This will be a long chapter, because I'm going to do Naomi, Leena, Brad, Bit, and Jamie all at once. Normal view point, because they'll rarely separate. Well, maybe awkward, if not long…

Chapter 3 – One freaky day…

Tauros had waited for a while for his team to return. He didn't expect Naomi to come along. As the Zoids are all placed in their individual places, and Naomi parked her hover cargo, Naomi noticed a few alterations with the Shadow Fox.

"It looks more like a wolf."

"I got tired of the fox, so I used a few parts from the Command Wolf to make it the 'Shadow Wolf'."

"Oh."

"Come on. Dinner's in a few minutes." Jamie called out to them.

"Since when has Jamie been a fast cook?" Bit asked.

The group decided to forget it, and they went to the dining area, except for Brad and Naomi.

"You know… The Shadow wolf is kind of cute."

"…"

"COME ON!!!!! JAMIE SAID HE WON'T START WITHOUT YOU!!!!!!!" Bit yelled from the other side of the hanger.

Naomi and Brad decided to talk on the way.

"Brad… Do you think that surge was serious?"

"Maybe…"

Brad sniffed the air.

"You're wearing perfume??"

"Huh? Oh yeah, I used a small drop of an old one, but only a dog noticed it, and it ran."

"I'm thinking of doing the same." Brad told her as he held his nose.

"I thought only dogs noticed it."

"Got me. Huh? It sounds like Bit and Leena are arguing over the menu. They both want meat, but Jamie prepared sushi."

"I can't hear it. Oh well, I'm going to side with Leena for a change. I just can't bear the thought of having anything else right now for some reason…"

"Although that's kind of how I feel, I don't mind the fish."

They both chuckled, neither noticing the other's sharper teeth…



"There, I've finished the meat, but I'm still having the sushi."

Everyone was seated around the table. There were subtle changes in each of the Zoid pilots. All but Jamie had sharper teeth. Bit's hair seemed a little wilder then usual. Both Naomi and Leena seemed a little bulky. Leena was more so than Naomi, though. Her muscles, once rather small, had become well defined. Naomi seemed not as different. Jamie also seemed bulky, but that could have been his baggy clothes. Brad noticed all of this easily, but he failed to notice that he had the most drastic change. His mullet had faded to a silvery gray. He did notice the stares, though.

"Time to eat!"

Brad decided he was imagining things. He began to eat his meat. He earlier had decided on fish, but Jamie got a little defensive over it. He figured that he should go with his desired food. Brad and Bit ate 'normal' amounts (Although Brad noted they both ate a little more than usual), but the girls seemed completely famished. Leena just dug right in, but Naomi, although she ate quite a bit herself, did manage some self-control. Jamie seemed to be the biggest pig when he ate his fish. Jamie ate a total of 28 and three quarters of fish. Brad then quit thinking that everything was fine, but he hid it.

"Uh… Jamie… What kind of fish were they?"

"Bass, why?"

"The ones we caught from the river nearby?"

"Yeah, but you still didn't say why."

"Just curious."

"Hey Brad, when did you dye your hair? I just noticed that it's silver-gray." Tauros said.

"IT WHAT????????????????????????????????"

"Yeah, what's the big deal?" Leena said between bites.

"I DIDN'T dye it. I didn't do anything to it except what I normally do."

"Good joke." Bit told him.

"Hey wait a minute. His hair was brown when we came in." Naomi said.

That's when everyone stopped. They had a bad feeling what caused the new color, and they just now began to worry about the effects on them.

"ECK!!!!! THAT ENERGY SURGE!!!!!!!! WHAT'LL IT DO TO ME??????????" Leena shouted.

"Calm down!" Tauros tried to tell her.

"We should just forget it, and see if it goes away. It could just be me." Brad lied. He knew that something was happening to all of them.



Naomi felt sick. She was sick because she couldn't keep balance. Brad offered to keep an eye on her for a little while. She was pacing in his room, and he kept catching her falls behind her. This time, she noticed his sharp nails poking her. She stood up, unaware that she was standing like Vega had before. She turned to face Brad, and nearly screamed. This was her first good look at him in a while, so this was a surprise. His ears had become pointed, and he had grown fur. His face was now like a…

"…Brad? You look like a…"

"I know, a werewolf. One problem with your theory." He said through a wolf's muzzle.

Brad went to a window, and opened the shade. Light from a half moon came in.

"Werewolves only come around during full moons. By the way, no offense, but I'm not catching your next fall. I'm afraid next time they won't be nails digging into your skin…"

Naomi looked in the mirror in the corner, and at first thought it was a trick mirror, because it showed a scaly looking Naomi who was too large in her muscles and stomach. She looked down, and saw that it wasn't a trick. Her muscles had grown a little, and her stomach was sticking out. She felt it, refusing to believe that she was getting fat because of this. It wasn't fat, but muscle that caused it. She also noticed that her body had become much different. She finally noticed a small tail, like it was just coming in. She felt like crying. Brad tried to comfort her.

"I think we'd better check on the others, whether we or THEY like it or not."

It took a little coaxing, but Naomi eventually followed Brad to check on the others. Brad heard rustling in the kitchen, and went to investigate. He saw a tail similar to Naomi's, but fully developed poking out from behind the fridge door. Brad and Naomi figured it was Leena for some reason. Brad grabbed the tail, which made the owner jump, and smack their head into the top of the fridge.

