Twenty minutes, long enough to pop down to the campus store, pick up some cigars and pull out some cash to pay for his date. As he walked over, he was suddenly struck by how natural this all felt, but just a short time ago, if someone had told him that after having a fight with his boyfriend he would call up and actually buy sex from a prostitute, he would have probably gone white in the face and thought they were the devil. And yet, here he was, buying some cigars, lighting one up immediately, happy with smoke in his lungs again. God, he hated that he loved it. Even if…even if things did change back, he didn’t think he’d be able to keep away from the damn nicotine. Still, the possibility of things changing back seemed like quite the long shot, but he had to hope for something. James was still out there, other people might have escaped. Still, if they were going to tell the authorities, wouldn’t they have done something by now, the national guard rolling into campus, shooting rubber bullets and tazers? Actually, he didn’t really want to be on the wrong side of that, if that did happen, still, if not that, then what?

He pulled some cash out of his bank account, finding a bit less in there than he’d thought he’d had. With a sigh, he figured their little company should pick up another contract with the school for some construction cash–it was his major after all–but working with Tom on a project was about as much fun as living with him. Leon and Butch–they helped mellow him out a bit, but the whole experience usually just boiled down to Tom ordering everyone else around and doing barely any work himself. God, Matt hated all of this. He hated this campus, this body, these urges, this relationship, this whole goddamn life. The anger was starting to spoil his mood as he came up on the baths–he’d been excited for his meet-up with the cub, but only because it was a way of getting back at Tom. He didn’t really feel like having sex though, a fact which had caused the whole argument to begin with, but he’d made the commitment, and had the money, so he might as well try to have a little fun.

He checked his watch as he came up on the baths, one of the new additions to campus, taking the place of the swim center. There was still a pool in there–somewhere–but it had been expanded and grown to include a huge complex of saunas and locker rooms which never seemed to end, and which was the most popular sex spot on campus. At least he didn’t have to take a contract to clean the baths–they paid shit, and you never knew what nasty thing you might find in there. Of course, the students who did take those contracts probably thought that was just a perk of the job–but Matt had no interest in that. He meandered about, early, wondering whether he should go in and head to his locker, or just wait for the cub to arrive. He decided to wait–the inside of the place was such a mess, he’d probably never find him if they went in separately.

He didn’t have to wait long– a few minutes later a familiar silhouette came strutting down the walk towards him, dressed in some tight leather shorts, cupping that amazing ass which was just as hot as Matt remembered, and a leather harness hugging his chest in all the right places. “Hey daddy,” the cub said, grabbing Matt’s collar and giving him a deep kiss, teasing Matt into taking his tongue and shoving it down the cub’s throat. “So, should we get a room?” the cub added with a grin when they parted, and Matt led the way into the building. The baths were sparsely occupied–normal for a weekday during classes, and in the first empty room they found, Matt dragged to cub in, shoved him up against the wall and started breathing smoke down his throat, but the cub pushed him off. “Hold up there daddy, I take my payment up front–keeps you bears from dining and dashing.”

“Sure, whatever,” Matt said, grabbed the fifty bucks from his pocket and tucked it down the front of the cub’s shorts, and then started kissing him again, the cub undoing the straps of Matt’s overalls and letting them drop to the floor, rubbing his hands over the bear’s furry, taut gut, before Matt wrapped his arms around the cub and pulled him close, rubbing their bellies together.

The cub eventually pulled away, unzipping the rear of his leather shorts and bending over a bench, showing off his cherry to Matt. “Well come on daddy, give me another fuck like that one before, make sure I remember this one just as well.”

“You fucking slut, I’m gonna rip it apart,” Matt said, got down behind the cub, and quickly realized that one thing in the room wasn’t feeling the mood–his cock. He could only get it half-mast, and couldn’t even work it into the cub’s well practiced hole. “God–God fucking damn it,” he said, backing away red in the face, about to pull up his overalls and spare himself to embarrassment of trying anymore. He’d bottomed for Tom so much, maybe he’d just forgotten how to top. He should just go back and let Tom have his way with him–and just try to forget about all of this crap, and just get used to it. Get used to being Tom’s lackey, his sex toy, his employee, his fucking bitch.

“Hey hey, what’s up daddy, what’s the matter?” the cub said, coming over.

“Look, just forget it, alright? Keep the money, this was a stupid idea–I should just go.”

“Here, let me work on it for a bit, I can get it up–” the cub said, getting down on his knees, ready to suck him off, but Matt gave a growl, palmed the cub’s head with his massive hand and shoved him away, harder than he’d intended, so that the cub flew backwards, his head hitting the concrete floor with a loud smack.

“Oh shit,” Matt said, getting down quickly, “I’m sorry, I’m so fucking sorry–are you alright?”

“You fucking asshole, a fucking ‘no’ would have been enough!” the cub shouted, clutching the back of his head.

“Look, I just still don’t know my own strength, and–”

“Fucking forget it–and you know what?” the cub said, wobbling upright, “that fuck we had? Fucking mediocre–you’re a shitty top, for the fucking record.” He headed for the door, still uncertain on his feet, leaving Matt on his knees, feeling even worse than before, and before he could stop himself, he was sobbing, feeling more alone than ever before. It would be so much easier if he could just forget who he’d. Just forget like everyone else had, apparently. He felt like he was the only one who could remember it all from before–who knows, maybe he was the only one. Every day felt like an act, like he was pretending to be someone he wasn’t, stuck in a costume he couldn’t take off, and he loved it, or part of him loved it–and he hated himself for loving it more each passing day.

