-one hour after stopping the tornado-
We had finally made it back to the reactor and all seemed quiet. There was no smoke coming from the towers and all the lights, except the main entrance, were out. The only noise being made besides the flapping of wings and the wind blowing into my ears was the low buzz-hum of the back up generators, moving along at full power to make sure the refilled cooling pool did not overheat. I could not explain it, but something felt off, as if the atmosphere was thicker and weighing me down. "Something doesn't feel right Tammilya...although I can't exactly place a finger on what exactly it is at the moment."
"You aren't the only one.." She said with a sigh, as if she was actually relieved that I had said something. "this has the feel of a trap waiting to be sprung. I am going to land to make us less visible, hopefully we can sneak around without getting caught."
Although my inner conscience was telling me that was a very bad idea, I could not help but agree. Both of us were flat out exhausted from being on the go with little rest, and also hungry enough that I assumed Tammilya would not question committing cannibalism... also known as hungry enough to eat a horse. After an intense debate with myself I finally caved. "Ok Tammilya, land but proceed with extreme caution."
She nodded. "Don't have to tell me twice..." Her tone was dry, and was clearly winded from being in the air so long in a place with no magic. She promptly landed, the moment she did the floodlights flared on, blinding me and her and filling the whole area with an intense glow. We caught on a split second too late, the instant she spread her wings we felt something come down on us, pinning us to the ground. Resistance was futile, as we tried to stand a sudden shock coursed through us and knocked us out cold. How long we were out? I had no damn clue, but when we finally awoke we were in the very lab I frequently used. The largest table had been cleared of all equipment to make room for the cage we now resided in.
"So the freak is awake huh..." Jackson said from the chair, my chair, that was situated at the end of the table. "Never seen a moving suit before, so who are you and who is inside of you?"
Tammilya scoffed. "freak huh... Now see here you hairless ape! I a-" Before she could say another word a powerful shockwave coursed through her, with me being inside I took the full brunt of the shock. Tammilya's coat, I assumed, was made out of some sort of latex/rubber hybrid. This meant that the shock stung, but with me being human I took the worse damage. The only logical reason I could think of the net shockwave knocking even her out was because it was draped over her frame, so that shock directly impacted her nervous system. With us being in the cage, the shock went up through her hooves, resulting in less damage to her but more to me. Somehow, someway I had not blacked out, which I attributed to the fact I was slowly merging with Tammilya as the countdown clock slowly winded down.
">T-t-Tammilya...<" I weakly said to her subconscious. ">Is there anyway I can speak to him with my own voice?...<"
She was silent for a few seconds before answering. ">Yeah...go for it...please...<"
I took a deep breath, not only to collect my thoughts, but to also calm my temper enough to where we wouldn't get shocked anymore. "Hey boss... long time no see huh..." I said with a slightly sharp tone, luckily my voice did in fact come out the muzzle of the suit.
Jackson's jaw dropped. "Jim? Is that really you, man, the rest of us swore you were dead or some shit like that."
I held back a soft snarl. "Yeah well, I would have been dead had it not been for Tammilya here. Good thing you are sitting down because this is going to be a long story... I suggest you get the others in here so I will not have to repeat myself. In case you are still doubting it is me, when I first got hired I was given a code name...mine was STORMBRINGER. In hindsight, that is pretty damn ironic since a tornado came and caused some damage and caused this mess to begin with."
The moment I said my code name Jackson ran out of the room, returning a few minutes later with the rest of the staff. "Alright Jim, everyone is here, you may begin."
I nodded. "Thank you boss." I could not help but notice a very faint trace of Tammilya's voice seeping in, which I chose to ignore. "Now then, let's start..." I then told them all that had happened to me since the tornado hit. Of course, it didn't sound possible, but then again they were talking to me while I was inside a living pegasus suit. "That's all that's happened to me, any questions?"
The maintenance man, who's name was Robert, spoke up. "Yeah I got one, what's it like being inside a mare suit?"
I blinked and my brain short circuited before rebooting. "Wha-?"
Robert chuckled before continuing. "You know, touching you down there~..."
A bright blush shone to the point it was visible and the suit's wings flared stiff as I stammered. "I-..."
It was at this moment I realized that I had been too busy worrying about the tornado to think about those kind of things. Now, with my mind now fully aware of my predicament I was in, I started paying closer attention. When I first got in the suit I felt that it was tight, but due to adrenaline I didn't realize how tight. Now that my head was clear I did notice, the suit was body snug and I was quite surprised that a bulge was not seen in the suit from my privates. "Wait a second...why is there no bulge!?!?"
