Chapter 98

A Day of Reconciliation

Part 2

It was storming outside, as almost all of Tommy’s boys were in the living room watching a horror movie. Everyone was sitting close to someone else as they all were on the edge of their seats engrossed in the movie, when there was a sudden loud pounding on their front door. Everyone jumped or grabbed onto the person sitting next to them in fear.

“Shit!” exclaimed Jon, “that scared the hell out of me.”

“Yeah me too, but it was kinda funny watching you jump like that,” Tommy said.

“It wasn’t very funny to me. I wonder who it is?” replied Jon.

“Only one way to find out and since no one else seems to be getting up to get the door, I’ll do it,” said Tommy loud enough for everyone in the room to hear.

Tommy got up to a few giggles and mumbled sorry as the other boys kept watching the movie. He walked to the door and just as he opened it a huge bolt of lightning struck in their neighborhood practically scaring him to death. Tommy was a little blinded by the lightning, when suddenly he found himself falling as a little bundle of boy leaped into his arms.

“MASTER!!!” shouted Hunter happily hugging Tommy.

“Too tight, too tight,” gasped Tommy. Once Hunter loosened his grip, Tommy lovingly said, “Damn Hunter you startled me there.”

“I know I can hear your heart beat really loud and fast right now. I’m sorry for startling you Master,” replied Hunter suddenly worried.

“Don’t worry about it,” said Tommy hugging the wet boy tightly to his chest giving him kisses to the head as he sat on the floor. “Welcome home Angel.”

“Thank you Master,” Hunter said nuzzling his head into Tommy’s chest and hugging him tightly back.

“Too tight Hunter, too tight,” grunted Tommy.

“HUNTER!” screamed Shawn as he burst out of Kyle’s room only to throw himself on top of Tommy and Hunter.

“SHAWN!” screamed Hunter back as he disentangled himself from Tommy to hug and kiss Shawn who had joined them in a pile on the floor.

All three of them shared a group hug and kisses as the others came running only to laugh at them and welcome Hunter back home. Once things had calmed down, Tommy took Hunter to the bathroom to dry off the dripping wet boy.

“Shawn go upstairs and grab him some dry clothes please,” asked Tommy toweling the boy off and helping him out of his wet clothes.

“Okay TJ, I’ll be right back,” said Shawn as he ran to get what Tommy needed.

“I have missed you Angel,” said Tommy to the now naked boy as he finished drying off his perfect body.

“I have missed you too Master,” Hunter said giving Tommy a kiss

“I love you Hunter,” Tommy said as he picked the little boy up and gave his Angel a raspberry.

“That tickles Master,” giggled Hunter happily.

“You are one cold little boy so lets try to warm you up.”

“Yes Master,” smiled Hunter.

Tommy sighed, as he knew Hunter couldn’t help it by calling him ‘Master’ but he didn’t like it. He knew it would stop soon and he would go back to ‘Sir’. It was better but not what he wanted to be called either. No matter how hard Tommy tried he couldn’t get Hunter to call him by his name, whenever he did try Hunter would fall apart on him.

“Here you go TJ,” Shawn said as he ran into the bathroom handing Tommy Hunter’s Superman pj’s.

“Thanks Cutie, now can you get me one of the blow-dryers from upstairs so I can dry his hair and warm him up a little,” asked Tommy.

As Shawn ran to get it, Tommy picked Hunter up and sat him on his lap hugging him to try to warm him up a little. Tommy once again marveled at the magnificence of Hunter’s body. It was truly a beauty to behold even if certain parts were hiding because of the cold. Suddenly, Shawn ran back into the bathroom and handed the blow-dryer to Tommy. He plugged it in and then began to dry Hunter’s hair and used it to warm up his body. Tommy smiled and Shawn giggled as they both watched Hunter’s little dick and balls come out of hiding. Once the boy was warmed up and his hair dry, Tommy watched as Shawn helped him into his pj’s.

“Tommy, I know Hunter usually sleeps with you the first night he gets back but can he join me and Kyle tonight?”

“I don’t know Cutie, he doesn’t always do well at night and especially his first night back,” Tommy said.

“Oh come on TJ, he’ll be fine. I promise I’ll look after him,” whined Shawn.

“Ehhh… no I don’t think that would be a good idea,” said Tommy.

“Please TJ, please, please, please. Can he please stay with me tonight? I missed him so much and I just want to stay with him for the night. Everything will be okay. You want to sleep with me, don’t you Hunter?” said Shawn. He didn’t even wait for Hunter to respond when he said, “See he wants to stay with me tonight.”

That wasn’t true as Hunter wanted to sleep with Tommy, but he was too afraid to say anything after seeing how important it was to Shawn. He didn’t think it would be right to contradict Shawn. After all, Shawn was a real person and he was nothing more than a failure. Who was he to dare to think he could contradict a real human being? He was more than a little afraid he might get in trouble if he did.

Seeing how much it meant to Shawn, Tommy went against his better judgment and said, “I guess so, as long as Kyle is okay with it.”

“I’ll go ask, be right back,” said Shawn once again running out of the bathroom.

“Are you okay with this?” asked Tommy.

“I guess Master,” replied Hunter uncertainly, thinking why it would matter if he was okay with it or not. If Shawn wanted him to sleep with him then that’s what he would do, as long as his Master didn’t say otherwise. A real person’s wishes or desires were far more important than his own were. He didn’t want to sleep with Shawn and Kyle but his training prevented him from saying anything.

As they walked out of the bathroom, Shawn came running up to them.

“Kyle said it was okay so come with me Hunter. Tonight we are having a little sleepover in Kyle’s room.”

“Yes Shawn-sir,” Hunter replied trying to put a good face on this unexpected and unwanted turn of events.

“Shawn, if anything happens come get me immediately. Understand?” said Tommy.

“I know,” replied Shawn as he pulled Hunter down the hall into Kyle’s room.

Tommy saw Kyle standing at his door waiting for the two boys, so he decided to smile and wave to his brother. Only to watch Kyle’s face turn dark with anger as he closed the door after the two boys. Tommy sighed and went back to the living room to sit next to Jon, to watch the rest of the movie.

“I guess I sleep alone tonight huh,” said Jon once Tommy rejoined him on the couch to watch the movie.

“Nope, tonight Hunter sleeps with Kyle and Shawn,” Tommy said quietly.

“Is that a good idea?” asked Jon surprised that Tommy would allow it.

“Not really but Shawn gave me the look, and I just couldn’t say no to him,” Tommy replied.

“Pushover,” laughed Jon.

“I guess, but we get to sleep alone tonight, at least for a few hours probably.”

“Yeah until someone else shows up to join us,” Jon sighed.

The two of them just sat together watching the rest of the movie. Once it was over, they headed up to bed along with a number of the other boys. As the storm continued to echo in the neighborhood.

A few hours later after everyone was asleep…

Kyle was in a deep slumber. He spent the whole day with Shawn and was exhausted after running around playing games with him. Kyle didn’t know how Shawn could have so much energy but he tired himself out playing with him all day. When Hunter had showed up that night and joined them, he wasn’t terribly happy to allow it, especially since Luke wasn’t going to sleep with them. It was clear to Kyle how important it was to Shawn, so he agreed to let Hunter sleep with them. Since the sleepover had originally been only for Kyle and Shawn, Luke wasn’t with them. Since it was supposed to be a special day for Kyle and Shawn, Luke had gone to sleep alone. Luke was sleeping in his own bed, as Kyle’s was full with Shawn, and now Hunter. Kyle was having a pleasant dream of Luke when suddenly things changed. He found himself sitting on his bed in his old house. The only door in the room suddenly opened and in walked someone he hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Hello son.”

“M…Mom?” said Kyle uncertainly. “MOM!” shouted Kyle as he ran over to her and hugged her as he cried tears of happiness. “Is it really you?”

“Yes Honey, it’s really me,” she said hugging Kyle back.

“It is you,” cried Kyle instantly recognizing his mother’s scent.

“Relax Baby, its okay, Mommy’s here,” she murmured to her baby boy.

“Was it all a dream?”

“No Son, I’m sorry but it wasn’t a dream. This is sort of,” she said.

“I don’t understand.”

“You don’t have to, but for right now Mommy is here for you.”

“I missed you so much Mom.”

“I missed you too Baby. We’ll be together again one day but that isn’t supposed to be for a long time yet.”

“If this is really you, why haven’t you come to me sooner?”

“Oh Baby, I came to you as soon as I could. This was the first chance I had Kyle,” murmured his mother as she sat down on his bed and pulled him onto her lap. Once Kyle had calmed down from the shock of seeing his mother, she said, “There is an important reason why I was allowed to talk to you.”

“What is it?”

“Your behavior towards your brother,” she said sternly.

“But,” Kyle began.

“No buts Kyle, unless it’s yours over my lap and I don’t think you want that. Now you have been awful towards your brother for no good reason. It’s going to end, do you understand me?”

“Yes Mom, but he humiliated me.”

“I know how you hate that, but the only one who humiliated you, was you.”

“What do you mean?”

“You did something you knew was wrong. You also knew if Hunter learned about what you were doing it would hurt him too.”

“I didn’t know about Hunter.”

“Kyle, I’m your Mother. Do not lie to me, I always could tell when you lied.”

“Sorry,” he said lowering his head in shame. “I admit it I knew all that, but Hunter was all the way over at Bryan’s. I didn’t think he would hear me.”