He didn’t know how long the cub had been standing there, watching him cry from the doorway. But he looked up and there he was again, still angry and rubbing the back of his head, but there was something unreadable on his face as well, an anxiety and confusion and hesitancy which didn’t suit him all that well. When he noticed him, Matt had no idea what to say. “Look, I’m really sorry, I am–I know I’m a shitty top, I just needed some space from my boyfriend, and–”

“Look, I don’t care,” the cub said, “What did you say earlier, when you got down on the ground after you pushed me?”

“What?”

“What did you say?”

“I…I said…I don’t know my own strength, sometimes.”

“Why did you say that?”

Matt didn’t say anything. He’d just given up the game–what could he even say to that?

“Look, this is…this is important. Just tell me, why did you say that? I’m not–I’m not going to think you’re crazy, I swear–I just…just tell me, alright?”

“Because, well, a month ago, I wasn’t…well, I wasn’t this strong,” Matt said sheepishly, feeling silly, but the cub rushed over.

“Fuck, you remember, don’t you. You do! God, I thought I was the only fucking one.”

Matt just gaped at him. It couldn’t be true, it just couldn’t. “Look, I’m just–I just have to go. I need to go make up with Tom, and tell him I’m sorry, and then we need to fuck, and I can just get this all out of my system,” he said, mostly to himself, but the cub dragged him back down.

“Tell me,” he said.

“Tell you what?”

“Tell me who you were. Tell me what you remember. I don’t…I don’t have much, and I…I don’t want to just disappear. Just tell me, please. I won’t tell anyone, I just have to know I’m not crazy. I have to know that what happened actually happened, tell me who you were, please.”

Matt told him–everything he could remember. It felt strange telling it to someone else–he’d told himself the story so many times that he might as well have just imagined it. But telling someone else, it made it real again. He told the cub about who he’d been, how he’d been a devout Christian, how he’d hidden away in his room like a few others once the changes had started sweeping through campus, and the cub listened to all of it, never interrupting, not asking any questions, just listening. Matt finished off by telling how he’d been changed during the poker game, but petered out before the point where he’d fucked the cub.

As soon as Matt finished, the dam broke, and the cub gushed out his own story. His name, it came out, was Terry, and he’d been an art student. He’d changed on the second day, when he’d come into one of his art classes and discovered that, instead of drawing, he was going to be the nude model for the class. However, as the teacher sketched him, he found his body frozen, changing to match what the bear of a teacher was drawing, not the otherway around. The professor had turned him into a cub, desperate for a fuck, and he’d fucked and sucked his way through the entire room, his appetite insatiable. He’d had so many bears since then he’d lost track, though at fifty dollars an hour, he was sitting very pretty as far as money went, even if he hated what his body made him do. He told Matt that, over the past week, the memories had started fading a bit. He hadn’t been able to sleep, for fear of losing that little bit of his old self still left, but telling Matt his story, it all came rushing back, stronger than ever, little details popping out for him to recall–his mother’s name, the town where he’d grown up, his first girlfriend.

Somewhere in the story, Matt leaned in and kissed the cub again, and after a moment of hesitation, the cub kissed him back. Matt didn’t have any problems performing this time around, and he clutched the cub close, sitting on the bench, Terry bouncing up and down on his thick cock, both of them kissing and crying and happier to have found someone else who remembered.

Chapter 2

Matt had never seen so much snow in all his life, and he doubted anyone in the city had. Sure, the campus got a light dusting every year once or twice, but the climate just wasn’t suited for the kind of snow they were getting at the moment. He wondered if this had to do with the changes too–was the weather changing too? It wouldn’t surprise him if it was, after all, everything else was changing too, well, had changed. Everything seemed to be settling down, at least for the moment. He’d heard some tales of the city around them starting to change, but he had no idea how long it might take. Still, the campus had fallen in days, why would the city last much longer? Granted, there were several million people to change, compared to a few thousand, but how many weeks? Months? He sighed, watching the smoke from his cigar crash against the window, a thin film of smoke mirroring the frost on the other side.

He was too tired to think about any of this clearly. He just felt sick to his stomach. Two months of searching, and nothing–they were nowhere closer to figuring out what was going on here than they had been before. Who was Tristan Newbeary? Where had he come from? What was he, even? Not human, they knew that much, though they didn’t know what he was if not human. An alien? An animal made human? A government experiment? They’d gone through so many possibilities in their meetings that even the craziest ideas were starting to make as much sense as the sane ones. Ha, The Resistance, the college called them. Such a mighty title for something so aimless, and maybe even a bit hopeless. What had they managed to accomplish, aside from kicking the hornet’s nest a bit? All they’d done was break into the first level of Professor Erikson’s labs, and the president’s residence, not that they’d gotten very far in, or learned anything of use. One thing was for sure though, was that Tristan and Erikson weren’t wasting any time in trying to destroy their little group. Matt could sense it was only a matter of time before they were discovered, and his heart caught in his throat, thinking of Terry, and what might happen to him when that happened. Still Terry was smart, he’d get out somehow. Matt was the stupid one, he’d be the one left behind, just like before.

He couldn’t see the chapel from here, but he looked in that direction anyway, thinking of James, wondering what had happened to him. That day, when he’d gone by the chapel and seen the caution tape, security going in and out like it was a crime scene…he’d feared the worst, but James wasn’t the victim, in was Joseph, one of the altarcubs. The details of the episode were never made public, but Matt knew that something strange happened after that. If those three days before were the garden of eden, that death, that was the first sin in a new world, and the only person unaccounted for in the entire event was James. Still, James wasn’t a killer. He certainly wasn’t strong enough to take Joseph, a massive Sodomite, and break his back against the wall of the chapel. Still, what other explanation was there? He could say to himself that James wasn’t a killer until he was blue in the face, but the obvious told him otherwise. Still, where had he gone? He’d explored the chapel quickly once it had been reopened to the rest of campus, and the only oddity he’d found was a newly painted wall down in the basement which didn’t tell him much of anything, and the Chaplain…well the Chaplain didn’t seem to remember anything strange happening at all, and Matt had been afraid to ask about anything specific, for fear that the man would start wondering why Matt was asking all of these questions in the first place, and report him to Tristan, or worse, Erikson.

