Chapter 66: 65. Wildvine
July 9, 2010
I woke up from the scream of Gilbert. Looks like he's finally come to his senses.
His scream woke Ashley and Gwen, too. They slept on my chest all night. It was pleasant, although my whole body was numb.
- What was it? - Gwen asked, continuing to lie on top of me. She didn't even move.
- Gilbert is finally awake. He remembered about the mushrooms, apparently, that's what he's screaming about. - I said, hugging the bodies of the girls.
- Mmmm. So Grandpa will calm him down and we don't have to get up. - Ashley said, hugging me tighter.
- Unfortunately, you still have to get up. It's morning already. Everyone was awake anyway. - I said and kissed the girls on the lips, one by one.
After enjoying the morning kiss, the girls finally got up off me.
Getting up after them, I was pleased with the start of the day, stretched and warmed up. Might be worth recharging? No, I'm lazy.
Taking the phone out of the spatial ring, I looked at the time. It was already seven in the morning. We ended the debate at two o'clock in the morning. So we only got five hours of sleep. I had enough, but the rest of this is not enough.
After kissing the girls again and poking their asses, I got off the bus and went to Grandpa's.
He had just left the house. Gilbert and the twins followed him. As far as I can tell, Grandfather reassured Gilbert and explained the whole situation to him.
- Good morning. - I said walking up to Max.
- Morning. Are you already awake? - Grandpa asked as he walked towards the bus.
- Yes. They helped us. - I said, glancing at Gilbert.
Gilbert apparently heard me, as he blushed heavily and looked down.
- Sorry. It's just that these mushrooms scared me a lot. I didn't know you already dealt with them. - Gilbert said softly.
- Nothing. Since we're up, it's time for us to go. - I said with a smile.
- Right. You just need to fix the motor. You are getting on the bus. - said Grandfather and went towards the first-aid post.
There he took the last can of powder. It was just enough to destroy the last fungus on the motor.
After bringing the children to the bus, I sat them down at the table. Since we didn't have dinner, everyone was very hungry.
I didn't find anything significant in our kitchen, so I had to go to the camp canteen and find food for us.
There was almost nothing there, but I was still able to make a few ham and cheese sandwiches. Got two for each mouth. It's not much, but at least it's something.
Taking sandwiches, I went to the bus. Grandpa had just finished with the fungus and was going inside, so I immediately gave him two sandwiches so he could eat on the way.
- Thank you. - Max said with a smile and sat behind the wheel and started the engine.
After handing over the rest of the sandwiches, I took my portion and sat next to Grandpa. The sandwiches turned out unexpectedly tasty, but that was not enough.
It took us an hour to get to the nearest town. Since we did not know what to do with the children, Grandpa decided to take them to the police.
There, he handed Gilbert, Andy, and Mandy over to the police. They will take care of the children and take them home.
Then, Grandpa drove us to the parking lot. Since everything happened very quickly in the morning, we could not put ourselves in order. This is what we did.
After washing up and changing into clean clothes, we went to a pizzeria. There was an incredible craving, so we ordered two pizzas, for each.
After eating our fill, we grabbed the leftovers and a few more pizzas for lunch and headed back to the RV.
Everyone still wanted to sleep, but Grandfather didn't want to waste a whole day in this small town.
Since I slept well, it was decided that I would drive the RV.
In the past, I drove grandfather's bus more than once. It was on it that Max taught me to drive.
In general, Max does not like it when someone else drives his mobilehome. Even me. But since he really wants to sleep this time and doesn't want to be stuck here, he agreed to let me drive.
Now I do not have a license, and although I look like 17-18 years old, it's still too early to drive such a vehicle, so I turned into a Slug and took on the appearance of Grandpa Max.
Grandpa lay down on the couch and fell asleep almost immediately. I got behind the wheel, started the engine and drove towards the border with Mexico.
Gwen and Ashley sat next to me and entertained me with conversations. We finally had time, so I told them about my journey to the Forge of Creation and getting to know our alternate versions.
After listening to my story completely, Ashley asked:
- So, in another universe, I'm a guy?
- Yes. - I simply answered.
- And what is it like to meet a guy who is in another world, is that your girlfriend? - Ashley asked with a grin.
- A little strange. But there is nothing wrong. You just don't look alike. But the reaction of Kevin and Ben was priceless when they found out that I was relationship with you. - I said with a laugh.
Ashley laughed outright. The whole situation seemed to make her very happy.
- And what was I? - Gwen asked curiously.
- She was almost no different from the current you. Only she used magic better and was a little more mature. - I said.
- Well, that's good too. What was the alternate version of you? - Gwen asked, looking into my eyes.
