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Exo-Gene and the related elements are a company I made up.
Loose Ends
Chapter 7
The moon is known to have many properties. Chief among them in scientific terms is its control over the tides of the bodies of water on Earth. But it is well known for its several magical properties as well, particularly when it's at its full illumination. And several peculiar things have been known to occur when the moon is full.
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Chloe had taken to sleeping at the gym under a fake trainer ID. Thus day was just before the full moon and something seemed weird about the gym today.
She walked over to the Pokemon's room where Matt was at. She knocked on the door and said, "Matt, it's time to get up." She heard a groggy voice say, "Ugh, just five more minutes." Chloe glared. "Matt. Get up, lazy ass...wait...you just spoke," she said and kicked the door open.
Matt had apparently realized that himself and was standing up and looking at himself. They were both surprised to see Matt in his normal human form. Surprise quickly turned to embarrassment when they remember Matt didn't have a stitch of clothing on him.
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Luckily, Chloe had kept a selection of spare gear just in case and a little later Matt was being looked at by Dr Zine (In human disguise). "I don't understand," the splitter was saying. "What? Did that crazy virus wear off on its own?" asked Matt. "No, it's still there, but something's activated new genetic coding in it," said Dr. Zine.
"I think May might know something about this," said Matt, "I'll go find her and ask her." "I better help Dr. Lizard figure out what's going on with your body," said Chloe.
Matt had wandered off to look around...and to try and find some human food. He had an urge to eat something besides berries and Pokeblocks. He was just coming back from the kitchen with a sandwich big enough to need planning permission when he saw May outside Max's room. "Oh...hi...I can explain the sandwich," he said.
May immediately put her back against Max's door and said, "Oh, hi Matt, you're human again." "Not quite," said Matt, "Zine says I still have the virus, but something's altered it." "Oh, it must the full moon," said May, "It figures that it would give your human form." "Pardon? Hey...what's with Max? He has it too," said Matt.
"Uh, Max is fine," said May, "He's just a little bit more sensitive about what happens to him." "So? At least he can turn human...I wanna see," said Matt "I don't think that's a good idea," said May, too quickly to be considered passive. "Oh, what could happen?" said Matt pushing her aside and opening the door. "No! Don't!" cried May, grabbing Matt's arm.
Then a voice came from Max's room, "It's ok, May. They were going to find out anyways." Matt stopped and reached instinctively for a gun that wasn't there. "Ok...come on outta there, buster," he said.
"Ok, but brace yourself for a shock," said the voice. Before Matt could inquire further, the door opened and Matt's jaw dropped. Standing there was a young man 18 years old. He had blue-black hair that hung down to this lower back and a very well-toned physique that was barely contained within his barely-fitting pajamas. Pajamas that Matt had saw Max wearing last night.
Matt just stared. "Ok then...that's...unexpected," he said. "Yeah, you see, when Max first got the curse, he aged as he leveled up until he reached 18," said May, "He can be either age if he wants, but he's stuck at 18 during the three full moon days."
"Oh...ok...strange..." said Matt, still trying to get his thinking round it. "In a way, it's cool because I get to do grown up things," said Max, "But I have to wear different clothes and I have to avoid my parents until the moon's out of position."
"Why haven't you told us before all this? It's not like we could rat you out," said Matt. "Because there are certain things he's not permitted to do when he's this way and I didn't want you guys tempting him," said May sternly.
Matt slowly filtered this through his brain and his face slowly set as realization dawned...like a meteor impact in the distance. "Ooooohhh…" he said slowly. "Have Mom and Dad gone yet?" asked Max.
"Yes," said May, "They went into town to do some shopping. We'll have you out before they come back. Matt, can you think of a good excuse for him to be gone? I don't think going to a seminar will work every time."
"I can come up with something, but I'm more worried as to how they will take me suddenly appearing without having used the doors," said Matt.
"Well, I think there are other things you can do in town now that you've got your old skin," said May, "And don't you have your own room in your ship?" "It's 4 miles away...and erm...I forgot where I parked..." said Matt, before glaring. "I just spent a week out of my mind, gimme a break here," he said as they smirked.
