Perverts 'R' Us

Hurt Tail

By Danyealle ( M/F, plot, nosex )

Having just gotten out of the shower, she wrapped a towel tightly around herself and started drying her thick hair with another. Making her way to the bedroom, her body-length tail caught the heavy solid oak door and it slammed shut on the long appendage about halfway up it.

She froze instantly, feeling excruciating waves of pain course up the ultra-sensitive appendage and surge throughout her entire body. Dropping the towel she was using on her hair, tears sprang to her eyes and started to run down her cheeks then she let out a howl of pain that made the windows vibrate. She staggered to the foot of the bed where she collapsed, sobbing loudly. She had NEVER felt anything like this in her entire long life, ever. It was as if every nerve in her body was spasming.

Darious was downstairs in his study, pouring over paperwork and double-checking figures when he heard her howl. He stood up so quickly that his chair skidded into the wall behind him and toppled over. Then, he headed upstairs on a dead run, wondering what had happened. He found her on the floor, sobbing. Sitting down next to her, he gently pulled her onto his lap, looking down at her in bewilderment. "What's wrong, Toy? What happened?" Comforting someone was not Darious' specialty.

Looking up at him, tears streaming down her face, she stammered through sobs, "I slammed my tail in the bathroom door." It was draped over his thigh, limp and not moving like it usually did.

He winced, knowing just how sensitive the appendage was, because if it was stroked just right she would have an orgasm. His nearest guess was that it was the equivalent of a man getting racked. "Poor Toy." he said, stroking her back softly, feeling the odd lumps on her shoulder blades that had been growing there for about a month, then kissed her on the top of the head. Normally she would have just cussed for a couple minutes and kicked the door. Plus, this was the first times since they had been together that he had ever seen her cry. He could feel her whole body twitch and tremble from the pain, something else that had never happened before. Her tail seemed to have a life of its own, it moved all over the place and was always getting entangled or bumping into something so this was not the first time it had been injured. But it was the first time that it had caused her this kind of intense pain before.

She didn't say anything but clutched him tightly, sniffing.

He rubbed cuddled her close to him, confused and bewildered. "Want me to look at it, Toy? It might be broken, that would explain the pain."

Rubbing her forearm across her eyes, wiping away the tears, she sniffled more, "Alright. But just don't touch it, ok?"

Giving her a quizzical look, he nodded, "I won't touch it." Holding her tightly to his chest, he moved her slightly so he could get a better look at the tail. There was an angry, purplish bruise about halfway up it. He knew it had to hurt from the looks of it.

Stroking her back some more he asked, "It's bruised pretty bad. Would you like an ice pack or something for it? It might help, Toy."

Shaking her head vigorously she looked up at him, tears in her eyes, "No, it hurts too much for anything to touch it."

Snuggling her closer to his chest, he said, "OK, Toy. Can you move it at all?"

Shaking her head, she looked up at him, "No, it won't move."

Stroking her hair softly he tried to think of what to do. Looking back down at her, he asked calmly, "Let me touch the tip of it to see if you can feel that. It might give an indication to whether or not it's broken. I promise I'll be very gentle with it."

Laying her head on his shoulder, she clutched his short front tightly in one hand, "If you promise to be VERY careful when you do it."

Nodding, he said, giving her a reassuring squeeze, "I promise." He reached out and very softly stroked the tip with one finger. This usually made it twitch a bit but there was no movement from it at all. But the reaction from her was immediate, tears stared to run down her face again and she howled in pain, shaking violently. He hugged her close to him, rocking back and forth slightly, "I'm sorry, Toy." Stroking her hair gently, he kissed her on the temple.

Having heard the second howl of pain, Arkady hurried upstairs. He looked at Darious. Darious looked back at him, obviously bewildered, "She hurt her tail and is crying."

This confused Arkady as much as it did Darious. He stepped into the room and knelt by them, looking at her tail. Stroking her back a bit, he said, voice soft, "How about I get you some Advil and some cold witch hazel for it, then I'll wrap it up. That should make it feel better soon."

Darious nodded, relieve that someone seemed to know what to do about this. "Good idea, Wolfie. How does that sound, Toy?"

Sniffling, she nodded.

Quickly, Arkady retrieved what he needed and, as gently as he could, wrapped her tail, but it caused a fresh wave of tears from her. Darious lay her on side on the bed and gave her the Advil. He covered her up and kissed her softly. She lay there sniffling but soon dozed off. Motioning for Arkady to follow, they left the room.

