applied to the back of his neck, Willie nearly fell to the ground without saying a word. Finally, the hand let go and almost instantaneously, a big thunderous smack echoed as the same hand found its place upside the right side of Willie’s head knocking him completely to the ground. The force of the blow easily made him dizzy and weak all over from the shock of the impact to his brain. As Willie lay there, he tried to shake the cobwebs and feeling of shock and pain from his head. He looked up at the teen that was now towering over him waiting for a reply. After a few seconds, he recovered enough to reply.

“Not to do it again…,” Willie said weakly.

“Yeah and yet you ran right out, even after Jimmy and Sammy warned you, and did it anyway!” barked the teen as he pulled back a leg and let his boot fly hard into Willie’s ribs knocking the wind out of him. This was followed by one more shot in nearly the same spot before the big teen reached down, grabbed a handful of his hair, and yanked hard. Willie felt as if he was almost pulling his hair out of his head by the roots, quickly bringing Willie to his feet. He stood there as best as he could, as the bigger teen continued to use Willie’s hair to steady him. Finally, he let go of his hair and grabbed him by his coat with his left hand. He took his right hand placing his thumb roughly on the left side of his jaw, and he dug several fingers into the right cheek as he grabbed hold of his face.

“When you gonna listen to me you sorry excuse for a human being!”

He then let go of Willie with a shove and Willie stumbled back a few steps before he once more fell to the ground. He held up both arms to the other teen as he did his best to plead for mercy.

“Please Valen, don’t hit me again…,” he pleaded.

“Get the fuck up before my next shot is square in your nut sac!” Valen yelled at the boy. The large teens wild eyes and specks of saliva forming around his mouth, as if he was beginning to foam at the mouth, told Willie quite clearly he better do exactly as he was told or he might not live to see tomorrow.

With that, Willie did his best to stand up, staggering as he tried to gain his balance.

“Now get your ass back to where we are staying before I call the boss and tell him what you’re doing. He will kill you for sure if I do that!” spat Valen showering Willie with specks of saliva.

“Okay, okay, I’m going. Just please don’t call him. I don’t wanna die!” Willie begged as he took a few steps.

“Don’t worry, I won’t call him…yet, but when you we get back, you better believe you are going to pay for your ignorance in a big way! This time I think without lube will teach you a really good lesson!” Valen laughed, kicking Willie to the ground again.

Willie didn’t say a thing, as he swallowed hard trying to take everything in that just happened. As he got his legs back under him, he could almost feel Valen breathing down his neck as he did his best to head back to their place. He knew this was only the beginning of his punishment for starting that house on fire. He just hoped his punishment wouldn’t hurt too bad, or worse, make him bleed like the first time it happened. One thing was for sure, Valen wouldn’t have any mercy on him. They walked a few blocks before Willie quickly reached out and opened the door. He wanted to get inside before Valen caught up and buried a foot in his ass for just being in the way. Willie got inside before Valen made it to the doorway. This saved him some abuse for now. He quickly climbed the steps to the second floor where Sammy was standing at the top with a gun in her hand ready to fire until she saw who was coming. Willie stopped at the top and looked at her, their eyes met and she could see the fear in his face for a brief second before they both heard more footsteps behind Willie. She quickly got out of his way allowing him to pass, and cleared the way so she wouldn’t be close enough to Valen to get any of his wrath when he reached the top. She already knew before he left, that this wasn’t going to be pleasant when he got back because he bitched up a storm about seeing the smoke before he left to go find Willie. He reached the top and looked at her.

“Baby when I am done with him, if I have any urges left, you will be next,” he said breaking a smile off at her as he walked by leaving his stench behind as a reminder of what a prick he usually was. “By the way, I got word that ‘our friend’ may soon be on his way back from South America. When he does get here, he has some work for all of us to do. Hopefully things will get hot all around.”

He took off his coat, threw it on a chair, and quickly set out to find where Willie went to hide. He found him in the kitchen grabbing something to drink. He walked over and smacked the drink from his hand before grabbing Willie roughly by the arm. He led him out of the kitchen and into one of the bedrooms. In the room was a dirty mattress with a box spring under it. On either side were small tables and nothing more but garbage and a few bottles of drugs.

“Strip!” ordered Valen to Willie as he shut the door and then began to take off his own pants. As they fell to the floor, he stepped out of them kicking them aside and showing off a pair of dirty, skanky, briefs. He pulled them down next. This left him with just his shirt on and a semi-erect four inches that was growing by the second as he waited for Willie to finish undressing.

“Hurry up! My dick needs a hole and yours is where it’s going!” he screamed.

A few seconds later Willie stood there totally naked awaiting his next command.

“You know the drill, on the bed ass up!” he said continuing to give out harsh orders.

Slowly and worriedly, Willie got onto the mattress and then assumed the position on his hands and knees knowing if he did this without being forced to, it could go a little easier on him. Behind him, he felt the bed moving and then a hand on his back as the smell of Valen quickly reached his nose and made him gag. As the dirty pig grew closer, he felt skin on skin and Valen leaned forward to speak something to Willie before he began.

“Its been a while since I did it this way, without lube ya know… maybe you will think twice the next time someone tells you not to start a fire but I guess this time you are going to have to learn the HARD way.”

With that the room grew quiet and then all that could be heard was Valen preparing himself for entry as his hand quickly stroked his growing cock to get it hard enough to enter. Willie remained there on all fours waiting for something to happen as tears began to fill his eyes, knowing exactly what was going to come next. A few seconds later as Valen finished hardening his 8 plus thick inches, he pushed it into place and the next sound heard from that room was a loud scream as things began to go bad for Willie.

