GeneXXX - The Lost Episodes Lost Episode 3 - Lessons of the Past XXX (GeneX: the Series) Pairing - Tikal x Icarus Note: Sonic the Hedgehog and related characters are (c) SEGA and Sonic Team. You knew that, right? GeneX and related fanchars are (c) 2BIT (TheGreatGator), the author. Previously on GeneXXX... Many years ago, much of the United Federation was ruled by a number of echidna tribes. The most powerful of these were the Knuckles Clan and the Nocturnus Clan. Unsatisfied with their prosperous lives, each clan sought to overcome the other, and the threat of war between them was ever present. Pachacamac, chief of the Knuckles Clan, seeks the power to defend his people from the Nocturnus Clan tirelessly, leaving the raising of his daughter, Tikal, to his mother. Now retired from duties as chief, the elderly mother of the current chief spends her days tutoring the young princess, and in her free time, attempts to sway her son away from the path to war. But Pachacamac is driven by more than mere duty, and it will not be so easy to turn him from his dark path... After searching for the means to save her dying grandmother, Tikal now found herself locked in a dungeon, staring through the bars at a crowned black dragon. "L-let me go! Do you know who I am?!" Tikal said feebly. The black dragon chuckled. "I know exactly who you are. Welcome to the Arcangel, princess! Few have ever set foot in the dragon stronghold and lived... but perhaps your father would make a deal, hm?" he growled, turning to leave. Once she was alone with her single dragon guard, Tikal started to cry. "I've only made things worse... I should have known better than to leave the city..." she sniffed. "Hey, don't cry, sweetie. It's all my fault." Hearing Icarus's voice, Tikal looked around. She saw him peeking through a barred window to the outside. "Icarus! Can you break through those bars?" she asked. He frowned. "Look, Tikal... I'm not magical like you think I am. I'm a griffin. And a pathetic griffin at that. Want to know the truth? I was on my own because... My family ditched me. Messed things up once too often, I guess." he sighed. Tikal couldn't listen to this right now. She WOULDN'T. "Look, I don't care what your family thinks! I'm the princess of my tribe. The dragons holding me means that they're going to ransom my father. I need to get out. I mean it, Icarus. YOU are my ONLY hope! So you have to find a way!" she insisted. Icarus looked unsure. "I... I don't..." he stammered. Tikal reached through the bars and took his hand. "You can. I believe in you." she said. Icarus blushed and backed away a little, thinking. "Well... if you say so... Then I'll give it a try!" he said. He then flapped up and gripped at the bars of the window with his talons. "I've seen other griffins do things like this before!" he said, flapping with all his might. He pulled and pulled, but he just didn't seem strong enough. Soon, the guard dragon took notice. "Hey! What's going on!? I'll fry that intruder!!" he snarled. "Icarus, look out!" Tikal shouted. The dragon blew a powerful fireball into the cell, which Tikal and Icarus hurried away from! To their surprise, it melted the prison bars! "Huh... Aw, I told 'em we should just EAT the prisoner!!" the guard groaned. Tikal gulped, but then Icarus flew over. "Hop on my back! Quick!" he yelled. Tikal quickly hopped on to Icarus, but as they flew off, the dragon smashed through the wall in pursuit! "Yikes!! We gotta get outta here!" they both yelled. Icarus flew like lightning, doing his best to evade fire blown at him by the dragon! Tikal watched behind them so she could call out where the dragon was blowing fire. "Left! Okay... Dodge right! Yikes!! Pull up!!" she shouted as Icarus frantically tried his best to follow her direction. Finally, he'd had enough. "All right... Follow me, dragon..." He swooped down into the jungle, heading for the trees. "Icarus? What are you doing??" Tikal gasped. "Pulling up... NOW!" Icarus pulled up right around the trees where he'd been stuck before, and the dragon gasped in surprise as he stumbled into the tangle of branches. "AAAAAARGHH!! This isn't funny!! Get me down! Get me down RIGHT NOW!!" the dragon screamed. "Ha ha! I did it! I actually did it! You were right, Tikal!" Icarus smiled. Tikal hugged him. "Thank you... Now could you do me one last favor? Please take me home..." she sighed tiredly. However, Icarus was exhausted from his flight maneuvers, too, and after soaring a good distance away from the dragon, his wings gave out. "Uh oh... I'm afraid I'm gonna craaaaash!" he yelped, sending them tumbling into a small pond! They stood up in the water, dripping wet, but they laughed a little. "Well, at least we're okay..." Tikal said. "Yeah, I coulda got stuck again." Icarus chuckled. It was getting dark, and her clothes were wet. It seemed