Char woke up to her Chizel and Jazzy all staring at her and Dylan. She turned pink and changed into a squid and hid under the pillow. Dylan woke up from the pillow moving.
"Oh, um good morning guys" He said when he noticed them smiling, "Hey where'd Char go?"
"You two seem to have a nice night together, huh?" Jazzy rested her head on her hand
"What?! He- I just couldn't sleep! It was cold!" Char stammered from under the pillow. Dylan removed the pillow to see the flustered squid try to swim away. He picked up her squishy body.
"Char is that you?"
"Yes, it's me. Oh I didn't tell you I could change into a squid, huh? I hope I didn't freak you out." she gurgled
"I have seen Leon do that too… It's pretty interesting...You guys are kinda cute… like this."
She flashed pink and wrapped her tentacles around her face.
"You guys are cool to the touch and feel like a slimy water balloon. I'm sorry, it's just I never seen anything like this."
"Oh, it's okay. I understand."
"Umm may I?"
"S-sure." she flashed pink again as he touched her tentacles.
He took one of the shorter one between his fingers. The tiny suckers stuck on his finger and released him. He petted her long tentacles and hugged her. She changed bright pink and started squirming.
"D-Dylan!" she was changing into a red color
"I couldn't help it! You are so cute and squishy"
"Th-th-this is embarrassing… Please let go… "
"NO WAY, YA KEEP IT UP! CHIZEL QUICKLY GET THE PHONE!" Jazzy teased
"NO! STOP IT! LET GO!"
"Got it!" Chizel snapped a picture, "I'm pretty proud of this one actually…"
"Mercy!" Char cried out, "Why are you guys doing this to me?"
There was a knock on the door and Marigo opened the door. She smirked when she saw Dylan hugging Char.
"Splat me…" Char seemed to deflate when she looked at Marigo's smirk
"Oh, my did I catch you at a bad time, Char?" Marigo laughed.
"Marigo!" Dylan released Char and she changed back to her humanoid form.
"Nope, ya should have come earlier." Jazzy snickered, "They were all cuddled up together sleeping, it was SO cute!"
"Oh I got a picture of that too!" Marigo pulled out her phone, "You see the first day they met…"
"SPLAT MEE!" Char pulled her tentacles
"Are you guys done torturing the poor kid yet?" Maggie come into the room, "Come on breakfast is ready! We need to get going right after."
Maggie noticed Leon still sleeping in his bed. She whistled and Cauldern pounced on him.
"Whoa!" He jolted as the giant cat purred.
She carried him out of the room. Maggie followed them out. Marigo laugh and pulled Char out of her green puddle.
"Sorry, Char couldn't help myself," Marigo scratched the side of her mantle, "I love you Char"
Char sighed in annoyance as she changed back and Marigo patted her head. She left followed by Chizel and Jazzy. Dylan scratched his head and sheepish smiled.
"I didn't mean for this happen… I just wanted to hug your other form"
"I- I guess I just am not use to it…" She fidgeted with her tentacle, "Well, come on let's get some food before everyone eats everything"
Leon was whimpering as people tried to feed him. Jazzy and Chizel were knocked out and foaming from the mouth.
"CHAR DYLAN RUN AWAY WHILE YOU CAN- Muph!" He shouted as Mary shoved a spoonful of pancakes
Leon started choking and fell over. He started foaming from the mouth. Mary looked confused.
"Hmm, I just put some cinnamon in… Why is everyone acting so weird?" Mary looked at Cauldern who happily ate the pancakes just fine.
"I'll give it a try," Dylan took a bite of it, his eyes watered as he tried to swallow it, "Its… not… so bad…*urp"
Char also took a bit of it. Her eyes rolled back and she started foaming from her mouth. She curled up into a ball on the floor.