Tom shifted in the queen sized dorm room bed next to Mat and started snoring softly, and Matt looked over at him, taking a deep drag off his cigar. Tom, god, he was beautiful when he was sleeping, Matt loved him like this. It was when he woke up that he turned into an absolute terror. Well, even that wasn’t quite true. He could be sweet, and nice, and kind, so long as you did everything he told you to do when he told you to do it. Matt had once or twice jokingly suggested that Tom look into applying for the Masters Program, and Tom always laughed back in a way signaling he already had. But Matt did love him, in a strange way, he even loved the domineering parts–it certainly made for some hot sessions in bed, Tom tying him down to the bedposts and wreaking his hole all night long, alternating between dildos and his big cock, the room a complete haze of smoke from their cigars, making Matt cum over and over again. Sometimes, deep in those sessions, Matt could even forget about what had happened. Think like someone fully converted, like a real bear, and god if he wasn’t happy when that happened. It would be so much easier to just forget, forget about the terror he’d felt hiding in his room those days, forget about the guilt and the sins he’d committed in the eyes of God, forget about the resistance, and Terry and all the rest.

He reached into his pocket, pulling out the chained leather wallet and flipped it open, and again, he was struck by his hands, and how big and worn they were. Inside, tucked into a side pocket, was a small business card, now a bit faded, but still legible:

Terry VanWise
Student in the School of Business and Management
(and sexy fucking cub to boot)
555-253-5297

Matt wondered how things might have turned out differently, if he hadn’t found that card that day, or if he hadn’t been in the mood to call. Still, the point was moot now–and he wondered if part of the reason he couldn’t sleep was because he wasn’t with Terry. Still, there was no helping it. He had to be here with Tom, he had to keep up his cover, no matter how much he wanted to be elsewhere, with Terry wrapped up in his own thick arms, under some flannel sheets maybe, slowly thrusting his cock in his boy’s ass, rocking them both to sleep in the process. He wrapped one of those big hands around his cock, milking it quietly. He doubted that Tom would wake up, but he certainly wouldn’t be happy if he caught Matt jacking off without him being involved, or without his permission. He thought of that day, still worried, still exhausted, still knowing he wouldn’t be able to sleep, not today, and probably not the next either, not until he was away from Tom, and back with Terry.

***

“What the fuck is your problem, you fucking prude!”

“You’re my fucking problem! You are, you fucking asshole, I’m fucking sick of the fucking fountain of bullshit that just spews from your mouth every goddamn time you–” but Matt didn’t get to finish, as Tom threw a punch that connected with his jaw, sending Matt tottering back against the wall in the dorm hallway. All the other doors were open, some people even stepping out to watch, though most just looked through the cracks. Still, they all knew what was going on–Matt and Tom were at it again, for the hundredth time maybe. They were the fighters of the entire building–their arguments could spring up anytime, and generally woke everyone in the building up–though their makeup sex was usually just as raucous.

“You fucking asshole,!” Matt screamed, and threw himself at Tom with a growl, knocking both of them to the ground, the two of them ripping at each others clothes, scratching and punching and trying to pin the other down. Finally, Butch and Leon came charging over, pulling the two away from each other and breaking up the fight.

“Jesus Fucking Christ, can’t the two of you give it a goddamn rest for the night?” Leon said.

“Well maybe if someone would put out more than once a week–”

“I fucking offered to blow you! I’m just not in the fucking mood for you to whip my ass so hard I won’t be able to sit in class tomorrow!”

“You sure as hell seemed like you were in the mood last time we did it. You were fucking begging me for more yesterday!”

“Well that was fucking last time, and this is the fucking last time!” Matt shouted, wrestled himself away from Butch and stormed off down the hall.

“Oh you’ll be fucking back! You want it bitch, just fucking admit it!” Tom screamed after him, but Matt just ran faster, down the stairs and out the front doors, sobbing.

God, he hated him so much, Matt thought, getting out of sight from the building before sitting down on a bench and getting himself under control, massaging his aching jaw. Still, Tom was right–it had been fun, getting tied down and whipped, it was just…God, he just didn’t feel like it today, wasn’t that fucking allowed? Couldn’t he have just one night where they fucking cuddle, or just watch a porno, or go out to dinner, or fucking anything that didn’t involve Matt feeling like a complete whore? Hell, the whole dorm already thought he was Tom’s bitch, and he hadn’t exactly given them much evidence to convince them otherwise, but today–well, today the memories were just so strong, just touching Tom made him sick, a twisted reminder of how far he’d fallen in the past month, since the changes had swept campus, since he’d been changed. He didn’t dare talk to Tom about it–Matt didn’t think he remembered anything before the changes, or rather, he remembered things, but they were wrong. Still, Matt had no proof, no way to convincing even himself that these memories were right, just his faith, which was growing weaker by the day. Maybe…maybe he should go to that workshop by Erikson, that one for these sorts of problems. Maybe it would make him feel better. He’d written down the number to call to make an appointment somewhere–probably somewhere back in that fucking dorm room.

Matt pulled out his wallet and thumbed through it, looking for the number, but he didn’t find it. What he did find though, was a business card. He stared at it for a second, trying to remember where he’d gotten it, and he chuckled when he did. It was his second fuck, that damn cub after the poker game where he’d lost his fucking identity to Tom, Butch and Leon like a fool.