they might want to build a fire and camp out for the night. Tikal had to get out of her wet clothes, which didn't seem to be a problem while Icarus was busy building a fire. Afterwards, she was nude in her royal glory, with nothing to hide it from the griffin she was stuck alone in the jungle with. Icarus tried to be a gentleman and not look, but this made it hard to keep up a conversation. "So... Your family must be pretty worried..." he said. "Yes, I hope I can get everything straightened out quickly tomorrow..." Tikal sighed. Icarus looked at the ground. "Sorry I couldn't get you home..." he said. Tikal looked over at the golden-furred, white feathered creature seated near her. He'd been such a good friend... A hero, even. She searched her mind for a way to repay him. Then, she sidled up next to him. "I-I'm a bit cold... without my clothes..." she said. Icarus covered her body with his wing. "Does this help?" he asked. She couldn't take being naked next to someone so kind anymore. She turned his head towards her and pressed her lips to his beak! It was a little awkward, kissing a beak, and Icarus was shocked completely by the kiss, his wing uncovering her body as he sat in an involuntary stupor. When the kiss ended, Tikal sat back, giving him a full view of her body, her orange-furred breasts sized just right for squeezing, and her pussy, which was starting to get wet, yearning for something to enter it. Icarus felt himself get hard looking at her, and blushed harder. "I... I couldn't... You're the princess!" he stammered. Tikal laid down beside the fire, letting the dim light shine over her lovely features. "No one needs to know... Except us." she said. Icarus stood up, his long, golden rod twitching eagerly. "...Suddenly, I don't feel like such a loser anymore." he smiled. "...You never were." Tikal winked. Icarus knelt down between her legs, which spread out to greet him. He touched her waist gingerly and pressed the head of his dick against her entrance. "Princess... I mean, Tikal... Your beauty outshines the moon and the stars tonight... This is for you!" he said. Tikal blushed and smiled. "Thank you..." Tikal soon felt his penis slide deep into her passage, massaging her walls with its gentle movements. She tried to maintain her dignity and not moan or make any passionate noise, at least before it was well earned. Still, her warm smile and gentle touch conveyed whatever she wished to say, as she took the griffin in her arms. Icarus's wings twitched and swayed as he moved slowly and gently inside her, desiring to treat the royal echidna with the utmost respect. Tikal sensed the slight nervousness in his movements, and decided to defuse the tension even at the expense of her dignity. She took his hands and rested them on her breasts. "It's okay... Loosen up. We're friends. You are not my servant. I want you to enjoy this as much as I." she urged him. Icarus blushed. "I'd hate to do you any more dishonor than I'm already doing..." he said. Tikal, realizing it would take more to loosen him up, clasped her own breasts through his hands, making him squeeze them! She let out a soft moan at the feeling. "Ah... If anyone finds out you did that, they'll have your head..." she joked. Icarus yelped slightly, but cupped her soft breasts a bit himself. "Well... Then there's no harm in doing it again..." he grinned, giving her melons a good squeeze by choice! Tikal let out a playful gasp, urging him to go on! His cock started to penetrate her pussy more forcefully, his wings flapping excitedly as their pleasure was building! Gone was Tikal's notion of maintaining her dignity, she was moaning and panting in passionate thrill while Icarus's voice mingled with hers, sharing her sentiments. It was a moment that was all too short, as Icarus was obviously inexperienced in the ways of passion, and his seed burst into Tikal's depths suddenly and without warning! "Aaaah!! Oh no..." he panted, fearing he'd made a grievous mistake. Tikal merely planted a kiss on his beak. "None will ever know... Let's rest here... Together." she said, smiling. Icarus embraced her, feeling endlessly lucky to know Tikal. The next day, after they got dressed, Icarus gave Tikal a sweet-smelling lily. "I'll never forget last night..." he said. Tikal blushed. "That's sweet... But I really must get home." she said, "My grandmother's still dying." she frowned. Icarus nodded. "I'm sorry... You're right, we should go." he realized. When they arrived at the echidna city, Pachacamac was addressing what appeared to be every able-bodied soldier in the city! "What's going on? We better check it out..." Tikal said... A romance between these two was not to be, but Icarus would never forget that night for as long as he lived... For more on how this rendezvous came about, see matching GeneX: the Series chapter (Ch. 7)!