Miasma and I flew up to the top floor of the Hive, and we collected Tag and Sig on the way. I wanted to be up top so I could check on all my researchers and scientists that were up there.

I needed to find something to keep me busy, so I wouldn't be thinking about what was going on down below. I really wanted to get my first pet, but that would be left to my fearless guards to try and convince Shaggoth to come and talk to me inside.

So, needless to say, I was worried. The boys were already on shaky ground, but they were the only ones familiar with the Nightmares, so I was hesitant to send more people.

Also, we needed to hurry up and get back, the sun was already down, and the night was setting in. We all came lighted down on the top floor, and I turned to the boys.

"Okay, so you know what you are doing, right?" I asked the grinning pair.

"Oh yes, my Queeniest of Queens! We are taking the Cat Girl to go down and make the water excellent for the Nightmares!" Sig said while giving a fist pump.

"Yes, and then I will push my most intelligent brother in the water! Then he will rock to the bottom to get the magic stone! We will Bee excellent to Shaggoth and try to get him to come and see you, but we will also tell him about the most dangerous Predators!" Tag explained.

"Good, just be careful, and if I order you to come back, then you come back, and you get Serria back inside, understood. Nothing is to happen to her," I told them, and they both gave me firm nods of their heads.

I let the two go back down to the bottom, and I let out a sigh. I really hoped that things were going to go fine.

With the Predators now out there, I felt more on edge, but It wasn't like that they hadn't been there before, but I hadn't been aware of them. From what I could tell, it was the same for them, but now I was on their radar.

It wouldn't take very much for them to figure out where we were heading from the skunk village. I could see all the Nightmares as black dots, and now yellow dots were starting to appear directly below us on the shore.

I had no way to hear what they were saying, and I didn't want to stare at the screen if I couldn't hear what they were saying. So, I decided to turn back and see what the others were working on, but I was also keeping an eye on the map to watch for red dots.

"You need to loosen up, Ashia," Miasma said to me as she stepped behind me, taking my shoulders into her hands and kneading her thumbs into them.

"Easier said than done," I said, trying to walk away from Miasma, but she stopped me.

"Hey, things will be okay, we are making good time, and this won't take very long. Come here," Miasma said as she turned me around and pulled me into a deep kiss.

At first, I wanted to be stiff but then melted into her, forgetting the world for a moment. My hands caressed the fur of her back and let my bottom hands slide around and grip her soft bottom, pulling her into me.

A questing tongue took me by surprise, but I responded gently with my own. Unlike my thin, ropey, and long tongue, Miasma's wasn't normal and flat but rough.

The sensation was so much that I forgot where I was; the passion of our kiss was making my heart race at full speed. My lower hands were trying to reach deeper and get more of the sweet, moist heat coming from between Miasma's legs.

"Umm, Ashia?" Asked Talli from behind me, make me break away from Miasma quickly.

My face was hot, and it wasn't because I was embarrassed, or maybe I was, but I was also incredibly turned on. I looked at Miasma, and her eyes were vapid with a passion that said she wanted much, much more.

My brain did one of those freezes, where all thoughts just stop because there is too much to process. Was this wrong to want to do this now, or should I just try to drown myself in others' work?

"Yes, Talli?" I said while turning to her.

"I think you should take that to the bedroom; you are making the new guy, Gamble, really uncomfortable," Talli explained to me, motioning her head to Gamble, who was standing in a corner with his face pressed into it.

A what? What was he doing?

"Gamble, they are done now; you can go back to work now," Talli called over to Gamble.

He put a hand up and waved with his hand up and then walked back to his station sideways. It looked like Gamble was trying to keep from looking this way, but I couldn't really understand what his problem was.

Talli pulled Miasma and me over the hole that led down to the next level. Miasma was holding my hand so tight that I was losing circulation in it, and she was pressing into my shoulder.

"I think that Gamble likes Serria, but he also knows that you have set your eyes on her, and he is just trying to sort through his emotions. Don't worry, we already talked to him about it, and he admitted that she had turned him down three times already. So, you're not stealing her from him; it's just a sore spot for him right now," Talli explained.

Ooo, that did make sense, but I still felt bad for the guy. I had a couple of girls that I had liked in my previous life, but I didn't even have the nerve to ask, but I got what he must be feeling.

"Sorry, we can stop, I will," I started to say, but Talli shook her head, making her green hair toss about.

"No, we will watch for the Predators, and we will take care of the rest. You can go down and get some rest, hehe. I think the two of you need to get something out of your systems, so we stop having to watch so many mating rituals. If you were a male, I think your balls would have fallen off by now, hehe!" Talli jokes but then turned, leaving us without another word.

I was left dumbstruck, but Miasma's pulling of my now cold and numb hand brought me back to the present. Yeah, I had some kinks that needed to Bee worked out.