AOE Saga
Alchemic Blend
Chapter 3: The Mettle of the Metal.
When it came to suppertime, the group headed into the kitchen. "Aren't you going to get food in the cafeteria?" asked Bowturtle. "Heck no!" said Draco, "It's Leftover Night. You have any idea what leftovers are like here?" As if to answer his question, Rueben walked into the kitchen. He couldn't see the Walking Blades because they had made themselves invisible to those who haven't been introduced to them. Rueben walked over the refrigerator and opened the door. He picked up a Tupperware box and opened it up. Suddenly green tentacles with yellow spots on them came out of the box, grabbed Rueben, and pulled him in. There was lots of screaming coming out the box and then it made a sound like a raspberry and spat Rueben out the door.
"So what do we have for dinner?" asked Stitch. "Don't worry," said Griffaxe, "I can cook. Just tell me what to make." "How about mock turtle soup?" asked Matt. "Soup!" yelled Bowturtle. She started waving her flippers around rapidly. The constant movement caused the triggers on her flippers to go off and start firing arrows all over the place. Griffaxe quickly grabbed a bucket of water and threw the water over her head. The water clamed Carol down and made her stop firing arrows.
"Never mention M.T.S. in front of Bowturtle," said Drakesword. "Her species was nearly hunted to extinction because of that stuff." "Okay," said Matt, who had narrowly avoided getting full of arrow-holes, "how about shiskabobs?" "That sounds good," said Chip as his head popped up with an arrow sticking through. Lilo screamed and lost consciousness. Chip pulled of the arrow which was really an arrow-through-your-head gag and asked, "How did that get there?"
Griffaxe rapidly got several items out of the refrigerator and laid them on a large cutting board. He started chopping them all into little pieces with his beak and throwing them into a frying pan with his arm. The stream of flying vegetables and pieces of meat kept going until the pan was full. Then an audible "Whoops," came from Griffaxe and his arm landed in the frying pan. Stitch fell over backwards over his chair. "Sorry," said Griffaxe as he put his arm back on, "I got a little over-enthusiastic." "How did you do that?" asked Draco. "My body's like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be taken to pieces and put back together again." "That's a nifty charm," said Lilo. "Charm? No, this is a hex. I'm still trying to figure out how to get rid of it."
As the vegetables and meat was frying, Griffaxe gathered up all the arrows that Bowturtle shot out earlier. As soon as everything was fried to a crisp, Griffaxe kicked down on the frying pan's handle and tossed them into the air. He then used the arrows to spear them in midair. The arrows landed on everyone's plates in neat piles. "Bon appetite," said Griffaxe and he hopped into his own seat. Matt picked up his shiskabob and said, "Finally a quiet dinner without any interruptions."
Before Matt could even take a bite, several metal tentacles crashed through the floor. They grabbed everyone and threw him or her to different sides of the room. "Oh, what now?" asked Stitch. As if to answer his question, the door opened and something strode through the doorway. Matt instantly recognized the oozing purple slime and the metallic armor and called out the creature's name, "Splicer!" "Oh, you remembered me," said the Symbiote. "Aw man," said Draco, "I thought we were rid of you last time. Or at least, have to wait a while before your ugly face showed up again." "It takes a lot to destroy me, and I like to make my revenges as soon as possible. And don't think you can blow me up again. As you can see, I'm much stronger than last time." It was true. Splicer's form looked a lot more muscular and the six claws on each of his hands were much longer. But the most prominent addition to Splicer's body was his head. His eye had now become golden-green. The flattened spikes on his scalp have spread to cover most of his head, neck, and upper back and were fully extended. Splicer growled as he scanned the Walking Blades. "Having new friends isn't going to help you this time," said Splicer, "And last time was just for business, this is now personnel." With that, Splicer grabbed our heroes with his tentacles and threw them outside.
