I definitely was not going to fight all of these helicopters. I and SpookyErind had retreated to a smaller road between two buildings. None of our allies were with us. Wait a minute.

Another lightbulb moment appeared in my head. I was getting a lot of these. Since my teammates abandoned me, what if I abandoned them?

More engine noises appeared. How many vans do the 2Ms have? Like seriously, do they own a van factory or something? Actually, they probably do.

That cemented my decision. I was going to directly attack the docks of the 2M’s and leave my teammates to do whatever else. I’d come up with some story later of what happened, but right now, I really wanted to use my Adumbrae face.

When Mr. Porcupine Guy was eating Myra, it reminded me of the powerful jaws I had when I transformed. I hadn’t used that face in a while, and this might be a good opportunity to use it. With a bunch of the 2M’s forces here, their docks were probably less protected. Furthermore, SpookyErind could also transform. It’d be fun to have both of us messing up their base.

They deserved it anyway for attacking us. I’d just be enacting Rule #4.

That sounds like a fun plan, SpookyErind said.

“I always have fun plans,” I told her. We both chuckled. “Although, could you please make sure to help me out before I get hurt?”

Silly me, she said. Why would I want to die? I’ll always make sure to protect you.

“Really?” I asked rhetorically. “Because you waited till the last second to save me from Mr. Porcupine Guy.”

But you’re still alive, right? SpookyErind asked.

“You know that’s not the point,” I told her.

I was just keeping things fun, she replied with a smirk. If I didn’t act at all, you would have died.

I simply rolled my eyes. There was no arguing with her. Suddenly, she hugged me.

Of course, there’s no arguing with me, she said. I’m always right.

“But doesn’t that mean I’m also right?” I asked. Of course, I was right, but SpookyErind didn’t always act like that.

Yeah! She cheered. Meyoumeyoumeyou.

“All right, fine,” I said. “Let’s transform now - we’ve done enough hugging.”

She released me. I focused on my right hand and gold liquid emerged from my crystal. It turned red and then into a solid form with huge fangs. It sat in my hand, as SpookyErind concentrated on summoning hers.

I put the mask over my balaclava mask, but nothing happened. Wait what?

You can’t put a mask on another mask, that makes no sense! SpookyErind said.

Oh right, she took off her balaclava mask to transform from a normal Erind clone into her SpookyErind form.

I took off the balaclava mask and put on my Adumbrae mask. And the mask becomes a face. Instantly, I became taller and my senses became enhanced. I stared down at SpookyErind. It was weird being taller than her. Generally, we were both the same height. I gave her a pat on the head with my clawed hand.

She took off her balaclava mask and also put on her mask. In an instant, she grew as well. It was cool seeing my Adumbrae self like this. Wait a minute, I was always an Adumbrae. Maybe I should give this face a name? How about Red Hood? It’s nice and simple. I’d come up with a cooler name next time.

Before, I had only seen my Red Hood face in the mirror, but now, I saw it from both my eyes and SpookyErind’s eyes. Unlike my normal Erind body, Red Hood could see in the dark. I saw two hot bodies. I wonder if I could make Deen jealous. The only issue is with my monster mouth. Still, the body was pretty hot and I was pretty sure I was slightly taller than Deen right now. I also had bigger boobs and curves as well.

“Rhooaar,” I said, letting out a low growl. Hmm, that might be an issue since I couldn’t communicate. Although, SpookyErind could read my mind right? And I didn’t plan on talking to anyone for a while.

SpookyErind nodded and also let out a “Rhooaar”. I’ll take that as a yes.

Okay, now to get to the docks. Thankfully, Johann had shared the local map and the route of eighteen-wheeler with all of us. I studied it for a bit, so I did know the general direction of how to get there.

Another explosion went off, but this time it was way louder. Were the helicopters closer or was my hearing just better now? Who cares? I was going to be far away from here anyway. Gunfire erupted. Good luck my teammates.

I and SpookyErind began jogging away from this street and toward the docks. It was fun running in this form. When I was running away from Mr. Porcupine Guy, I was pretty much fully clothed. But now, with my Red Hood form showing off so much skin, I could feel the wind breeze against my skin.