"Mary… what did you put in the pancakes?" Marigo covered her mouth
"Well, we ran out of flour so I grounded some dry coconut into a flour. There also wasn't any milk so I had to use coffee. We had eggs but they were boiled… So I mashed it up with everything. I found some cinnamon and poured the whole thing into it"
"Oh… I have a better idea! Let's ask Garden for some fruit!"
Garden sniffed at the pancakes and stuck out his tongue. He waddled outside and grew to his large form. He pulled everyone on to his shell. Some clouds appeared above Garden and started a light drizzle. Everyone snapped out of it.
"Water thank goodness!" Maggie sat up, "I was just tasting it, and I thought I was going to need a hospital."
"Arroo!" the cloud flew down and surrounded Maggie.
"Hey, Wind thanks for the water."
"I can't feel my throat…" Jazzy coughed
"I think I am seeing things… That cloud's getting hugged by Maggie…" Chizel rubbed his eyes.
"Aoo?" the cloud solidified and reveal a very long bug like dragon with long antennae.
"Gi-gi-giant! BUG!" Jazzy quickly climbed up a tree.
"Aoo…" Wind floated after Jazzy
"Trade Wind's not exactly a bug…" Marigo explained, "She's a tapeworm, more parasitical that a bug. Well not any more… She lives in inside Garden to regulate season and weather patterns. She absorbs excess water that could rot Garden and uses the air to make rain when needed. She's pretty playful."
Wind scattered into water vapor and bumped against the tree. Jazzy fell on to Wind's back. Wind happily flew around with Jazzy screaming her head off. Wind flew down and Chizel pulled the poor fainted Jazzy off of her back.
"Opps, the more afraid you are the more interested she'll get." Marigo smiled "She quite curious about everything."
Wind seemed puzzled as she nudged her nose at Jazzy's arm. She mewed as she flew around her. She stopped and looked at Chizel. She touched her antennae on his body. She softly head-butt against him. Chizel petted her head and she happily rubbed her head against his hand.
She took his glasses and flew off with them.
"Hey! I need those!" he ran after her.
She wrapped her body around him and pecked him on the cheek. He took the glasses from her mouth. She unwrapped herself and flew fast past everyone summoning gust that harvested some fruit on the tree. She gathered all the fruit and wrapped her body around it. Marigo petted Wind and took some fruit.
"Come get your breakfast, guys!" Mary smiled, "Before you only get pancakes for breakfast"
"Don't forget to say thank you!"
Jazzy woke up again and froze when she saw Wind. Wind noticed her and bit the stem of an apple to hand over to her. Jazzy's tentacles stood on end as she bolted off. Wind cooed curiously and flew after her with the apple.
"EW! EW! EW! GET IT AWAY FROM MEE!" Jazzy was hysterical
Wind wrapped her body around Jazzy and pecked her cheek. Jazzy was frantically crying and passed out again. Wind tilted her head in wonder as she dropped the apple in Jazzy's arms. She touched her antennae on her body. Wind noticed Dylan hiding behind Char. She grabbed some fruit and flew over to them. She dropped the fruit at their feet. Dylan flinched as her antennae touch his face. He held out his hands in defense and Wind rubbed her face on them.
"Oh, she just wants to be petted" Char replied and started scratching behind her antenna.
Wind landed and arched her head closer to Char. She created a small rainbow as she cooed.
"Hey can I pet her?" Leon asked, "Can I, Can I?"
He scratched under her chin and she happily chirped. She eventually curled up around him and took a nap.
"Well, looks like she tired herself out. She can be such a kid sometimes." Marigo chuckled after she took a bite from the mango.
"Is that, that bug gone?" Jazzy looked so out of it.
"She won't be bothering you for a while, see? She's sleeping." Char replied eating some pears, "She's really nice… Look she gave you an apple"
Jazzy shuddered and handed it to Chizel.
"I think I've just lost my appetite," she muttered
"I think she is fascinating!" Chizel beamed as he examined her antennae, "I wonder how she works? Could she take me all over Garden?!"
