Lottery
Chapter 13
By Mark J. Silva Jr
Lisa turned to speak to Mark, only to find both him and Tina gone. The security door was now hanging wide open, and they were nowhere to be seen.
Lisa swore to herself, and closed her eyes to focus on Tina or Penny.
Tina responded. Mark had panicked at the blaster being pointed at him, and had run. She and Penny were playing 'catch up' with him.
Lisa turned and looked at the woman from the security office. Then she punched the woman out, cold!
“Heather, if you'll excuse me, I have to find Mark."
“I will let security know. Is there anything else we can do?” Heather said.
“Yes. Fire that stupid bitch, and no one is to draw a weapon. He's unarmed and harmless,” Lisa said before heading out the doorway.
Mark booked down one hall, and then another. Penny and Tina were close behind, yelling, but all Mark could think about was not getting shot again.
Bursting out a door and into an open field, Mark ran in a blind panic. He headed over towards another building.
At the door, Mark was met by an AI who wasn't to happy with him just appearing there.
“This is a secure area! You need to return to your domicile, young man."
Mark didn't pay attention to her at all. It took him mere moments to bypass her control of the door, and get it to open. Mark rushed in. He came to a sudden halt, and he slowly raised his hands. The building was the company's primary security barracks, and was filled with security personnel!
As Mark stepped back slowly, Tina stopped him, while Penny closed the door.
“Mistress is on her way,” Tina whispered into Mark's ear.
Rose was the closest officer to the door, in the room. She was the first to see Mark, and the look of fear in his eyes. Slowly, she got up. Leaving her blaster on the table, she walked over to Mark.
“I'll bet you're Mark.”
Mark nodded his head but kept quiet.
Rose sat down on the floor a few feet away from him.
“My friends and I won't hurt you. We are here to protect people just like you. My, you do have some of the brightest blue eyes I have ever seen."
Mark stayed rooted to his spot.
“Hey, Rose,” said another lady who walked over and then she noticed Mark's eyes also, “Wow, He looks a lot like my Sister's boy, Tommy. I'm Helena."
Just then the AI sparkled to life in the room and stood before Mark with an angry look on her face.
“What did you do to me?” she snapped.
The door opened once more, and Lisa stepped into the building.
“There you are."
Axis looked at Lisa and flashed over to her.
“Does that male belong to you?”
Mark turned, looked to Lisa, and lowered his head. She wasn't too happy, by the look Mark had just seen.
“Yes, he does belong to me,” Lisa answered.
Axis looked back at Mark, “He did something to me! I can't control the main door anymore,” the AI complained.
Rose got back to her feet and said, “Hello, Mrs. Bradly. Seems your young man has stirred up a few things this morning."
“She not locked out, the door works just fine,” Mark said.
Axis turned and started to march over to Mark, saying, “Listen here you, I would know if…"
Axis paused as her eyes flickered, and she turned to look at the door.
“What did you do?”
Mark slowly moved over to Lisa, “I just fooled the controls into believing there was a fire inside, so it had to open the door."
Helena looked at Mark, “Tommy is a smart man. He works in cryptology. Are you his little brother?”
Lisa pulled Mark close, and smiled at the ladies as she said, “I can safely say he's an only child. But, there's a chance that he's Tommy's father."
Rose started laughing, “Oh, that's rich, Mrs. Bradly! I know Tommy. He's twenty three. There no way Mark here could be his father."
Lisa smiled and looked down at Mark as she said, “I see. Well, ladies, I need to get Mark here back to my meeting.”
The walk seemed to take twice as long as it should have. When Mark came to the security door with the tunnel behind it, he paused.
“Come, Mark, we need to get inside."
Mark stood still.
Lisa turned back and gave him a questioning look.
“That lady with the blaster isn't there, anymore. We need to get into the lab, so you can see what they have to offer."
Mark took a slow step forward and Tina joined him with Penny being right behind them.
Both doors were wide open and on the other side was a heavy set lady with a bright smile.
“Welcome back Lisa and Mark. I do hope things go better this time."
Mark looked around the room and noticed that the scanner was now off. As Lisa and Heather spoke Mark drifted over to the scanner, and brushed his fingers over the surface. The console stayed off, and Mark looked back at Lisa. He found them both staring at him.
