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Chapter 93 "AL"

Part 2

Back over at the house with Kyle and Kate...

Kyle had left the other boys to go find Kate to see if he could get her help. He found her washing a few loads of laundry.

"Hi Kate," said Kyle as he approached her.

"Hello Kyle," said Kate as she quickly tossed some more clothes into the washer.

"Ummm, I was wondering if you could help me and a few of the others out for a bit?" asked Kyle uncertainly.

"Well that depends on what you need Kyle," said Kate.

"It's a little embarrassing to ask you now that I'm here," said Kyle.

"I find, to just say it works best," said Kate.

"It's about the bet I made yesterday with Shawn, Billy, and Joey," started Kyle, "and I need your help with it."

"So you did decide to make them wear a dress then, huh?" said Kate.

"You know about that?"

"I heard some of the others talk about it a little and thought that would be the only thing you would need help with on your bet."

"It's a little more complicated now. I need your help to put them in makeup and help me pick out some dresses for them to show off in. We are going to do a little fashion show for everyone and I need your help to make everyone look like a girl and tell us how to act like one too. We each have to wear two getups though."

"Sounds like an interesting bet," laughed Kate.

"Yeah, it got a little out of hand. I have to dress up with them now too."

"Well, I can certainly help all of you dress up and put makeup on you. Do you have enough dresses for them all?" asked Kate.

"Tommy brought me five dresses yesterday for them. Two French Maid outfits, two short dresses, a little dress for Shawn, and a tutu for him too."

"So we just need something for you," said Kate.

"There are some boxes around here with some girl's clothes in them," Kyle said pointing to the boxes.

"This sounds like fun. I haven't played dress up in years. Let's see what we can find then," said Kate. "Why don't you go get the dresses Tommy brought back while I start to go through these boxes?"

"Okay Kate, I'll be back in a minute," said Kyle smiling.

Kyle then ran off to grab his stuff as Kate began looking through the boxes. When Kyle came back, he showed the dresses he had to Kate and helped her to go through the boxes and as much stuff as they might need. Once they had it all, they went to Kate and Bryan's room. Kyle then went and got the others and brought them to Kate for her to decide what dress would look best on whom.

"Okay Billy, let's start with you," Kate said as he stepped forward to her. "Hmmm, I think a simple little black dress will work nicely. What do you think Kyle?" as she held up a short simple black dress to Billy.

"I think that will work."

"Good. I think I'll have him wear my jade heart pendant. That should accent his eyes nicely."

"I'm sure it will be just lovely," said Billy sarcastically.

"I think the red dress will fit nicely on Joey. The blue satin baby doll dress with the spaghetti strings should fit Shawn. The red and white Hawaiian print sun dress for Kyle will do nicely," said Kate holding each up to the boys to gauge how they would fit. "I found some bras for each of you to wear. Shawn, you won't need one for your dress though just for your tutu."

"Tutu?" asked Shawn.

"Yeah, Tommy found one for you yesterday at the mall," laughed Kyle. "You can do your little song and dance in the tutu."

"I'll have to make sure I thank him when he gets back," said Shawn sarcastically.

"Now for your second outfit, Kyle has a French Maid costume for each of you," Kate said to Billy and Joey.

"Tommy found those too," laughed Kyle.

"We'll definitely have to make sure we thank him when he gets back," said Billy.

"I found a nice lavender flower girl dress that should fit you Kyle for your second dress," Kate said.

"Thanks Kate," Kyle mumbled.

"I also found some panties for each of you to wear, I think they will fit. Shawn you get the yellow ones with the butterflies on them, the rest of you boys are about the same size so you can just wear any of the others," Kate said.

"How come mine are the only ones with butterflies," complained Shawn.

"You get the butterflies because you are a cutie, besides the others would be too big on you," Kate said.

"Oh," said Shawn.

"At least yours doesn't have lace around them," Billy said holding up one pair of panties.

"Or ruffles," giggled Kyle holding up the panties that went with the French Maid outfits.

"Or Minnie Mouse," said Joey holding up a pair.

"Alright boys, roll up your pant legs," said Kate.

"What?" they all said.

"Either roll up your pant legs or take your pants off, I need to see your legs. Oh and take your shirts off please," Kate said.

All four boys started to roll their pants up and took off their shirts as Kate inspected them.

"You will do fine Shawn," Kate said as she ran her finger down his side making him giggle a little. "The rest of you are going to need to shave your legs."

"Shave our legs!" said Billy in a bit of a panic.

"Well, you can't pull off a short dress with hairy legs. Just be happy the pantyhose I found would have been too big for any of you. Now how many of you have ever shaved before?" asked Kate. When no one said anything she said, "I didn't think so. All right then I'll have to shave you, as I don't want you guys to hack your legs to ribbons. Joey, I think your armpit hair has to go too."

"Can't we just skip it or do something other than having you shave our legs?" asked Joey.

"Well I do have a hair cream you can use if you want but the hair won't grow back as fast," Kate said.

"That's okay, I'll use the cream instead," Joey said quickly.

"What about you two, you want to use the cream or have me shave you?" asked Kate.

"Can't we shave ourselves, it can't be that hard," said Billy.

"If you had experience shaving I would say yes, but you don't. I don't want you to hurt yourselves and cut your legs up. They can be a little more difficult than the face," Kate told him.

"This bet just gets worse and worse," said Billy.

"Hey, you agreed to do whatever Kate said needed to be done. I'm doing it too, so suck it up," said Kyle.

"Alright, I'll do the shaving thing then," said Billy.

"Me too," said Kyle, "and stop laughing Shawn."

"Sorry, it's just funny since it's not me this time," giggled Shawn, earning him a dirty look from the other three. "It's about time I got to laugh for a change."

"I'll give you something to laugh about if you don't shut up," said Billy.

"Okay boys, pick yourself a bra and some panties and put them on. I'll be back in about five minutes. When I get back I expect each of you to be wearing only them," Kate said as she left them in the room.

All four of the boys quickly stripped down to their underwear and then one by one went into the bathroom to change into their panties. Shawn put on the yellow with pink butterflies. Kyle put on the Minnie Mouse panties, they were a little tight and there was a noticeable bulge but he thought they covered him better than the lacy one's. Billy and Joey both put on the ruffled panties as they would eventually have to wear them with their maids outfits.

Joey held up his bra in front of his chest and called to the others, "Hey guys, does this cover my boobies okay?" said Joey in his best flaming voice. They all laughed at him but nothing else was said as Kate quickly returned.

Kate noticed all of the boys were a little self-conscious and they were covering themselves a bit.

"Okay Joey, since you want to use the cream why don't you go into the shower and use this cream. Put it on and then wait a few minutes then rinse it off. Don't get any on your head, so just use it for the neck down. It's specially designed so it shouldn't irritate your skin," Kate said as Joey headed into the bathroom. "The rest of you come here and I'll help you with your bras." The boys all got up and headed over to Kate as she helped them into their bras and gently stuffed a few tissues into Billy and Kyle's bra.

"How come Shawn doesn't need the tissues?" asked Billy.

"Because he is wearing a training bra, he has enough on his own to fill that out. You two need more help to fill your bras," Kate said. "Now let me see you walk." The boys then walked for her and she commented about each boy and told them how to walk more like a young lady. They were practicing this when Kate went to the bathroom door and said loudly, "Hurry up Joey. I need to use the tub to shave the others."

"I'll be out in a minute, just rinsing off," shouted Joey back.

"Okay while we wait I'll put some makeup on Shawn, you two keep practicing," Kate said pulling a chair over so she could work on Shawn. "Oh for heavens sake Billy, you are supposed to swish your hips not put them out of joint. Don't forget to keep your back straight and push out your chest a little."

"Okay Kate," Billy said sheepishly.

Just then, Jon entered the room and said, "Hi guys, just wanted to see how everything was going."

"It's going fine, now out," said Kate but Jon just ignored her as he stared at the other boys.

Joey came out of the bathroom just as Kate was finishing putting a little blush on Shawn. Joey went over to Billy and whispered something in his ear.

"What?" asked Billy.

"It's all gone," said Joey quietly.

"Well that's what it was supposed to do," said Billy not sure what Joey meant.

"No, I mean it's all gone," said Joey worriedly.

Billy thought for a moment and then quickly pulled the front of Joey's panties away from his body and looked. "You weren't supposed to do it there stupid," laughed Billy.

"What's the problem Joey?" asked Kate.

"Nothing," Joey said quickly.

"Joey did a very through job. He doesn't have any hair below his neck now," laughed Billy as he sat down before he fell from laughing so hard.

"Billy!"

"Joey you didn't. Did you?" asked Kate.

"Yeah, I did. You said to do from my neck down," said Joey.

"I didn't mean for you to do it there," laughed Kate.

"What? What did he do?" asked Shawn, looking at Kyle and Billy rolling on the ground laughing now.

"He looks like you do now Shawn," said Kyle as tears of laughter ran down his cheeks.

"You mean he used it between his...," giggled Shawn.

"Yep, he's hairless again," laughed Billy.

"That's hilarious Joey, I can't wait to tell Tommy," laughed Jon.

"I don't think he has to know Jon!" squawked Joey

"I don't care!" Jon said back between laughs.

"Hey this isn't funny. I just did what I was told," said Joey.

"I'm sorry Joey. I should have given you better instructions but I never thought you would use it there," giggled Kate. "I don't envy you once that hair starts to grow back. It is going to itch something fierce. So when it does, come get me, and I'll give you a cream you can use to help with the itch."

"What do you mean it's going to itch?" asked Joey worriedly.

"When your pubic hair grows back it will itch. Trust me on that, I have some experience with it. Come see me when it does and I'll take care of it for you," laughed Kate. "Now come over here so I can put your bra on right." Turning to Jon, Kate said, "I told you before to go. Now if you want to stay I believe I can find another dress that will fit you."

"That's okay Kate, I think I'll go find a camcorder so Tommy can see this if he doesn't make it back in time," said Jon as he quickly left.

"Oh great!" bitched Kyle at Jon as he left the room. "I'll remember this!"

After Joey had his bra on and properly filled, Kate gave him a little instruction on how to walk then took Kyle by the hand and went into the bathroom with him. She sat him on the edge of the tub and started to gently wash his legs. After applying ample shaving cream to his lower legs, as his thighs didn't really need it, she began shaving his legs. Once she was done, she inspected him one last time to make sure she got it all. Then she gave him a playful swat on the butt and told him to send in Billy. She did much the same for Billy but she had to shave his thighs some since his maids dress would barely cover his ass. As she was shaving his thighs, Billy started to get an erection. He started to stare at the ceiling trying everything he could to make it go down. Kate laughed a little at his tented panties but kindly put a towel over them to make him feel a little better about it. Once the boys were shaved, Kate then did all of their hair to make it look a little more girly. She put some nail polish on them, after giving each a quick manicure. Then Kate started to apply the makeup to the older three boys.