"Well, while you guys are debating, I'm gonna go take a shower," said Max, "These clothes are really uncomfortable now." Matt sighed. "I'm off to get Chloe to tell me where I parked," he said before stopping, "Wasn't that crazy lady, Vanya bit as well?"
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Meanwhile, at the Team Rocket base, things were less than peaceful. Dante and his team were all hiding outside of Vanya's room.
"Look, maybe she's ok now?" said a private to Dante who was pale. He'd been the first near-victim.
"I'm not taking any chances," said one of the grunts, "A month's salary couldn't make me go in there."
Dante grabbed him and pulled him eye-to-eye. "I'M NOT GOING IN THERE, YOU JERK!" he all but screamed.
Suddenly, a hissing sound came from Vanya's door, which made them all freeze. "GET IN THERE!" yelled Dante, pulling out a stun rifle. None of the men moved an inch forward. "Did I mention that not going would count as insubordination and could bring you up before the execs?" said Dante.
Usually this would have worked but one merc said, "Rather them then Vanya in her current state." "Really?" said Dante, "How about we test that theory?" Before the merc could protest, Dante grabbed him, opened the door, and threw him in.
The merc had however, sadly been taught by Dante and as such flipped Dante over his shoulder into the lab. "I quit!" he said and ran for it as Dante could be heard screaming.
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Meanwhile, Matt and May had worked out their excuse for Max's absence. Max will have a room provided for him at the ship so he can avoid meeting his parents as he is. Then Anderson could phone Norman and Caroline that Max has won a contest and earned a three-day trip to a nature preserve.
"This is perfection. What can go wrong?" said Matt, cackling evilly. "Uh, I think I heard that whenever you've say, it usually backfires," said May. "Lies! ALL LIES!" yelled Matt, "Ok, there was a few instances, here or there, one including an oven. How was I supposed to know that those ingredients would react to tomato sauce like that?"
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Meanwhile, Chloe was wandering with a yawn towards the ship's shower. It had been a hard few days and she needed one. She had just walked in when she saw a shape in the shower. "Oh, sorry bro," she yawned. The shower water drowned out the sound of her voice so the person didn't respond. Chloe waited outside, tapping her foot impatiently. After about three minutes, Chloe snapped, "Will you hurry it up in there? I want some hot water when I shower."
"Ok, ok, I'm nearly done," said a voice that did not sound like Matt's. Chloe's face set. "Erm, this may seem stupid, but who's in there?" she said, pulling a stun prod out a locker. "Just a sec, need to dry off now," said the voice as the water turned off. Chloe readied her stun prod in her hand. "I'm giving you to the count of three..."
Then Max walked out, wearing a plain green shirt and brown shorts. "Washing this hair takes forever," said Max, "I'd trim it, but it makes my normal hair super short…"
Whatever Max was going to say next would forever be a mystery as Chloe simply poked him with the prod and sent him back into the shower room via the zap. A second later, Max staggered back out again.
Fortunately, his Pokethrope nature gave him greater stamina than the average human. "What was that for?!" yelled Max. "Who are you and what are you doing on this ship?" demanded Chloe. "It's me, Max, hasn't Matt told you yet?" "Silence!" yelled Chloe and zapped him again.
Matt wandered round the corner as this happened and said in a bored voice, "Hey, Max," he said in passing. Chloe looked stunned before saying, "M-Max?" "Yeah, it's me," said Max, "It happens when the moon's full. I have to avoid my parents until I'm back to normal. And I seem to have this weird effect on girls." "What effect?" asked Chloe.
Just then, Chloe noticed how handsome Max was as a young adult. Not to mention there was something in the air that was so intoxicating. "How long were you holding back on me?" she said in a seductive voice. "Pardon?" asked Max.
"I don't think I've shown you my room," said Chloe, "Perhaps we can spend a little 'quality time' in there."
Matt had taken cover round the corner and was counting under his breath. He got to 10 when Chloe's eyes refocused and turned into a glare. "Get...away from me," she said before poking him with the tazer again.
Matt walked back to spot Max on the floor, twitching slightly. "Hey, it wasn't his fault, not directly," said Matt. "Oh no?" said Chloe, "Then what was it that made me act that way?" May walked in. "Oh no, the pheromones?" she asked.
