Loonatics Tower, Acmetropolis, California, December 7, 2772.

After Velvet was stopped, we brought her to the nearest police precinct and things went back to normal after that. Well, as normal as things can be when you have the ability to change your body into practically anything and more, and that you are a part of a team of vigilantes who keeps a major city safe from destruction.

It had been a month since Velvet was stopped and Ace and I were in the Training Room, working on my newly discovered ability that appeared yesterday. What happened is that Professor Zane broke out of prison and tried to get revenge on us, but he failed and during the fight against him, my powers grew and now I have the ability to merge with a person, which I accidentally did with Daniel. All I can say is that the both of us were not happy with that and I managed to separate from Daniel while he was complaining about me violating him.

Merging with a person is quite an incredible experience that's hard to explain. Imagine it like being apart of a person in a very personal way and feeling like it's the most amazing feeling in your life.

"Okay Ethan, are you ready?" Ace asked me as Tech and I was looking at each other nervously.

"Well...I guess," I said hesitantly.

Tech nodded and we held each other close, hoping that Daniel wasn't getting the wrong idea.

I felt my anxiety rising as I pushed up against my lab partner and I closed my eyes to focus on merging with Tech. Then I felt bliss as my ability started working and I opened my eyes to see Tech rolling his eyes back from what I assume to be pleasure. Suddenly, our bodies became like putty and our arms that were in an embrace started submerging into our backs as we sank into each other and started forming into a different shape. As our hips met, we shuttered at the incredible ecstasy that we could feel as our bodies started turning into humanoid goo and we rippled and flowed like water as flesh, fur, and animalistic traits melded with human skin until the merging completed. Our new body oozed and formed into a hybrid of a coyote and human with a team uniform that was a mixture of green and silver as we opened our eyes to see the others looking in awe.

"So, how do we look?" We asked in a mixture of both voices.

"Holy shit..." Ace mumbled in surprise.

"I think what Ace is trying to say is that how does it feel? Becoming one person and the aftermath," Lexi clarified.

"It's...there are no words to describe how good it feels...how intimate it is to be one," We stated softly and looked at our hands, clenching them and looking up at a few targets.

We stretched our arm like rubber and destroyed one target while using our magnetic ability to smash a few more with a wrench. We kept displaying our abilities until we decided to separate and we let out a quiet groan as the process started. Our body literally melted and there was nothing but pure pleasure as the blob of goo split into two and oozed up until Tech and I flowed back into our normal forms. Tech and I were gasping breathlessly at the incredible experience we just went through and Tech looked at me.

"My God Ethan...there are no words to describe what I felt when we used your abilities. Breaking down into a liquid, it felt so relaxing and comfortable, and becoming one felt so good," Tech stated quietly in awe.

I nodded in understanding and looked at my watch, cursing under my breath when I saw that I was going to be late.

"Oh shit, I'm going to be late! Sarah's going to be fucking pissed!" I exclaimed in panic.

"You better get going then if you want to make it," Rev told me just as my uniform changed into a suit with a tie and dress shoes.

I nodded as I left the room and went to the elevator, thinking about how tonight is going to go.

As the last two months had passed, what I was feeling for Sarah had grown stronger until I decided to speak to Ace about it a week ago since he was the team leader. I was surprised when he explained what was going on with me.


I approached Ace in the kitchen so that I could talk to him about what the hell was happening to me.

"Hey Doc," Ace greeted as I walked up to him.

"Hi, Ace. Listen, I need your help with something," I said as I was looking at the living room to see the others watching a movie.

"Okay? What did you want to talk about?" Ace asked curiously.

"I wanted to talk to you about this since you're the team leader. Basically, I've been feeling odd whenever I see Sarah, like I'm having this jittery feeling in the pit of my stomach and I feel like blushing whenever I talk to her. Do you know what the hell is going on with me? Because I have no idea," I asked him and Ace let out a smirk.

"Really? Let me guess, you feel shy whenever you speak to her and you don't know why that is, am I right?" Ace said and I looked at him in surprise.

"Yeah, you're right. How the hell do you know?" I inquired.

