Tempest poked her head out of the small makeshift shelter she and Jason were held up in, and glanced back and forth at the arctic landscape in front of her. The stinging cold slapped her in the face as she squinted in the wind, but the darkness of the night, and blinding flurry of white made it nearly impossible to see more than just a few feet in front of her. She quickly darted back into the waterproof fabric and fixed Jason with a look rife with contemplation.

"I can't see anyone out there... But I know I heard something. It sounded like Eddie calling your name." She explained.

"That crazy bastard... probably walked all the way back after getting them to Ponpei." Jason chuckled as he shivered.

"Well I don't want to leave you to go look. Without me, you'll go hypothermic in a matter of minutes." Tempest said, before biting her lip in contemplation.

"Yeah... Even with you on me like this I'm still freezing." Jason admitted, hugging her tighter in the process while his limbs continued to shiver.

"What about your 'rifle'? That thing was so loud in the mountain, there's no way he wouldn't hear it if he's close enough for us to hear him." She replied.

"Lost it when we fell. I don't have anything left that'll make a lot of noise other than my voice." Jason shook his head.

Tempest glanced back out through a tiny opening in the fabric and frowned. After a moment of thought, she poked her head back out through the hole and shouted.

"Eddie!" She called.

No answer.

"EDDIE!" She screamed, her voice straining against the howling wind.

Again, there was nothing but the wind to answer her call, and she heavily sighed as the snow pelted against her cheek. With a dejected shake of her head, she slipped back inside the fabric and gave Jason a sad glance.

"I... I don't know what to do. Maybe he's not even out there and I'm just hearing things..." She closed her eyes and shook her head.

"Tempest, if you heard him, then I believe you. We just need to think of something that he'll be able to see if he can't hear us." Jason encouragingly suggested.

Tempest's eyes shot wide open, and her jaw nearly dropped.

"Oh my gosh... I'm an idiot."

Eddie, Rebecca, and Melody forced their way through the knee deep snow while the endlessly falling white pelted against their bodies.

"Jason!" Eddie called.

"Tempest!" Melody cried out.

"Mike!" Rebecca followed suite.

Once more, their call went unanswered leaving nothing more than more falling snow and sharp wind that seemed to cut right through their clothes and fur and hit their very insides with its frigid chill. Following the orange light emanating from Melody's horn, the group proceeded onward through the storm, exhaustion clawing at them the entire way.

"Eddie... we've been out here for hours... If we don't get to some shelter soon, we're gonna freeze to death out here." Rebecca announced, stopping the group in their tracks.

"We can't leave them out here. Who knows what situation they could be in right now." Eddie replied, squinting through the snowstorm to see slightly better.

"I have to agree with Rebecca here... As strong as you are, even you need to rest eventually. You can't help your friends if you're dead." Melody chimed in, suppressing a shiver.

"And what if we stop and they're just over the hill there!?" Eddie shouted, pointing to the nearby hill to prove his point, "They freeze to death out here while we take a little nap!?"

"Eddie, you know that's not what we're saying. You just need to slow down a bit. Melody's right. If you get yourself killed first, how the hell are you going to help them?" Rebecca rebutted.

"We don't have time to worry about us. Once we find them, we can work on something from there. For right now, we need to just buckle the fuck up, and keep moving forward." Eddie replied, before turning around to face the dark world behind him, "JASON!" He screamed.

"Eddie... We'll get them back. You just need to trust us enough to know that we're trying to keep you from dying before you get to them." Rebecca exasperated.

Eddie shook his head and sighed. The wind picked up and howled even harder against the snowy environment, drowning out the world around them.

"Don't you think I know that!?" He shouted, "I know you're right!" He clenched his fists and looked to the snow below, "But they're my best friends... I've got nothing without those guys... I have to find them, even if it kills me."

For a few moments, the world around them seemed to quiet down, and both Rebecca and Melody fixed Eddie with a sad look. Eventually, Rebecca glanced down at Melody and gave her a small nod. Melody returned the gesture, and they both walked through the snow over to Eddie.