Chloe sighed. "Should have guessed," she muttered. "What pheromones?" asked Matt. "When he's this old, he gives out some kind of musk that makes girls fall for him," said May. "Mostly ones around his current age?" asked Chloe. "Yes, the worst was when he went to the beach once. I thought there was going to be a nasty incident," said May, shuddering at the memory.
"So, why aren't you suffering from the 'come hither' from me?" said Matt. "I don't think you're giving out any musk," said May, "Anyways, er, I kinda already had someone in mind." Her cheeks turned bright red as her thoughts drifted towards Drew.
"Ok, anything else the full moon does?" asked Chloe. "Well, when the moon's up, the most human Max can get is a half human form," said May, "I wonder if it'll be the same with Matt?" Chloe looked thoughtful. "I wonder...how can we find out?" she said evilly.
"Through Zine I hope," said Matt, "I mean, you can't simulate full moonlight, right?" "The tech's still being tested, the team on Chimera station are working on it. Something about keeping test subjects around," said Anderson. Matt sighed and said, "Oh, thank good-, er, I mean, that's too bad."
Back at Vanya's lab...
Dante dived out the door and pushed it shut. "Ok...where's the wiseguy who pushed me in there?" he panted, in terror. "He handed in his resignation and ran off," said one of the grunts.
Dante glared. "At least she can't get out..." he said before wincing as there was a crash from inside the room. "She's too large to fit in the ventilation system, right?" asked Dante. "Probably not..." said the grunt in a worried voice before looking in, "Erm...good news, she's not in the vents."
Dante peered in to see a large hole in the wall. Dante went in and inspected the hole's edges. They weren't so much broken off as they were melted. "I forgot that she could create acid," said Dante.
"What do we do now, sir?" asked the grunt. "What else?" said Dante sweetly before pulling him eye to eye and screaming "WE FIND HERRRR!!!!"
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Meanwhile, Matt decided to enjoy his humanity while it lasted. He'll just need to remember to keep an eye on the sky so he won't be anywhere near people the full moon appeared. That and to be more cautious when picking up girls.
He had also decided to keep a distance from May. He had a bad feeling that she would not have mind immunity. However, as he was walking around the corner of one building, he found May on the other side not a few feet away. "EEK...I mean, Hi, May," said Matt, jumping back.
"Oh, hi Matt," said May, "How's Max doing at the ship?" "Fine, Chloe got a dose of the come hither, then she electrocuted him," said Matt, keeping his distance "What? Again?" asked May.
Matt nodded. "My sister's just as resistant against mind control as I am, but emotion inducement is another thing. It wore off in time, but she was not happy," said Matt, calming down and walking closer.
"I understand," said May, "When Max is in his adult form, he has to beat off the local girls with a stick. I just don't want him to be tempted to do something reckless."
"Chloe hits back," said Matt happily, walking by and sadly putting May downwind. May walked by Matt for a minute before getting a dreamy look in her eye. "You know, Matt, I didn't realize how cute you were before," she said. Matt stopped rigid. "Oh no," he squeaked
Matt looked back to see May with a chain-and-ball look in her eyes. "Um, May, you're not really feeling that way," said Matt," it's just the hormones talking. Besides, you're too young. What am I saying? I'm too young." Matt backed up. "Ok...HEY LOOK, ITS PIERCE BROSNAN!" he said and ran for it.
Matt ran until he was positive he had lost May. He sat down on a nearby bench and sighed. "Phew, glad I lost here," said Matt, "The last thing I want to do is be hauled in for sexual discrimination." Matt heard footsteps and slowly turned his head to see a trio of female trainers. "Oh craposa," he whimpered.
"Ooh, here's a new face," said the brunette. "And a very handsome one too," said the redhead.
"Let's get our claim before someone else does," said the blonde. "No...Pierce Brosnen's over there," Matt tried, pale.
However, it was in vain and Matt found himself being snuggled by three beautiful women. He could probably name at least five people who want to be in his place, but one of those wasn't him. "Um, don't try to take my clothes off, this is a public place," he said meekly.
Three stun blasts hit the girls and a gas masked figure offered him a hand. "Thanks for that," said Matt as he got back up.
"It was my displeasure," said the man as he pulled off his mask, revealing Dante's face. Dante managed to grab Matt's fist as it shot towards his face. "Dammit, Lynch, this is not the time," he said before turning as two more women wandered round the corner, a zoned-out look on their faces. "Oh no, Vanya again," he muttered.