Back at Al’s place…

As they were driving up to Al’s facility, the outer gates opened on their own for them to enter. Tommy noticed all the defenses that were innocently hidden all around them but decided he probably shouldn’t mention them to the others. They drove up the winding driveway until they saw a large semi-truck with two attached trailers parked in front of the building. They pulled over next to the big rig and jumped out of the truck.

“Wow, that’s a cool looking truck,” said Cameron.

“Yeah, and look at the size of this monster,” Tommy said looking at the massive truck.

“Well no sense in just standing around, let’s check out what he gave us,” Cameron said as he went around to check it out.

“Tommy, can Hunter and I go look around at the Star Wars statues?” asked Shawn.

“Sure Shawn, you two go stretch your legs while Cam and I look over what Al has given us,” Tommy said.

“Look at this Tommy, there’s a bunch of steers in here,” said Cam excitedly.

“Wow, those look pretty big,” said Tommy.

“Pretty big, those things are huge! They have to be close to three tons each,” said Cam in awe at the big beef cattle. “They must be around twice the size of what I would consider normal.”

“Well Hunter did say Al’s animals were a little bigger than what we would call normal,” Tommy said.

“I know but…Jesus Christ! Look at these! Those pigs are almost as big as my cows and that one looks pregnant,” exclaimed Cameron happily. “And there are some horses over here!”

Tommy chuckled at Cameron, as he was acting like a little kid on Christmas who got everything he could have ever wanted. Cameron had almost squealed like a little girl with delight at seeing the horses.

Meanwhile, Hunter and Shawn were busy looking around at all the sculptures. Eventually, Hunter took Shawn over to a bench and sat down with him on it. It overlooked a nice pond with a fountain in it and a large oak tree behind it that would provide some shade once winter ended.

“It’s really nice here, kinda peaceful,” Shawn said.

“I thought so too. This was my special place. I used to rest and think here after the comet freed me. I only rested here when Al didn’t have work for me to do though. That’s why I buried the others over here, along with the nice old man I met after the comet.”

“What!” exclaimed a suddenly scared Shawn.

“The other experiments that survived the comet along with me are buried right over there,” said Hunter pointing to five headstones. “Number 16, 22, 57, and 88 are buried right there, and next to them is the nice old man, Father Sandy.”

“There are dead people over there!” squeaked Shawn as he began to shake.

“What’s wrong Shawn,” asked Hunter concernedly, not really sure why Shawn was suddenly so afraid.

“I don’t like dead things,” said Shawn standing up and backing away staring at the gravestones thinking about the half-baked he saw on the farm so long ago. Shawn turned around to look somewhere else and saw the other two graveyards in the distance. “What are those?” piped Shawn.

“The small graveyard is for the people who used to work here that died after the comet. The bigger one is for all the half-baked that I found in this area.”

“Why do you have so many graveyards?” asked a terrified Shawn.

“Al said that was how people used to take care of the dead, they would bury them. So, I made the three graveyards to put their dead bodies in,” Hunter told him concerned over Shawn’s behavior.

“Why three?” squeaked Shawn.

“I wanted to keep them separate. The half-baked are all in the big one. I sometimes go by them and feel sad for them. The comet changed them. I don’t think they really would have been such a danger if they hadn’t been transfigured by it. The scientists and other workers graves I stay as far away from as I can. I don’t like them at all, and think bad thoughts when I see them. I didn’t want to make one for them. I just wanted to chop them to little pieces and then burn them up. Al told me I should bury them though. I think he made me bury them because he didn’t want any smoke to give away his position and chopping up a person can make a big mess if you don’t know what you are doing. Al really doesn’t like messes. He likes me to keep things clean, which is probably another reason he made me bury them. The little one here is special to me. They were the closest things to brothers and sisters I had. They weren’t much as far as siblings go from what I have read, but they were all I had. The old man was one of the few people who were ever nice to me, so I thought he should go with them. I like to think they would like this place to rest.”

Seeing Shawn was still very frightened, Hunter reached over to Shawn and took his hand.

Looking him straight in the eye, he said, “Look at me Shawn.” After Shawn was looking at him he continued, “They are dead, they can’t hurt you. More importantly, I’m right here. Nothing, absolutely nothing, will hurt you while I’m around. I won’t allow it. Even if it means Sir has to punish me. I won’t let anything really hurt you, ever. No matter what, I’ll do whatever is necessary to keep you safe for as long as I’m able.”

“Thank you Hunter,” said Shawn softly as he hugged him. “That means a lot to me and makes me feel a lot better. Thanks for being here for me Hunter. I really do appreciate you showing me your special place, but I would still feel better if we could go back to Tommy.”

“We don’t need to stay here then. I want you to be happy. Let’s go back,” Hunter said taking Shawn’s hand and walking back with him.

By the time the two of them got back, Shawn was feeling much better from his little fright. Hunter’s presence and assurance that nothing would hurt him meant a lot to Shawn. Shawn was oddly touched that Hunter would show him his special place and show him the graves of his ‘family’, even if it did scare him.

As they approached the truck, they heard Cameron say, “Oh my God, look at those chickens and that huge pile of animal food.”

“Hunter wasn’t kidding when he said that Al’s chickens were about the size of a large turkey. Just one of those things could probably feed everyone in my house,” said Tommy.

Seeing the two smaller boys come back Cameron asked, “Hunter why are the horses the only animals that look normal sized?”

“If they were bigger like the others then it would be very difficult to ride them. They weren’t bred for food they were bred for work. They are much stronger, faster, and have a much greater endurance than normal horses, and they don’t need as much food or water. They are also pretty smart, as far as horses go. They are all broken so you can ride them. I see Al provided a couple saddles and tack for you so you shouldn’t have any trouble riding them around your farm,” Hunter said.