"Alright. We'll keep looking. Lead on." Rebecca said, giving and encouraging pat on his shoulder.

"We're with you... Even if we freeze, hehe." Melody gave a cheeky grin.

Eddie gave them both a confused look at first, but as their words registered with him fully, that look turned into a grateful smile.

"Thank you. Come on, we'll keep looking for a little while longer... Then we'll take a rest." He relented.

"That's all we were asking for." Rebecca gave him a friendly smile.

"Hehe, too true."

With that, Eddie pulled out a compass and glanced down at the arrow as it rotated into the correct place.

"So, which way?" Rebecca asked.

"Well, North is that way," Eddie said, pointing North, "So let's keep heading down South and then West. They're bound to be somewhere in there."

Melody and Rebecca each gave nods of affirmation, before they turned South and trekked into the deep snow once more. They only made it a few feet before bright light lit up the sky just in front of them, quickly followed by deafening cracks of explosions as they rocked the skyline. Eddie immediately broke into a sprint through the snow.

"JASON!"

Sparks flickered out and dripped off of Tempest's horn as she cut off the spell, and the last of the magical fireworks left her horn to explode in the sky above. She slowly looked back down to Jason to see him fixing her with a very surprised look.

"What?" She asked.

"You could do that this whole time?!" Jason questioned.

"I forgot about it! We were busy with everything else that's been happening for the la-" Tempest began to reply, before Eddie's voice cut through the air and reached her ears.

"JASON!" He shouted, and both Tempest and Jason immediately looked toward the source of the noise.

"EDDIE!" Jason shouted back.

"WE'RE OVER HERE!" Tempest added.

A few moments later, they saw an orange light slowly crest over the nearest snow hill, and Eddie slowly rose to the top.

"I see them! Come on!" He shouted to Melody and Rebecca as they struggled to keep up with him.

Eddie quickly barreled down the snow hill and ran toward Jason and Tempest. Within a couple minutes, he reached their makeshift shelter and collapsed to his knees in a panting mess.

"Huh... Jesus... Thank god... we... found you... holy shit..." Eddie wheezed.

"Hehe, glad you could make it." Tempest replied.

"It's good to see you again, bro." Jason replied, giving a half smile.

"Heh... yeah... wait... why are you two in that bag together?" Eddie asked, tilting his head to the side.

"I kinda... fell into the water. Would've froze to death if Tempest hadn't thought so quickly and shared her bodyheat with me." Jason admitted.

"Ah... Just couldn't wait to get naked with each other, could you?" Eddie chuckled.

Tempest's cheeks darkened immediately, and she hastily looked away to hide her blush from Eddie's teasing gaze.

"Ed... shut up." Jason deadpanned.

Eddie laughed to himself for a moment before Rebecca and Melody arrived at the shelter.

"There we go... Jesus, what the hell happened to you two?" Rebecca asked upon seeing Jason and Tempest.

"Jay fell into the water. Tempest's warming him up." Eddie answered for them.

"Melody? What're you doing here? Where's Sky and Midnight?" Jason asked, glancing back and forth between the group.

"Sky and Midnight are at the hospital in Ponpei. He's getting treated and she wouldn't leave his side," Melody replied with a friendly smile, "I wanted to come back to help find you. You did save my life after all."

"Hehe... Thanks for returning the favor." Jason replied with a grateful smile.

"So, where's Mike? He out looking for some firewood for you guys or something?" Eddie mentioned, looking around for the man in question.

Both Tempest and Jason shared a look before a sad frown quickly formed on Jason's face, and he looked up to Eddie apologetically.

"Ed... He's gone." He said, his voice almost a whisper in the howling wind.

"What?" Eddie asked, eyes squinting in disbelief.

"We... I couldn't hold him..." Jason gulped back the quickly forming knot in his throat, "He's gone, man..."

Eddie stepped back as if he was struck, and his mouth struggled to form any coherent words. Rebecca and Melody shared a fearful look before stepping closer to Eddie as the truth rattled around in his brain like a hand grenade.