"What are you talking about?" asked Matt. "Hang on a sec," said Dante before stunning the two women, "Hmm, kinda reminds me of back home. Matt grabbed Dante and pushed him against a wall. "Ok...talk...NOW!" he said. Dante spotted May. "Later...run now," he said.
Matt looked back at May and ran away. As soon as they were far enough away, Matt said, "Good thing you spotted her. This Pokethropy thing's bad enough without this dumb musk attracting girls too young for me." "Look, it's not you," said Dante. Matt glared. "WHAT DID YOU DO?" he yelled.
Dante sighed and explained how his men had tried to capture Vanya after her escape...and how it had not worked. He pulled out a gloomy looking Ekans with a merc cap on. "That's my sergeant," he explained.
Matt gulped. "So, you're saying Vanya's caught the virus from Cleo and now she's spreading it around?" he asked.
"Yes, only she's stuck in a half-human/half-Pokemon form," said Dante, "You ever heard of a naga?"
"Yes, you mean like the receptionist back at CPS HQ?" Matt said. Dante nodded. "That's right...only worse temper."
"Oh great," said Matt, "And she's probably hunting for me to swallow me whole or something." "Well, she might, but not for that reason," said Dante. "What do you mean?" asked Matt. Dante leaned in and whispered in Matt's ear. Matt looked disgusted. "Ugh! That's horrible! It's like me and Max's musk in reverse!"
"Well...yes...she seems to amplify the hormone in reverse. So we need to catch her, quick," said Dante.
"We? Oh no," said Matt, "I'm saving myself for a girl I actually like. Besides, she'll probably eat me after she's done."
Dante glared. "How long before this mess overruns the town, then the sector?" he said, appealing to Matt's sense of helpfulness.
Matt gulped and said, "Well, it's only for three days. But then again, there's no telling what she'll do then. I suppose I better help with this, but I'm not going after her without something to mask my scent. One whiff of me and she'll be all over me like Heracross on sap."
"Don't talk like a local," muttered Dante before pulling out a spraycan. "How do you think I escaped?" he said and sprayed Matt in the face. Matt coughed and said, "You could have just handed it to me." "Yes, but that was more fun," said Dante, "It's almost moonrise. You gonna be ok? I'm not being bitten from the front and the back at the same time."
"Trust me, if I did want to get rid of you, I wouldn't waste time biting you," said Matt. Dante turned and stopped. "Are you sure the moon won't affect you?" he said, slowly. Matt shrugged. "Heck if I know. I'm not sure what would happen if it would." Suddenly, Matt flinched as his hand grew orange scales and claws. "That?" said Dante in an annoyingly cheerful voice.
"Oh be quiet," said Matt before all of his clothes started getting to small for him. First went his boots, which were ripped apart by sharp claws. A pair of wings and a tail tore out next and his mouth stretched forward into a muzzle, though his hair, albeit in the form of a mane. "Ow," managed Matt.
Dante peered out from the water barrel he'd hidden behind. "All better?" he said. Matt brushed the hair out his eyes and looked over himself. He now resembled an anthro Charizard, with his pants being the only survivor of his transformation. "Well, the bad news is that I'm gonna need to get new clothes. But the good news is that I've got one solid set of pecs and abs," said Matt, flexing his muscles.
"You know, now you're practically a neon sign for them now," said Dante, gloomily "Well, yeah, the burning tail tip does make it harder to hide in the dark," said Matt.
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Meanwhile, Chloe was walking through the town. She had smelled something weird that had given her a headache, but nothing major. A few angry girls had tried to attack her, but she'd not done anything that wouldn't heal.
"I hope Matt's not in any trouble," said Chloe, "If this Pokethropy thing's really like a werewolf curse, he would transformed or something now."
She absently punched a charging girl out before walking on. "Wonder where the police are?" she mused.
Just then, she heard two voice. "C'mon, sweetie. I'll go anywhere you wanna go." "I told you, I don't want to do anything. Now go away!" The first voice was a woman's, but Chloe recognized the second one as Max's.
