Arsenal

Chapter 14-Tyson

Squid Boy

As the roars got louder I stood up, prepared to transform and deal with whatever was outside. "No no my boy it's far too dangerous!" protested the Professor.

But his pleads were a waste of time. I opened the door where I was greeted with a tall man in a black cloak. He had grey skin and a black top hat. What really caught my attention was a growling beast that stood next to him. It had black and crimson red fur, it's fangs looked longer than a saber toothed tiger's.

I raised my Omnitrix arm and pressed the main button, ready to transform at a moment's notice. "I'm guessing you're the punk that roughed up the Ursidae brothers" said the man coldly.

I assumed he meant those two bear men that tried to hurt the Professor. "I guess word travels fast around here huh?" I said, keeping my nerves.

"Do you know that a Panuncian is one of the most deadly predators in the known galaxy" He said he petted the beast.

"Do you that I'm about to make a pelt out of that thing?"

I'm guessing the Panuncian didn't take kindly to my smart remark as it tried to bite me. I quickly stepped back, I selected Gravattack and slammed down on the core. Planning to easily cause the wolf looking creature to float away helplessly.

But the Omnitrix must've had other plans. I grew slightly shorter, my skin becoming white and slimy. The Omnitrix provided a green and black jumpsuit for me, while the symbol sat on my forehead. A squid's mantle grew out of my head, it had fins and it somewhat seemed like a hat.

"What the heck can this one do?!" I asked helplessly as the Panuncian growled towards me.

I jumped on top of his head and ran over his back, hoping to get him away the apartment building. Professor Thoth and Lana arrived at the door. The Panuncian charged towards me, I flailed as powerful jets of ink fired from the fingertips. The ink blinded him as a wave of disappointed invaded my mind. If this alien was just a squid boy who could shoot ink, I was about to become a seafood platter.

"Uhm guys! Any idea what this runt can do?!" I cried out frantically as the man mounted the Panuncian, using a rag to wipe the ink out of it's eyes.

"My My you're a Palettian! A marvelous species that travels the stars. I met some of them when-" explained the Professor.

"Just tell me the powers dude!" I yelled as I narrowly avoided a series of bites.

"I heard Palettians are amazing artists, able to draw creatures to life. But that's just ridiculous." Said Lana.

"Now Lana, you really should keep your mind more open, that's exactly what Palettians can do! Tyson! Create a creature to fend off the Panuncian!" suggested the Professor.

I jumped back, managing to get some distance as I wondered what to draw. I was always terrible at art class, normally I barely managed to pass it. All 10 of my fingers began firing ink, I moved them with grace as my drawing came to form. I had decided to draw a rhino, it looked so realistic and amazing. "Now how do I do this?" I wondered as the Panuncian lunged towards me.

But the rhino drawing grew bright, as if it was pulling itself out of the ground. Right after it did so, it looked like a full size rhino. Except it was completely made of ink, but fortunately it had all of the abilities of a rhino. Meaning it hastily charged towards my foe and knocked it away with it's horn. "Oh yeah!" I said as I jumped on top of the rhino, mounting it as it snorted loudly.

The grey man was harshly knocked off, he seemed angry as he whistled loudly. Before I knew it, there was another Panuncian, looking just as mean and frightening as the first one. Then there were four, then eight and sixteen. The Panuncian must've been able to clone himself, but all of them growled loudly. Frantically tearing apart the rhino, reducing him to a pile of ink on the floor. Before I could meet a similar fate, the Professor flew over me while driving his hover car. Lana must've been on board because I felt her telekinetic grip lift me into the car. As I moved closer, it seemed quite old and slightly rusty.

"Thanks for the save..." I said as I floated down on one of the back seats next to Lana, while the Professor was at the wheel.

"That was way too close" said Lana, seeming glad we were gaining distance from our captors.

"But hey, at least we got away" I stated.

"No Tyson, it's quite bad. You've easily upset an infamous criminal organization. Who will use all of their resources to bring you harm." Explained the Professor as we soared in the breeze.

"All this because I beat up two thugs?"

"It's not that, the most powerful thing criminal organizations have is fear and seeming powerful. If people go around pounding on their grunts it makes them look bad. So they want to kill you to maintain their image." Explained Lana.

I gulped in terror, death by mobsters didn't sound very pleasant. But I heard a weird noise in the breeze, I turned to see a missile hurling towards us. "Incoming!" was all I had time to say before impact.

Lana managed to create a telekinetic force field around the car, reducing the damage. The car was still blown up, but we managed to get out unharmed. But all three of us quickly began to descend to the ground. Lana used her telekinesis to carry herself and the Professor who was knocked out from the blast, but I quickly descended to the ground. I fell into a pool, creating a large splash which terrified the pool goers.

I thought I was going to drown, but I inhaled the water and I felt fine. Palettians were part squid, so I'm guessing being able to breathe underwater made sense. I easily swam back up, where I was met by the grey man again. He held a large rocket launcher over his shoulder and mounted his Panuncian, fortunately there was only one of them. "My name is Wolf and my employers wants you dead.." he explained as he moved his rocket launcher in front of my face, his fingers inching towards the trigger.

(Author's Note: If you've even bothered to read this much of the story, thx alot. And if you could tell me your thoughts on Tyson's new alien which i came up with myself, that'd be great.)