Tap Tap Tap
Spud glared at the
door. Even though the person was knocking at the front door, he could
hear it clearly. After the night he'd been having, he didn't really
want to answer.
Tap Tap TapTapTapTap!
Whoever was out there was
getting more insistent on being let in. Well, he was over here in the
garage and not the house, maybe they'd think nobody was home.
"Dammit Spud! Let me in, we need to talk!"
He gasped and sat up as she recognized the voice. Jumping up
to open the side door to the garage, he looked at the familiar woman
standing in the yard.
"Uni!"
*ZOT*
******
I
blinked when the door opened. I heard his voice, but that was followed
immediately by a bright green blast hitting me in the chest. It felt
like being hit with a wet water balloon, and the light bounced off my
chest leaving it slightly warm but nothing else. I'm sure that wouldn't
have been the case... before. I looked up at Brian and he seemed to be going between looking concerned and
glaring at, well, it wasn't me, but I couldn't tell what.
"Ohmigod, Amy, are you okay? I didn't mean- Dammit Rhea, we don't go around shooting friends!"
"I have no idea who this person is! It was just a reflex."
"Well stop that! I don't want to be throwing around radiation in my own HOME."
"I said I was sorry..." The feminine voice coming from Spud's mouth
mumbled as he walked out to the yard long enough to grab me by the arm
and pull me into the garage, closing the door behind him. Inside the
garage it looked like a war zone, stuff was *everywhere*.
"Look, Uni, I'm really sorry. It's just, some weird stuff has happened... why are you laughing?"
I
couldn't help it, I'd started giggling. Hearing two completely
different voices coming from Spud's mouth and the neutrino bolt and
everything had finally piled up to the point of ridiculous. I leaned
against the wall, laughing hard enough to have tears in my eyes.
"It's not funny." The feminine voice said which only sent me
further into hysteria. I slid down the wall and sat on the floor,
unable to even support myself anymore. He glared down at me, and it was
even funnier when I saw two different expressions warring on his face,
both trying to win but neither quite making it.
I closed my eyes, I had to pull myself together. This wasn't
helping. "Okay okay, I'm sorry I laughed! Gimme a minute here." I took
a few deep breaths and got myself calmed down. I finally could breathe
normally and opened my eyes to look back at him... and the expressions
were still warring. I looked away quickly before I would start laughing
again. I came up here for a reason anyways. "Okay, what the hell is
going on?"
Spud just sighed and buried his head in his hands. "I have no clue.
The circuit blew again and when Dom got the power back on I was
electrocuted and when I came to I had Multiple Personality Disorder."
While he was talking I saw the laptop laying to the side, open but not
on. My hand brushed against it and in a moment the screen flickered on
and began pulling up Firefox, the CoH launcher, and Trillian
simultaneously. It hadn't even booted, it was just working. It was processing information and I knew what was
happening without even having to see the screen. Not to mention the
laptop was flying at speeds that previously would have had it venting
smoke. That got Spud's attention as he looked over at the screen,
fascinated and a little bit freaked out at the same time.
"Uni... how are you doing that?
"Well, that's part of
the reason I came up here." I shifted, my body literally shrunk to
nearly half it's height as I returned to the form I had woken up in
nearly three hours ago. Spud's shocked face looked almost funny in the
pink glow my eyes were now putting off. "You aren't the only one who
was affected by whatever happened tonight."
"Wait, I know you..." The woman's voice came from Spud's body
again. His eyes squinted, and I noted with surprise that they were green now. "You're that tank, the one from Riot..."
I nodded. "That's right. Quick-"
"SILVER!" Apparently Spud
had against lost control of their body again as he pounced at my diminutive body in a patented Rhea tackle-hug. "Silver! What are you doing here, do you
know how we got here? What's happening?"
I held him(her?) for a moment as my mind raced, I had to convince
her I was Silver. The body and the nannites were Silver, but the brain
was completely Amy. "I'm not sure Rhea. That's what we're going to have
to figure out." I held her out at arms length and looked up (way up...
geez I'm short like this) into her eyes. "We're going to have to work
together to figure this one out. You, Me, and Spud. And speaking of,
let him have control of the body for a bit, alright?"
"Okay. I'm just glad someone I know is here too. Promise me you won't leave?"
"Don't
worry, I'll be here. I may go back to looking like Uni for simplicity
sake, but I'm still Quicksilver inside, just like you're you inside of
him, ok?"
She nodded. "Alright." Spud shook his head slightly as his
mannerisms changed to what I was used to seeing from him. "So...
Silver. Is Amy still in there?" Guess I have to fool him too. Anything
he knows I'd bet Rhea knows also.
"Yeah, give me a second here." My body quickly shifted back to my
normal look, for which I was secretly relieved. At least I was back to
my normal six foot height. I hate being short. "There. Now, I'm keeping
a figurative eye on the laptop for now, but don't you think we should
probably start cleaning this place up? It looks like a tornado blew
through here."
Spud surveyed the room as a quiet "oops" came from his lips in
Rhea's voice. Together we began putting the garage back together as
much as possible.