"I... but... He can't... no..." Eddie managed.

"Eddie... There's nothing you could have done." Rebecca comforted, placing a gentle hand on his arm.

"No... no no no no no..." Eddie whispered, "No, he can't be dead..."

His breathing began to quicken once more, and he stumbled back until he fell down into the snow behind him.

"Eddie..." Melody said as she walked up to his side.

Eddie's eyes fell to the ground below, and his head soon followed. His breathing still erratic, his hands slowly came up to support his head as the tears came. Rebecca and Melody did their best to support him as he wept, while Jason and Tempest looked on in solidarity. For a long time, the cold world around them faded away and they were left to just watch as the pain of losing a friend weighed heavily on the strong man. It was enough to bring tears to all of their eyes.

Eventually, Eddie finally managed to stop his grief and pick himself back up. He silently walked over to Jason before pausing mid-sep, his eyes still glued out at the blackened horizon.

"How?" He asked, his voice just loud enough to be heard by the human and pony below him.

"Eddie..." Tempest began.

"He fell... From the pillar we were on... I tried, man... I tried..." Jason spoke up.

Eddie gave a shaky nod as he pursed his lips. After a moment, he took a breath and glanced around.

"Okay... Do you still have your fire jelly packets?" He asked.

"Yeah."

"Okay... Melody, Rebecca... can you guys get a tent set up and give Jay some of those fur blankets we brought? I'll get a fire started... We need to dry his clothes and gear out and spend the night out here. We'll head back in the morning." Eddie replied, glancing back at the rest of the group.

"Alright." Rebecca replied.

"You got it." Melody added.

"Wait, you guys have fur blankets?" Jason questioned, eyeing the group curiously.

"Yeah. Just cut from a polar bear a few weeks ago," Melody replied, magicking the respective blankets out and giving them to Jason and Tempest, "He was from a shelter and needed a trim... and I figured you would need something to help warm up."

"Huh... Thanks, Melody." Jason replied, giving a small nod and taking the blankets.

"Hehe, don't mention it." Melody replied with a smile.

They quickly set about erecting the tent while Eddie brought out his forever log and took the fire jelly packets from Jason's pack. Soon enough, a warm fire was brought to life in the center of the group, and Jason's uniform was placed out to dry.

"It won't be too comfortable, that's for damn sure, but at least we can get you out of the cold." Eddie said with a small shrug.

"It's better than nothing. Thanks, Ed." Jason replied as he and Tempest scooched closer to the fire.

Not a minute later, Rebecca and Melody finished their preparations with the tent, and moved in to join in the fire and its warmth. Eddie surveyed around the group for a few more moments before sitting down beside Rebecca and pulling out the rest of his MRE's.

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Sitting around the fire, the three humans and two ponies ate in silence. The welcome heat of the burning embers gently warmed them all as the cold world around them only grew colder. Jason and Tempest shared the fur blankets and relished in the warmth before he glanced at his wristband, and saw the greenish tint of the inside portion of the bracelet. A frown crossed his face as he glared down at it, before he went back to eating the small amount of food Eddie, Rebecca, and Melody brought with them.

Only a few minutes later, the group was finished with their MRE's, and Eddie stood up to survey the landscape. He squinted at the far off snowy horizon, before bringing out his compass and opening it. He took a few moments to discern where North was, before closing the compass and looking down at his wristwatch.

"Alright... It's just about one in the morning. We'll bed down here for the night and in the morning, we'll head back to Ponpei. It's only about six or seven miles NorthEast." He said, glancing at the rest of the group.

"Sounds like a plan... Eddie, are you sure you're alright?" Rebecca asked, gently placing a hand on his forearm.

Eddie was silent for some time, but eventually, he looked down at Rebecca with a sad frown.

"No... If I'm being honest, I'm completely fucked up right now... But we need to focus on the mission... We can mourn him once we're all safe." He said, before turning and heading into the tent.

"Ed..." Jason said, his voice just quiet enough to fall on deaf ears.

