Bushroot yawned, and sat up, stretching out his vines
quietly, the other two occupants of the room were still sound asleep.
Bushroot smiled to himself. Megavolt had stayed up, watching as Mina slowly
drifted off to sleep, then fell asleep himself. He still lay there, curled
up in an uncharacteristically cute ball. As Bushroot drifted off, Mina woke
up, and curled up next to him, soon falling asleep. As he watched them
sleeping, Bushroot couldn't help but think how incredibly alike he and
Megavolt were. They had both been outcasts, science geeks in life, before
their accidents, and even now, afterwards, they were still the most non-
villainous of them all. Bushroot spending all his time trying to make a
friend, and Megavolt set on his insane mission to free oppressed light
bulbs everywhere. The both of them had developed a very trusting friendship
over the years, and now spent most of their free time together, mostly
talking about science. Occasionally one would ask the other for their
opinion on a new thing-a-ma-jig. Bushroot shifted in the old couch, and
yawned again. He heard a small squeak, and a tiny yawn, looking down at the
rug, he saw Mina stir slightly.
"Wh..." He stood and walked over to her, giving her the signal to be quiet, and pointed to Megavolt. She nodded tiredly, and stood up shakily. She toppled over and Bushroot caught her. He sighed as she fell back asleep, and he picked her up, carrying her to the small room Megavolt had prepared for her. He put her into her bed, and she whined, and curled up. He smiled and pulled the blankets over her shoulder. Walking back into the main room, he lapsed into a bit of a day-dream.
"Thanks," He snapped up, and looked at the standing Megavolt as he walked to the couch. The rat yawned, and stretched, then took a seat on a stool as Bushroot flopped back down on the couch. A silence followed that was not comfortable, but then again not uncomfortable. Bushroot had to break it.
"Megavolt, what.. I mean, do you have any idea what exactly happened to her?"
"Who? Mina?" Megavolt said with a slightly shaky tone that Bushroot had never heard before in his voice. Bushroot shook his head.
"No, the vixen girl?" Megavolt nodded.
"I think I know exactly what happened." Bushroot looked at him expectantly. Silence.
"Um, Megavolt?"
"What?"
"You were saying?"
"What?" Bushroot sighed.
"You said you knew what happened to the vixen...?"
"Oh," He paused and took a breath. "Well, my guess is that when I zapped her, something interfered with my electricity, and somehow caused it to turn backwards. My aim also must have been off, or the lion moved, because it hit both of them simultaneously, and broke them into pieces, basically. But because of the high voltage of the shot, it re-arranged their DNA, using the bits from one that the other lacked."
"So the malfunction created a whole.. new person?" Megavolt nodded slowly. "Well, then what happened to the vixen and the lion?" He asked slowly, realizing the answer as he finished the question. His companion looked at him with strangely sad and guilty eyes.
"They died."
"Wh..." He stood and walked over to her, giving her the signal to be quiet, and pointed to Megavolt. She nodded tiredly, and stood up shakily. She toppled over and Bushroot caught her. He sighed as she fell back asleep, and he picked her up, carrying her to the small room Megavolt had prepared for her. He put her into her bed, and she whined, and curled up. He smiled and pulled the blankets over her shoulder. Walking back into the main room, he lapsed into a bit of a day-dream.
"Thanks," He snapped up, and looked at the standing Megavolt as he walked to the couch. The rat yawned, and stretched, then took a seat on a stool as Bushroot flopped back down on the couch. A silence followed that was not comfortable, but then again not uncomfortable. Bushroot had to break it.
"Megavolt, what.. I mean, do you have any idea what exactly happened to her?"
"Who? Mina?" Megavolt said with a slightly shaky tone that Bushroot had never heard before in his voice. Bushroot shook his head.
"No, the vixen girl?" Megavolt nodded.
"I think I know exactly what happened." Bushroot looked at him expectantly. Silence.
"Um, Megavolt?"
"What?"
"You were saying?"
"What?" Bushroot sighed.
"You said you knew what happened to the vixen...?"
"Oh," He paused and took a breath. "Well, my guess is that when I zapped her, something interfered with my electricity, and somehow caused it to turn backwards. My aim also must have been off, or the lion moved, because it hit both of them simultaneously, and broke them into pieces, basically. But because of the high voltage of the shot, it re-arranged their DNA, using the bits from one that the other lacked."
"So the malfunction created a whole.. new person?" Megavolt nodded slowly. "Well, then what happened to the vixen and the lion?" He asked slowly, realizing the answer as he finished the question. His companion looked at him with strangely sad and guilty eyes.
"They died."
