Editor's note: this story contains scenes of incest or incest content.
There are a couple things I would like to say this before I really get started. First off, thanks to Darth Aussie and the crew on his discord server. The folks there gave me the motivation and the support and encouragement I needed to pull this entire thing from being ramblings in my head into a cohesive story.
Secondly, this is entirely a work of fiction, as you'll find before too long. Any resemblance to real people or occurrences is entirely coincidental. There will be incest, but it is not the main focus of the story. I'm writing a harem story, and that isn't everyone's cup of tea.
All characters in this story involved in sexual acts are over the age of 18.
Prologue
The truck I was in roared down the road, on the way to a fire call at one in the morning. I and a few others had been woken up from sleep barely twenty minutes ago, and told to get suited up. I was leaned against the window, eyes closed while I tried to go back to my very pleasant dream about a tomboy with blood red hair, but before I could sink back in, one of the other occupants of the vehicle called out.
"Uh, sir, I've got a question."
I groaned and peeled my eyes open once again in a tired glare at the probie across from me on the far left. He was a shy kid, fresh out of high school, and this was his first call, which also gave him his nickname.
"What is it One?"
I groaned out as I sat up. I knew that recapturing my fantasy with that girl wasn't going to happen until I got back to bed, so I might as well stay awake.
"What's your real name? I know the others call you V, but it's gotta stand for something."
Ah, yes, that question, one I'd been asked so many times before. I was named by my uncle, my godfather, as was the tradition in my family. It was done for five generations, and I just got the bad luck of Uncle Terry being a massive nerd.
"Voldrick..."
I finally said, after a few seconds of silence. That was followed by another few seconds of it, before a couple of snickers filled the air. It was the other two probies with us, their second and third calls, respectively, and they were laughing. Fucking meatheads, strong guys, but maybe half a braincell between them, they'd either wise up after a disaster, or end up being a casualty if they didn't change.
"Two, Three. Shut the fuck up. Were you two imbeciles listening to the briefing?"
Their silence was enough of an answer. They hadn't paid a lick of attention to the captain, so I guess I had to get it through their skulls.
"The neighborhood we're going to is a bunch of cookie cutter houses. Three beds, two bath and a basement. We'll be sweeping the house checking to make sure it's empty. Dispatch says that the family is supposed to be out of town, but they could have come back an hour or two ago. The neighbor who called it in didn't know. You understand that or do I need to slow it down for you two?"
They nodded, which left me with a few moments of quiet before we pulled up to the house, and it was already engulfed...
*****
The fires raged around me as we made our way into the burning home. The four of us moved in to do the preliminary sweep, checking the main room. After clearing it, the radio in my ear crackled. The voice of my cousin Stephanie filled my ear, her tone slightly light, like she was joking about the weather and not talking about a massive blaze.
"Hey V, I'm coming in, the captain wants one person per room, so we can get this cleared quicker and put it out."
"Roger that Steph, Two, Three and I will check the bedrooms, One can clear the back room while you get the basement."
With that, the three of us moved down the hall, I went to the master bedroom as the two new guys checked the two children's rooms. The fire was picking up, roaring louder and louder as more of the walls burned. We had to get this done, and soon, or else we'd be burned alive As I stepped through the door, I called out to the burning room.
"Hello! Anyone in here!"
After a few moments, I called out again, moving through the room, in case I couldn't hear them from the door. There wasn't anyone there, thankfully, I didn't expect any, the family was apparently out of town, but we still had to check. The fire was starting to warm my body up, even through my turnout gear, this was bad. I have no idea what this place was built out of, but it was burning hot and fast.
"Cap, the master bedroom is clear, get the guys ready to water it down, I'm moving out before I get scorched too. Guys, when you're done, meet up in the front room so we can get the fuck out of here, place is going up like a damn gas fire."
A chorus of similar responses followed mine as the rest of the crew finished their rooms in short order. As quickly as I could in my full gear, I made my way back to the main room, making it in about 10 seconds as something crashed behind me. From experience, I knew it was the sound of a roof caving in, fuck, this was bad, we needed to get out of here, soon, or else we'd have to be rescued ourselves. As I got out of the hallway, the three first timers moved into the area, all we were waiting for was Steph to come from the basement. It was then that I felt my arms start to burn, as if I had plunged them into fire. Before I could even scream in pain, an explosion rocked the house, with me at its center, then everything went black.
When my vision returned there was nothing around me. I had been in front of a couch before, but now only ash and purple fire remained. I blinked to make sure I wasn't hallucinating, and took a deep breath, only for the heat and smoke to suddenly fill my lungs. Where was my gear? My oxygen? My eyes looked down, and my upper half was naked, my gear had disappeared. I was standing in a raging inferno with no protection, but even as the fire licked across my exposed skin, I felt nothing but a light warmth. Almost as if I had wrapped myself in a blanket, and not in a position where I should be burning alive. I called out, my voice hoarse from inhaling smoke.
"Probies, Steph, sound off!! Are you ok!"
No one answered, and I soon found why, the only thing left of the probies were their boots, and Steph... Fuck! I ran over to where she was laying, ignoring the flames licking up my legs. She was tossed on top of some rubble like a ragdoll, her mask was missing, tossed aside from the explosion. My arms slid under her as I picked her up with surprising ease, I tossed that thought to the back of my head. Right now, she was more important than my strange increase in strength.
"Fuck! Steph, fucking fuck! Gotta get out of here."
I moved back to the front door, carrying her outside, out of the fire, and into the lights of the firetrucks...
*****
Chapter 1
I snapped awake, my breath coming in ragged gasps. It had been almost two weeks since I'd last had that nightmare, it was almost five years since the day where everything was turned upside down. I thought the world was strange before, but after that day, I stopped trying to understand. With shaky legs, I stumbled to the bathroom, looking for the one thing I knew would always calm me back down. My fingers weakly closed around a lighter, and a special pack of cigarettes, one supplied by a close friend, and, slowly, I pulled one out. With a practiced flick, I lit up the little stick, and took a long drag, feeling my hands stop trembling as the smoke and ash filled my lungs.