“Curious, isn’t he?” Heather said.
“Sometimes too curious. It has gotten him into plenty of trouble.”
“If you'll follow me, I have something that will interest you. Maybe you can solve a problem we have.” Said Heather as she open a door leading down another hallway.
One side of the hallway was walled with windows looking into a large lab. They walked past the door that led into the lab, and went in through another door into a smaller lab that stood alone.
This lab had a circular holo console, and had holo projectors lining most of the five walls. Mark walked around, followed closely by Tina, as Lisa and Heather watched. Penny decided that under the console, was a nice place to lie down for a quick nap.
“We have been working on a new AI matrix; but with all our tech, we still keep running into flow and memory issues. A few of my staff members seem very sure of your skills and after a few months of talks I have agreed to let you look,” Heather said as she looked at Tina, “But I'm nervous in letting a pet filled with unregistered wetware in my labs."
Mark stopped and looked at Heather, “Well, then, I shall head back home."
Lisa smiled and Heather looked aghast, “Wait a minute, I didn't say you couldn't! It's just that we, like many large companies, worry about espionage of our designs."
Mark started laughing, leaving Heather with an odd look on her face.
“If I wanted to steal your stuff, I wouldn't need Tina for that!” Mark then activated the console and in moments had a dozen supposedly top secret and secure files open for all to see. "I have designed parts of every program I see here. If anything, you have stolen from me, unless you can prove you have been paying me royalties for this stuff."
Heather almost choked on her own bile.
“How the hell did you…”
But before Mark answered he pulled up the new AI matrix and frowned, “This is all GIGO!"
Heather looked at Lisa and then back to Mark, “What is 'GIGO?'”
“Garbage in, garbage out. This isn't a new matrix. Its a Class Three with window dressing. And it's not even good window dressing, at that,” Mark said as he swiped the matrix away, “I can make a new one easily enough, once I know what you need from it."
Mark started to open a new matrix file, but Lisa placed her hand on his.
“Wait, I need to discuss a few thing first. Heather, why don't we meet up for dinner. I need to explain a few things to Mark, and make sure he fully understands before we continue."
* * * *
Brock couldn't believe his eyes! Across the field walked the pretty boy from the chat room, from months ago. But he wasn't just pretty, this boy was gorgeous. With his enhanced vision, Brock could see him as if he was right in front of him and what a looker. He really did have the brightest blue eyes Brock had ever seen. And the dress he wore fit every curve like a glove.
As Brock watched, a pet seemed to race by the boy and then another came into view. The boy stopped, bent down, and picked a stick.
'What a fucking ass!' Brock thought. 'A perfect heart-shaped ass!'
Then he watched as the boy threw the stick and the doggirl ran off to fetch it.
The she ran back and handed the boy the stick. The bunnygirl then passed him a bottle, and made sure he took a long drink.
'That boy's owner has to have some money! Two pets, and his looks. This is no standard pretty boy!' thought Brock.
No, he was smaller than any of the pretty boys Brock had broken over the years. This had to be a glamor boy. Small, lithe. And he bet that boy would be a screamer once he had him bent over and shown him what a big man could do!
“Don't you dare get any damned ideas in your thick head, Brock,” said someone behind him.
Kelly looked across the field in the direction Brock was staring. It was very obvious to her that someone out there had him very excited by the growing budge in his jeans. And when she spotted the boy across the field she knew nothing good could ever come out of this.
“I was only lookin', Madam,” Brock answered.
Kelly was Brock's third owner since he had been modified into a brute. While the treatment made him larger and better built; it didn't make him any smarter, or able to deal with the extra stresses the growth and strength hormones gave to him.
Brock was gay. He had no interest in females beyond fulfilling his duties. One of his past owners enjoyed watching him sodomize and brutalize smaller males. She couldn't prove it, but she believed he may have even killed a few of them just to get a thrill.
“You listen, carefully! You do not go near him, call him, or even think about that boy! I will have you shipped off to some fucking smelting plant in the asteroid belts of Nexius. Do you understand me?”
The threat sent a chill down his spine, as he knew she meant it.