After closing themselves in the study where Darious was sure he was out of her earshot he looked at Arkady, a confused look on his face. "Have you ever seen this before?"

Shaking his head, Arkady sighed, "Never before. I have seen M'lady practically torn apart after a fight and she didn't seem to even feel her injuries. This is a first for myself, in the entire time I've known her I have never encountered her in this much pain, ever. Lady Jade almost eviscerated her in a fight one night and all M'lady did was laugh at her."

Darious shook his head, "I've done worse to her than this before and all she did was beg me for more and tell me to do it harder." Arkady nodded, having seen him leave welts, cuts and bruises on her, only to have her orgasm from it.

Scratching his head, Darious sighed, "This on top of everything else is getting to be more than I know how to deal with. Do you have any suggestions? Anything at all that might help?"

Sighing deeply, Arkady looked at him, "I may have something, yes, but I do believe you are not going to like the suggestion much at all."

Shaking his head, Darious sighed again, "I'm willing to try almost anything at this point, so just tell me what it is."

Looking at him, Arkady said, softly, "I know that you don't much like the other ladies to come around much but I think we may have to call them for help at this moment in time. Mayhaps they will know what is going on and if they do, they may be able to remedy the situation."

As much as he didn't like the idea at interference from the other she-devils Darious sighed and nodded, "Give them a call, Wolfie."

Nodding to Darious, Arkady bustled out of the room and called Zsuzanna. When he returned, he found Darious standing, staring out the window. He turned and looked at Arkady, worry lines creasing his face. Nodding, Arkady said, "Lady Zsuzanna and Lady Raven will be arriving in approximately three hours' time."

"Good." Darious said, sighing, then turned back to look out the window.

Raven and Zsuzanna arrived about 8:00 PM and got straight to the business at hand. Raven went up to see Dani and talk to her, seeing if any of her telepathic abilities could pinpoint what the problem seemed to be. Darious led Zsuzanna to the study and poured her a drink.

She accepted the drink graciously then set it aside, looking at him critically, "Alright, tell me what is going on. I got part of it from Arkady but I want to hear it from you. I know it must be something fairly bad for you to call us for help. So tell me what is going on with as much detail as you can."

Sighing Darious said, "It has gotten bad and seems to be getting worse all the time. Neither Arkady nor I know what to do about it anymore. Let me start out by listing the symptoms I can tell she is having: she's grouchy and irrational. Hell, she is getting downright violent at times anymore. She held a knife to Marcus and threatened to neuter him with it. Sometimes she doesn't seem to recognize any of us, especially when in glaberal form. Her she-devil and feline forms are very violent and out of control. She's now spending most of her time in glaberal form, rather than human for some odd reason. She seems to be in a lot of pain most of the time, from no source Arkady or I can figure out. Even the smallest things seem to hurt her. She's become highly territorial and gets out and out violent when it's invaded. Her self-control that is normally easy to maintain for her is shot completely. Her skin is so ultra-sensitive that she can only wear certain clothes. It's taking forever to heal from anything; it's actually slower than human healing at this point. She's getting what I can only describe as migraines, but that isn't an accurate description of them either, but it's as close as I can come to telling you what they are like. Finally, she is constantly hungry, almost to the point of starvation. She is feeding off me at least twice a day, half my blood volume at a time. And she looks at Marcus and Arkady when they walk by with that look of unrequited hunger, like she is to the point of starvation.

"But the final straw happened earlier today, she slammed her tail in the door and actually cried about it, like it was the worst pain she had ever endured."

Zsuzanna's brain had stopped on the amount she was feeding, giving him a strange look, "Hang on, she's feeding how much? That can't be right, the older we get the LESS we need to feed, not more."

Unbuttoning his shirt, he pulled it off his shoulder, showing her the massive bruise where she had repeatedly bitten him to feed.

Stepping forward, she touched it lightly, counting the bite marks, unable to believe her eyes. She saw him wince and said, "Sorry." Then stepped back and shook her head. "I don't get that. There is no earthly reason why she should need to feed that much - at least, none that I can tell."

Nodding, Darious buttoned his shirt, "I know that, in the whole time she and I have been together she has only fed once every six months to a year, that's all."