"Let's see, I think some earrings would look nice for you Shawn," Kate said.

"You're not going to put holes in my ears, are you?" asked Shawn worriedly.

"No silly, they are clip-ons. No one is going to hurt your cute little ears," Kate said reassuringly. "Joey and Billy, you are going to have to change your panties for one of the others as ruffled panties don't exactly go with your first dresses," Kate said.

Billy quickly grabbed a pair of panties leaving the lacy one's for Joey. It wasn't until he was in the bathroom that he noticed that the pair he had were thong panties. They barely covered him in the front but his butt felt so vulnerable. The string between his cheeks felt weird but strangely erotic at the same time. When he walked out he was giving off a full body blush as Joey and Kyle whistled and hooted at him.

"Come over here Billy and we can get you into your dress and cover up that cute little tush," giggled Kate.

After Billy was in his dress, he felt much better. He then laughed at Joey in his white lace panties along with the others. The lace panties might not show as much skin as Billy's thong did but they showed enough. Kate then got Joey into his dress. She did some finishing touches to Billy and Joey's makeup, by giving each of them some hot red lipstick and mascara. She gave them some low-heeled black shoes to wear. Then she helped Kyle and got him into his dress and shoes. Gave him some matching red lipstick and then turned to Shawn. Kate had to help Shawn into his tights to make sure he didn't damage them. Then she helped him into his tutu. Once they were all done, she stepped back to look them over.

"Kyle, you are going to need a slip," Kate said. Then she pulled one out from her pile of stuff and had him hold up his dress as she put it on him. "Joey, red really is your color, you look really good in that dress," said Kate making the others giggle. "Okay, I'll go check to see if Jon and Bryan have everything ready for us while you boys practice walking again."

Once she was gone, the boys looked each other over.

"Damn Joey, you do look hot," said Billy.

"You think so," said Joey teasingly as he pretended to primp himself up some making the others laugh.

"You look so cute Shawn, in your little pink tutu," laughed Kyle.

"Shut up," giggled Shawn. "I'll get you for this!"

After a few more minutes, Kate came back and said, "They have everything set up. We will have Kyle go first, and then he can introduce the rest of you. Shawn you will go second to do your little song and dance. That way everyone will be able to see it. Then Joey and Billy will enter. Shawn when you are done go change into your baby doll dress, then Joey and Billy can change into their maids costumes. After that, Kyle can change into his flower girl dress. I'll be waiting here to help each of you into your dresses so we don't have any problems. Ben and Chance heard about this and they have been busy making a bunch of goodies for everyone to eat after the show. Now remember boys, you are doing this on a bet. So be brave and have fun. Everyone will see that, and they will laugh with you, not at you. You all look adorable, now go have some fun," said Kate smiling at them.

When they got to the game room, everything was different. The boys had cleared a path down the middle for the boys to walk, sort of like a little catwalk. Everyone else was sitting either in the chairs or on the floor. There were some tables by the walls filled up with cookies, punch, and other treats. The boys waited outside the game room as Kate entered, music started up then as Kate took control of the room.

"First we have Kyle modeling a beautiful red and white Hawaiian print sun dress," Kate said as Kyle walked into the room. He slowly walked down the little aisle they had made and worked his way over to Kate to a lot of laughter and fun.

"Our next model is Shawn, he is in a cute little pink tutu," said Kyle joining in on the laughter as Shawn did little ballet moves working his way into the room. When he had reached the middle of the room and stopped, then looked over at Kyle. "Shawn will now grace us with his performance of I'm a Little Teapot for our enjoyment," said Kyle, as Kate turned off the music then turned on the music for Shawn's song.

"I'm a little teapot, short and stout," sang Shawn.

"Here is my handle," as Shawn places one hand on his hip, "here is my spout ," sang Shawn putting his other arm out.

"When I get all steamed up, hear me shout,
Just tip me over and pour me out!" leaning over to tip his arm.

 

"I'm a clever teapot, yes it's true," continued Shawn.

"Here's an example of what I can do,

I can change my handle to my spout," sang Shawn as he switched the positions of his arms.

"Just tip me over and pour me out!" finished Shawn leaning over to tip his arm again.

 

The room broke up into peals of laughter and applause for Shawn. Kyle then turned back on the normal music for Shawn. He then made a few more ballet moves until he was out of the room.

"Our next model is Joey modeling a very sleek red dress," said Kyle.

There were a lot of hoots and whistles going as Joey swished his way into the room and walked their little catwalk. Joey had a lot of fun with it by blowing kisses to some of the boys and just hamming it up until it was time for him to leave and change.

"Billy is our next model as he sports a classic little black dress," said Kyle.

Billy then walked in the room and up and down the aisle to more fun and laughter. He even blew a kiss to Jon, Ben, and Bryan as each of them had a camcorder filming the show.

"Here, we have Shawn again in a nice baby doll blue satin dress," said Kyle.

Shawn slowly walked the catwalk again occasionally twirling around for the boys.

"And here we have Billy and Joey styling in the classic French Maids outfit," said Kyle. "Ooh la la!"

Billy and Joey both entered then and worked the room some. They both had the full costume with frilly white hat and a feather duster. They had a ball with it as they occasionally pulled up the backs of their short dresses and showed off their ruffled panties to the boys and to the cameras. Jon was sure to get some very good footage to show Tommy when he got back with Hunter. Kate reentered the room and Shawn, Billy, and Joey went to stand by her.

"Our final model is Kyle in a beautiful lavender flower girl dress," said Kate.

Kyle walked out in his short dress and curtsied to some of the boys as he headed down the path. He then went over to the other boys and together they took a bow to much applause. Then everyone cheered for Kate's help. After that the party kept going. The music was turned up and the boys started to dance with each other. Tommy's boys were much more relaxed about it and danced together until the other boys felt comfortable and joined in. Even Mike was allowed to join in on the fun.

Bryan pulled Kate away for a minute and said, "Don't you think it's a little weird them dressing up as girls and dancing together?"

"Oh Bryan, don't be such a stick in the mud. Relax, have some fun. The boys are just letting off a little steam and having a good time, so let's head back and join them," said Kate.

"Well, I still say it's a little weird to see them slow dance with each other, but you are right. I need to relax more. Now let's go head back and do a little dirty dancing of our own," said Bryan as they went back to the party.

And that's exactly what they did. Bryan and Kate did a lot of slow dancing and some dirty dancing. Some of the boys even paired off and tried to copy them some. Kyle mainly danced with Luke but basically, everyone danced with everyone else. Everyone enjoyed the treats and punch. Kyle, Billy, Joey, and Shawn stayed in their dresses and had a lot of fun. After a couple hours, it broke up and Mike started to clean up everything. Kyle and the others went to their rooms to get some regular clothes and then went to Kate so she could take off their makeup. The boys all agreed that they had a fun time with it and that it wasn't nearly as bad as they thought it was going to be.

Over with Cody and his crew...

The end was close, and the boys were drawing near the final exit. They were now closer to their freedom and new home with Tommy and Bryan. Only a little bit left to drive after this exit, maybe a half-hour at best. The plow slowed as it took the sharp exit. The RV followed. Cody and his inexperience behind the wheel showed as he suddenly lost control of the RV on the turn. He did his best to keep it on the road, but it slid off the side and into a small ditch. Phil immediately noticed no one was behind him and he stopped the plow and slowly backed it up until he and Calvin saw the RV sideways and off the road, as they peered through the plow's side mirrors. Phil stopped the plow when he was close enough and both boys ran over to check on Cody, Denny, and Danny. Phil quickly opened the side door and climbed inside.

"Is everyone okay?" he yelled out.

"Yes as far as I can tell we are fine. I need to check on Denny. Why don't you check Danny?"

"Sure Cody," Phil said.

Cody came back a moment later and said, "He's fine. He's still out of it on the bed. How is Danny?"

"I'm okay. I can answer that myself thanks, I was asleep."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to do this," a very upset Cody said with a quivering voice. It was easy to see and hear his fear.

"Its okay," Phil said quickly trying to calm Cody. "Get on the radio and call Bryan. We aren't that far away now. I'm sure they can come get us," added Phil who suddenly appeared to be running things as the shook up Cody did his best to get his wits back.

Cody went up, sat in the driver's seat, and began contacting Bryan.

Back with Tommy and Hunter...

Tommy took out his cell and gave Bryan a call to tell him the good news and that he would be home soon.

"Hello," said Bryan a little uncertainly.

"Hey Bryan, it's me Tommy."

"I thought the phones weren't working anymore?" Bryan said confused.

"They are working now. Hunter and I are on our way back."

"That's good. Did everything work out how you wanted it too?"

"Better than I hoped. I have a couple generators that will be able to power up our houses and a long-term solution is in the works. I'll tell you all about it once we get home and I have a chance to talk to you alone."

"That's great to hear Tommy. I can't wait to hear what you have to say. I admit I'm as curious as hell now. Hold on a second Cody is on the shortwave," said Bryan.

"Okay," said Tommy as he waited for Bryan to come back.

"Tommy I got some bad news," said Bryan.

"What is it?"

"Cody and the boys have slid off the road and need some help. They are at the exit from the expressway to the main road that leads them to here. I'm going to head over there to get them."

"I know exactly where they are. You stay put, tell them I'll be there in around fifteen minutes."

"You sure you don't want me to head over there too?"

"No, it's around a half hour drive for you, besides, I know these roads a bit better then you since I grew up over here. No sense in both of us going and I'm a lot closer. If I can't get them back on the road I'll just put them all in here and bring them back that way."

"Okay, Tommy. I'll tell them you are on the way," said Bryan.

With that, Tommy hung up his cell and turned the truck in the direction of Cody.

"Hunter, you need to get dressed now," said Tommy.

"Yes Sir," said Hunter sadly, as he began to put his clothes back on.

After about ten minutes Tommy pulled up to the exit and saw the RV had slid off the road due to a large patch of ice. He pulled out his phone and called Cody.

"Hello," said Cody.

"Hi Cody, it's me Tommy. I can see you guys now, can you see me blinking my lights?" asked Tommy.

"Yeah, I see you. Thanks for coming to help us," Cody said shakily.

"Don't worry about it. Hunter and I are going to head over to you so don't shoot," Tommy said half jokingly.

"Okay, who's Hunter?" asked Cody.

"Hunter is just another kid I found recently. We will be at your door in a minute."

Tommy and Hunter then got out of the truck, walked over to the RV, and knocked on the door.

"Come on in guys," said Phil as he opened the door, "don't want to let all the cold in."

"Thanks," said Tommy as both of them entered the RV.

Cody got up, immediately went over to Tommy, and gave him a big hug saying, "Thanks Tommy. I was really worried there for a bit." Holding back his tears he said, "I wasn't sure what to do."

