I yawned and stretched out as I roused awake, opening my eyes to the disorienting feeling of looking up at an unfamiliar ceiling. Even more strange since I'd have expected to see open sky above me considering where I had fallen asleep.  I sat up and looked around at what seemed like some kind of hanger or cargo bay, all metal and durasteel with everything vibrating from the passive hum of a running engine. I was still ontop of the Master Emerald, it had made a cozy enough bed that I didn't wake up at all after the massive gem had apparently been hijacked!

I rolled off the emerald and was still shaking the sleep from my system while trying to get my bearings. My hand brushed down over my belly, feeling it back to its normal shape after I slept through digestion. The distraction of appreciating my soft tummy chub after adding Knuckles and Rouge to it was too much to resist, so even with having no idea where I was I couldn't resist jostling my gut a bit. "Hehe nice and settled in, you two~?" I asked, feeling a small ripple across the surface of my belly in response. Satisfied I gave my gut an approving pat and then went back to investigating, though that was cut short by the sound of a door sliding open and someone walking into the hold.

I peeked back just in time to see the broad figure of Storm the Albatross trudging into the room, looking disgruntled and not noticing me at first. Seeing him I gasped excitedly instantly figuring out exactly where I was! The Babylon Rogues must have stolen the Master Emerald from Angel Island while its guardian was busy digesting in my stomach! I was too excited at the prospect of the three course meal that awaited me to question the coincidence too deeply, and I scampered over to Storm while he was still too dejected with being tasked with some grunt work or another to pay mind to his surroundings.

The pitter patter of my foot steps finally alerted him enough to turn around, but it was too late. By that point I had already jumped towards him mouth wide open, and landed maw first onto his head cramming him down into my gullet up to his chest in one gravity assisted swallow! He yelped into the muffle of my throat while I eagerly crammed him down, licking at the gray plume of his feathers and sinking down to the ground gulp by gulp.  Through the daze of pleasure that naturally came from feeling my jaws and throat stretched out from the prey I was swallowing, I felt the thought tickle in that he tasted just like chicken, and huffed through my nose in silly amusement while my tongue slurped between the birds legs.

My feet touched back down to the ground and I knelt to tip back and let Storm slide the rest of the way down my throat. I paused long enough to chew over the plump drumsticks of his thighs before flicking off his shoes with my tongue and letting him drop down into my belly. Being quite a substantial meal it took me a few moments to recover from swallowing Storm whole like that, and I panted hard with visible tuffs of steam escaping my lips while I wobbled on woozy legs. Storm trying to wiggle around in my belly likely just as disoriented to be in his new home as I had been when I woke up to finding myself on their blimp.

I couldn't keep my balance and plopped back onto my butt, sighing aloud and rubbing over my belly as I finally adjusted to the weight filling my out. "Ooh man big guy, you're as filling as a whole caves worth of moogles you know that? Mmh really delicious too, thanks for being such an easy meal. Hope Big goes down as smoothly as you did." I mused out loud, feeling Storms confused squirms strain all the more from inside, but like Knuckles before he was being held too tightly to do much more than cause my gut to quiver as it held him in a snug fit. "Heh, think I can fit Wave and Jet down in with you, or should I let you get worked over before I go looking for them next?"

The question made all activity in my belly cease, at least when it came to Storm's movements since my stomach was readily and happily churning him already. I cocked my head to the side curiously wondering if my tease had really given him pause for thought, but after a moment the bellied bird gently rubbed at the walls around him as best he could. I saw imprints of his feathered hands pushing out and stroking down along the fleshy surroundings, and I grinned wide as I pressed my own hand back against the lump. "Awww, want me to send your friends down to you so you can all digest together, big guy?" I asked wanting to clarify his intentions, and the bulge of my belly shifted in what must have been an internal attempt at a nod only for him to then tap twice against my belly walls to confirm. "That's so cuuute~ Alrighty Storm, you be a good meal and try not to move to much and throw me off balance, I'll hunt them down and send them in to join you."