"She probably could, but that will have to wait for another day." Marigo touched the bark on a tree, "Garden, Wind is sleeping again do you mind tucking her in?"
A low grumble and vines gently pulled Wind into the ground. The vines then threw everyone off of his shell. He shrunk down to his normal size and looked up at Char
"Those pears were delicious. Thank you so much!" Char knelt down to his level.
He lowered his head and looked back up to her.
"Come on enough playing around, let's go everyone," Maggie pointed to a small round submarine.
Cauldern and Garden watched everyone board on to the submarine. It was very roomy inside. Mary walked to the controls and started pressing some buttons. The sub started humming. Maggie closed the hatch and made her way to her seat.
"We welcome you board the SS. Sonar Octo Sub, or the SS. SOS!" Maggie called out over the PA for no reason in particular.
Dylan started snickering. Everyone looked at him.
"SOS stands for 'save our Souls,'" he answered
"Hey that actually make so much more sense now" Mary giggled, "So much better than your name."
"Whatever!" Maggie rolled her eyes, "Please buckle up your seat belts until the light turns off then you will free to roam around cabin while we travel at free roaming speed."
"We thank you again for choosing SS. SOS. I always wanted to do that."
"Yeah, well here we go."
Everyone put on his or her seat belt and the sub started rumbling. It started tilting and started diving. It was so the ride was so bumpy. Leon started to look pale.
"Leon, are you okay?" Dylan asked
"I… don't feel so good…" Leon groaned
"Neither do I…" Char held her head.
"Oh, that's right! Char get motion sickness" Marigo suggested, "I totally forgot."
"Well, hold on a bit longer." Maggie called out, "We are almost at the right speed. Don't you dare puke in here! I will make you clean the whole sub!"
"Okay speed obtained, you guys can relax now..." Mary closed the seat belt lights.
"I still don't feel any better…" Leon changed into his squid form and slid onto the floor.
"Whoa, you two look horrible…" Chizel pulled Leon back up
Dylan put his hand on Char's forehead. It was warmer than usually was.
"Char you're warming up…" He let her lean against him.
"I figured this would happen. Maybe it would be best if you take a small nap."
"I'm too dizzy to sleep…" Leon looked dazed
"Me too…" Char muttered
"I know, change into your other form, Char " Dylan replied
"Okay…" She changed into her squid form.
Dylan picked her and Leon up. He walked over to Maggie and Mary.
"Excuse me, do you guys have any towels or blankets?" He asked them
"Yikes… they don't look very good." Maggie looked at the squids "Yeah, they should be in the supply closet"
He walked into a door with an unread sign.
"Could one of you read this for me?"
"Bathroom…" Leon muttered
"How about this one?"
"Break room…"
"This one?"
"Supply Closet…"
He opened the door and put the two down. He took a beach towel and picked the two up again. Dylan walked back to the seat and put the towel on the seat. Char seemed to already fallen asleep in his arm. He gently put them into the towel and wrapped them. Leon moved around a bit before Dylan held them in his arms. Leon soon fell asleep beside Char.
"Awww they look like babies…" Jazzy snapped a pic of the two.
"You guy are born squids?" Dylan asked
"Well more like hatched. At the age of fourteen we gain full control of our humanoid form and squid form." Chizel answered, "Can humans change too?"
"Err… no." Dylan put Char and Leon down on the seat.
Jazzy gently poked Char's mantle, and the green squid moved, and nuzzled closer to Leon. Jazzy scratched Leon's fin. Leon stirred a bit and hugged Char. Jazzy smiled widely. She snapped another picture.
"Okay destination is a couple meters away." Mary chimed in, "Please put on the proper gear, before disembarking. Gear can be located in equipment room near the control room where we are."
"Oh, hear that kiddies?" Marigo walked ahead to the equipment room, "Let's get suited up"
"Wait! We're going out there?!" Chizel looked out the windows, "That sounds so exciting!"
"Yeash, it's dark…" Jazzy muttered, "What about these two?"