- Well, he's a good guy. But he has a clear hero complex. He also does not know how to think ahead and often rushes ahead without thinking. And he doesn't know how to fight properly. To be honest, I'm surprised he hasn't died yet. In general, he is a typical shounen protagonist, almost always winning by luck. - I expressed my opinion completely honestly.
- Is everything that bad? - Ashley asked.
- Well, like I said, he's a good and kind guy. All have their shortcomings. - I said.
- It's clear. - Ashley said.
- It's a bit unfortunate that you keep getting into your adventures without us. - Gwen said sadly.
- It's not my fault, it just happens. But, I promise that next time, I will try to take you with me. If it works out of course. - I said with a smile.
Satisfied with my answer, Gwen reached out to kiss me.
It was a bit weird since I still looked like Max, but because it was a good moment, I became human again and kissed Gwen.
True, the kiss dragged on and I lost control of the RV a little and almost pulled over to the side of the road.
Breaking off our kiss, I turned my attention back to the road. At that moment, a police siren sounded from behind.
- Here you go. - I said rolling my eyes.
Transforming into Grandpa Max again, I stopped the bus at the curb.
It took me almost 15 minutes to deal with the police. I got pulled over because my taillight didn't work. I will need to tell Grandpa about this.
Max never woke up, so I got behind the wheel again and drove on.
Then the girls and I talked a bit about alien mushrooms and stuff like that.
After a couple of hours they decided to get some sleep and I was left alone.
I never thought about it, but it's very boring to drive like this for several hours in a row, without company. I don't understand how Max does it.
Taking out my phone and headphones, I turned on the music and drove on contentedly.
Three hours later we were already near the border. I stopped the bus at one of the gas stations to fill up the bus.
Becoming myself, I went outside and paid for gasoline, began to fill the tank of our old bus.
By the way, now I have been in the form of an alien for the longest time. For so long, I've never turned before.
And most importantly, I did not experience any changes or discomfort. Everything was as always.
Since everything was going well, I decided not to think about it and focus on my own business.
It was at this moment that Max finally woke up and got out of the RV and asked:
- Where are we?
- At the border. I decided it was best to refuel early and buy provisions. - I said, pointing my finger in the border of Mexico.
- You think right. I'll finish the gas station, and you can go to the store. - Grandpa said.
- Ok. - I said and went to the store.
The store wasn't very big, but I was able to find everything we needed.
After 10 minutes we left the gas station and after another 5 we were already in another country.
I woke up the girls and we ate leftover pizza. After that, we all three fell asleep.
Grandpa woke us up at seven o'clock in the evening when we arrived in the first major city in Mexico.
After sitting by the fire at the campsite and spending time together, we had dinner and each went about his own business.
Because I had time, I turned into the Two-Tails and went to Mars.
My clones have long since dissipated, but they have done their job. There is still about 25% of the ship left. I think now everything will go much faster, because I have a Juryrigg.
Having created four clones, two of which became an Upgrade, and two of which became a Juryrigg, I sent them to finish dismantling the ship.
And he, again, turned into the Two-Tails and began to teleport materials to his base.
It took me an hour to move all the materials. This time, I was tired again, but not so much.
Having finished with the transportation, I decided to check on my fifty-first alien.
Well, I need to check all my new aliens, but I have neither the desire nor the strength to do this.
But I still went to the training ground, where I turned into Wldvine for the first time.
After the transformation, I examined my body. I look exactly like the original Wildne. A green humanoid plant with one eye, in the middle of the face. There are five vine-like legs, two arms, each with four long, sharp fingers. On the chest is the Omnitrix sign.
Around the head is a hood that looks like a Venus flytrap with several sharp teeth. The hood, by the way, can be closed to protect the head.
There are two blue formations on the shoulders and there are several black pods on the back that can be used as weapons.
The vine is strong, hardy, agile and agile, very resilient and flexible. I really liked how I move in the image of this alien. It's very cool.
It can move quickly underground and swim well in water.
Wildvine has a very high ability to regenerate. It doesn't cost him anything to grow new limbs.
The vine can grow and change its body size like a real plant, but can retract it if desired. It can also grow and extend its arms, legs, and fingers into vine-like tentacles to grab and hold others. And also use such tentacles to move, like Spider-Man.
In the image of this alien, I can merge with plant life, including earthly trees. Also, I can change my color to better camouflage.
The Wildvine can grow black fruits on its back, such as pods containing a variety of substances (lethal and non-lethal), allowing it to be used as explosives or smoke bombs, as mentioned above. Its pods can also grow vines.
Using fantasy, you can use the powers of the Vine in a wide variety of ways. But now, it doesn't really matter.
After some more training, I turned back into the Two-Tails and teleported to the RV. I had little strength left, so I went back to sleep.
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