The Two Bottles

Ch 12

Haley rode on Tolvecks hand, she bobbed up and down as he walked. She slightly panicked about being so high up in the sky but at least Tolveck would hopefully catch her.
In the midst of her thoughts, they arrived at her apartment. They paused at her balcony and Tolveck let her off.
She gladly hopped off, happy to be on solid ground, and entered the room before giving Tolveck a thankful smile. She headed inside and went to her dresser. She plucked a few items like her wallet and a tube of chapstick. She applied some and smacked her lips finishing the job and tucked them both into her pocket.

Haley decided to see if Julian wanted to come. Then it hit her, why the hell did she bring Tolveck!? He is just going to scare the living hell out of all the workers! She paused at Julians door and looked back, how was she going to do this? She could drive a car and let Tolveck stay here with him or go with Tolveck letting Julian sleep. And there was a third option, waking them up. Oh god no! She entered Julian's room already.

Haley caught herself, Julian lay with their masculine bandana wrapped tightly around their arm, his feet hung off the end of the bed with his head against the wall, the blanket was like a small towel to him. She stood still, in slight fear but also the thought of waking him up. She backed away slowly, keeping her eyes on the mass of blankets when, "Oof!" She ran right into the slightly open door, thus slamming it closed leaving her with a sudden fear of the blanket behind her.

The blankets shifted and Julian's messy hair brushed up against the roof. The blanket folded to his lap, his legs sprawled on the floor, his heel planted in the middle of the floor. His tired eyes widened when he noticed Haley.

"AAAAAAAAA-mmmmmmmphhhh!!!" Julian yelled, Haley quickly covered his mouth with both her hands as his voice rang in her ears. He slowly quieted.

"You done yet?" She quietly asked as she slowly removed her hands.

"Nope still scared." He replied, and he fell over onto his bed, banging his head on the wall. "Ow ow ow ow! H-how did... I... thAT FOKIN SHE DEVIL!" Julian shot back up, leaving his hair scrunched up on the ceiling. His Irish accent was stronger with his anger. His voice boiling with pain. Haley was quick to cover her ears.

Julian went to stand, but he immediately hit his head and fell back onto the bed. He looked around with frightened eyes, his dim green eyes really shined in the dark as he figured out a plan, Haley just inched closer to the wall. Julian quickly snapped to attention and quickly side glanced towards her, he immediately looked away and flipped his blanket back over himself. His green and blue bandana lay on the ground uselessly, electrical cords trailing the floor. Julian's room is small, even before his growth his mess of a room wouldn't do him any good, even like this.
Julian groaned under the blankets.
"Sorry Haley for scaring you." He shifted under the blanket, trying to cover himself completely. "I-Haley, are you ok?" He heard sniffles from behind his little fortress.
"I-I'm fine." He heard her shuffle against his floor. He felt terrible, did he make her cry?
"I-is Tolveck here?"
"Yeah, just outside." She sniffled. Julian slowly got up from the bed, he took the blanket and crouched down infront of Haley, he paused at how small she looked now. He carefully wrapped Haley in the blanket.
"I'll go back with him, you can take my motor bike. It's in the apartments security office. George lets me hide it there."
Haley looked up, her watery eyes meeting his.
"I'm sorry for bringing you into this."
"Don't be. It'll be ok." He gave her a smile, and hugged her tight. She let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. Haley relaxed in his arms, she felt him catch her melting self. She let the blanket fall as she stood up, wiped the water from her face and stood taller.
"We should probably get you out of here before the girls find you." She spoke after Julian righted himself. He nodded to her and hit his head on the ceiling.
"And fast." He whispered in pain. They slowly made their way out, Haley in front, guiding Julian through the dark hallways to Tolveck.
They heard him shift outside her balcony. Haley stepped out first while Julian stayed back. Haley prepared to yell up to the giant outside.
"T-Tolveck!" Haley yelped as strong but quiet as she could, in the fear filled moment. His gaze drifted down to her. "C-can you take Julian back with you? S-something happened..."
"Ok..." He moved so he could let them onto his hand.
"You ready?" She spoke to Julian.
"For now, a-again, sorry for earlier."
"I-its not your fault." She scootched back to let him through, he must've been 10 feet tall. Julian's eyes shifted from her to Tolveck. Tolveck's eyes were wide in curiosity.
"The hell happened to you?"
"I'll explain on the way." He called up as he climbed onto his hand. Tolveck took the answer and nodded. "Haley, take my gear, it might be a little large, or small, but it should help." He replied to her as he got comfy on the giants hand.
"Will do." She said.
"Onwards buddy!" Julian yelled up to Tolveck. He nodded down and began to leave.
"Bye Haley!" They both spoke to her as they left. Haley waved goodbye and headed back inside. She shivered at the door, why was she so scared of them? She now understood why Carter is more scared of emotions then Tolveck himself. How was Carter doing with Blaze and 'F'? Probably having a great time. Maybe.
Haley walked into the kitchen and took out all the extra pizza box's. She quietly closed the refrigerator doors, and slid across the floor unwillingly. She glanced down, out of the dark she could make out a puddle of blue syrup on the floor.
"So that's what did it." She whispered to herself. Haley started cleaning the mess and took Julian's gear and headed out of the apartment to its security office. She strapped the pizza boxes to the motor bikes back thing, and slipped into the gear. It was a little big but fine otherwise. It was a woman's suit, solid black with white outlines- with sharpie filling in the white. The helmet was filled with designs in paint, Haley could make out a character with a sword and another with a bow and an arrow shot across the top. It was cool and Haley liked the colour pallet, but was a little worried the paint weakened the helmet.
She hopped onto the bike, put on the helmet and drove off.

