I looked up towards the building in front of me. Words could only try to describe its height compared to what I'd been used to in the outskirts of London. I counted the stories and lost count as I was jostled by all the bust furs going about their business. Their main business at this time was getting out of the building. I saw the people bustling inside the multitude of levels. It was done in red sandstone brick unlike back home where any colour other than white or cream was frowned upon by neighbours. Humans were a fickle bunch like that I thought to myself. My eyes were then drawn to a large metal sign that glistened when the sun hit it. On it were the letters F.A.P. and underneath that the explanation of the letters.

"Gotta love the lunch time rush" chuckled Theorca as people greeted him and the other, giving me a quick once over. I caught a wink or two from some of the furs there, both male and female and those in between.

A slight crunching sound came from behind me so I turned to see the avian get off from a top the dusty van. Scarleth flew over me, Raven and Theorca.

"Well shall we go inside now?" He asked our little troupe. As the others walked towards the entrance I looked around this new area, and why not? I‘d never travelled out of Europe before. Furthest journey was Turkey. Enjoyable as it was sleeping in a dog basket is not as cool as it may sound reader.
There were a few newly built shops and a small park area with a fountain either side of the F.A.P. headquarters. Other than that there was a small factory and a rundown power plant. Further on I could see a training ground and beyond that mountains and desert as far as I could see.
I looked down at the floor, terracotta tiles that were dusty from prevailing winds from the desert like surroundings. I saw a drop of liquid and looked up. The drop being my sweat. I hadn't noticed it before but Australia was incredibly hot. Don't get me wrong. Of course it was hot but it only hit my once I was aware of it. No clouds except in the horizon, sun scorching down upon me.

"How come this place hasn't been discovered by humans?" I said to no one in particular. A voice replied from behind me.

"Well as you can see there's a seemingly derelict power plant there. It's actually completely operational and powers the whole complex here." He said as I turned to see him point his tail around the local area. "Lights, heating , water purification, sanitation. You name it, it's powered by that building over there." He said, jabbing his thumb at the dilapidated building in the distance.

"Well the leader of this here place got a rumour spread that the power plant was leaking nuclear radiation. So the humans sent in a survey team, which he persuaded by some means to sympathise with us just wanting to be left alone here. Anyway, this survey team told the government that it was indeed leaking radiation and suggested an area of two-hundred miles should be kept as a perimeter for the next two-hundred years at least. There was something about half lives or some other but that's when I zoned out from Theorca's explanation. Really bright guy and a bit of a charmer when he tries. You be careful of him mate." He winked as he said the last part.

"I'll keep that in mind. Thanks"

"Well shall we go inside now?' Came an imitation from Raven who was standing at the entrance. I saw the wing come swiftly as it clipped him. I smirked as I jogged to join up with the group rubbing Ravens head as I got there.

"Well shall we go inside now?" I said, grinning at Scarleth as I did. He just sighed and we walked in together.

The cool air washed over me like a sea of ice. Blissful. I felt the sweat almost freeze on my neck. I flicked my hair with my hand to remove the all too chilled moisture. Stepping forward more I felt the temperature rise again.
As nice as the outside looked with its water fountains it was nothing in comparison to the charm the inside of F.A.P. headquarters had. There were armed guards on the inside of the door and the corridor seemed to reach out forever with multiple doors along each side. Each of them had a different colour light to their top, almost futuristic but at the same time modern in design.
The floor was cool marble and a slight smell of cinnamon flowed through the air. The doors were made of silvery metal and different furs kept on passing between the doors. Each wearing one of four coloured coats, some white, others grey, with some in blue and the others red.

"And I thought London was busy" I muttered to myself

One of the furs in a grey overcoat walked out of a door and made her way over to us.

"Hi I'm Jane" said the deer in a slightly bouncy voice.

"I'm Nick" I said as I offered her my hand. She shook it with her own, smiling down at me with her sweet smile. Really rather a nice smile, almost made me want to hug her right there.

"I'm here to take you on a tour of the place before you become a fur like us. Have to say I don't think I have seen a skunk around here before."

"Well kid, we're off now. We've got other stuff to do."
"Take care mate."
"We'll see you around later"
With that Theorca, Raven and Scarleth walked off into different corridors.