"Let me ask you something. How do you see Sarah?" Ace asked me.

"How do I see her? I see her as a friend and a co-worker," I said in confusion.

"Or maybe you see her as something more than that," Ace remarked and I looked at him like he had two heads.

"Ace...what the fuck are you talking about?" I questioned.

"Okay, clearly you don't understand what I just said, so I'm not sugarcoating it for you. Ethan, you have fallen for her, see her as more than a friend, or simply love her," Ace clarified and I stared at him in shock.

"Wait...when you say I love her, you actually mean that I see her in a romantic way?" I inquired and Ace nodded.

I was stunned that I had actually fallen in love with someone since this had never happened to me before. I was shocked and didn't know what to do.

"...wow...I don't know what to say to that," I said.

"How about a thank you, Doc," Ace remarked and I shot him a look for his smartass remark.

"Okay, so what do I do? You are the team leader, so how do I go about doing this?" I asked him, wondering what kind of advice Ace could give me.

"Well, the simplest advice I can give you is that you should tell her how you feel," Ace told me.

"There's a problem with that. How do I tell her? And if I do tell her, will she reject me?" I asked very good questions.

"Listen Ethan. I have been in a relationship before and all I can tell you is that It's better to say it now, rather than wait until you get the courage only for someone else to get to her first," Ace told me wisely and I nodded in understanding.

I looked at the hallway that led to the Lab and decided to tell Sarah now while I had the chance and brace for whatever her answer was.

"You're right, Ace. Better to just get it over with, like ripping off a band-aid, and see what comes next," I agreed and took a deep breath.

"Go get her," Ace encouraged me.

I nodded and left the kitchen, heading to the Lab and going in to see Sarah working on a project.

"Miss Williams," I greeted as I walked over and Sarah looked at me.

"Oh...hello Mr. Matthews, I was just making a few adjustments to this project you and Mr. Coyote were working on," Sarah explained as she stopped and turned to me fully.

"Thank you for the help, I appreciate that, and I'm sure Tech will as well. The reason why I'm bothering you is that I wanted to speak to you about something," I stated which caught Sarah's attention.

"Oh? What do you want to speak about?" Sarah asked me curiously and I took a deep breath before answering.


I told Sarah how I felt about her and she was surprisingly flattered. But I was shocked in a good way when she told me that she also had feelings for me and wanted us to go out together, so we decided that we would go out to a nice restaurant tonight, and now I was going to be late.

"God Ethan, for having such a high I.Q, you are such a dumbass sometimes," I thought as I entered the garage and got into the fixed up red sports car.

I drove out of the building and headed to my destination, feeling like an idiot for almost forgetting the most important night of my life. I drove past buildings and the city park until I finally arrived. I got out of my car, locked the doors, and turned around to see Sarah standing next to a nearby car. I was stunned in a good way when I saw that she was wearing a nice dress and coat.

"Mr. Matthews, you made it," Sarah stated with an arched eyebrow, and I chuckled sheepishly as I rubbed the back of my neck in embarrassment, and she smiled.

"Yeah...sorry about that, I was testing a new ability I had discovered and almost forgot the time," I explained in embarrassment and Sarah perked up.

"Really? You discovered a new ability? Well, I can understand wanting to know all about something new in the name of science," Sarah said in understanding as we entered the restaurant called Luigi and Sons and the Maître D' at the front desk smiled professionally when he saw us.

"Good evening, table for two?" the Maître D' inquired.

"Actually, we have a reservation under Ethan Matthews and Sarah Williams," I said politely and he looked in a large book until he nodded and smiled at us.

"Everything appears to be in order. This way," the Maître D' said and we followed him to a table that was far enough away from prying ears.

"Here is your table. Now, would you and the lovely lady want anything to drink?" the Maître D' asked us as Sarah and I took off our coats.

"We'll just have a red wine if that's okay? Do you have a nice Cabernet?" Sarah said as she took her seat.

"Of course, good choice, Miss," the Maître D' said and he left us alone so that we could talk in private.

After looking through the menu and choosing what we wanted to order, I said, "So, how about we get to know each other a little bit better?"

