#she also has animalistic tendencies now... thats gonna be fine.

[dronebiscuitbat]

Oil is Thicker Then Blood (Part 34)

N blinked, looking down at his daughter with confusion, Khan did much of the same, both drones not quite knowing how to respond to the bat-like chirp Tera had given them.

Uzi froze, and her mouth hung open, several different emotions, different impulses, hiting her all at once.

Fear, that she was making her daughter weird, she knew where Tera had picked up that chirp from, her. How often was she making the sound in her sleep for Tera to be able to mimic it this closely?

She was happy, Tera was moving and making noises and was happy and healthy, these things were good, they were all good.

Then there was another part of her, something that didn't quite sound like herself, that told her something else.

This is right, this is how things should be.

Tera was now babbling, switching between normal drone toddler noises and mixture of chirps, purrs and trills, and each one sent something powerfully maternal running through her, until her tail was free and she was scooping her up, holding her head as she held the droneling close, purring loudly.

“Uh… Uzi?” N's voice sounded extremely concerned, but she wasn't looking at him, her eyelights were locked onto the droneling in her arms, there wasn't any reason for him to be worried, everything was fine, their kit was just happy, nothing was wrong.

“T-tail.” Khan muttered out under his breath, he'd known she'd had one, but he'd never seen it, she'd always kept that part of herself locked away, now that he was looking at it, it was kind of giving him a minor stroke. That was a mouth!

N only took a step closer, Uzi's tail was currently trying to wrap itself around Tera, and the toddler herself was purring into Uzi, the presence of the tail didn't seem to bother her either, locking eyes with it and giggling.

He was extraordinarily confused, both at Tera's sudden strange noises and at Uzi's reaction to them, what the heck was going on?

First the bite, now this?

He looked over at Khan and gave him a wary smile, one which Khan tried to reciprocate, although failed as he was too busy freaking the heck out.

Uzi's purring slowly dissipated, and she blinked twice before she became aware enough about what she was doing to actually look around the room. She flushed a deep violet.

What the hell was wrong with her?

Nothing.

She shook her head fiercely, trying to clear her head of the brain fog that had covered it as well as the thoughts that came with it, her grip on her daughter loosened slightly, and her eyes locked with N's.

[What's going on?]

[Idk, weirdness]

“Uh, s-sorry, I don't know what came over me!” She laughed nervously, only trying to cover up her weird response to Tera's chirping for her dad's sake, she didn't want to freak him out anymore than she already had.

If that was possible.

She handed Tera to N, which took her happily, she waved her arms at him, trying to reach his hair and hat but he was too tall and holding her too low for that.

“A-anyway! Uh thanks for the help dad! But I-we have to go now!” Uzi was near sliding N across the floor and towards the door, waving goodbye to her dad as she did.

“A-anytime?” He called out as she slammed the door behind them, taking N by the hand and dragging him silently through the hall.

She was internally panicking, this was not normal. And she was getting warmer and warmer with no signs of cooling down, the oil wasn't helping, nothing was helping.

N was watching and listening as her core sped up in her panic, taking action, he scooped her up in his other arm and speed-walked back to their apartment.

“H-hey I can!”

“You're panicking, let me carry you.”

She just nodded, cuddling in closer to his chest, her tail was still free, she'd worked herself up in too much of a frenzy to bother putting it away, it wrapped around him, like she was some weird, long tailed koala.

He kissed her forehead, and while that was normally enough to calm her down it wasn't quite enough this time, her core tightened painfully.

As soon as they got home, Uzi sprung off him running to the bathroom in a four limbed gallop, and locking the door behind her with the solver, heavy ragged pants escaped her mouth.

She looked into the mirror breifly, knowing that any more than a glance would shatter it.

Her temperature was nearly unbearable now, and now paired with an extreme tightness in her chest, her legs shook and trembled, her head hovering over the sink as if she was about to vomit.

“Uzi! What's wrong!? Why is the door locked?!” N's voice came panicked and loud from the other side of the flimsy wooden door, her breath hitched.

What are you doing? Let him in, nothing is wrong with you. You will not hurt them.

The voice was back, now louder than ever echoing inside her head as if it was the only thing there, she held her head with both of her hands.

She was going crazy! She had to be! Was she loosing control again?

She looked back up in the mirror, the solver symbol glowing brightly in her eye, shattering the mirror and sending sharp bits of glass in every direction.

Her vison grew fuzzy, the pressure in her head increased to almost unbearable levels, the internal heat was sweltering, visibly coming off her in waves.

And then… she passed out. Head cracking on the side of the counter as she went down, busting it open and letting oil run free.

Only… it wasn't black.

It was red.

N busted down the door after a minute of getting no response, shattering it with a kick so strong a bull would have been impressed.

Uzi was gone, a pool of blood in the center of the tan tile and a trail leading into the vent system on the ceiling, his eyelights hollowed.

Uzi was comfortable, in a nest, somewhere high above everything else, safe.

Her kit was in her lap, making happy chirps that assured her that she was well. She was nibbling on an arm, the oil dribbling down her chin. Uzi laughed, diligently thumbing it away, keeping her clean.

Then she yawned, stretching her wings and her tail as she waited for her partner to return from his hunting trip, he would have to be back soon, the sun was almost up.

Something landed nearby with a soft thud, right on time.

N came into view, holding a woker drone corpse between his teeth, holding it by the neck, his tail wagged when he saw them, hers did too. Their kit trilled at him, he did back, dropping the corpse at the side of the nest and stepping closer to them.

She smiled, nuzzling her head underneath his with a purr that he returned enthusiastically, chitters and mewls left her mouth, and she let her body slide against him, much like a cat, and as she left her tail followed her path, caressing his chin as she went to inspect his kill.

Or she would have, if he didn't grab her and pull her back, sending her into his lap to cuddle some more, she giggled, pulling her kit into the cuddle pile and relaxing into his chest.

This was right…

She snapped awake again, her head throbbing and vison unfocused, she… wasn't on the bathroom floor anymore.

She was in N's old nest at the spire, laying in the center of it, the cold atmosphere of Copper-9 suddenly hit her with all it's force. She got up on her hands and knees and felt the side of her head.

Already repaired, if a little tender when she touched where the gash would've been.

Her wings were free, as was her tail, and she sat on her knees as she looked around.

How had she gotten here?

Her temperature felt normal again, and the pressure in her head was gone. She sighed and looked down on herself, she looked normal, she felt like herself again.

She looked at her tail, before her eyes went hollow.

She had spines, now running all along her tail all the way to the head, they were sharp, and as she flexed her tail the spines hardened and softened, going from flat against her tail to fiercely flaring like a baseball bat covered in nails.

She felt the back of her neck, only fot her to yelp and pull her hand back, a spine stuck in her hand.

There were spines running all the way down her back all the way to her neck, although they got less numerous the closer to her head.

Holy shit

She looked at her wings and her arms and legs, nothing else seemed to have changed.

Getting an idea, she flared the spines outward and flicked her tail as fast as she could in front of her, some of the spines flung off, burying themselves into the wall of the spire.

“Holy hell!” She yelped to herself, both a little giddy and a little scared, this was useful sure, but the fact that she was continuing to change even after camp was more then a little concerning.

At least she hadn't killed anyone this time, at least… as far as she knew.

She looked out of the spire, the moon high in the sky, she wasn't sure how long she'd been out here…

She needed to get back, N was probably worried sick. And Tera would be upset as well if she had been gone awhile.

But she had no chance to begin to fly back, she heard something land above her, she smiled.

Right on time.

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