.....Sorry for a couple typos in the last chapter. I was kinda sleepy when
I wrote it. I didn't even realize they were there. Anyway, let's move
on....
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Chapter 11 - Searching the city........
"You're done trying to get your body and soul back? Why?"
"I remembered you promised to return them, and you HAVE to keep your word. Still, this bet could be interesting......although now it's more of a guessing game......."
Earthos paced up and down. He was trying to remember something that'd help work out a few problems, but he simply couldn't remember WHAT. Jamie was working at a computer, rather worried since another S class team challenged them. Forgivingly, they didn't see their hybrid bodies, but they would if they accepted the challenge. Brad and Felicia were trying to work out where Alex could be, and Earthos had 'subtly' told her about the Elementals. Leena was STILL after Vega, who everyone could tell had finally thought the same way about her. They chalked it up to an oddly fast puberty, although Sarah was a bit concerned.
"Earthos, what's wrong?" Naomi asked.
"I'm trying to remember something that'd help us out here. My magic's been awfully drained from using those transforming spells, and I don't know if I can change them back for awhile.......and what I'm trying to remember should help with that......."
Then Bill came in, and started comparing maps with Brad and Felicia.
"So where have we searched so far?" Bill asked.
"Well, it looks like the city's the only place left in miles." Felicia noted.
Brad frowned.
"Well we can't find him if he's there. In these hybrid bodies, there'd be lots of problems, and in human form, there's a really big one....... how can we track down someone or something if they don't want to be found?" Brad said.
"We'd have to be able to mix up the two forms." Leena said as she came in, seemingly tired.
"Yeah, and we can't do that." Vega said as he came in, also tired.
Sarah was now even more concerned. Earthos however, seemed to realize something.
"Mix them up...... THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MADE PENDANTS A LONG TIME AGO SO SOME ANIMALS COULD ENJOY HUMAN FORM WHENEVER THEY WANTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WORKS ON HYBRIDS TOO, AND THEY ALL USUALLY LEFT SOME OF THEIR TRAITS IN HUMAN FORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone realized what that meant. They were eager as Earthos took several pendants out of a pouch.
"The only fault with them is that they don't let humans take animal form, so keep in mind these don't undo my spell on you."
Earthos handed each of the hybrids, Bill included, a pendant. They each wore them in different ways, and soon, they were all in human form, although Vega was now around Leena's age in form.
"Huh? Oh yeah, dinosaur/human age ratio is kinda wacky......" Earthos noted, "Different kinds age differently........ Most predatory ones age quicker, although not all of them."
"That's okay." Vega and Leena said in unison.
Then everyone else sweatdropped.
Meta also sweatdropped.
"Eh.........."
Damien, however, was laughing.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Well, it looks like they're ALREADY knowledgeable about the 'birds and the bees'."
Meta frowned.
"Sheesh. You're interested in all sorts of weird and taboo stuff."
Now Damien frowned.
"So what's wrong finding that funny?"
"Plenty."
Damien sighed.
"I could just tamper with Earthos' spell and make Vega that age in reality."
Then Meta sweatdropped.........
Tiffany woke up feeling somewhat stiff in her muscles. She got off her bed, and went into the kitchen to take some aspirin.
'Wow, what a dream. That......well, that 'guy' sure seemed nice....... I think I'm falling for a dream guy that's not even real, OR human.'
Tiffany then saw a note. She picked it up, and had trouble reading it.
'It looks like a doctor's handwriting. Impossible to read.......well, almost..... "Be back soon. Left to get a replacement comforter. Signed, Alex." ALEX IS REAL!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! .......Wait, a replacement comforter? "P.S. Sorry about the comforter, my claws hooked it and tore it.".......WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!'
Tiffany went back into her bedroom, and saw the comforter was torn. She then heard something banging around outside her window. She opened the curtains, and yelped in surprise when she saw Alex. Then she calmed down, and let him in.
"Thank you.........that dog out there could probably eat ME for lunch......" Alex joked.
"You mean Harley?"
"Harley!?!?!"
"That'd be Shawn's dog. Even his dog's nasty. He even chewed apart a kid's bike."
Alex sweatdropped.
"That'd explain the 'impressions' he left behind.......Here." Alex said, handing Tiffany a new comforter before heading to the kitchen.
