A lot has transpired over the past few days and now the newly formed settlement was going to war and Eve had been successful and not only bringing in one large settlement but various smaller settlements and a few scavengers who decided that it might be time to have a better life.
In a 10 mile radius around their large continents they had evacuated and destroyed half a dozen Islands there were no Islands left all toll they were able to bring in close to 2500 new settlers from other settlements around the area and even though they could go further they didn't have the manpower or the resources at the moment to move any other Islands much less destroy any more now Alexandria wanted all of that gunpowder to be processed for cannons and firearms.
With all the doom and gloom surrounding the upcoming war it was time for a wedding and after that Judy was going to receive an injection of Alexandria's blood where she would get powers and even though she has the virus inside her the current strain was so weak well it barely even gave you a mild cold and she was a bit nervous about what was going to happen.
Everything was set up for the most part now all that need to happen was the ceremony need to take place and now they had settlement that was bustling with new people he was going to be a grand affair because everyone was invited no one was excluded and the feast was going to be a huge one.
Aside from the almost 3000 new people moving on to the continent they also gained three minds and a host of animals along with very good topsoil if they transported in large crates that they floated behind ships in order to bring back to the settlement for farming.
Eve also took pictures of every single interesting area on all the islands to see if maybe it could be replicated since it was either too large to move or they just didn't have enough time or room to transport something, and those pictures numbered in the hundreds they were waterfalls and reservoirs and all sorts of other natural things they could possibly create with dynamite and a little bit of elemental power.
Everyone was gathered in what was now the main hall of the settlement gold and purple decorations were everywhere gold was Judy's favorite color and purple was Alexandria's favorite color and it was a nice setup.
Alexandria stood at the top of the aisle way next to one of their holy men as a song playing in Judy came walking down the aisle she was in a white and gold wedding dress and had a purple bouquet of flowers in her hand it was so much that Alexandria just wanted to pass out or fall to her knees and cry whichever one came first she was just going to let it happen not too long ago she was inside what amounted to a jail cell being experimented on for her abilities but now she was about to get married and she was the leader of a large settlement everything was falling into place and soon they would be blood.
She shook her head push away the thoughts as Judy joined her at the top of the aisle they exchanged vows which for heartfelt and warm and they were pronounced married the celebration lasted for 3 days and there was only a week left before the deadline was going to hit thankfully all the ships were finished the supply convoy was created and the ship that was going to carry the large cargo truck is already in the harbor waiting to undertake its mission.
The kiss was explosive, and the hall came to life with cheers and people were throwing rice everywhere which was actually pretty rare since rice had almost gone extinct after the virus decimated the world but now it was back, and people were able to use it for celebration again.
Everyone convened outside as the hall was dramatically changed into a dining room and all the food that had already been cooked was set out and everyone came in and sat down and started to eat it was a joyous occasion and even though in a few days' time they could lose people in this room to death or they could be out with injury or they could be lost now is the time for love friendship and peace.
When everything was said and done Alexandria and Judy retired to their room and made love for almost the entire night and right before they went to sleep Alexandria gave Judy the shot of her blood and told her that she needs to be careful at night even though Alexandria was going to be holding her if she thrashed about that was only because of the pain and after that everything would be normal.
Judy nodded sheepishly as she was given the shot and they both laid down to rest it was a few hours before Sun rise and Judy started thrashing Alexandria woke up instantly and wrapped her arms around her holding her tight as she whispered in her ear, “It's all right it's just a moment in time let it pass and everything will be as it's supposed to be.”
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Alexandria's calm voice helped soothe Judy a little bit and she was able to calm down her thrashing if only a little and within about 45 minutes she was calm and she can feel the change inside her body and she began to wonder what was this new power she had obtained.
She woke up holding the side of her head Alexandria was right next to her holding her hand and of course they were both naked because neither one of them liked the feeling of clothes while sleeping and it made it easier for the transition because usually the muscles and Bones break rip and contract so any clothing you might be wearing will probably get destroyed.