"It's okay Cody," said Tommy gently as he returned the hug. "Don't worry, everything will be alright." After disentangling himself from Cody, Tommy said, "Do you guys have any chain we can use to try to pull you out of the ditch?" giving Cody a chance to compose himself.

"Nope, we looked and we don't have anything like that," Phil said.

"We could push it Sir," said Hunter.

"Yeah right, this thing weights a couple tons," said Danny as the others laughed at Hunter's idea.

"We might as well try it," said Tommy looking at Hunter. "Cody, you and Phil go to the front and pull while Hunter and I push from the back. Calvin can steer."

"Danny's right, we can't move this thing just by pushing on it. Plus we have the SUV still attached in the back," said Phil.

"We won't know until we try. Let's go try and if it doesn't work, we can move everyone to either the plow or my truck. Then we will head home," said Tommy.

"Okay, but I think we are just wasting our time," said Phil.

Phil and Cody went to the front of the RV to pull as Tommy and Hunter went to the back.

"Sir, the one in the back is very sick. I can smell the infection," said Hunter.

"Do you think he will make it?" asked Tommy quietly as they went to the back of the RV.

"Doubtful Sir, should I heal the two injured sirs once we push this thing back on the road?"

"Only if you think it's the right thing to do Hunter," said Tommy.

Boom, Boom could be heard as Hunter slammed his feet into the ground making little craters to give him some traction.

"What the hell was that?" shouted Cody as he started to head over to Tommy.

"We are just breaking some ice to get a better grip on the ground for when we push. Just go back to the front and pull, everything is fine back here," shouted Tommy as Cody went back to Phil. "Shit Hunter, tell me before you do something like that."

"Sorry, I'm ready to push Sir," Hunter said.

"Okay we are ready. Pull on the count of three. One, two, three," shouted Tommy. Hunter then slowly started to push the RV and SUV forward. Each footstep a little boom as he slammed his foot into the ground, moving the RV step by step out of the ditch and back onto the road dragging the SUV behind. Hunter kept pushing the RV until it was not just on the road but was off the patch of ice that had caused them to slide off the road. Cody and the others were amazed and overjoyed that it actually worked.

"Sir, the sir in the backs heart is starting to fail. He might last another fifteen minutes," said Hunter.

"Then you have to decide now. What are you going to do?" said Tommy.

"I'll heal him then. It's what the old man would want me to do," said Hunter.

"Good, I'm proud of you for making that decision but what about Danny? Will you heal him too?" asked Tommy.

"He won't die Sir if I don't heal him," said Hunter.

"But is it right to heal one of them and leave the other in pain?" asked Tommy.

Hunter thought for a moment about that, and then said, "You are right Sir. I'll have to heal the Danny-sir first, as it wouldn't be right to heal one but not the other."

"Let's hurry up then," said Tommy as he ran to the door of the RV with Hunter right beside him. Cody and Phil saw them run to the RV so they quickly followed.

"Danny, I know this is gonna sound crazy but if you let Hunter, he can heal you."

"What?" said a very confused Danny.

"I'm sorry sir, but the other sir is failing faster than I anticipated," Hunter said as he reached past Tommy and touched Danny on the leg. Danny stiffened up and then slumped into his chair apparently asleep.

"What's going on?" asked a bewildered Cody after seeing Danny slump in his chair.

"Just follow, quickly Denny is dying," said Tommy.

They all quickly followed Tommy and Hunter into the back of the RV where Denny was lying and could see he was in really bad shape as he was barely breathing and his lips had a bluish tint.

"I need to get the bullet out first," said Hunter as he pulled out the knife he had picked up from one of the scientists. He ripped off the bandage and a foul odor filled the room. Hunter then very carefully used one hand to cut the wound open and extract the bullet, never letting go of Denny with his other hand. Hunter then whimpered, "I'm going to be out for a little longer than before Sir." Hunter then put his hand over the wound and screamed. A moment later he collapsed as Tommy caught him.

"What the HELL is going on Tommy," shouted Cody. "Why did he do that?"

"Calm down guys, Denny is going to be fine. I know it sounds nuts but Hunter can heal people," Tommy said holding onto Hunter gently.

"What, are you crazy?" asked Phil.

"No, look at Denny's shoulder now," said Tommy pointing at it. "See it's healed."

The others all looked at Denny's shoulder. The gaping wound that was there a few moments ago was now just a little red line. It looked like it was no more than a simple cut that was well on its way to being completely healed.

"But how?" asked Calvin breaking the silence.

"Hunter is different and he can do some amazing things. He pushed the RV out of the ditch. He can do these things because some very evil people did stuff to him. It hurts him a great deal to heal someone, that's why he passed out. I know this all sounds nuts, but you can see the results. There was no way we could push this RV anywhere. Not to mention the SUV trailing behind it, but he could," said Tommy to the stunned boys.

Just then, Danny walked in and said, "Oh my God, you won't believe it! My leg doesn't hurt anymore and I checked the hole. It's like, almost totally healed."

"What are you all talking about?" said Denny drowsily, as he woke up. He practically, scared the shit out of the other boys.

"How do you feel Denny," asked Cody urgently.

"I feel fine. You must have given me a couple really good painkillers since my shoulder doesn't hurt at all now. Wait a minute. My head isn't all fuzzy like it usually is after those pills. Did you give me something different this time?" asked Denny.

"We didn't do anything. He did," said Cody pointing to Hunter, who was collapsed in Tommy's arms.

"What?" Denny asked.

"Look at your shoulder," said Tommy.

As Denny looked, his face had a look of total disbelief. He reached over and touched it gently with his hand. Then he poked it sharply with his finger and felt no pain.

"How is this possible?" asked a stunned Denny.

"It just is. Look, I know all of you probably have a ton of questions, but now I'm going to have to tell everyone about Hunter. We can't exactly cover the fact that both Denny and Danny are healthy and probably won't even have a scar soon. I'll tell you all about him once we get to the house along with everyone else," said Tommy, not looking forward to that conversation at all.

"But...," began Phil.

"No buts about it. Just be grateful he was willing to heal them as Denny was about to die if he didn't," said Tommy. "When we get to my house, don't say anything about it. Just tell them I will explain it all in a little bit, once everyone is gathered."

"Don't worry Tommy, no one will say a thing until after you have a chance to tell everyone," Cody said.

"Okay then, I'm going to head back to my truck and you guys just follow me along," said Tommy as he was beginning to worry about Hunter, because he thought he would have woken up by now.

"Phil you head to the plow and follow Tommy while I follow you," Cody said.

Tommy then headed for his truck carrying a still comatose Hunter as Phil climbed into the snowplow. Tommy strapped Hunter in, then checked his pulse and breathing. Hunter was still breathing but his pulse seemed a little slow but then Tommy didn't really know what Hunter's normal pulse was. For that matter, he wasn't totally sure what his should be either. He put his worries aside and started their little convoy on its way back home. It was around 5:30 PM and what little light there was, was almost all gone now. Tommy kept glancing over at Hunter hoping for some movement but nothing happened. Tommy then pulled out his cell to give Jon a call.

"Hey, it's me," said Jon.

"Hi Jon, I just wanted you to know that I'm on my way back with Cody and his boys," said Tommy.

"Are they all in your truck or did you help them out of the ditch?" asked Jon.

"Hunter pushed the RV out of the ditch for them."

"Damn, how strong is that kid?" asked Jon amazedly.

"Pretty damn strong," said Tommy glancing over at the comatose boy.

"How did you keep that from the others?"

"Well, that didn't really matter much after he healed Danny and Denny."

"Shit, how are you going to keep a lid on that?"

"I'm not. There is no way to keep Hunter's abilities secret anymore," said Tommy sadly.

"Well, anything I can do to help with all this?"

"Yeah, tell everyone I will need to talk to them shortly after we get there. You can tell Bryan it's about Hunter since I was gonna tell him anyway. Give Kyle and Shawn a heads up too. Don't say what it's about to the rest of them. I'm still trying to think about how to say it myself. I'm really starting to worry about Hunter though. He hasn't woken up yet. After he healed Kyle it was only a few minutes and he was up," said Tommy worriedly.

"I'm sure he will be okay. He probably just needs to rest."

"You are probably right," said Tommy trying to convince himself Jon was right. "If he hasn't come to by the time we get there, I'm gonna put him to bed in my room. Can you sit with him while I deal with everyone else?"

"Of course I can, you can just tell me everything later," said Jon.

"Thanks Jon, your helping me to look after him really means a lot to me," said Tommy, getting a little choked up. "I will pay you back for it."

"Sitting with him is the least I can do after he saved your life," Jon said.

"Thanks Jon, I love you. I'll be home real soon," said Tommy.

"I love you too," said Jon softly, "I'll tell everyone, then be waiting at the door for you."

Tommy then slowly drove the rest of the way back home being sure he didn't lose anyone along the way. Hunter still hadn't moved or made a sound as Tommy finally drove up his driveway. He had tried a number of times to wake him up by calling his name or shaking him a little but there was no response. Phil and Cody parked on the side of the road as they slowly climbed out of their vehicles and walked up to the house. Tommy was frantic by this time. He didn't bother to wait for them, just jumped out of his truck and ran around to get Hunter out. Then Tommy headed straight for the front door. Jon was waiting for them at the door and saw Tommy holding a very limp Hunter desperately to his chest.

"Relax TJ, you don't want to squeeze him too hard," said Jon.

"Sorry, I'm just worried," said Tommy relaxing his hold some.

"I can see that. You take him to your room and I'll greet Cody and the others. Then come get you once everyone is gathered," Jon said.

"Thanks Jon," Tommy said as he headed straight upstairs to his room.

Tommy put Hunter in his bed and again tried to wake him but still no response. He thought for a minute to call Al but then he remembered the computers were still in his truck and he didn't want to leave Hunter yet. Patches and Champ nosed their way into his room then and quietly sat on the floor. Tommy looked at them and told them "Shoo." They paid him no mind as they just sat there and stared at Hunter. Tommy again tried gently shaking the little boy awake, but it was as if he shaking a rag doll. If it wasn't for Hunter's chest slowly rising and falling, Tommy thought the boy would have been dead. Eventually Jon came into the room and said, "Tommy they are all waiting."

"Tell them I'll be there in a few minutes," Tommy said.

"TJ," Jon started to say.

"Just tell them. Please Jon, just tell them I'll be there in a few minutes," Tommy said.

"Okay TJ, I'll go tell them," said Jon quietly as he left the room.

"Come on Angel, you need to wake up now," said Tommy as he gently shook the boy. "Please Hunter, I need you to wake up," but still there was no response. "Angel, I love you. I need you to wake up for me, so I know you will be all right," Tommy said as tears started to fall from his eyes.

"I'm going...to be...all right...Master," whispered Hunter finally.

"Oh thank God! I was so worried about you," Tommy said scooping Hunter up into a hug as he kissed his face.

"Hurts...Master," cried Hunter.