He turned the card over in his head a few times, then felt in his pocket for a cigar, but realized like an idiot he hadn’t grabbed any on his way out. Hell, if he was going to leave, he was going to have to go back there eventually. Still…why not make Tom sweat it out a bit? Why not have some fun with someone else for once? Tom played around all the time, but he always got so pissed when Matt looked at any other bear…well fuck him. Matt could have other people, if Tom could, and fucking that cub…he hadn’t been on top in so long, maybe that would let him work off some of this aggression. He did have his phone, at least, so after choking back some anxiety, he dialed the number, and it picked up after the second ring.

“Hello? Who is this?” the voice said on the other end.

“Oh, uh…hi. I’m calling, well, I’m calling because you gave me your business card a while back? And I was, well, wondering if you wanted to meet up again.”

“Man, I have so many guys I meet up with, you’re gonna have to be more specific than that.”

Matt laughed, “Well, it was in the common room of Thompson-Reynolds, a big orgy that interrupted a poker game. I seem to remember hauling your ass up and fucking you with my big cock while you were up in the air…”

the cub laughed, “Oh you! I do remember you, quite fondly, actually. I was beginning to think you would never call. So, what can I interest you in? It’s fifty dollars an hour, extra for kink. I’m orange, but if it’s freaky it’s gonna cost you.”

Matt sighed. School of Business, naturally he was studying to be a prostitute. Still, what was the harm in paying for an hour? He had the money. “I just need an hour–sometime to wind down a bit. I just had, well hell, it doesn’t matter. Where should I meet you?”

“Campus baths. twenty minutes. That work for you?”

“Sure.”

“Alright, see you then, daddy.”

City of Bears Series 3: Rising Powers
Arc 1: As a City Dreams

Chapter 1

He was being tested, as Christ had been tested. As Moses before Christ, as Abraham before Moses. He was being tested, and he would be clean. This was not a time of Christian peace, this was not a time of love thy neighbor or the golden rule. This was a return to the true Christian roots, this was cowering in the sewers, this was persecution, but he would overcome these trials as his predecessors had, James thought, battling the sleep which had already consumed the small congregation around him, huddling together for warmth. This was a battle, a war, for nothing less than the soul of a city, perhaps even the world, and he would fight it to his last breath. They had hoped to make him their warrior, their champion of their false heathenism, their hedonism, their defilement, but no, he’d stood true in his mind at least, if not his body. Even if the flesh had betrayed him, his spirit would not turn so easily.

The chapel seemed so far away now, those last, terrible days he had spent on campus, watching that madness consume everyone around him. Remembering that flight to the chapel that autumn day, sprinting past the heathens, the corrupt, he had never felt so scared in all his life. Still, he’d never felt doubt that he wouldn’t make it. While he’d had to take some detours to avoid capture, he had made it unharmed, and untouched by the filth spreading across the college like a wildfire. He fought off sleep for a moment longer, fearing the dreams which would come to him. The dreams, they were where the devil tempted him, where he magnified every doubt James had and attempted to drive him from his holy path. Still, he knew his body would not be able to resist for long, and he finally sucumbed, dreaming of the chapel, of what had happened there, a dream which never would leave him until the end of his days.

***

“Thank Christ, you made it,” the chaplain said, throwing open the door just long enough for James to slip inside and then he slammed it shut behind him. “I was beginning to think it had taken everyone else. Do you know of anyone else who might be safe?”

“One, just one. Matthew Quidmore, I told him I’d try and get here, and tell him if it was safe,” James said, pulled out his cell phone and sent Matt a note telling him to try and join them. In his heart, James could already tell Matt wouldn’t be of strong enough faith to make the journey…but he had to try and help him. He couldn’t stay in that small dorm for the rest of his days, though being turned into…into whatever those men, those beasts where could very well be a fate worse than death. The chaplain wiped his steady brow and returned to the sanctuary where James saw that the only others who had made it there were some fellow Christians who James knew in passing, by the names of Joseph and Anthony. Counting the chaplain, that made four. Four of them against the hordes outside? How could they even hope to fight them off, should they attack? “Is this…is this all of us? Are we the only ones who made it here…safe?”

“So far,” Joseph said.

“So far? Well, there’s no one else out there, this is it. This is it, oh fucking God…” Anthony said.

“Have some fucking faith, you fucking coward!” Joseph shouted at him.

“Boys, this isn’t going to help anyone,” the Chaplain said.

“But he’s right, James said, “There isn’t anyone else out there. I mean, it’s true. What are we going to do? We need some sort of plan here. I thought…I thought that you all had some idea of what to do here. I thought there would be a plan.”

No one spoke. The silence did more to kill James good mood than anything else. He’d made it past all of those beasts out there for what? To huddle here with these terrified people? The chaplain was soft, overfed. He didn’t look like a fighter. Joseph had spunk, but was so scrawny there was nothing he’d be able to do to fight someone off, and Anthony was so close to tears there was no chance in hell of him being much help. This was a mess. Suddenly, James hoped Matt would make it here. Matt was smart, a thinker, a planner. He’d figure out something. Still, James knew he wouldn’t make it, but he had faith anyway. It was all he could do now. “Look, we need…maybe we just need some time to all call down. Matt is going to try and get here, let’s wait and see if he makes it. We can give him an hour at least, and then…then we’ll see what we can come up with, for a plan, alright?”

