Chapter One: Tropical Sunshine and Krelp, What More Could You Ask For in a Vacation?
Thoughts
Angel though speech
[Krelp thought speech]
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Max POV
As unconsciousness slowly receded, I thought what could possibly have been the most profound thought in my life: Oh CRAP. I slowly opened my eyes, pushing myself cautiously off the ground. As soon as I was steady, I began to look around. My eyes widened. Every single +anima and soldier was out cold, although angel, the only flock member within eyeshot was stirring slightly. ANNNNDDD Hawaii was still being a tropical eyesore in the horizon. Well that complicates things. Then an idea came to me. I rushed inside of the mineshaft, completely forgetting about angel. I ran down until I found a closet door marked Supplies. I quickly opened it, rooting around in the darkness until I grabbed a bundle of rope. Removing the rope, I smiled. Let's see how soldiers like being tied up. I chuckled darkly as I ran out of the mineshaft and towards the opposing army.
Angel POV
I blearily woke up, wiping the unconsciousness from my eyes. I sat up, scanning the minds around me for activity most of the people around me were snoozing, although the other flock members seemed to be waking up. All except for one flock member. Max. I frantically looked around, fearing that she had been captured, I mean, we had our difference, but most of the time she acted like a mom to me. I quickly spotted her, near the enemy lines, tying up some soldiers. Wait, whaaa? I rubbed my eyes. And pinched myself, fearing it was just a dream, but thankfully, reality held. I smiled. Hey max, where did you find that rope? She quickly thought of a storage cabinet within the building. My smile widened. Time to tie up some bad guys, and no, I did not miss the irony in that thought.
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Max POV
I had been tying up soldiers for nearly twenty minutes, the rest of the flock had woken up, probably because we were used to dimension hopping already, and some of the +anima had also woken up, including the +anima we met earlier. Maybe +anima have a resistance to this kind of thing… We had tied up almost all the soldiers, and I was taking a well-earned rest. Suddenly, I had an idea. I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket and dialed in a number. I waited for three rings, turned off the phone and dialed again, this time getting a response on the first ring. "Maya," I asked, "are you still based in Hawaii?" A tinny, staticy, voice responded from the other side. "Why?"
"'Cause I'm gonna make a house call soon."
"But I thought you were in Texas?"
"As they say, stuff happens."
"Fine."
I turned the phone off and slipped it back in my pocket, before calling out to the flock. "We leave for Hawaii in two days."
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Cleanup had gone faster than expected, but we were still going to get to Hawaii slower than expected. After all the enemy soldiers had been tied up, I had informed Crystala as to what had happened. As expected, she was reluctant to agree with me at first, but it was kind of hard to ignore an entire freaking state popping out of nowhere. Eventually, she had agreed to send out a ship with some +anima on it to find out what was going on, instead of just having them fly there, because I told her that while there were people that shared some of the same properties of +anima on Earth, they were few and far between insert private snort here and there were also people who would capture +anima and do very, very bad things to them insert private shudder here. On the boat were me, my flock, Cooro, Nana, Senri, Rose, Husky, who, for a narcissistic bastard, was actually a pretty nice guy, as well as a few assorted +anima from Crystala's camp. I was on the prow of the boat, observing the waves when Angel thought-spoke into my head. Max, I think you should hear this. "Hear what?" I thought back, confuse. Suddenly, a silvery blur appeared in the water, gaining in altitude until it finally broke the surface. It was ovoid in shape, with a narrow snout and no fins, although I could make out what looked like vents that probably propelled it forward. It was silver in color and had two nose holes in the front of its body, meaning it was probably a mammal. [Hello Max] I twitched slightly in surprise, "What are you." I though. I stood there for a moment until I realized that it probably couldn't hear my thoughts. I tried again, this time vocally. "What are you?" [I am Krelp,] was its succinct reply. "But the last time I saw you guys you were all… gross!" It made a rumbling sound, which I immediately translate as chuckling. [That is what I am here to tell you. Recently, we have discovered a virus, or more specifically, a retro-virus. As of now, it has only proliferated through the world's oceans, but soon, it will begin to infect humans. The effect of this virus is simple; if it infects a human, the human will die. Most of the time… You see, this virus has an interesting side effect. If it infects a normal human, the human will most likely die, but in some rare cases, it will mutate the human's genes into something superior, and if it infects a mutant or recombinant, it gives them new powers. We, the Krelp, are not human, but the virus has still changed us beyond recognition. Our Thinkers have determined that the virus will begin to infect humanity in two weeks, which gives you an ultimatum. You have two weeks to save the world.]
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And now I reveal the main plot. Gotta say something for delayed gratification, huh? Eternal thanks to NicoXChiku says Cata, My first reviewer ever. If you want an OC in the story, whether +anima or mutant, please make a review stating
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