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Chapter 8: Peace Talk

[K's Pov]

Is that I think it is? It is the Behemoth I have created back then to stop Colin from progressing further into the tower. I have no idea how it ended up being here. The last thing I heard about it is being flushed down the drain after Colin and Puro got rid of it. