Been busy lately, here is the next chapter *finally*
Finding A Way: CHAPTER 6
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Kayli thought for a minute, "Hmmmm, what about me...", she started, Shadow listened, "Well I guess I should come out and say that I wasn't always like this-y'know- a merhog.."
Shadow gave her an interested and a confused look, "What? Explain..."
She sighed and frowned, "Well I faintly remember being a hedgehog, a real hedgehog. The clearest memory I have is back when I was a little girl...I think I was sitting in my house playing with dolls, minding my own business and a woman picked me up and hugged me", she gulped, "she would always tell me 'I was the best little girl in the world and she would never let anything happen to me.' I guess she was my mom."
"Do you remember anything else?" Shadow asked. He wanted to know what she meant by 'I used to be a hedgehog'.
"Yea, actually...there is one I don't like to remember so well.", she took a second to debate whether or not she should tell it, then finally started, "One day, I was watching TV in that same house, and my mom, like always picked me up. But instead her grip was tight and she was running around looking for a place to hide me, suddenly there were lights flashing and men yelling outside. She finally put me in the cabinets under the kitchen sink and told me she loved me and that it would be ok."
Kayli gritted her teeth and looked as if she would cry, she looked over to Shadow, though, and something made her finish.
"It wasn't ok. I woke up with a bright light in my face and about five men with goggles on staring at me. I was frightened but I listened to their every word, they kept calling me 'Subject Number 16'. I was there for many months until -that day came. Apparently they had gotten what they were looking for and I was injected with some kind of weird black liquid. And the same thing that happened to you...happened to me." She gestured to Shadow's fins.
"Then how are you out here now?", he asked, intrigued more by her own life than his own.
"Ummm...they let me go." She said, "I think they wanted to study my habits now that they had mutated me. They burned a tracking device into my side, but I ripped it off in panic." She showed Shadow the scar on her left side. He winced.
"Well, you have all those...potions, how come you couldn't just change yourself back?"
"I tried. Those potions where just something I learned to make from being in the ocean for so long. Something that the world shouldn't get their hands on. Ever."
"So?"
"The chemical they put in me was black, the chemical I gave you was green. Unfortunately I could never find the antidote for that black stuff."
Shadow gave a look of sympathy, "Oh..."
"Its getting dark again." she said, "We should make camp." Kayli swam to a sandbar.
This disappointed Shadow a little as he wanted to continue on with the journey. But soon he didn't care very much as he followed Kayli down.
Morning came quickly. Shadow woke up in the same state of shock as the night before. Kayli was still sleeping. He looked at her for a long moment. For some reason, he felt happier knowing she was there. Then he fixed his gaze on something that was shimmering below. He swam to it and picked it up.
It was a shiny silver necklace. The chain was thin and fragile, but it had a small Sapphire jewel hanging from it. Shadow had to admit, it was beautiful. But he had no use for it; he will give it to Kayli. He was strangely in a good mood; he decided to cheer her up too.
This time Kayli woke up with him hovering over her. She raised an eyebrow. He tilted his head; he arms were behind his back as if hiding something. And best of all, he was smiling. She couldn't help but smile back.
"Good Morning." He said cheerfully. She blushed, his voice was soothing when he was happy. But she couldn't figure out why he had a sudden change of heart.
"What's the matter, get up on the right side of the bed this morning?", she teased as she leveled herself.
"Um...yea, I guess.", he then remembered the necklace, "Hey look what I found!"
He held it out in front of her face. Her eyes quickly lit up, "Wow!"
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Hope you liked this chapter and see ya next week!
Finding A Way: CHAPTER 6
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Kayli thought for a minute, "Hmmmm, what about me...", she started, Shadow listened, "Well I guess I should come out and say that I wasn't always like this-y'know- a merhog.."
Shadow gave her an interested and a confused look, "What? Explain..."
She sighed and frowned, "Well I faintly remember being a hedgehog, a real hedgehog. The clearest memory I have is back when I was a little girl...I think I was sitting in my house playing with dolls, minding my own business and a woman picked me up and hugged me", she gulped, "she would always tell me 'I was the best little girl in the world and she would never let anything happen to me.' I guess she was my mom."
"Do you remember anything else?" Shadow asked. He wanted to know what she meant by 'I used to be a hedgehog'.
"Yea, actually...there is one I don't like to remember so well.", she took a second to debate whether or not she should tell it, then finally started, "One day, I was watching TV in that same house, and my mom, like always picked me up. But instead her grip was tight and she was running around looking for a place to hide me, suddenly there were lights flashing and men yelling outside. She finally put me in the cabinets under the kitchen sink and told me she loved me and that it would be ok."
Kayli gritted her teeth and looked as if she would cry, she looked over to Shadow, though, and something made her finish.
"It wasn't ok. I woke up with a bright light in my face and about five men with goggles on staring at me. I was frightened but I listened to their every word, they kept calling me 'Subject Number 16'. I was there for many months until -that day came. Apparently they had gotten what they were looking for and I was injected with some kind of weird black liquid. And the same thing that happened to you...happened to me." She gestured to Shadow's fins.
"Then how are you out here now?", he asked, intrigued more by her own life than his own.
"Ummm...they let me go." She said, "I think they wanted to study my habits now that they had mutated me. They burned a tracking device into my side, but I ripped it off in panic." She showed Shadow the scar on her left side. He winced.
"Well, you have all those...potions, how come you couldn't just change yourself back?"
"I tried. Those potions where just something I learned to make from being in the ocean for so long. Something that the world shouldn't get their hands on. Ever."
"So?"
"The chemical they put in me was black, the chemical I gave you was green. Unfortunately I could never find the antidote for that black stuff."
Shadow gave a look of sympathy, "Oh..."
"Its getting dark again." she said, "We should make camp." Kayli swam to a sandbar.
This disappointed Shadow a little as he wanted to continue on with the journey. But soon he didn't care very much as he followed Kayli down.
Morning came quickly. Shadow woke up in the same state of shock as the night before. Kayli was still sleeping. He looked at her for a long moment. For some reason, he felt happier knowing she was there. Then he fixed his gaze on something that was shimmering below. He swam to it and picked it up.
It was a shiny silver necklace. The chain was thin and fragile, but it had a small Sapphire jewel hanging from it. Shadow had to admit, it was beautiful. But he had no use for it; he will give it to Kayli. He was strangely in a good mood; he decided to cheer her up too.
This time Kayli woke up with him hovering over her. She raised an eyebrow. He tilted his head; he arms were behind his back as if hiding something. And best of all, he was smiling. She couldn't help but smile back.
"Good Morning." He said cheerfully. She blushed, his voice was soothing when he was happy. But she couldn't figure out why he had a sudden change of heart.
"What's the matter, get up on the right side of the bed this morning?", she teased as she leveled herself.
"Um...yea, I guess.", he then remembered the necklace, "Hey look what I found!"
He held it out in front of her face. Her eyes quickly lit up, "Wow!"
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Hope you liked this chapter and see ya next week!