Tiffany looked very puzzled, and went into the kitchen to find Alex applying alcohol to several bites on his tail, legs, and arms.
"Sheesh! Now Harley can paint a......say, what are you anyway?"
"I'm not sure myself, and the only thing I can think of is pretty farfetched.......GAH!!!!!!!!!!"
Alex winced in pain after applying alcohol to a really nasty wound. He knocked over the bottle, and it spilled into the sink. Tiffany picked it up before it spilled too much, and took out the bandages for Alex.
"Say, how did you get this anyway?" Tiffany asked about the comforter.
"I don't even WANT to go into that......."
"......YOU _ STOLE _ IT!?!?!?!?!?!"
"No, but my 'disguise' didn't work too well due to some prank playing boy...........although I did get out of the store before he tried pulling my cloak off."
Alex finished wrapping up the last of the bandages, and started to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"I already caused trouble. I'm leaving."
Tiffany put her hand on his shoulder before he left.
"Please don't......you see.....I.....well....." She blushed, "I don't want Harley getting you again....." She managed to say, which was true, but not the reason she didn't want him to leave.
"........ Oh.....I see....." Alex said, catching on, "Well, I doubt I'm leaving the city. There aren't many places to go besides here. Although I could at least stay until Harley and Shawn are asleep."
"Shawn? .......What happened?"
"Well......."
Vega, Jamie, Felicia, Naomi, and Bill were looking around in the city. They had split up, with Felicia being accompanied by Bill, and Vega paired with Jamie. Naomi could handle herself. Vega and Jamie were searching at the docks, with little success......
"It's no use. All I can smell is fish." Vega said.
"That's not bad." Jamie told him.
"It is when I can't smell Alex......"
Felicia and Bill weren't having much luck either, although Bill did enjoy some perks of keeping a couple of positive 'gator' traits.......
"At least I'm not a weakling anymore....."
"Where would Alex have gone?"
Naomi, freshly stumped, went shopping. Browsing is more like it. She didn't find anything of interest, and decided to stop in the café and get something to drink. She overheard some people talking...........
"Mom, are you sure that scary guy's gone?"
"I hope so."
"Me too. Someone that has SCALES instead of skin......that's just creepy....."
"You should've seen what was making that odd bump in his cloak.....WINGS!"
"The other bump was a TAIL!"
"And that weird way his hood was set.....he had HORNS!!!!!!!!!"
"Just freaky......though he did say I could keep the change on his purchase."
"Maybe he wrecked some girlfriend's bed. Why else would he buy ONLY a comforter? We don't have any other bed items in stock right now."
"You know, I heard of people like that. Some mad doctor messed with them, and someone freed them. Do you think he was one of 'em?"
"What else COULD it be?"
"Mom, that sounds kinda cool. Do ya think I could......."
"......Billy, I don't want you to ask again. The man that did that was crazy. Who knows what he did to the unheard of people......"
"EEEEEEEPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!! I GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Naomi put down her Sprite, and left.......
Felicia, Bill, Vega, and Jamie met at a fast food place since it was lunchtime. Fortunately, their appetites had been reduced in their human forms, or they'd attract too much attention. Then Naomi sat down at the table.
"I found out where Alex has been.....and he's acting normal again."
"Where was he?"
"He was at the store along South Blvd. Get this, he was disguised, and bought a bed cover. ONLY a bed cover."
The others blinked.
"Why would he only buy that?" Jamie wondered.
"Disguised? How?" Felicia asked.
"Dunno much about that. Just that he had a cloak with a hood."
"That's not enough to disguise himself." Bill noted.
Alex took his 'disguise' out from behind the dumpster where he put it before Harley attacked him. He made sure his claws were retracted, and then put on the shirt, pants, and gloves. He was lucky no one noticed only four fingers. He did remove the extra fingers on each glove, and taped over the holes, so that they might think he just lost a finger.......though anyone observant enough could tell otherwise even without removing the gloves. The pants he found were already good for him since the butt was ripped out. The shirt though, was a problem. It was tight, and the ends of the sleeves ripped apart when he bent his arms. The tightness was slightly fixed after tearing a hole for his wings, but you could still see the outlines of his scales if you looked hard enough. Then he put on his makeshift cloak, which didn't help if the wind caught it, since it was more like a cape with a hood. However, the wind today was none, so he could get away with it. He said goodbye to Tiffany, and left, growling at Harley on the way, scaring the dog, and teaching it who was top beast.........