“But he did Kyle. You might not have thought he would have but that doesn’t change the fact that you hurt him. You should have known he would hear you. Bryan’s house is attached to the tunnel. You hurt someone who went through more pain than you can imagine, and he did it for you. Your brother understands this. He loves you more than he can ever show you and you are hurting him terribly.”

“If he loves me so much how could he humiliate me like that?”

“Kyle you intentionally broke the rules, he had to punish you for that. It was your choice to take the grounding. He offered you another punishment that would have been over fast and no one would have learned about it.”

“Well I wasn’t about to let him spank me.”

“That was your choice. Your father and I would have just spanked you though for what you did and then grounded you on top of that. You’re lucky he offered you a choice.”

“You really would have spanked me?” asked Kyle amazed.

“Yes Honey, we would have. We wouldn’t have liked it, but we would have done it. You did something you knew was wrong and you had been specifically told not to do it. You did it anyway. Because of what you did, you got your friend Luke in trouble also, which you knew would happen if you were caught. You thought if you were caught, you could weasel your way out of any punishment because your brother was in charge here. You thought wrong. You knew that if Hunter heard what the two of you were doing in there that it would hurt him. You know enough about what Hunter has had to live through so you can’t say you didn’t know it would affect him. You also have suspected that he knew what the two of you were doing for some time from the looks he was giving the two of you. You knew all this, but you did it anyway.”

“I guess I did kinda screw up, huh.”

“There is no guessing about this, you did screw up and when it was time to pay for it you went and had a tantrum. You screwed up Kyle, and your brother had no choice but to punish you. He didn’t want to, but he did the right thing in punishing you. He wanted to cut your punishment short but with how you were behaving, he couldn’t. You need to understand that when you mess up, your brother has to punish you in some way. He did the right thing in punishing you and you acted like a little kid. You have been throwing a temper tantrum ever since, it needs to stop. Your brother was kind enough to put your punishment off for a day so it wouldn’t ruin Valentine’s Day for you and Luke. He knew how important that day was for the two of you. He has tried many times to talk to you about what was wrong but you refused to talk about it every time. Your behavior towards him has been reprehensible. Your Father and I are very disappointed in you for that. It’s not too late to fix it though.”

“I’m sorry Mom. I didn’t mean for it to get like this. I was just so mad at him and this was all I could do to get him back.”

“Kyle, I wish it were different but your father and I can’t be there to look after you. You might not think it, but you are one of the lucky ones. You still have your brother to look after you. Not many others can say that. I want you to know that your brother is in charge of you for a few more years. I know this is the first time he has had to use that authority on you, but he has that authority and you need to accept that. Until you are old enough on your own, if you do something wrong, it is his responsibility to punish you for it, if necessary. There should be no ‘getting him back’ as he isn’t doing this because he can, he is punishing you because you deserve it. He doesn’t want to punish you or the others and it hurts him when he feels like he has no other choice. He blames himself for not stopping you and the others for when he has to punish someone. He punishes himself terribly whenever he has to punish one of the boys he is responsible for, you especially.”

“I didn’t know he felt that way. I always thought he liked being in charge and being able to punish us when we messed up.”

“No Kyle, he doesn’t like to punish any of you. He does like being in charge, but not punishing anyone. He has grown a great deal in a very short period of time. It’s been hard on him usually. I don’t want you to get the idea that your Father and I approve of everything he has done though. He has made mistakes, especially in the beginning. He was a very poor leader to start with but he learned from that, and he is trying very hard to be better for all of you. He’s going to make mistakes in the future too, but with Jon’s help, and your support, you all should get through it. He’s going to need your help though. Without it things will get very difficult for all of you.”

“What do you mean?”

“I can’t say, but you need to fix this with your brother and soon.”

“But he humiliated me, I don’t know if I can do this.”

“Please Kyle, if you can’t do this for yourself and your brother then do it for me and your Dad. We both love you very much and this is something you need to do.”

“Okay Mom, I’ll do it for you guys.”

“Thanks Honey, thank you very much for pushing aside your pain and trying to repair your relationship with your brother.”

“How do I do it though? Things are kinda bad between us right now.”

“All you need to do is talk to him. Try to be nice to him. He is more than willing to try to fix this problem but you won’t tell him what’s really wrong. He needs to know how you feel. That way the two of you can solve this and get back to being like the brothers you used to be.”

“Really? All I need to do is talk to him?”

“Yes Kyle, but you need to be nice when you do it. It might seem strange to you as you have been mad at him for so long, but he hasn’t been mad at you. This has been a one-way fight. To stop it, all you need to do is stop your own behavior. He has been patiently waiting for you to stop this, so he could try to fix the problem, but you wouldn’t let him.”

“I guess I can do that.”

“Good, now I just have a little more time so I wanted to talk to you about Luke.”

“I guess you know all about him and what we have been doing,” said Kyle turning red with embarrassment.

“Yes, your Dad and I both know all about it.”

“Oh,” was all Kyle could say.

“I won’t lie to you and say we weren’t surprised with what you have been doing but once we were used to it, we accepted it. We accepted it because it made you happy and if Luke makes you happy then we support you wholeheartedly. We had suspected that your brother was gay for a long time but we never suspected you were also. It took your Father a little longer to come to terms with it but that doesn’t mean he stopped loving you. What matters to us is that you are happy, and you definitely seem happy with him. Even if you two play some different games together.”

“Is that why he didn’t come with you, because he is still ‘coming to terms’ with it?” asked Kyle worriedly.

“No Baby, he wanted to come with too, but he couldn’t. Only one of us was allowed to talk to you and he knew how much it meant to me, so he gave up his chance so that I could talk to you. I want you to know Kyle that we love you very much and we want you to tell your brother that we love him too.”

“I love you too Mom and don’t worry I’ll fix things with Tommy and tell him that you love him.”

“I have to go now Kyle so please, be good and help your brother look after the others.”

“Why do you have to go, I want you to stay.”

“I’m sorry son but I have to go. I love you Kyle,” she said hugging and kissing her son one last time.

“No Mom, stay. Don’t go. Mom, Mom, MOM,” Kyle said as she disappeared in front of him waving good-bye.

Kyle suddenly woke up as he was reaching out to where his Mother had been in his dream. He turned to his side and was startled by Hunter looking back at him.

“Fuck Hunter, you startled me,” Kyle whispered.

“I’m sorry Kyle-sir. I didn’t mean to do that,” said Hunter worriedly as his voice trembled in fear.

“It’s okay Hunter.”

“Are you okay? You were talking in your sleep and moving around a lot more,” asked Hunter.

“What did I say?”

“You were calling out and saying ‘Mom’.”

“It was just a dream I had. It was very real,” said Kyle wistfully.

“Can I ask you a question?” asked Hunter concerned he was going too far.

“I guess.”

“What was it like to have a Mother?”

“It was great. She loved us so much and I really didn’t appreciate it until she was gone. I think I now know why Shawn and the others let Kate bathe them. It probably reminds them about how they used to feel with their mothers.”

“Master always makes me feel good when he bathes me. The Kate-ma’am just washes me. It’s nice but she won’t make me feel good like the Sir does.”

“It’s a different kind of good feeling that a mother gives. Imagine a feeling better than what Tommy gives you without even touching you like that.”

“That’s easy to imagine because the Sir makes me feel really good just by holding me or lying next to me. He doesn’t have to touch me to make me feel good but it’s nice when he does.”

“It’s something like that then. A mom’s a special person who loves you no matter what. She accepts you for who you are and tries her best to do the right thing for you, even if it’s not always the best thing for her. She’s someone who loves you and protects you, and makes you feel safe and loved. At least that’s how my mom was. My father was kinda like that too. That’s what parents are supposed to be.”

“Oh…, thank you sir,” replied Hunter thinking about the woman who gave birth to him and how she was absolutely nothing like what the Kyle-sir had said his mother was like. Hunter lied there watching the Kyle-sir fall back asleep thinking about the terrible things she had done to him over the years. He thought about what the Kyle-sir had said and how it could be applied to his Master. The Sir said he loved him. Hunter didn’t know why or how he possibly could, especially since he was just a failed experiment and not worthy of love, but he did say he loved him. He made him feel safe when he was with him. He seemed to try to protect him, usually it was from himself, but he did protect him from the others when he needed it. He accepted him for who he was, even when he knew a lot of the others thought he was a weirdo, freak, or worse. Hunter thought it might be nice to have the Sir as his parent but he knew it could never happen. He immediately stopped thinking that, as he knew that was something far beyond his worth. He even frightened himself a little by thinking that, as he knew he would get in big trouble if anyone ever found out about that particular thought. Once Kyle was back into a deep sleep, Hunter gently pulled him and Shawn so that the two of them were holding onto him. He lied there with both of their arms resting on him, along with Shawn’s left leg, as he hugged Lion, closed his eyes, and waited for the morning.

Early that morning…

DJ just finished showering and headed back to his room only to see Luke coming down the hall with Patches.

“Hi Luke, I take it Patches is taking you for your morning walk,” DJ said smiling.

“Yep, you know me, gotta have my exercise.”

“Ha ha, you have fun. I gotta get dressed and get over to drive Cody’s group over to the farm.”

“Have fun with that,” Luke said watching DJ enter his room. Luke had to adjust himself after seeing how good looking DJ was. The powerful glistening muscles and the nice treasure trail combined to make for one delicious image.