Chloe ran round the corner to see a woman in a Ranger uniform. Max was out of sight. "Hey! Back off!" Chloe yelled. The Ranger turned to her and said, "Sorry, ma'am, but this could be a very dangerous situation. I need to take this... Pokemon out of town before it-"
She was cut off when Chloe pulled out her stun prod and zapped her. "I'll take care of that, you have a nap," said Chloe.
Chloe walked over to where Max was and stopped. The figure in front was exactly as she imagined the classic werewolf would look. "Max, you should shave," she said, unable to resist a joke. "Oh ha, ha," said Max, "It's not easy having so much fur you know. Not only does burrs in it, but it gets caught in thorns, it's terrible when I get and I smell funny afterwards, and- Why are you looking at me like that?"
Chloe shook her head. "Oh for heaven's sake, this better wear off soon," she said, trying to shake the lusty feeling out her head. "Out of curiosity, what exactly is it that it's tempting you're to do?" asked Max. Chloe went passive. "You're too young, ask your parents when you're really 18." she said quickly.
Max looked confused and put it aside for now. "Have you seen May?" asked Max, "I was looking for when that Ranger spotted me." "Oh no, my brother's in town, " said Chloe, realizing how Matt's luck had seemed to work since they had come to Nullspace (I.e badly).
"Yeah, I was wondering about that too. Well, if I'm transformed..." He started sniffing the air. "Oh please," said Chloe, "You can't expect me to believe you can find that-" "Got him," interrupted Max, "He's this way." Chloe glared. "Move it or be neutered," she said, holding her tazer rod in a threatening way.
Max made a small yipping sound. He didn't know what 'neutered' meant, but he knew pain when he saw it. He quickly ran towards where Matt's scent was coming from with Chloe right behind him.
Chloe twirled the rod like a baton. "Just gotta know the right thing to say," she said to herself, kicking a door shut.
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On the other side of the door, Vanya was rubbing her forehead. She was about to pounce on that girl when the door had been slammed into her head. "Ow…when I get that..." She paused as she suddenly realized she was not in her room. "What the...where am I...WHY HAVE I GOT A HEADACHE?" she said before turning to see several Pokemon trainers led by May standing behind her, "Oh crap...Back off, sssissstersss." she hissed.
To her surprise, the trainers stepped three steps backward. And not in the nervous backing-away kind, like simple automaton. Vanya stared for a minute. "Hop on one foot," she said and watched as the three did. "Well, well...finally employeesss who do what I sssay."
Then Vanya recalled doing an experiment with Cleo. She was trying to teach her Charm and the next she had known, she was riding a unicycle with her hands Cleo hissing with rteptilian hysterics. Later scans showed that Cleo's hormones had a hypnotic effect on Cleo and it would work on any woman. "Ok...thisss isss perfect," she said.
Just then, another door was incinerated with a fireball. Cleo looked to see Dante and an anthro Charizard coming in. "Hold it right there, Allisa," said the Charizard with Matt's voice, "You're not robbing the women of Petalburg of their wits and reason. That's what shopping malls are for."
Dante pointed a heavy plasma rifle. "Ok, you're not well, doctor. Time to go back to the lab," he said.
Vanya smiled and said, "Oh, I'm not going anywhere. Girls, keep Dante out of the way. I'll handle the flamebrain myself."
Dante turned his gun as the girls walked forward numbly. Dante tried to pull the trigger, but couldn't bring himself to shoot innocent girls. "Dang it, Vanya! This isn't fair!" shouted Dante. "Oh don't worry," said Vanya, "They won't hurt you, ssso long asss you don't move forward."
"Like hell...I can take a few girlies," said Dante, walking forward with Matt. "You distract her, lizard boy..." he said and stopped as he heard an almost monotone voice say 'Blaziken...go." They turned to see May's Blaziken looking confused.
"Blaziken, I can explain this later, but May's not-" Matt was cut off when Vanya pinned him to the wall.
"Ssso Matt, what do you think of the new me?" said Vanya, running her hand down Matt's chiseled chest muscles.
Matt gulped. "I don't date naga's..." he said as Dante backed up from Blaziken. "Look, I know you hate me, especially after the colony. But your boss is wasted on mind control hormones," he said backing up.
