Mongrel King

Mongrel King - Prologue

Iason and Raoul are different. No one knows what brought this on, but it's been hell for Riki and Daryl and confusion for the rest of the Blondies. This story will contain a prologue, a couple of chapters (song fics) and an epilogue. It's still being written, so please be patient and don't forget to rate and review. Thanks! Enjoy.
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Riki had wandered the streets of Tanagura alone in the cold rain. It was night time. Probably close to midnight. His body ached horribly, his vision blurred, he could taste blood in the back of his throat as well as vomit. He could feel it swimming around in his stomach, but he ignored it, fueled by that nervous energy that would soon change into adrenaline. He had ran from the Eos tower as fast as he could and didn't stop until his legs couldn't carry him anymore. He had to escape. He just had to. He couldn't live with the sadistic Blondie Iason Mink any more, or he would surely die. Panting, he stumbled down the sidewalk of the Eos Bridge, trying desperately to enter Ceres, where he knew he could hide. He was so tired. Too tired. He fell to the ground and just laid there, still believing he was moving. He didn't notice a pair of strong and familiar arms encircle his wait and gently pull him up. Riki passed out in the warm embrace of his master, who placed him gently in his car and sped off into the night, back to the Eos tower.

Moaning, the mongrel opened his tired, heavy eyes to see his master sitting in a chair by the bed, legs crossed and a half empty glass of wine in his right hand. "Are you awake, pet? Can you comprehend what's around you yet?" he asked, his voice dangerously low. Riki looked around confused, trying to figure out what was going on. His head hurt. He felt so tired. Then, it hit him. He had tried to run away from the man he used to love. He had actually made it to the bridge, but..... He was back in the tower, and Iason was pissed.

"I-Iason..... I-"

"Silence!" Iason hissed. He stood, towering over the smaller man, set his wine glass down and ripped off his glove, tossing it to the floor and grabbing Riki by his hair. He pulled him from under the covers into his lap, yanked his pants down to his thighs and proceeded to give Riki a sound spanking. "So. you chose to run away? You chose to deliberately disobey me YET AGAIN and leave the tower without my say so. Not to mention that you tried to return to Ceres, I'm sure, in a futile attempt to elude me, am I correct in my assumption, you rambunctious little pet?!" Iason asked as he angrily unleashed his onslaught of hard spanks to the mongrels already punished flesh. Riki screamed out his anguish with each strike and his sadistic master didn't stop for a long while. His backside burned terribly as did Iason's hand, but Iason did not care. "For trying to elude me, my deviant little mongrel, you're going to be put in chains. I should whip you for your continuous insolence!"

"Iason.... please...." he sobbed, trying to wiggle off of Iason's lap. The Blondie stood, causing Riki to fall into a sobbing heap on the floor. "Stay, mutt." he spat. He stepped over Riki and walked over to the cabinet where all his punishing implements were held. Opening it, he pulled out what he dubbed as "The Mongrel Beater", a large, thick paddle with three holes going down the center to eliminate air resistance while in use. It left nasty marks on Riki's flesh before, and now, before those marks even had a chance to fade, Iason was going to take this same paddle back to his pet's punished bottom. Riki took one look at that paddle and crawled to the corner of the room, begging Iason not to punish him any further.

"Iason, please..... I swear to God I'll never run away again! Please! No more!! I feel like I'm on fire...... Please??" he begged, sobbing and pulling his knees up to his chest. He laid on his side like so for a long time, crying and begging for his master to forgive him. Iason smirked. The fright enough was satisfaction for him. "Very well, but be forewarned, pet, the next time you pull a stunt like that, you're ass is mine!" he hissed. The bell rang and Daryl could be heard opening the door and greeting Raoul. Iason smiled and walked out into the great hall. "Hello, love." Raoul whispered, wrapping his arms around Iason's waist. Iason kissed him gently on his lips and sighed. "I need to shower. That blasted mongrel had me chasing him all around the penthouse and Tanagura and almost into Midas a few hours ago."

"Did you punish him?"

"Of course I did. I was going to paddle him, but it all honesty, I'm a bit tired from spanking him. You want to do it?"