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Julian explained what happened before he went to sleep in Tolvecks hand as they walked. Tolveck felt bad that happened to him. But at least he was asleep for the reaction.
They made it back and knocked on the tractor door. It slowly opened and Tolveck set Julian down. He stepped in to find everyone huddled in Carters cubical and Blaze standing in the middle of the room.
Blazes face lossened with relief as he saw Jullian. He walked up to the big guy and realised he wasn't the same height he was when they first met.
"What the hell happened Julian!" Blaze yelled as he approached. Carter stuck his head out as he heard Julian's name being called.
"Long story, one of my roommates did this to me." He explained as Blaze inspected Julian's new form, he only reached to his elbow. Blaze glanced at Carter.
"So your serum thing did this? This is a nightmare, brilliant, but a nightmare." Blaze Spoke, he turned to Julian. "Where is Haley?"
"Back at the apartment, she is gonna ride my motor bike here." He sat on the concrete floor. Carter raced over in a panic.
Tolveck squeezed into the barn and joined in on the conversation. F came out of hiding and waved at him, he smiled at them. Their gazes were stolen by Blaze pacing around while Carter began to explain the serums. Again.
"You guys called this new molecule Pythagerine?"
"Yeah, and it can do so much,I- my brother, John, uses this for holograms." Carter looked a little proud of that.
"That stuff, Pythagerine, is extremely dangerous and you use it for holograms!?" Blaze took a breath. "That stuff- that element, it's not supposed to be here."
"But it is, it's been on earth for decades, millenia, carbon dating had proven it over and over again."
"He brought it here unknowingly and- hold on, if you know about this... they do to. And if you created this, and did this, they could have done the opposite." Blaze stopped pacing. "SHIT, F WE NEED TO FIND HIM!"
Carter interrupted, "Who?"
"I-I don't know who he is, but I've had dreams of him. He calls himself Typhon."
"T-the demon?"
"You know about him?"
Carter faltered. "My boss... the creator of Genix Scientific was just crazy, searching for something that wasn't there." Carter piped up as an idea came to his mind. "My brother could help! He knows a person that knows a lot about Genix."
"Where is he now?"
"I- I don't know, I havn't been in contact with John in years."
Blaze huffed and sat down. Carter turned to Julian.
"D-did I leave a tube there?"
"Probably."
He looked away, "Sorry..."
"Your fine, just..." 'figure a way to fix us.' He thought. He scrunched up further. He felt Tolveck start to rub his back. "I'm fine." He spoke.
"We should all get some rest once Haley gets back." Blaze spoke up. And as if on cue, a motorcycle was heard outside. "Or eat and then sleep. Who's hungry!"
Haley rode the bike to the garage door, which was still open, and rode inside slowly. The pizza boxes on the back slid in the larger box she had put them in after they all fell off the first time she took off. She parked it close to Carters cubical and took off the helmet.
"PIZZA!" 'F' yelled as they ran for the boxes. Haley smiled as she unloaded the boxes onto a table for everyone to eat. She took three boxes and brought them to the two giants, Blaze was actually normal height next to Carter but still as hungy as Tolveck was. She handed one box to Julian and the other two left, after Carter took his pineapple, to Tolveck. They accepted politely and dug in.
Everyone happily enjoyed their pizza before Blaze and 'F' left for the night. They waved good bye as Blaze took form and picked up F. Julian yelped in fright of Blazes new form. After they left, Haley rode the bike back home while Carter, Julian and Tolveck stayed at the farm. That must've been one heck of a day for them all.

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