Humans actually acted pretty similar to insects. For example, Surgery Lady over here was squirming in my fingers as I held her like any other bug I would pick up. I imagine this is also what happened with giant Adumbrae when they picked up humans to eat them. Funnily enough I was an Adumbrae, but this was part of my Corebring powers. Unless being an Adumbrae affected them?
I walked back over to Mr. Locke, the trenchcoat guy. Thankfully, my body from above could see a little dot that was a discrepancy on the ground and the syringe that fell to the ground next to him. I had my 2nd clone pick him up with her free hand. He and the doctor were both around the size of my 2nd clone’s fingers. Hmm. What should I do with them?
“Please let us go!” Mr. Locke said. It nearly shocked me for a second to hear him speak. The insects I picked up as kids never talked. If they did, how would I react? I would probably still experiment on them anyways.
It was also pretty hilarious since his voice sounded like someone injected a million tons of helium into it. It was so high in pitch. I kind of wanted to hear what Surgery Lady sounded like.
“Let me go you bitch!” She whined. Yep, still sounds like a balloon. Maybe they were more like balloons rather than insects now. I didn’t have a good time with balloons. When I was a kid, I got a few for my 8th birthday party. The cake was so good, I forgot to hold onto to the balloons or tie them down. My birthday ended in heartbreak as I watched them fly away. At least the cake was delicious. What the fuck am I talking about?
SpookyErind prepared to leap down. I guess there’s no need to eavesdrop anymore. I prepared my main body as well. Weeee! We dropped from the building, our legs bending as we hit the ground. Cracks emanated from our landing spot. My 2nd body staggered a bit as the ground shook.
Both of the people in my hands panicked and screamed. Although it was hard to tell given their high pitch voices.
I noticed Mr. Locke stopped squirming and calmed down, unlike Dr. Aguilar.
“Hey, you’re an Adumbrae right?” He asked.
I didn’t say anything to him. I just watched him.
“Umm, if so, then you’ve probably met Mark and Big Marcy,” he said. That piqued my interest. So he was working for the 2Ms.
“Yes,” I said.
“Yeah, so we’re working for him,” he said. “You got your powers from the Red Island right?”
“Yep,” I lied. I had no idea where the fuck that place was, but that did confirm what Dario had been telling us so far.
“So, we’re on the same side you know?” He said. Not really, but I didn’t mind fishing for some more information.
“But then why were you trying to take Joseph?” I asked.
“It’s just a misunderstanding,” he said. “We didn’t know he was important to you. Had we known that we wouldn’t have taken him at all.”
It was really ironic since I didn’t care about him at all. I just needed a reason to aggravate the 2Ms guys here.
“I’m really upset you hurt him,” I said.
“Look, I’m sorry kid,” he replied pleadingly. “We just had no idea.”
“Why were you trying to take him anyways?” I asked.
“You know the brains you all eat?” He asked. What the fuck? Is he talking about the rich customers of the 2Ms?
“Yeah,” I said. “Were you trying to get his brain?”
“Umm… yes?” He said nervously. “We were going to turn him into one of those monsters to have in one of those battles at the Eve.” The Eve? Battles? Monster battles? What the hell are all these things he’s bringing up?
“Hmm,” I had my 2nd clone hum.
“Um, so could you please let us go?” he asked.
“Wait, I have a few questions first,” I had my 2nd clone say. Since they clearly couldn’t escape me, this was a great time to get information about them. I may as well learn all there is to the 2M’s operations.
“Sure… What are they?” he asked apprehensively.
“You were talking about a drug named Eloycin.” I had my 2nd clone say. “What is it?”
“Oh, that,” he said. “It’s not a real drug.”
“Not a real drug?” I asked.
“It’s just a lure,” he said.
Why would you need a lure if you were just going to kidnap them off the streets?
“But Joseph was just sitting here,” I said. “Why would you need a lure?”
“That’s a good point,” he said. “We typically don’t do stuff like this. However, we were running a bit low on our quotas so we had to ‘pick him up’. That’s pretty smart of you for noticing by the way.” Was he trying to get on my good side? To be fair, I could totally crush him right now, so if I were in his shoes, I would do everything I could to appease the giant kid holding me.
“So then how do you get people and turn them into the monsters at Eve?” I asked.
“They come to us,” Mr. Locke said. “We advertise trials for a new experimental pill. People come in, and we take those that aren’t too important in society.” Generally, if I actually cared about Joseph, I would probably bring him up a million times right now. Especially since kids tend to be bratty about stuff they care about.
I could potentially use this to infiltrate one of the 2M’s bases. If they bring me to where all the mutants are, I could have a nice buffet. And didn’t Adumbrae get stronger by eating more? I think SpookyErind might have mentioned that too. Anyways, the important thing is it would make me strong enough to eat that stupid statue lady.