As Hunter was responding to Cameron, Shawn went over to Tommy and gave him a tight hug. While Hunter was able to banish the vast majority of Shawn’s fear, he couldn’t get rid of all of it. What little was left of Shawn’s fear evaporated in the warmth of Tommy’s hug. Tommy was a bit startled and wondered what was up but just hugged Shawn back.

“Do you think we could go see Al? I really want to thank him for everything,” said Cameron excitedly to Tommy.

“You know we can’t do that,” said Tommy disapprovingly.

“Yeah, I guess,” said Cameron disappointedly. Turning to the building he shouted, “Thanks for everything Al!”

“Alright let’s load up and get the heck out of here,” said Tommy happily.

Tommy went over to the truck and got in. He looked at the displays in front of him and just sat there bewildered. Tommy had originally thought driving the truck wouldn’t be much more than ignition, gas, brake, and steering wheel. Boy was he wrong. The dashboard he was looking at had a ton of different readouts on it. Tommy looked around and couldn’t even find how to turn it on.

He got out of the truck and said, “Ummm Cam, do you know how to drive a big rig like this?”

Cameron got up on the truck and took a look.

“Nope, sorry I can drive most farm equipment but this looks totally alien to everything I have seen before,” replied Cameron.

“Well shit, what the hell do we do now?” asked Tommy.

“I guess we are just going to have to call Al and ask him for help to drive it to the farm,” Cameron said.

“I can drive it,” said Hunter quietly.

“What Hunter?” asked Tommy.

“I can drive it for you if you would like me too,” Hunter said.

“How can you possibly drive this thing? Your feet wouldn’t even touch the pedals and if they could you would never be able to see over the steering wheel. You just aren’t big enough,” Cameron said reasonably.

“Al made a special seat for me and some blocks for my feet so I could drive it. After the comet, I was driving these trucks all over.”

“Well you better go get them then,” said Tommy.

“Yes Sir,” replied Hunter taking Shawn’s hand as he began walking to the main building’s door.

“Hunter,” said Tommy calmly.

“Yes Sir?” asked Hunter turning around.

“Shawn has to stay here. You know he isn’t allowed in there,” Tommy told him.

“Okay,” Hunter said. Turning to Shawn he said, “I’ll be right back.”

Hunter entered the building and only a few moments later, he exited carrying what looked like a booster seat and three blocks with some straps attached to them. Hunter quickly attached the blocks to the pedals and put his booster seat in place.

“I’m ready to go when you are,” Hunter told them.

“We’ll hop in the truck as soon as you start it up,” Tommy said.

“It’s already started,” Hunter replied.

“What? I didn’t hear it,” Tommy said listening intently only to hear a low hum from the truck.

“It’s electric, so it’s pretty quiet,” Hunter explained.

“I’ll say. I didn’t notice when he turned it on also,” said Cameron.

“Cam, you take Shawn and I’ll go with Hunter. We will just follow you to the farm,” Tommy said.

“Tom, I think we might want to grab a bunch of the others to help unload all of this stuff. We will probably need a lot of help with the animals and there are an awful lot of food bags to offload. They look about fifty pounds apiece. I don’t know about you, but I’m not strong enough to move all of them,” Cameron said.

“That’s okay I’m sure we can handle it,” Tommy said confidently.

“I don’t know, I don’t want to hurt myself by carrying too many bags of animal food,” said Cameron worriedly.

“You don’t need to worry about that. Hunter can carry most of them for us,” said Tommy.

“Are you sure? He’s not very big. Those bags probably weight almost as much as he does. I know you told me he is really strong but still,” Cameron said.

“Trust me, carrying those bags of feed won’t bother him at all,” Tommy said.

“Alright, but what about offloading the animals. You aren’t going to tell me he is just going to carry them out too,” joked Cameron.

“No, of course not,” Tommy said quickly. Though the image that sprang to mind of Hunter picking up the animals to carry them out was rather comical, even if Tommy was pretty sure he could probably do it if he had to. “I think the four of us should be able to offload the animals on our own.”

“If you’re sure,” Cameron said.

“I’m sure. Shawn, you get in the truck with Cameron while I ride with Hunter,” Tommy said.

“Tommy, can’t I please ride with Hunter?” asked Shawn.

“I don’t know Shawn. I have never seen him drive before, so I’m not sure I want you to be with him for the first time,” Tommy said.

“Well if he drives as good as he does with everything else he can do, then I’ll probably be the safest one on the road,” said Shawn.

“Hey, I’m a pretty good driver,” said Tommy sounding injured.

“I know you are, sorry for teasing,” said Shawn. Getting a little mischievous grin on his face he said, “I’ll bet you he is a better driver though.”

“What? Do you think I’m an idiot? Driving takes hand-eye coordination. Like I’m gonna bet against him in anything that requires that,” said Tommy.

“It was worth a try,” said Shawn slyly.

“Now go get in with Cam,” Tommy said pointing to the small truck.

“Please Tommy, can’t I ride with you and Hunter. I’ve never ridden in a big rig before,” begged Shawn.

“Oh alright, hop in,” Tommy told his Cutie. “Cam, we’re gonna go in the big truck. We will just follow you.”

“Okay Tommy,” Cam said as he started up his truck.