Blaziken thought about this for a minute and said, "Maybe, but when's the next chance I'll have at this?" Dante didn't understand what he said, but he was pretty sure the Mega Punch to the face was something universal.
Matt turned. "Blaziken, don't...oh man," he said as Dante disappeared through a wall. "Oh, come on, Matt," said Vanya, "It'sss ssso lonely in the lab. We could make a fine pair. Of course, the eggsss will hatch into Ekansss, but I'm sssure they'll have sssomething from you." "Get lost, snake lady," said Matt and breathed an Ember attack in Vanya's face.
Vanya snarled and wrapped her tail around Matt's longer neck. "You're resssponccible for making me like thisss," hissed Vanya, "If I can't have anyone, then you'll have nothing." "Yeah right, it doesn't work on my sister or my crew," said Matt before saying, "Where is Chloe?"
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Chloe however was just outside with Max, looking at the section of wall against the wall in front of them. A half-squished Dante peered at them. "...Ow..." he rasped at them. "Hmm, methinks Matt's this way," said Chloe climbing through the wall. "Chloe! Wait!" called Max, "There's something else in there too!"
Dante peered at Max. "Erm...kid? Any chance you could move this wall squashing me? My legs are going numb," he said faintly.
Meanwhile, Chloe was in the room. "Ok Matt, I know you wanted to smash Dante, but could you have waited for... me?" She noticed several girls from Petalburg was in the room, including May. She looked and saw the anthro Charizard pinned against the wall. "Matt?" Then she noticed the female Arbok naga pinning him. "Er, Cleo, is it?"
"No, try again, onccce I clear your head," said Vanya, sending a cloud of Charm musk at Chloe.
Chloe coughed and waved it away. "Ugh, as if Max's wasn't enough," said Chloe, "Sorry lady, but I'm straight as an arrow and I don't find nagas... wait a second, Vanya?"
Vanya hissed. "SSSomeone kill those two newcomersss. I want some alone time...OW!" she said as Matt finally defeated his urge to not hit a girl after reminding himself Vanya was no girl before running for it. Vanya growled and sent a cloud of musk at Blaziken. Blaziken coughed and his eyes were replaced by hearts. "Hmm, not what I had in mind, but it'll do," said Vanya. She pointed at Max and Chloe and said, "Dessstroy..." She noticed Max's form and changed her mind, "The girl."
Blaziken advanced on Chloe who glared before bowing in a classic martial arts bow. When Blaziken's fighting instincts had him do the same, Chloe tapped him on the head with the stun rod. Blaziken twitched and fell forward. Chloe blew the smoke off her rod and said, "Ok, who's next?" The other girls pulled out their Pokeballs. "Um, that was kinda rhetorical."
Two plasma blasts burnt holes at the feet of the trainers. "Now then, ladies, play nice," said Dante, sporting a black eye and a missing tooth from his wall sandwich earlier. "Well, this is unexpected," said Chloe, "But I'm not picky."
Dante walked around the trainers. "Believe me, I don't like this either," he said, catching the first thrown Pokeball. "That's yours," he said, throwing it back to the trainer...hard.
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Meanwhile, Vanya was dragging Matt away. "You know, there are plenty other guys you could pick," said Matt, "I heard there are strapping young Seviper out in Petalburg Woods." "Oh ssshut up," said Vanya, Matt's professional annoyingness was starting to get through her moon fever.
"Uh, let me tell you something, I have no experience with this kind of thing at all," said Matt, "Not the 'dragged away by a sex-crazy witch' thing, that's happened before, but, eh, I've never gotten that far with a relationship. Well...once anyway."
Vanya finally snapped. "THAT'SSSSS IT! YOU'RE DEAD MEAT!!!" she screamed. Matt probably would have screamed too if Max hadn't just crashed through a wall. "You stay away from him!" shouted Max, "No one eats my friends." "I do that," said Matt, briefly high on relief before biting Vanya's hand. Vanya hissed and backhanded Matt across the room before turning on Max.
Vanya grinned and said, "Mmm, you look like a better match." "Uh, what are you talking about, lady?" asked Max. "Oh don't be ssshy," said Vanya, "I can be very gentle."
Matt looked at Vanya. "You do realize he's only aged cause of the moon? He's 8 years old," he said.