Spud glared at the
door. Even though the person was knocking at the front door, he could
hear it clearly. After the night he'd been having, he didn't really
want to answer.
Tap Tap TapTapTapTap!
Whoever was out there was
getting more insistent on being let in. Well, he was over here in the
garage and not the house, maybe they'd think nobody was home.
"Dammit Spud! Let me in, we need to talk!"
He gasped and sat up as she recognized the voice. Jumping up
to open the side door to the garage, he looked at the familiar woman
standing in the yard.
"Uni!"
*ZOT*
******
I
blinked when the door opened. I heard his voice, but that was followed
immediately by a bright green blast hitting me in the chest. It felt
like being hit with a wet water balloon, and the light bounced off my
chest leaving it slightly warm but nothing else. I'm sure that wouldn't
have been the case... before. I looked up at Brian and he seemed to be going between looking concerned and
glaring at, well, it wasn't me, but I couldn't tell what.
"Ohmigod, Amy, are you okay? I didn't mean- Dammit Rhea, we don't go around shooting friends!"
"I have no idea who this person is! It was just a reflex."
"Well stop that! I don't want to be throwing around radiation in my own HOME."
"I said I was sorry..." The feminine voice coming from Spud's mouth
mumbled as he walked out to the yard long enough to grab me by the arm
and pull me into the garage, closing the door behind him. Inside the
garage it looked like a war zone, stuff was *everywhere*.
"Look, Uni, I'm really sorry. It's just, some weird stuff has happened... why are you laughing?"
I
couldn't help it, I'd started giggling. Hearing two completely
different voices coming from Spud's mouth and the neutrino bolt and
everything had finally piled up to the point of ridiculous. I leaned
against the wall, laughing hard enough to have tears in my eyes.
"It's not funny." The feminine voice said which only sent me
further into hysteria. I slid down the wall and sat on the floor,
unable to even support myself anymore. He glared down at me, and it was
even funnier when I saw two different expressions warring on his face,
both trying to win but neither quite making it.
I closed my eyes, I had to pull myself together. This wasn't
helping. "Okay okay, I'm sorry I laughed! Gimme a minute here." I took
a few deep breaths and got myself calmed down. I finally could breathe
normally and opened my eyes to look back at him... and the expressions
were still warring. I looked away quickly before I would start laughing
again. I came up here for a reason anyways. "Okay, what the hell is
going on?"
Spud just sighed and buried his head in his hands. "I have no clue.
The circuit blew again and when Dom got the power back on I was
electrocuted and when I came to I had Multiple Personality Disorder."
While he was talking I saw the laptop laying to the side, open but not
on. My hand brushed against it and in a moment the screen flickered on
and began pulling up Firefox, the CoH launcher, and Trillian
simultaneously. It hadn't even booted, it was just working. It was processing information and I knew what was
happening without even having to see the screen. Not to mention the
laptop was flying at speeds that previously would have had it venting
smoke. That got Spud's attention as he looked over at the screen,
fascinated and a little bit freaked out at the same time.
"Uni... how are you doing that?
"Well, that's part of
the reason I came up here." I shifted, my body literally shrunk to
nearly half it's height as I returned to the form I had woken up in
nearly three hours ago. Spud's shocked face looked almost funny in the
pink glow my eyes were now putting off. "You aren't the only one who
was affected by whatever happened tonight."
"Wait, I know you..." The woman's voice came from Spud's body
again. His eyes squinted, and I noted with surprise that they were green now. "You're that tank, the one from Riot..."
I nodded. "That's right. Quick-"
"SILVER!" Apparently Spud
had against lost control of their body again as he pounced at my diminutive body in a patented Rhea tackle-hug. "Silver! What are you doing here, do you
know how we got here? What's happening?"
I held him(her?) for a moment as my mind raced, I had to convince
her I was Silver. The body and the nannites were Silver, but the brain
was completely Amy. "I'm not sure Rhea. That's what we're going to have
to figure out." I held her out at arms length and looked up (way up...
geez I'm short like this) into her eyes. "We're going to have to work
together to figure this one out. You, Me, and Spud. And speaking of,
let him have control of the body for a bit, alright?"
"Okay. I'm just glad someone I know is here too. Promise me you won't leave?"
"Don't
worry, I'll be here. I may go back to looking like Uni for simplicity
sake, but I'm still Quicksilver inside, just like you're you inside of
him, ok?"
She nodded. "Alright." Spud shook his head slightly as his
mannerisms changed to what I was used to seeing from him. "So...
Silver. Is Amy still in there?" Guess I have to fool him too. Anything
he knows I'd bet Rhea knows also.
"Yeah, give me a second here." My body quickly shifted back to my
normal look, for which I was secretly relieved. At least I was back to
my normal six foot height. I hate being short. "There. Now, I'm keeping
a figurative eye on the laptop for now, but don't you think we should
probably start cleaning this place up? It looks like a tornado blew
through here."
Spud surveyed the room as a quiet "oops" came from his lips in
Rhea's voice. Together we began putting the garage back together as
much as possible.