Once DJ was dressed, he hurried to get over to Cody’s house. He grabbed a container of gas from the garage and topped off his tank before trying to head out. His truck didn’t start up easily and he was concerned about how long it would last. Once he made it over to Cody’s, it was the usual clusterfuck trying to get them all together and in the car. It always seemed to be Jr. who held everyone up. It was a tight fit getting everyone in his truck but they managed. DJ had learned to have his window open by now because of some of Cody’s boys’ lax attitude in cleanliness. As he drove down the hill, he waved to Luke who was walking Patches back home. DJ thought Kyle was a lucky boy to have a cute kid like Luke for his boyfriend but he was luckier to have Cameron.

Back to Tommy…

Tommy looked over to his alarm and saw it was just before 7 AM. He reached over and shut off the alarm before it could go off. He had gotten used to waking up early but he still didn’t really like it. He looked over to Jon who was sleeping soundly next to him. Tommy smiled thinking how lucky he was to have such an understanding lover in Jon, not to mention a pretty damn cute one also. Tommy was surprised that no one had interrupted them, and that the two of them had been able to have a nice restful night together. He reached over and started to rub his hand over Jon’s chest. As Jon began to stir, he began to pay special attention to Jon’s nipples causing them to get hard. It always made Tommy smile to see Jon’s nipples poke out and hear him moan in pleasure from getting his nipples played with. Tommy then bent over and began kissing Jon. Jon awoke to kiss Tommy back. The two of them enjoyed the kiss as they explored each other’s mouths. Tommy reached down and began to stroke his lover’s rapidly growing hard-on. Jon moaned inside Tommy’s mouth as he was quickly approaching the point of no return. Tommy pulled back the covers just in time for Jon to shoot four blasts hitting his belly as Tommy milked another couple of drops from his spent dick.

“Damn Jon, you are pretty quick.”

“Hey, I blame you for getting me so excited.”

“What can I say, you are just too good to pass up,” Tommy said as he scooped up some of Jon’s cum and put it in his mouth. ‘A little quick, but that’s nothing new,’ thought Tommy to himself.

“Sorry but I got to pee,” said Jon urgently quickly getting up and running to the bathroom.

Tommy chuckled to himself as he watched Jon go, as his ass wiggled so nicely. Tommy stretched and got himself up out of bed. He thought Jon’s idea of them always sleeping naked was a good one. The only time he wore something to bed now was when one of the others would sleep with them. He thought it felt good to be free at night with Jon. However, he did like it when Hunter and Shawn slept in their themed pajamas. He thought they looked cute together that way. He knew neither one of them wore underwear with their pj’s, as he always could see their little dick lumps poking out their pj’s a little. That also made it easier for him to have a little fun with them when they slept with him.

As Tommy finished another big stretch, he headed over to the bathroom to do his thing also. He walked into the bathroom to see Jon at the sink brushing his teeth. Tommy walked past him to start up the shower. He did his thing and then the two of them hopped into the shower together. They washed themselves up and then began to do more rubbing together. Jon was already hard as he grabbed Tommy’s dick and began to stroke it. Tommy reached over to do the same to Jon. Within a minute, Jon was standing on his tiptoes experiencing another orgasm. Tommy just smiled thinking how quick Jon was to shoot. Tommy still needed a lot more attention to get close to him going off. Jon started to stroke Tommy after coming back from his bliss. Once Tommy was fully hard, Jon got down on his knees and began to suck Tommy off. Tommy held onto the wall behind him as Jon sucked him off. After a few minutes of Jon’s marvelous mouth on his dick, he couldn’t take it anymore as Tommy blasted off into Jon’s mouth. He couldn’t help himself as he grabbed Jon’s head and thrust as much of his dick into Jon’s mouth. Jon did his best to swallow every drop but some dribbled out only to be washed away from the shower. Jon released Tommy’s dick as soon as Tommy let go of his head. Jon took a few deep breaths as Tommy recovered from his orgasm.

“Thanks Jon, as usual you are awesome.”

“Thanks Tommy, you were great too.”

“You were a little quick on the trigger Jon, but I’m glad you enjoyed it,” teased Tommy.

“Hey, don’t say that. You know I’m a little sensitive about that,” said Jon a little hurt.

“I’m sorry Jon. I guess we are just going to have to practice more to build up your endurance,” smiled Tommy.

“That should be fun,” laughed Jon.

The two of them climbed out of the shower and dried off. Tommy stopped Jon from leaving the bathroom to grab him once more as he kissed him. Tommy’s hands groped Jon’s sweet ass as he felt Jon become erect in record time. Tommy smiled to himself at how easy it was to get a rise out of Jon. He picked Jon up and carried him to the bed as he kept kissing him. Tommy’s own dick was once again engorged as he lied Jon down on the bed and gazed down at his beautiful body. Tommy spread Jon’s legs as he took a hold of Jon’s aching dick. Tommy began slowly to stroke his lover, as he used his other hand to finger Jon’s backdoor. He smiled as Jon squirmed around on the bed because of the awesome feelings Tommy was giving him.

“Now remember Jon, you have to hold it,” said Tommy.

“I’ll try,” panted Jon.

“No anal for you tonight if you don’t,” teased Tommy.

“Come on TJ… oh, God that’s good… you know…faster…how I love anal,” gasped Jon.

“You can do it Jon,” said Tommy as he began to lick Jon’s still hairless balls.

“Not…if…you…do…that,” gasped Jon.

Tommy took the head of Jon’s dick into his mouth as Jon shot off for the third time that morning. He took every last shot Jon had in him then sat back to gaze at Jon who was recovering from another mind-blowing orgasm. Tommy glanced over to the clock and saw that Jon had held off for a whole five minutes this time.

“Should we try again?” asked Tommy once Jon came back from la-la land. “We can try to see if you can make it longer than five minutes.”

“God no TJ, I mean you are great but I have shot off three times and we haven’t even been up for twenty minutes. On top of what you did to me last night, my dick is getting a little sore,” Jon said embarrassedly.

“Okay, well I don’t want you to have a sore dick,” said Tommy as he lied down next to his lover.

“What is it with you TJ? I mean you have been really horny lately, and for you that’s saying something.”

“I don’t know, I just see you and get really horny,” said Tommy bending over to kiss Jon.

“That’s an understatement, damn I don’t know if I’m gonna be able to walk right. My ass is still sore too from last night. You really pounded me,” said Jon smiling after thinking how much he enjoyed it.

“Hey if your ass is sore it’s not my fault. All I did was follow your directions Mr. faster and harder,” teased Tommy smiling back at Jon.

“I know and it was great but I didn’t think it would last to this morning.”

“Guess you aren’t as young as you used to be,” laughed Tommy.

“Whatever you say old man,” teased Jon back.

“That’s sad, I’m not even twenty and I’m already the old man,” chuckled Tommy.

“We better get up and dressed for the day. I take it you are going to spend it with Hunter now that he is back?”

“I probably should, I’m kinda worried about how he did last night. He didn’t come get me but I don’t know if he would on his own yet.”

“What do ya mean? He used to come on his own before he left.”

“Yeah, but he regresses when he goes on his missions for Al. I don’t know how far he has fallen back yet. He called me ‘master’ all the time last night and only called Shawn by his name alone once.”

“That doesn’t sound very good. After hearing that, I don’t think you should have left him alone.”

“Yeah you are probably right, like usual. Shit, now I feel bad leaving him with Shawn. He might have needed me and couldn’t have said anything. Fuck, now that I think about it, he didn’t actually say he wanted to sleep with Shawn. Shawn asked but glossed over Hunter’s response. The only response he did give me was after it was decided he would sleep with Shawn, and even that was a pretty resigned response instead of an excited one. Fuck, I better go check on him,” Tommy said getting up to quickly dress. Once he was dressed he headed for his door, he didn’t make it though as his phone started to ring.

“Who the hell could that be calling me this early?” asked Tommy aloud.

He hurried back to his phone and picked it up.

“Hello?”

“Good morning Thomas,” said Al.

“Hi Al can I get back to you, I want to check up on Hunter.”

“I know, but Hunter is resting between Shawn and Kyle right now. He’s all right, or as all right as can be expected, but I need to talk to you about him. I waited until the two of you seemed done with your sex play but it’s important I talk to you.”

“Okay, what about,” asked Tommy a little red-faced.

“First thing, I need you to turn on the noise canceling machine I gave you so that Hunter can’t overhear our conversation.”

“Okay Al, it’s done,” said Tommy once he turned on the machine and saw all the little machines light up around his room. Tommy was amazed with the technology Al had given him so that they could talk about Hunter without him overhearing them. Hunter had installed it in about an hour and now there were these little metal boxes along the top and bottom of his bedroom walls around ten feet apart. Somehow, they canceled out any noise from getting past them. Tommy didn’t understand it but was happy to have it. He now used them all the time when he had his nightly talks with Jon to ensure their privacy, even from Hunter.

“Thank you, now you can put the phone on speaker since I know you are just going to tell Jon anyway. He might as well learn about it now.”

“Okay Al, the phone is on speaker,” Tommy said sitting down in his chair after setting down his phone on the table in his sitting area.

“Hi Al,” said Jon happily joining Tommy by sitting on his couch.

“Hello Jonathan,” Al replied.

“So, what do you need to tell us?” asked Tommy.

“I need to talk to you about a couple things actually. First is that I will need Hunter to go out again tomorrow.”

“TOMORROW! Are you crazy? He just got back last night,” shouted Tommy jumping up in anger.

“I know that, but I will still need him tomorrow.”

“Why?” asked Tommy, pissed off at getting Hunter back only to lose him again so soon.

“Calm down Thomas. I recalled him early from his mission because of how he was acting. He hasn’t finished the mission and it needs to get done.”