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Well, it IS an update.
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Chapter 11 - Searching the city........
"You're done trying to get your body and soul back? Why?"
"I remembered you promised to return them, and you HAVE to keep your word. Still, this bet could be interesting......although now it's more of a guessing game......."
Earthos paced up and down. He was trying to remember something that'd help work out a few problems, but he simply couldn't remember WHAT. Jamie was working at a computer, rather worried since another S class team challenged them. Forgivingly, they didn't see their hybrid bodies, but they would if they accepted the challenge. Brad and Felicia were trying to work out where Alex could be, and Earthos had 'subtly' told her about the Elementals. Leena was STILL after Vega, who everyone could tell had finally thought the same way about her. They chalked it up to an oddly fast puberty, although Sarah was a bit concerned.
"Earthos, what's wrong?" Naomi asked.
"I'm trying to remember something that'd help us out here. My magic's been awfully drained from using those transforming spells, and I don't know if I can change them back for awhile.......and what I'm trying to remember should help with that......."
Then Bill came in, and started comparing maps with Brad and Felicia.
"So where have we searched so far?" Bill asked.
"Well, it looks like the city's the only place left in miles." Felicia noted.
Brad frowned.
"Well we can't find him if he's there. In these hybrid bodies, there'd be lots of problems, and in human form, there's a really big one....... how can we track down someone or something if they don't want to be found?" Brad said.
"We'd have to be able to mix up the two forms." Leena said as she came in, seemingly tired.
"Yeah, and we can't do that." Vega said as he came in, also tired.
Sarah was now even more concerned. Earthos however, seemed to realize something.
"Mix them up...... THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MADE PENDANTS A LONG TIME AGO SO SOME ANIMALS COULD ENJOY HUMAN FORM WHENEVER THEY WANTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WORKS ON HYBRIDS TOO, AND THEY ALL USUALLY LEFT SOME OF THEIR TRAITS IN HUMAN FORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone realized what that meant. They were eager as Earthos took several pendants out of a pouch.
"The only fault with them is that they don't let humans take animal form, so keep in mind these don't undo my spell on you."
Earthos handed each of the hybrids, Bill included, a pendant. They each wore them in different ways, and soon, they were all in human form, although Vega was now around Leena's age in form.
"Huh? Oh yeah, dinosaur/human age ratio is kinda wacky......" Earthos noted, "Different kinds age differently........ Most predatory ones age quicker, although not all of them."
"That's okay." Vega and Leena said in unison.
Then everyone else sweatdropped.
Meta also sweatdropped.
"Eh.........."
Damien, however, was laughing.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Well, it looks like they're ALREADY knowledgeable about the 'birds and the bees'."
Meta frowned.
"Sheesh. You're interested in all sorts of weird and taboo stuff."
Now Damien frowned.
"So what's wrong finding that funny?"
"Plenty."
Damien sighed.
"I could just tamper with Earthos' spell and make Vega that age in reality."
Then Meta sweatdropped.........
Tiffany woke up feeling somewhat stiff in her muscles. She got off her bed, and went into the kitchen to take some aspirin.
'Wow, what a dream. That......well, that 'guy' sure seemed nice....... I think I'm falling for a dream guy that's not even real, OR human.'
Tiffany then saw a note. She picked it up, and had trouble reading it.
'It looks like a doctor's handwriting. Impossible to read.......well, almost..... "Be back soon. Left to get a replacement comforter. Signed, Alex." ALEX IS REAL!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! .......Wait, a replacement comforter? "P.S. Sorry about the comforter, my claws hooked it and tore it.".......WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!'
Tiffany went back into her bedroom, and saw the comforter was torn. She then heard something banging around outside her window. She opened the curtains, and yelped in surprise when she saw Alex. Then she calmed down, and let him in.
"Thank you.........that dog out there could probably eat ME for lunch......" Alex joked.
"You mean Harley?"
"Harley!?!?!"
"That'd be Shawn's dog. Even his dog's nasty. He even chewed apart a kid's bike."
Alex sweatdropped.
"That'd explain the 'impressions' he left behind.......Here." Alex said, handing Tiffany a new comforter before heading to the kitchen.
Tiffany looked very puzzled, and went into the kitchen to find Alex applying alcohol to several bites on his tail, legs, and arms.