"I'm so sorry Angel, you just lie down and relax," said Tommy overjoyed that Hunter had finally come around. Tommy then gently laid him back down on the bed and brushed the hair out of Hunter's eyes. Tommy just sat there with Hunter looking into his emerald green eyes seeing the pain and agony the boy was in. Patches and Champ had crept a little closer and were now watching Hunter closely. Tommy reached out to pet their heads some as he sat with Hunter for a few more minutes. Finally, Jon and Kyle entered his room.

"TJ, you need to come down there. They need some answers, if you don't hurry you are gonna have an angry mob to deal with. After Hunter's little incident with Mike this morning and now Denny and Danny being healed, you can imagine it's getting a little hairy out there," said Kyle.

"Okay Kyle. Jon can you sit with him please?" asked Tommy as he got up from the bed.

"Of course," said Jon moving over to sit next to Hunter.

Tommy stopped him midway and pulled Jon into a hug, then gave him a loving kiss on the lips. Tommy then turned to Kyle and said, "Kyle go down there and tell them I'll be right down. I just need to wash up first."

"Okay TJ," said Kyle, "You really do love Jon don't you?" he said quietly to TJ as he was about to leave the room.

Tommy nodded his head yes but said nothing. He then headed into the bathroom and washed his face up real quick then headed back over to Hunter and Jon.

"Hunter, Jon is going to sit with you while I go talk to the others. Be good for him okay?" said Tommy gently.

"Yes...Master, I'll...be a good boy...for Jon-sir," said Hunter in a pain-filled voice.

"Good boy," Tommy said as he gently caressed Hunter's head. "Jon, come get me if anything happens."

"I will TJ," said Jon, "don't worry I'll look after him for you."

"Thank you, I love you Jon," said Tommy realizing he wouldn't leave Hunter with just anyone.

"I love you too," said Jon shyly, "when you are done with them I have some good things to share with you."

"Something good for a change, that will be different," Tommy joked as he left the room.

Tommy then headed downstairs to deal with everyone and he still had no idea of what to say to them. When he got to the game room, he saw that it was packed. Everyone except Jon and Hunter were there waiting to hear what he had to say. As he stepped into the room, he was bombarded with questions. He let them continue for a bit then took a position in front of the TV and shouted, "Hey! Everybody be quiet. I'll tell you once everyone settles down." After a lot of shushing, everyone finally settled down enough for Tommy to continue. "I know there are probably a lot of questions about what happened with Mike and Hunter this morning. I also know there are probably a lot more questions on why Denny and Danny are healed," Tommy said. Turning to Danny he said, "Do you go by any other name? I mean we already have one Danny and I don't want to confuse anyone."

"Sure, just call me Junior. That's what I was usually called anyway, unless I was in trouble," Danny Jr. said.

"Thanks Jr., now as I was saying, those two things have one thing in common, Hunter. I want everybody to try to hold your questions until after I finish. Then we can do the hold your hand up thing just like in school. What I'm going to say is probably going to sound insane but all you have to do is look to Denny, Jr., or Kyle to see the proof of what I'm telling you. Now I'll try to answer what I would think is the main question, how are Denny and Jr. healed," Tommy began.

"Ya think," said Zach sarcastically.

Tommy ignored him and continued, "All I can really say is that Hunter did it. I don't know how he does it, but I do know, he can heal someone just by touching them. It hurts him an awful, awful lot to do it though. I first learned about it when he healed Kyle. It wasn't the medicine it was Hunter. He healed Kyle right before my eyes. He then healed Jr. and Denny in front of Cody and his boys' eyes. So, while I know it sounds nuts, there it is. Hunter can heal other people. I think that answers that enough for now, I gave you the explanation and showed you the proof. It's up to you now to decide if you believe or not," said Tommy. There was a long period of silence as everyone tried to understand what Tommy had just told them. After a few more moments of silence, Tommy continued, "Now on to Hunter and what happened this morning. This is also going to sound nuts but here goes, Hunter did throw Mike over twenty feet into the pool. He did move from one side of the pool to the other probably within a fraction of a second."

"How can anyone do that," said Zach belligerently.

"If you don't believe me, I can have Hunter throw you Zach, or better yet, I can take you to where Cody and the rest slide off the road. I can show you the little craters he made by slamming his feet into the ground so he could push the RV back on the road," snapped Tommy. "Now shut up and let me finish."

"Sor...ree," mumbled Zach sarcastically.

"Those aren't the only things that make Hunter different from us. His senses are hypersensitive. The only way I can think of explaining it, is to talk about this really old show my Dad used to watch. The show was called The Sentinel, if you have seen it, his are even better than the guy in the show. If you don't know it, then basically all of his senses are extremely good, meaning he can see, hear, and the rest, way better than we can. He also can heal himself very fast if he is injured," said Tommy.

"You mean like Wolverine," asked Shawn suddenly.

"Yeah, just like him Shawn," said Tommy.

"That's kewl," said Shawn.

"If I may continue?" asked Tommy sarcastically.

"Sorry TJ," said Shawn giving Tommy his sad face making Tommy laugh a little.

"He can probably do a lot of other stuff but I didn't really understand it all to begin with. So, if you see him do something strange just accept it and move on," said Tommy.

"But how is this possible, what is he, is he human?" asked Bryan.

"Yes, he is definitely human. He has been genetically altered and technologically enhanced, if I remember the terms correctly," said Tommy.

"How do you `technologically enhance' someone, what is he like the six million dollar midget," joked Zach.

"Zach I swear, you are getting on my last nerve. You are not as cute as Shawn can be so please, be quiet and listen or else... They didn't replace his arms or legs with robotic ones. That would make him a cyborg, and he is all-human. They injected him with these nanobot things. They basically enhanced his abilities even more than the genetic ones did. There was another show my Dad liked to watch, it was called Jake 2.0. If you have seen that show good, he can do those things too. If not, he can interact with electronics and make them do things he wants. I know that's a lame description but it is the best I can come up with right now. The genetics of it all are where they altered the egg and sperm to bring out certain characteristics. If you don't know what an egg and sperm is then go ask Kate or Bryan, I'm not getting into that one," said Tommy making the older boys laugh and the younger ones look a little confused. "Then they kept altering his genes to do more and more."

"Baabaa what does he mean jeans? I thought he didn't like to wear jeans?" asked Chris making the older boys crack up again.

"I'll explain later, hush let Tommy talk," said Danny.

"It isn't like the show Dark Angel. They didn't splice an animal's genetic code with his. Though the Manticore place in Dark Angel is somewhat like the place he grew up in, if you make it a thousand times worse," said Tommy.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Kate.

"He was engineered by our former government in secret. In order to keep control they used fear and pain to keep him and the others like him under their control."

"You mean there are others like him?" blurted out Zach.

"There were, but not anymore. He is the last one. Now I know a lot of you have had a terrible experience in your life but he has had worse. I'm not saying that lightly, his entire life has been one of abuse. Physical, mental, and sexual abuse for his entire life, because of his healing abilities they could do stuff to him that would kill us. And, they did those types of things to him, I have seen some of the videos and they aren't pretty. Somehow he survived all that and being outside when the comet came," Tommy said.

"Does that mean he is a half-baked?" asked Danny.

"No, he is not a half-baked. He is human. I know he is a little weird, that's why I have kept him close to me usually. He doesn't know how to act around people. Almost all the people he knew from before the comet hurt him. That's why he seems afraid of everyone. It's no wonder he has such terrible nightmares after living through what he has. So, some of you can be a little nicer to him," said Tommy looking at Mike, "and be a little more understanding of his differences. Like not making fun of him just because, he's not the neatest eater. He has only been using silverware for a few days, so give him a break," Tommy said looking at Zach and Joey. "Now are there any questions?" asked Tommy. Seeing Kate raise her hand, he said, "Yes Kate, what is it?"

"Is he dangerous?" asked Kate more than a little worried from what she heard so far.

"Not to us. I don't think he is capable of actually hurting someone who doesn't try to kill him or hurt someone he cares for. Unless he is ordered to," said Tommy.

"What do you mean? He threw me over twenty feet," said Mike.

"Yes and you landed in the water. You weren't hurt, you were about to hurt Shawn though. He easily could have thrown you out the window, hurt you some other way, or even killed you. However, he didn't, all he did was throw you in the water. Other than getting wet, you weren't actually hurt," replied Tommy.

"I guess you are right," said Mike as the realization of how close to death he came that morning hit him.

"Yes Ryan, what's your question?" asked Tommy.

"Where is he? Why isn't he here to answer these questions?" asked Ryan.

"He is upstairs lying down. After healing Denny and Jr., he was in extreme pain and passed out. It wasn't until right before I came down here that he came too. Jon is sitting with him right now. What I'm gonna say is gonna sound nuts again but he can somehow share the pain he feels with someone. After healing Kyle, I stupidly ordered him to share his pain with me. It was the worse pain I have ever experienced. Way worse than being kicked in the nuts. Much worse than when I had kidney stones, which I was told at the time is about as close as a man will get to the pain of childbirth. Which only Kate actually knows but I'm sure the rest of you have some experience with someone saying how bad that is. I don't want anyone to ask Hunter what he can do or what has happened to him in the past. He has a hard enough time living with it. He doesn't need to have to relive it by telling one of you. If you have a question about him, come to me and I'll tell you or ask him," Tommy said.

"Why are you the only one who can ask him those things?" asked Zach.

"Do you want to stay up with him all night trying to help him get over his nightmares? Do you want to deal with him whenever something happens and he falls apart, like he did this morning?" asked Tommy.

"No," said Zach softly.

"Then ask me your questions and leave him alone," said Tommy sternly.

"Okay Bryan, what's your question?"

"Why didn't you tell us about him when you first learned he could do these things?" asked Bryan.

"Quite honestly, I didn't think anyone would really believe me and I needed time to come to terms with dealing with him and from learning all this unbelievable stuff," said Tommy simply.

"I can understand that. I doubt I would have believed you if it wasn't for Denny and Jr. being healed," said Cody.

"Yes Matt?" asked Tommy when Matt raised his hand.

"How did you learn all this about him? Did he tell you all this?" said Matt.

"I learned some from him but most of it I learned from a friend of his. That's where he and I went today. We went to see his friend Al. Now before you all start again, give me a chance to tell you about him first. Al is not a danger to us, at all. He is the one that sent Hunter to me to begin with. I made a deal with Al. He is going to supply us with electricity, food if we need it, water, medical facilities, and any other help he can offer," said Tommy.

"What do we have to do for all this?" asked Todd.

"I have to look after Hunter and kinda show him how to be a good person," said Tommy.

"And who is going to show you?" wisecracked Joey getting a bunch of laughs.

"Hey, I can't be all that bad or you wouldn't still be here," said Tommy.

"That can't be all of it, so what else?" asked Todd.