With Eddie resigned for the night in the tent, Jason frowned, and his gaze fell to the floor. A sad sigh escaped his lips before Tempest placed a comforting hoof on his back.

"He knows you did everything you could... It's just... fresh, is all." She offered, giving a gentle pat on his back.

"I know... just doesn't make it much better, is all." Jason muttered.

"Like he said, when this is all said and done, then we can... properly mourn him." Rebecca chimed in.

Jason gave a noncommittal nod before looking up to see Melody sitting next to Rebecca. The chocolate mare had been completely silent thus far, and her eyes seemed glossed over as she stared blankly at the snow in front of her hooves. However, as Jason's gaze fell on her, she slowly glanced up until she was looking back at him.

"Are you alright?" Jason asked, a trace amount of concern weeding its way into his voice.

"Y-yes... I just... It's my fault he's gone..." She said, her tone barely a whisper.

"No... Melody, it is not your fault. Don't you even think of blaming yourself for that." Rebecca chastised, pulling the mare into a hug.

"I just... If you all didn't have to save... me... then you would've all been fine..." Melody replied, tears forming in her eyes.

"Melody... you were about to be sacrificed by crazy cultists... You have nothing to blame yourself for." Tempest responded.

"I never wanted somepony to die for me..." She whispered.

"Melody... look at me." Jason said.

After a moment, the distraught mare slowly looked upwards until she met Jason's gaze with her own.

"You have nothing to blame yourself for. If it weren't for you, we never would've made it out of that mountain. Not to mention coming back for Tempest and I when you could have just gone home and pretended this never happened. Don't be upset with yourself for being in that situation. If you weren't... none of us would be here." He explained, his gaze softening all the while.

"I... I don't... thank you." Melody replied, taking a moment to wipe away the tears.

"Don't mention it." Jason responded, giving a gentle smile.

Melody gave a mute nod in response before turning her attention back to the fire in front of her and warming her hooves.

A moment of silence passed before Rebecca let out a long yawn, and blearily blinked her eyes a few times to clear her vision.

"Well... After the day we've had... I'm going to sleep like a rock. Are you all staying out here for long?" She asked, eyeing Jason, Tempest, and Melody curiously.

"Not me... I'll go in with you." Melody replied.

"I'll head inside in a few minutes. Just gonna soak up the heat for a bit longer before I do." Jason added.

"Tempest?" Rebecca asked, eyeing the mulberry unicorn sitting beside Jason in the blanket.

"I'll stay out for a little while longer too." She replied.

"Okay. Come on Melody. If it gets cold enough, we're gonna be sharing a sleeping bag." Rebecca mentioned as she got to her feet and headed for the tent.

"Alright. You two don't stay out for too much longer. You've been exposed to the elements for a while already." Melody said, giving a friendly look to Jason and Tempest as she followed Rebecca into the tent.

Once they were gone, Tempest and Jason both looked into the fire for a few moments in silence. Eventually, Jason slowly turned his head to face the mulberry unicorn and spoke.

"Hey... uh, Tempest?" He said.

"Yeah?" She replied, turning to match his gaze.

"I just... wanted to thank you. I... I didn't know what to do back there and you... well, you acted like a better leader than I have the last week... I owe you my life." He said, clearly taking his time with his words.

"Jason..." Tempest began, only for Jason to continue.

"I've, uh... Well, suffice to say, I fucked up a lot already... I... just, thank you." He said, his eyes slowly glossing over.

"It's like I said before. We're even now, nothing more. You saved my life too... and as for mistakes... you've done the absolute best you could with the situation you had... and you gave a poor, broken mare a chance in the process." Tempest replied, giving a small smile.

Jason chuckled.

"I guess so... but it's hardly fair when you look so cute." He teased, giving a half smile in response.

Tempest blushed slightly before leaning closer and nuzzling her muzzle under his chin. Jason replied by pulling her just a tad closer and wrapping his arms around her barrel, pulling her into a gentle hug. Her fur felt absolutely divine on his skin, now that he could actually appreciate its texture and how it gently enveloped his fingers.