Tammilya decided this was a good time to chime in over our mental link. ">Calm down Jim, there is no reason to freak out.<"
That comment pissed me off to the point that, if it would not have killed me in the process, I would toss her into the seldomly-used wood chipper. ">Says the one who doesn't have to worry about flipping gender...<"
">Are you really that dense Jim!?!? What part of "if we can't get you out in time you will become me" didn't sink into your brain? I am a mare dammit...look, your cock is still there...<" She shifted slightly, the material rubbing against my member felt good enough to nearly make me moan. ">However as you can tell, it is clearly smaller, so that was why there is no noticible bulge. In fact, that was the first thing to happen to you but you were so hyped up on adrenaline you didn't pay attention.<"
I deadpanned. “>Ok...I will give you that, so how long do I have now? And we seriously don't have time to be having this dispute now do we...<”
“>We have roughly 71 hours, give or take 5 minutes, left so we do have time.< Tammilya said matter-of-factually, as if she had calculated it in the few seconds between me asking and her answering.
Before I could respond to her answer about the time, Jackson broke mine and Tammilya’s conversation by regaining our attention. “Jackson to Jim, you alright there man? You have been kinda spaced out the last 15 minutes..”
I blinked a few times before answering. “Umm...yeah, was just having a small mental chat with Tammilya. To answer Robert’s question, it is both alien and pleasurable; alien because I never felt these sensations before and do I really need to say how it is pleasurable?”
Robert shook his head. “"Nah, I was just curious is all...do you think we can chat with this Tammilya now?”
I nodded and turned control of the vocal cords back over to Tammilya. “Alrighty then, anyone got a question for me?”
Jackson spoke the question on everyone’s mind. “"How the hell did you get here?”
Just as she had done for me, Tammilya calmly explained all the events she had experienced leading up to me getting in her in the reactor room. "And now you are all caught up on the matter at hoof..." She said with a sigh, her normally-light Russian accent once again getting thick, but this time out of sadness instead of anger. "No offense to Jim, but I really cannot wait to get back home...if I can even get back home..."
“There there...” Robert said as he opened the cage and ran a hand over Tammilya’s mane, a sensation I vaguely felt and, to be honest, felt quite good. “It will be alright, and I am sure you will get back home in time.”
“"I-I really hope so...” Tammilya replied with a sniffle. “"I have a question, got some lettuce or something I can eat? Oh and maybe a pitcher...or gallon...of water...I haven't ate or drank anything since coming here.”
The only female on the staff, Stephanie, gave a nod. “Yeah, I keep track of deliveries and it just so happens the food truck came by two days ago. I will go see what all was on there that might be suitable for your diet since you probably can't eat meat.”
Tammilya chucked. “"Actually, pegasi like me can eat fish so if you got Talapia...”
Now my mouth was drooling at the thought, everyone in the crew always requested an item to be special ordered once a month. Seeing as I was the only one who took a liking to seafood, I always ordered a wide variety of fish, lobster, and oysters. ">You are lucky I love seafood...I know we are going to enjoy this meal.<"
">Indeed so.<" Tammilya said through our mental link before addressing the rest of the group. "Is there any place I can take a nap? I am quite exhausted and I am sure Jim is as well..."
Jackson nodded. "Yeah, Stephanie will go with you to the sleeping quarters while Robert is prepping the meal. I will come get you when it is finished."
Everyone then left to their respective tasks, although I could have guided Tammilya to the sleeping area myself, I felt like it would have been quite rude to override Jackson like that. About 7 minutes after leaving the lab we arrived at the room. It was nothing special, just a plain room with enough sets of bunkbeds for each of us to have a cot and one dresser per employee. The dull grey paint, already peeling in places due to the rush job to finish, made the room seem smaller and gave a dreariness that I never particularly enjoyed.
"Well this is it, I know it isn't much, but for several reasons it is best you sleep in here instead of outside. Steph said as she guided us in. "See you at dinner and hope you sleep well." She then took her leave as Tammilya crashed on my cot, which just so happened to be the bottom bunk closest to the door. Soon we both were asleep, and I was having a peaceful dream of my memories going places with my mom. It seemed, as I reflected, I was a much happier boy back then. Even as I grew older and my mom got into her advanced years, I always went out of my way to atleast try and make one trip a year with her, even if it was something as simple as a walk through the state park. It was during a dream of one such trip when everything suddenly froze and a tall navy-blue pony, at least 8 inches taller than I was with my back straight, appeared.
"Hello human," Her voice was regal, as if of a high nobility, but also calming and welcoming as a mother talking to her child. "we have much to discuss..."