I laughed, but my body simply let out a weird high-pitched growl. It was also fun feeling the wind breeze against SpookyErind’s skin as well. Thankfully, the roads we were taking were devoid of anyone. Although, maybe later we could try running across the tops of buildings. That sounded pretty cool.

Eventually, we reached a chain wire fence. Two guards stood in front of a giant gate on the road. Unlike the other thug guys, these guys were not wearing secret black hoodies and masks. Instead, they wore more loose clothing. I could see their packed muscles. However, their guns didn’t look the same as the others.

How did I want to handle this? I could just directly charge them, but there was something I wanted to test out.

Female spies always used their hot bodies to seduce men and get important secrets, at least according to the movies I watched. Could I convince these guys to just let us in?

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Even if it didn’t work out, I was pretty sure bullets didn’t affect me. They would need stronger weapons than whatever they currently had.

I took a look at SpookyErind and she gave me a thumbs up.

All right then, let’s test how hot this body is. I hoped the monster mouth wasn’t too much.

I proceeded to strut like how those models do on TV shows. I have no idea if I was doing it correctly though. SpookyErind copied my movements. Eventually, we made it left the darkness into the light.

“What the fuck?” the left guard said. “What are hot ladies doing here at night?”

“Get it together man,” the right guard said. “Follow protocol.”

“But it’s not every night you just meet hot women walking right at you!” the left guard replied.

“Halt!” the right guard said, rolling his eyes. We simply continued walking forward. I tried swaying my hips while I walked. Am I doing this right? At least SpookyErind copied me.

“Holy shit, what is that?” the left guard said. “A wolf mouth? That’s pretty hot.” I knew somebody would!

“Fucking hell,” the right guard replied, raising his gun at us.

“Hey dude,” the left guard said, pushing the right guard’s gun down. “Chill out.”

“The fuck you mean chill out?” he asked. “They’re not supposed to be here, and they might be Adumbrae too. We should have shot them already.”

“You take things too seriously,” the left guard said. It was so fun to see him take my side. I’ll call him Lefty from now on. “Seriously, if they were Adumbrae they would have attacked us already.”

“Hey, sorry about my buddy over here, he’s just trigger-happy,” Lefty told us. “I’d love to show you, ladies, a nice night if you know what I mean.”

“This is a bad idea,” the right guard told him.

“Let me show you how to finesse the ladies,” Lefty told him. We stopped a few feet from them. Lefty walked over to us.

“I see you both are fine showing off your bodies,” he said. “Do you mind showing me a bit more? I could help you two twins out with that.” Such a terrible pickup line.

Continuing to play the part, I nodded my head and swayed my hip to the left while putting my left hand on it.

He reached his hand out to grab my crop top. Ewwwww. For whatever reason, I didn’t get the physical feeling of disgust I usually got when somebody else touched me. But this was both gross and unacceptable. This was a blatant Rule #4 violation.

I grabbed his hand.

“Oh, so you ladies want to take it slow,” he said. “The night will be better if you let me go faster.”

I simply dragged his hand to my mouth and chomped on it. He fell to the ground immediately and began screaming.

“Fuck,” the right guard said.

I chewed Lefty’s hand and swallowed. The salty taste of flesh and metallic taste of blood usually would have made me puked, but I easily ate it in my Red Hood form.

The right guard pressed some kind of device on the right side of his chest. “We have Adumbrae intruders at the front gate, requesting backup.”

Meanwhile, Lefty had managed to pull a pistol out from his pocket and shot me in the chest. There was a tiny bit of pain, but that was soon followed by anger and rage boiling up inside of me. I wanted to eat him. I had to eat him.

I opened my mouth wide and chomped his head off. Meanwhile, the right guard began shooting at us. The bullets grazed me and SpookyErind, and I could feel rage swell into both of our bodies. Our claws began to expand and I felt both our bodies begin to get stronger.

SpookyErind charged the right side guard while I continued to munch on Lefty. My body and muscles grew even more as I continued to chomp on him. I felt powerful using my jaws.

SpookyErind reached the other guard and chomped his head. She began eating the rest of her body, and she grew as well. I could hear the sounds of distant footsteps and vehicles beyond the gate. As SpookyErind finished devouring the right side guard, I jumped over the chainlink gate. Weeeeeeeee.