Raoul smiled, a sick, twisted movement of his lips that made Iason shiver in pleasure and made Daryl shudder in fear and disgust. The gray eyed eunuch just shook his head and walked into the master bedroom where poor Riki was still sobbing. Quickly, Daryl pulled out an 0-7 and handed it to Riki. "Riki, please, take this quickly. It'll numb you." he whispered, pressing the small pill to Riki's mouth. The mongrel gratefully opened his mouth and swallowed it. Daryl wiped the tears away from Riki's eyes and his heart went out to the poor boy. "Everything will be alright, I hope. Maybe Master will come to his senses."

"He doesn't love me anymore. He wants me dead. The only reason why I ran was because he tried to used that C-20 on me."

"I thought he got rid of that!"

"He got a new one. It's in the cabinet over there." Riki pointed. Daryl ran to the cabinet and opened it, immediately spotting the dreaded kasey whip and taking it out of the cabinet, shutting the door silently. He ran to the window and, with all the strength he could muster, threw it, case and all, out the window. Daryl turned and smiled at Riki. "Problem solved." Riki smiled up at him, grateful. Daryl walked back to his friend and helped him up. "Let's get you cleaned up."

"Yes, you do that, Daryl." Iason said from the doorway. Raoul was behind him, kissing his neck and fondling him. Daryl jumped at his master's voice, praying he didn't see anything. Iason looked up at the window. "Why is the window open?"

"It was a bit stuffy in here, so I opened them. Do you want me to close them?" Daryl asked, trying to calm his heart. Iason shook his head. "No. Just leave us be. Raoul will be staying here for a while, so make sure you make enough food for him as well. Now out." he commanded, waving his hand. "And take that blasted dog with you." Iason said, pulling Raoul into the bedroom after Daryl and Riki exited. Riki was beginning to succumb to the opiate, so Daryl took him to his room, stripped him, and laid him on his bed. He sprayed some Accelerator on Riki's bum, much to the mongrel's displeasure, and then tucked him in. "Sleep Riki. I will wake you when dinner's ready."

"Mutton... stew?"

"For you, yes." he smiled. Riki mumbled something that sounded like "I love you" to Daryl, who had been nothing but kind since Iason's dramatic change. It was a complete mystery to all of them. Iason sent everyone away suddenly. Tai was on his way back to Aristia, much to his mortification. Odi, the twins, and Ayuda had been relocated, Katze was sent away, Toma was sent back to Xian, who retreated to his villa for a small vacation, and Aki was sent to Heiku, much to the boy's horror. Of course, he got used to Heiku's arm rather quickly and Yousi was very sweet to him, but he still missed Iason and his household. The poor young boy had no idea what was going on at Iason's penthouse, and neither did any of the Blondies. They did know, however, that Iason had taken a drastic change for the worse, as did Raoul.

Daryl went back into the kitchen and began to fix dinner. It had been almost a month since Iason's change. Riki had been very careful not to incite Iason's wrath lately, but when Iason decided to stop the construction of the new "academy" in Ceres, he went off. Iason had fun punishing his pet. Spankings, kasey whips, G-strap, rape, another spanking, and then that paddle. Iason raped him once more and fell asleep. Riki had taken that opportunity to run.

Now, Iason and Raoul were an item again. Katze had warned him that if he were to get on Raoul's bad side even once, it would be hell for him. Daryl made sure to do whatever the great blondie told him, even when he commanded Daryl to perform fellatio on him. Daryl did it with disgust and hatred in his heart. Raoul had underwent the same drastic change as Iason and at the same time. He beat Yui for no apparent reason and then took him forcefully. He placed all his favoritism in Regiland and even was so cruel as to kill little Pixie. He crushed the small kitten under his boot and threw the dying kitten in the hot oven. Yui came home from the hospital to find his little furry bundle of joy a little..... well, you don't want to know what it looked like. After that, Yui just seemed to shut down. Daryl missed all the gatherings they all used to have. He missed Tai and his sweet smile, not to mention the cooking. He missed being with Katze. He missed it all. Iason had granted him a very rare and extremely gorgeous smile, a toothy one at that, the night before the change. He told the entire household that they made him very happy. Then, just like that. It was all gone. That morning, at breakfast, he dropped the bomb on all of them. Riki had even told Daryl that he and Iason had never made love the way they did that night. It was magical. When he woke up, Iason was so cold to him.

