Sebby's New Life - Chapter 8 (Patreon)

Sebastian squirmed and groaned behind his pacifier, barely able to feel the pressure of the straps running across his diaper thanks to the bulk of the padding, but certainly aware of how well they were holding him in place, keeping him trapped on his back. And he could hear his diaper, too, crackling all around him.

Even when he stopped, he could hear it, though it took him a few moments to recognize that it was, in fact, Hallie's in that instance, that she must be doing the same as him, despite having had more time to get used to her fate, and her diapers. He felt his cheeks warming, thinking of the woman he'd spent so long talking to, that he'd thought he knew so well, mere inches away from him, just as stuck as he was here.

It was hard to feel too bad for her, yet his mind tried anyway. He hated to think of the person he'd met online in this position, demoted from a strong, confident adult to a permanent toddler; on the other hand, she had played a big part in luring him here, in allowing the same to happen to him. She hadn't had much of a choice, no, but that could only dull the pain of her stabbing him in the back to a certain degree.

The ride through the airport was fairly smooth, might have been relaxing, under different circumstances. He could see the shapes of people walking past, though, at the angle he was laying at, his embarrassment growing each time he was sure he saw their heads tilt downwards towards him. He wanted to beg them for help, his paci silencing him. 

Not that it would have done him any good. Amazons weren't going to try to steal him away when both his 'parents' were there, and he was safely restrained, and 'tweeners definitely wouldn't. And any little was likely to steer as far from them as they could, seeing a double stroller from a distance, not knowing if both seats were empty or not right away - especially as far leaned back as Sebastian was - and not wanting to become the second occupant.

It shouldn't have been a surprise by then, but he still felt his stomach drop as he felt the smooth tiles under the stroller's wheels transition to rougher asphalt, sunlight beaming down into the stroller as he was pushed through the sliding glass doors to the outside world without a stop at luggage pickup. He wasn't going to need any of that any more... And he wasn't going to even have the option, apparently. They were leaving every bit of his old life behind, most of it back home, the rest in his suitcase. 

It seemed like a big, nice airport, from what he'd seen of it, which wasn't a lot. They probably had a baggage carousel... Part of him wondered how long his suitcase would go around and around on that before it was plucked off, tossed into some dark warehouse, his stuff sold off... Would his carry-on suffer the same fate? They'd probably clear out the overhead department, get rid of anything left in there, including his backpack, with his phone with the number listed on his suitcase's luggage tag. Maybe, he thought idly, they'd at least end up together somewhere, his backpack and his suitcase... Wherever that was, however, was bound to be far, far away from him.

The canopy did do a good job of keeping the sun out of his eyes, anyway, despite his face being pointed almost directly up at it. It felt like forever since he'd seen it, since he'd gotten to the last airport and checked in... It should have been a relief, returning to the outside world after spending so long inside buildings and airplanes, but this was not at all what he'd expected the end of his travel to lead him to.

"Here we are!" the woman exclaimed at last, the stroller coming to a stop beside an SUV. A shadow fell over the stroller as the Amazons stepped in front of it, the SUV beeping and starting to slide open the side doors automatically as the man smiled down at Sebastian.

"All right, little man," he told Sebastian. "Let's get you buckled in."

Sebastian grumbled, gesturing towards the straps already on him to show that he was, in fact, buckled in now, but the man only chuckled at him as he began to unfasten them. "We have to keep you safe and secure," the man said. "Car accidents are very dangerous for babies your size."

Sebastian would have pointed out that he wasn't a baby, but it seemed a useless argument to have, particularly now, lying there in a onesie, diaper, and mittens, getting scooped up by someone so large that he made Sebastian feel like he could be, wriggling in the man's arms as he was carried around to the far side of the SUV.

Hallie was already being buckled into her car seat by the time they got there, obediently sitting up and letting herself be strapped in, her Mommy having removed her pacifier, the girl almost automatically reaching for a handful of cereal and munching mindlessly on it as she was secured into her seat. Sebastian's car seat, however, was like the stroller, further reclined, aimed more at the ceiling than the window, keeping him from being able to see outside... Or anything, really, other than some more soft toys attached to it to entertain him.

"Here," the man said after setting Sebastian down, seeing him squirm. "Will this make you feel better?"

To Sebastian's surprise, the man reached over to his wrists, removing the mittens. He gasped, opening and closing his hands, happy to be able to see them, to use them, again after so long. "You'd better behave yourself, Sebby," the man warned, "or they're going right back on."

Sebastian nodded meekly. It was a token freedom at best... He couldn't imagine diapers this thick didn't have little-proof tapes, and the restraints that the man was starting to fasten around him to hold him snugly in place definitely would require more strength than he had to make them open, or else what was the point in having them? He was still trapped... It was just nice to feel the fresh air on his fingers once more, to have them free enough to move, even as the rest of him was being buckled down, the straps seemingly tighter than Hallie's had appeared to be.

"There we go," the man declared, giving the restraints a tug to confirm they were all done up. "Perfect!"

Sebastian disagreed, not that he could let anyone know. He watched the man move out of his limited field of vision with one final smile, then heard the door sliding shut again, closing him into the vehicle. There were absolutely child locks on those doors, he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt... Not that it mattered when he'd have to get out of the car seat to get through them, and then try to outrun a pair of Amazons while wearing an extra thick diaper.

