Chapter Six
"What the
hell
are we doing out here?" breathed Kraig through his mask, tromping down the dirt trail, his rubber gloved hands slapping against his thick suit.
"
Someone
has to gather samples," retorted Fanny, her form shapeless under thick rubber. She breathed heavily, hoses rattling from the front of her mask as they wound around to a set of tanks on her back.
"All part and parcel of contracting for a villain organization. What are you complaining about, anyway? We're getting plenty of hazard pay for this."
She hefted a long tube in her hands, showing off the flared end. An articulated hose ran around her side to another tank sitting over the small of her back. "Besides, this should be
simple
. All we gotta do is collect some sludge from the bottom of a pond in this forest near the hero enclave, and then we can get outta here. Not that difficult."
"Yeah, but why all the extra protective clothing? I can't see
shit
in this helmet," complained Kraig.
Fanny shrugged. "Deal with it. We shouldn't be out here long, and our cover story is good. If anybody questions our presence, we'll claim we're with pest control. Simple."
Kraig made a noncommittal noise, studying the device in his hand. "The sensor says we're close. Maybe around the next bend."
He shut up for once, which was a relief. Fanny was going to request a reassignment when she got back. She
hated
whiners.
Silent, the two of them moved down the path, using the dim light from their helmets to guide the way. As they rounded the corner, the path became thinner, squeezing between two drop offs.
"We're here," announced Kraig, snapping his device shut. "Wherever
here
is."
Fanny shrugged, pressing a hand to her helmet to turn on the broad spectrum light. A thrill ran down her back as the light shone over a wide pit, filled to the brim with a golden brown substance. It looked like molasses, but she knew that they had struck
gold
.
"Look at how much there is!" she exclaimed, hissing as she took a step closer to the edge. The fan on her suit whirred as it worked to filter out the cloying sweetness of the bubbling honey. "I'm only going to be able to store a fraction of this!"
"That's all they asked for," grunted Kraig. "Let's make the collection and get out of here before something strange happens. I'm getting a spooky vibe from these woods."
"Okay," nodded Fanny. "I'll start the pump while you look around to see if anybody is prepping an ambush. With any luck, we'll be gone in a matter of minutes."
Focusing, she examined the settings on her vacuum. From the instructions she had been given, all she needed to do was toggle
this
set of buttons on the cylindrical device and stick the end into the pit, waiting for the flow indicator to show green.
The vacuum began to whirr, and she knelt, shoving the business end under the burbling fluid. Glancing at the dials, she nodded. Everything appeared to be going well so far. All she had to do was watch the tank gauge so that she could turn off the pump when it indicated 'full.'
"Fanny!" hissed Kraig, nudging her shoulder. "I think you had better take a look at this!"
"Can't it wait?" she groaned. "I don't want to be distracted here!"
"Just turn your head,
dammit!
You're going to want to see this!"
Checking to make sure that the pump flow was still good, she sighed, shifting her body so that she could see what her partner's helmet lights were illuminating.
Her belly immediately jumped as she spotted the two humanoid shapes mounted on thick stalks near the front of the pond. It appeared as though their bodies had been
wrapped
in black, polished rubber, skin tight, revealing all of their physical characteristics.
The woman had her hands drawn behind her back, which was arched, pushing her melon sized breasts outwards, her mouth opened in a soundless cry as her head tilted back. Her eye sockets and mouth were covered in the tight rubber, hairless head wrapped tight. The substance flowed over and into her ears, separating them out from her head.
Her lower torso hadn't been spared, either, her legs pulled aside and to the rear, exposing her mons, where a rubbery cock was pressed into her snatch, coming from somewhere deep within the plant. If she looked closely, she could see it pulsing under the thick layer of rubber, causing the woman's swollen belly to shake and roll.
The worst part was that the woman still seemed to be
alive
under the restrictive layer, her body vibrating with what looked like paroxysms of pleasure. Her breasts bobbed, twin streams of oily brown spurting in arcs that landed in the pit below.
Was this where all the honey was coming from? Fanny shivered. She wasn't certain she
wanted
to know that much about the production process.
Her gorge trembled as she shifted her view to the next unfortunate victim. This one was most definitely male, his body restrained in a similar fashion, tight latex exposing his features.
The most prominent of these was his exposed dick, which was fully erect. The tented head sprouted at least ten inches from his torso, covered with the same rubbery coating as the woman's breasts.
It twitched, a spurt of rubbery honey joining the storage pit below. He probably wasn't as productive as the woman, but he had been encased just the same.
Gulping, she stopped examining them, realizing that both of them had honey oozing from their mouths. That must be why they wanted to tilt their heads back - to ensure that they would retain most of their precious cargo.
Why
that
was necessary was beyond her. Certainly the pit below seemed to contain plenty of honey, and if they spilled some, it wouldn't be a catastrophe.
She shivered. She was starting to get the sense that they might be in danger.
She spotted a waxy lattice dangling between some of the upper tree limbs as Kraig moved, but there was no evidence of other lifeforms, beyond the sound of leaves rustling together.
Glancing back at the pump, she realized that her hands were sweaty. This was an unholy place. They didn't belong here. They should leave before it was too late.
She shook her head. No, they had to complete the mission, or they wouldn't get paid. If they didn't get paid, then she wouldn't be able to pay the rent, and then she'd be homeless, or
worse
.