Tommy got into the big truck and pulled Shawn onto his lap before he buckled them both in. Cameron headed out as Hunter easily followed him. Tommy initially was still a little skeptical of Hunter’s driving ability but soon got over it. Tommy was amazed at the ease which Hunter maneuvered the big rig. Watching Hunter drive suddenly brought up the image of Hunter sitting in a high chair driving this massive vehicle. The booster seat Hunter was using looked just like the baby’s high chair his Mother used to use with Kyle without the table. Hunter very smoothly switched gears as necessary on their way as he constantly answered Shawn’s questions about the vehicle. Tommy was interested in one fact that Hunter told to Shawn. It seemed that this truck was capable of pulling this size load for around four hours but it did have a couple extra generators. That way it could go all day long as it recharged its batteries during the day. Tommy was amazed at how smooth the ride was and how quiet the vehicle was.

Once they arrived at the farm, everyone jumped out of the truck.

“Hey Tommy, I was on the phone with DJ as we drove over here and wanted to ask you a favor,” Cam said.

“Wait, let me guess. You want me to watch your brother’s again so you and DJ can have some personal time. Right?” asked Tommy.

“Yep, that’s it. So how about it?” asked Cameron smiling.

“I guess. You two deserve some alone time,” said Tommy.

“Thanks Tommy, I’ll call him right now and give him the good news,” Cameron said happily.

As Cam was talking on the phone to DJ, Tommy and the others went around to the back of the trailer and opened it up. Cameron hurried over to them after telling DJ the good news. Tommy and Hunter had already pulled out the ramp in preparation for getting the animals out. Cameron went up into the trailer and tried to lead some of the animals out. He wasn’t having too much luck as most of the animals just looked at him for a moment, and then went back to whatever they were doing before.

After a few minutes of this, Shawn said, “Why don’t you just let Hunter get them out? He’s pretty good with animals.”

This earned Shawn a very strange look from Tommy, along with a worried look from Hunter.

“I guess he can’t do much worse than I have,” Cam said.

Hunter picked up a stick from the ground and walked into the trailer. Once inside, he climbed on top of the big pregnant pig. He used the stick to tap the butt of the massive animal and it obediently began to walk down the trailer to the dumbfounded stares of both Tommy and Cam. Shawn was just beaming with pride as his boyfriend led all of the animals out of the trailer. Hunter stopped next to Shawn and reached down. He took hold of Shawn’s hand and quickly pulled him up so he was sitting behind him on the pig. Hunter, with a smiling Shawn holding tightly onto him, led them to whichever pen a still stunned Cam pointed out. Once all the animals were put in their pens, Hunter started on the feedbags as Shawn just kept riding the pregnant pig around the farm. Hunter did do something that Cam thought was very strange, and that was to tell the pig to be good while carrying his friend around. Tommy and Cam helped with the bags, but they didn’t carry nearly as much as Hunter did. They each carried one bag at a time compared to Hunter carrying two at a time, and for every trip they made Hunter made three. Cameron was so happy to have some riding horses that he kept going over to them after each bag he dropped off. Cameron had asked Hunter if the horses had any names and Hunter had dutifully told him all their names. Cam was quickly falling in love with the big chestnut stallion named Bullet. As the others were taking care of the feedbags, Shawn was having a lot of fun riding the pig around. After all the animals and feedbags were put away, Tommy and Cameron started to divide up all the fruit and vegetables as Hunter leaped up to sit behind Shawn on the pig. By the time DJ finally arrived, all the stuff was divided up and was ready to go.

“Hey guys,” said DJ as he got out of his truck.

“Hi DJ, you made good time,” said Tommy.

“Yeah well the traffic was pretty light,” joked DJ.

“I’m sure it was,” laughed Tommy.

“Thanks again Tommy for looking after my brothers for me,” Cam said as he helped Tommy load DJ’s truck with the fruits and vegetables for the people on the hill.

“Don’t worry about it, you two deserve your alone time. I’m happy to look after your brother’s for you. With everyone else in the house, I doubt they will be much trouble,” Tommy said.

“Well, if they do cause problems, don’t be afraid to spank them or put them in a time-out if you think they deserve it. I trust your judgment on that,” Cam said.

“That’s nice of you to say Cam, but I hope it won’t come to that,” Tommy said as he briefly thought to himself about how it wasn’t too long ago that he didn’t trust Cameron to take care of his own brothers after the punching incident with Chase.

“I doubt it will but I just wanted you to know, if you need to I’ll stand behind you one hundred percent,” Cameron said.

“Thanks for the trust Cam. Well I better grab the boys and head out,” Tommy said. “Hunter, you and Shawn need to put that pig away and hop in.”

“Okay TJ,” Shawn shouted. “Let’s go pig, time to go back to your new home. Giddy-up,” said Shawn happily to the pig as Hunter held onto him.

Once the pig was put away, Tommy packed the boys into DJ’s truck. With all the fruits and vegetables stuffed into the back and front of the truck, there was hardly any room for the two boys. Shawn had to sit squished next to Hunter in the front seat as they shared the seatbelt.

Once they had pulled away from the farm Tommy asked, “Shawn, how did you know Hunter was so good with animals?”

“Umm…well it was…ahhh…I mean he’s so good with the dogs. I just figured he might be able to get the other animals to do what we wanted them to,” said Shawn trying to think fast and giving an obvious lie.

“Shawn, I’m going to ask Hunter next, so are you sure you want to go with that answer?” Tommy said calmly. “If his answer is different than yours, then you are going to be in big trouble.”

“Well…I guess not,” said Shawn quietly looking down at his feet.

“Should I just ask Hunter then?”

“Yeah, that would probably be best,” said a suddenly very worried Shawn as he bit his lip.

“Alright Hunter spill,” Tommy said.

“Spill?” asked Hunter confusedly “But I don’t have any liquid.”

