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Chapter 7: I'M A WHAT!
Back in Death Stalker territory, Kipo and Wolf stare in disbelief as Spike fidgets with his tail trying to get it to disappear while the two girls glanced down at the unconscious Emilia who was stirring in her sleep.
"You're a Mute!" Wolf and Kipo exclaimed simultaneously but with different emotions as Wolf looked angry while Kipo seemed thrilled.
"I can't believe it! Why didn't you tell us?!" Kipo beamed.
'Yeah, Spike. Why didn't you." Wolf glared.
"I didn't know!" Spike defended, still fidgeting with his tail, "How do I get this thing to go away?!"
"Remain calm and think happy thoughts." Kipo instructed.
"Calm! I have a tail and a crazy lady just tried to kill me!" Spike snapped, startling Kipo.
"Heh, right. Maybe we should head back to Timbercats." Kipo suggested.
"What, but what about my stuff?!" Wolf protested.
"Wolf!" Kipo cried, getting an annoyed sigh from the girl who walked up towards the unconscious Emilia and picked up her crossbow before smashing over her knee.
"That's for Stalky." She glowered, stalking away angrily while mumbling something under her breath.
"We should go before she wakes up." Kipo stated tugging on Spike's arm, only to be pulled back.
"What about her? She knows who I am, so knows about this." Spike gestures to his tail.
"I know you have questions but you can't trust Emilia, she'll try to use you like she tried to use me and my friends." Kipo insisted, softening her expression as she takes Spikes hands in hers, "If you're half-mute then my dad can help you and if your memories are still in there, Mulholandlland could bring them back."
"Who?"
"Oh, Mulholandlland. His a committee of tardigrades, he makes you dream." Kipo clarified.
"R-right." Spike wavered, glancing at Emilia in thought before turning back to Kipo, "Alright. If you think they can help, I'll trust you."
"We'll figure this out, just be patient." Kipo reassured, gently leading Spike away by the hand as the group head back home to the Timbercat village.
By the time they got back, the sun had already begun to rise and Spikes tail still hadn't disappeared as he walks through the village with the residences taking notice of Spikes appearance. As they reached the hall, they see their friends at a table being served breakfast as they approach them, the group taking notice of Spikes…..predicament.
"Uhh, Spike. You have a tail." Benson noted as he and the others gawked at Spikes new appendage.
"Thank you, Benson. For your observation." Spike said sarcastically.
"Have any of you seen my dad, we need to talk to him." Kipo asked.
"Yeah, I bet you do." Dave teased, playing with Spikes tail, "Your dad said he was going to go look at the sunrise with your mum."
"Aww!" Kipo cooed until noticing Spike and Wolf frown at her, "R-right, we should go."
"Wait for us, we want to hear this." Benson said, stuffing a flapjack into his mouth as he and Mandu followed them, leaving Dave with the food as the bug reached over to the pile of flapjacks, "DAVE!"
"I'm coming!" Dave shouted back, giving one last glance at the food before reluctantly following the group outside to help look for Kipos dad, the team seeing him and Song enter the village with smiles across their faces, Lio noticing the group run up to them as he climbs down from Song to greet them.
"Hey, Kipo. How was-why does Spike have a tail?" Lio questioned, starring at Spikes tail as the boy tried to hide it.
"Was hoping you could answer that." Kipo said, everyone noticing Song lean closer to Spike before pointing at his tail while hooting, Lio taking a closer look before his eyes widened, "Oh, you know something. What is it?"
"T-that's a Komodo Dragons tail." Lio gasped.
"Komodo dragon? Wait isn't that one of the samples you and mum tested with when making me?" Kipo wondered, "I thought it failed."
"No, the Mega-Komodo dragon DNA was compatible just like the Mega-jaguar." Lio informed, "But how is this possible? All remaining samples were destroyed, and the only formula was written in…our journal."
"The KIPO PROJECT journal? Dr. Emilia has it, we ran into her last night when we were hunting Death Stalkers." Kipo stated.
"She was there?!" Lio worried, "She didn't hurt you, did see?!"
"No, I'm fine. She was after Spike." Kipo explained, "That's kinda how the tail happened."
"It must have been triggered by Spikes flight or fight response." Lio pondered, "If that's the case it's still early."
"Actually, the day I met Kipo and the others I think I might of grown scales on my legs and just yesterday I thought I saw my eyes change in the mirror." Spike admitted, "Oh, and I've been tasting things with my tongue for a while now." He added while sticking his tongue out.
"Komodo dragons hunt by tasting the air." Lio explained.
"Well I'm tasting a lot of horrible things and I hate it." Spike grimaced before glancing at Dave with disgust, the bug looking offended at the statement.
"Then we don't have much time, the mutagen is progressing fast." Lio informed, "You should take him to the Chevre Sisters and hopefully find his anchor before he transforms fully."