The SUV rumbled to life, and, a moment later, he heard the sound of music coming from beside him, could see, barely, some flashes of color, making him certain, even before Hallie spoke up, that there must be a screen back there. "Mommy?" Hallie asked sweetly. "Can Sebby watch, too?"

"That's very nice of you to want to include your baby brother, darling," the female Amazon told her. "His car seat isn't really isn't set up for that, though."

"B-But..." Sebastian could practically hear Hallie's pout, and did hear her diaper crinkling as she shifted in her seat. "I want him to see!"

Was she trying to help him, at least as much as she was able to, given her own position? Sebastian appreciated the effort, as small as it was, and as little a difference as it would have made, had she succeeded. It would have been nice to be able to sit up, anyway, enough to see the screen, although from the sounds he could hear coming from it, he doubted he would be particularly interested.

"Are you being grumpy, princess?" the male Amazon asked from the front seat.

Sebastian heard the defiance melting out of Hallie's voice as it turned into more of a fearful whimper. "N-No, Daddy!" she insisted. "I-I just..."

"She has only had one messy diaper today," the larger woman interrupted, speaking over Hallie as if she couldn't even hear her protests. "And that was way back when she was in her high chair eating breakfast. Maybe she needs one of her special bottles."

"N-No!" Sebastian heard more crinkling, along with the impotent thud of Mary Janes against the bottom of Hallie's car seat. "Mommy, I'm sorry I was cranky! I'll be sweet from now on, I promise!"

"You'd better," the woman warned. "You're a big sister now, young lady... You have to set an example for your baby brother, and we don't want him to be a brat, now do we?"

"N-No, ma'am," Hallie replied.

"So you're not going to be a brat about drinking your bottle?" the woman asked, Sebastian barely catching a glimpse of her turning around in her seat.

He heard Hallie gasp and whimper beside him, but, in the end, it was only a matter of moments before she caved in an said, "N-No, Mommy, I won't," and only a few more before Sebastian could hear the sound of her sucking on the bottle's nipple as she sulked beside him, watching her cartoons, defeated.

It was difficult to judge how long the car ride was, exactly. He did hear the same music from what he had to assume was the opening credits of Hallie's show several times, though it was possible, since it was clearly meant for very small children, that the episodes were only a few minutes long. Either way, the vehicle eventually glided to a stop, the engine turning off, signalling the end of the journey... And the start of the next phase of his humiliation.

"What a good girl!" the woman exclaimed, after opening up the side doors. "Look, Sebby! Your sister is such a good role model for you... She drank every drop of her bottle!" She held the bottle up where Sebastian could see it, despite there being, indeed, nothing to see inside. 

"That's 'cause I'm a good girl, Mommy," Hallie said.

"I know you are," the woman told her. "Your tummy was just hurting and putting you in a bad mood, huh?"

"Y-Yeah." Even Sebastian, unable to see Hallie's face, could tell she was lying, saying what the Amazon wanted her to. 

"Well, that bottle will take care of that problem in no time," Hallie's Mommy promised her. "Here, I'm going to put you back in your reins... Walking around will help speed it up."

"Gr-Great." Sebastian could hear the hesitance in her voice, the forced happiness.

"All right," the man said. "We can use the other stroller for Sebby, then, if we don't need both seats."

The trunk was opened up, and Sebastian heard something being set up beside him, but the headrest on the car seat kept him from being able to turn enough to see more than a glimpse of the Amazon doing it until his whole car seat was being lifted up, slid into it with a click. It took Sebastian a moment to realize that it was facing backwards, at least from what he expected, the car seat angled a bit further down than what he had been growing accustomed to, letting him see more than what was right above him, yet pointed at the handle, where the Amazons would be pushing him, not at where they were headed, giving him no warning of where they were going.

"Hi, there, Sebby!" the woman smiled at him as she stepped over beside the man, holding the leash attached to Hallie's baby reins, Hallie reluctantly toddling beside her, squirming uncomfortably and tugging at the hem of her dress. "Did you have a good car ride?"

Sebastian shook his head, the Amazons exchanging a look and chuckling. The man began to push the stroller towards the store, Sebastian watching as Hallie waddled along, doing her best to catch up, cheeks bright red. Sebastian could hardly blame her, though it was hard to say if she really had it any worse than him. She was being allowed to walk, anyway, rather than being wheeled around in a stroller... She was, however, going to wind up filling her diaper before long, probably while they were inside the store, without the privacy that the stroller might provide.

He heard the whoosh of the doors behind him, the bump of his stroller's wheels going over the door's tracks, and they were back inside. "Hello!" a friendly female voice greeted. "Do you need any help today?"

Hallie's Mommy gave the girl a pointed look, and Hallie removed one hand from where it was tangled in the fabric of her dress, waving politely. "H-Hello, ma'am!"

"Hi, sweetie," the woman replied. "Are you getting some more pretty dresses today?"

"Maybe one or two," Hallie's Mommy said. "Mostly, we're here shopping for little Sebby, here, though. He just joined the family."

Sebastian blushed as the other woman, a bit older, stepped around to look at him. "Aww!" she cooed. "How precious! Well, congratulations! Do you know where the boys' section is?"

"We do," Hallie's Mommy smiled, "thanks! Wave bye-bye, Hallie."

Hallie lifted her hand once more. "Bye-bye," she called obediently as she began to toddle forward again, the whole family starting to move deeper into the store.