“Yes, it means tell me what I want to know.”

“Oh, well Shawn knows that I can sense animals and get them to do things if I really want them to.”

“And how did he learn this? Didn’t I tell you very clearly not to tell anyone else about that?”

“Yes Sir, you did,” Hunter said hanging his head in shame.

“Well then I’m confused Hunter. If I told you not to do it and you understood that, then how could Shawn learn of it?”

“I…I told him Sir,” said a very worried Hunter.

“I see, and why did you tell him?”

“He asked me to tell him,” Hunter replied softly expecting to be hit.

“Didn’t you tell him you weren’t supposed to talk about the other things you could do?”

“Yes Sir.”

“If you told him you weren’t supposed to talk about it then how could he learn about it?”

“He told me to tell him anyway,” said Hunter tensing up for the expected blow he was sure would come this time.

“If I told you not to tell anyone and he told you to tell him, then why didn’t you do what I told you to do instead of doing what he wanted you to do?”

“He really wanted me to tell him Sir. He knew I was doing something. He had told me before it would be okay for me to do what he said instead of what you said, and you didn’t get upset with me for those times,” said a surprised Hunter. He was sure that he should have been hit by now, but Tommy just kept calmly asking him questions, much to Hunter’s bewilderment.

“Did you think telling him was the right thing to do this time?”

“No Sir, but he knows better than I do. I hoped he was right like he had been about the other times.”

“Is that the only reason you told him, because he had been right the other times?”

“No Sir, I told him because he’s a real person and I have to obey real people unless I’m on a mission. You didn’t say the information was classified secret. You just told me not to talk about it. So when he told me to tell him, I… had to,” Hunter said miserably. He knew this was the wrong answer to give but it was why he did it. Hunter still couldn’t accept the idea that he was a real person too. His conditioning for that was too strong for him to overcome. He had been trying to get over that and had many talks with both Tommy and Shawn about it, but he still just couldn’t do it yet.

“I’m just as much a real person as he is, so why did you follow his orders instead of mine?”

“Because he was there and you weren’t. Before when I was in the facility and being trained, if I were given contradicting orders then I would follow the order of the person who was there and deal with whatever punishment I had earned later. I didn’t know what else to do Sir, I’m sorry for disobeying you. I take full responsibility for what happened.”

“So let me see if I have this right. You told him because he told you to. You disobeyed me because he had been right in the past and I hadn’t gotten upset with you.”

“Yes Sir,” replied Hunter ashamed of himself.

“Both you boys are in trouble and I want the two of you to head straight to my room once we get back home. I’ll decide on what to do about this then,” Tommy said unhappily.

The rest of the drive was in silence. The two boys were worried about what would happen to them while Tommy was trying to decide on what the right thing to do would be. Tommy partly blamed himself for this. He had been letting Hunter decide more and more on what he should or should not do. He had tried to give guidance to Hunter to help him choose the right thing but he just couldn’t be with the boy constantly. Hunter had made a lot of progress but this mistake just showed Tommy how much more he needed to go. He hated to do it, but he knew he would have to punish his little Angel, otherwise he might never learn. He hated what he would have to do but Hunter had to understand that there were consequences when he chose wrong. Not the type of extreme consequences he had experienced before at the facility, but consequences nonetheless.

As Tommy pulled into his driveway, he said, “My room, go.” He watched the two boys as they passed Jon and entered the house. “Hi Jon,” he said after getting out of the truck.

“Hey TJ,” Jon said happily. “What’s up with them?” he said pointing at Hunter and Shawn.

“They are just in a little trouble,” Tommy replied.

“Oh, what did they do?” asked Jon curiously.

“That doesn’t matter right now. Can you go grab a bunch of the bigger boys to help move all these fruits and vegetables?” asked Tommy.

“You got fresh fruit! I haven’t had any fresh fruit in ages,” said a very excited Jon.

“Yeah, and fresh veggies,” said Tommy happily seeing how excited Jon was. “Now go get some help please.”

Jon ran into the house and came back shortly with an excited group of boys. They all helped carry the fruits and veggies to the kitchen. Tommy let them all have one piece of fresh fruit before he made them put the rest away in the pantry. He then sent a few of them with some containers of fruits and veggies to pass out to Bryan, Cody, and Davie. They separated the fruits and veggies based on how many people were in each house, so Tommy got the lion’s share for the food.

Once the food was taken care of, he headed over to check up on his brother. Tommy wasn’t too surprised that his brother was still being a butthead. Kyle still refused to acknowledge anything he said, and acted as if he wasn’t even there. Tommy was still hurt, but he didn’t really expect much else from how his brother had been treating him all day. He talked to Luke for a few minutes to make sure they were okay, and he dropped off a couple peaches for them. Peaches were one of his brother’s favorites and he hoped it might start to bring his brother around a little, but no luck. He left them to head upstairs to go deal with Hunter and Shawn.

He took a deep breath to calm himself before entering the room. He saw the two boys sitting next to each other on his couch. He walked over to them and sat down in his chair. He realized that punishing these two was going to be almost as hard as punishing his brother. He just hoped they would take it better than Kyle was doing. Just as Kyle had to learn, so did Shawn and Hunter, that there were consequences for their actions. They all needed to know that when they screwed up, they would have to be punished in some way.

