Ch 11: The Flood!
Zombina sat by a window watching water droplets hit the window lightly. She could see lighting in the distance and sighed slightly.
"So boring! I should be out there enjoying the rain!" She said with a groan.
"Bored? Well why don't you help?" Zeke asked as he mopped up some water.
"That's even worse."
"With the possibility of more than ten inches of rain, many residents are getting ready for the worst. Donna?" Chris flipped the channel on the TV to some random show as he got his electronics off the floor. I will not, I say, I will not let my stuff get trashed again because of the water. Chris thought as he put his things away.
It had been two days since Zara had decided on staying with them, and it had also been raining for a little over a day non stop. Chris was trying to be quiet, Zara seemed to be in a deep sleep, and with her like this, that meant she wouldn't attack him or worse. He managed to get his things into a waterproof crate and sighed relief...until he heard the sound of movement. "Damn it." He said before getting yanked into the air by a string of web. "H-h-hi Zara." He managed to squeak out a tad worried.
"Hello boyfriend." She said with a toothy grin. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and yawned. She pulled him next to her and spooned with him as she slowly drifted back to sleep.
"H-h-help." He muttered as she went back to sleep.
Downstairs Vi was helping Tio get things off the floor as the water slowly began to come in. Tamia walked by Chris's room and heard a thud. She opened the door only for Chris to bolt past her.
"Shhh." He said looking into see her asleep. "Oh thank god." He said shutting the door gently. The door would fling open and webbing would shoot out wrapping up Chris. "Tell Zeke to head downstairs and get the sump pump on." He said as he got ripped back into the room. Tamia blinked a few times before smiling.
"Okay." She said walking by the room. She made her way over to Zeke who was still mopping up the water. "Zeke. Chris said to go and turn on something called a sump pump?" Zeke nodded and looked to Zombina. "Hey come mop for a bit. I need to head downstairs to do something." Zombina would groan and grumble as she walked over and took the mop. Zeke walked to the door and watched as Vi made her way upstairs with Tio.
"Basement's flooding." Tio said making Zeke sigh.
"Right." Zeke walked over to the closet and put on a pair of rubber boots. Zeke made his way down stairs only to see that the water was about six inches of the floor. Zeke looked over and saw the sump. While Zeke began to turn it on behind him was a small green blob. It was on a book using a spoon as a makeshift paddle. The blob looked up at Zeke and began to wave tiny little little blob got sad when Zeke didn't notice it. It began to flail a bit and rocked the book too much. The blob fell over on the book and began to slip into the water. "Woah there." Zeke said picking up the small blob. The small blob looked up and saw Zeke's face. "What in the world?" He asked as the blob eyes seemed to scream thanks. The blob gave him a small hug and clung to him. "Come on. Not safe down here during a storm." He said walking with it in his arm.
Chris had finally gotten away from Zara and was ready to sit down when the doorbell rung. He opened it up to see Jared and Shi.
"Can we stay with you guys? The RV doesn't have heat."He said looking soaked, while Shi seemed completely fine.
"Alright but you guys will have to share the couch." Chris said walking over to the basement as Zeke came upstairs. "Is the sump o-..." He said stopping when he saw the blob. "Zeke what the hell is that things?" He asked curious.
"I dunno." Zeke said simply making Chris sigh. Zombina looked over and blinked.
"Oh wow. I didn't know you guys had a slime." Zeke and Chris looked to each other then back to Zombina.
"What's a slime?" They asked in unison.
[Less than five minutes later]
"A slime is a new species of monster we have yet to learn much about. What we do know is limited to the types, what they eat and their intelligence." Wesson had come over when he had heard the news. He was completely fine but a worker that was next to him was soaked to the bone and carrying an umbrella.
"Okay. Why was it in our room?" Chris asked while Zeke seemed to entertain the small blob.
"That slime is a green slime. They tend to be poisonous due to the fact the live around poisonous plants and animals." Wesson said as Zeke played Peek-a-boo with the small blob, making it shake happily when he hid his face and reappeared. "They also need water to survive,but too much will hurt them. Kinda like a water balloon. Too much and they burst. So to it Zeke must be its hero." Zeke heard this and thought a bit putting his hand to his chin. The small blob would mimic him and put its nub where its mouth would be. Zeke smiled at it and gave it a pat on the head. The slime looked over and with small nubs pointed to some bottled water. Zeke smiled and gave the slime some of the water. Wesson saw this and grinned. "They also grow when given water."
"Wait what?" Zeke asked only to look back and seeing a child sized slime girl before him. "...interesting."
"Since Green slimes have certain chemicals in them that keep them from holding forms they tend to in blob form." Zeke thought a bit before smiling and walking upstairs. The slime girl tilted her head then looked at a book on the stand next to her. 'Pig DNA mixed with porcupine. What's the risk?' It was a medical magazine.