"How do I find an anchor if I have no memories?" Spike questioned, rubbing his head in annoyance
"Oh, that's what Mulholland's for." Kipo stated which Mandu squealed excitedly at the name.
"The water bears that make dreams." Spike said doubtfully
"I know what you're thinking but trust us, he's real." Benson assured, leaning on Spike's shoulder.
"Alright. If you think he can help, bring him." Spike said.
"No need my friend, for I'm already here." A voice annoyances as droplets of water in the grass begin swirling to together at Spikes feet before forming into a small creature with blue skin and multiple legs, as well as an oval-like mouth which it smiled with.
"Ah!" Spike shrieked, instinctively stopping on the creature.
"No!" Kipo yelled, pushing Spike back in panic, the creature reforming while brushing itself off.
"Don't worry, Kipo. I'm unharmed." The creature smiled with Kipo sighing in relief.
"Spike, this is Mulholland." Kipo introduced, lifting the small water bear off the ground.
"A pleasure." Mulholland greeted, tipping a newly formed hat, "I've been watching you since the moment you fell in the ocean, and I must say no one was more surprised than me when you turned out to be half-mute."
"N-no, I say I was. Wait, fell in the ocean?" Spike queried before realizing what he meant, "You know how I ended up washed up on the beach?!"
"Afraid not, I just know you fell from a great height." Mulholland said, "But with my help, maybe we can shake something loose in that little head of yours."
"Emilia said something about me falling, it must have been what caused me to lose my memories." Spike considered, glancing down at Mulholland as he debated with himself whether to let the water bear help, "…Can you really help me remember?"
"I'll try." The water bear answered honesty.
"…Than do it." Spike nodded with Mulholland swirling up his body until reaching his shoulder and prying Spikes mouth open
"Down the hatch I go." Mulholland said as he hopped into Spike's mouth before closing it behind him, Spike quivering at the strange sensation.
"Well?" Kipo asked expectantly.
"I don't fe-" Spike froze as he suddenly sees a steep cliff face with waves crashing into the side of it before everything flashes white and Spike saw himself running from something from his eyes until reaching the clifftop and coming to a stop.
"Spike!" Someone yells, Spike turning to see Dr. Emilia emerge from the bushes behind him with a group of bunny hooded figures in gas masks holding crossbows. Spike turning back to the edge and seeing the ocean below with jagged rocks, glancing back at Emilia before he jumped, "NO!" he hears Emilia shout before crashing into the water, his head grazing the side of a rock before everything went black. Spike returning to reality by spitting Mulholland out with the water bear taken form on the ground with a worried look.
"Oh, dear. Those are some repressed memories alright." Mulholland worried.
"What, why? What happened?" Kipo fretted, seeing Spike fall to his knees short of breath," Spike!" she shouts to him, attempting to place a hand on his shoulder before he looked up with green-slit eyes and sharp teeth.
"Kipo!" Wolf yelled, pulling her back.
"Wolf! What are you doing?!" Kipo protested while the group carefully watched Spike slowly catch his breath, rubbing his eyes before opening them with them returning to normal as well as his teeth.
"Hey, man. Y-you good?" Benson gulped with Dave hiding behind his leg.
"I-I'm fine. There was a cliff…I jumped and hit my head on a rock when I hit the water but after that I…." Spike trails off, trying to compose himself, "Dr. Emilia and her people were chasing me, and I jumped to get away."
"Jump? I knew it, he is crazy." Dave whispered to Benson, getting squealed at by Mandu.
"Do you remember anything else? Any landmarks?" Lio asked but Spike only shook his head.
"J-just the cliff."
"It's alright." Kipo comforted, helping Spike to his feet, "I mean it's better than nothing. Do you think you can recognize the cliff if you saw it?"
"Yes, definitely."
"You'll need to find a way to cover a lot of ground." Lio stated.
"I heard the Newton Wolves fixed their telescope." Dave noted.
"Absolutely not!" Wolf shouted, "Dave, don't you remember what happened last time!"
"What? ...oh, you talkin' about how they tried to eat us." Dave replied, "You should learn to let go of the past, Wolf."
"Wolf, the observatory is the fastest way of finding Spikes memories, and without them, he won't have an anchor." Kipo persuaded.
"….fine." Wolf sighed in defeat before being hugged by Kipo.
"…So, nobody's gonna tell me who the Newton Wolves are." Spike added.
Author note: KIPO/GODZILLA story request.
Yes, I've seen season 3 already, I binged-watched it on the same day it came out and another thing…YAMYAN!...not happy with that.
And don't worry Kipo will adopt Minya so relax, as for when the chapter will come out I want to finish planning out the story first but I got some ideas on how to start but I may not be able to post this week due to work.