“What the hell could he be doing that is so important that he only gets one day of rest?”

“Thomas, what do you think I have him doing? I don’t have him running around collecting flowers or something like that. After the comet, I had him running around the world shutting down nuclear power plants. If I hadn’t, there would be clouds of radioactive dust swirling around the planet killing everything they touched. Once that threat was taken care of, I had him go around and destroy chemical and biological weapon depots. Thanks to him, the most deadly and most of the other major depots are now no longer threats to anyone. The next major threat was nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons were a huge concern to me, so I have been tracking them and sending him out to destroy them whenever he was close to one. That’s what he was doing for this last mission. I had located a number of mobile nuclear weapons and sent him out to render them harmless. In between the mobile weapon sites, I had him neutralize a number of fixed nuclear sites. Many of these were underground so the operating personnel were saved from the comet. I know that sending him out to do these missions wipes out some of the progress you have made with him, but there is no alternative. I can’t send you to do them, as without proper training you would probably be killed along with anyone who went with you. He can do it with the least amount of loss of life. These are not toys I’m sending him to take care of. These are very serious weapons that need to be taken care of before anymore lunatics get a hold of one.”

“I’m sorry Al, I didn’t know. I guess those are very important to everyone’s survival. Sorry for getting upset with you,” Tommy apologized.

“Yeah, that is pretty important,” said Jon stunned at learning about what Hunter had been up to on his missions.

“That’s all right. You only knew of a few of the things he has done, as you didn’t want to know before. It’s necessary for you to understand, which is why I told you this. Now you know that the missions Hunter is sent out on are very serious things and usually involve someone trying to kill him. None of them stands a chance against him, but they are a far cry from being a walk in the park. Usually he sneaks into wherever I need him to go and completes his mission without anyone knowing until after he has left. That didn’t happen for his last mission.”

“I take it that’s why you pulled him out sooner than you wanted to then. I mean, you mentioned something about recalling him because of how he was acting,” said Tommy calmly.

“Yes, he strayed from his normal operating procedure of sneaking in and out. This time he just walked up to the facility and attacked anyone he found.”

“Did…did he kill all of them?” asked Jon afraid of the answer.

“No, thankfully he only killed three of them. The others will probably have a lot of broken bones and other injuries, but he only outright killed three of them. He killed those three because they shot at him and actually hit him. Being hit three times in a single encounter for him is unprecedented. I have used a very advanced gatling system against him, and yet I could only hit him once before he destroyed the gun. Even then, it was almost a miss. It barely scratched him. I don’t know why he was suddenly hit three times this last mission and I’m concerned. I did a complete medical on him before I sent him home last night and I can’t find anything obviously wrong with him. In the last week, he has been hit seven times in seventeen encounters. Something is wrong, and I hoped that a day’s rest would help him out. Unfortunately, that is all the time that can be spared. I need him to neutralize the mobile weapons before they are moved on me and I have to search for them again. I’m already monitoring three small groups of survivors who appear to be headed for nuclear weapon sites. They should get to them within a few days. It would be better if Hunter got there first.”

“I understand. I don’t like it but I agree with you. Hunter is going to have to go out again,” Tommy said sadly. “You said there were a few things you wanted to talk to me about?”

“Yes, I need you to keep a close eye on him and report anything strange he might do.”

“That’s kinda vague, he’s not exactly the most normal kid ya know,” Jon said.

“Be nice Jon, he does the best he can,” Tommy admonished him.

“Sorry, I know,” Jon said apologetically.

“I wish I could be more specific but I can’t. I had some strange reading from some of the tests I gave him yesterday.”

“What do you mean strange?” asked Tommy.

“His brain scans were… unusual,” Al replied.

Seeing the uncomprehending look on Jon’s face Tommy added, “That still doesn’t tell us anything.”

“The amount of activity was different, even for him.”

“I heard that we only use like 5%-10% of our brains, what is he using more?” asked Jon.

“In a way, yes. It’s not true that you use only a small portion of your brain though. That’s a common misconception. You actually use all of it. You just don’t use all of it at the same level of activity all the time. His scans said he was using a large portion of it constantly and at very high levels of activity. He has since birth had a more active brain than most people did, but this is much different. According to the scans I did yesterday, his brain is around twice as active as it was before the comet. When he was born it was around twice as active as the most active normal brain recorded, by the time of the comet it had increased to twice that amount. None of the scientists knew what it meant though. They had a number of theories but no real evidence to support them. There are certain areas of the brain that are not understood very well and usually aren’t very active. On him, those areas are extremely active. The amount of activity was off the chart for him. Considering the charts were redone for him after he was born, that’s saying something. In a normal person, at the very least, the readings I’m getting would be a full-blown seizure. It’s as if every neuron in his brain is constantly firing much faster and stronger than they should be.”

“What does this mean?” asked Tommy.

“I don’t know. I have gone through every medical record I have on file and nothing like this has ever been seen before. That’s why I need you to keep an eye on him and tell me if he does anything strange.”

“Is it dangerous? I mean is he in any danger?” asked a very concerned Tommy.

“I don’t think so. He doesn’t seem to be in any distress, but asking him if he is in any pain is different than asking one of you. Pain that might immobilize one of you would barely slow him down. If the pain is less than a very serious knife or gunshot wound, he doesn’t pay attention to it. I did ask him if he felt any different than he used to, but he said no. I just don’t know what it means. The things the scientists did to him are unprecedented. There is no one who could have survived even half of what he went through, and that includes all of the other experiments. The very fact that he did survive should tell you how different he is from everyone else. By my understanding of the human body and the advanced technology he has within him, he still should be dead. He’s obviously not though. These new scans disturb me because I don’t know what they mean. Something is happening to him but I have no idea what it could be.”

“I’ll keep an eye on him and look for any different behavior from him,” Tommy said.

“We both will, but we’ll try not to make him suspicious by being too obvious,” Jon added.

“Was there anything else you needed to tell us?” asked Tommy still trying to understand what Al had just told them.

“Yes, I had to re-task the satellite that is watching this area since Hunter didn’t finish all of his objectives.”

“What does that mean?” asked Jon.

“It means, other than the surveillance devices scattered around that area, I can’t see what’s going on outside the houses.”

“Are we safe that way?” asked Jon concernedly.

“With Hunter there you should be. Once he heads out tomorrow, I’ll move the satellite back. I haven’t seen any indication of the people you call ‘the pyros’ in over a month. They might have left the area, or they could be hiding somewhere in the opposite side of town.”

“Wouldn’t you have seen some sign of them if they were in town?” asked Tommy.

“If they only moved at night, it’s possible I could miss them. It’s not likely, but possible. There are certain technologies that could hide them from my observations but that’s even more unlikely. Even they aren’t foolproof, but if they had them and only used them at night, I could miss them. The chances of that are extremely minimal but possible, which is why I mention them. You just need to be a little more safety conscious for a day or two.”

“We will Al. I don’t think I’ll tell the others though. I don’t want to start a panic, but I’ll mention it to Bryan and Cody. I’m sure everything will be fine for a day or two while we don’t have your eye in the sky looking after us,” Tommy said easily.

“You should also know that I spoke with Kate last night,” Al said. “She will probably be sending Bryan and Jose over later today so that they can pick up Hunter to get Jose checked out. I would appreciate it if one of you could go with to keep an eye on Hunter for me.”

“I’ll do that,” Tommy said. “I still feel kinda bad about not taking Jose’s problem seriously. Jon you need to stay here and watch over the kiddies while I’m gone with Bryan and the others.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll keep everyone safe while you are gone. I’ll tell Kyle about us needing to be more safety conscious since he really isn’t talking to you TJ,” Jon said.

“Thanks Jon,” Tommy sighed thinking about his brother, “Was there anything else?”

“No, that was all. You two have a good morning, I know you both started it out with a bang,” laughed Al making both of the young men blush.

“Later Al,” said Tommy hanging up his phone.

“I’m a little worried TJ,” Jon said.

“Don’t be. Remember it’s only for a day or two, so everything will be fine,” Tommy said hugging Jon to comfort him, hoping he was right.

“Thanks TJ,” Jon said returning the hug.

“I better get out of here, start breakfast, and check up on Hunter,” Tommy said.

“Okay, I’ll do a little clean up in here and meet you in the kitchen for breakfast,” Jon said happily.

“See you there,” Tommy said as he left his room.

Tommy headed downstairs to the kitchen to begin breakfast. Jon joined him after a few minutes and helped Tommy to get breakfast ready. After making some pancakes, Tommy crept into Kyle’s room. Knocking gently on the bedroom door, he said, “Anyone up in there?”

“Yeah, we’re up,” Kyle said yawning.

“Guy’s, I made pancakes. Do any of you want to get up to have some?”

“Yes Master,” replied Hunter immediately.

“Me too,” chimed in Shawn as he and Kyle gave Hunter a strange look.

“Not me, I’m too tired. I think I’ll get some more sleep. If you don’t mind bro,” Kyle asked his brother kindly even smiling at him.

“Of course not Kyle, you rest I’ll save a plate for you,” Tommy said astounded by his brother’s change in attitude towards him. “Okay I’ll see you two in the kitchen then. You have pleasant dreams Ky,” Tommy said smiling at his brother.

“I will, night bro. Love you,” mumbled Kyle as he went back to sleep.

