Written by & copyright of Foxonian

Featuring Cassie, Cindy (Cassie bassist) and Shiva (Cassie's chief of security)

Cassie, the Rock & Roll Vixen
http://www.cassietherockvixen.furtopia.org

Please read the prequil, "Noteworthy," featuring Cassie's Band
http://www.cassietherockvixen.furtopia.org/noteworthy.txt

All characters created by & copyright of Earl Bacon except Laretta, who is created by
and copyright of Andre' Cotton, Alex, who is created by and copyright of Donna Fritz,
Vixina and Cloudchaser, who are created by and copyright of Cloudchaser Shaconage and
Victor & Ben, who are copyright themselves.

"The story continues"

"All of your instruments are packed up and on their way to the plane.  We will get your 'wardrobe case' as soon as you
call."  "Thanks, John!  If you guys give me an hour I should be ready!" Cassie replied to the tall bear roadie as he
walked out of the hotel suite door.  This little "tour" was a last minute deal.  The promoters of "MetalFest" had been
trying to get the Rock Vixen and her gang on the circuit for years.  But other gigs usually collided with it.  This time,
Cassie asked the gals in her band if they wanted to do a few spots on the tour and they agreed.  "Now to get out of
these clothes into a quick shower then change and get to the plane," The Rock Vixen thought to herself as she sat down
on one of the two facing couches in the center of the suite.  Cassie was still wearing her stage outfit, since arriving
from the concert a few hours ago.  At least,she didn't have to hurry.  The band's furry morph wolf manager Andy insisted
that She and her band rent a private jet (after the Furrversity incident in the airport a few months back).

Of course,once that "brat" Sasha Reinhart, lead singer and guitarist of Furrversity heard of the private jet, she tried
to play up the whole thing in whatever music rag that would talk to her and accused Cassie of "running scared" from her
and her band mates.  As she put her human like legs and feet (covered in light blue sheer nylon stockings) on the coffee
table in front of her sofa and crossed them, Cassie chucked to herself that at least she didn't end up getting "dumped"
by her music label like Sasha & co. did or have a ton of lawsuits filed against her from former roadies who claimed abuse
and lack of pay.

"Knock, knock!" a familiar voice came from the corner of the suite.  Cassie turned to see Cindy still wearing her black
stage mini-dress accented by light black sheer nylon stockings covering human shaped legs and feet covered in short snow
leopard like fur.  Her bass player was carrying a plastic picture of what looked like ice tea and a couple of plastic
glasses.  "Just made up a batch and I thought you might like some," the snow leopard morph said as she put the picture down
on the small table and proceeded to pour her and the Rock Vixen a glass of the dark brown liquid.  "You know, Cind, a couple
of years ago I would have been reluctant to take a swig of this stuff.  I recall what your "famous" ice tea used to have
in it," Cassie said with a smirk on her fox like muzzle as she took a drink of the ice tea.

"Oh,Yeah!  My old stuff would really put your headlights out," Cindy began as she sat down on the couch opposite Cassie and
put her own stocking covered legs and feet up and crossed them on the table less than two inches away from the Rock Vixen's.
"But I don't make it that way anymore.  Thanks to you and Stripey, I have been cold sober for over a year!"  Cassie was
greatful that her best friends's fiance Vic and worked to keep his future bride off the stuff.  He even took the pledge
himself, just to keep Cindy at her best.

"So, any idea where the rest of the gals are?  We really should be at the plane in a couple of hours since it's costing us
a ton to keep that plane and flight crew on the tarmac," The Rock Vixen asked as she looked at her watch for a second.  Cindy
took a large drink of her ice tea and then began "As you might have guessed, Rachael is already packed up on her way to the
airport.  That doe is so predictable sometimes, yano?  Vixina, Alex and Laretta have all changed into street garb and sent
their stuff onto the plane.  They said they wanted to eat a quick dinner at a local dinner that they heard about.  As for me,
I just have to shower, change then call to have my clothes picked up."  "LOL! I'm in the same boat as you.  Amazing how we
always seem to be like that." Cassie said with a fanged grin.

"Oh, we have been together so long, that we almost can read our minds.  Not that that's such a bad thing," the snow leopard
morph replied with a smirk on her cat-like muzzle.  After pouring her best friend another dose of ice tea, Cindy leaned back
on the couch and said "So, Cass, any thoughts on how you are going to do my bachlerette party next month?"  As she said this,
the snow leopard morph took her left human shaped stocking covered foot and began to affectionately stroke Cassie's left
stocking covered human like foot.  "I have a few ideas in mind," Cassie began as she returned Cindy's foot caress with one of
her own feet.  "Oh, I just know it will be great!  After all, you gotta top what I did for you!" the snow leopard replied with
a fanged grin.