Shaking her head, Zsuzanna said, "I don't what that could mean. I've never heard of it before." She tapped a finger on her chin, a far away look on her face, thinking, confused.

Stroking the rim of his glass, he looked at her, "Any ideas of what could be happening?"

She shrugged then asked, "Could it be that somehow or other your blood is changing her?"

Thinking for a minute, he then shook his head, "I don't think so. It might be a possibility, but I do doubt it."

Sighing, she shook her head, "Neither do I. If it was going to change her it would have done it long before now and I imagine the symptoms would be something you would recognize."

Nodding, he said, "True."

"The only other real thing that is a problem with the older she-devils is insanity, there does seem to be that once they go beyond a certain age. Does that seem to fit some of the symptoms?"

Shaking his head vigorously, he said firmly, "No, it is not insanity in any of its forms. It's something physical, but I don't know what."

Shrugging, she sighed deeply, "Sorry, I'm not much help with things like this. It's really not my area. Maybe Raven with know something, she's much more familiar with our lore, legends, and history than I will ever be."

Sighing, he shook his head, "Don't you ladies have doctors or something like that?"

"Unfortunately, no. We don't get sick and are immune to everything out there, so we don't need them other than to do first aid for those that have been in fights. The only doctors we have do research into our genetics - nothing that would help in this area, unfortunately."

By this time, Raven and Arkady came into the study. Immediately, Arkady almost hid behind Darious, white as a sheet and shaking all over. Darious looked over his shoulder at him, puzzled.

Raven spoke up, "The she-devil took after him."

His eyebrows shot up and he looked at Raven, "To feed?"

Nodding, Raven said, "Yes. She appeared to be quite hungry and didn't seem to recognize him.

Darious patted Arkady on the shoulder, trying to convey he wasn't angry then turned back to Raven. "What, if anything, can you tell is wrong with her? She's not insane, we all know that."

With a far away look in her eyes, Raven said softly, "No, she's not insane. But there's something going on. Dani is still very much there, but there seems to be something happening with her that she doesn't understand. She is confused, but not insane. It's as if some kind of instinct is taking over and trying to do something but I haven't a clue as to what it is."

Shaking his head, he sighed, frustration mounting, "Is there any kind of lore or legend about any of this? Any at all that might apply?"

Rubbing the bridge of her nose, Raven sighed, "None that I know of. You have to consider the old ones usually have gone to ground to sleep by the time they reached even close to Dani's age. As far as I can tell none ever attained her age. And there hasn't been anyone around close for at least 150 years. Dani is the oldest by far, of any of us in this world. The only thing that was ever said about the ancient ones was that they had gone insane and taken their final rest."

Running his fingers through his hair, Darious sighed, "Just great. What were the symptoms of those that went insane, do you know?"

Shrugging, Raven sighed, "Consider the difference in eras and what was known about medicine back then. Nothing that was written down about the end of them comes in the ballpark of what I have heard about Dani's symptoms, it describes brain fevers and the like, nothing that applies. And we don't have anyone else to compare it with now. Zsuzanna is the closest in age to Dani."

Looking at Zsuzanna, he asked, "How old are you?"

The dark haired gypsy sighed and shook her head, "I'm 826, so that's no help at all, sorry. Dani is more than 100 years older than me."

Looking sharply at Darious, Raven asked, softly and with respect, "How long has she had the growths on her shoulder blades? Those, I know for a fact, are something new. I've never seen anything like it before, as a matter of fact."

"I guess about two months now, give or take."

Raven started to pace back and forth, thinking out loud, "She's needing all the blood for something, but what could it be?"

Darious nodded, "True, she's not insane so this, whatever it is, has to be physical."

Nodding, still deep in thought, Raven said. "True, whatever is wrong with her it's not insanity." Stopping she sighed again, "Let me look some things up and I'll see what I can find, if anything. Do you mind if we keep a close eye on the situation? I'll get Julia to stop by tonight and have a look as well. Maybe between her and I we can figure out what is causing these problems. Plus, Julia for sure can give her something for the pain she is feeling. If nothing else, that will put her in a better mood."

"I have no objections to that whatsoever." He then gave a short bow to the ladies and said, "Now, if you'll excuse me I have to go feed my kitty before she gets any grouchier. Arkady will attend to your needs and answer any more of your questions." He then headed upstairs.