Sarah nodded and said, "Sure. So, why don't you start since I barely know anything about you."

"Well, I was born and raised in Birmingham Alabama with two loving parents. My mother Lisa was a stay at home mom while my father Paul worked in construction management. He used to be a shooting guard for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA until he suffered a bad injury in a car accident that forced him to retire," I explained.

"Your father was a basketball player? That's impressive," Sarah said.

"Yeah...though he went missing when I was 5 years old and nobody found any trace as to what had happened to him," I told her and Sarah looked at me sympathetically.

"I'm sorry Ethan, that must've been hard," Sarah told me just as the waiter showed up with wine and two glasses.

"Here is your wine," the waiter informed us as he placed the glasses down and poured a little wine into them for us to taste.

"Oh, thank you," Sarah said, as we each took a small sip and I nodded my approval. "That is lovely, thank you."

"It is no trouble at all." The waiter said, filling both of our glasses, "Have you had enough time to look at the menu and make your selections?" the waiter asked.

We both made our orders and the waiter left us to return to our conversation.

"Well, back to what we were talking about. Did the police never find out what happened to your father?" Sarah asked me as I took a sip from my wine glass.

"Sadly...no. I don't remember much about what happened since I was really young, but my mother told me that he went out one day to play golf with some friends and he never came home. The weird thing is that my father's old basketball gear that he kept since his college days went missing one night. It's blurry, but I can almost recall getting out of bed and seeing two strange looking people inside the house going into the trophy room and taking my father's basketball gear while they were arguing about something," I told Sarah.

"Really. Do you remember what they looked like?" Sarah inquired curiously.

"Not really since I was young, but all I can recall is that they looked pretty strange," I stated as blurry memories of a gray figure and a black figure with orange on its feet and face looking at me ran through my mind.

We spent the next few minutes talking about more pleasant childhood memories. I told her that I had always wanted to be a scientist and my mother had encouraged me, even making me a little lab coat for my seventh birthday.

"Oh my!" Sarah said, laughing, "My mother made me a little lab coat too! What a coincidence! I always loved that little lab coat and was really sad when I grew out of it."

Sarah was about to say more, but just then our food arrived and we thanked the waiter, who nodded and left.

"So, what did you do before you wound up here in Acmetropolis?" Sarah asked me as she started eating.

"Well, I grew up a bit of an outcast since I was so smart and I was always a prime target for bullying. When I was 18, I left home and traveled around for a few years until I found myself in Acmetropolis, and that's when I met Tech," I explained, coming up with a half-truth.

"So you met Mr. Coyote when you arrived," Sarah said.

"Well...you could say that we bumped into each other...literally," I admitted sheepishly and Sarah looked at me in surprise.

"Wait. When you say that you two literally bumped into each other, you mean it?" Sarah asked.

"Yeah...that was not one of my proudest moments. God, I was so embarrassed when it happened and I helped him pick up everything he had dropped. After that, I applied for the Acme Tech Institute and Tech and I have been friends ever since," I said proudly.

We kept on chatting about our lives and I found out that Sarah grew up here with a single mother and that she always kept to herself all the way through her college years and into her career as a Theoretical Physicist. After a while, we finished our food and I paid the bill, after which we agreed to continue our conversation in the city park and walked out to the parking lot together, then went to our separate cars.

A few minutes later, we met back up at the Park and started walking together, enjoying the mild weather as we strolled down the paths.

"This is nice," Sarah said as we walked together and I saw her smile.

"It is..." I trailed off quietly and had an idea, asking," Sarah, do you trust me?"

"Yes, why?" Sarah inquired in confusion.

"I want to show you what it is like to use my abilities, but I need to use my new ability in order to do that," I told her.

"Oh? And what is your new ability?" Sarah asked me.

"Well, I have the ability to merge with a person and have us become one. Now, if you want me to do this, then bear in mind that it is going to feel intense and very intimate when we become one person. So if you don't want me to do it, then I won't and it won't hurt my feelings. It's up to you if you want us to do it or not," I told Sarah patiently and waited for her answer.

