I approach the moving targets and think that maybe I can use string as a projectile.
Guys, since I m part fabric, I think I can shoot string at the targets but I might try to pull a Spiderman, ok? I ask.
Sure Paul, try it. Susan says giggling. I blush from the giggling.
I point my hand at the moving target and when the target is about to reach a point in it s circular track I make the hand shape, string comes out! It sticks to the target and jams the motor!
Wow! That is amazing! I shout in awe. Everyone is cheering and Monger has a smirk.
I approach one of the obstacle courses and prepare to go through it. I get past the first tires and then I reach some ropes I can swing from to get past a pit of water. Instead of using the ropes, I see if the string I shoot can support my weight It can! I try swinging and, success! I keep making the string and make it past the pit!
Next there is a small pool I have to swim through, I jump right in and realize that I am weighed down by my body being fabric and yet I can still swim! Link cheers the loudest probably because he isn t the only swimmer now in the team. I make it through this part and now I reach a heat lamp and all it does is make go from dripping wet to dry, I guess this is for Link to help him survive without water for extended time.
Next in the obstacle course is a bunch of presses and crushers! I gulp, but I hear from behind Susan shout, You can do it Paul, I believe in you! Thankfully I m too far away that nobody sees the blush this time because it made my face tomato red! I get the confidence and realize something.
I shout back to them, Guys, I have to tell you something about Blankey, he could always take the wear and tear of life, and I mean it because he made it to me being 16! If I can break down into the form of Blankey, or defabricate into a pile of cloth, I can make it through this part, should I try?
Dr. Cockroach yells back, Yes do try!
I calm my self and go into deep thought; I reach into my self and feel Blankey s presence. I pull him out into my main thought and realize my bones are breaking down! Slowly, my body is just a pile of cloth and is actually just a larger form of Blankey! I try to form a hand from the mass to give them a thumbs-up and it works!
They all cheer and I try to move forward and I slither on the ground like a snake. I approach the first press which goes up and down and I make it by without it hitting me. Next up is a sideways press, I get halfway through and it clamps shut!
Everyone gasps and Susan yells, Paul! Monger quick, open the press! He hits a button and they all approach.
As it opens they all see a mass of cloth. Slowly I reform from the mass, all of the facility clothes on and stand up and say, What? Am I hurt?
Bob says, Not a scratch, I d say when you re in your blanket form, you re as indestructible as Link.
Bob that s you who is indestructible, Link says.
Oh yeah! Bob realizes.
And, Dr. Cockroach chimes in, It appears that you absorb all current clothing that you are wearing when you defabricate so when you reform you re clothed, amazing!
Well Paulankey, Monger starts, You seem to be able to shoot string as a projectile and use it as a rope and transportation. You can swim well but definitely not as fast as The Missing Link. Plus you can break down into a basic form and become indestructible and appear to absorb you current clothes that you are wearing when you defabricate . Now we just have one last thing to test, your healing rate.
What? I ask in confusion. What do you mean?
Well we are going to see if you can self heal and if not we ll get men in right away to fix ya , He says assuring.
Well ok but can I choose how to test this? I ask cautiously.
Well sure! Monger says with a chuckle, We weren t just going to shoot you and hope for the best.
Ok, well can I have a gun set to graze my arm and we can see that way? I ask hoping he says yes.
Alright, Monger just says.
He has me stand on an X on the floor and I see the man who is going to snipe me. I gulp getting nervous. I hear the shot and then I feel a wind go by as the bullet and it felt like someone had pinched me. I look at my arm and I see where the bullet hit but there s no bleeding!
Everyone comes over to check the hit and it took a tear at my skin and yet I tell them, I only felt a pinch.
As I say that, everyone gasps at the sight before them. My flesh suddenly started to form threads between the wound and then start to pull towards each other and soon there s only a stitch line where the wound is. I wonder
Hey Link, I say to him, Punch me in the chest as hard as you can!
Why Paul, Link asks, I don t want to hurt you badly.
Just do it, I say assuringly, I want to see if I can heal my bones quickly even though my flesh is one thing, I want to see the healing rate for my bones.
Link shrugs and runs at me and does a full punch at my chest and I feel me lose my breath and fall to the ground. I had heard a crack and knew my ribcage had gotten broken. Everyone surround me and now Dr. Cockroach has on a pair of large goggles, clearly x-ray goggles and is checking if my ribs are healing.
Dr. Cockroach gasps, Good lord! Your rib cage had shattered and now is pulling itself together and now there isn t a single trace of Links punch. Did you feel that?
Barely sorry no offense Link, I say while apologizing to him because I had felt I hurt his feelings. It was still a good punch I mean you shattered my rib cage!
Thanks Paul, Link says feeling better that I apologized to him.
Well Paulankey, this is al we needed, Monger says looking at his watch, As a matter of fact, it s lunchtime!
We all go back into the main room and Monger leaves.
Well that was some morning, Susan says. It ll be good to have some lunch and then what should we do?
I know how about you show me your rooms and then I ll show you mine, I say hoping they will want to.
They all say sure but Insecto screeches and Link says that she wants to see mine but can t fit into the room.
As we finished that, we started lunch and I was feeling great. What could go wrong now?
--End Chapter 7--