As she smiled to her friend, The Rock Vixen recalled with great embarrassment how Cindy had turned the whole party into a "booze
fest."  The worst part of it was that Cassie and Rachel didn't drink during the event.  Only the rest of the gals and the cougar
morph "stripper" that Cindy had hired did.  In fact, the snowleopard got that poor cougar guy so drunk that he passed out on the
main table.  The snow leopard, the striped vixen Vixina and Alex then took the Cougar morph fellow with his six pack abs and all
and put a "In case of emergency, break glass" sign from the dining room's fire hose on his "privates". They then took some
assorted food items and began to "eat" them off his chest, legs and feet in that order.

At this point, Rachel got up and walked out finding it all "disgusting," leaving Cassie to stare at this scene and refuse
Cindy's drunken attempts to "join in for some great dessert".  After 20 min of this, the gals began to head to the restrooms to
"throw up" while Cindy herself passed out on the floor next to the dinner table.  Leaving the Rock Vixen to call her friend's
various "significant others" to come get them.  Then, she and the staff of the restaurant who's dinning room they were in began
the task of pumping black coffee into the cougar morph's body in order to get him sober enough to get picked up by his agency.

As the Rock Vixen was re-living that fateful night, she didn't notice the door open behind her.  "The roadies are gone and the
last of my staff has also left.  Are you ladies going soon?" came the voice of the silver back vixen with very long full white
head hair asked.  "Give us an hour Shiva, and you can send the last of the crew to pick up our stuff" Cassie said.  "What she
said!" Cindy relied with a giggle.  As she turned to go, Shiva noticed the red fox vixen morph and the snow leopard morph
stroking each other's legs with their stocking covered feet as they answered her.  "Boy, are those two in denial about each
other!" the silver back vixen thought to herself as she shook her fox like head causing her huge mane of white head hair to sway.

As she was about to reach the elevator door, a pair of orange cat-like eyeballs appeared in the hallway and looked like they
were floating in mid air.  "Shiva!  We want your answer!" a voice came from the space under the eyeballs.  "I have nothing to
say to you!" the silver back vixen morph began as she turned to face the eyes.  "You know what I reperesent.  All those of us
who think that Dominic is no god or savior.  He is nothing but a puppet of the religious fanatics.  He will be our undoing. You
must decide what side you are on.  Ours, or theirs!" the voice said with cold certainty.  "I am on neither side.  I want no
part of this silly war of yours! Just leave me be!" Shiva shouted back with a snarl on her fox-like muzzle.

"You MUST choose and soon! The human vampires are all but wiped out.  Soon, those religious nuts will carry out the next phase of
their plan.  The total subjugation of the humans as our new food supply.  Then, the forced conversion of all furry morphs into
us," The cat-like eyes began to bobble up and down a bit as those words came.  "They would never go that far! It's madness! The
humans would destroy us all first!" Shiva replied.  "Agreed! But you said it yourself.  Those fools are all mad.  We have to stop
it all before it goes to far.  That's why you must choose.  Only you can get to Dominic.  He trusts you.  Kill him and the priests
lose everything.  We will do the rest.  We want to simply exist and be left alone.  Surely you can see that?" the voice pleaded.

Shiva's thoughts raced.  This vamp was right.  The religious were going too far and too fast.  Even Dominic was afraid of them.
If they win this war with the human vampires, then there would be no stopping them.  But to kill a close friend and the lover of
another close friend?  Why did she always get the impossible choices?  "Do I have any time to think this over?" Shiva asked the
eyes. "We can give you less than two weeks, then you must choose. But,I will tell you this.  The religious will also approach you
in short order asking for your support. And their price for your loyalty is much higher than ours."

"What is their price?" The silverblack vixen asked.  The eyes began to slowly vanish as these words came from them "You must make
either Cassie or one of band mates into one of us.  We will await your answer."  Staring for a moment at the place where the two
eyeballs disappeared, Shiva felt like taking her own life rather than make such a choice.  "There has to be a third way. And I have
less than two weeks to figure it out," the silver black vixen though to herself as she left the hotel, the sound of the stiletto
heels of her thigh high leather boots clacking on the pavement and the swish of her black leather dress against the sable black fur
her human like legs leaving an echo against the din of the city.

THE END