With a strain I worked myself back upright onto my feet, grunting and hefting my belly from the bottom to try and adjust the weight enough to help me off the ground. By the time I was standing again I felt a rumble in the pit of my stomach and a rumble preceded a heavy wet belch erupting out. "HUUUOOOOOOORRRRRRAAAP!" In a wet clatter Storm's spectacles and necklace flew out of my lips on the gassious release and landed on the ground next to the Master Emerald. With a dopey smile I strutted out of the cargo hold, belly sloshing with every step while Storm stayed curled up docile and quiet making things easier on me. The trek to the ships hallways was more strenuous and sound effect laden than usual with a bigger than average meal packed away, but a hunger for the other two avian morsels onboard kept me spurred along!

Luckily the Rogues had immature signage on the doors of their rooms displaying whose living quarters it was, passing by Storms room and coming to Wave's seeing her name adorned under a 'keep out' sign with sounds of activity coming from inside.  With drool dripping down my chin I pushed the door open and saw the purple feathers of the team mechanic hunched over a workbench tinkering away at some gizmo.  She was too focused on her work to notice me coming inside, and it even took her a moment to perk up in alert at the feeling of me bumping my belly against her back. She turned just in time to see my wide open maw engulfing her, as I grabbed at her shoulders and lifted her off the floor and over the upper curve of my stuffed gut to shovel her down my throat on the spot!

She squirmed all the way down but after Storm earlier, my jaws and gullet were still feeling loose so she was able to slip away down the gluttonous abyss of my body nearly in one gulp! I took the time to lick at her feathers and suckle on her curves as she went, but she barely had time to offer a skwak of resistance before she was plopping into my gut ontop of Storm. I felt the two birds struggle against one another to adjust into the shared space, while I groaned aloud and wrapped my arms around my double filled stomach and squeezed them down inside, not making it easier for them to get comfortable together in there. Feeling the lumps of their bodies moving about under layers of padding and fluff, my stomach walls shifting churning and undulating with a slippery squeeze to make it even harder for them.

"MMmh so yum~! Two down one to go! You be patient in there, I'll have your leader joining you in no time." I placated to my belly, feeling it gurgle as the two continues to try their best to move about. Adding Wave to my gut wasn't too much of a difference so I didn't have any trouble turning about and waltzing out of residentless room and began to search the ship for the last bird. As I walked my stomach settled with the two coming to an accommodating position inside, forced to cuddle against each other by the organic confines surrounding them and I could feel the smothered grumbling and bickering from the pair, though it was impossible to make out any specific words.

Idle hands rubbed and pushed at my belly from side to side playing with my meals while they whined from the stimulation. Jet wasn't in his room so I stomped about the ship trying to track him down. Taking the time spent doing so to feel at the devoured birds bodies through the layers of my belly, and sighing while smacking my lips at the aftertaste they left on my tongue. "So good~ And underrated! And to think I bet you guys were worried you'd miss out. Well it might please you to know I only had two meals before you, so you're definitely near the front of the pack in the race of filling up my belly!" I teased aloud to them, snickering to myself - as if they had any notion about my intentions to devour the entire cast or would have feelings about not being included in the feast. It was something to amuse myself with until I finally came to the command deck of the ship and found my final feathered prize.

Jet was looking over some big glowing blue cube shaped treasure in his hands, but wasn't so enraptured by it that he didn't pick up on the sound of my bird filled belly sloshing as I strode into the room. He gasped aloud and jumped back seeing a well fed fox sauntering towards him, and he scrambled in surprise while I giggled at the reaction. "What are you doing here? How did you get here? I didn't give you permission to come aboard!" He shouted with disdain, but balked back as I walked towards him until my belly bumped into his front and pushed him back to pin him against the wall.

"Well you did kind of invite me on, more or less." I replied, chuckling and rubbing over my belly as it rumbled between us and then leaned in as close as I could get to his face and opened my mouth wide. A heavy burp blasted out right into his face, Wave's glasses and bandanna flying out and smacking him wetly before clattering and splatting to the ground whilst he was windswept back by the gust of gastric gas that assaulted him from my maw. "BURRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOPPP!" I sighed as it came to an end and wiped my lips with the back of my hand, while Jet was stunned and dizzied by the gastronomic bombing.