Jane walked forward seemingly unaware of the others furs who just seemed to pass either side of her. I walked behind her through the crowd who didn't show me the same respect, jostled and tossed like a rag doll is how I felt. At least they were polite though. "Pardon me" "Sorry" and the like where uttered as I complained from the wave of furs crowding past me.

"Well, you probably saw, we have quite the spiffy building here. Fifty stories of fine building." She gave the wall a hearty slap with her hand. As she did this, a look of surprise was on her face when her hand went right through the concrete as it just crumbled around her.
She shook the extra crumbs off her fingertips and kept walking. I couldn't help but burst out laughing as I saw this happen. I had seen him coming from behind, in between being manhandled by the busy furs shoving past me in their hurried ways. He had wheeled it into place and moved along with her, mind elsewhere as she was.

"Damn you Frank!" She said as she composed herself "I'll get that janitor back yet." She huffed before dusting her hands off.
It was an amazing set up and as soon as she said those words he scampered off, leaving the trolley and 'wall' behind.
She sighed again "Gingerbread as well. My weakness. Care for a piece?" She said as she broke of a chunk and offered me some. I declined and we moved onwards as she nibbled on it tentatively.

"The top most five stories are where we house all our radio and satellite equipment for surveillance of all the world's news. For the next twenty levels we have the sleeping quarters of all the employees here. The next five are for our weapon research and development. This is where we house some firing ranges for those who want to let of some steam or to improve their game. We'll be going here first to see how you handle some of our weapons." She said, pointing to a large and colourful map by the side of the lift we had walked to.
The two of us walked into the elevator with curved doors. Inside all the sides were made of highly polished metal, chrome most likely. Jane walked over to a small console to the right of the door.

"Jane Doe. Requesting use of lift with guest."

"Please provide key card and retinal scan for identification" spoke a digitised female voice from above us. Jane took a small clear key card from her shirt pocket and placed it in a slot as she lowered her head down lifting her ass slightly wiggling her tail. It was too inviting, almost like she wanted me to look at it. I fell for the temptation and I took a quick glance at the first female backside I'd seen in a long time. So pert and round, yet with the slight give you want with one.
When she came back up, flicking her blond hair backwards, I straightened up quickly and flashed her a small smile as she looked at me, doing the same.
'I wonder if she knows'. I remember thinking to myself as we stood there as the computer processed her information.

"Access granted" Came the reply after a few seconds. "Floor twenty please, computer" said the doe. The doors proceeded to close and after a few seconds opened up again.
I kept on looking at her and finally mustered up the courage as she shook her backside so enchantingly for me.

"Sorry to sound forward and all but you're really hot." She giggled, as I blushed profusely at the line, and replied

"So are you kid. I'd have pounced you immediately if it wasn't against our rules here. No yiffing humans. Don't want to catch a disease or something like that. The chemicals in the air wont do anything in the furious sweat filled antics of the bedroom or elevator...or wherever it would be." She cleared her throat and readjusted her collar. It was her turn to blush this time as she already seemed to have plans for me.

"Once you're a skunk give me a call." She winked at the last part, licking her lips as she eyed me all over. I felt something harden downstairs, ohh yes.

We walked along the corridor until she beckoned me inside a yellow toped door. Inside it were a few other furs each firing different weapons at targets on the range.

"This is one of the many firing ranges we have here at F.A.P. Some furs like to soak and others like to shoot...go figure. As you can see there is no ear protection as our bullets are engineered so that the noise emitted when fired is at four hundred thousand hertz so none of the furs here can hear them."
She went to a gun rack as I walked into an empty booth. When she returned she handed me a dual hip holster, a berretta and a magnum. I put the guns into the holster making sure the safety was on for each. Gun safety kids, remember it.

"The numbers on the side are the recoil potential indexes" She said suddenly. "That berretta is the weakest we have here, it's a p-10. Take a couple of shots with it.'
I took aim after taking off the safety and fired a few rounds. There was quite a bit of recoil from the gun. I finished the magazine and pressed a button to return my sheet.