Vanya's eagerness deflated noticeably at this. "Well...I'm a ssscientissst, I like to experiment," she said.
Matt looked grossed out and said, "That better be those crazy full moon hormones talking." Matt grinned suddenly. "Say...have you ever been poked with a stun rod?" he asked.
"Oh, you mean like thisss one?" said Vanya, her tail lashing around to grab Chloe. The tail quickly wrapped around her torso and started squeezing. Chloe gasped in pain and the stun rod fell from her hand.
Dante staggered round the corner. "Dammit, I'll never call girls the weaker sex again," he muttered.
Vanya didn't notice him Dante and grinned triumphantly at Matt. "Did you know that boa conssstrictorsss don't crusssh their prey'sss bonesss? They sssqueeze all the air out of them until they die." Chloe's face was starting to turn blue.
Dante almost tripped over the stun rod and picked it up. His inner dilemma reminded him that simply waiting would remove at least one of the Lynches from his life but another reminded him that he would not sleep well if he did wait. "I hate having a conscience," he muttered before walking up to Vanya. "Doctor?" he said. "Yesss?" said Vanya. "Sorry about this," said Dante.
"Sssorry about- GGGIIIIIIAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Dante zapped her with the stun rod at full charge. Vanya twitched and wriggled before falling over, out cold.
Dante sighed before hearing a thud. The other girls, the ones under Vanya's control had fainted. "Guess that solves that. I'm taking the doctor back to the facility. Next time we meet, don't expect me to play nice," he said to Matt who was helping Chloe up.
"You can count on that," said Matt, returning the glare. Dante then started hauling Vanya away, which was not easy since she was probably 300 pounds now.
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Max however was trying to wake his sister up with the help of the now awakened Blaziken. With a groan, May came around. "May, you're alright!" said Max. "What happened?" asked May, "Where am I?" "That crazy doctor who messed up Matt was using some kind of Charm attack on everyone," explained Max.
"Everyone?" said May as she looked around at the still-unconscious trainers, "Er, Max, don't you think you should get out of here before they wake up?" Matt had wandered up behind her and said, "Probably a good idea." May's eyes went wide and she yelled, "Ah! Another space lizard!"
"Huh? What space- Oh no," moaned Matt moments before May brought a nearby mop on top of Matt's head. Chloe sat down and watched as Matt was shown the offensive capabilities of household mops as Max wandered over. "You know, usually I'd stop this, but I need a laugh," she said to Max.
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Sometime later, Matt, Chloe, May, and Max were back at the ship. Max was somewhat offended when Zine wanted to study him. Matt was doubly offended when Zine wanted to study him and laughed at Matt for being mopped.
Luckily the transformation wore off when the moon set. Matt sighed as he put a new uniform on. "So...this happens every full moon?" he said.
"Every full moon and the days before and after it," said May, "and last night was just Day 1."
Zine made a warbling noise, a happy noise in his language. "Perfect...so many tes..." he said but never finished as Matt punched him on the nose.
"How about instead of working on something more productive, like a musk nullifier?" said Matt. "Let me guess, so you two can keep the other's sister off of you?" said Zine. "How'd you guess?" asked Max. Zine pointed to show May hanging on Matt's arm and Chloe draping herself over Max's shoulders. Matt glared. "Work on it...or I will eat you tomorrow night," he said
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Meanwhile, Dante had Vanya carted back to her room. This time he wasn't taking any chances. He had the walls and floor lined with bulletproof glass and put on as many locks on the door that could be fitted.
Dante walked in to see Vanya glaring at him from the corner. "No point. You do not come out until the three days are up. These locks are impenetrable from the inside," he said, not noticing the door slowly swinging shut behind him.
Vanya smiled and said, "Ssso onccce that door'sss ssshut, nothing can get out?" "Exactly," said Dante. Just then, he heard the door close and the locks click into place. "Oh smeg."
Dante turned slowly around and looked at Vanya who had a triumphant gleam in her eye. "Erm, say, you wanna play riddles?"
The grunts outside soon heard the sound of Dante's screaming. Fortunately, Vanya had plenty of food brought in through a small dumbwaiter so she wouldn't eat Dante. Even more fortunately, they laced it all with birth-control medication.
Poor Dante…sucks to be him for the next few days…please Read and review.