"OW!!!! Why'd you pinch me? I already have a bump on my head!!!!!" Jamie shouted.

"Pinch? Jamie, have you looked at yourself?"

Jamie began to stand to look at Brad.

"Not rea… AUGH!!!!!! WEREWOLF!!!!!! AU…MPH!!!!!!!"

Brad had held Jamie's beak shut to stop his screaming. Jaime now resembled a pteranodon, complete with beak and horn, although the horn was a little small and soft. He had leathery material reaching from his wrists to his armpits. The material was flexible enough to allow near complete freedom of movement. Jamie's body was muscular, but unlike the other two mentioned dinosaur-human crosses, he had a six-pack instead of ultra muscular stomachs. He must have just walked to get a snack, because his toes were claws that could grasp things if he knew how to use them. Or that they were there.

"Jamie! It's me! Brad!"

"MPH!"

"Oh. Sure."

Brad let go of Jamie's beak.

"How did you…"

Then Jamie finally noticed his beak.

"…This isn't a dream, is it?"

"If it is, then it's a pretty $@%^ good one." Naomi told him.

Jamie then noticed Naomi. She didn't look any different, until Brad closed the fridge. Then Jamie could see the scales and tail easily.

"Where's Bit and Leena?"

"Bit said something about the Liger, and Leena's taking a bath."

"Leena's going to freak if she steps on the scale." Brad joked.

"Why?"

"Both Naomi and Leena were turning into the same thing, but Naomi's changing slowed down a lot. Leena, though…"

"Better check on Bit."

The three demi-humans went to the hanger, where they heard Bit screaming his head off.

"AUGH!!!!!!! I'M TURNING INTO A LION!!!!!!!!!"

Bit did indeed look the part. His hair had grown into a mane of hair. His face was something like a lion's, but no fur. A tail poked out of Bit's pants, complete with fur.

"Save your screaming for when you look at us." Brad joked again. He noted that he seemed to start acting different.

"What? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHH /gasps for air/ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Bit fainted. Brad grabbed his legs, and began to drag him with them toward the bathroom.



Leena was comfortable in the bath water. She thought ahead, and had put bubble bath in it to prevent perverts from getting an eyeful. She stepped out of the bath, and wrapped a towel around herself. She had to use a BIG beach towel. She figured that the towel shrunk in the wash. She drained the water, and went over to the mirror. It was fogged due to the heat, so Leena cracked the door open slightly, and decided to weigh herself for fun while she waited. She was shocked when it read that she put on over 200 lbs.

'Very funny, Bit.'

Leena thought back to when she was getting out of the tub. She was stuck until she pulled as hard as she could, and the water went down more than she expected when she was out. She checked the scale again. It still read 381 lbs.

'I must be having some kind of nightmare. I couldn't possibly put on that kind of weight in a couple hours. I don't remember falling asleep though, and I did eat a lot at dinner…'

Leena then noticed her stomach looked awfully large. She felt it, and was rather stunned to find that it was pure muscle. It was also VERY large. Leena went over to the mirror, which had now cleared. She began to scream. Instead of her face, a dinosaur face was in the mirror. Her body was covered in bluish scales, which went clear to her new tail. Her toes were gone, replaced with three short claws; four if you count the toe that didn't touch the ground. Her hands were clawed as well. She let go of the towel for an instant, and then quickly snatched it again. During the instant, she learned that except for what she hid below her waist, she no longer had any outward sings of gender. She freaked out, and brought the towel back up. She didn't want to form any habits if she could return to normal. She tried to get her outfit on, but it was far too small now. She rushed to her room…



By the time the quartet of demi-humans got to the bathroom, they knew they were too late. The door had been left open, and Leena's clothes were still there. Brad sniffed the air.

"Brad, what are you doing?" Bit asked, finally awake.

"…Idiot." Brad said coldly.

Brad followed what he smelled down the hall, and up to Leena's door. He tried it, and found it was locked.

"I'M NOT DECENT!!!!!"

"Because of lack of clothes, or for a different reason?" Brad asked.

"WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU???????????"

"I'm guessing the reason is the same one that made us afraid of each other…"

"I… Something happened to me while I was in the bathroom…"

"That kind of thing happened to us in other rooms."

"HOW WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT??????????????"

"Because your scent smells different now."

While the other three demi-humans outside the room began to worry about just how far Brad changed, Leena opened the door. She had managed to somehow get a t-shirt over her head, and onto her large body. She also managed to get a large pair of sweat pants past her claws. Her hair was messed up, but she couldn't care less now. Her large gut still poked out, though. Bit was about to laugh at her awkward appearance.

"Don't bit." Brad whispered to him.

"BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

What Brad feared would happen happened. Leena hit Bit into the floor. Bit was out cold.

"Touchy." Naomi commented.

Leena noticed that Naomi at least kept much more humanity than Leena.

"I don't know why." Brad answered her unasked question.

"How are we going to explain this to…"

The doctor in question was walking down the hall. He saw the group, and did two things.

"I knew the lasagna was too old when I ate it."

That was the first thing. The second thing he did was faint.

"This is going to be a LONG night." Leena commented.





Long, and a little confusing for some.