Shawn and Hunter exchanged confused looks after Kyle’s new attitude towards Tommy. After climbing out of bed, Shawn went into the bathroom to do his thing. As Shawn was busy, Hunter did some stretching exercises. Once Shawn was done, the two of them walked hand in hand to the kitchen wearing their superhero pj’s.

Tommy had four places set for all of them and a good-sized bowl of pancakes. Jon had also made some sausages and scrambled eggs for them. Tommy had to tell Hunter he could sit before he would on his own. Once the boys were seated, Tommy put Hunter’s bib on and began serving the food. Tommy began to get rather worried, as he had to tell Hunter he could eat before he would touch the food. As usual from after Hunter returning from one of Al’s missions, his eating habits regressed some. This time they regressed a lot. Hunter immediately began stuffing his face with pancakes and syrup. He took the scrambled eggs by the handful and shoved as much as he could in his mouth, spilling the rest. Only then, to lick them off the table before the others could stop him. Tommy, Jon, and Shawn kept trying to slow him down but he just kept doing it. They were used to Hunter regressing a little but his eating habits were back to how they were in the beginning. With a lot of patience and work, they were able to get Hunter to calm down finally. Unfortunately, it was only after he was a big mess. Once all the food was eaten and Hunter had his bowl of special food, Tommy took the destroyed bib off Hunter and began to wash him up some.

“Hunter, you look tired. Did you sleep last night?” asked Tommy wiping Hunter’s face.

“No Master,” replied Hunter timidly.

“Why not?” asked Tommy unhappy with Hunter still calling him ‘Master’.

“I was too afraid to sleep without you to help me keep the monster away.”

Tommy thought about Hunters answer for a minute then asked, “Hunter, when was the last time you did sleep?”

“The night before I left on my mission Master,” replied Hunter quietly, clearly worried that Tommy might get upset with him.

“Jesus Hunter! That was like over three weeks ago,” exclaimed Jon.

“Relax Jon,” said Tommy seeing how Hunter jumped after Jon’s comment. “You’re okay Hunter. Well in that case, I want you to head upstairs to my room and I’ll be there shortly so you can take a nap. I just need to clean up down here first.”

“Yes Master,” replied Hunter as tears of fear formed in his eyes.

“It will be alright Hunter. I’ll go with you. I’m still a little tired so I can nap next to you,” said Shawn.

“Thank you Shawn,” whimpered Hunter trying his best to be brave, after being told he was finally going to have to face one of his biggest fears, the monster in his dreams.

Shawn then took Hunter’s hand and together they walked up to Tommy’s room. Tommy watched them go and thought Hunter looked like a man on death row walking the green mile.

“There goes one very frightened, sad, little boy,” Jon said to Tommy.

“I know. I never should have let him sleep with Shawn last night.”

“Don’t beat yourself up over it. You can’t change it now.”

“Yeah but I better go deal with it now before Hunter falls apart.”

“Do you think his lack of sleep could be why he was acting differently?”

“Hush Jon, we can’t talk about that now,” Tommy said pointing to his ear and then upstairs to his room.

“Oh yeah, sorry forgot,” replied Jon.

“We’ll talk about that later. I have to head up,” said Tommy.

“Good luck,” Jon said.

“Thanks,” replied Tommy over his shoulder as he was leaving the kitchen.

“I guess I’ll clean up the dishes,” sighed Jon. “No Jon, that’s okay I’ll take care of it, you do so much for us. Why thanks Jon, I appreciate that. God listen to me, I’m talking to myself.”

As Jon was busy talking to himself and cleaning up the breakfast dishes, Tommy was walking into his room. He saw his Angel and Cutie standing next to his bed. It was obvious Hunter wasn’t doing well. His fear of sleep was apparent for all to see. Tommy was ashamed of himself for not seeing it earlier and felt guilty for letting Shawn take Hunter last night.

“It’s going to be okay Angel,” Tommy said as he picked up his Angel and lay down with him.

Shawn climbed onto the bed on the other side of Hunter and handed him his Lion.

“Please Master, don’t make me go to sleep. I’m afraid,” whimpered Hunter.

“It’s all right Angel. I’m going to be right here the whole time. You are safe with me,” murmured Tommy as he sat up in his bed. He pulled Hunter over so that he was now lying between his legs and partially on top of him. “Now close your eyes and go to sleep.”

Shawn scooted over so that he was next to Tommy but could still hold onto Hunter. Hunter hesitantly closed his eyes as Tommy murmured comforting words to him. Hunter began to cry as he forced himself to obey his Master’s order and fall asleep. Poor Lion was being crushed from Hunter’s death grip on him. Soon Hunter stopped crying as sleep overtook him in the safe, comforting arms of his Master. Tommy watched as his Angel and Cutie fell asleep next to him. Once they were asleep, Tommy began silently to weep as he saw the pain and fear on his Angel’s face as he slept. It hurt him terribly to see what Hunter was going through just to get an hour of sleep. He looked over at Shawn and saw him sleeping with his arm protectively over Hunter. He knew the bond between the two boys was something special. He thought about the bond he had watched grow between these two young boys. The closest he could describe it to was his own relationship with Jon. The love each of them had for each other was astounding. He didn’t think Hunter knew or believed that he was loved, but it was clear to Tommy that Shawn did love Hunter. Sitting in his bed watching the two of them sleep, touched Tommy deeply to see how much they loved each other. Tommy knew it would take a lot of work with Hunter to get him to see that he was worthy of love and just how much they both loved him.

As he sat there with Hunter sleeping between his legs, he thought about all that Al had told him. So far, Hunter seemed to be like he was in the beginning. Other than regressing far more than Tommy had feared, Hunter hadn’t done anything too strange, yet at least. He didn’t really understand all that talk about Hunter’s brain but if it had Al concerned then he would keep on top of it for him. Tommy suspected that Hunter’s lack of any sleep after his healing of Billy was probably what had him act differently. It was also probably, why he was hit so often.

“Hush Angel, you are safe. I’m here for you,” murmured Tommy as he stroked his Angel’s head after he began to whimper in his sleep again.

Tommy was happy to see Hunter calm down and sleep somewhat peacefully again. Sitting there watching his two boys sleep made Tommy’s mind wander again. He thought of Kyle, and of how different he was acting today. Tommy hoped that this was a sign that Kyle had gotten over his punishment or at the very least be willing to talk to him again. He thought he should do something special with his brother while he still was in a good mood. That way he might learn what went wrong to begin with. Once he knew that, maybe he could try to fix it. What should he do though, that was the question. He sat there thinking about it for a while when he glanced over at his Cutie. He knew what to do now. He would take his brother out for the day just as he had with Shawn. He wanted to make this special though, so he decided he would take his brother out on a little camping trip and that they would return the next morning. He suddenly felt bad again, when he looked at his Angel. His Angel needed him, but a window of opportunity had opened up to try to fix his relationship with his brother and he had to take it. He just hoped Jon and Shawn could look after Hunter for him for one night. Hunter would forgive him after he explained why he had to spend the day with his brother. Tommy just hoped that he could forgive himself eventually but he had to choose, so he chose his brother. He didn’t know how long his brother would stay in this good mood and it was going to take a lot longer than one day to fix Hunter.

Tommy glanced over at his clock and saw that it was around 9:30 AM. His boys had slept for around an hour but he thought since Hunter hadn’t slept in weeks that it would probably be best to let him sleep as long as possible. The only problem was that with Hunter sleeping on top of him, he couldn’t move around without waking him up. It was boring just sitting there watching his two boys sleep.

Tommy was suddenly awakened to Hunter’s screams. He must have dozed off. He immediately pulled Hunter up to him and hugged him.

“It’s okay Hunter,” Tommy said soothingly.

“No…no...stop...no more…,” whimpered Hunter.

“Wake up Hunter, it’s just a dream,” Tommy said worriedly.

Shawn had woken up to Hunter’s cries as he too tried to comfort the scared boy.

“They’re here, they’re here,” whimpered Hunter.

“Who’s here?” asked Tommy.

“The bad people, they’re here,” cried Hunter.

“It was just a dream Angel, no bad people are anywhere near here,” Tommy said comfortingly.

“No Master they are,” said Hunter.

“Hunter it was just…a…dream,” Tommy told him.

“Yeah Hunter you just had a nightmare,” Shawn added.

“No it was…,” Hunter began.

“A dream. You had a nightmare, it wasn’t real, and everyone is safe. You are safe,” Tommy finished for him.

“Yes Master,” said Hunter quietly knowing that was the answer he was required to give but he knew they were wrong. He didn’t know how he knew but he did. He knew there were bad people in the world and somehow he was certain that some of them were close by, closer than they should be.

After holding the boy for a few more minutes Tommy asked, “Are you calmed down now?”

“Yes Master,” replied Hunter not sure what else to say since his Master and Shawn were convinced it was just a dream. He had no proof it wasn’t but something inside him didn’t believe it was just a dream.

“Good, now I want you to try to not call me ‘master’. Call me Tommy or sir, whichever you feel more comfortable with.”

“Yes…Sir,” replied Hunter hesitantly.

“Good boy,” said Tommy smiling at his Angel. “Now the two of you need to get cleaned up and dressed for the day.”

“Yes Sir.”

“TJ, can we use your bathroom to shower in?” asked Shawn.

“I guess, but you are only to shower. Nothing else, understand Shawn? You are only to wash him up and then get out. I’ll explain to you why later Shawn, but you still have your lessons to do and then your chores.”

“All right TJ,” sighed Shawn a little upset that he wouldn’t be able to play with Hunter that morning.