“Hunter, I know I have been trying to get you to make your own decisions and that I have let you get away with disobeying me for some things,” began Tommy. “The things I let you get away with were mainly things for your own comfort. I didn’t want you to hurt yourself anymore than absolutely necessary, but this time is different. I told you specifically not to tell anyone about the other things you can do. I even explained to you that this order wasn’t for your own comfort. It was to try to prevent problems with the others. You’re different enough. I didn’t want you to give the others any more reasons not to treat you nicely. They already treat you differently because of what they know you can do, I didn’t want to give them more reasons. I explained all this to you when I told you not to say anything. You disobeyed me and now I have to do something about it. I’m sorry Angel but I have to punish you. It won’t be anything like what you have experienced before, but I’m going to have to punish you a little. I am very disappointed in you Hunter,” Tommy said.

Hunter had stood mutely in front of Tommy throughout the little lecture. When Tommy said he was disappointed in him, those seven little words hurt him more than he could ever have imagined. Those seven words, made him start to cry. Hunter felt terrible for failing his kind Master. He only wanted to make his Master proud of him and he failed miserably, again.

Tommy gathered the crying little boy into his arms and hugged him.

“It will be alright Hunter. We learn from our mistakes so don’t worry Angel.”

“Yes Sir,” stammered Hunter blinking back his tears. “You aren’t going to send me away now, are you?”

“No, of course not,” Tommy said gently reassuring him. “I’m just going to give you a little punishment and then all will be forgiven. Now for you,” Tommy said to Shawn. “Didn’t I just tell you this very morning that you weren’t to bug Hunter about the things he knew he wasn’t supposed to talk about?”

“Yes sir,” replied a very contrite Shawn.

“He told you he wasn’t supposed to talk about it, didn’t he?”

“Yes.”

“Then why did you force him to tell you?”

“I didn’t force him,” said Shawn defensively, “I...”

“Yes you did Shawn,” Tommy said cutting Shawn off, “You know very well that if you push him a little that he thinks he has to do what you tell him.”

“I guess I did then,” said Shawn quietly.

“There’s no guess about it, you did. I told you this morning not to do that with him but you did anyway. I have talked to you a number of times about this type of thing. Talking doesn’t seem to be working very well with you. You are just too curious. Your curiosity is getting you in trouble. If you don’t learn how to control it, things are going to get worse. I’m sorry Shawn but this time you have gone too far, and I’m going to need to do something more than just lecture you,” Tommy said sadly.

“What are you gonna do?” asked Shawn worriedly.

“I’m sorry but I’m gonna have to spank the two of you. I would spank just you Shawn, since I think you are mainly to blame for this. Unfortunately, I don’t think it would be fair to spank only one of you, so both of you are going to get a little spanking. I really am sorry Shawn, but talking to you didn’t work. Grounding you to your room didn’t help either. Maybe this will make you think twice before you let your curiosity get you in trouble again.”

“You aren’t going to spank me in front of him are you?” said a red-faced Shawn.

“I don’t see why not. It’s not like the two of you haven’t seen each other naked before. The two of you managed to get in trouble together, so I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t just spank the two of you together.”

Shawn looked very embarrassed since he was about to be spanked in front of Hunter. Tommy noticed Shawn’s embarrassment and hoped it would help Shawn to think first and not get in trouble in the future.

“Now, the both of you are to drop your pants and get ready for your spanking,” Tommy said.

Hunter immediately took off his jeans and Spiderman undies, while Shawn slowly walked over to Tommy.

“Please TJ, don’t spank me in front of Hunter,” pleaded Shawn giving his best puppy dog face.

“No Shawn, I’m not going to give in to you this time. If it embarrasses you more to get a spanking in front of him, then I hope you will remember that next time. Maybe it will stop you from getting in trouble,” said Tommy as he reached over to Shawn and pulled him close to him. Tommy could easily see how embarrassed Shawn was. He opened up his Cutie’s pants and pulled them down along with his SpongeBob boxers. Once he had Shawn naked from the waist down, he pulled him over his lap and positioned him for his spanking. Tommy paused and looked over at Hunter seeing him standing close by awaiting his own spanking. Tommy clearly saw that something was bothering Hunter but he couldn’t figure out what.

Hunter stood there very concerned and not sure exactly what he should do. He had told Shawn he wouldn’t let anyone hurt him and Tommy was about to spank both of them. It might have been different if it was someone else who was going to spank them but since it was Tommy, it was causing Hunter a ton of problems. He wanted to protect his friend, but then he absolutely had to obey his Master. To protect Shawn, he would have to stop Tommy from punishing him. The only way he could think of to do that, would be to physically stop Tommy. The mere idea of using physical force on his kind Master was so repugnant that it caused Hunter to start shaking in disgust and fear. From Hunter’s past experiences with spanking, he knew it was painful, and for Shawn it would be extremely painful if Tommy even came close to what he had experienced before. Hunter couldn’t just stand there and do nothing as his friend, who he pledged to keep safe when possible, was about to be hurt. So as Tommy’s hand was coming down to give Shawn his first spank, Hunter reached out and gently stopped it in mid swing.

“Is something wrong Hunter?” asked Tommy surprised by Hunter’s actions.

“Yes Sir. I really would like it if you didn’t hit him. I’ll take his punishment if you’ll allow it,” Hunter said earnestly letting go of Tommy’s arm.

“Why do you want that? It’s his fault that the two of you are in trouble to begin with,” asked Tommy as he held Shawn in place.

“Because he’s my friend and I told him I wouldn’t let anyone really hurt him while I was around. Therefore, I don’t want you to hurt him. Please Master don’t hurt him. Let me take his punishment.”

“I see, very well. Hunter, hold out your hand.”

“Yes Sir.”

Tommy slapped Hunter’s hand firmly but not nearly hard enough to cause any lasting pain. At least no pain that would last for more than a few minutes.

“That’s about as hard as I spank. Now do you think that would really hurt him?”