Judy started feeling all over her body trying to see the difference and she did feel stronger, and her eyesight was sharper and she could hear a bit better, but she wasn't sure what the new power was so maybe it was time for her to test it out and she set up and put her hand on the side of the bed and was stabbed by a splinter.
“Damnit why can't this thing just be made of metal.” Judy slapped the side of it with her hand after saying that in the bed shifted for a second and when she put her hand in back down to touch it to see where the broken off piece was the entire frame had changed to metal.
Alexandria woke up as she could feel the change and firmness of the bed as she looked up at Judy, “Did you just changed the bed from wood to metal?”
She not in since no words were able to come out of her mouth and she didn't even trust that she had a voice at this point she just touched the bed frame again and could feel the coldness of it like he had been there for hours sitting there letting the night breeze caress it.
“What in the world is this power?” Judy was a bit discombobulated she wasn't sure what to do their first day waking up as a married couple and things were already going crazy it seems she was able to change the properties of objects and hopefully Alexandria had an explanation as she looked over at her wife with a questioning look on her face.
“Well, it seems you're able to shift but not yourself this is what some of the earlier doctors would call transmutation basically what you're doing is you're changing the elements of one thing into something else but the kick is you have to be able to know the weight what it looks like how it feels all of that thing before you can actually do it so very nice work.”
There were not any words to explain this and for a moment there was a silence and Judy's eyes lit up as she looked at Alexandria and spoke, “Do you understand what I can do with this I can give all of our ships metal plating I can increase and decrease the density of the weight I can make the cannons longer I can make the cannonballs harder I can do just about anything as long as I've touched it before there was a metal bed in my parents' house and I was little felt just like that not sure how I got it to be this big but I guess it just shifted what was already there into the same size so I guess if the parameters are the same and it's in the same context you can get a duplicate shape without having to worry about changing that.”
Judy leaned forward kissing Alexandria deep and passionate, and she threw on some clothes and made her way to the dry dock. It was a lot of work for her to do she had to enhance everything even go out to the flagship that was already in the water and change it but what she wasn't told before she scurried out of the room was that all of that required energy and she was probably going to be dead ass tired tonight which means Alexandria knew that there was going to be no happy sex time until tomorrow night.
She spent most of the day changing just about everything of all the ships strengthening the mast adding lightweight metal plating to anything and everything that needs to be strengthened along with density lightning and load and places where it was needed so the buoyancy was still acceptable and as the sun was going down she finally felt the drain on her body and she slumped where she was standing and she heard boot steps coming towards her it was Alexandria she picked her up and carried her back to their room laying her down on the bed.
“If you had let me finish introducing you you would have known that anybody's powers no matter what they do and no matter who they are they have limits and always cost energy what you just did today you did like a week's worth of work in a day but you also needed to pay a week's worth of energy which is why you are now so tired so since we're not going to get any happy sex sign tonight you owe me tomorrow so let's put it this way you are only allowed to do a few hours of work every day because those few hours will equal a day of work doing it the regular way if you agree to that just blank and everything will be fine.”
She was barely able to blink but it happened and the two of them snuggled up together and fell asleep since there was a lot more work to be done before the assault happened on the walled city.
The good thing about Judy's newfound power is that her workload was literally cut in half but she had to find other things for someone for workers to do the ones who did the detail work on the shifts because she took over that so now she is just increase the number of people who build decks cannons mass and the like to make it easier all detail work now is done by her.
Alexandria was extremely proud of her wife and now that everything was coming together she needed to make sense of her past and as she stood at the front of her fight she looked down to see that same manta ray or stingray following which had to be some type of sign maybe an own and perhaps maybe she needed to go down there
Although the upcoming battle was going to be bloody at least now they had larger numbers they had a 10 mi moat around their Island and now Alexandria's eyes and the full might of crimson judgment was now singularly fixed on the walled city to the east.