“And Hunter, if he does anything other than washes you, I want you to get out of the shower and immediately come to me. Understand?”

“Yes M…Sir.”

“Good, now you to go clean up. You still have a lot to do today.”

He watched the two of them run into his bathroom before he headed out. Actually, Shawn ran dragging Hunter behind him. He went down to the kitchen to make himself a cup of coffee.

A little earlier over at Bryan’s…

Kate was just beginning to take care of the breakfast dishes. The only ones left eating were Chase and Austin. They had also been the last ones to come down from their bedroom as Chase had spent the night with Austin instead of over at Tommy’s house. Both of them were still in their pajamas. Austin in a new jungle print that Kate had made for him and Chase wearing his SpongeBob pj’s. She had to stop for a moment, as she suddenly felt very nauseous. She gazed over at the two boys giggling with each other at the table. She went back to taking care of the dishes once the nausea had passed. She knew she needed to get it done before she followed through with her promise to Austin to give him another bath. He wanted to take a bath last night with Chase but she wasn’t feeling well and Bryan was busy with Joel. She thought it was very nice of Mike to offer to watch them in the bath but Austin said ‘no’ he wanted his new Mom to do it. She told him she would give him a bath in the morning if he still wanted one and she doubted he had changed his mind. She suddenly had to grab the counter to prevent her from falling as a massive wave of dizziness swept over her.

“Are you okay Mom,” asked Austin as he and Chase were carrying over their finished breakfast dishes.

“I’ll be fine. I just need to sit down for a minute.”

Chase and Austin helped her sit down and then they began to finish taking care of the dishes Kate hadn’t gotten around to yet. Kate smiled as she watched the two of them rinse the dishes and then put them in the dishwasher. It made her feel good to know that they were willing to help her out.

“Okay boys, thanks for putting away the rest of the breakfast stuff. If you still want a bath I’ll go start filling up the tub,” Kate said.

“Yea!” shouted Austin.

“I’ll take that as a yes,” chuckled Kate. “What about you Chase, do you still want to take a bath with Austin? You can take one alone if you want or skip it. You had one two days ago so you can hold off if you really want.”

“No, I’ll take one with him. We have a lot of fun playing in the water,” Chase replied making Austin giggle.

“All right, I’ll go draw your bath while the two of you go get your toys and some clean clothes,” Kate said getting up to begin their bath.

On her way over to her bedroom, she saw Bryan playing with Joel.

“Bryan, I’m gonna draw a bath for Austin and Chase. If you need me I’ll be in the bedroom.”

“Okay Kate.”

“Oh I almost forgot Bryan, while I’m getting them cleaned up can you get Jose ready to head over to Al’s. He sent me a message last night saying that Hunter is back and that he would be able to take a look at him later this morning.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll get Matt to look after Joel for me and go talk to him about it. I’ll have him ready and then take him over to Tommy’s to pick up Hunter.”

“Be gentle with him Bryan, he’s very sensitive about this.”

“I know Kate. I’ll be gentle with him.”

With that, Kate headed off to her bedroom and into her bath. She immediately began to fill the tub with warm water for the two boys. She heard them come into her room as they were talking to each other.

“Is it ready?” asked Chase.

“Not quite, but then neither one of you seem to be ready to get in either,” Kate told them.

“That’s easily fixed,” laughed Austin as he and Chase began to undress unashamedly in front of her.

Once they were down to their Goodnights Kate said, “Did you boys have a dry night?”

“Yep,” the two boys said together as they pulled off their dry Goodnights.

“That’s very good. It’s almost two weeks since one of you had an accident. I’m very proud of both of you,” Kate said smiling as she looked over the two naked boys. “Now would you like bubbles or no bubbles?”

The boys looked at one another and said together, “Bubbles!”

“I should have known,” laughed Kate pouring some bubble bath into the water.

Kate then helped each boy into the water and sat down on the make-up table’s chair. She sat there for a while watching the two of them play with their toys together. Once she was feeling a little better, she moved the chair next to the tub and joined them in their games. She happily played with them for a while until she once again began to feel nauseous.

“Boys, I need to lie down for a bit but I’ll just be right outside. So, if you need me, just call and I’ll be right there. After I rest, I’ll come back and wash the two of you up. You enjoy your bath and toys,” Kate told them.

“Okay Kate, hope you feel better soon,” Austin said.

“Me too honey, me too,” Kate said as she went to lie down on her bed.

After a minute or two, Chase leaned into Austin and let his hand land between his friend’s legs. Chase very gently began to stroke Austin’s little cocklet. Austin was surprised with Chase’s boldness, especially with Kate just outside the bathroom and she had left the door open so she could hear them.

“Should we really be doing this? I mean my Mom is right outside,” whispered Austin.

“As long as we are quiet she’ll never know. It feels good doesn’t it?” asked Chase.

“Duh, what do you think? I just don’t know if we should do this right now.”

“Relax Austin, we won’t get caught. I think this part of you wants to do it,” Chase whispered feeling Austin’s baby-sized dick twitch in his hand.

“Okay, but we better not get caught,” Austin replied letting his own hand grasp Chase’s own little dicklet.

The two of them were having a real good time jerking each other off in the bath.

“Oh…oh…my peepee feels weird again,” gasped Austin as his whole body began to shake.

“Go with it Austin, you know it just gets better,” smiled Chase as he too was feeling his own approaching orgasm.

Austin peeped as he experienced another wonderful orgasm from Chase and his amazing hands. Since Austin was preoccupied with his wonderful feeling, Chase took his own little cocklet in hand and finished himself off.

“That was great Chase, sorry for stopping on you like that,” Austin said quietly.

“It’s okay Austin, since you didn’t finish let me try something else,” asked Chase.

“Okay but what are you going to do?” asked Austin.

What the boys didn’t know was that while they were busy jerking each other off, Kate had a complete view of the two of them from one of the large mirrors in her bedroom. She had seen those movements many times before with some of her cousins. She laughed to herself remembering her cousins during her summers in Montalivet, France. Jacque and Raul had introduced her into the joys of feeling each other up and taught her how two boys played sex games together. They had also taught her how to make a boy feel extremely good. Something Bryan gained the benefits of almost every night. She almost laughed aloud after seeing Austin’s facial expression once Chase bent over and dunked his head under the water over Austin’s lap. It was clear Chase was the more aggressive one between them, but as long as Austin wasn’t being hurt and okay with what Chase was doing, it didn’t bother Kate. From the expression on Austin’s face, she thought he wasn’t being hurt and that he was definitely okay with what Chase was doing to him. Once Chase surfaced, she decided to get up.

“Boys I’ll be in there in a minute,” Kate called out to them.

She didn’t want to embarrass them by walking in on them in the middle of something, which was why she waited until they were done jerking each other off. She gave one final stretch and then headed into the bathroom. She smiled seeing the two boys innocently playing with their army men.

“Okay, time to show me your hands and feet,” Kate said.

“Okay Mom,” said Austin showing his hands to Kate.

“Hmm, looks a little wrinkly to me. Let’s see those toes,” Kate said smiling at the two boys.

They both sat down in the tub, put their hands behind them and put their feet up for Kate to look at them, inadvertently giving her a very good view of what lied between their legs. She wasn’t surprised to see that both boys were each sporting a little erection.

“These little piggies are all wrinkled. I think it’s time to wash you two up and get you out of the water before you turn into prunes,” teased Kate as she began to tickle the two little feet in her hands.

The boys laughed at getting their feet tickled but after a minute, Kate stopped and picked up the washcloth and soap.

“Okay Chase you first this time.”

“Yes Ma’am,” Chase said as he stood up in front of her.

Kate gently washed up the little farm boy. Since he was circumcised, she didn’t need to stretch his foreskin as she did with the other boys who did have one. She again told them the importance of washing their butts and penises while being careful to get Chase clean there but not to hurt him. Like the other boys, he too always had an erection when she was done washing him. Once he was done, she helped him out and dried him off. Then she gave him a playful pat to the butt and sent him out to jump on her bed while she washed up Austin.

Kate then had Austin stand up as she lovingly washed him up. She once again stretched his foreskin a little, which he really liked. She was very worried about Austin’s foreskin, as it was still very tight. Every time she washed him, she tried to stretch it without hurting him. She thought that if it didn’t loosen up she would have to talk to Al about possible treatments for it. She was always very careful when washing the boys, as she didn’t want accidentally to hurt them. She then gave Austin a very nice head massage as she washed his hair. Once he was done, she helped him out and dried him off. She then hugged the boy to her and gave him a little kiss. She sent him out to join Chase in jumping on the bed while she cleaned up the tub. She didn’t know how he did it, but every time Austin had a bath, there was a dirt ring around the tub. It didn’t matter how often she gave him one either. She had come to believe that if she gave him a bath minutes after his last one, she would still find a dirt ring around her tub.

When she came out of the bath, she saw both of the little boys wearing their underwear jumping on her bed. She laughed as Chase did a little flip and landed on her floor standing up with his hands out like a gymnast.

“Very good Chase,” laughed Kate clapping her hands for the boy.

“Thanks Kate,” Chase said making Austin giggle.

“Now you two need to get dressed and start on your lessons,” Kate told them.

“Okay Mom,” Austin said pulling on his jeans before throwing Chase’s shirt at him.

Earlier with Bryan and Jose…

Bryan found Jose sitting at his desk in his room doing his lessons for the day.

“Jose, I need to talk to you,” Bryan said.

“Sure Bryan what is it?”

“Kate had a message from Al last night that Hunter was back.”