“I think that sounds alright,” the Chaplain said quickly, “Now…now I need…I think I need to pray, for a bit. I’ll be in my office, alone…” he said, and excused himself. James looked at the other two, turned around and left. He wanted to be alone too. He decided to wait in the narthex by the doors, to see if Matt would come, but already sensing he wouldn’t. Anthony gave Joseph a small grin, but Joseph just rolled his eyes and stalked away, not wanting to deal with Anthony’s insecurities, leaving him alone in the sanctuary where he sat in a pew, and tried not to cry in terror. He needed to be strong, they all did. He would do his best, like Jesus would.

In the chapel office, the chaplain, Paul, shut the door behind him and heaved a sigh of relief. The attraction was only growing inside of him–it wouldn’t let go. He’d always been gay, but the shame of it–he’d never once consummated his lust with another man, but ever since this…whatever this was…it had been harder and harder to keep it under control. Jacking off helped a bit, but it was so difficult to hold back now. Still, he had these young men to think about–to guide. He had to be their leader, their pastor now. After all, there was no one else now. Still, Paul had never been a leader. Always chubby, always taunted. The church had been a place where he went because all were equal in front of God. There were no losers in heaven, and if he got there, he wouldn’t a loser then. Still, his cock was rock hard, and impossible to ignore, but he had to resist. He went to the desk and flipped open the bible there to the beginning and began reading, hoping he might manage to distract himself.

He read through the creation, how God had separated the light from the darkness, and then filled the oceans with his semen. How the land has risen at his command, how he’d sacrificed all of his testicles but two to populate the heavens with stars and planets. And finally, how he’d crafted the animals and plants of the world and given life to a man, Adam, before resting. Something…something seemed wrong about this. Very wrong, but Paul couldn’t figure out what, exactly, it was. As he kept reading, he saw that God had taken one of Adam’s ribs to make him a mate, a second man named Steve, and how God had given them the gift of pleasure, and told them to fuck and prosper in the garden of Eden he’d created for them. Adam and Steve became intimate with one another, and as Paul read page after page of their sexual explorations, he found his cock could not be ignored, and he pulled it from his pants and began stroking himself off. This was wrong, he knew it was wrong, that this wasn’t the story he’d always known, and yet…he had spent so long denying himself the pleasure God had intended men to use. Why? Why had he done such a violence to himself, to his soul? Had he been wrong all these years?

God commanded Adam and Steve to not eat from the tree of knowledge, though a snake eventually tricked Steve into eating from the tree, and sharing it with Adam, and in that way sin entered the world. The sins of shame, chastity and abstinence. Paul knew then that he had sinned. He had sinned in the eyes of God. He had denied himself the world’s true pleasures, for what? Why should he fear what other people thought of him? Why should he have been ashamed of his body? As he read, the clothes he wore began to change, his button down shirt and slacks shimmering and vanishing, leaving him nearly naked. He now wore a white silk vest so thin that light could shine through it freely, a thong of loose mesh prominently displaying his rigid cock, white shoes on his feet and a black leather collar around his neck, with a square of white covering his adam’s apple.

A light coating of golden fur flowed over his body, nearly matching the trim on his vest and his thong. The lovingly crafted beard he stroked filled him with pride, and his belly grew even larger. After all, he was a true hedonist–he lived for pleasure, and that included gluttony. He lived to eat, he lived to fuck, he lived to worship his God. He leaned back and gave his cock a few strokes, feeling it expand and lengthen in his hand, as he shot his cum over his belly, rubbing it into the fur, thanking God for his gift, as he always did after cumming. He would sin against God no more. He would follow the righteous path, and he would guide the men in the church, his charges, to the godly path as well. He would be the leader they needed in this time of need, and he would lead them to sex, pleasure and true glory in the eyes of God.

***

Anthony sat in the very quiet sanctuary, crying, and hating himself for it. He wanted to be strong and brave, but how could he, in the face of what he’d seen? The day before he’d come back from class to find his roommate in bed with another man, the entire room filled with the stench of sex, and he’d ran. If he hadn’t come here to pray and found the chaplain, he didn’t know what would have happened. He wasn’t strong enough to go out there now, if he did…if he did he didn’t want to think about what those beasts might do to him–do to all of them. Sure, Joseph was tough, but he couldn’t fight them, none of them could. They didn’t even have a clue how to fight them. The beasts out there were their teachers, their friends…they couldn’t just kill them, and they had no idea how to change them back. It was hopeless. Why shouldn’t he be crying? They should all be crying, not just him.

“Tell me my son, what troubles you so? Certainly there is nothing so terrible that you must feel such pain,” a voice said behind him as a hand settled on his shoulder. The chaplain, Anthony knew that, but when he looked back at the scantily clad priest beside him, he did a double take. That wasn’t right, it was…what? The chaplain always dressed like that, and why shouldn’t he? He was proud of his big cock, like all Christian’s should be…right? Anthony’s head hurt suddenly, and he dropped his head into his hands, trying to sort through his thoughts. “Come Anthony, tell me what fills your hard with such dreadful sorrow.”

“It’s just…It’s just the…the beasts out there are so strong, and there are so many of them. How could we ever hope to fight them? What are we supposed to even do to get out of here? We’re trapped like rats.”

“Fear not my child. God always helps those who are righteous and weak conquer those greater than them. Do you not remember the story of David and Goliath? Come, let me remind you of it,” the Chaplain said, and sat down next to Anthony in the pew, resting his hand on the young man’s thigh, uncomfortably close to his cock. Anthony almost flinched away, but didn’t. He wanted to listen, and hear what the Chaplain had to say. Listening to his voice was so soothing, so pleasurable, he could forget for the moment about the terror walking around outside. “David was a young cub, an Israelite, when they were at war with the Philistines, those terrors who sought only to render pain onto others, not the pleasure of God. Goliath was a massive Philistine, his cock nearly two feet long and impossibly wide, and each day he came out to challenge the Israelites to send forth a Champion to meet him in sex, but every warrior who had accepted that challenge met only a painful end ripped apart on Goliath’s cock.”