"We all have to learn some stuff. He gave me some computers that we can use to learn from," Tommy said. "We also need to help him, if he needs it. That's why he wants us to learn stuff. He doesn't need brain dead video junkies and it won't hurt us to learn something. We are getting a great deal here from him."

"Tommy is right. This is a great deal for us. So we will definitely do our part," said Bryan.

"Okay one last thing before we break up as I can see Denny and Jr. are about to fall asleep, which is normal from when Hunter healed Kyle. Hunter has been trained to obey orders and he has a hard time not immediately following what one of us says to him. So, watch what you say. Don't tell him to do something, ask him. He'll probably do it but it's important to ask him. Now Denny and Jr., why don't you guys go take a nap. I need a bunch of you bigger boys to help unload the truck," Tommy said.

"Denny, Jr., you boys follow me. We have some beds set-up for you in Bryan's and my room," Kate said leading the two tired boys away.

Tommy and most of the other boys went to his truck and began carefully unloading it.

"What's this?" asked Billy as he and Joey struggled to carry the big bag of food pellets into the house.

"That's some special food for Hunter, just put it in the kitchen," said Tommy.

"Hey bro, what are these?" asked Kyle holding up some of the strange metal bars.

"I'm not sure. They belong to Hunter so just put them in my room. Tell Jon I'll be up there in a minute," said Tommy.

"Okay TJ," said Kyle as he and Shawn carried them inside to Tommy's room.

Tommy was proud to see that Bryan needed Ben's help as they struggled to carry one of the solar power generators inside the house. He was beginning to feel a little weak around Hunter but when compared to the others, he was easily the strongest person around, since he could carry one by himself.0 Once Tommy was sure everything was put away, he headed up to his room. He found Jon sitting next to Hunter who appeared to be asleep. He saw Patches and Champ had each got up on the bed to lie down next to Hunter on the opposite side of Jon. Patches had his head resting on Hunter's chest just staring at the little boy, while Champ was lying between his legs. They both looked up when Tommy entered his room then put their heads back down soon after. Jon looked like he was about to cry as he just sat next to Hunter and held his hand.

"You okay Jon?"

"I don't know what to do. He sometimes makes this sound and I could swear he is screaming. He just doesn't have the energy to make it any louder," Jon said shakily. "At times he would stop breathing, and just as I was about to get you, he would take a breath. I just can't seem to get past the idea that he did all this to himself, if I understand you right about his healing. I mean, he just healed two kids who he knew nothing about, knowing this would happen. How can anyone do that to themselves?"

"I know Jon. I don't understand it myself sometimes, but we are just lucky to have him here with us," said Tommy sitting next to Jon and giving him a hug and kiss.

"I know TJ. If it wasn't for him I would have lost you and Kyle."

"He'll be okay Jon. We just need to give him some time to rest," said Tommy giving Jon another kiss. "Thank you so much for sitting here with him. I don't think there is anything we can do to help him other than just be here for him. I shouldn't have let him heal Jr.," said Tommy softly.

"Jr.?" asked Jon.

"Yeah, that's what we are calling the Danny from Cody's group."

"So I take it everything went well downstairs?" asked Jon.

"Pretty much, I told them enough about Hunter to satisfy them. I even told them a little about Al," said Tommy. "Get down boys, off the bed," said Tommy to the dogs. Both dogs got up and licked Hunters face as if saying `I hope you get better' before jumping down. Tommy and Jon watched this curious behavior from the dogs but said nothing. Tommy moved to sit by the head of the bed and pulled Hunter into his lap.

"Well, can you tell me about Al now?"

"Sure Jon. I'll tell you everything so watch what you say to the others, as they only know a little of what I'm going to tell you. I'm gonna have to tell Bryan some more about Al when I get him alone. Other than you and me, no one is to know this stuff. Not even Kyle."

"I understand. I won't tell a soul."

Tommy then went into detail about what he told the others so Jon would know what he could share with the others. Tommy told Jon about the trip to Al's and all the innocent looking things around the building that were actually so deadly. He told him about the three graveyards Hunter had made. He explained how the three former workers were waiting in ambush for them and how Hunter had knocked him out of the way, taking the bullet meant for Tommy. Tommy then showed Jon where Hunter was hit. He showed the hole the bullet made in his shirt and where there was an injury on Hunter but now it was totally healed, not a blemish to be seen. Hunter roused himself a little for this but then shortly went back to sleep in Tommy's arms. Tommy talked about how amazed he was to see Hunter in action for the few seconds he needed to kill those three evil people. Tommy then talked about his meeting Al and everything Al told him. Jon was very happy that Al wasn't a threat and that he seemed more than willing to help them. Tommy learned what Jon meant by the sound Hunter sometimes made. It did sound like he was screaming, all Tommy could do was hold Hunter tighter and rock him gently. Tommy then told Jon about his trip to help out Cody and everything that happened there.

"I think that's about everything now. Thanks again Jon for being here for me and letting me unload on you like this. I feel like a huge burden has been taken off me by sharing all this with you," said Tommy as he leaned over to give Jon another kiss.

"You are welcome TJ. That's why we are doing this so you can feel better about what's happening and deal with it better," said Jon returning the kiss.

"I know Jon but it still means a lot to me that you are here for me when I need you," said Tommy tenderly, "But I never intended on you being my shrink."

"I'll always be here for you Tommy, you should know that by now," said Jon, "and I am a lot more then your shrink."

"I love you Jon," said Tommy lovingly.

"I love you too," said Jon leaning in to give Tommy another kiss on the lips.

"We better stop this until after Hunter is doing better at least," said Tommy reluctantly.

"Yeah, you are right," said Jon.

"Hey, didn't you tell me earlier that you had some good news," asked Tommy.

"Yeah I did. Let me go get something first and then I'll tell you," said Jon getting up.

"Why don't you just tell me now?" asked Tommy.

"Because it will be a surprise this way," said Jon as he left the room.

"Mas...ter," said Hunter in a pain filled voice.

"Hi Hunter, are you feeling better?" asked Tommy gently.

"I always feel... better when you hold me," said Hunter tiredly.

"That's nice of you to say, it makes me feel good to hear that," said Tommy smiling at his awakening Angel. "Is your pain any better?"

"A little Sir," said Hunter.

"Good because I want to try an idea out with you that might help you out with your pain. Will it help you if you share the pain you feel with others? Kinda try to spread the pain out some so you don't feel it as much," said Tommy.

"I don't know Sir. I never tried that before or really paid much attention to it when they made me share it sometimes," said Hunter.

"Well why don't you share it with me again and we'll see if it works," said Tommy.

"Please Master. Don't make me do that again. I don't want to hurt you," begged Hunter as tears started to form in his eyes.

"Calm down Angel. I won't make you do that if you don't want to try it. I did feel it before though so I do know what I'm getting into," said Tommy.

"But its worse now Sir," said Hunter still worried he would be forced to hurt Tommy again.

"Why is it worse? I thought from healing me and then my brother would have been worse since we were each close to death," said Tommy as Jon came back into the room carrying a camcorder.

"It's worse because I still wasn't fully recovered from healing you and your brother, and I healed you again this morning," said Hunter.

"You didn't tell me that he had to heal you this morning. Why did he need to do that?" asked Jon.

"It wasn't anything important. He just threw me across the room last night because of his nightmare. I just had some scrapes and sore muscles this morning," said Tommy.

"And you had him heal you for that?" asked Jon incredulously.

"Of course I didn't. The little scamp gave me a hug and did it before I could stop him," said Tommy.

"I guess that's okay then," said Jon.

"So what did you bring to show us?" asked Tommy.

"You remember the bet Kyle had with the Shawn, Billy, and Joey?" asked Jon.

"Yeah," said Tommy.

"Well Kyle decided to give them a choice. Either they could wear some girls' dresses for the whole day or they could do a little fashion show for everyone. So, they chose the show," said Jon. "I got Bryan and Ben to help me video it for you."

"That sounds hilarious," said Tommy.

"It was. They even got Kyle to dress up with them," laughed Jon.

"Oh man, I got to see this," laughed Tommy.

"Kate put their makeup on and shaved their legs and everything. Except for Joey, he got rid of his own hair with some cream," giggled Jon.

"What?" Tommy asked.

"Apparently, Joey did a very thorough job of it and is now hairless from the neck down."

"You don't mean?"

"Yep, he did," laughed Jon. "There are some more surprises but I don't want to ruin them for you."

Jon then finished hooking up the camcorder to Tommy's TV and started it up. Jon then sat back down on the bed next to Tommy. Jon and Tommy had a lot of laughs but it seemed that the humor just went over Hunter's head. Hunter did watch it all with them just sitting in Tommy's lap. Hunter tried to understand when Jon or Tommy attempted to explain why it was funny but he just didn't get it. Seeing Shawn do The Little Teapot song and dance, made Tommy's sides hurt from laughing so much. Tommy had to have Jon replay that for him a number of times as it was just so funny to him. Tommy felt much better after watching the whole show.

"Thanks Jon, I really needed that," said Tommy.

"That bet was a lot of fun. We will have to try more stuff like that," said Jon. "Which reminds me, does Kyle know how good a shot Hunter is?"

"I don't think so, why?"

"Well, Shawn and I were thinking we might get him in a bet to see who the better shot is and if Hunter can beat him, Shawn can get back at him."

"That might work, my bro is rather proud of his shooting ability," said Tommy.

"You think you can take Kyle in a shooting match?" Jon asked Hunter.

"Probably Jon-sir, but I don't know how good of a shot he is," replied Hunter.

"He can take him," said Tommy with certainty. "Kyle probably could have hit the guys like Hunter did but there is no way he could have done it as fast. He would need to aim for a couple seconds first, and then shoot."

"Good, next time I see Shawn I'll tell him," said Jon. "Hopefully we can set something up soon."

"Hope so, my Mom used to say he would sometimes get too big for his britches and would need to be taken down a peg or two. I guess today he would be too big for his panties," giggled Tommy.

"There was something else I should tell you," said Jon.

"What is it?"

"Shawn has to make up the rest of his extra for the bet tonight. He has to dress up as Baby New Year," laughed Jon.

"That's gonna be funny," laughed Tommy.

"Kate put together a little sash for him but we don't have a diaper that will fit as Shawn is too big for Joel's. Kate said she would find something if we couldn't."

"I can help with that. I have some emergency diapers in storage. I'm sure I can find them. Wouldn't want Shawn to be in only half a costume," giggled Tommy.

"This is gonna be great. Shawn probably won't like it too much but that's what he gets for skipping out on part of a bet."

Suddenly there was knocking on Tommy's door so he said, "Come in."

"Hey guys, I'm supposed to tell you dinner is ready," said Mike.

"Thanks we will be down in a second," said Tommy as Mike just stood there looking nervous. "What is it Mike?"

"I was wondering if I could apologize to Hunter now since he hasn't been around much?" asked Mike.

"Okay, go ahead," said Tommy.