Tempest smiled as she nuzzled her cheek just a bit harder into the crook of Jason's neck, squishing her mane against his cheek in the process. A warm feeling budded to life in her chest, and she slowly crawled into Jason's lap. She carefully avoided stepping on him as she did so, and within a few seconds, she turned in his embrace to wrap her hooves around his back. Her chin came to a rest just on his shoulder, and she squeezed him tighter, feeling his smooth skin against her belly and chest fluff.

As she held onto him, Jason's gaze slowly fell to the charred embers at the base of the fire, and he let out a sad sigh as his thoughts drifted back to Eddie. Almost immediately, Tempest's ear flicked to the side, and she pulled away just enough to make out his sad expression in the firelight. After biting her lip in contemplation, she gently cleared her throat, gaining Jason's attention in the process.

"Do... Do you want to talk about it?" She asked, her eyes softly trained on his.

After a few moments, Jason spoke, his words slow, and measured.

"I just... I've never seen Eddie act like that... Even when we lost Johnny, he... dammit... he blames me for losing Mike..." He responded, his eyes falling back to the embers with each word.

"No! Jason, Eddie doesn't blame you. How could he? You did everything you could to save him..." Tempest rebutted, giving him a confused look.

"That's not true..." Jason whispered, his eyes failing to even look at the mulberry unicorn still in his embrace.

"What are you talking about? Jason..."

"I had a choice... You... or him... Mike was hurt... and that son of a bitch kept telling me to just drop him... and save you... I just... I couldn't hold both of you..." He admitted, his gaze unfocused, and downcast.

Tempest stared at him blankly for almost a minute before she understood the significance of his words completely, and a knot formed in her throat.

"You... chose me over saving Mike?" She asked, her voice just a whisper.

"Mike let go of my hand... and you were unconscious... If I had dropped you, and used my other hand to pull him up... He might've still been alive right now..."

"But not me..." Tempest replied, her eyes falling to the ground.

"Tempest... I could never have dropped you..." Jason shook his head.

A rush of warmth flooded Tempest's chest, and her forelegs felt weak as they held onto Jason's shoulders. The knot in her throat tightened even more, and she buried her muzzle into the crook of his neck as she squeezed herself tighter to his chest. Jason's hands soon came up to her back and neck, and soon gently stoked all along her body, forcing a gentle sigh of thanks from the mulberry unicorn in the process. As he squeezed her tighter, Tempest nuzzled harder into his neck and chest, brushing as much of her cheek against the soft skin as possible, before pulling her head out and darting up to his cheek to resume her affections there.

Jason pulled away just enough to look at her gentle cyan eyes, and a feeling of nervousness quickly bloomed in his heart.

"Tempest... I..." He began, his voice just a whisper.

"Shh... You don't have to say anything. Just... if you want this to go further... then take the lead... I'll be fine either way." She replied, her voice also just a whisper.

For a few moments, Jason's brow furrowed in concentration, and he simply stared at the fire in front of them. Eventually, Tempest's ears drooped slightly, but she let out a content sigh as she hugged him just a tad tighter.

"If you want to... Then we have to be silent. They're gonna hear us in the tent if we make so much as a sigh." Jason finally said, perking her ears up in the process.

A fiery blush quickly covered Tempest's entire face, and she pulled away enough to look him in the eyes.

"A-are you sure?" She whispered.

"Yeah... I am." Jason whispered back.

"O... Okay... Just, one thing?"

"Anything."

"I've... never... been with someone before..." She admitted, prompting a sympathetic smile to form on Jason's face.

"I understand. This'll be new for both of us." Jason replied, gently caressing her cheek with his free hand.

"Just... be gentle with me... okay?" Tempest asked, bashfully looking down and away from Jason as he held her tight.

Jason's response, was to gently nudge her chin with his index finger until she was looking up at him, and leaning in for a gentle kiss. His lips softly connected with hers, and everything else simply disappeared around them. The cold, the snow, the tent, all faded away until the only thing the mulberry unicorn could focus on was the strong man holding her close and sweetly kissing her as if she was made of glass. It only took a moment for her eyes to flutter shut and her withers to sag as she sunk into the affection, and returned the kiss.