I landed in a kneeling position as the ground cracked around me. SpookyErind soon joined me. More guards approached us and opened fire. All they managed to do was cause a tiny bit of pain to us. But that pain created large amounts of rage. I charged the guards on the left, while SpookyErind charged the guards on the right.

I bit off some thug guy’s head and swallowed. I was rewarded with more growth and power. Eating those who bothered me made me stronger. And it was against the rules to bother me, so I had to enforce them.

Soon, my thoughts became solely focused on eating. It was as if a fog entered my brain and I couldn’t think of anything else.

Kill that person that shot me. Eat him. Eat that other one. Devour them.

My other body was also eating and growing. Fur had begun to grow on our bodies and claws had grown out of our boots.

Suddenly, more guys came, and this time they had different guns. Their guns were brighter. When they shot at us, blue shots hit our bodies. We temporarily seized up but were able to push through it with the growing rage. We had to eat them.

I charged the ones on the left while my other self charged the ones on the right. I chomped down on each of their heads, before continuing to eat the rest of their bodies. My other self did the same. Nobody was allowed to attack us and get away. And those that did would be eaten.

A couple of trucks came into view. Bigger guns were on them, and they began firing at us. The bullets the other humans had shot felt like ant bites. These felt more like painful bee stings and spider bites. They even burrowed more into our skin. But our bodies began to grow more, and fur soon covered our skin.

I got down on all fours and leaped toward the truck on the left. The gun person tried shooting me, but I swiped at his gun and it easily broke.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck, where the hell is Jim?” he said. I simply opened my mouth wide and chomped down. There went half his body. I swallowed to eat the other half. My other body had also defeated the right-side truck. Meanwhile, I could hear cursing from the inside of this vehicle. I got off the back of the truck and walked around to the other side. There, a human was trying to leave and open the door. I simply punched the glass with my fist and grabbed his head.

“No, no, no, let me go please,” he begged. I chomped on him. My other self also began eating the human inside of the right-side truck. But instead of chomping on his head, she began eating his arms first. The human let out a satisfying scream as blood began flowing from his stumped arm. My other self continued eating him. Our bodies continued growing.

I let out a howl to declare my victory over my enemies. My other self also howled. I walked over to my other self and observed her. We were now mounds of fur and muscle. Fur had grown over our clothes, and our snouts had become larger. Our teeth were way bigger too.

Suddenly, a singular guy had come running to us. He seemed and smelt different compared to the other humans. More metallic.

I heard a whirring sound coming from his arms as he came to attack us. I charged him, but he delivered a punch that caused my body to freeze up. I couldn’t move. My other self began to charge him and he also knocked her out.

I wanted to eat him. Get up. Get up. Get up. Eat. Eat. Eat.

“This is Jim Ambrose,” he said. “I’ve neutralized the intruders, over.”

Move. Move. Move. He kicked my body. I will kill you. I will kill you.

Suddenly, my body reacted to my commands and I chomped down on his metallic arm and began eating him.

“Fuck, stop this!” he yelled. “This is Jim, we need Stella here immediately! Aggghh!”

He tried attacking me with his other arm, but I quickly grabbed and crushed it. As I continued chewing, a huge explosion occurred in front of me. Owwww. My body was singed, but I continued eating. Eventually, the pain went away as I felt myself regenerating and growing.

Whirring sounds soon came as well. More food. Flying machines began launching several bullets and missiles at me. My other self had gotten back up. I jumped toward the nearest flying machine and grabbed it. I put it in my mouth and began to chew. Disgusting. This wasn’t food. I spat it back out. I’ll just have to destroy these pests instead.

I jumped toward another flying machine and swiped at it with my claws. It easily came apart. My other self copied my movements. Even though we couldn’t eat the flying machines, their attacks fueled us with rage and made us stronger.

Smoke, fire, and blood filled both of my bodies’ noses. I had finally won. All the other enemies were leaving. I had a good meal and it was time to go to sleep. I laid down on all fours, but suddenly, I heard large stomping sounds in the distance.

Both of my selves turned around and I saw a large female rocky person beginning to grow and grow. She opened her mouth and shot out a laser beam at me, sending my body flying and crashing into something.