Chapter 8
I usually do the groceries for me and Sam. He usually stays home, and I go into town to the grocery store. I go because I can morph, and that is the key element, if I was to go into town in my own body, I would be recognized.
So I morph to Josh. That guy was beginning to be a bit more of me every day. When I had to work, when I had to go into town, or when I needed to do anything. He was me, and it was kind of cool to have an alter ego.
So, one day after work, I had to go into town to get groceries, and someone from school that knew me noticed me. You see, I had been going in as a morph for the past month and I was kind of tired of it. So I went in and once I was in the store, I demorphed for the two hour limit, and someone noticed me before I could morph back.
He said he knew me, and I even talked to him, morphing ever so slowly to prevent any suspicions. He pretty much had to say that he thought I was dead and so on and whatnot. He wasn't a controller, or he would have done something to try and get me captured. Instead, he just tried to convince me to come back.
I, of course, denied it all, telling him I didn't know what he was talking about and tried to leave. It was a guy named Steve.
When he turned around, I left, trying to lose him in the grocery store. When I left him, I morphed completely. That way, if he saw me again, I would tell him to leave me alone.
It eventually worked, and he left me alone. Unfortunately, he saw me again at the checkout and tried to talk to me. Said I had the same clothes and was sorry when I showed him my face. I was fine, for now.
I went home and gave all the groceries to Sam. You see, there was one big problem living in the wild. There was no electricity and no way to keep things cool, so we had to get foods that wouldn't melt and didn't need to be cooked. That pretty much left us with peanut butter and jam sandwiches. There was lot's of fruit, but we could only buy so much at any given time.
Anyway, we were eating, when Rachel stopped by. She was a bald eagle, and she simply came buy to deliver a message. We were going to be going out to the river that meets the ocean. Jake had decided that would be easier rather than going straight up to the beach and morph. There were far too many people there on a weekend.
So we would go to the bridge and go from there. Sam would see us off to take care of our clothes. It was a road bridge, so we would act like bridge divers if we were seen. Jake had it all under control.
So, later that day, Sam and I walked out to the bridge. I knew where it was, so I would make it there no problem. It was in the forest, and the river underneath it was pretty clean.
We made it there about noon. Yeah, I know it was early, but we lived a full life. We both walked to make it easier. When we got there, everyone was already there.
{What took you so long, we are running out of time.} Tobias said.
"Come on, it is still noon, we have plenty of time." I said. "Besides, it is the weekend, we have nothing to do."
"Yes, but we don't know how long this will take." Rachel said. "Could be an hour total, we may not even come close enough to see anything in six hours. Who knows?"
Jake stepped forward, "Either way, let's get going."
We all shed our outer clothing and started to climb down the embankment next to the bridge that led to the river. All but Whitney. I walked back to her, and Rachel followed.
"Let's go, Whit." I said.
"Let's jump off the bridge. I've done it before, and it is completely safe, wanna do it too?" She asked.
I shrugged my shoulders and looked at Rachel. She nodded encouragement. So I walked up to the bar and shook my head at Whitney. "You know you're crazy, right?"
"Of course." She answered.
"Don't forget me," Rachel said, "no crazy stunt is complete without me."
So we all took our clothes and threw them all over the side. We told Sam to capture them, but he didn't reach, so he had to use the telekinesis to pull them to him. The others were already down in the river.
Whitney was the first to get on the bar. She stood on it with the grace that only a gymnast can have. "Watch out below!" Whitney called as she jumped off. She kind of did a backwards dive. She fell all the way down to the river below with a big splash.
"You are crazy!" I called down.
"She is, isn't she!" Marco called back up.
Just then, to my side, I saw Rachel jump onto the rail and almost immediately dove into the water. I was not going to be outdone, so I walked back a few steps and ran at the rail, clearing it and falling to the water in a cannonball.
SPLASH! I landed only feet away from Rachel and Whitney.
{You are all crazy!} Tobias said from up at the bridge. Sam was already walking back up with all our clothes.
"Alright, let's go." Jake urged.
We all waded there in the river in our little skimpy morphing outfits. I began to morph to dolphin. Everybody else's skin all turned rubbery and their hair disappeared. I, however, didn't appear to have any changes. I could feel them though. My entire lower half had already turned into the tail fin of the dolphin. The transformation slowly crept up my body until it reached my chest and arms, sucking my hands into my chest.
I found I couldn't stay afloat without my arms, so I slipped under and held my breath until my flippers and blowhole formed. When they did, I kicked myself to the surface and sucked in a big ole lung-full of air.
{I'm ready.} I said to the others.
{We aren't yet. Give us a minute.} Jake said.
{Let's go scout ahead a bit.} Cassie said. She was the only other one to morph as fast as me.
You see, though, the dolphin subconscious had yet to kick in. I was completely surprised when the brain had kicked in. The dolphin was hyper, and above all else, it was happy. It wanted to play. There was minimal fear, if any. Hunger was simply a side effect of playing, and shelter wasn't even an issue. I wasn't sure if they even slept.
You see, the dolphin was not afraid of anything. Water was it's playground, and that was where it was. It was completely content.
{Come on!} Cassie said in an excited tone. {I bet I will make it there first!}
{No way, I will so totally be there first.} I said back. I kicked my tail and shot out towards the ocean, because that was where I truly belonged.
{Settle down you two.} Jake said.
{This isn't a race.} Marco added.
{Oh yes it is!} Rachel said. {Wait up for me!} she dashed towards us and the three of us all rocketed as fast as we could into the ocean.
{Wait up!} Whitney called to us. {I wanna go too!}
When Marco and Jake finally joined us, we all swam out to the edges of the ocean.