"Hunter, I'm very, very sorry for what I said to you this morning. I was having a bad morning because your screams last night brought out my own nightmares. That is no excuse for my behavior though. I was very wrong to say those things to you and especially wrong to poke you. Thank you for getting me out of the extra hits of the belt. Tommy explained that they bother you and I'm sorry for that. I will really try to be much nicer to you and try to make up for my abysmal behavior to you this morning," said Mike.

"Thank you Mike-sir," said Hunter softly clearly still in a great deal of pain.

All of the boys headed down to the dinning area to see a couple big tables set up for everyone and a ton of food. Ben, Kate, and Chance had worked hard to make a special New Year's Eve dinner for everyone. Everyone ate, talked, and joked with one another. It turned out to be a very nice dinner for everyone. Tommy did remember to get Hunter a couple cups of his food pellets much to Hunter's disappointment. Tommy told him he needed to eat it so he obediently did. It got a lot of strange looks from people, since the food pellets looked a lot like some hard dog food. The looks stopped when Tommy explained to everyone that Hunter needs it to make up for healing Denny and Jr. and for extra vitamins and stuff. Hunter managed to stay reasonably clean only gorging himself once when Tommy missed the warning signals. Many of Bryan's boys talked to Cody's boys catching up with each other. Tommy's boys were busy telling Cody's boys of the things to do around here. At the end of the meal, everyone pitched in to help clean everything up, though Mike did more than the others did. After everything was cleaned up, they broke into groups and either played games or talked with one another.

"Hey Joey," said Tommy. "Let's go up to my room. I want to talk to you, if you don't mind."

"Sure Tommy," said Joey.

"Hunter stay here with Jon or Kyle, okay?" said Tommy.

"Yes Sir," replied Hunter, then he went over to Jon who was playing a board game with some of the other boys.

Tommy and Joey then headed upstairs.

Joey headed up the steps first as Tommy followed closely behind him.

"Head to my room," he said pointing as they reached the top step.

With Tommy's door wide open, Joey walked straight into his room. He followed shutting the door behind.

"Okay show me," an excited and very horny Tommy quickly said.

"Huh, show you what? Tommy you aren't making any sense at all."

"News travels fast and it's been a long time, I am really curious to see how you look."

"Look... oh wait... who told you? Those big mouths!" said Joey. He looked at Tommy and started to turn red. "It's been a while since you saw me naked."

"Yes, quite a while for me, but not Billy..., or Christian, so show me!"

Joey's eyes bugged out of his head when he heard what Tommy said. "You know, but how?"

"Joey what don't I know? Remember, this is my place, so to speak. I take care of things and I am all over the house. I just happened to be outside your door a while back and I heard. It didn't take me long to figure it out after hearing you and Billy sweet-talk, and then next I hear Christian's voice. You know, I am not stupid."

"But... but...," stammered Joey as his face turned beet red from being caught. He briefly lowered his head in humiliation.

"Are you going to tell?" he asked somberly.

"Have I said anything yet?"

"I don't think so or else..."

"Exactly, or else you would be in deep shit from Danny and probably a few others in the house."

"A few others?" asked Joey.

"It's not important right now who else Joey. You must think if others knew they wouldn't approve, right?"

"Yeah, I guess," he said as some of the redness began to disappear from his cheeks.

"So, I guess I owe you for keeping my, I mean our secret?"

"No Joey, you don't owe me anything. Remember back when you, Billy, and I had the problem. Where you guys left and went to live back in his house?"

"Yeah, of course, that was totally messed up. Especially when you came over and taught me that lesson while you fucked with Billy and the day before you saved Billy's life. I guess I see your point now. You wouldn't tell Danny because of the bond we made back then, right?"

"You're sorta right, I wouldn't tell Danny because I wouldn't want to hurt him or either of you. You know eventually, he will find out if you keep doing it and then all hell is going to break loose around here. Just be discreet while Bryan and the others are here. Think with your head and not your dick. Okay? Remember, they don't know about us and I want to keep it that way as long as I can!"

Joey shook his head yes.

"Okay now let's see what you have done to yourself. I am dying to see how you look without any hair down there."

"You're gonna make me blush again if you keep it up."

"Well, the way I see it, blushing is part of it but if you are into some fun, blushing will be the least of it before we are done."

"You wanna screw around with me?" he said smiling widely.

"If you want, it's been awhile and you have probably gotten bigger down there and so on..." Tommy said smiling widely too.

With that, Joey didn't hesitate any longer. He ripped off his shirt and then went for his pants.

"Wait... geeze, slow down. This isn't a race unless you think its going to grow back before you get undressed," Tommy told him.

"No, but I remember how good it was that day, like it was yesterday. You rocked my world the way you screwed with my ass as Billy sucked me off. Billy still hasn't come close to that feeling with me since then. I can still feel what it was like, all that stopping and starting, my head almost blew off! Shit, I just remembered something else!"

"What's that?" asked Tommy.

"You like it clean down there. I remember how you embarrassed the shit out of me by making Billy suck me off instead of you because... well it's not important to get into why is it? I just remember."

Tommy snickered at how well Joey remembered.

"Well how long has it been since your last shower?"

"Day before yesterday," he said dejectedly.

Tommy walked over to him.

"Its not the end of the world, go take a shower really fast and come out with just the towel. Use my bathroom, I'll wait for you."

Joey perked up and said, "You really wanna do this don't you?"

"Let me ask you that question first Joey. Do you really wanna do this?"

"Fuck ya! Anytime with you is really awesome Tommy. I wanted to be with you again that next day but I didn't want to hurt Billy and I wasn't sure if you wanted me again."

Tommy walked up to him standing inches away.

"Joe... I enjoyed it too, I wanted to be with you again but things were just so fucked up and changing by the minute. Every time I tried to find time to spend alone with you, either Billy was getting hurt, Shawn would pop in or get upset remembering stuff, or something stupid or crazy would happen. It just never happened again and now... Well now I can't wait to be with you again, especially since you pulled that bonehead move with that stuff Kate gave you."

"It wasn't such a bonehead move was it Tom, it got me in here with you, even if I didn't do it on purpose."

Tommy stared down at Joey for a second and moved even closer. Their lips met and an intense feeling shot up Joey's spine while Tommy just enjoyed kissing the boy as they shared their first real kiss together. Joey pulled away a few seconds later.

"Wow... you're a good kisser too Tommy... maybe I should have chased after you instead of Billy."

Now Tommy blushed.

"Go shower before I cream my own pants!"

Joey turned to go and Tommy gave him a good smack on his ass as he walked off.

"Owwwww, damn that stings...," he said, not looking back but hurrying into Tommy's bathroom.

Seconds later, the water was running and Tommy found his hand rubbing his cock through his clothes. `Damn that was hot!' he thought to himself. `This is going to be quite interesting!' as he readied his bed and nervously puttered around the room, the shower water finally stopped. A few minutes later, the bathroom door opened and out stepped the well-built, slender brown-eyed boy who kissed Tommy and got his juices flowing only minutes earlier. He stood just a few feet from the doorway with a white towel wrapped around his waist, dirty blonde hair mussed, and spots of water glistening off his well-toned chest and shoulders.

"You been working out," Tommy stated pleasantly surprised.

Joey smiled at Tommy. "You noticed?"

"Hell ya, you got a killer bod now Joe."

"Thanks," was all the flustered, anxious boy could say.

He walked to the bed and Tommy met him there. As the boys met, Tommy's hand wandered down to Joey's groin and he felt his hardening cock through the damp towel.

"Let's get that off you, I wanna see how you look."

"Sure Tommy."

Joey laid his head on the pillow. Tommy straddled his legs over Joey's and reached out for the towel. He quickly noticed that Joey's armpits were also void of hair since Joey had his arms lifted up behind his head.

"Did you do your pits too Joe?"

"Yeah, Kate said I needed to for the red dress to look right on me, pretty stupid huh?"

"Nah, not really if you want to do the bet properly. Don't worry about it, it will grow back eventually."

"Eventually?" said Joey. "That means it will take forever!" he added.

Tommy just shook his head for a second and then reached for the towel. He ran his fingers over the lump in the towel once more.

"Ready?" he asked.

"Oh yeah," Joey replied beaming widely.

Tommy then pulled the flap of the towel and watched as if fell to either side of Joey. In front of him was five plus inches of almost rock hard boy cock growing by the moment and almost standing straight up towards the ceiling.

"Boy oh boy Joey, you have grown some since that day," Tommy said eagerly.

Joey didn't say anything. His eyes just wandered down to his own stiffness and he watched as Tommy backed off him, spread his legs, and got in between them. He then went down and ran his tongue over the tip of his hard tool before reaching out and taking hold of it with two fingers and his thumb down where it met his body. "Wow, you feel so smooth without hair there Joey," Tommy said running his fingers over his pubic area. Seconds later, he took all of it into his mouth up to his fingers and closed his lips around it sucking as hard as he could as he pulled off. Joey seemed to melt from the touch of Tommy's lips to his cock head as he let out a gasp and took a deep breath.

"Wow...," he said softly, the words barely escaping his lips.

Tommy heard him but just concentrated on what was in front of him, a hairless, hard dick that looked amazing. He hadn't seen anything that big without hair above it, this was a treat for him. He continued to suck, bob, and lick every inch of Joey's boy meat for the next few minutes non-stop. He even enjoyed running his hands up and down Joey's hairless legs, which made Joey squirm as the brief tickling totally distracted the pleasure from his blowjob. Soon enough, those familiar words were to be heard.

"Tommy, I'm getting close, you are doing so good I am gonna lose it really soon!" he said, once again barely getting the words out between panting and his subtle coo's.

Tommy stopped for a moment to answer him.

"Good, you enjoy this as much as you want and when you are ready, just start firing your sweet stuff into my mouth."

"Wait, will you make it like last time for me please?"

"You mean get you close and back off?"

"Yeah and stick your fingers in my ass too, that really got me going."

Tommy grinned like a Cheshire cat.

"Sure, if that's what you want, no problem."

Tommy reached over, grabbed the lube, and put a little on his fingers. He had it standing by just incase.

"Okay Joey, remember this doesn't always feel good at first."

"I know, but it will if it's anything like last time. By the way, I don't let Billy touch my butt, so this is really special."

"Really, you don't like him going near it? Then how would you know if he is good or not back there?"

"I tried once and only once Tommy. He was horrible, so this is really super special for me."

"Thanks for telling me that Joey. It means a lot that you feel so strong about what we do together."

"It means a lot to me that you wanted to be with me Tom, thanks."

He smiled and then went back to the business in front of him.

"Be gentle Tommy."

"I will, I promise," he replied smiling at the hairless boy.

Tommy spread him with one hand and grabbed his hand for help.

"Hold back one side for me until I get started," he said.

