Forbidden Fur 3 – Night of the Unicorn (intro)

Novo Brazilia, Six Months Ago

Alice sat in the control tower of the Facility’s airdrome, scanning the distant horizon. Behind her, to the west, the sun was lowering in the sky. The regular sounds of a Novo-Brazilian jungle day were transitioning into night and even through the sound-proof glass, the fresh cacophony of noise was audible.

A small dot appeared in the sky to the north east. Tamara was right on time. As it grew nearer, the private jet banked to gradually align with the runway. The low sunlight winked from its wing as it descended for the return landing.

The speakers crackled. “It’s getting late here, do you still need me, boss?”, Rebecca’s voice came strongly over the connection.

Alice bent towards the microphone. “Yes, stay on the line. If half of what you just told me is true, then I’m heading to Greece, but I’d like the rest of the team to hear it directly from you. Tamara is landing now, so we should be ready in ten.”

“No problem. Standing by.”

Alice flicked a few switches and spoke again into the microphone before her. “All hands, please report to the Meeting Room.” She flicked off the mic, checked her reflection in the glass and headed downstairs herself.

Minutes later, everyone had gathered in the Meeting Room. Generally, it was a break room, but as it came with the largest TV screen in the building it also doubled as their cinema and meeting place. With Becka being away in Greece, Lupe being who knew where and Tamara just flying in, ‘All hands’ in reality translated into…Kat. The big Russian radiated boredom, but to be fair, she nearly always did.

“I suppose you’re wondering what this is about, Kat,” Alice said, perching her rear on the edge of a table. “Miss Knight is currently investigating reports of increased orgone levels on Kofos, one of the Aegean islands. These types of readings have previously only been found in one other place on the planet.”

“Here?” asked Kat.

“Spot on,” replied Alice, “Now, also the reports spoke of a dark and terrifying creature.”

“Lupe?” asked Kat.

Alice shot the Russian a look. Kat was smart enough to shut up. “Some kind of flaming horse that is terrorizing local villages and their womenfolk. I sent Rebecca over to see what she could uncover and she’s on the line now.”

Alice flicked on the desktop microphone and speakers. Rebecca’s face appeared slightly pixelated on the screen behind. “Lady Midnight, can you hear us?”

“Receiving you loud and clear, Valkyrie.”

“Can you fill us in please?”

Becka’s voice crackled slightly over the speakers. “Naturally. You’re not going to believe this, but I’ve spoken to a couple of the village locals. They both witnessed a large, black equine creature running through the streets. They also swear that it had a horn on.”

“You mean that this horse was, physically aroused?”

“No, I mean that this horse actually had a horn. On its head.”

“What are you saying?”

“They’re saying that this thing was, well, I guess it is, a unicorn.”

Kat covered the mic and faced Alice. Her face did ‘incredulous’ very well, “I think the sexy yoga, it turn her mind to mush.”

Alice batted the Russian’s hand away from the mic, “Are you sure?” asked Alice.

“They say that it has appeared twice during the night in the past week. In each case, an eighteen year old girl has been the target, both of whom were prominently involved in the local Catholic church. I’ve managed to persuade one of them to talk to us.”

“We may be in trouble then,” Alice replied. “Are you saying that we need to find a virgin in order to get close to it?”

“It does seem to target virtuous young ladies, boss.”

Alice performed a rapid mental stock-take. Kat, Rebecca, herself. No deal. She had seen the others ‘in action’, as it were, usually while whole-heartedly engaging in similar actions herself. She was a long way off from being a virgin, she noted ruefully, a long, long way off, both in time elapsed and in the number of, heh, incidents.

Tamara entered the Meeting Room, still wearing her flight uniform. She glanced around, smiling brightly, “Howdy, y’all.”

Alice grinned, “Tamara! Perfect timing!”

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Alice sat behind Tamara as she piloted the jet, with Kat sitting to Alice’s right.

“Now, let me get this arrow straight,” Tamara spoke ahead, focused on her instrumentation. She sounded pissed, “You want me to act as bait for a super horny, supernatural horse?”

“You are the best qualified here,” replied Alice, “the rest of us are not exactly in ‘mint condition’, so to speak.”

“This is nonsense,” replied Tamara, “We’ve only got Lady Midnight’s word to go on and she’s probably inhaled way too many patchouli fumes.”

“That what I say,” added Kat.

“Both of you listen. She’s reporting stratospheric orgone levels around this village, which is also the reason why we’re here in Novo Brazilia.”

“Does anyone actually know what ‘orgone’ is?” asked Tamara.

Alice was nonplussed. “Not really, but I know myself and I know when something is making me horny. Now, something out here around the mountain is making everyone and everything constantly horny. Can we agree on that at least?”

Kat and Tamara nodded.

“Now, imagine if we can find the cause of it. Imagine, if we could help loveless couples rediscover their lost desires. Imagine how many wars we could stop if we can help love conquer all, how much happiness we could spread. More importantly, imagine how much people will pay for this! And so, if we can investigate this incident, we might find a clue to help us understand what’s happening around our base, because we’ve all just agreed that something is definitely up.”

“Da, horse-cock,” grunted Kat. Alice shot her bodyguard a warning look, “As usual, Miss Igonova, not helping.”

Tamara’s gaze stayed locked on the horizon, “Say I do this. You’ll protect me?”

Alice nodded, “Trust me dear, we’ll step in and capture any nasty creatures before things get ugly.”

Kat patted at her shoulder holster, “Enough tranqs in here to stop horny Russian bear.”

“And how would you know that?” questioned Tamara.