Tempest's lips felt akin to velvet against his, and Jason was surprised to feel her tongue almost politely poke out to tease him. He returned the gesture in kind, and slowly, almost reverently kissed her tongue with his own. The broad and smooth texture brought with it a sensation of floating on a cloud, and before he could even process just how sweet she tasted, she darted into his mouth and teased his incisors.

A heavy shutter ran through the mulberry unicorn's body as she tasted him, and another as he eagerly returned the favor, brushing his tongue against the roof of her mouth. Their lips mashed together again and again, connecting them as they continued to share their affection and warmth with each other. The taste of strawberries even registered on Jason's taste-buds as he kissed her over and over again, relishing in her soft, sweet embrace.

Eventually, they grew bolder, and explored each other's bodies. Jason's hands trailed along her neck and down her back until he felt the toned muscles of her flanks. In turn, Tempest ran her hooves over his chest, feeling the sparse hairs against the sensitive fetlocks as she inched further down to his abs. Slowly, she reached around and felt the alien muscles of his back and shoulders. As if to thank her for her soft caress, he pulled her in closer, even going so far as to squeeze her flanks in the process.

A nearly silent sigh escaped the mulberry unicorns lips as Jason's fingers sent a flurry of endorphins flooding through her brain, and her cheeks flushed an even darker shade of purple as if to give a visual aid that his efforts were bearing fruit. Almost as if to turn the tables on him, Tempest felt a warm rod of flesh suddenly press up against her belly and just between her nipples. Jason's face immediately blushed, and he looked away slightly while she glanced down at the alien shaft now poking at her navel.

Tempest felt her ears burning even in the cold, with a nervous gulp, she slowly looked back up to Jason to find him hesitantly meet her gaze with his own nervous look.

"Are... are you ready?" She whispered, her soft cyan eyes calming his nerves somewhat.

"Y-yeah..." Jason hesitantly replied.

Tempest gave a shaky nod before releasing her grip on Jason and laying down in the blanket.

"Well... Lead on then." She spoke once more, her voice nearly lost to the crackling fire.

Jason hesitated for a few moments before crawling on top of her form, and he glanced down at her slender body, toned flanks, and incredibly soft fur as he descended. He took one last moment to look at the many scars running all along her barrel and flanks, before his eyes finally found the subtle, yet prickly flesh of her nipples. Just a few inches further down, her sex greeted him with a quick wink. Before he could stop himself, Jason tilted his head to the side and gave a curious look to the mulberry unicorn below him.

"What was that?" He asked.

"It's... called winking. Um... I can't really control it, but... it's just something that happens when a mare gets... you know... aroused..." Tempest explained, her nervous look and deeply flushed face signaling just how afraid she still was.

Sensing her fears, Jason gave a gentle smile, and leaned down to kiss her once more.

"Okay. Just making sure." He whispered, placing a loving kiss on her muzzle.

Jason's efforts managed to assuage her fears for a moment, and a genuine look of relief crossed the mare's face before Jason's member gently kissed the lips of her sex, and she went rigid. For just a moment, Jason hesitated and glanced up to her for confirmation, and after a moment to swallow back the knot in her throat, Tempest gave one last shaky nod.

With all the confirmation he needed, Jason slowly pressed his hips forward until his length pressed into Tempest's labia, and gently parted her vulva to access her soft, velveteen sex. Fiery warmth instantly wrapped around his manhood as each inch slipped further and further into the sublime wetness of Tempest's sex. They both let out a silent sigh of pleasure as the warmth of their lower halves quickly seeped up into their torsos, and rose to their chests, igniting a fire in their veins, and passion in their minds that neither of them had ever felt before. Tempest's eyes were pulled down to Jason's member as it speared her folds open, and pressed into her depths, scraping along the walls of her canal the entire way.