Joey quickly obliged. Slowly and cautiously Tommy entered one finger pushing gently till the tip was in, then a little more until he was knuckle deep. Soon he was pushing the entire finger in and feeling around for anything to give added pleasure to Joey. He then pulled out.

"Okay time for two, this won't be as easy."

He then started two fingers the same way, in up to his fingernails, then knuckles. Once he got that far, it was clear the boy was tight and pushing would cause some discomfort. With steady pressure, he pushed both fingers in together and Joey immediately lifted his head up.

"Easy Tommy, that stings a little."

"Sorry, remember what I said last time, push out some to help."

"Oh, right."

Tommy felt some pressure as Joey pushed and soon he was looser and Tommy was then able to slide in both fingers with ease. Now let the fun began. While getting Joey ready, his cock had gone almost completely soft, but that wouldn't last long. Tommy repositioned himself so he could both finger fuck Joey's ass and still suck him off without becoming a contortionist, soon the boy was getting hard again, moaning, and having his butt violated with two fingers all together. The bed shook slightly as Tommy exerted more and more pressure on Joey. Eventually, he eased back with Joey opening up more for him and making the whole thing easier. By now, he was rock hard again. Tommy could easily taste precum now off the end of his leaking tool, so he stopped but left his fingers squirming inside his ass.

"Were you close?"

"Oh yeah," he panted. "Really close. I was going to stop you but you did it for me."

"So what do you think? Once, twice more?" asked Tommy.

"I don't care Tommy, this is fucking awesome," he said taking a deep breath. "Just don't hurt me or make me wait too long or I will start getting those blue balls."

Tommy laughed and wiggled his fingers.

"Wow, that feels so weird," said Joey.

Tommy took him back into his mouth and began sucking and licking only the head of his cock.

"Ahhhhhh, oh my God that is gonna make me cum right away!" he all but screamed out as Tommy quickly went to cover his mouth to hush him.

"Keep quiet or everyone will know!"

Tommy did it a few more times torturing the soft head of his dick tickling every nerve ending in it. Then just as Joey seemed about to blow, Tommy stopped and this time completely pulled out of his ass and let his cock go from his mouth. It flopped back with force hitting his lower belly with a dull thud.

"OH man! I almost blew!" Joey squeaked out. "You almost had me!" he added taking a deep breath.

"Then I guess its time!" said Tommy. "Ready?"

"Oh yeah, my balls are aching!" Joey said practically begging for release.

Once more, Tommy took his boy meat into his mouth and started slurping it. He licked it up and down and around the piss hole. The boy was all but lifting off the bed as Tommy shoved his fingers as deep inside his butt as he could. Then without so much as a word, Joey lost it. He began to fire stream after stream of his jizz into Tommy's mouth. He almost choked on the first shot that nailed him directly in his uvula. Then three more blasts followed filling his mouth with the creamy liquid as Joey lost total control of his senses and all but passed out. Tommy pulled out of his ass with a plop and watched Joey buck his back off the bed as he did his best to keep his tool in his mouth while he came. Soon, it was all over and Joey laid there close to unconsciousness as the strongest orgasm of his young life rocked his body. He didn't move for a while, other then breathing, as Tommy wiped off his fingers and sat up to watch the boy as his body came back from this. His eyes began to flutter and then his arms moved. Finally, he opened his eyes and tried to speak but nothing came out at first.

"Oh my GOD! OH MY GOD! That was un-fucking believable!" he said clearing his throat. "Wholly SHIT MAN!"

Tommy smiled as Joey slowly sat up.

"What did you do to me, oh man! I think I passed out!"

Tommy chuckled, "You wanted pleasure," he said.

"Yeah but that... that wasn't pleasure that was... something... can you do it again?"

Tommy laughed, "Maybe, but I am tired now, that takes a lot out of me."

"Yeah me too!" said Joey with a wide smile. "What can I ever do to pay you back?"

"Behave, be my friend, and don't screw around and get caught!"

"I'll try Tommy, I promise I'll try."

"Good, I need a shower now, you got me all sweaty and well, my fingers are a little... ya know, after being up there."

"Yeah," he said with a little look of distaste. "I know, you don't have to say anymore."

Tommy got off the bed and after Joey wiped the mess from his butt, he too got up.

"Tommy could we shower together?" asked Joey.

"I guess, but let's make it fast. We have been together for a while and someone is going to be looking for one of us soon."

So both of them headed in to shower together, and other then soap up each other's backs nothing sexual happened. Within ten minutes, they were out and drying off.

"Damn Tom, thanks again for that. I don't think I will ever forget it."

"No problem. Just please be careful with Christian. I don't want to hear Danny."

"Okay Tom, I'll try, but remember I still have to deal with Billy and he is very uncaring at times when he gets horny."

Tommy laughed, "Yeah, well it could cost both of you if he is. Then teach him to be more understanding Joey. When he is horny like that, he is vulnerable and you can probably get to him without a problem. If you have trouble making him understand find me and we will fix it together."

"Thanks Tom, I'll do my best to make him understand how important it is to behave properly around Christian."

"Good, it needs to be done."

"I know."

With that, Joey turned to go and Tommy gently grabbed his arm wanting to say one last thing about his hairless body.

"You know Joey, I think I like you without hair. It was a bonehead move, but it sure worked well for you today."

"Yeah Tommy, it worked okay... I'm not sure I like it yet myself but it sounds like I'm gonna find out. I really liked what we did and I can't wait to do it again."

"Soon Joey, soon," Tommy said.

With that Tommy went to get dressed leaving the bathroom, as did Joey. Shortly after that, Joey hugged Tommy and thanked him again before leaving his room still smiling widely.

Tommy then followed him out of his room and into the hall. One by one he checked each room, turning off any lights and closing the windows or blinds to keep any light from showing. Tommy headed back down to check on everyone. He saw Jon playing the board game Life with Hunter, Denny, and Calvin. Kyle and Luke were sitting playing cards with Bryan, Kate, and Ben. Jordan and Jeremy were busy playing video games as Zach, Todd, and Phil was watching. Danny was playing Twister with Christian, Austin, Shawn, and Caleb. Chance, Chase, Cody, and Matt were busy playing around in the pool. Ryan, Billy, and Jr. were sitting talking together. Mike was busy going from one group to another giving out drinks or picking up stuff around the room cleaning it. Tommy sat down by Jon watching them play.

"Okay Hunter, it's your turn. I'll spin it for you," said Calvin as he spun the dial to see how far Hunter's piece moved.

"How come Hunter can't spin it for himself?" asked Tommy.

After the spinner had stopped Jon said, "Watch. Hunter spin an eight," as Hunter spun an eight. "Now a three," said Jon as Hunter did it. "He can do that nine out of ten times, so we spin it for him to make the game fair."

"Oh, I see," said Tommy. Then turning to Hunter, he said, "You doing alright?"

"Yes Sir, as well as I can," replied Hunter, but Tommy knew Hunter too well by now and could see the pain hidden within his eyes.

"How about you Denny, are you feeling okay?" asked Tommy.

"Yep, I'm feeling great other than still a little tired," Denny said smiling.

"Good, that should be gone tomorrow," said Tommy. "Enjoy your game," as Tommy left that group to see another.

Tommy went from group to group throughout the night talking and meeting with everyone until his brother called him aside.

"What'cha need bro," said Tommy once they were alone.

"Jon said you had some diapers that would fit Shawn," said Kyle.

"Yeah, I can go get one for you if you want."

"Well, can you go get it and put it on Shawn for me? I would do it but I think he would be less embarrassed if you did it. Do the powder if you have it as he's supposed to be Baby New Year."

"Okay Kyle, I'll go take care of that for you."

"Oh here's his sash," said Kyle as he handed two sashes to Tommy. Tommy looked at it and they both read "Baby New Year" in big bold letters.

"Why two?" asked Tommy.

"Kate made a red one and blue one as she said she wasn't sure which one would look best on him."

"Well I'll go get him ready and bring him back down so he doesn't hide on us," laughed Tommy.

"Thanks TJ," said Kyle as Tommy went to go get Shawn.

"Hey Shawn, can I talk to you in private please?" asked Tommy.

"Sure TJ," said an innocent Shawn.

Tommy looked for Hunter seeing him with Jon, Luke, Bryan, and Kyle as he returned to their group. Seeing Hunter was fine with Jon and his brother, he took Shawn up to his room and closed the door.

"Shawn, I need you to strip," said Tommy.

"What?" asked Shawn startled.

"You know, take your clothes off. Strip," Tommy said again.

"Okay," Shawn said happily as he thought they were about to have some overdue fun.

"Good, now lie on the bed on your back with your legs spread. I'll be right back," said Tommy as he went to his closet to get the diaper then the bathroom to get the powder.

"Alright," said Shawn confused. He wasn't sure what was happening but he was pretty sure he and Tommy weren't about to have sex from how Tommy was talking to him. "What do you have there?" asked Shawn when Tommy came back to the bed where he was lying.

"Stuff for your costume tonight," said Tommy holding up the diaper and baby powder.

"But I thought," said Shawn.

"I know Shawn what you thought but I need to get you into your costume so we can all celebrate the New Year," said Tommy.

"Okay," said Shawn sadly.

Tommy then raised Shawn's legs up some to put the diaper under his butt properly. He then put some powder in his hands and rubbed it all over Shawn's balls and dick. Shawn immediately went to an erect state as Tommy continued to rub it in on him. Shawn was rather embarrassed over having Tommy rub baby powder on him but he put up with it bravely. Tommy finally tucked Shawn's dick down and finished putting the diaper on him.

"I don't have to use it right, if I have to go I can take it off right?" asked Shawn worried about the answer.

"Of course you can take it off Shawn. I don't know why you would even think that. It's just a costume after all," said Tommy.

"It was just that I was worried, that's all," said Shawn.

"Don't worry Cutie," said Tommy smiling down at Shawn who was still lying on the bed in his diaper.

"Please don't make me do this TJ, they are all gonna laugh at me," said Shawn miserably.

"No they won't," said Tommy reassuringly as he picked up his Cutie.

"Yes they will! They will all tease me and make fun of me," sobbed Shawn.

"They didn't do that for this afternoon. Jon showed me the tape and it was funny. No one was making fun of you," said Tommy kindly.

"Yeah, but then I had the others to do it with me, now it's just me," said Shawn as he started to cry.

"Oh Cutie, it will be alright, you'll see. Everyone will have fun, just like this afternoon."

"Will you do it with me? Please! If you do it, no one will dare to make fun of you. Don't make me do it," begged Shawn.

"You lost the bet so you have to do it. I'm sorry but I won't do it with you," said Tommy gently.

"Do you think any of the other boys might do it with me?" asked Shawn holding back his tears.

"I'm sorry Cutie but I don't think any of the others will do it with you."

"What about Hunter? If you told him to do it I'm sure he would," said Shawn.

"Yes he would, but it wouldn't be right to do that," said Tommy.