"One heart, two groin, one shoulder, three chest and two head. Very nice shooting" she said as she leaned into my ear "I like a man who doesn't fire blanks" . I blushed as I put the safety back on and swung the gun round my finger. Ohh yes, I was the man. I took out the magnum noticing it had a p-9 rating.
I adopted a two hand stance with my legs spread slightly wider than my shoulder length and with my left leg slightly back to counter the offset of the gun in my hands. I took aim at the centre of a target one hundred feet away and fired. I flew backwards through the air landing against a wall with a loud thud.
I opened my eyes to find myself against the wall with splintered wood and guns spilled on the floor.

"Damn that's a powerful gun" I said as I looked up and saw Jane standing over me. She offered a paw to me and as she pulled me up she said.

"You'll find that as a human you can't take the power of our guns easily. As a fur however you should be able to go down to at least p-4. The ones lower than that are usually only found on our aviation mechs."
I pressed the button for returning the target to find the bullet had gone right between the eyes of the picture.

"At least it was a good shot" I laughed as I dusted myself off, glimpsing her furry breasts as I did so.

"Let's go see the mechs now. I think they're a wonderful invention and I hope you do too." She said in her bubbly voice.
We went back to the elevator and made our way to the twenty fifth floor. When we walked out of the lift I expected to see a corridor with side rooms where small androids would be. Instead the whole five stories up was taken up by row upon row of mechs. All had the shape of anthro furs. I saw a row of fox mechs, dragon mechs and numerous others. A tech wearing a blue over coat came up to us.

"Say, what's your favourite colour?" asked the badger as he lifted up his cap, scratching his forehead with a spanner.

"Blue." I replied as he ran off to work on a mech in the corner.

"Don't mind him. He seems half crazy but he does a bang up job. Every one of these mechs are serviced by him. Amazing really."

"It sure is Ms. Doe" I said, viewing the surroundings, watching the people waxing their mechs and taking off parts to add different ones instead. The smell of benzene was rampant in the air, or at least a compound of that wonderful chemical. Chemistry was my favourite subject because of the smells I have to say. But I digress.

"It takes a while to learn how to pilot one of these mechs and each employee here gets their own mech. Assuming they want one of course. Nagas for example tend not to like flying mechs."
She scanned the room for a moment and then pointed over to a corner.

"That's what he's working on. Over there. It'll be yours in a few weeks." I looked in amazement at the 20ft high mech.

"You mean one of these will be mine in less than a month?"

"Yep" she giggled "I'll show you mine if you would like?" She said coyly as she moved onwards.

As we went over to Jane's mech I saw her. She stood at roughly two meters. A blue Dragoness, standing proud. She had a pair of blue wings with the inside part of the wings light blue, her chin and neck light blue as well and as she turned to walk past me I saw those red eyes. I was in love. I knew it immediately I saw those red eyes. She winked as she passed me. I just stared back like a love struck fool, being as I was exactly that...well minus the fool part probably.
Jane pulled my arm as she walked me towards her mech, breaking me from the trance that the dragoness had held over me. A flaw to my character that a few other dragonesses would see eventually if you care to read the rest of my stories.
For such a bubbly girl it was a stark contrast to her. The outside was matt black with a giant sword in the back. She looked over to me and put on her flight helmet which was also dark black. When she flipped down the visor it was as if a whole new person was there before me.
We climbed into the cockpit as she explained the details of her craft.

"This helmet enables me to control the mech like a V.R. machine. So if I move my arm it moves its arm. I scratch my rump, it does the same. Always fun when you see someone get a wedgie whilst flying" She laughed

"Damn kick ass technology. I can't turn it on since we don't have time . Once you get your own we'll train together. How's that sound?"

"Pretty damn fantastic. How about we play for forfeits then?" I winked as I said it. She giggled and nodded. I looked around the cockpit to see the rest of the hanger through the wide front screen. There were no visible flight controls such as buttons or levers as you would expect but there was a rack of hand held guns to the left hand side with values ranging from p-10 to p-4.
Once back outside again we looked at the aft of her mech where I saw a little name tag on it. Written on the tag in silver letters was Jane Doe. I looked up to see the glistening blade above me in its sheath.

"All of those who choose to have swords get the finest blades. This one was turned five thousand times and is a true beauty to handle. Say Nick would you prefer to have a sword or a gun as your backup weapon?"
I thought for a while, thinking of all the fun having two weapons would be then thought of the ninja option with the sword.

