The sunflower that was treating to Wulf's wounds finally let him up and out of the infirmary bed he had been confined to. Once up, he grabbed the gift that had been Pete's till his demise, and walked over to Alison. When Alison noticed Wulf, the temperature in the room increased slightly as the colour of the flames around Alison's head changed to a light blue. Wulf ignored the glare Alison was giving him and held out the gold ring that had a few black, red and gold feathers attached to it as he said.
"Pete wanted you to have this...if he didn't make it out." The flames around Alison's head returned to their customary light orange and she grabbed the ring, tears starting to form in her eyes. She looked up at Wulf and said sadly.
"I'm sorry for how I acted...I'm still coming to terms with the loss." Wulf patted Alison on the back as he said.
"It's alright. Heh, I was so stricken with grief when I lost my first girl plant...I...you shouldn't know. But the point is that I will miss him, he was a good friend...but we have to move on at some point...right?" Alison nodded and said.
"I suppose you're right." Wulf got off of the bed and went over to Vivian. Alison stayed sitting on the bed, she was trying to think of the best thing to do with the gold ring she held.
The Doctor grabbed a few old dossier's from a cabinet that contained the files of the successful experiments in the facility and a fresh document to write in the details of his success. He began writing down the necessary changes that needed to be made to the machine before asking.
"So, my ghost friend, what is your name?" The ghost Peashooter replied.
"Pete, Lathyrus." The Doctor wrote down Pete's name and placed 'Ts.#1' next to it. The Doctor grabbed a dossier titled 'Summoner' and began going through the documents as he asked.
"So, Pete, I would like you to look at a point on the floor, and envision an item you see in this room." Pete looked at a random spot on the barely empty floor and began envisioning a large bone saw which, after a few seconds, appeared on the floor. The Doctor smiled and wrote into the document, under abilities, 'Summoner'. Pete on the other hand was shocked, but he quickly regained his composure. When he finished writing, The Doctor grabbed another dossier, this one titled 'Gravitare', and went through the documents inside as he asked.
"Now, Pete. I require you to focus on the bone-saw you just summoned and motion towards it, then up. Got it?" Pete nodded and did exactly as The Doctor asked. To Pete's great surprise, the bone-saw rose into the air at the same rate Pete moved his pod up. The Doctor's smile deepened as he wrote under abilities, 'Gravitare'. The Doctor grabbed the final dossier, titled 'Occ Gen.'
while Pete played around with the bone-saw. After going through the dossier, The Doctor said.
"Alright Pete, final task for now." Pete placed the bone-saw on the ground and The Doctor continued. "I need you to imagine a skull." Pete nodded, closed his eyes and imagined a skull, when a strange sensation overcame himself and he opened his eyes to find a skull orbiting around himself. The Doctor smiled and fired a laser at the dumbfounded Peashooter ghost and, unsurprisingly to The Doctor, the laser passed straight through them. The Doctor snapped Pete out of his own world by asking.
"Do you feel strange?" Pete nodded and said.
"I feel...empty." The Doctor wrote down under abilities 'Skull Shield' and replied.
"You'll get used to it." The Doctor shot the skull and Pete began to feel like normal again, just tireder than usual. The Doctor placed the document in it's own folder and placed it, and the other dossier's that he used, together in a pile and placed them in a binder. The Doctor looked at Pete and said.
"You will have to stay in here till I come back...I recommend practicing your abilities while you're in here, ok?" Pete nodded and The Doctor left their private laboratory.
After what felt like an eternity, Colin and Orlan were teleported into a laboratory, where they were approached by a human scientist named Hans. Hans grabbed a syringe and injected Colin and Orlan with the contents. As soon as he was done, Hans left them and soon the two plants were able to read each others thoughts, something that initially scared them, but they quickly realized they could use it to their advantage. As soon as they realized they had an advantage, a third mind seemed to intrude upon their shared mind, this one was their entirely by accident. The third mind called out.
"What's there?" Neither plant knew how to react, until one of them thought.
"Just great, a random mind intruding on my privacy. Might as well write a book and call it 'The not so private thoughts of Orlan Lathyrus...Oh crap." The intruding mind sent out a thought of resentment and worry.
"Cousin Orlan? You didn't escape?" Orlan immediately knew who the worried thoughts belonged to, but weren't they supposed to be dead? Orlan asked via his mind.
"Pete? Is that you?" The intruding mind replied.
"Yes...who is with you?" The Toxic Peashooter, that had managed to remain silent when it came to his thoughts, sent a thought to Pete.
"Colin...Pete, don't think of me as a bad plant anymore. I've learnt my lessons within this place I seriously regret what I tried doing to you." Pete managed to, somehow, convey that he was sighing to the two plants that he was sharing thoughts with and sent a thought to them.
"Look, I'm willing to forgive you Colin. So how do you plan on getting out?" Neither Orlan or Colin had come up with a plan and were quickly stumped by Pete's question. They felt Pete withdraw his mind from theirs and almost immediately after Pete pulled out of their minds, a strange sensation flew over them and they were teleported from the laboratory they were in to a dark, dingy lab that appeared to be in the crypt of the human structure.
Pete opened his eyes to find Colin and Orlan sitting on the floor before him in shock. Summoning the two plants seriously drained him energy wise and he slumped to the ground. After a few seconds Orlan was the first to bring up the elephant in the room as he said.
"What happened to you Pete?" Pete chuckled slightly before replying.
"I'm a ghost and I have no idea how so don't ask." Orlan nodded at his cousin and Colin asked.
"How did we get here?" Pete thought about the question for a few seconds before answering.
"I can...summon objects so I thought, why not try plants and it worked...nut damn, that was really draining." Colin and Orlan both looked at the ghost Peashooter, who was slumped on the floor against the wall, in shock and Orlan asked.
"So, what else can you do?" Pete contemplated the question before answering.
"I can levitate objects, summon objects and create a skull that orbits around me that makes me immune to attacks...until the skull is destroyed." Orlan and Colin were impressed and Colin couldn't help but ask.
"Could you...potentially, create more than one skull...or even have it protect more than one plants?" Pete frowned and said.
"I don't know...plus I'm too tired to try right now. Give me a couple of minutes at the most and then I can try." As soon as Pete was ready, he began to imagine more than one skulls and he tried to imagine his Law Pea cousin and his Toxic Pea friend in there as well. When Pete opened his eyes, he was surprised, it had worked. There were three skulls orbiting himself, another three orbiting Orlan and another three orbiting Colin. Colin and Orlan were shocked as they both felt strange, empty, but they quickly got used to it. Pete let the skulls disappear and Colin said.
"You know, I think we can get out of here, all three of us...Thanks to Pete's new abilities."