The burning heat of her soft, warm walls caressed and wrapped around Jason's length so lovingly and completely, that it felt almost as if it was made just for him. Each inch further seemed to almost pull him in, and the soft winking of her clit against the top of his shaft felt almost identical to a soft kiss against the sensitive flesh, sending his mind spinning.

Finally, Jason's length reached the end of Tempest's depths and softly kissed her cervix. The feeling of being penetrated so fully left her quietly gasping for air, and her cheeks flushing with a deep purple. For a pregnant moment, they stayed there, fully connected, before Jason leaned down and pressed his lips against hers. The kiss was gentle, and tender, and within a few moments, it had the desired effect. Tempest's breathing slowed, and her painfully stiff limbs relaxed some, until she was able to place a hoof on the back of Jason's head to keep him close. Almost as if challenging her, he slipped his tongue out and licked her lips, quickly earning a lick in return. Almost immediately, her strength returned, and her tongue pressed his back in a display of passion as she tasted him once more.

Through it all, they stayed connected at the hips, Jason's length still speared deeply into Tempest's folds. A few painfully sensual winks finally forced their lips apart as Jason's hips bucked forwards slightly, pressing his head against her cervix, and causing a muffled cry of pleasure to escape the mulberry unicorn's lips. Almost instantly, Jason froze and glanced over to the tent to see if anyone was stirred by the noise. After a few seconds, and no sign of anyone waking up and checking outside the tent, he let out a breath he didn't even realize he was holding in, and looked down at Tempest.

"You gotta keep it in... I don't want to risk waking anyone." He whispered as gently as he could.

"R-right... Sorry... I just... didn't expect it to feel so good..." She replied, her burning cheeks somehow flushing an even darker shade of purple.

"It's okay," Jason said, taking a moment to softly caress her cheek with his hand, "Just... if you think you can't hold it back, tell me. I'll figure something out."

"Okay." Tempest replied, basking in the feeling of his hand on her cheek.

Before she could fully prepare herself, Jason slowly thrust back into her sex, earning a quiet groan from the mulberry unicorn and forcing her to bite her lip to keep silent. He quickly reached her cervix once more, and yet again, a feeling of euphoric bliss shot up Tempest's spine from her womb, all the way to the tips of her ears, and her eyes rolled back in her head as Jason pulled out, only to thrust back in again.

In and out he thrust, his movements never speeding up or slowing down. His speed remained constant, like a machine, and with each slow thrust in, he sent a thousand waves of pleasure ricocheting up the mulberry unicorn's body and back down into the core of her womb. After less than a minute, it became too much pleasure to bear, and her steady breaths turned into needy panting. Her chest heaved, and her eyes rolled about uselessly in her head as the masculine musk of Jason's now sweating body quickly began to fill her nostrils and soak into her brain. She struggled to find words, any words that would convey to him that she was losing herself, and soon would be unable to contain her pleasure, but alas, just as her vocal cords cried out in ecstasy, Jason's hand clamped her jaw shut, and the sound died in her lungs.

Her first orgasm hit her so hard that she nearly passed out. Tempest's muscles went rigid all over her body, and even with Jason's hand clamping her mouth shut, she let out a muffled groan of euphoria. A small torrent of marecum flowed from her pulsing sex, flooding past Jason's throbbing member as he continued to thrust away inside of her. For almost twenty seconds, her muscles held rigid, and her brain was scrambled about, unable to discern who or where she was anymore. Through it all, Jason continued to pound away at her virgin folds, claiming her as his own all the way through her orgasm and onward.

After nearly a minute, Tempest's eyes finally corrected themselves, and focused on the dominant human now muzzling her with his hand while he continued to plunge his manhood deep into her folds. A barely audible whimper escaped her maw as he finally increased his pace. Tempest's legs weekly struggled to move with the force of his movements now physically sloshing her sex-drunk body back and forth, but eventually, she managed to interlock her hind-legs behind Jason's back. With nothing else to do with them, she wrapped her forelegs around his back as well, and pulled herself as close to the man as possible.

