AOE Saga: Morph's Hexagon
Chapter 3: The Trouble with Morphs
The BiNebular floated through ship. Chip was in the bridge along with Draco, Morph, and 6-2-5. As they went on Chip said to himself, "Ah, outer space, an infinity of matter, anti-matter, and non-matter. There are so many questions about outer space. How did it begin? Where does it stretch? What all fills it? And when will Morph stop playing that eerie music?" While Chip had been saying this, Morph had been playing the music from Star Trek on his record player. He turned off and said, "Sorry." Chip sighed and said, "Morph, isn't there something else you could do?" Morph thought for a little bit and then started singing kareoke off-key. Everyone else covered their ears and started yelling at Morph to stop. Eventually Morph heard them and stopped. Draco had a bit of trouble restraining himself from throttling Morph. He composed himself and said, "Say Morph, why don't you go and, um," "Put these bottles of horseradish in the refrigerator in the cargo bay," finish 625. Draco and Chip quickly agreed with 625 and said that the horseradish was very important for the entire mission and that Morph should come back in forty-five minutes. Morph eagerly grabbed the bottles and headed towards the cargo bay. Draco waited until Morph was gone before saying, "What will we do when he comes back?" "We'll have to give him another 'mission' that we'll keep him away from us for a while," said Chip.
In the cargo bay, Morph had just finished putting all of the horseradish bottles in the refrigerator. He pondered on what he should do with the next forty-four minutes. Then he saw a machine not to far a distance away. He waddled over to the machine and read the label, "Jumba's Cloning Machine." Unfortunately Morph read 'Cloning' as 'Clown-ting.' Morph thought for a second and said, "This machine must be for counting clowns. I like clowns. I remember when I tried to be a clown. For some reason Lilo didn't like that. I wonder why?" He had a flashback about how he hopped in front of Lilo wearing a clown outfit and she screamed and started hitting him with an umbrella. Morph snapped out of his flashback and looked at the control panel. The screen read, "Number of Clones (0)." Morph once again misread it to be clowns. He typed in five because he wanted the machine to count five clowns. A chamber in the machine opened up. It was large enough for an adult human to fit into. Morph thought that it was a clown car so he stepped inside. The chamber closed and started filling with gas. The gas was then sucked into five separate chambers and combined with a plasma solution. The five other chambers began to glow and the plasma began to take shape.
Back in the bridge, Draco, Chip, and 625 were trying their best to come up with another 'mission' to keep Morph occupied. Just when they settled on having Morph check for enemy cameras in the toilets by cleaning them, Morph came into the room. Morph had a slightly worried look on his face. "Guys, we have a little problem," said Morph. "What's that?" asked 625. "I was putting the horseradish in the refrigerator when I found a clown-ting machine." "That wasn't a clown-ting machine, it was a cloning machine!" said Chip. "You didn't clone yourself, did you?" "Well I thought the machine was for counting clowns so I crawled into what I thought was the clown car," said Morph. "And when I crawled out there was someone with me." "Who was that?" asked Draco. Morph beckoned someone into the room. It was EnigMorph looking just as troubled as PlasMorph was. Chip rubbed his forehead and said, "Well if it's just EnigMorph, I suppose we can manage with it. Were there any other clones?" "That's what the little problem is," said PlasMorph and beckoned someone else into the room.
Four Morphs waddled into the room. They all had a resemblance to PlasMorph in form but they were each a little different from PlasMorph. One of them was a light blue and was wearing a red and black magician's cape. He was also wearing a top hat that had its eyestalk-eyes poking through the brim. The signature thing about this Morph was that it was holding a short staff with a clock on the top. Attached to the clock was a scythe's blade, making the whole thing look like some kind of scythe. The next Morph only physical difference from PlasMorph was that it was muscle bound and an amber-yellow color. The third Morph was a metallic red and had a helmet that covered its entire head with the eyestalk-eyes contained in metallic armor. All of the eyeholes were covered with a digital scanner. Its arms were metallic and slightly resembled plasma cannons. In fact, the third Morph looked like Samus. The last Morph was a leaf-green color it had shaggy hair on its head and plants growing on his back. The small fangs could be seen poking upwards from its mouth. This Morph looked like it had come from the jungle. Draco and Chip were slightly unnerved. "PlasMorph, who are these guys?" PlasMorph chuckled and said, "These are my other sides. Apparently these guys were dormant for a long time and were awakened in these clones." Draco rubbed his forehead and said, "Pinch me, I must be dreaming." A small point of pain on his tail made Draco jump on to the ceiling with a yelp of pain. He looked down to see Chip standing next to where he was standing. "That was partially because of the Napoleon insult, partially because you told me to."
After Draco jumped back down to the floor, Chip asked, "What are these guys' names and powers by the way?" PlasMorph pointed at the blue Morph with the scythe. "That's MysticMorph, he can control time and stage magic with his TimeScythe." Then PlasMorph pointed at the yellow muscle bound Morph. "That's MegaMorph, he can pump up both his and another's muscles and endurance." PlasMorph then pointed at the red Morph with the Samus look. "That's TechnoMorph, he's an expert on technology and had a really high IQ." Finally PlasMorph pointed at the green savage-looking Morph. "And that's EnviroMorph, he's got power over plants and animals. But you better be careful, he gets a little hungry." EnviroMorph crawled over to 625, grabbed in his mouth and started shaking 625 around, 625 screaming at the top of his lungs. MysticMorph banged EnviroMorph on the head with his TimeScythe until he let 625 go. Chip rubbed his head and said, "Well, at least things can't get any worse."
Unknown to everyone on the BiNebular, a spaceship was only a few miles away. The crew in the bridge was examining the BiNebular. One of them turned to the captain and said, "Captain, we've completed analysis of the ship." The captain asked with a voice like hissing steam, "Isss it, a Resssissstance ssship?" "Negative Captain, the ship is of a different technology and the crew is far too bizarre." Then the captain spoke with a mechanical monotone, "Show us a visual on the main screen." "Yes captain." An image of the crew on the BiNebular's bridge appeared on the large screen. The captain saw all of the Morphs and recognized PlasMorph and EnigMorph. 625 was slightly familiar. But the captain instantly knew Draco and Chip. With a bit of venom in both of his voices, the captain said, "We'll attack the ship. Prepare the cannons."