“Oh…,” said Jose not sure how to respond to the sudden emotions he was feeling.

“It will be alright Jose,” Bryan said gently putting his hand on Jose’s shoulder. “We are just going to Al’s to get you checked out. Once we know what’s wrong, then we can begin to fix it.”

“You really think it can be fixed?” asked Jose worriedly.

“I’m sure it can be but we need to know what is wrong first.”

“When do we have to leave?” asked Jose quietly.

“Since you are probably going to get a full exam I want you to make sure you are clean. Did you take a shower today?”

“Kate gave me a bath this morning,” Jose said embarrassingly.

“Good then you should be good to go.”

“Umm…I need to change my pants first,” said a very red-faced Jose as he suddenly felt another little squirt go into his pull-up.

“Relax Jose, its okay. I understand. You go clean yourself up and I’ll pack a small bag for you, just incase,” Bryan said kindly.

Jose hurried out of his room to go to the bathroom to clean himself up. While Jose was doing that, Bryan pulled out one of Jose’s backpacks and threw a complete change of clothes in it, a box of wipes, and a couple extra pull-ups. Bryan felt bad for Jose for needing all this, and he truly hoped that Al would be able to fix whatever was wrong with the boy. A few minutes later Jose came back from the bathroom.

“You ready for this?” asked Bryan.

“I guess,” said Jose uncertainly.

“Come here Jose. Sit next to me,” Bryan said as he put his arm around Jose’s shoulders, once he was sitting with him on the bed. “Now tell me what’s wrong please.”

“I just don’t want to go now,” Jose said quietly.

“Why not, don’t you want to find out why this is happening?”

“I guess but I don’t like doctors. They always stick needles in me. I don’t want to get hurt.”

“I’ll be right there with you. So you don’t need to be afraid,” Bryan said compassionately.

“It’s not like you are going to take the shot for me Bryan,” said an irritated Jose.

“I know Jose. I would if I could, but we both know that won’t happen. I’ll be there for you in anyway I can. I’ll sit there and hold your hand the whole time, if that’s what you want. I’m going to do my best to make you feel as good about all this as I can, but we both know there are some things you have to do on your own,” Bryan said trying to make the worried boy feel a little better.

“I guess,” Jose said mollified. “But I’m also afraid of what he might find. What happens to me if it can’t be fixed? Am I going to be stuck wearing diapers my whole life?” whimpered Jose as tears began to fall down his cheeks.

“I’m sure it won’t come to that Jose. We need to find out what’s wrong though, so it’s very important that you come with me to Al’s.”

“Okay,” said Jose wiping the tears from his eyes.

“I’m proud of you Jose,” Bryan said as he hugged the frightened boy. “Now lets wipe your face off and then we can head over to Tommy’s to pick up Hunter.”

“Alright,” Jose said as he got up with Bryan and went to the bathroom to wipe his face clean.

Once Jose was done, Bryan walked with him downstairs. They both said good-bye to Kate and she gave them both a kiss. She gave Jose a special hug to try to make him feel better and apologized to him for not going with. She had wanted to take him but Bryan had made it clear to her that with how paranoid Al was that it would be better if he took Jose. She didn’t like it, but accepted it. She didn’t have much other choice. Bryan walked Jose to the garage and they climbed into his car. Bryan then headed over to Tommy’s house.

Back over to Tommy’s house…

Tommy had just gone downstairs while Shawn had taken Hunter into the bathroom up in his room. He went into the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee and was pleasantly surprised to see his brother in there putting away his own dishes.

“Hi Kyle,” Tommy said nicely, putting a smile on his face, and doing his best to be pleasant to his brother.

“Morning TJ,” Kyle replied.

“Kyle, what do you think about just the two of us going out for the day?” asked Tommy extremely concerned about how his brother would take it.

“Yeah that would be nice,” Kyle replied giving his brother a rare smile.

“That’s great! I was thinking about us going camping for the day. We could go to that lake where Mom and Dad used to take us to. We could go fishing, swimming, and sleep out in a tent again. Would you like to do that?”

“Yeah, that sounds good. How soon do you want to leave?”

“I have to go with Hunter and Jose to Al’s so Jose can get checked out, but we can leave once I get back. It will be just the two of us for the rest of the day and we won’t come back until tomorrow morning.”

“Can’t we leave earlier and you can take Jose to see Al tomorrow?” asked Kyle.

“I would but Hunter has to go back to Al tomorrow. He still has important work to do for Al and all he got was a single day off. After my screwing up with Jose’s problem before, I feel I owe it to him to get him checked out as soon as I can. I hope you understand about that,” said Tommy worried how his brother would react to having to wait.

“I guess that’s okay. I mean Jose has been having this problem for a while now and it really should get checked out.”

“Thanks Kyle,” smiled Tommy.

“TJ, why couldn’t you take Jose over to get checked out when Hunter was out?”

“Kyle, you know Al is extremely paranoid about other people. I don’t really understand it myself but with all he is doing to help us, I don’t want to piss him off if I can help it.”

“Yeah, that makes sense but it’s kinda weird how paranoid he is.”

“I know,” said Tommy wondering why Al didn’t want anyone other than him, Jon, Bryan, and Hunter knowing he was a computer and not a human being.

“Oh, thanks for the pancakes, they were really good.”

“Your welcome,” Tommy said sipping his coffee.

“Jon talked to me about us being a little more safety conscious for the next few days so is that going to stop us from going out?”

“No Kyle, it just means that the others will have to look after themselves a little more. I don’t want this to stop us from going out together,” said Tommy thinking what he really meant was that he didn’t want anything to get in the way of his getting back with his brother, no matter what.

“Good, cause I wanted to talk to you about some things once we were alone,” Kyle said giving his brother a smile.

“Sounds good, I wanted to talk to you too,” Tommy said.

Just then, the doorbell rang so the two of them headed over to the front door to see whom it was. It was Bryan and Jose coming to pick up Hunter.

“Hey guys, come on in,” Tommy said holding the door for them.

“Thanks Tom. We came over to pick up Hunter so Jose can get checked out over at Al’s,” Bryan said.

“Yeah, I know. Al called me this morning to say you guys would probably be coming over for that. I’m gonna go with though. I want to keep an eye on Hunter for a bit,” Tommy said.

“Is everything okay with Hunter?” asked Jose.

“Yeah, I think so. He’s just acting a little weird and I want to keep an eye on him,” Tommy told them.

Kyle was just thunderstruck after hearing that. His brother was going to leave Hunter, when he obviously didn’t think everything was right with the boy, and he was going to do it because he wanted to go out with him. That alone told Kyle how important his relationship was to his brother. Whenever Hunter was around, Tommy was usually with the boy or close by checking up on him every so often. For Tommy to leave the boy alone the day after he got back, knowing he would be leaving the next day, just so he could spend some alone time with Kyle flabbergasted him. What touched Kyle even more was that from how Tommy was behaving, he knew something was wrong with the boy but chose to spend his time with him instead. This alone made him feel special again. He had been a little jealous of Hunter for a while now, but with just a few words, Tommy had shown his brother how much he truly cared and loved him. Kyle’s eyes got a little misty once he realized how important he was to his brother.

“Sounds good Tom, how soon will you be ready?” asked Bryan.

“Probably just a few minutes,” said Tommy.

“Yeah, I can see it will be a few minutes,” said Bryan smirking as Kyle and Jose began to giggle.

Tommy turned around to find out what the others were looking at when he just buried his face in his hands and shook his head. There was Hunter dripping wet in his nude magnificence, with his little dick sticking straight up.

“I’ll be a few minutes, you guys go relax it won’t be long,” Tommy said tiredly.

“No problem Tom. You take care of him and we will be waiting for you,” Bryan said once again struck with the beauty of Hunter’s body.

“Come on Hunter,” Tommy said resignedly as he took the boy’s hand.

It bothered Tommy that Hunter had come downstairs wet and naked. What bothered him more was that he had a very obvious erection at the time. What were even worse were his instructions to the boy about if Shawn did more than just wash him, and it was definitely looking like he did.

As Tommy walked into his room, he found a very worried looking Shawn getting dressed. It was obvious to Tommy that Shawn had dressed in a hurry as his clothes were sticking to him from not drying off well enough.

“All right Shawn, explain,” Tommy demanded.

“Honest TJ, I didn’t do it on purpose,” said a worried Shawn.

“Okay Shawn, relax and tell me what happened,” Tommy said shaking his head a little as he grabbed up a towel to dry off Hunter.

“I was washing him and he got a hard-on. I was just trying to wash it so that it was nice and clean. I swear I wasn’t doing anything else but it was enough to get him hard. I then tried to stretch that skin he has at the end of his dick and he ran away. I was throwing on some clothes to go find him when you came in,” Shawn said.

“Is that what happened Hunter?” asked Tommy as he finished drying off the boy’s legs watching his little dick begin to soften and go back to normal.

“Yes Sir,” said Hunter thinking about some of the talks Tommy had had with him about not being necessary to give every last detail about what happened as long as it covered the main parts. What Shawn had said was true, up to a point. The feelings Hunter had experienced while Shawn was stretching his foreskin along with his breath and hands caressing his dick and balls was enough for Hunter to worry that something else might happen, so he ran out to prevent Shawn from getting in trouble.

“Then why did you run away from him,” asked Tommy.

“I was afraid. It was feeling very good and I was worried I would get in trouble for it if I didn’t come to you right away, like you said to. It wasn’t really sex, but it felt like it. It frightened me because you said he could only wash me and we couldn’t do anything else. I didn’t want him to get in trouble, so I ran to you,” Hunter said timidly.