“So how would I get to one of these places?” I asked.
“Well, our company’s name is Eloycira,” he said. “Just visit one of the offices. Of course, since they have a list of Marc’s clients, they’re not going to kidnap you. Although, they would probably call your parents just in case to bring you back home.”
It was funny since both my parents would probably be deeply disturbed if they were called by this company. Thankfully, Dad was “officially dead” so it was going to be impossible to contact him. Second of all, the 2M’s don’t know who my 2nd clone is, so they had like a zero percent chance of calling my Mom. Although, if they knew who I really was, they’d probably try and kidnap her. I somehow felt upset thinking about that.
“Do you know about any of our bases?” I asked.
“Sorry,” he said. “I was only familiar with our stuff going on in Eloycira. Don’t know about any of that other secret stuff.”
I had my 2nd clone sigh in disappointment. So it wouldn’t be that easy huh?
“Do you have any more questions?” he asked. “I’ve really enjoyed answering them!” There’s no way that was true. He was scared as shit when I picked his tiny body up. It was funny to see him try and appease me. But he already violated Rule #4 by shooting me.
“Nope,” I said.
“Could you then let us go and turn us back to normal, please?” he asked.
“Um, I don’t know how to do that,” I honestly said. The ant syringe didn’t have a timer on it. So did that mean the effects were permanent? Regardless, I didn’t have a cure either.
“Fuc- Ah well, could you just let us go then, please?” he asked.
I ignored his question. Hmm, what should I do with them? I kind of wanted to torture them like I did with the insects I had. There was also a bunch of the other stuff he talked about that was going through my mind. Like there were monster battles at a place called the Eve.
Suddenly, a light bulb moment popped into my head.
I walked towards the back of the van. Maybe it’ll have something I want in there?
“Wait, please let us go!” he begged. “We can find a way to grow ourselves again.” Hmm. Would this have affected me when I was experimenting with insects? Probably not.
I got up inside the van. There was a small table to the side with various medical equipment and containers. Two seats sat on the right, while four seats were at the front of the van, separated into two rows. There was a large space in the middle, probably for the stretcher.
I walked over to the table. Hmm, I needed a big enough container for this. I put Mr.Locke in my left hand along with the Surgery Lady, who had gone strangely quiet. With my right hand, I grabbed a big tub that was nearly half a foot deep. There was a lot of stuff in it. I turned it over and dropped it on the ground. Some vials were in the mix and broke upon impact, releasing unknown liquids on the ground.
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“Wait, what are you doing?” the Surgery Lady panicked. “It took me an hour to organize that stuff!” Seriously? I could probably do this in a few minutes. Well, probably not as well organized as it was, but it’d get the job done.
I put the tub back facing up and laid it on the ground. Then, I put the Surgery Lady and Mr. Locke in the tub. They were about a third of its height. Which was good, because I didn’t want them to escape.
But I wanted to put the other two security guards in the container as well. I walked back outside of the van and headed toward them. Meanwhile, I had my main body move inside the van, with SpookyErind walking with me.
I had my 2nd clone take out a fresh ant syringe and throw it at one of the guards on the ground. He began to shrink. After the syringe was done injecting, it fell out of his body. Meanwhile, I waited for the ant syringe to reform.
With my main body, I stepped into the truck and walked over to the tub. Surgery Lady and Mr. Locke looked stunned when they saw me. I could especially tell Mr.Locke was entranced because he stared at me longer than Surgery Lady. Wait, didn’t they say her name? Oh well, I already forgot it since it’s not important anyways.
“What the fuck?” She said in her high-pitched voice, looking up at us.
I bent over and grabbed the tub with my clawed hands, and lifted it up a bit. They both fell down. SpookyErind released one of her growled laughs. I sat down cross-legged, and balanced the tub on the legs.
Thankfully, 10 seconds had passed, so with the shrunken security guard in my 2nd clone’s left hand, I used her right hand to get the regenerated ant syringe and throw it at the other security guard. It hit, and he began shrinking. I was amazed at how much of a good thrower I was. I managed to throw that van to hit Mr. Porcupine Guy, and now I have thrown the syringe many times and haven’t missed.
I picked him up with my 2nd clone’s right hand as he finished shrinking and headed back to the van.
Meanwhile, in the van, SpookyErind sat right in front of me cross-legged. Her knees touched mine and she balanced the tub so it was on both of our legs now.
“What the fuck?” Surgery Lady asked. “Did that kid have other Adumbrae with them?”
As I looked down with my main body, a feeling of hunger grew inside me. They hurt me, so I should eat them. The same thing happened with SpookyErind’s body. But she somehow remained in control. That motivated me to not eat them yet. Besides, my 2nd clone was coming back.
