"Curious," EightEight hummed.
"What is it, Sister EightEight?" Ben asked, causing Gwen and Kevin to join him in looking at the Sotoraggian.
She looked at them and gurgled, "There's a camp called Camp Opinicon. It's been closed for a bit due to a mushroom outbreak in the camp, but they can't really contain it very well. Whoever runs it sent out a message for help with the problem and the Dragoon picked it up. We'll be meeting up with Squirrel-mask and Honeybee-mask before heading there."
Ben nodded, then relayed it to Kevin and Gwen.
The girl asked, "Why are we meeting up with two others before going there?"
EightEight signed, 'Fire.'
A beat.
"I don't like that you just signed 'fire'," Gwen commented. The Sotoraggian shrugged.
"Maybe they're aliens that use fire," Kevin shrugged.
"Burn the mushrooms?" Ben blinked.
"Guess we'll see," Gwen hummed.
...
EightEight, pointed a hand towards a vehicle coming towards Sparksville, causing the Wyrmlings to look over as well. She stood up and began towards the edge of the town, the Wyrmlings following her.
The vehicle stopped as the quartet approached it. A humanoid with a squirrel disguise suddenly teleported next to the car and looked at them. Squirrel-mask motioned to them and exclaimed, "Hey, you're the four Dragua said would be joining us, right?!"
"Don't be so loud," EightEight gurgled as the quartet came up to them. Squirrel-mask looked at the Wyrmlings, tilting their head slightly.
"They're children," Squirrel commented.
"And?" EightEight questioned, crossing her arms. Squirrel raised a brow at the Sotoraggian.
"Just saying," Squirrel shrugged. "Get in the car, we need to start towards Opinicon if we want to get there on time." The door of the vehicle opened and Squirrel teleported again. EightEight looked at the Wyrmlings and motioned them in. Once they were in, she joined them.
In front was Squirrel and Honeybee, with the mammal dressed in the passenger seat and the bug dressed one in the driver seat. Honeybee looked back briefly at them before returning their attention to the road as the doors locked. The vehicle reeled, then started off.
"So..." Squirrel started, looking towards EightEight. "What do we refer to those three as?"
"Wyrmlings. If not, Crow, Rat, and Cobra," EightEight answered. Squirrel nodded.
"Cool. I heard one of them uses the Omnitrix. Which one of you three is that watch's wielder?" Squirrel asked, turning to look at the trio.
Ben and Kevin looked at Gwen. She looked at the two before lifting a hand. Squirrel hummed.
"You know, not to be mean or anything, but I kinda expected the Omnitrix wielder to be male, you know? But go ahead and prove them," Squirrel commented.
"To be fair, there's things in different species that make one gender more... for the lack of a better term, powerful than the other," EightEight nodded.
"Case in point, Tetramands and Aerophibians," Squirrel added.
Honeybee growled something.
"Celestialsapiens, fine, Honeybee," Squirrel complained, turning to face the road. "You don't need to be a buzzkill."
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Of Sentience and Predator
Science FictionThe Omnitrix, created by Azmuth to document every sapient species in the universe. The Nemetrix, created by Dr Psychobos as revenge against Azmuth, though often many who have heard of the device called it the Predatrix. Both are wanted by Vilgax, a...