Jason gave her a curious look, but at her pleading gaze, decided to say nothing, and instead opted to thrust even faster. Her walls convulsed and pulsed around his member in the most amazing, tight, loving way possible, and it took everything in him to not cum long before she had. Every wink of her clit sent a wave of pleasure rocketing up his length and into his stomach, and earned a groan of silent pleasure before he doubled his efforts.

As he thrust into her harder and faster than ever before, Jason became acutely aware of a particularity about Tempest. Sparks were slowly fizzing out of her horn and dripping down all over the blanket under them. The harder he thrust into her cervix, the more the sparks poured out of her horn. Eventually, a steady stream of bright blue poured from her horn and harmlessly dissipated into the blanket.

Oh god, please don't shoot fireworks off... that'll be hard to explain. Jason thought to himself.

With Tempest turning to putty in his hands below him, and his own end quickly approaching, Jason increased his speed yet again, and pistoned into the barely conscious mare. After a certain point, the sound of his thighs lewdly slapping into her flanks barely registered with him, and he focused entirely on reaching his climax. Under his weight, Tempest was rocked back and forth by the force of his thrusts, and once more she quickly approached her own climax.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Jason reached the end, and buried his length into Tempest's marehood, all the way to her cervix. White hot seed fired into her womb in concentrated bursts that sent her spiraling over the edge, and into an orgasmic fit that tensed every muscle in her body, and made her scream through Jason's hand over her muzzle. Rope after rope of human seed painted her womb a pearl white that quickly overflowed and spilled out into her tail and onto the fur blanket below. Through it all, Jason held her mouth shut, forcing any moan or cry to die in her throat while she panted through her nostrils for breath.

Only when he was completely spent, exhausted, and sure that she had come down from her high as well, did Jason release his vice-like hold on her muzzle, and immediately, she gasped for air. With pupils heavily dilated, and her chest heaving even more harshly than before, Tempest struggled to get air back into her lungs. For several minutes, she laid there under him, panting for breath, but eventually, she recovered, and fixed him with a loving look.

"I... that was... I didn't think I would enjoy all of that so much..." She whispered, allowing a massive smile to form on her muzzle.

"Which part?" Jason grinned, as he laid down next to her.

"Just... all of it. I never... when you covered my muzzle... barely being able to breathe... I just... I had no idea that would be so... good." Tempest shook her head, struggling to digest the last fifteen minutes.

"Hehe, I guess we'll have to explore those new kinks of yours once we make it out of here." Jason teased, placing a hand over her chest fluff and allowing his fingers to sink into the plush fur.

Tempest gave him a hopeful look.

"Y-you mean..."

"I want to be with you... Even after we're through this." Jason said, firmly.

A warm feeling blossomed through Tempest's chest and quickly rose to the tips of her ears. With what little strength she had left, she scooched over to Jason and wrapped her limbs around him. In turn, he pulled her into a tight hug, bringing her muzzle just under his chin, and closing as much distance between them as possible. A barely audible whimper left her lips as she almost desperately nuzzled his neck and jaw, before he gently scratched her ear and kissed her forehead.

"Thank you." She whispered.

Jason felt his heart ache as he held her close, and he placed another loving kiss on her muzzle before whispering.

"No... Thank you..."

For a while after that, they simply laid in each other's embrace, content to share their warmth in the fur blankets by the fire. However, as with all good things, they eventually had to separate, if only to relocate to the tent. Still wrapped in the blankets, Jason and Tempest hesitantly peaked inside to find that everyone was sound asleep. With barely contained sighs of relief, the couple snuck in to the far side of the tent and found their sleeping bags.

They shared one for the whole night.

Author's Note

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4oKXtvf1mI

Hey guys. So, I know what some of you must be thinking. "Jason and Tempest really just went and did that right after telling Eddie about Mike"? Now, I know that might rub some of you the wrong way, but I really wanted to convey it as more of an inevitability than a spur of the moment decision. I've tried my best, so let me know if you disagree. Also, without spoiling anything, I encourage you to stick around until the next few chapters. I think those might answer any questions you get from this one as well.