"I'd like a kick ass sword please" I said "Black with a gold hilt'".

"We'll see what we can do" She said softly

As we left the hanger my thoughts went back to the dragoness with the red eyes.

"Who was that dragoness back there?" I asked Jane.

"Andrea Dragonheart" she replied. Very nice girl once you get to know here but she shies away from most other furs. "Over here are the p-3 guns I told you about...".
We went over to a store room which had a few blue coated furs in it. On the many shelves were various machine parts and at the top the main weapons. We climbed up ladders to the top container and she opened it up. Inside was a single weapon about six feet long and one foot in diameter. It looked so damn hardcore in its matt black finish and the trigger made from what looked like silver.

"This thing can blast a hole in pretty much anything that's un-armoured or armored. It makes three inches of metal look like three inches of paper. It can also be set to an E.M.P. blast in cases when we are rescuing someone. It's so powerful yet annoyingly costly. Use the E.M.P and the weapon is fucked after that. Better hope you've got a gun in those kind of situations, back up one that is.
I heard a small buzzing sound coming from her jean pocket. She took out a small mobile and talked a bit before placing it back in her pocket.

"Nick they're ready for you downstairs in the lab area."

We went back to the now familiar elevator and proceeded down to the ground floor.

"Someone else will escort you there as I have other business to attend to. Wait here until they show up, okay?" I nodded and sat in a chair, waiting patiently.
Five minutes later a familiar orca came up and taped me on the shoulder.

"Hiya Theorca" I said as I turned around. He was still wearing the Hawaiian shirt but had switched for khaki shorts and black sandals. He also had a cocktail in one hand, something he would be seen with more and more.

"Hi Nick. Were ready for you in the labs if you want to walk this way." I followed him down the corridor as we took lefts and rights before finally reaching a door with a light blue top.

"So what do you want to be called as your skunk form?" He said as I stood there before him, sipping on his drink and obviously enjoying it.

"Nixs. N I X S." I spelled it out to him.

"We should have an I.D. card ready for you within a week. We're lazy sods really" He chuckled.
We entered the blue topped door which slid open as we approached it. Inside the room was a large bed with clothes on it. There was a small bathroom off to the left, light blue drapes adorned the windows.

"Take a shower before the doctor comes for you. Those clothes have been tailored especially for you. You'll find others under the bed in various designs that you'll be used to"
When he left I had a look around my surroundings. Outside the window I saw the training grounds with furs shooting rifles and rolling around in mud. I went to the shower and began running it as I undressed.

I put on a towel, lovely and warm from the radiator where it had been placed. I heard a knock at the door.

"Come in." I said. The door opened and around it popped a furry black wolf with blue eyes wearing a silver earring on his left ear.

"Raven!" I exclaimed as I felt myself bulge at the sight of him. "What brings you here?"

"Well I"m your doctor of course. Not just a pretty face I'll have you know" He looked down and saw the slow bulge.

"Now on doctor's orders I think we should do this." He moved forward and wrapped his arms around my shoulders as we kissed. "I've wanted you since the van, Nick. I know it sounds strange but I had to have you.

"Don't say another word Raven" I leaned back into the kiss as I began to unbutton his black shirt, then his trousers. As I pulled them down my towel slipped off revealing myself to be very ready. Hearing the sound of running water I moved us back to the shower all the while kissing passionately. I reached my hands behind him hugging his feel against me. I scratched in between his ears feeling the unbelievable softness of his fur as he began to kiss me slowly caressing my back with his paws. Slowly tentatively he slid his arms down my back as he lowered himself kissing down my chest. He stopped at my crotch and slowly nuzzled my undercarriage occasionally giving them a sly lick with his rough tongue. Each time he did so I let out a slight moan. He brought his paw around me and started to work a finger inside me loosening me up. I moaned slightly at the touch.

He kissed the tip then caressed from the base up to the end with his tongue, slowly spiralling it around my shaft. He repeated this for a while then pursed his lips around my base forming a tight seal. He began slowly moving forwards and backwards causing me to thrust into him. He quickened his pace in response to my actions.