* * * *
Mark was having a great time outside playing around and just enjoying the weather. The sun was shining and the breeze was just right. The picnic park was set to the side of the ship yard and Mark could watch as ships flew in and out. Penny was running around like a uncaged wolf, her new heightend senses kept dragging her nose everywhere. But after running and fetching a stick she stopped suddenly and dropped to all fours, her hackles raised and she let out a low growl at something Mark couldn't see. But after a few minutes she stopped and returned to Mark in a much more guarded state.
What Mark couldn't see was the brute on the far side of the field. He was watching Mark. Penny got his scent, and she recognized it as arousal, which was threatening Mark. While he never came any closer Penny registered his scent and looks as a permanent threat. She logged in it her wetware memory, while sending a complete copy to Tina, for her to review and record.
Tina nudged up to Mark and convinced him it was time to head inside and find something to eat. It seemed all innocent; but the fact was, the brute looked dangerous. Getting Mark inside and behind a set of locked doors, was the safest route to follow.
At first Mark didn't want to head inside, it was a wonderful day outside and there was no one around that he could see. But Tina was insistent and once she made up her mind that Mark needed to eat, she would all but force feed him.
Mark knew it was her orders to make sure he stayed healthy. For Tina and Penny, it was the number one, overriding law that Lisa had laid down: protect Mark at all costs. Penny had found a threat, and Tina was going to make sure Mark was out of danger.
Lisa had made some special requests when it came to Tina, and choosing to make her a wolfgirl was only part of it. Tina had her ears, eyes and nose super enhanced. She could run at a full forty miles per hour. With her enhanced skeletal structure, she could slam head on into a wall, and never break a bone.
As for Penny? Well, Penny was a perfect killing machine. Her claws were hardened, and her fangs and teeth were made of the same bio-zirconium dioxide enhancements as Tina's claws. Her attacks were primal but her drive would be the same as a mother protecting her pups. Lisa had bought Mark a killing machine, and hoped it would never be revealed to him.
* * * *
Kelly went back to her project, and Brock looked back across the field. He noticed the doggirl looking directly at him with such cold eyes. Then, moment later, she turned when the boy called her. She trotted off, shortly, followed by the boy. They turned and headed over to a complex of buildings.
Brock didn't know what the boy did; but he did know, now, how to get access to the HY-Design Freighter shipyards.
Lisa swore to herself, and closed her eyes to focus on Tina or Penny.
Tina responded. Mark had panicked at the blaster being pointed at him, and had run. She and Penny were playing 'catch up' with him.
Lisa turned and looked at the woman from the security office. Then she punched the woman out, cold!
“Heather, if you'll excuse me, I have to find Mark."
“I will let security know. Is there anything else we can do?” Heather said.
“Yes. Fire that stupid bitch, and no one is to draw a weapon. He's unarmed and harmless,” Lisa said before heading out the doorway.
Mark booked down one hall, and then another. Penny and Tina were close behind, yelling, but all Mark could think about was not getting shot again.
Bursting out a door and into an open field, Mark ran in a blind panic. He headed over towards another building.
At the door, Mark was met by an AI who wasn't to happy with him just appearing there.
“This is a secure area! You need to return to your domicile, young man."
Mark didn't pay attention to her at all. It took him mere moments to bypass her control of the door, and get it to open. Mark rushed in. He came to a sudden halt, and he slowly raised his hands. The building was the company's primary security barracks, and was filled with security personnel!
As Mark stepped back slowly, Tina stopped him, while Penny closed the door.
“Mistress is on her way,” Tina whispered into Mark's ear.
Rose was the closest officer to the door, in the room. She was the first to see Mark, and the look of fear in his eyes. Slowly, she got up. Leaving her blaster on the table, she walked over to Mark.
“I'll bet you're Mark.”
Mark nodded his head but kept quiet.
Rose sat down on the floor a few feet away from him.
“My friends and I won't hurt you. We are here to protect people just like you. My, you do have some of the brightest blue eyes I have ever seen."
Mark stayed rooted to his spot.
“Hey, Rose,” said another lady who walked over and then she noticed Mark's eyes also, “Wow, He looks a lot like my Sister's boy, Tommy. I'm Helena."
Just then the AI sparkled to life in the room and stood before Mark with an angry look on her face.
“What did you do to me?” she snapped.
The door opened once more, and Lisa stepped into the building.