I leaned to keep Jet squished between my gut and the wall while he slowly recovered, his eyes spinning with dizzy swirls and his hands braced against my stomach feeling Wave and Storm curled up inside. Once he managed to become aware of his surroundings again he stammered an incoherent question only to trail off as he finally noticed the familiar feeling of his friends packed away under layers of fox gut. "W-wave? Storm?" He asked looking down at my stomach, panting to catch his breath in recovery and then slowly peeking up to meet my gaze while I grinned hungrily at him. "Why'd you... eat my friends? Are you going to eat me too? I-I don't want to be food."

He whimpered in desperation, and I couldn't help but giggle amused at the uncharacteristic display from him. I reached out and pet at his cheek making him flinch from the contact, too stunned to fight back and helplessly pinned by the weight of my stomach squishing against most of his body. "I ate them because I wanted to! Silly question. But also because I've always liked you guys~ I want to eat up everyone really, you'll all feel so wonderful once you're in my belly, where I can keep you all to myself until the end of time~" I nearly swooned saying it aloud to answer him, the hawk flinching back as he heard the explanation.

"Could you not? I'd rather you didn't eat me, I have other things to do besides digest in your stomach forever." The specificity of his request riled me up, my grin stretching wide showing fangs and my eyes widening and sparkling, which only unnerved my prey all the more. "I still have so much more to do! So many treasures to steal! I haven't made my mark on the world yet!"

I cooed and stepped in closer, pressing my gut even more heavily against him and making its occupants grunt from the shrinking space, while petting my hand on Jet's head condescendingly. "Aww, that's cute and all but I really don't care! I love you guys too much to let you spend even one more second outside of my belly. I just can't help myself but to keep you all tucked away to myself so you can belong to me and you'll be mine and fill me up all tasty and filling and yummy forever and ever and ever!" I replied, losing myself near the end and going off into a tangent of fanboyish excitement which only caused Jet to cringe. By the time I stopped talking I caught myself and cleared my throat before adding an addendum. "Besides, do you really want to go it alone? Wouldn't you rather be together with your team? They're waiting for you to join them in there, having so much fun in their new permanent home of foxy belly, you don't want to miss out do you?"

Jet frowned and leaned back doubting the notion that his team mates were having fun, but after a moment he looked down at my stomach and rubbed his feathered hands across the surface of it. A muffled activity came from within, Wave and Storm trying to speak out but they couldn't be heard on the outside, but they weren't exactly kicking up a fuss. It lended at least some credence to the notion that my belly was very cozy and accommodating to my meals!  Finally he sighed aloud and rolled his eyes, trying to push my gut away. "Alright fine, I suppose if nothing else things would be really boring with my worthless team mates jiggling on your fat butt instead of doing their job supporting me, so fine."

I snickered as Jet was back to his old self and I stepped back to give him room to move, while he pressed down on my stomach as if to discipline his subordinates for getting eaten. With a haughty scowl he walked around the girth of my belly to make some demand or another at me, but I cut him off by leaning in close and letting another belch blast him in the fast. He groaned and staggered back, losing balance and falling onto his feathered rump, shaking his head while I loomed over him. 

"S-stop doing that!" He commanded, only to gasp as I flopped forward and flattened him under my belly, resting over his body and coming face to face with him while grinning wide.

"But I like it. It's fun! It makes my prey get all flustered and cute, and Wave and Storm are giving me plenty of fuel." I goaded in reply, interrupted whatever he was going to respond with by belching once again blowing his head back against the ground and sending a few gray and purple feathered fluttering out from my lips to land around him.

"F-fun for you maybe! What's your deal anyways? How do you know who we are?" He asked, shoving against my stomach to no avail as it remained blanketed over pinning him to the ground, squirming with the prey inside at the mercy of the external antics. He looked up to see me staring down at him with a quizzical expression and cocking my head to the side, as if I didn't understand his question. Jet sighed and shook his head and let his hands drop in resignation. "Never mind... So what am I supposed to do?"

