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"Okay and . . . done," Chris closed his notepad stowing it away back in his pocket, "that seems to be everything we need, bro."
"And just in time too," Martin laughed as he attempts to keep distance between him and the momma porcupine. He dashed behind Chris, using him like a shield, "I said I was sorry, what more do you want from me?"
She only hissed more and raised her quills at the blue man. "Oh, come on, Pinny, at least I did not land on ya'."
Chris froze, "Wait," he stared at his brother with a raised eyebrow, "Pinny?"
"Yeah," his brother stated matter-of-factly, "because of how she turned me into a human pin cushion."
"Ah," Chris did ask why, and he did get an answer. Personally I felt Jasmine would make a better name, but what do I know I am a narrator.
Something though was not right, and Chris could not put his finger on why. Females do not tend to be this aggressive, unless absolutely necessary. Usually it is the male's job to-
"Wait," Chris got a little closer to the family, earning a raised quill as a gift. "Hey, Martin," he stared back at his brother, "do you recall seeing another adult?"
The same realization struck him like it did Martin, "Uh-uh, and porcupines couple tend to stick together until their offspring are able to go off on their own. So where is he then?"
"I don't know, but I have a feeling we may find out soon enough."
(Scene shift)
"Oh, stop your hissing, it is starting to annoy me," Alphonso smacked the cage with a steel bar he kept handy for occasions where he has company. Bloody door-to-door hippies.
He went back to his table, no longer needing his notes for this part. Letting his hands dance around in synch to one another like a ballet, each one knew the right steps. The number of times this dance has occurred is much too high for his liking. On the brink of it all he could feel his mind's tendons creak with each strain, but now he can ease that tension thanks to his new friend.
The vial contained a pink substance that was neither a liquid nor a solid, and seemed to reject the concept of becoming anyone of the two.
"Soon," he said admiring his masterpiece, "oh so very soon, you will be complete."
His eyes wandered to the cage, a grin grew on his face, "Now, who's ready to make some science? I know I am." The male porcupine merely hissed in reply rearing up its quills at the man.
"Oh, ho, we have a volunteer in the lab today. I know just the thing that will help you with your aggression problem, my fine pointy friend." Alphonso dashed to some cabinets he had in his lab pulling out a plethora of useless junk all in the pursuit of finding the absolute necessary thing of importance that was clearly not in there but was actually on his lab table. But I did not say his degree was in finding things now did I reader, no sadly it's not but that is beside the point. Out of upwards of ten minutes of flinging things about in his search he finally found the thingamabob that he was searching for. After a series of complicated science stuff he made his to the caged porcupine with a spray bottle in hand.
"Now then, you might feel a little dizzy and have a lack of self-will for the next few hours but the side effects are merely permanent given a constant dosage." He sprayed the bottle as it emitted a pink puff cloud that floated towards the porcupine. The creature snorted a bit as it shook its head, eventually the hissing died down and the quills relaxed.
Gently Alphonso approached the cage and opened it. His voice was strong as he said, "Come." Slowly the porcupine made its way out of the cage to the astonishment of the professor. "Stay," the creature obeyed. Alphonso smiled as he jumped around the place reaching for his recorder, "Entry #87/A: Project has hit a milestone, a successful transfusion of an animal genetics into a serum that manipulates the instincts and makes them obedient. If my theory is correct this serum should be adaptable to any creature from the sky to the sea but to make sure of this I'll need to gather up some fresh specimen."
The lab assistant was coming to check in on his given the lack of explosions lately when he heard a scream erupt from the lab. When he entered he found Alphonso standing on the table with a hissing porcupine raising his quills at him. He screamed as he sprayed it with a spray bottle like one does a misbehaved dog. "No, you stupid beast, back, back I say."
"I take it your latest concoction was a failure," the lab assistant casually walked over to the porcupine as the effects of the spray took over.
"Quite the opposite," Alphonso said with a smile getting down from the table, "it was a success! I just need to keep note how long the specimen can go before a new dosage is needed. I think it's time now we try out this latest batch on a larger scale." He handed a flask of the serum to his assistant, "Go hook this up to the ships main drainage system and prepare to take off. Science has just taken her first big step onto toppling Mother Nature from her throne. Soon man will never fear any animal as they will all answer to our calls."
Hello, I'm sorry if you were waiting but I could not find time to work on this. My esteemed apology dear reader for my lack of professionalism. I wish I could promise a better update schedule but I cannot lie to you like that. I can only promise that I wish to see this story to its end, when that will be I cannot say. All I can say is that it will be interesting for all of us involved.