“You did very good Hunter,” Tommy said smiling at the boy.

“Thank you Master.”

“What did I say about calling me ‘master’?” asked Tommy gently.

“Not to Sir.”

“Very good,” Tommy said to Hunter. Then turning to Shawn he said, “I’m sorry Shawn if I was a little harsh with you. You didn’t do anything wrong and I’m very sorry if I made you feel like you did. From now on if I tell you to only wash him up, I don’t want you to be stretching his foreskin any more. I don’t think he really needs it, so please don’t do it to him.”

“Okay TJ,” Shawn replied disappointedly. That was one of his favorite things to do with Hunter and now Tommy didn’t want him to do it again unless they were going to do more than just wash.

Seeing Shawn’s disappointment, Tommy said, “Cutie, when I get back tomorrow I want to sit down with you to talk about this. I want to tell you why I didn’t want you to do anything like that with him and some other stuff.”

“You’re going out? Where are you going? Can I come too?” asked Shawn excitedly.

“I’m taking Kyle out camping and no, you can’t come too,” Tommy said smiling at his Cutie as he helped Hunter into his Spiderman undies.

“Oh, I understand. I hope you two can work it all out,” Shawn said as he handed Tommy Hunter’s blue jeans and Captain America t-shirt.

“Thanks Shawn, so do I,” Tommy replied as he pulled Hunter’s t-shirt over his head. “Shawn, I have to take Hunter so that Jose can get checked out at Al’s place. When I get back I want you and Jon to look after him for me while I go out with Kyle, okay?”

“Sure TJ, I can look after him for you,” smiled Shawn.

“Shawn, no bathing him or fooling around with him until after I talk to you,” said Tommy giving Shawn a stern look.

“Alright TJ, we won’t do that,” said Shawn disappointedly.

“I’ll explain it all to you once I get back,” Tommy said failing to tell Shawn that Hunter would have to go back to Al tomorrow after he got back. He didn’t tell Shawn, because he didn’t want to put up with Shawn having a tantrum or something. The real reason he didn’t want Shawn to play around with Hunter, was because of how far Hunter had regressed. It was clear to Tommy that Hunter had regressed far more than he feared he had. He wasn’t sure Hunter would tell Shawn to stop if he knew Shawn really wanted to do it. He didn’t want to say all that in front of Hunter, so he planned to have a private chat with Shawn about all this once Hunter went back to Al’s tomorrow.

Once Hunter was completely dressed, he said, “Okay Hunter we better head out, Bryan and Jose are waiting for us. Shawn you be good while I’m gone.”

“Yes Sir.”

“Am I ever not good?” asked Shawn with a mischievous smile.

“I don’t think you want me to answer that,” teased Tommy ruffling Shawn’s hair and bending over to give him a little kiss.

The three of them went downstairs to the living room where Bryan and Jose were waiting.

“Okay, we are ready to go,” Tommy told them as he watched Hunter pick at his shirt distastefully trying to get it not to touch his skin as much.

“Cool, your car or mine?” asked Bryan as he and Jose got up.

“I think we should take mine as I have been there more and know the way better,” Tommy said.

“Fine by me,” Bryan replied as they headed outside to Tommy’s truck.

They all climbed into Tommy’s truck and after a minute of trying, the truck started up. Tommy drove them over to Al’s compound as they talked about little things mainly. Tommy did explain to Jose that because of Al’s paranoia of other people that he wouldn’t actually be seeing him, but Bryan would be following his instructions to do any test that was needed. Once again, Tommy was amazed at how still Hunter could sit and how quiet he was. It worried him, because it reminded him a great deal about how Hunter was when he first came to live with them. When they finally got there, the gates opened for them and Tommy parked right outside the front door.

“Okay Jose, remember you won’t be actually meeting Al. You will probably see him on a monitor screen and hear him. He has audio pickups all over the place so he can hear you. All you need to do is talk normally and he’ll hear what you say. He also has video cameras everywhere so he can see us no matter where we go,” Tommy told the worried boy.

“Okay,” said Jose very concerned about what might happen to him.

“Don’t worry about it Jose, if anyone can find out what is wrong with you, he can,” Bryan said putting a comforting arm around Jose’s shoulders.

They all went in and Tommy had a small flashback to the first time he entered the building. He couldn’t help himself as he glanced to where the three men had been killed by Hunter. He glanced around the room and couldn’t see any indication that a gunfight had happened here, even if it only lasted a few seconds. The special elevator opened across the room and all of them entered it. It took them a few minutes for the elevator to get to the right floor. Jose was a bit concerned it took so long but since the other three didn’t seem to think anything was out of the ordinary, he didn’t say anything. Once the elevator finally stopped, they all walked out and then looked around for some indication of where they should go.

“Hunter, can you please lead them to Medlab 1,” Al’s voice spoke over a speaker close to them making Jose jump.

“Yes Al,” Hunter said mechanically.

Hunter then led them down the corridor until eventually they made it to a door labeled ‘Medlab 1’. Hunter opened the door for them and then stood aside to let them in. Tommy and the others entered and looked around. There were a couple exam tables scattered around the room along with a ton of different machines. Some of them looked familiar to Tommy but most Tommy had no idea of what they might do. It was then that a large monitor dropped down from the ceiling and they saw Al. He was sitting at a desk with his feet up wearing his usual blue jeans along with a dark green t-shirt that said ‘My Indian Name is Drinks Like Fish’.

“Jose, I need you to take your clothes off now. You can put them on the counter over here,” Al said as a spotlight pointed out the counter. “Once you are naked, I need you to lie down on exam table one,” as another spotlight pointed out the table.

Jose began hesitantly to take off his clothes glancing over at Tommy.

Once he was down to his pull-up he said, “Do I have to take everything off?” as he covered the front of his pull-up with his hands.

“I’m afraid so. I won’t do to you what they did to Hunter, but for the best image to see what is going on I need you naked. Since the problem seems to be in your urinary track, I need you to take off your underwear. I’m sorry if this embarrasses you but you need to do it so we can figure out what is causing this problem,” Al told the boy.

“Okay,” said Jose as he turned his back to the others and pulled off his pull-up.

He put it next to his other clothes. When he turned around to get to the exam table, he had his hands in front of him covering up his dick and balls. His face was beet red as he walked past Tommy and Bryan.

Bryan noticed how embarrassed he was so he said, “Tom, I think Jose is a little embarrassed so can you take Hunter and wait outside while we do the exam?”

“Sure Bryan, sorry Jose I should have realized our being here might make you uncomfortable,” Tommy said looking around for Hunter only to see him standing at the door shaking as he stared blankly into the room. “Hunter, are you okay?” Tommy said running over to the little boy. “Hunter, Hunter,” said Tommy shaking the boy a little to get his attention.

“Yes Master,” replied Hunter finally looking at Tommy instead of through him.

“Are you okay?” asked Tommy worriedly.

“Memories, bad memories,” Hunter said sadly.

“Come on Hunter, let’s get away from here,” Tommy said picking up the boy and walking away from the medlab.

While Tommy was dealing with Hunter, Bryan was helping Jose to lie on top of the exam table. Jose was still covering himself up but not nearly as embarrassed now that it was only Bryan there. Bryan then went over to Jose’s backpack and grabbed the box of wipes. He brought them over to Jose as he had seen the wetness indicator on the pull-up showed that Jose had used it. Bryan gently handed the wipes to Jose, who immediately began to wipe his butt and diaper area as Bryan turned his back so as not to add to the boy’s embarrassment. Once Jose was done, he quickly put his hands back over his little penis and balls.

“I’m sorry Jose but you need to put your hands next to you so I can begin the exam,” Al said.

“Okay,” said Jose as he slowly removed his hands from his dick and lied them down next to him.

“Bryan, move this scanner,” as a spotlight lighted up the right piece of equipment, “and place it next to the table.”

Once the machine was in place, Al explained to Bryan how to turn it on and what buttons to push. The machine then ran a wand over Jose from head to foot. Al then directed Bryan to use a number of other machines. Unfortunately for Jose, he had lost almost all control of his bladder and it suddenly happened on him as he lied on the table. He began to piss all over himself until he quickly grabbed his dick and painfully pinched it off. He was about to get up when Al told him to lie down so he could use some machine to watch as he pissed. Bryan grabbed his pull-up and placed it over Jose’s penis. He held it in place, as Jose embarrassingly pissed for Al into the pull-up. Once he was done, Bryan handed him a number of wipes so that he could wipe himself off. Bryan helped him climb down from the table once the test was over and helped wipe Jose off in the back where Jose couldn’t see. Bryan then wiped off the table before they moved to a clean table. After about an hour of testing they were almost done.

“We are almost done but I think I’m going to need Hunter for the next few tests I need,” Al said.

“Can’t Bryan do them?” asked Jose knowing Tommy would be with if Hunter had to do them.

“I need a blood sample and one other test that Bryan isn’t qualified to do,” Al explained.

“Oh,” said Jose unhappily.

“It will be okay Jose, let’s just get this done so we can begin to make you well again,” Bryan told the unhappy boy.

“I’ll contact them and have them come here. It shouldn’t be too long before they get here so just try to relax,” Al said.

END PART 2

To be continued….

Coming in 98.3

Tommy goes to spend quality time with Kyle to try and fix their relationship…

And…

Are Duane’s days of living in Tommy’s neighborhood numbered??? He needs to make a decision about his attitude real fast.