"Dee... ?" She muttered to herself. Zeke came back down with a large tote and set it down on the floor. He popped it open and pulled out a small yet extremely elastic scuba suit. Zeke held the hole for the head open trying to think of how to get it on her. Zeke blinked and saw a strange sight. The girl seemed to just pour herself into it. He let go and watched as the girl slowly began to stand up. She looked around and and smiled as she gazed at the sights around her. Zeke shrugged at this before noticing her hands dripping a bit. He looked in the box and quickly grabbed two diving gloves. He put them on the girl and smiled.
"Since they are new species we don't need to worry about paperwork but we will need to add her to the list." He said making Chris groan.
"Chris." Zeke said making Wesson and Chris both turn to see the slime girl. She was about Chris's height and had slimey green hair that rolled over her right eye. "I found out what to do with that diving gear." He said making Chris gawk at the sight.
"Well I'll be damned he found a way around the system. Well done." Wesson said noticing the girl was keeping her form. The slime smiled and hugged Zeke. Zeke just patted her head until he saw a strange antena pop up. He tilted his head and watched as it quickly shot up to his forehead. It glowed slightly before detaching.
"Haaaai!" She said with a smile.
"I-It can talk?!" Chris said shocked.
"Interesting." Wesson said shocked as well.
"I'm Deena."
"Deena?" Zeke asked. Deena smiled and pointed to the book on the stand.
"D, n, a. Deena!" She said happily. "You saved me! Thank you!" She said hugging Zeke a bit more. "You are now Deena's papa!" Zeke went wide eyed at this while Chris cracked up a little. Jared heard the news from the kitchen and raised his beer can.
"Congrats. Your mom will be happy to hear."
"Don't you drag her into this!" Zeke said flustered beyond all thought.
"Papa!" Zeke looked down at Deena only for her to kiss him on the lips. "I love Papa!" Zeke seeming went straight to white. Chris was dying of laughter at this point. Zombina tried fighting the urge to say something naughty as not to get another order from Wesson. Tio watched from above and smiled at the scene.
"So cute!" She said with a smile. Zara had woken up from all the noise and walked out into the living room.
"Uh...didn't know slimes came from humans." She said making Zeke a tad angry.
"Right! Deena?" Zeke said. "I'm not Papa. Call me Zeke. Z, e, k, e." He said with a smile.
"Okay! Papa Zeke!" She said making the boy groan. Chris had completely lost it was was now crying he was laughing so hard.
"Now then!" Wesson said catching everyone's attention. "With the weather as it is…..I think I'll stay here tonight. He said as thunder clashed outside. "...whats for dinner?" He asked making Chris stop and sit up to argue only to remember...they owned the house.
"Right I'll start cooking." He said slumping. The teens lives were finally as weird as they could get. Who knows what will happen next time.
NEXT TIME! Tios date is put on hold! Auntie has come to visit!
Extra 2: Zara's Revenge!
"Hehehe." The spider snickered as she lowered some web onto Chris who was sleeping.
[Thirty Minutes later]
Chris stepped out of his room with a yawn leaving Zara tied up and blushing deeply, squirming to get out of her own webs. Since she had moved in, she had been trying to get back at Chris for tieing her up in the cell. So far she had failed six times. How in the hell does he manage to get out every time?! She thought as she managed to use her claw and cut herself free. "I swear I will get that little brat back!" Thus began a series of traps she set up. Each time with her being tied and bound while Chris escaped untouched. She needed a plan. That's when it hit her. Zara smiled evilly as Chris stepped out of the shower. Quickly she dropped down and tried to tie him up.
Six minutes later she was all tied up.
"Nice try Zara." Chris said about to leave….that is until a snare caught him. Zara looked closely to see he had been trapped by Vi.
A SIMPLE SNARE WORKS!? She thought angrily as Chris tried and struggled to break out of the hold.
The next day Zara had a snare trap all set up. The sound of walking caught her attention and when the snare went off she turned the corner to see Deena upside down.
"Are we playing a game?" She asked innocently.
"Yeah the tie eachother up game." Zara said sarcastically. She looked back to see Deeana had taken the form of a large blob with tentacles. "WAIT WAIT WAIT I WAS KIDDING! NOOOOO!" Chris opened the door to the house up and walked in.
"Hey I'm hom-" He said before stopping dead to see Deena holding Zara up with her tentacles, each one slithering around her body, while Zara gasped and breathed heavily. Chris just turned around and walked outside before he got wrapped up in that. Zara learned two things that day. One that Chris is good with knots...and two….learn more from Deena.
[Cut to Zara bowing before Deena.]
"Teach me more master." She said bowing to a confused Deena.