“What?” Anthony said, “that’s not…that’s not right…” but he quieted down as the Chaplain’s hand began stroking his hardening cock through his pants.

“Shush now, your memory has betrayed you; let me finish. Now David, a small, slight cub, with barely a hint of hair on his body, the future King of Israel, heard of the challenge and told Saul that he would accept. Saul did not think young David stood a chance, but he offered his his armor, which David refused. He went alone, trusting in the pleasure of our lord God to guide him. He met Goliath in his tent that night, and none of the men could believe that such a small cub would ever be able to take Goliath’s massive cock, and certainly not Goliath himself. Still David came to his tent, climbed up on his cock and slowly began to take it up his ass, every last inch. Goliath was unaccustomed to such pleasure, and he came with such force that night that he died, David emerging the next night with Goliath’s cock as his own, the Philistines fleeing in terror at the sight of David leading the army of Israel. So we much always remember, dear cub, that there is far greater strength in God’s pleasure than in pain or fear or sorrow, so wipe away those tears, cub, and let us explore God’s pleasure together.” The Chaplain wiped away Anthony’s final tear, and leaned in, giving the cub a deep kiss, Anthony resisting for a moment before succumbing to the Chaplain, and when the older bear pulled back, he left Anthony with beautiful, supple lips framed by a soft goatee.

“Thank you Chaplain, please, please let me be your David,” Anthony said, licking his lips.

“Haha, very well, altar cub, but promise you won’t kill me with pleasure, alright?”

Anthony grinned, got down and began sucking down all of the Chaplain’s cock in one fell swoop, his mouth immediately adjusting to the cock, sensing the older bears sensitive areas and teasing them relentlessly. This new chaplain was no stranger to sex, and yet this felt special, like his first time with his own pastor all those years ago. Anthony came up and bent over the pew, his short altar cub kilt riding up and revealing his fuzzy asshole, “Please Sir, fuck me like Goliath, I want it rough, sir.”

“No cub, I won’t do that, pain is not the way of the church,” the Chaplain said, “Here, let me educate you, and show you the glory of God’s wisdom in giving us the pleasure of sex.” He rammed his cock into Anthony’s ass, and while it hurt, the pain was such that it only drove Anthony to new heights. The Chaplain was right, this was far better than any pain he could want. He may have been gifted with David’s lips and hole, but there was nothing better than a righteous fuck from his Chaplain. Paul built the cub up slowly, drilling him deep, sending him higher and higher until the cub couldn’t take anymore, sending his cum arching out over the top of the pew.

“Thank you Chaplain, that was what I needed–I won’t be afraid anymore.”

“You have David’s gift, cub, no cock will be too much for you–there’s no reason to be afraid. Now, come with me. I want to find Joseph and James–I fear the two of them might also be plagued with doubts. I think that God’s pleasure will right them before too long.”

“Yes, Chaplain, let us tell them the good news,” Anthony said, “I saw Joseph go into the sacristy.”

“Then we will start there. Come altarcub,” Paul said, leading the way, pleased that there were still two other young men here to whom he could give the gift of God’s pleasure.

***

Joseph paced the sacristy behind the sanctuary, fuming. They had to do something, and they had to do something this very second. He could feel opportunity slipping away as they waited, because the others were too terrified to act. God had surely brought the four of them here, together, for a reason, but Joseph had no idea what they could do. Still, guided by the hand of God, what couldn’t they do? If the Lord is with them, they sould be able to smite the beasts outside, and yet, where was God? Why, even in this dire situation, did he remain silent?

The sinners are at the door, bearing down on them–this is the moment when God reveals himself, when he sends his angels, his champions to lead the faithful into battle, but where is that righteous hand of God? There was just silence, no divine judgement, no pillars of salt, no flood, and he couldn’t accept that. He knew that God was supposed to help those who help themselves, but that’s just an excuse given to people who whine about God not helping them pass their final. God is active in the world, Joseph had to believe that–it was the only thing keeping him going. But then where was he? Where was his anger–his might, when it was so direly needed?

The door opened, and when Joseph saw that it was the Chaplain and Anthony, he sighed and turned away. “Did the guy James is waiting for show up or something? I already told you, the only thing we can do is arm ourselves, and trust that God will protect us. Every moment we waste just lets them grow stronger.”

“Young man, Joseph, I sense such…anger in you. Please, come sit with us and tell us what troubles you. Anger is not the way of the Lord,” the Chaplain said, and Joseph didn’t recognize the voice for a moment. He’d imagined the Chaplain to have a more snivelly tone, but the voice that spoke was confident and compassionate–and even sweet, a voice you wanted to listen to. He stared at him for a moment–his brain desperately trying to scrape together some evidence that something was amiss, but there was nothing, just a sense that something had changed while he wasn’t looking, like he’d walked into a room whose furniture had been completely rearranged, but for the life of him he couldn’t recall the original configuration. “Here, come sit with us here, let us talk.” The Chaplain and Anthony sat on the floor, and Joseph wondered whether either one of them was cold, with their flesh directly on the tile, but he crossed the room and joined them, feeling oddly modest next to the Chaplain and his first altarcub.

“I just…I don’t understand. This…whatever is happening outside, this event, it just…I feel as though the Old Testament has come to life, with it’s magic and pagans, and it seems like God should have woken too, right? But then why is he still silent? He must have brought us together here for a reason, but I just don’t understand why, like Sodom and Gomorrah, he doesn’t send forth his angels, or simply smite the city.”