“No Sir. I’m sorry Sir. I should have known you really wouldn’t hurt us,” said a very ashamed Hunter.

“Yes Hunter, you should have, but that’s okay. I understand that Shawn is your friend and you want to protect him. I’m actually very proud of you Hunter. When you first came here, you probably would have taken his punishment if you could but then it would have been because you would have blamed yourself for what happened. Now you want to take his punishment because he is your friend. That’s a big improvement Hunter.”

“Thank you Sir.”

“You know my butts hanging out here, can we get this over with?” asked an embarrassed Shawn. Who was still being firmly held in place over Tommy’s lap.

“Sorry Shawn,” said Tommy gazing down on his Cutie’s extremely cute ass. It wasn’t the perfect work of art that Hunter’s was, but it had something special all its own.

Tommy quickly spread Shawn’s cheeks and saw that his formerly scarred hole was now in perfect condition. He saw no indication that it had been scarred before. Tommy released his cheeks and began slowly spanking Shawn’s ass. He spanked first one ass cheek, then the other, and then the two at once. He moved from the top of Shawn’s ass to the crease where it joined his legs. Tommy had started out by lightly spanking Shawn, but now he picked up the speed and increased the force of his spanks. By the time he was done, Shawn’s ass was a light rosy pink all over, and he was squirming around on Tommy’s lap in discomfort. The last few spanks had Shawn grunt a little in pain from the continued assault on his butt. Once he was done, he admired his handiwork. Shawn’s ass lightly glowed up at him. He knew it was painful, but that he hadn’t hit Shawn hard enough to make the pain last for more than a few minutes. What surprised him was that he felt Shawn’s little hard dick press on his leg. Tommy figured that happened due to Shawn’s constant squirming and it was just a natural reaction to being rubbed. He knew Shawn was embarrassed enough so he just gently rubbed his back and butt while Shawn got more control of himself. Once he felt Shawn’s dick subside, he pulled Shawn into his lap and hugged the boy telling him how sorry he was for having to do this. As Shawn pulled away from Tommy, their eyes met and Tommy could sense Shawn was thanking him for letting him soften before he got up.

“You are all done now. I want you to go stand in the corner with your hands on your head while I take care of Hunter,” Tommy said gently. “I’m sorry for having to spank you Shawn.”

“Why can’t I watch his spanking? He got to watch mine,” said Shawn jealously.

“Because he won’t be embarrassed to have you watch like you were. The embarrassment was part of your punishment. He gets something different,” said a very tired Tommy.

“Alright,” said Shawn petulantly as he picked up his clothes.

“Shawn, leave your clothes where they are and go stand in the corner with your hands on your head,” Tommy told him.

Tommy watched as Shawn slowly walked over to the corner and put his hands on his head. Tommy took another good look at his Cutie’s ass and happily noticed that the rosy color was already beginning to go away.

“Alright Hunter, hop up. It’s your turn,” Tommy said.

“Yes Sir,” Hunter said. He climbed into Tommy’s lap and positioned himself just how Shawn was positioned before him.

Tommy began to spank Hunter just as he spanked Shawn. In order to get the same shade on Hunter’s ass as he did on Shawn’s, Tommy learned very quickly he would have to hit a lot harder and longer. After every spank, Tommy saw a very slight discoloring. By the time, he could finish raising his hand for the next spank, Hunter’s butt returned to looking as pristine as if he had never spanked it. Tommy didn’t want to hit hard enough to really make Hunter’s ass look like Shawn’s did, so he just tried his best to give Hunter the same spanking he gave to Shawn. When he was finished with Hunter’s spanking, he noticed that Hunter’s two perfect cheeks were still unblemished and the boy hadn’t moved at all. He picked Hunter up and placed him in front of him.

“See, it wasn’t that bad now was it?” asked Tommy as he admired the half-naked boy in front of him.

“No Sir, that wasn’t much of a punishment at all,” said Hunter softly.

“I know. To actually hurt you that way would have required me to hit you a lot harder than I would ever want to do. I want you to know, that I’m sorry for what I have to do next.” Tommy sat there for a moment gathering his strength for what he felt he had to do. “I am very disappointed in you Hunter,” Tommy said seeing tears begin to form in Hunter’s eyes. “I’m sorry but I feel as if you have betrayed me Hunter. I didn’t want the others to know about the other things you could do. I didn’t want that because of the problems it could cause for you and for the problems it could cause for me. I explained all that to you and you still told Shawn. I thought I could trust you Hunter not to talk about those things. I guess I was wrong.” Hunter was now openly sobbing as his real punishment was being given. “Go stand over by Shawn now.”

Hunter dejectedly walked over to Shawn, silently sobbing for betraying his Master. Tommy sat back and blinked back his own tears. It was one of the hardest things he had ever done to spank Shawn and say those things to Hunter. He hoped that he would never have to do it again. Once he had gotten a hold of himself, he called the two boys over to him. Hunter was still sobbing and Shawn’s butt was just a very light shade of pink as the two walked hand-in-hand over to him.

“Calm down Hunter, your punishment is over. All is forgiven now,” Tommy said kindly.

“For…forgiven,” stammered Hunter.

“Yes Hunter. You had your punishment so now you are forgiven. That’s how punishments work here. Once it’s over, all is forgiven,” said Tommy.

“Thank you for forgiving us Sir,” said Hunter blinking back his tears and giving a little smile.

“Shawn, Hunter, I’m very sorry for having to do that to the two of you. I hope I won’t ever have to do it again. I don’t like to punish anyone and feel terrible when I do. I hope the two of you will learn from this and not get in big trouble again.”

