Chapter 29

Melee ran out of the house faster than anyone has ever seen her move. It was the top speed of Flashy Flash's abilities, but then, the moment she was about to run off the mountain, she took flight, propelling herself over City Z and into the night in search of her children.

Goliath wouldn't be difficult to find. Draven, she was more worried about.

What if he decided to test himself? What if he wanted to see if he shared the same power as Zombieman… how far would he go to test it? She shook her head of the thought; the more important matter was finding her child before anything drastic occurred.

"You son of a bitch Amai, you KNEW" she cursed as she looked about. Melee could sense her children well enough, yet Zombieman was constantly on the move. He could be in any of the cities doing anything at this point! Suddenly her phone went off.

"This better be important!" she demanded.

"Pick up your damn child!"

Melee froze in midair. "Zombieman?"

"Your kid has been following me for a week, pick up your damn kid! He won't leave me alone! Not to mention… he's changed…"

"Zombieman, what are you talking about? What do you mean he's changed?"

"Just get to City D at the hero association division there, and you will see!" The phone went dead, with that location in hand, Melee took to the association HQ in city D; a smaller building, but one where heroes can check in and report their missions.

As she landed, Melee walked in, but noticed an odd gathering. People were lingering about in masses, whispering. "It just happened so suddenly, like a burst!" said one woman.

"I heard it happened once before…" said a man.

When people took notice of her, they parted and let her by. Melee was cautious as the people moved and revealed what they gathered around. Zombieman stood over him. Sitting on the chair in the waiting room was Draven… but as he said earlier. He changed.

"Draven?" Melee said gently. Slowly he looked up. From the neck down his skin turned to scales. Before he would have patches of flesh tone skin with the black scales like his brothers before him. Now, he was completely covered in them. Yet they were oddly uniform. There didn't appear to be a coiled serpent in sight, but her more daunting question became, why did he have Snek's scales?!

"I told you kid, you can't hide this from your own mother. Not to mention, Quit following me!" scolded Zombieman.

Draven flushed with embarrassment. Graciously someone gave him pants to wear after his incident before she arrived. "Hi mom…"

She came closer but pulled up a chair and sat before him. "Draven… is this why you have avoided being seen? When did this happen?"

He rubbed his right arm rather nervously. "Just today…" he muttered. "But also…" she noticed around his waist, he grew a tail! "Mom… I didn't know what to do… I was wearing that suit I made with Snek's old scales. It made me look cool! But then… It suddenly got brittle and fell apart, as if my body was absorbing it. Next thing I knew, my skin began to peel… then… burst, and then… it did this…" he explained nervously.

"You should have told me!"

"I know… but I don't know what could have been done. I mean, it was the absorption power right? I think… it got a little carried away."

Melee felt her heart break. Her power did this. It turned her son's skin to scales. "I'm so sorry…" she whispered.

Draven smiled but then laughed. "You know, it's not that bad! I mean, I wore the suit all the time… Wait… Goliath!"

Melee then realized it took, if this happened to Draven, then Goliath is in the same situation. "We got to go now!"

Draven stood and rushed out along with his mother, not before Zombieman yelled aloud once more for Draven to stop following him. They took to the air and Melee was quick to guide Draven to the Fubuki group head quarters. When her feet hit the ground, she heard it, a painful moaning coming from within. "Goliath!"

With a swift kick, the doors blew apart, she found the Fubuki group gathered around Goliath as he was on the floor cramped over. "Mom!" he cried. "What's happening? Why does this hurt?"

Melee rushed to his side, she witnessed the once snake skin suit break apart after all the color in it was taken out and absorbed into his body. The suit crumbled as his skin began to shift and change. Cracks began to appear. His body moaned and grew until the skin burst open! With it gone, Goliath roared out in pain as the scales spread and thickened. Melee only gasped as the scales from his back lashed open, he grew a tail just like his brother!

"Whoa…" muttered Eyelashes.

Goliath tried to stand, yet Melee insisted he remain down. "You're naked" she whispered. Lilly however rushed out of the room and returned with towels from the shower area of the organization. It took two to wrap around Goliath's waist as he slowly stood up under his own power. He kept turning to his hands and staring at them. "Mom… Theses are Amai's scales…" he said.

Melee nodded to him. "They are."

"Why do I have them?" He then noticed his brother. "Wait… the suits? The suits did this!?"

"That and my powers too. You both wore the suits so often, that you immersed their properties… I don't know if you absorbed anything…" Melee froze. As Goliath made a fist he then glared down at his arm… familiar veins began to protrude out! "Amai's power…" she whispered.

"I can feel it mom…" Goliath said. "I can feel his strength coursing through me…" he paused though, turning his focus to the far end of the room, he stared at some chairs. They glowed green and were lifted up off the floor and eased back down. "I still have my esper power too… but I hope I maintained everything else."

"We will figure it out at home. Come on you two, I think we have to brace your father for this one."