Matt and the Hunters
Chapter 29 — The Rescue
Daniel knew the exact moment Josh changed.
It was not only what he could see, but also and even more what he could feel. It wasn’t just the way Josh got rigid on the bed and came and moaned, all his body and face and voice a testimony of pleasure, no. It was also the feeling, deep inside him, that they had suddenly become linked through Matt, that they were ed because Josh was going through the same change he had gone through.
Josh now belonged to Matt, just like he did.
He could feel Matt’s orgasm like someone with his eyes closed could still feel the sun. He felt the warmth and pleasure of Matt cumming, point blank, almost like it was happening inside him, while Josh moaned and lost control and covered his own chest with his cum.
And then the orgasm ed and Matt fell on top of Josh and kissed him, both of them limp and sweaty and happy and out of breath.
— Feeling better now? — asked Matt caressing Josh’s cheek.
Josh chuckled and leaned forward to kiss Matt.
— Feeling amazing. I just... wow.
— In that case, I think there’s someone on the other bed waiting for you to untie him.
It was almost funny to see the burst of surprise and guilt in Josh’s face. He had been so taken by Matt that he’d completely forgotten about him. He jumped from his bed, still naked, and hurried to untie Daniel.
Once his feet were free, Josh leaned over him to untie his hands and they saw face to face, and it was like they were seeing each other for the first time... and in a way, they were. This was a new Josh and a new him, after all.
— I’m sorry. — said Josh, staring at him straight in the eyes. — I didn’t know. I just... I didn’t...
— It’s okay. — his hand rose to touch Josh’s cheek, feeling the connection between them.
— I love you.
And it was true. He could feel his love, a love that had been so well hidden before that neither of them had even imagined, but now they were free to feel it, to know it and to act on it.
It just felt right to lean forward and kiss Josh, and he didn’t hesitate on returning the kiss. It felt right, much more right than the kiss they’d had before, much more complete and deep and true.
Their hands were working together to take his clothes off, and their skins touching each other felt like he’d always known they’d feel. They were naked, kissing and touching, and it just felt right.
He had been hard since Matt entered the room and all through watching Matt fuck Josh, but now that they were making love his cock was even harder, so much it hurt, and all he could think was getting inside Josh.
Josh’s cock was trying to get hard again, but it just couldn’t, not after having cum less than ten minutes ago. But it didn’t matter, he could still feel the want, the need and the connection. And it didn’t matter which one of them fucked the other, it was all the same as long as they were together.
And they were, rolling on the bed until he was again on his back and Josh was on top of him, sitting on his cock, and his ass was all kinds of warm and tight and welcoming, going down, down, down on his cock, swallowing it and swallowing him balls deep, and it was like their bodies had always known each other.
He smiled and felt his own body rippling on the bed, moving his hips back and then thrusting forward to drive his cock deeper inside Josh, and Josh tried to choke a moan and threw his head back. Daniel could feel exactly how he was feeling, all the pleasure he was feeling right now, getting fucked by the guy he loved.
— You like it?
He knew the answer, but he wanted to hear it.
— Fuck...! — Josh whispered out of breath, staring at him and trembling.
That was just as good as a yes. He thrust again and now Josh didn’t even try to choke his moan. He began picking up his pace, fucking his best friend and loving it. His hands went up and he softly dragged his nails on Josh’s chest, and it was like he could feel the pleasure making him shiver under his hands, and that pleasure just increased his own.
Sex. Love. Connection.
He was losing himself inside Josh, inside that whirlwind of feelings trapping them, and he could feel his orgasm building up and he knew he’d cum for both of them. They were moving in perfect sync, without control, both of them overtaken by this feeling, and then it just happened, and he was cumming inside Josh and Josh was trembling, both of them sharing his orgasm even if Josh wasn’t even hard, because right now and then it was like they were feeling as one person, making love as one, and he was cumming and the wave of pleasure just erased his thoughts, his mind, all he could do was feel Josh and the pleasure they created together...