I growled. Sadly, I couldn’t really talk with this body. But it did have the effect of causing them to stagger backward.
“Did she just leave us there with these bitches?” she asked.
“Hey, you need to calm down,” Mr. Locke said.
“Calm down?!” she yelled. “We’re fucking shrunk down and our fucking clients are messing with us. Why the fuck should I calm down?”
“Panicking is just going to make things worse,” he said. I found it kind of fascinating how they were talking to each other.
My 2nd clone walked back inside the van and put the security guards in the tub. I had her sit down to my right, which was SpookyErind’s left. Hmm. I could make this even more interesting.
“Hey, thanks for watching them,” I had my 2nd clone say.
“So, you are just keeping us safe right?” Mr. Locke asked. “And then you’ll help us get back to normal?”
“Nope,” I simply said.
“What do you mean nope?” he said as the life drained from his face.
“So, these are my friends over here,” I said as I pointed to both my main body and SpookyErind.
“Umm, hi?” Mr. Locke said.
“You guys can have them after they do something for me,” I had my 2nd clone say.
“Wait, what?” Surgery Lady panicked. “She’s giving us to them? I didn’t sign up for this bullshit.”
“What are you going to have us do?” Mr. Locke asked.
“You guys are going to have a little battle,” I said. “You guys will try and knock each other out. Whoever doesn’t get knocked out wins.”
“Wait, what the fuck?” Surgery Lady said.
“That’s…” Mr. Locke stuttered.
I had my main body point at the security guards in the tub. One was squirming since he got the ant syringe, while the other one was motionless because of the spider syringe.
“Oh, right,” I had my 2nd clone say. “They are knocked out. I guess that means you can have them.”
With my main body, I reached out my clawed right hand and held it over the squirming security guard. Wait? How was I going to lift him? I might just pierce him with my clawed hands. Actually, this might work. I reached out my index finger and poked him. My claw tip went right through his body. Some of the blood was leaking. Oh well, better make this quick. Surgery Lady gasped.
The idea of eating insects seemed more and more interesting after SpookyErind ate the spider. Maybe it was just my Red Hood face that was doing that since it was hungry. Still, I wanted to try it out. Sadly, I didn’t find any real insects after we found that spider. But these guys should work out.
I brought up the squirming guard, which wasn’t squirming as much since my clawed finger was going through him. I opened my mouth and used my large teeth to bring him in. His taste nearly surprised me.
Both his skin and clothes tasted like really sweet ice cream. I began chewing him. Even his blood tasted sweet. Huh, was that an effect of the syringe? I swallowed. My body began to grow. And continued to grow. Huh? My muscles got stronger and some fur started to grow on my clothes. Claws broke through my shoes as the claws on my hands lengthened. Woah. I was nearly a head taller than SpookyErind now.
“What the fuck?” Surgery Lady said.
“This can’t be happening,” Mr. Locke said.
SpookyErind pointed at the other guard.
“Yeah, you can have him,” I told her with my 2nd body.
She leaned into the tub and stuck out her tongue. She slid it under the other security guard and brought it back into her mouth. I guess that also works. I could also feel the sweet burst of flavor on her tongue. She chewed him and swallowed. Her body grew to the same size of my main body. Huh, that was interesting to know. I made a mental note about that before I turned my attention to the other two human insects in the tub.
“What are you waiting for?” I asked them with my 2nd clone. “Go fight!”
“Fuck this shit,” Surgery Lady says.
“Yeah, do we really have to fight each other?” Mr. Locke asked.
“I’ll squish you with my hands if you don’t fight,” I told them sternly. I brought my right hand over them.
“Okay! Okay!” Surgery Lady said. “We’ll fight.” I put my hand back down.
Wow, this was way better than the insects I experimented with. Here, I could actually get them to do stuff for me and even threaten them. With bugs, their dumb brains had no idea what I was saying. I accidentally killed about a dozen before I realized that.
Both Mr. Locke and Surgery Lady circled around each other. Mr. Locke brought out his gun and tried shooting it at Surgery Lady. But his gun didn’t fire.
“Fuck,” he murmured.
“Did you just try shooting me you, bitch?” She asked. She brought up her hands in a fighting stance. I think it was just a bluff because that didn’t look like a good form at all.
Instead of responding, he simply charged her. She threw a punch, but Mr. Locke dodged and went behind her. He wrapped his arms around her neck.
“Sorry about this,” he said. “But I intend on living today.”
But, Surgery Lady stabbed him with a syringe.
“No!” He panicked. But seconds later his grip loosened on Surgery Lady.
She let out a sigh of relief as he slumped to the ground.
“Fuck you,” she said as she kicked him on the ground.