"Damn this is ... so good Raven" I moaned quietly, as a whisper. Raven continued at his fast pace until I felt my body buckle as I released myself into his open maw where it mixed with the shower water. He drank it all down then turned me around and whispered into my ear "Now it's my turn"

I felt him hard against my back as he slid downwards until he found the entrance. He placed his hands gently under my legs, spreading them slightly, as he slid inside me slowly. He pushed against the tightness of my body, forcing himself deeper inside me. When he was fully sheathed inside me he moved his hands to my front and slowly stroked up and down my shaft with feathery touches. As he did this he gently pulled himself from me leaving just his tip in. I could feel the heat coming of him as he suddenly thrust into me, hard and fast forcing a small gasp from me each time. The sound of flesh pounding flesh punctuated every thrust of his body as he filled me up each time. Each delicious thrust forced sounds from my throat. Ohh the elation I felt as he moved inside me, over me, through me as he took me like a wild animal.
He turned me around and hoisted me up onto his strong but not muscular legs. I straddled him again and as I slipped back down his member I wrapped my legs around his back. His relentless pounding building up inside me a mighty climax.

"You ready for this kid? It's gonna be quite a big load"

"Fill me up then" I managed to stagger out as I held back trying to last. Somehow he quickened his pace and I saw the look of concentration on his face as he slowed suddenly before taking one final thrust. As I leant forward to kiss him it hit me. It was like someone had punched my insides with a fist of water as he filled me with his hot seed. The force caused me to come all over his chest.
I felt him wiping himself and myself down with a towel after my head had cleared. As I leaned into his chest, eyes closed I felt something prick my arm.

"Rest good kid. You were amazing" was the last thing I heard as darkness washed over me.

I woke up on my back. My least favourite position. I felt horrible, I ached all over especially down at the bottom of my back. I rolled over to my right and felt the pressure release from lower down.
"Ahh that's soooo much better" I sighed in relief. I put a hand under the covers with my eyes still closed. Then I felt it. Something warm and floofy. "Holy Jesus what are these god damn animals?" I said as I pulled the covers away and jumped from the bed. I opened my eyes, still groggy from what Raven had given me last night, and looked over to the bed.
There was nothing in it or on it other than the covers. I went over to the bathroom to get a drink to clear the fog from my head. I pulled a glass from the cabinet and washed it out a few times before checking it with my still weary eyes, like a bad handover but worse was how I was feeling.
As I put the glass of water to my lips I closed the cabinet door and saw it in the mirror. A face. My face, but not my face. I was looking out but the body was not mine. I dropped the glass, clattering in the back of my head as a far away sound. It was no longer the face of a carefree teenager but that of an animal... a skunk no less. I reached a hand up to the face, feeling it was covered with baby soft fur. A white patch of fur running past my eyes on either side.
I looked at myself without the mirror to the base of the fingers where the fur melded into a slightly furry skin. I went to the double mirror in the corner and saw the white stripes beginning at the middle of my shoulder before making a run down my tail splitting into two at the top of my floofy tail. I waggled it a bit, getting used to having it way going to take some time. I felt off balance constantly as I walk around, after all I now had this extra weight behind me. I looked slightly down as I looked ahead to see my skunk hood. A full eight inches I guessed.

"No longer a grower but a shower" I grinned as I said it.

"Having fun in there are we?" came an unfamiliar voice.

"Ahh a girl'" I said ‘"Don't come in I"m naked'" I heard a giggle and placed a towel around my waist as I walked into my bedroom. It was empty. I went to the base of the bed and pulled out some nice looking clothes, having closed the door which the intruder had left wide open. I had had a peek around and, seeing the corridor was full of people decided to close it quicker than normal, slamming it by mistake and wincing at the noise.

"Sorry" I said as I unclenched my face. Really does make you silly when you slam a door by mistake.
I dressed myself with the clothes that suited me, namely a Hawaiian shirt and denim jeans. Then a new pair of trainers as my feet had grown slightly bigger and had become covered in silky fur as well. I was grateful and rather surprised that they had found the same make as my previous and battle worn trainers.
I laced them up and made the bed again, being as I am a cultured skunk, then walked out of the door to see if I could find any of my acquaintances.