And then the tide went down and he found himself in bed with Josh on top of him, both of them happy and covered in sweat. He smiled and pulled Josh down for a kiss.
— I love you too.
And he meant it.
A body pressed down on the bed next to them. Matt.
Instantly, Josh and him turned to him. Yes, they loved each other, but their connection to Matt and his power were even stronger than what that, simply because Matt was Matt.
— That was hot. — he said. — and I hate interrupting your afterglow, guys, but I need to ask: should we leave before anyone comes?
Daniel looked at Josh, and Josh looked... embarrassed.
— I hope not. I mean... it’s not like the Hunters approved of what I was doing.
— What?
— Yeah. This was not an authorized mission or anything. I was trying to, eh, rescue Daniel from you or anyone like you, and they weren’t doing anything, so I just sneaked out and went after him.
— And how did you find him?
Josh blushed.
— By his watch. He had a tracker on it, but I didn’t let the Hunters know it. I knew they would kill him on sight. They didn’t deem him enough of a concern to actively look for him, but if they knew where he was, I knew they would kill him. I had the phone of our teacher and used it to track Daniel.
— And they could have used this phone to follow you?
Josh stared at the ceiling in silence for a couple seconds.
— Fuck.
Fuck.
— I guess that’s a yes?
— Maybe. I... I don’t know.
— Any way to know for sure?
— I don’t think so. I think they will eventually come around to follow me, but they’d probably still need a bit to deduce what happened to me, to figure out that I had the phone, to check how to locate it and maybe get a log from its movements. I know rather more than Daniel about their operations, so I will probably be more of a concern and they will put more effort on finding me.
Matt sighed.
— Okay. I think we should assume the Hunters can know all the places you’ve been since you left them, right?
— Yeah. It could take a while, but yes.
— That means my house, this hotel, and everything in between, could eventually become unsafe?
— Yeah. Sorry.
— Well. I’m gonna do what I probably should have done a while ago and drop out. Move into hiding and see if I can find any other guys like me.
Josh turned towards him, surprised.
— You don’t know any?
— No. I... my father had me and left me with one of his friends and disappeared. I just found out about... all of this, a few weeks ago.
— Oh. A stray one. Yeah, we were told about this kind of Tempters back in training. The ones that are born and grow outside their networks.
— You seem to know a lot , don’t you? Would you happen to know where I can find one?
— No...— began saying Josh and then stopped. — wait, yes. I know one. The Hunters keep him as a prisoner for testing and training their recruits, and I was actually taking Daniel to him. I told myself it was to release him, but it was to try to bind him to me. I just couldn’t it that to myself.
— Do you know where it is? — asked Daniel. — They took me there blindfolded.
— Who do you think was driving? — said Josh with a smile. And then he leaned in and kissed him. Yes, it had all worked out at the end. Josh was just trying to rescue the wrong person, when he was the only one who needed to be rescued.
Matt spent a short minute in silence.
— Do you want to try to release him? — asked Daniel.
— I mean, it’s a possibility — itted Matt. — But I’m not sure if it’s a good idea. It could end with all of us dead.
— Sorry to be blunt, — said Josh. — but you being alone can get you dead just as easily. In the last day I could have killed you twice, except that you got twice lucky. I can tell you all I know about how Hunters hunt, but if you want someone to teach you how to protect yourself, should be one of you own kind.
— Maybe we should think about it and go back when we’re better prepared.
— Right now the Hunters probably still don’t know where I am. But if they really track this phone they can deduce where I was going, and they will either set a trap for us, or move the safe house where they keep that guy. We won’t be more ready if we wait, but they will.
He turned towards Daniel.
— What do you think? Are you up for this?
The answer was whatever Matt wanted, but Josh seemed too bent on that. And also...
— I just don’t think it’s right that this guy has been trapped there for years.
Somehow that seemed to tip Matt over the edge. He nodded at them.