“There you are."
Axis looked at Lisa and flashed over to her.
“Does that male belong to you?”
Mark turned, looked to Lisa, and lowered his head. She wasn't too happy, by the look Mark had just seen.
“Yes, he does belong to me,” Lisa answered.
Axis looked back at Mark, “He did something to me! I can't control the main door anymore,” the AI complained.
Rose got back to her feet and said, “Hello, Mrs. Bradly. Seems your young man has stirred up a few things this morning."
“She not locked out, the door works just fine,” Mark said.
Axis turned and started to march over to Mark, saying, “Listen here you, I would know if…"
Axis paused as her eyes flickered, and she turned to look at the door.
“What did you do?”
Mark slowly moved over to Lisa, “I just fooled the controls into believing there was a fire inside, so it had to open the door."
Helena looked at Mark, “Tommy is a smart man. He works in cryptology. Are you his little brother?”
Lisa pulled Mark close, and smiled at the ladies as she said, “I can safely say he's an only child. But, there's a chance that he's Tommy's father."
Rose started laughing, “Oh, that's rich, Mrs. Bradly! I know Tommy. He's twenty three. There no way Mark here could be his father."
Lisa smiled and looked down at Mark as she said, “I see. Well, ladies, I need to get Mark here back to my meeting.”
The walk seemed to take twice as long as it should have. When Mark came to the security door with the tunnel behind it, he paused.
“Come, Mark, we need to get inside."
Mark stood still.
Lisa turned back and gave him a questioning look.
“That lady with the blaster isn't there, anymore. We need to get into the lab, so you can see what they have to offer."
Mark took a slow step forward and Tina joined him with Penny being right behind them.
Both doors were wide open and on the other side was a heavy set lady with a bright smile.
“Welcome back Lisa and Mark. I do hope things go better this time."
Mark looked around the room and noticed that the scanner was now off. As Lisa and Heather spoke Mark drifted over to the scanner, and brushed his fingers over the surface. The console stayed off, and Mark looked back at Lisa. He found them both staring at him.
“Curious, isn’t he?” Heather said.
“Sometimes too curious. It has gotten him into plenty of trouble.”
“If you'll follow me, I have something that will interest you. Maybe you can solve a problem we have.” Said Heather as she open a door leading down another hallway.
One side of the hallway was walled with windows looking into a large lab. They walked past the door that led into the lab, and went in through another door into a smaller lab that stood alone.
This lab had a circular holo console, and had holo projectors lining most of the five walls. Mark walked around, followed closely by Tina, as Lisa and Heather watched. Penny decided that under the console, was a nice place to lie down for a quick nap.
“We have been working on a new AI matrix; but with all our tech, we still keep running into flow and memory issues. A few of my staff members seem very sure of your skills and after a few months of talks I have agreed to let you look,” Heather said as she looked at Tina, “But I'm nervous in letting a pet filled with unregistered wetware in my labs."
Mark stopped and looked at Heather, “Well, then, I shall head back home."
Lisa smiled and Heather looked aghast, “Wait a minute, I didn't say you couldn't! It's just that we, like many large companies, worry about espionage of our designs."
Mark started laughing, leaving Heather with an odd look on her face.
“If I wanted to steal your stuff, I wouldn't need Tina for that!” Mark then activated the console and in moments had a dozen supposedly top secret and secure files open for all to see. "I have designed parts of every program I see here. If anything, you have stolen from me, unless you can prove you have been paying me royalties for this stuff."
Heather almost choked on her own bile.
“How the hell did you…”
But before Mark answered he pulled up the new AI matrix and frowned, “This is all GIGO!"
Heather looked at Lisa and then back to Mark, “What is 'GIGO?'”
“Garbage in, garbage out. This isn't a new matrix. Its a Class Three with window dressing. And it's not even good window dressing, at that,” Mark said as he swiped the matrix away, “I can make a new one easily enough, once I know what you need from it."
Mark started to open a new matrix file, but Lisa placed her hand on his.
“Wait, I need to discuss a few thing first. Heather, why don't we meet up for dinner. I need to explain a few things to Mark, and make sure he fully understands before we continue."