Too many questions, no answers. The family had been dissolved. Even Voshka refused to call Iason anymore and had even went as far as to put a block on the communicator so Riki couldn't get in touch with him. Riki wanted to take Daryl and leave. Go anywhere. Just as long as he was far away from this beast. Sighing, Daryl finished the nights meal, along with Riki's promised mutton stew and began to set the table. He found himself grabbing enough plates for the old household and felt tears sting the back of his eyes. Putting most of the plates back, he set the table for two, Iason and Raoul, and took the last two dishes to the nook.

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Pet. Pet. Wake up, my beloved. Iason soothing voice rang out in Riki's head. "Iason?" he said, sleepily. He was drifting in darkness, alone, numb, yet there was a slight stinging sensation on his backside. Iason called to him again. The old Iason. Silly pet. Wake up. You've slept for most of the day already. Come come. We have much to do.

"Where are you? I can't see you." Riki's voice rang out. Even with his eyes closed, he could almost see himself speaking this way to Iason the morning before the change.

Try opening your eyes, love. That just might help.

"No, if I wake up, you won't be there. Just a monster in your place." he whispered. There was a long silence. He began to feel arms around him and something dripping onto his cheek. Tears.

I'm sorry, Riki. My dearest Riki. Please, free yourself. I love you.

"Wait! Iason... Iason..... IASON!!!!" he shot up in bed, panting. Daryl was sitting on the bed. Riki's outburst had startled him, but he shook it off and smiled. "Having that dream again?" he asked. Riki nodded.

"I've had that dream ever since that night. Maybe Iason's really gone. Maybe..... that was his last wish.... for me to "free myself". But how can I do that? It's too dangerous for you to try to override my pet ring again, and if we do run, where will we go? Katze's? Iason'll find us. I can't get a hold of Vosh and neither can you, so we won't have anywhere to go..... Maybe Katze can find tickets to get on a ship to Alpha Zen." Riki brightened up.

Daryl's face darkened. "Then, we'd be labeled as criminals and Alpha Zen couldn't, by law, harbor us. We'd be sent back here."

Riki sulked. "How am I to free myself? I'm DAMN sure not getting my dick cut off. Bump that!"

Daryl giggled. "Anyway, dinner's ready. Let's go eat. How do you feel?"

"A lot better. Thanks."

"Here." Daryl handed him an 0-6. Riki took it and put it in his pants pocket after pulling them on. "Mas- Iason said something about letting Raoul punish you."

"Fuck.... I'll never get a break!" he moaned.

Dinner went by quickly. Daryl and Riki mumbled different possible ways of escape while they ate, making very sure they couldn't be overheard.

"Maybe one of the lords could help us out!" Daryl suggested. Riki beamed.

"Yea. Heiku could help us hide for a little while until we can get the money to flee the planet."

Daryl sighed. "We CAN'T flee the planet, Riki. We'll be labeled as fugitives and for all we know, Iason would probably want us back dead or alive."

"What's up with that? Wanting someone back dead or alive? I mean, he can't fuck me if I'm dead. He can't beat me either."

"Yes, but he'll have the satisfaction of knowing that you're no longer alive to be fucked by someone else or even enjoy life as a free man."

Riki sulked. "We HAVE to get out of here. I can't stand it here and I don't want you to get hurt for helping me."

Daryl smiled. "I have no trouble helping you Riki. You're my best friend and I love you."

"Thanks Daryl. I love you too. You're an angel." Riki smiled. The two men stared at each other for a few seconds before Iason's voice was heard booming the penthouse.

"MONGREL! COME INTO THE GREAT HALL IMMEDIATELY!!"

The voice made both men jump to their feet. Shaking, Daryl looked up at Riki, who was looking back at him. It was going to be a long night. Riki popped the 0-6 and drank an entire glass of water. It was going to be a long and PAINFUL night. Sighing, Riki cast Daryl a grateful look for the med and walked out of the nook into the great hall.