"Sheesh! Now Harley can paint a......say, what are you anyway?"
"I'm not sure myself, and the only thing I can think of is pretty farfetched.......GAH!!!!!!!!!!"
Alex winced in pain after applying alcohol to a really nasty wound. He knocked over the bottle, and it spilled into the sink. Tiffany picked it up before it spilled too much, and took out the bandages for Alex.
"Say, how did you get this anyway?" Tiffany asked about the comforter.
"I don't even WANT to go into that......."
"......YOU _ STOLE _ IT!?!?!?!?!?!"
"No, but my 'disguise' didn't work too well due to some prank playing boy...........although I did get out of the store before he tried pulling my cloak off."
Alex finished wrapping up the last of the bandages, and started to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"I already caused trouble. I'm leaving."
Tiffany put her hand on his shoulder before he left.
"Please don't......you see.....I.....well....." She blushed, "I don't want Harley getting you again....." She managed to say, which was true, but not the reason she didn't want him to leave.
"........ Oh.....I see....." Alex said, catching on, "Well, I doubt I'm leaving the city. There aren't many places to go besides here. Although I could at least stay until Harley and Shawn are asleep."
"Shawn? .......What happened?"
"Well......."
Vega, Jamie, Felicia, Naomi, and Bill were looking around in the city. They had split up, with Felicia being accompanied by Bill, and Vega paired with Jamie. Naomi could handle herself. Vega and Jamie were searching at the docks, with little success......
"It's no use. All I can smell is fish." Vega said.
"That's not bad." Jamie told him.
"It is when I can't smell Alex......"
Felicia and Bill weren't having much luck either, although Bill did enjoy some perks of keeping a couple of positive 'gator' traits.......
"At least I'm not a weakling anymore....."
"Where would Alex have gone?"
Naomi, freshly stumped, went shopping. Browsing is more like it. She didn't find anything of interest, and decided to stop in the café and get something to drink. She overheard some people talking...........
"Mom, are you sure that scary guy's gone?"
"I hope so."
"Me too. Someone that has SCALES instead of skin......that's just creepy....."
"You should've seen what was making that odd bump in his cloak.....WINGS!"
"The other bump was a TAIL!"
"And that weird way his hood was set.....he had HORNS!!!!!!!!!"
"Just freaky......though he did say I could keep the change on his purchase."
"Maybe he wrecked some girlfriend's bed. Why else would he buy ONLY a comforter? We don't have any other bed items in stock right now."
"You know, I heard of people like that. Some mad doctor messed with them, and someone freed them. Do you think he was one of 'em?"
"What else COULD it be?"
"Mom, that sounds kinda cool. Do ya think I could......."
"......Billy, I don't want you to ask again. The man that did that was crazy. Who knows what he did to the unheard of people......"
"EEEEEEEPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!! I GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Naomi put down her Sprite, and left.......
Felicia, Bill, Vega, and Jamie met at a fast food place since it was lunchtime. Fortunately, their appetites had been reduced in their human forms, or they'd attract too much attention. Then Naomi sat down at the table.
"I found out where Alex has been.....and he's acting normal again."
"Where was he?"
"He was at the store along South Blvd. Get this, he was disguised, and bought a bed cover. ONLY a bed cover."
The others blinked.
"Why would he only buy that?" Jamie wondered.
"Disguised? How?" Felicia asked.
"Dunno much about that. Just that he had a cloak with a hood."
"That's not enough to disguise himself." Bill noted.
Alex took his 'disguise' out from behind the dumpster where he put it before Harley attacked him. He made sure his claws were retracted, and then put on the shirt, pants, and gloves. He was lucky no one noticed only four fingers. He did remove the extra fingers on each glove, and taped over the holes, so that they might think he just lost a finger.......though anyone observant enough could tell otherwise even without removing the gloves. The pants he found were already good for him since the butt was ripped out. The shirt though, was a problem. It was tight, and the ends of the sleeves ripped apart when he bent his arms. The tightness was slightly fixed after tearing a hole for his wings, but you could still see the outlines of his scales if you looked hard enough. Then he put on his makeshift cloak, which didn't help if the wind caught it, since it was more like a cape with a hood. However, the wind today was none, so he could get away with it. He said goodbye to Tiffany, and left, growling at Harley on the way, scaring the dog, and teaching it who was top beast.........
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Well, it IS an update.