With a grin I hefted off from him and adjusted my angle, reaching down for his legs while he was still on the ground. He skwaked as I lifted his foot up leaving his upper body splayed against the floor, while I started tugging off his shoes. "Heh, just keep being cute and delicious, that's all you've ever needed to do." I purred, licking across his foot making him shudder before I started pushing it into my mouth. He huffed resenting being called cute but didn't do much else, letting me swallow him up while he averted his gaze to look off to the side not wanting to watch himself disappear behind my lips.

While looking off to the side to try and ignore the reality of being swallowed whole by a random fox, Jet's eyes landed on the blue cube he had been admiring before I barged in. With wide eyes he scrambled to reach for it with a final grasp of desperation, only to be yanked out of arms reach from it as I gulped to suck him down like the rotisserie chicken he was. The green feathered hawk simply sighed as he was pulled off from the ground and started slipping away down the abyss of my gullet, the tasty bird boy holding his arms to his sides as I swallowed down his hips so the limbs were pinned and left him utterly helpless. Looking up to the ceiling to try and deny the reality of hot wet insides slurping up his body swallow by swallow, until his final view of the outside world that he would ever see was framed by my dripping lips and fangs around his face.

I smiled around his head and gave his beak a teasing lick over causing him to huff in annoyance, before a final swallow sent him down reducing him to a bulge down my front never to be seen again. I sighed out in sheer delight as he landed into my already stuffed belly along with his comrades, the trio tussling and squirming about to try and make room for themselves against one another. The activity causing my belly to bounce in front of me and sent shivers up my spine, culminating in a heavy burp that sent Jet's goggles flying out of my mouth along with a few tri colored feathers. Sealing their status as nothing but food for me!

Groaning out I staggered a bit feeling woozy on my feet with so much pleasure from being stuffed to the brim with succulent bird snacks, the unbalance of so much weight bulging out in my middle not helping matters. After a small stumble I ended up parking my rear on the ground in a heavy thud, the blue cube treasure bouncing with a clatter and nearly causing the whole ship to shake. I rubbed over my belly smiling dumbly with excess drool dripping down my neck and hiccups squeaking out while I adjusted to being so full. "Hehe, you guys feel so goooood in there~! Thanks for being such good snacks, I really appreciate you even if you don't get much appreciation in general otherwise. The least I can do is digest you all up and keep you nice and cozy in my belly for the rest of eternity~!" I purred to my belly, petting and groping and rubbing and squishing down at their figures inside while they shifted back against the stimulation but otherwise grumbled and stayed settled into their comfortable position inside like the good meals they were.

After a few moments spent getting used to the new temporary normal of bulging out with the rogues, I hefted back to my feet while idly reaching out for the curious treasure nearby and plucking it up. With a grunt carrying the weight of my meals I walked over to a control console slash steering wheel set up, bumping my bulging belly against it. With some strain I side angled up to the console and tried to decipher the user interface with my free hand while rubbing the blue cube against my tummy with the other hand. "Should go ahead and bang a U-y and drop the master emerald back off at its home. Not like you guys are going to get any prestige for snagging it since you're my food from now on and all." I idly said aloud, getting muffled sounds of disgruntled acceptance from my stomach. Luckily the steering controls were pretty intuitive,  and as easy as star sixty nine I was able to get the ship to reverse course back to its previous destination!

As the ship rumbled around me changing its course I pat my gut and rested. The plan was to drive the Rogues blimp back around to Angel Island and drop off the Master Emerald, then take the airship on tour to start finding and gobbling up on the rest of the cast as I came across them! Turning the blue cube over in hand while resting it atop my stomach I pondered on it curiously. It would have been a waste to bother trying to ask the bird boys what the deal with this curio was since they were busy digesting, so I just treated it like a pretty paperweight and used it to play with my prey filled belly. Little to do while the ship was making the flight back to Angel Island besides squish on my belly and tease the meals inside. Not noticing that all the while, gradually and so subtly I didn't notice the progressive changing of it, the blue cube slowly began to glow brighter and brighter with every passing minute...