"I got this. I'VE MADE BACON!" Chizel shouted
"BACON?! WHERE?!" Leon squeezed the ink out of Char, "Ch-Char?!"
"Let go of her you dork! She can't breathe!" Jazzy slapped the back of his mantle.
Leon quickly released her. She changed back to her humanoid form and gasped for air.
"Char are you okay?" Leon gurgled.
"Why'd you do that for?" Char picked Leon up.
"I'm sorry I heard there was bacon… I got too excited… Sorry."
Marigo pulled Char up and handed her a rubber suit. She tossed another at Jazzy.
"Hey where's ours?" Chizel whined.
"Well, you will have to go see for yourselves," Marigo covered her mouth.
The three boys looked at each other. Everyone made his or her way to the equipment room. Mary covered her mouth.
"I am so sorry! I just remember the guys were messing with girls so the girls..." she held up a rubber suit tan rubber suit with a loin cloth painted on it, "Oh my…"
"Oh it can't be as bad as this one…" Maggie pulled out one with a bright pink bikini painted on it.
Mary pulled out a couple more all painted with inappropriate things painted on them. The boys looked at each other.
"You won't catch me dead in that thing" Leon crossed his arms
"It's true they are a bit… There aren't any other suits?" Chizel rubbed his head
"Hmm let me go through them again" Mary started looking through them again, "We do have girl rubber suit… do you want to use them?"
"... For the sake of curiosity… Fine… Let's get on with it…" Chizel muttered as he and Leon took the girls suits. Dylan took one too and went to get changed. The boys returned and looked at each other.
"Hmm this isn't all that bad…" Leon looked at his legs, "It's pretty comfortable, but it makes me itch in certain places"
"Mine is a bit tight… but Beggars can't be choosers huh?" Chizel pulled on his collar.
"As long as it works then it should be fine" Dylan scratched the back of his head.
"Okay everyone grab a helmet." Maggie pointed to them, "be sure to bite down on the mouth guard to activate the air flow and the seal that connect the helmet to the suit. You can let go of the mouth guard without worry. It will keep converting water to air. To take it off just pinch the indent under your chin. It will release the seal. Doing so underwater may harm or kill you, so don't be stupid. All right I'll be showing you around so please stay close and don't wander without me. I won't be responsible for lost kids… If you somehow do get lost touch the side of your mask to contact Mary. She'll be in the ship monitoring us. Let's get going then."
Everyone followed Maggie to a room made up of windows.
"Okay, everyone put on your helmet and bite down" She pressed a button and a metal plate closed off the exit as water began flooding the room. Everyone bite down and the helmet attached to the suit. All the squids shudder for not being accustomed to being in water without splatting.
"I'm not splatting? I'M NOT SPLATTING!" Leon happily swam around the room
"This is amazing!" Chizel looked around everywhere.
Char smiled but noticed Dylan staring out at the ruins below. She swam over and put her hand on his shoulder.
"It use to be so lively…" He muttered
"We haven't seen them yet there's still hope." Char took his hand, "At the very least, you will know the truth, right?"
"You don't have go through this all alone," Leon grinned, "We've got your back."
Dylan smiled. Char realized she was still holding his hand and quickly released it. The room opened up and Char quickly swam behind Maggie.
"Come on let's go!" Chizel swam after Char.
"Wait up!" Jazzy followed
Leon smiled at Dylan and the two went to catch up with the others. Maggie led them into a futuristic broken down building. They dove down into the darken caverns.
-Author's Note-
I am on a roll with this story. Thanks to dillxox123 for supporting and helping with the stories. It made writing the chapter much more fun and easier. I wrote 4 times as much than I usually write (~4000 words Yay! New record!). I have decided to split the chapter into two separate chapters. Here is the first one. I could just post the second chapter, but I think I'll make you wait until the next week. Just because I can.
Anyways what do you think? Is there anything I should change? Thanks for reading!