I usually do the groceries for me and Sam. He usually stays home, and I go into town to the grocery store. I go because I can morph, and that is the key element, if I was to go into town in my own body, I would be recognized.
So I morph to Josh. That guy was beginning to be a bit more of me every day. When I had to work, when I had to go into town, or when I needed to do anything. He was me, and it was kind of cool to have an alter ego.
So, one day after work, I had to go into town to get groceries, and someone from school that knew me noticed me. You see, I had been going in as a morph for the past month and I was kind of tired of it. So I went in and once I was in the store, I demorphed for the two hour limit, and someone noticed me before I could morph back.
He said he knew me, and I even talked to him, morphing ever so slowly to prevent any suspicions. He pretty much had to say that he thought I was dead and so on and whatnot. He wasn't a controller, or he would have done something to try and get me captured. Instead, he just tried to convince me to come back.
I, of course, denied it all, telling him I didn't know what he was talking about and tried to leave. It was a guy named Steve.
When he turned around, I left, trying to lose him in the grocery store. When I left him, I morphed completely. That way, if he saw me again, I would tell him to leave me alone.
It eventually worked, and he left me alone. Unfortunately, he saw me again at the checkout and tried to talk to me. Said I had the same clothes and was sorry when I showed him my face. I was fine, for now.
I went home and gave all the groceries to Sam. You see, there was one big problem living in the wild. There was no electricity and no way to keep things cool, so we had to get foods that wouldn't melt and didn't need to be cooked. That pretty much left us with peanut butter and jam sandwiches. There was lot's of fruit, but we could only buy so much at any given time.
Anyway, we were eating, when Rachel stopped by. She was a bald eagle, and she simply came buy to deliver a message. We were going to be going out to the river that meets the ocean. Jake had decided that would be easier rather than going straight up to the beach and morph. There were far too many people there on a weekend.
So we would go to the bridge and go from there. Sam would see us off to take care of our clothes. It was a road bridge, so we would act like bridge divers if we were seen. Jake had it all under control.
So, later that day, Sam and I walked out to the bridge. I knew where it was, so I would make it there no problem. It was in the forest, and the river underneath it was pretty clean.
We made it there about noon. Yeah, I know it was early, but we lived a full life. We both walked to make it easier. When we got there, everyone was already there.
{What took you so long, we are running out of time.} Tobias said.
"Come on, it is still noon, we have plenty of time." I said. "Besides, it is the weekend, we have nothing to do."
"Yes, but we don't know how long this will take." Rachel said. "Could be an hour total, we may not even come close enough to see anything in six hours. Who knows?"
Jake stepped forward, "Either way, let's get going."
We all shed our outer clothing and started to climb down the embankment next to the bridge that led to the river. All but Whitney. I walked back to her, and Rachel followed.
"Let's go, Whit." I said.
"Let's jump off the bridge. I've done it before, and it is completely safe, wanna do it too?" She asked.
I shrugged my shoulders and looked at Rachel. She nodded encouragement. So I walked up to the bar and shook my head at Whitney. "You know you're crazy, right?"
"Of course." She answered.
"Don't forget me," Rachel said, "no crazy stunt is complete without me."
So we all took our clothes and threw them all over the side. We told Sam to capture them, but he didn't reach, so he had to use the telekinesis to pull them to him. The others were already down in the river.
Whitney was the first to get on the bar. She stood on it with the grace that only a gymnast can have. "Watch out below!" Whitney called as she jumped off. She kind of did a backwards dive. She fell all the way down to the river below with a big splash.
"You are crazy!" I called down.
"She is, isn't she!" Marco called back up.
Just then, to my side, I saw Rachel jump onto the rail and almost immediately dove into the water. I was not going to be outdone, so I walked back a few steps and ran at the rail, clearing it and falling to the water in a cannonball.
SPLASH! I landed only feet away from Rachel and Whitney.
{You are all crazy!} Tobias said from up at the bridge. Sam was already walking back up with all our clothes.
"Alright, let's go." Jake urged.
We all waded there in the river in our little skimpy morphing outfits. I began to morph to dolphin. Everybody else's skin all turned rubbery and their hair disappeared. I, however, didn't appear to have any changes. I could feel them though. My entire lower half had already turned into the tail fin of the dolphin. The transformation slowly crept up my body until it reached my chest and arms, sucking my hands into my chest.
I found I couldn't stay afloat without my arms, so I slipped under and held my breath until my flippers and blowhole formed. When they did, I kicked myself to the surface and sucked in a big ole lung-full of air.
{I'm ready.} I said to the others.
{We aren't yet. Give us a minute.} Jake said.
{Let's go scout ahead a bit.} Cassie said. She was the only other one to morph as fast as me.
You see, though, the dolphin subconscious had yet to kick in. I was completely surprised when the brain had kicked in. The dolphin was hyper, and above all else, it was happy. It wanted to play. There was minimal fear, if any. Hunger was simply a side effect of playing, and shelter wasn't even an issue. I wasn't sure if they even slept.
You see, the dolphin was not afraid of anything. Water was it's playground, and that was where it was. It was completely content.
{Come on!} Cassie said in an excited tone. {I bet I will make it there first!}
{No way, I will so totally be there first.} I said back. I kicked my tail and shot out towards the ocean, because that was where I truly belonged.
{Settle down you two.} Jake said.
{This isn't a race.} Marco added.
{Oh yes it is!} Rachel said. {Wait up for me!} she dashed towards us and the three of us all rocketed as fast as we could into the ocean.
{Wait up!} Whitney called to us. {I wanna go too!}
When Marco and Jake finally joined us, we all swam out to the edges of the ocean.