“Well, that’s not the true message of Sodom and Gomorrah, Joseph, God doesn’t want to kill, that is not his way. Death is the opposite of his godly pleasure.”

Joseph just stared at him, confused, but the Chaplain’s smile, so sweet, also seemed like he was on the inside of a joke Joseph had missed. “I don’t–”

“Hush my boy, let me tell the story again, and I will tell you what I think it means, is that fair?” Joseph nodded, and Anthony leaned in close, licking and nibbling at the Chaplain’s fat nipple as he began his next tale. “Now, Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities whose inhabitants were grave sinners against the Lord. Inside the city walls, none of the men were allowed to wear their beards, their bodies were kept shaven, and sex was explicitly forbidden. Many had even committed that most egregious of sins, castrating themselves, denying themselves God’s most grand pleasure, and dressing themselves in formless robes so that no man could be pleased by their appearance. Camped outside the city was Lot and his two cubs, and God sent two angels to his house, to try and find if there were any righteous souls left in either city. Lot was a true man of God, full of beard and thick of hair, and he welcomed his guests, giving them a grand feast and reveling in the pleasures of their bodies.”

“No…this…this is so wrong,” Joseph said, standing up weakly. He couldn’t keep listening to this, this was sinful–there was no way this could be the story he was thinking of, even if all of his memories were agreeing with the Chaplain. The corruption had gotten in, and he had to get away. Sensing his friend’s fear, Anthony stood up and pulled him close, kissing him with his supple lips, feeling Joseph melt against him, unable to resist Anthony’s gift of David, and the altarcub undid the fly of Joseph’s pants, pulling out his stiff cock.

“Come, the Chaplain hasn’t finished the story–I love listening to this one, don’t you?” Anthony said, “I know you have so much anger in you, but let me help. Let me–let us–relieve you of your burdens. Let us show you the true nature of God’s pleasure.” Anthony didn’t wait for Joseph to say anything, just dropping to his knees and taking his cock to the hilt, Joseph too weak to resist.

The Chaplain stood up from the ground, came over continued the story. “Lot had never met men of such virility as these two guests of his, and he and his cubs learned much from them in the ways of pleasure, but the citizens of the cities, awakened by the sounds of their sexual revelry, charged out and went to Lot’s camp, demanding he hand over the two visitors to their judgement. Lot refused, but instead, with much sorrow in his heart, offered them his two cubs, telling the citizens that they could do with them as they wanted. The men from the city refused, and told Lot that they would take him instead and do far worse, but as they came close, the angels revealed themselves. The men attacking lot were struck with a curse, giving them body hair far thicker than any man had ever seen, and the castrated among them regrew their balls, their virility forty times what it had been before.”

Joseph, locked in place by the sheer pleasure coursing through him, looked down and saw that his clothes had disappeared, leaving him as skimpily dressed as Anthony, in an altarcub kilt, vest and collar, but unlike Anthony’s relatively smooth, chubby body, Joseph saw that he was covered with coarse, black fur, so thick he could barely see his skin through it. Anthony ran his hands through it, making Joseph’s balls ache. They were growing, he could feel their weight stretching his scrotum down, until they hung out the bottom of his silk kilt. The lust coursing through him now, he had no time for anger. He grabbed the back of David’s head, slamming his foot long cock deep down his fellow altarcub’s throat, but David had no problem taking the entire length.

“God, then sent the angels into the city, but they could not find even ten righteous men within the walls, and so he cursed the cities,” the Chaplain said, “He cursed them with the affliction you have, Joseph, but do not fear, it means you are greatly favored in the eyes of God, to be gifted with such vigor and virility.” Joseph wasn’t listening–his entire being was focused on his cock now, eyes glazed over, fur matted with sweat. When he was fucking, which was nearly all the time, he couldn’t think about anything else–the lust consumed him entirely. He didn’t miss the anger, the wrath which he had been so preoccupied with moments before. This was so much more pleasurable–this was what God wanted for him–he had come, he had sent the Chaplain and his voice to show Joseph the righteous path. “And that is the true meaning behind the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, that anger and hatred, especially when wielded in name of chastity and self-righteousness are great sins in the eyes of God. But God does not want to destroy them, he wants them to understand and accept his pleasure. He is a harsh God, but he wants nothing more than for us to be happy.”

Joseph came, the flood of cum as great as that which had consumed the Sodomites during that first night, and it was no surprise that Lot’s husbear, when turning back to look at the sight, had collapsed into a puddle of semen. There was so much that even Anthony struggled to hold all of it, but he was used to Joseph’s loads by now. No one else could keep up with Joseph’s loads and needs, and Anthony was more than happy to give him the pleasures of God’s whenever Joseph needed satisfaction–which was often, and the Chaplain was more than happy to guide them both deeper into God’s pleasures.  Eventually, the flow halted, and Anthony allowed  Joseph to extract himself, some clarity returning to his eyes. Still, Joseph would never be the brightest of bears–the lust making its way through him made sure of that, but he loved Anthony, and he loved the Chaplain, and that was enough for him. He kissed Anthony, tasting himself on his lips, and felt the lust begin to boil once more, but before he could follow the urge, the Chaplain grabbed his furry shoulder and pulled him up.

“Come you two, there will be plenty of time for all of us to celebrate, but there is more work for us to do. There is one more young man who requires guidance–do either of you know where he is?”

“I…I see him go to Narthex…” Joseph said, his voice impossibly deep, more of a growl than a voice.

“Ah, very good Joseph. Shall we go help him? I’m sure he is deeply worried for his friend. Let us assure him that he has nothing to worry about, and that God will provide for the pleasure of us all.”