The battle was a bit short for my liking. Usually, the insects I caught fought for longer. But it did have an interesting twist. It kind of reminded me of when a smaller jumping spider would be able to kill an entire praying mantis. She was shorter than Mr. Locke, so she had to do something out of the ordinary to survive. I mean, how many people carry syringes with them? Well, I guess my 2nd clone technically counts.
She turned up at us. “So, you guys are going to let me go now right?”
“Um, I’m going to let my friend have Mr. Locke first,” I said.
I brought my main body down and stuck out my tongue. I slid it under his body, which tasted like vanilla ice cream, and brought him up into my mouth. I chewed, pulverizing his tiny body and releasing the sweet taste of blood. Which was very weird since blood was usually not sweet. I swallowed and waited. My main body grew even more. Some fur appeared on my gloves and clothes.
“All right, can I please go now?” She said in a way that was both nervous and impatient.
Now, here’s where the next fun part came in. Since I pretended my 2nd clone and I were different people, I could create an interesting facade.
“Sure, let me pick you up,” I said with my 2nd clone. I had her reach out her hand slowly and gently into the tub. But before I could continue, I grabbed her hand with my main body’s clawed hand.
“Huh?” I had my 2nd clone say with anxiety.
I let out a low growl.
“Um, you don’t want me to let her go?” I had my 2nd clone ask. I could hear Surgery Lady curse.
I nodded in agreement.
“Oh, sorry, my friends over here don’t want me to let you go,” I had my 2nd clone say. I had my main body release my 2nd clone’s hand.
“Wait, you can’t do this!” She panicked.
“I can’t do anything about it though, she’s kind of scary,” I said. “She’s also way stronger than me.”
Anyways, it was SpookyErind’s turn to eat. I already had two of the humans, so she should get the last one. But instead of eating Surgery Lady, she simply pointed at her.
“What?” I asked. I had no idea what she wanted.
She then pointed at my 2nd clone.
“Why are you pointing at me?” I had her ask.
“Do you want me to have her?” She nodded her head.
“Oh, thanks I guess,” I said. I reached down and grabbed Surgery Lady with my 2nd body’s left hand.
“I don’t know what the fuck is going on, but now you can let me go right?” She pleaded.
I removed her mask from her face. It was kind of a disappointment I never saw her facial expressions at all during this. She had a beautiful face that was ruined by her frowning.
I held her with two of my fingers at an angle so none of them were covering her limbs. I then grabbed her right leg with my right index finger and thumb. I gave it a little squeeze. The most hilarious high-pitched scream followed.
When I tortured bugs, they never made any audible sounds. So it was nice that humans were different. It definitely adds some flair to this whole torture thing. I squeezed a little bit harder until I heard a crunching noise. I didn’t want to have a bunch of viscera on my gloves, so I released her broken leg.
I repeated the process with her right arm. It’d been a while since I’d done this, so it was definitely nostalgic to hear some familiar sounds. The screaming in pain was a nice bonus. I continued doing this for the rest of her limbs.
“Please… stop,” she grunted. “Just let me go.”
There was one main problem with that. What if she somehow got safely back to the 2Ms? She might tell them about me. I preferred for them to stay in the dark. Sadly for her, she also bothered me. So I wasn’t going to let her be free anyways.
Hmm. What else should I do to her? She was already injured. I couldn’t torture her much more without killing her. But then, the sweet taste of the other humans surfaced in my mind.
I brought her up to my 2nd clone’s mouth and opened wide. She pleaded as I put her inside my mouth. My tongue was instantly greeted with more sweetness. But since my 2nd clone was very short, Surgery Lady took up a lot of space in my mouth. She was like a giant pill. Generally, you aren’t supposed to chew pills. Thankfully, she wasn’t one.
I began chewing. My cute little teeth easily ripped through her body, allowing the taste of ice cream flesh and blood to flow onto my tongue. Wasn’t it amazing how my small body easily ripped a human to shreds?
I swallowed. Unlike my Red Hood face, my kid scientist form didn’t grow or get stronger by eating people. Oh well. Time to move on. There was nothing else left for me in this van.
With my main body, I put the tub to my left and got back up. I headed out of the van while SpookyErind and my 2nd clone followed me. What an amazing night. But soon, my main body and SpookyErind’s body smelt something terrible. I took a look around and noticed Joseph’s stretcher had rolled to the side. He remained there motionless.
Oh right, I nearly forgot about him after I started playing my game with the 2Ms. He was still strapped to the stretcher. Should I let him go? He did compliment me. On second thought, being anywhere near him was pretty revolting. He really needed to take a shower. I wasn’t going to ruin my night by being at risk of touching his greasiness. And I technically already saved him from the 2M’s monster experimentation.
I started heading out. Well, at least you have a bed now Joseph. And a nice van beside you too.