"Please TJ, please for me. I don't want to embarrass myself in front of everyone. If I don't have someone to do it with me, I'll fall apart and then they will make fun of me for sure," cried Shawn.

"We'll ask him if he will do it, but he doesn't have to do it, okay."

"Thanks TJ," sobbed Shawn as he hugged Tommy tightly.

Tommy put Shawn back down on the bed and went to his door.

"Hunter, I need you can you please come up here," Tommy said in a normal tone of voice.

"He won't hear that, can you just go get him?" asked Shawn.

"Yes, he will," said Tommy just as his door opened and Hunter walked in.

"You called me Sir," said Hunter.

"Yes I did. Shawn has something to ask you," said Tommy.

"Hunter would you please dress up like me, I feel really embarrassed to do this on my own. I'm scared that they will all laugh at me and that would make me feel really bad. So would you please agree to wear a diaper with me tonight?" begged Shawn.

"I would never laugh at you Shawn-sir. If it will make you feel good I would happily wear a diaper with you," said Hunter smiling.

"Thank you Hunter. It really means a lot to me that you would do this," said Shawn happily.

"You are welcome sir. I don't understand why anyone would laugh at you for wearing a costume though," said Hunter.

"Okay Hunter, then off with your clothes and hop on the bed with your legs open," said Tommy.

"Yes Sir," said Hunter as he immediately took off his clothes, folded them neatly, and placed them on the dresser before getting into position for Tommy.

Tommy then commenced to put a diaper on Hunter. When he put the baby powder on, Hunter got very erect just as Shawn had.

"Will you keep doing that until I get that really good feeling Sir," asked Hunter innocently.

"Sorry Hunter, but we don't have time for that," said Tommy caressing Hunter's dick and balls one last time. Tommy gave Shawn a quick glance and saw his fingers twitch as if they were aching to give Hunter a caress of their own. Tommy quickly finished putting the diaper on Hunter. Tommy then got the boys up and put their sashes on, blue for Shawn and red for Hunter. He then stepped back to see his Angel and his Cutie both dressed up as Baby New Year and smiled.

"Okay boys. Let's head back downstairs with the rest of them." He headed downstairs with them following him but stopped at the entrance to the game room where most people were.

In a loud clear voice, Tommy said, "Introducing our newest Baby New Years, Shawn," as Shawn walked out. "And Hunter," Tommy said as Hunter then walked out in front of everyone.

Sensing Shawn's uncertainty, Hunter walked up to him and took his hand as they paraded themselves around to everyone. Everyone laughed when they saw the two boys in nothing but their diapers and sashes. However, since Hunter obviously didn't really understand what was so funny and didn't care, Shawn was able to maintain his strong front and brave having everyone see him like this. Shawn soon relaxed and realized that Kate was right. If he acted as if it was just a bet and nothing else, they laughed with him rather than at him. Everyone had a lot of fun with their two Baby New Years and there were many laughs. Eventually, it was time for their little countdown. As they stood together outside in their winter jackets counting down, each with a glass of sparkling grape juice in it, Bryan was standing by with the fireworks. When the New Year arrived, they all had a little toast to a happy New Year and some of them even shared a first year's kiss with one another in the dark. When the time came, Bryan set off the fireworks one by one. There were many ooohhhs, and aaahhhs going on as each lit off with a little bang and small light show. None of the fireworks shot very far into the sky as Bryan had pulled those aside after Tommy talked to him about the possible dangers of them. Even without them, it was still a very nice little fireworks show and everyone had a good time.

Off in the distance, a man was outside looking at the stars celebrating his own New Year and saw some flashes of light. He smiled when he realized that someone was celebrating the New Year and raised his glass of Château de Beaulon a vibrant 20 Year Old Napoleon Cognac to toast them good health and a happy New Year. After watching for a little while, he reentered his prison.

Afterwards, they all took off their winter jackets as Shawn and Hunter also took off the snow pants they were wearing. They continued to celebrate for a while until Bryan and Kate bade everyone a good night as they headed off for their bed alone to do a little celebrating together. Austin and Jose were back in their temporary room, and Ben had Joel for the night so Kate and Bryan had the rest of the night to themselves. Shortly after that, some of the other started to head up to bed. Cody and his boys went down into the basement to their temporary beds. Tommy eventually carried a sleeping Shawn, took off his diaper, and then got him dressed for bed before finally putting him to bed. Tommy then took Hunter into his room to get him ready for bed. He had a second thought and he asked a sleepy Jon to sit with Hunter until he got back. Jon agreed and lay down on Tommy's side next to Hunter, to wait for him.

He then went downstairs to find Cody... even at this hour he felt he had some unfinished business to take care of with that young man. He had some mixed feelings about how things went at the RV accident. The hug was bothering him on several levels, and he didn't think a chat with Cody would be a bad thing. In addition, he was curious to find out exactly if the hug he got was out of fear, which he thought it was, or some other reason. He also needed to clear his mind and figured talking to Cody might help with that. He opened the door to downstairs and heard some giggling. It quickly stopped as he came down the steps and the boys saw who it was.

"Hey boys, I don't bite. You didn't have to stop your fun."

"Hey Tommy," said Cody. "We didn't stop because you came down, we stopped because someone came down and we didn't want to be rude."

"Oh, well in that case, thanks."

Tommy quickly canvassed the scene in front of him with his eyes. Five smiling and safe boys, he couldn't ask for anymore since he didn't really know them yet.

"So guys, you all seem to be okay now," he said to the five of them who were all sitting up and chatting.

Cody, whose cot was closest to the steps, got up and walked over to Tommy who was approaching all of them.

"Thank you for putting us up in your home, saving us today and for everything you have done to help get us here, not to mention for Bryan," he said holding out his hand to shake Tommy's.

Tommy shook his hand while looking the cute 15 year old in the eyes. `Nice,' he thought to himself.

"I was only glad I could help. That we could help you," Tommy replied.

"Same here Tommy," said Denny. "Tomorrow I would like to thank that Hunter kid personally for saving my life."

"Me too," said an enthusiastic Jr. from the next cot over.

"I will make sure you guys get to do that. So, any plans as to where you are going to live?" Tommy asked.

"Not yet, it's way too soon to know. But what I do know is there isn't enough room in either your house or Bryan's for all of us to stay permanently," Cody said. "Do you have any idea's?" he added.

"Yes," said Tommy. "We can go over them when you guys are fresh in the morning. For now, all you need to know is that you are welcomed here for the next day or two if you need, or longer. Bryan and I will figure out how to get you guys into one of the houses on the block here or work out something else to make all of you happy."

"That's great!" said Calvin. "It feels good being safe tonight and actually sleeping in a house again, even if it's far away from my real home."

"I'm sure it does... um, sorry I don't remember your name yet."

"Calvin."

"Right, it will take time to get everyone's name down but I will," Tommy said smiling.

He looked at Cody.

"You need to talk in private or are you okay?" he asked him quietly.

"I'd love to talk for a bit," Cody said. He turned to the others and said, "Be back in a bit. You guys can go to bed if you want or stay up, it's up to you."

"Where you going Cody?" asked Jr.

"To talk to Tommy in private, I won't be long."

"Oh, okay," replied Jr.

"See you guys in the morning. Good night," Tommy said, as he turned to head upstairs with Cody in tow.

They climbed to the first floor and he shut the door.

"You want privacy or will the kitchen do?" asked Tommy.

"The kitchen will do and how did you know I wanted to talk to you?" Cody asked.

"The hug I got from you when we met and the look in your eyes when I caught you up close a few times tonight. It seemed like you were begging me for some time alone."

"Wow, have you always been this perceptive?"

Tommy laughed, "You live with 16 to 25 people in one house and you get like this."

"You have that many in here?" Cody asked.

"Right now, it's probably closer to 30 with all of you here."

"Wow, there are 30 people in here now?"

"Just about, maybe a few more, few less," said Tommy.

Cody stopped and listened as both boys stood outside the kitchen.

"I can't believe there are that many people in this house and the most I just heard was someone cough."

"Yeah, I can't either Cody. When I think about it too much my head hurts," Tommy said making Cody laugh. "Let's talk in the kitchen. It's as good as I can get at 1 am." They sat down across from one another. "So, what's on your mind Cody?" asked Tommy.

"Well... its not that I don't like Bryan. I do, but he didn't take me when he left with the others and he put me in charge of that place. I was scared shitless for the first few days with my new responsibility but once I saw things running smoothly it got easier. I don't think there was ever a time when I wasn't a little scared till now. I just don't feel right talking to Bryan about all this. When you came to visit, you had all the boys with you, they showed you all that respect, and what you did to Travis and Mike... well honestly Tommy I was very... um..." he turned a little red in the face as he stumbled for the proper words. "I was impressed and I wanted to talk to you then but I didn't know how to approach you or even if you would hear me out."

"You got my attention now. So tell me anything you want."

He lowered his head. A tear, then another fell onto the table. Tommy reached out, grabbing his hand tightly.

"Take your time Cody, its okay."

He lifted his head and tried to smile at Tommy.

"I... I was so scared when we got attacked, when Keith and Steve died it was my fault. I failed them Tommy. I failed them... it was my fault they died and I couldn't even bury them. I couldn't tell the others how I felt. I had to be strong for them. I just..." he lowered his head again and wept quietly.

Tommy got up, walked around to the other side of the table, and sat next to the boy doing his best to comfort him. Tommy heard the floor creek and knew he wasn't alone. Seconds later, someone approached and Cody quickly dried his tears.

"You didn't fail us Cody! Don't you dare blame yourself, you helped keep us together and helped keep us alive!" said an angry and upset Denny who had apparently snuck upstairs to see what Cody was doing.

"I'm sorry Cody, Tommy, I didn't mean to overhear you but I had to use a bathroom and the one downstairs was being used. I came up and heard everything you said to Tommy." He came over and sat across the table from them. "You saved my life Cody. I will never be able to forget that so I don't want to hear anything about you failing us. You saved all of us when we got attacked. It's total bullshit if you think you failed! YOU didn't! If it wasn't for you, I would be dead. They told me Cody...Jr, Calvin, and Phil. They all told me if you didn't do what you did I would be dead!"

Denny came around the table as Cody got up, they hugged while Tommy watched. A tear came to Tommy's eye and he quickly wiped it away. Both boys just held the hug for a moment and then looked at Tommy.

"Thanks Tom, I have more to talk to you about but maybe in the morning or during the day. I think I need to go spend some time with my guys. Thanks for listening."

"Glad I could help. I'll see you in the morning, good night boys."

"Night," they both said as they headed back to the door that lead downstairs. They will have something new to talk about now, as they continue to bond as a group and get past their fears tonight and over the next few days.

Tommy headed upstairs to his boy, Jon, who was barely awake but still lying at Hunters side. `Happy New Year' he thought to himself... `Maybe it will be after all'.

To be continued...

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