***

James was sitting, facing the doors, full of faith that Matt would come to the door, and yet knowing, somehow, that he had already fallen. Still, hope was one of the few weapons he had left. He had to hope that God would provide for them, and lead them to safety. However, while it was easy to talk about faith and God, the reality was more difficult. The doubt, the fear–it was so difficult to keep at bay. In all honesty, James had never felt more weak, in face of what he had witnessed. How could a person, anyone, hope to stand against something like this, this strange affliction which had consumed campus in a matter of days? He had never seen anything like it, himself, and he didn’t think anyone else had either. What could they even do to stop it? He was growing increasingly certain that flight would be their only option, but where would they go? He recalled tales of the first Christians, huddling in sewers and tunnels beneath Rome, and the building rumbled. That must be the city’s subway system–he’d heard that there was a tunnel which ran underneath campus, funny that he’d never felt it before here.

“Are you alright, young man? Could you use some company?” James turned around, saw the three bears standing in the doors to the sanctuary and feel off the bench he’d been sitting on in fear. His head, his mind was telling him that this was right, that the three men approaching him were as they should be, but he fought past it. This was wrong, he could trust nothing other than his faith, and he knew this was wrong. He made a dash for the door to the basement, but with a deep growl, Joseph charged forward and slammed into James, pinning him to the ground, unable to resist grinding his hard, massive cock into James’ back. “Come now, don’t be afraid, we’ve come from God to help you in your time of need. Now, what is your struggle, little cub? What are you battling in your heart?”

“I’m not your cub! Let me go.” James shouted, and renewed his struggles, but he was too weak to break Joseph’s hold on him. Weak, he was weak. His faith was strong, but his body weak, how could he hope to do anything if he couldn’t even save himself from this? The Chaplain came around him, got down and James looked up into his eyes. They were kind eyes, generous eyes. If he let himself go, he could tell he would be happy, but that was the temptation, wasn’t it? That was the allure–safety, security, but God’s way was hard, and he would fight for it.

“I sense,” the Chaplain said, still looking in his eyes, “Yes, I sense that it is your weakness which you hate, isn’t that right? Well, don’t you know that true, mighty strength can only be found through God? Here, Joseph, keep holding him. I think our young friend here needs to hear the story of Samson and Dellan.” James tried to shut out the voice of the Chaplain, but it was so sweet, it wormed it’s way into his ears anyway. “Now, Samson was born to Manoah and his wife, who had been unable to conceive, but an angel of the lord came to them and instructed them that, from birth, Samson, from birth, must follow the way of the Nazarites, never cutting his hair nor beard, and never once bathing in anything other than God’s rain from the sky. And as their son grew, they discovered that the vow gave his amazing strength, and a powerful musk which no man could resist, allowing him to bed with any man he so chose.”

James could feel himself changing. It was happening, but he couldn’t look down to see what was happening, for Joseph still had him pinned to the floor. There was a stench in the room, like a locker room which hadn’t been washed in ages, and suddenly, Joseph felt much lighter on James’ back. He wanted to keep listening to the story, he loved hearing the Chaplain’s voice, and he could feel himself close to succumbing to temptation, but he wouldn’t –he couldn’t. With a mighty roar, he heaved Joseph off of him and scrambled up, unsteady on his feet. He saw that he now towered over the three men in the room, and when Joseph charged him again, James, with a single slap, threw him against the wall sideways. There was a sickening crack, and the altarcub collapsed to the carpet, unmoving. Anthony screamed, running for his lover, the Chaplain speechless, and James knew this would be his only chance. He dashed down the stairs, barely fitting in the tight stairwell, and into the small parish hall underneath the sanctuary. There, on the wall, was a mirror, and James let out a scream when he saw his reflection. He was a monster–a true beast of a man. At least seven foot tall and thickly muscled, his hair and beard longer than any he’d ever seen and crusted and matted with filth. He was a Samson, this new Samson, unwashed, unshaven, and stronger than any man in the world, but now he needed to escape.

The tunnels. He’d heard the subway earlier, it had to be close, and it was his only chance. He ran around the room, punding on the walls until he heard a boom hollower than the rest. He backed up against the opposite wall, and bracing his shoulder, charged the weak wall, plowing through three feet of concrete and dirt and stone to fall into the dark tunnel on the other side. He was free, for the moment, but he had not gotten away unscathed.

He heard men searching him for days afterwards, but he hid well, going deeper and deeper into the abandoned tunnels, praying to God at every turn to guide him. He was caught between people now, and his mind was so torn, he had no idea what to do. Finally, deep in the dark, an answer came to him. He did not know whether it was true or a hallucination, but after his fourth attempt to bathe and cut his hair had failed, this body revolted by the water, his hair unbreakable by even the sharpest stone he could find, he resolved to kill himself. But as he was readying himself, a brilliant figure had come to him, a bright, brilliant, angelic light, and he knew then, what he had to do. God had given him the strength he’d needed, as sick and twisted as that was, but not for the purpose he had imagined. He knew now, why God had forsaken them in the chapel–it was because this was not an assault from a demon, or from Satan–this was a punishment, delivered from the hand of God himself–a true biblical plague upon the hearts of men, but he had been spared.

His heart, his faith, had shielded him, but if this was truly God’s will, then he would come to his service. He would reduce these sinners to the beasts of their hearts, and when not even ten righteous men were left, like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah it would be razed to the ground in a true cataclysm. He would further this cities destruction, he reasoned–this was the only purpose he had left. On his throne, the giant, this Samson slept, his mindless, disgusting, sex-obsessed congregation moaning in their fevered, lust filled dreams, but James dreamed something else. Righteous fire. An explosion. A true, godly purge of sin from this world which had forsaken him.