Sarah looked hesitant at first, which is understandable, since merging with a person is a very intimate and intense experience that I consider a very private thing, but I wanted to show Sarah what it is truly like to be one person. Sarah then looked up at me and I braced myself for her answer.

"Okay, I have thought about it and I would like to try it, but let me ask you one thing. Is this safe and will we be able to separate?" Sarah asked me.

"Don't worry, it is safe and it won't hurt at all. It will feel intense in a good way, and I want this night to be special for both of us," I assured her with a calm smile.

"Okay...if you say it is safe then I'll trust you," Sarah said.

I nodded and gestured for Sarah to come close so that she could experience what it is like. Sarah stepped closer and I gently held her close to me while pressing up against her and rippling my body. We moaned quietly in pleasure as we started to merge, my feet and legs melding into Sarah's as I pressed my hips against hers. We kept letting out noises of euphoria as our hips and most private zones rippled and oozed together into one. We didn't think, but began to kiss just before our torsos began to blend together. We cried out in pleasure we melded together and sank into each other until our lower bodies were blended but our upper chests, arms, necks, and heads were still separated. If anyone were to see us, they would see a conjoined fox and human.

"How do you feel? Do you want to stop?" I asked her a little breathlessly.

"My God...this feels incredible...don't stop," Sarah gasped out and I nodded.

I pushed my chest against her breasts and we moaned as they flowed and melted until our upper torsos fused together and our bodies looked like a mixture of a furry human and female anthro red fox with four arms and two heads. We then put our hands together and they along with our arms formed into two arms and we looked at each other. We didn't say anything and just kissed, our heads sinking into each other and our minds merging into one until only a hybrid of a human and red fox stood in our place with clothes forming on us.

We let out a blissful sigh as we looked down and moved our shoulders around, and looked up at the sky with anticipation. We changed into the form of an eagle and we took off into the sky, feeling the wind run through our feathers and enjoying the feeling of being one as we flew around and passed H.Q., laughing as we peered into the windows as we flew by. After several minutes of just flying and feeling free, we came back to the park and changed back into our hybrid form.

We melted and split into two until we formed into our normal shapes again, then just looked at each other.

"So, how was it?" I asked her.

"Ethan...no words describe what I felt. I felt your thoughts, feelings, and I saw your memories. You really came from the 21st century?" Sarah asked me in awe.

"I did...I showed you everything because I love you and I didn't want there to be any secrets between us," I declared as we held each other.

"Ethan...thank you, for this wonderful experience," Sarah said gratefully and we kissed passionately.

I put my arm around her shoulder and we left the park, heading to the parking area. When we got to her car, I looked at her.

"So...next week then?" I inquired.

"Of course, and I want to experience merging into one person again," Sarah said and I nodded.

We kissed again, then Sarah got into her car and drove off as I waved. I walked to my car and drove back to H.Q. wearing a huge grin. I arrived at the Tower and parked in the garage, got out and went into the elevator.

The door opened at the 134th floor, and I walked out into the living room to see the others waiting for me.

"What the hell? Were you guys waiting for me all this time?" I questioned in surprise as my suit formed back into my team uniform.

"Yes, we did. Now how did it go?" Daniel asked in anticipation.

"It...went great and I think that we are going to do it again next week," I admitted shyly and Daniel let out a whoop as he fist pumped into the air.

"I knew it would go well! Pay up Slam!" Daniel exclaimed in victory and Slam grumbled as he handed the mallard 10 dollars.

"Hold on a fucking minute! You guys were betting on how my date was going to go?" I questioned suspiciously as the others handed each other money.

"Yeah...it was my idea and we only did it for fun since we knew it was going to end well anyways," Lexi admitted sheepishly.

I facepalmed but I chuckled, as I knew that the others were happy for me.

"Well, glad to know that you all were rooting for me. I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired so I am getting some sleep," I stated as I let out a yawn and turned around to go to my room.

I walked down the hallway and entered my room, taking my uniform off and laying down onto the bed with a happy sigh. I closed my eyes and fell fast asleep.