They landed in the training yard. Fortunately, no-one was hurt. "I didn't know Splicer was so strong," said Matt. "Who cares?" said Draco, "We'll just do what we always do to bad guys: kick his butt." After this, Splicer jumped into the training ground. "It won't be my butt that's going to get kicked this time," growled Splicer. He started attacking Stitch. Stitch was able to weave through the slashes, but it was obvious that he was having a difficult time. "I didn't know Splicer was that fast either," said Matt. Draco crouched and sprung like a striking cobra. Splicer smacked Draco out of the air and into a wall. Chip started charging his hands with viral energy. Splicer crouched on all fours and gave a very lion-like roar. This roar made Matt realize how Splicer was so much stronger than before. "Don't hurt him," he yelled, "He's possessing Chris!" All of the experiments paused in shock. Splicer chuckled and said, "So, you've figured it out, have you? Yes, Chris makes a wonderful host, especially if you knock him out and take over before he regains his senses. And it also turns out that his level of sanity perfectly counters my own. That means that I can control him indefinitely without losing physical or mental stability. And that makes you all obsolete." Splicer activated his shoulder-cannons and started firing at our heroes. "Wait a minute," said Matt, "Chris's mane was never that full before. How did he get to be so powerful?" "Splicer must be able to increase the potential of his host," answered Chip, "Sort of like a Galvanic Mechomorph." Splicer's tail suddenly shot out and grabbed Lilo. It then started to squeeze the life out of her. Drakesword opened his mouth and a highly-concentrated flame shot out and cut Splicer's tail in two. Splicer screamed as Lilo got away from his grasp. He turned around and demanded, "What did that?" Matt was surprised that Splicer had guessed the obvious until he realized that the Walking Blades still had their unique brand of invisibility on. Ostarus took advantage of Splicer's distraction and stomped the ground with three of his feet. Large chunks of earth came out of the ground and surrounded Splicer. Bowturtle then ducked her head inside her shell. Out of the head-hole, there came a roaring wave of water that turned the earth into mud. Griffaxe then made the wind dry up the mud and imprison Splicer.
But the mud wouldn't hold Splicer for long. "Is there another way we can beat him without torching Chris?" asked Lilo. "Well," said Matt, "Symbiotes are weak against very high-frequency sound, or in other words, sonic attacks." "Well why didn't you say so?" asked Griffaxe, "Everyone cover your ears." As soon as everyone else's ears were covered, Griffaxe started sucking in air and filling his lungs. Just when Splicer had managed to break free of his prison, Griffaxe emptied his lungs in a long, piercing shriek. Now among magical creatures, harpies have the shrillest voices and giants have the loudest. But when it comes to a combination of pitch and volume, nothing beats a griffin. Everyone felt the shriek reverberate through their finger bones and into their skulls. It was so high, that Chip's eye and Ostarus's glass shattered. Splicer was faring the worse of them. He grabbed at his head and screamed, but his scream was drowned out by Griffaxe. Slowly, the armor on his body started to fade into his slime, which was dripping off. Then with an extra-loud shriek from Griffaxe, Splicer toppled over unconscious. All the armor melted into slime and all the slime melted off of Chris's body. "Chip," yelled Draco, "Put that slime into a capture container." "I can't see a single thing," said Chip loudly. Ostarus, who had used his magic to repair his hourglass, used it to put Chip's eye back together. "Thank you," said Chip and he quickly put the puddle that was Splicer into a capture container. "Now what do we do with it?" asked Bowturtle. "I know what we can do," said Matt. He put the capture container in one of the defense cannons and pointed it upwards. "Blastoff!" yelled Matt and pulled the trigger. Splicer's capture container rocketed upwards. It kept going until it left the atmosphere and drifted out into space.
Meanwhile, Chris had regained consciousness. "What's going on? Where am I? And why do I have this killer headache?" "You got into a drinking contest," said Matt. "Did I lose?" asked Chris. "Worse, you won." "Well I need to sleep off this hangover," said Chris getting up. He took one look at the Walking Blades and said, "Maybe a nap will get rid of these hallucinations too." He walked off to his room, holding his head in his hands. "Odd," said Ostarus, "He shouldn't have been able to see us. Perhaps there's more to Chris than meets the eye." "Well I don't know about you guys," said Drakesword, "but I'm heading back to Viort. Good night." Drakesword vanished in a flash of fire. "Yeah, bed does sound good," said Griffaxe slightly huskily, and he vanished in a puff of wind. "How are you guys going to get back?" asked Lilo. "Don't worry," said Bowturtle, "We have our own transportation." She sprayed some water on the ground and made a puddle. She cast a spell on it that made it glow slightly. She and Ostarus jumped into the puddle and they sank in without a sound. Then the puddle closed up behind them. The others decided that they should get to bed too. As they were heading to their rooms, Lilo asked Stitch, "Is Splicer gone for good this time?" "You're asking the wrong guy," said Stitch, "I thought he was gone for good the last time."
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