* * * *
Brock couldn't believe his eyes! Across the field walked the pretty boy from the chat room, from months ago. But he wasn't just pretty, this boy was gorgeous. With his enhanced vision, Brock could see him as if he was right in front of him and what a looker. He really did have the brightest blue eyes Brock had ever seen. And the dress he wore fit every curve like a glove.
As Brock watched, a pet seemed to race by the boy and then another came into view. The boy stopped, bent down, and picked a stick.
'What a fucking ass!' Brock thought. 'A perfect heart-shaped ass!'
Then he watched as the boy threw the stick and the doggirl ran off to fetch it.
The she ran back and handed the boy the stick. The bunnygirl then passed him a bottle, and made sure he took a long drink.
'That boy's owner has to have some money! Two pets, and his looks. This is no standard pretty boy!' thought Brock.
No, he was smaller than any of the pretty boys Brock had broken over the years. This had to be a glamor boy. Small, lithe. And he bet that boy would be a screamer once he had him bent over and shown him what a big man could do!
“Don't you dare get any damned ideas in your thick head, Brock,” said someone behind him.
Kelly looked across the field in the direction Brock was staring. It was very obvious to her that someone out there had him very excited by the growing budge in his jeans. And when she spotted the boy across the field she knew nothing good could ever come out of this.
“I was only lookin', Madam,” Brock answered.
Kelly was Brock's third owner since he had been modified into a brute. While the treatment made him larger and better built; it didn't make him any smarter, or able to deal with the extra stresses the growth and strength hormones gave to him.
Brock was gay. He had no interest in females beyond fulfilling his duties. One of his past owners enjoyed watching him sodomize and brutalize smaller males. She couldn't prove it, but she believed he may have even killed a few of them just to get a thrill.
“You listen, carefully! You do not go near him, call him, or even think about that boy! I will have you shipped off to some fucking smelting plant in the asteroid belts of Nexius. Do you understand me?”
The threat sent a chill down his spine, as he knew she meant it.
* * * *
Mark was having a great time outside playing around and just enjoying the weather. The sun was shining and the breeze was just right. The picnic park was set to the side of the ship yard and Mark could watch as ships flew in and out. Penny was running around like a uncaged wolf, her new heightend senses kept dragging her nose everywhere. But after running and fetching a stick she stopped suddenly and dropped to all fours, her hackles raised and she let out a low growl at something Mark couldn't see. But after a few minutes she stopped and returned to Mark in a much more guarded state.
What Mark couldn't see was the brute on the far side of the field. He was watching Mark. Penny got his scent, and she recognized it as arousal, which was threatening Mark. While he never came any closer Penny registered his scent and looks as a permanent threat. She logged in it her wetware memory, while sending a complete copy to Tina, for her to review and record.
Tina nudged up to Mark and convinced him it was time to head inside and find something to eat. It seemed all innocent; but the fact was, the brute looked dangerous. Getting Mark inside and behind a set of locked doors, was the safest route to follow.
At first Mark didn't want to head inside, it was a wonderful day outside and there was no one around that he could see. But Tina was insistent and once she made up her mind that Mark needed to eat, she would all but force feed him.
Mark knew it was her orders to make sure he stayed healthy. For Tina and Penny, it was the number one, overriding law that Lisa had laid down: protect Mark at all costs. Penny had found a threat, and Tina was going to make sure Mark was out of danger.
Lisa had made some special requests when it came to Tina, and choosing to make her a wolfgirl was only part of it. Tina had her ears, eyes and nose super enhanced. She could run at a full forty miles per hour. With her enhanced skeletal structure, she could slam head on into a wall, and never break a bone.
As for Penny? Well, Penny was a perfect killing machine. Her claws were hardened, and her fangs and teeth were made of the same bio-zirconium dioxide enhancements as Tina's claws. Her attacks were primal but her drive would be the same as a mother protecting her pups. Lisa had bought Mark a killing machine, and hoped it would never be revealed to him.
* * * *
Kelly went back to her project, and Brock looked back across the field. He noticed the doggirl looking directly at him with such cold eyes. Then, moment later, she turned when the boy called her. She trotted off, shortly, followed by the boy. They turned and headed over to a complex of buildings.
Brock didn't know what the boy did; but he did know, now, how to get access to the HY-Design Freighter shipyards.