— Let’s give it a try. But let’s not risk ourselves. At the first sign of danger, we’re off.
The clerk looked up when they were leaving, staring at Matt with pure lust. Daniel could feel the connection, fainter and weaker, but it was there. Matt had touched him, not enough to change him permanently, but enough to keep him bound to him for a while.
Matt took just a few seconds to say goodbye to him, reminding him that if someone asked, he hadn’t seen any of them, and then a final kiss and a caress to make him shiver, and they left without looking back.
It was only a couple more hours of driving to get to the safe house, and the sun was barely starting to rise when they parked a block away.
— Now what? — asked Matt.
— Now you wait here. — said Josh. — Daniel and I go in and get this out.
— What about my power? Could it be useful here?
Josh shook his head. It was so strange, to see him go from being completely submissive to Matt to see him take charge. But then again, he was the one who knew best what they were facing.
— The guards here are picked by their resistance to that power and undergo training to enhance it. You would need to touch them directly to start affecting them, and even then it would take too long. No, this is a matter of fighting and you have zero fight training. If you go in, you’re gonna end dead and get us all killed.
It was a simple plan. Maybe too simple, too good to be true, but that was the best they could come up with and left them a lot of room for improvisation.
There was the house and the guards, and the brain scanner designed by Jones that would show if someone had already been affected by a Tempter. The guards used it on themselves at each shift and they might insist on scanning them.
Those were the known factors.
Josh knocked on the door, and a gruff voice replied a few seconds later.
— Who is it?
Josh identified himself. It was over a full day after he had ran away, they had no way to know if it word about his disappearance had already been ed. But Josh knew the and claimed to bring Daniel captive for questioning and punishment, and Daniel being a runaway was a known story that made sense, so a minute later the door opened.
There were two guards, one of them a middle aged bearded man, and the other one just a bit older than Josh. They looked at them with zero sympathy.
— Is this mission authorized? — asked the older one.
— No, Sir. — Josh looked down trying to seem contrite. — But I was too angry at him killing my teacher and getting away with it. He deserves to be punished, and I couldn’t bear seeing him go scot—free.
The bearded man then stared at Daniel and he didn’t have to pretend to be scared. Those were the coldest eyes he had ever seen.
— Reginald was my instructor too. — he said. — I know what you did. And trust me, kid, I’m gonna make you regret it.
He turned towards the younger guard.
— Ben, I’m going to punish this boy. Not according to regulation, but according to what is right. He deserves to suffer. Do you want to be a part of it, or prefer to stay out?
The younger guy looked at him and they could see him make an effort to compose himself. Then he looked at Daniel with the same contempt, and nodded.
— I’m with you, sir.
— Good. Go close the door.
And at that moment, Daniel knew Josh was ready to attack and he got ready too. Maybe it was the connection they shared through Matt, maybe it was just a sense of timing, but they both knew what to do without even crossing words. Daniel saw Josh jump towards the bearded guy at the same time he slipped his hands out of the fake knot and took on the younger.
He had the advantage of surprise, but the disadvantage of being out of practice and having spent months on the streets. The guard was blocking his hits and landing some, pressing him, and he knew he was about to lose... and then Josh knocked him out from behind.
The older guard was lying in an unconscious lump on the floor, but they still tied both of them up, legs and hands bound and apart enough that they couldn’t even help each other.
— Well, I guess this settles it. No way back from here, right? — he said looking at them as Josh got the keys from the older guard.
— Yep. Our bridges have been thoroughly burned.
The Tempter’s cell was at the end of the corridor. Even without indications, he could feel it like a magnet. He could have picked the direction blindfolded inside a maze.
The Tempter was sitting in his bed, staring at nowhere, and looked up in surprise when they opened the door. Then he looked at them and recognized them, not as themselves, but as people wearing the mark of one of his kind. His eyes lit up with recognition, and then hope.
— We cameto get you. — said Josh. — Come with us.