“We’ll remember it TJ, we’ll try to be better and not get in trouble,” Shawn said.

“Good, now both of you sit down I want to talk to you about something,” Tommy said. After they both had sat down he continued, “I know the two of you are getting very close to each other so I want to clarify my rules. Shawn, when Hunter says he isn’t allowed to talk about something you are not to ask him about it again, understand?”

“Yes TJ, I understand,” said Shawn softly.

“Good, now don’t forget it cause I’m really getting tired of telling you that. If I have to spank you again for this, it won’t be as gentle. You have been forgiven, but that doesn’t mean I have forgotten what you have done. If you do it again, next time it will be worse,” said Tommy to Shawn. To Hunter he said, “I am ordering you not to tell anyone the things I have told you to keep secret. Under no circumstances are you to disobey that order. If someone else orders you to tell, you are to disobey their orders. You are not to disobey me on this. You are to consider them top secret, and only I have clearance. Do you understand me Hunter?”

“Yes Sir, I won’t break your trust again,” said Hunter solemnly. Saying something was ‘top secret’ was very different to Hunter from just telling him he wasn’t supposed to talk about it. He understood classified material, and telling him that it was top secret would help him a lot in not saying anything.

“That’s very good. Now because the two of you are so close, Hunter I’m giving you permission to tell Shawn anything unless I specifically tell you not to tell him. So, if I don’t actually tell you that you can’t tell Shawn something, that means you can. I’m only doing this because you are so close to each other. I know you are getting to be very close friends and trust each other enough to play around with one another. I think that is a good thing for both of you. I don’t want to do anything that might prevent your friendship from growing. So, I think it might be better for the two of you if you can share as much as possible with each other, but there are going to be some things that I don’t want you to share. I’ll try to be very clear about the few things I don’t want you to share. For the things you can share with Shawn but not the others, you aren’t to talk about them where the others can hear you. You of all people should know when someone is close enough to hear you. So, I better not hear the others talk about them,” Tommy said calmly. Thinking for a minute about some of the comments Hunter had made about sharing information, he added, “In terms you might understand better, everything I tell you not to talk about is to be considered ‘secret’ and if I tell you not to talk about it to Shawn then that is ‘top secret’. Shawn has clearance for secret information but only I have top secret clearance. Now do you understand about what you can and cannot say?”

“Yes Sir, I understand. Everything you tell me not to talk about with the others is to be considered secret material. If you specify that I’m not to tell Shawn, then that information is top secret. Shawn is cleared for secret information but only you are cleared for top secret. No one else has clearance for secret or top secret information. When discussing secret information with Shawn, I’m not to do it when others are around and could overhear us,” Hunter said clearly.

“Very good Hunter, now Shawn come over here and let me check out your butt,” Tommy said. Shawn walked over to Tommy and turned around. Tommy examined his butt and was happy to see that it didn’t look like it had been spanked at all. “Looks good,” Tommy told his Cutie.

“Yeah, well it still stings a little,” said Shawn.

“Well it looks fine, so it can’t hurt that much. I’m sure the stinging will go away soon,” Tommy said. He gave it a light pat and said, “Here’s your clothes, put them back on.” Tommy sat there and watched as Shawn put his clothes back on then said, “Hunter, come here.”

Hunter obediently stood up and walked over to Tommy.

“Hunter, these are the things you aren’t supposed to tell Shawn. Anything about how you were punished or any details about the bad things that happened to you are not to be shared. You aren’t to talk about your missions, past, present, or future. Nor are you to talk about any other abilities that you have, that he doesn’t already know about. Everything else you can talk about with him. Do you understand?”

“Yes Sir,” replied Hunter standing half-naked in front of Tommy.

“Shawn, you now know what you aren’t supposed to ask him about so I don’t want you to bug him about those things.”

“Don’t worry TJ, I’ll be good,” said Shawn.

“I hope so, for your butt’s sake. Hunter, you need to get dressed too,” Tommy said smiling at the boy.

Hunter gave a great sigh, looked distastefully at his clothes, and asked, “Sir, can I please go without them? You said I could when it got warmer.”

“I’m sorry Hunter but it’s not warm enough yet.”

“What if I stayed inside? The cold shouldn’t matter then,” said Hunter hopefully.

“I don’t think so Hunter. Your running around naked would cause some problems with the others,” Tommy said.

“Yes Sir,” Hunter said sadly.

“Alright Hunter, I’ll tell you what I will do. If you are in my room or Shawn’s room, you can be naked if you want to. Anywhere else, you have to wear your clothes. When you are naked in either room, you have to put your clothes on if anyone else comes in and it bothers them. I want you to have a towel close by and cover your midsection with it when others come in, until after you ask them if it bothers them. Does that sound fair?”

“Yes Sir, thank you Sir,” Hunter said happily jumping into Tommy’s arms and hugging him tightly.

“Too tight Hunter, too tight,” gasped Tommy feeling like his ribs were about to burst.

“Sorry Sir,” said Hunter as he gave Tommy a little kiss on the cheek.

“Better, now the two of you go play something,” said Tommy as he gave a pat to Hunter’s bare ass.

Tommy enjoyed watching the two boys run out of his room. He laughed a little to see Hunter’s dick and balls flop around some, as they went straight to Shawn’s room so that Hunter wouldn’t have to put the rest of his clothes on. Tommy sat back and relaxed after his ordeal with his Cutie and Angel. He really hoped he wouldn’t have to do it again but he did think what he did was the right thing to do. Tommy relaxed a good half hour. He finally got up and headed out of his room to look for the next person he needed to talk with.

To be continued in Part 3…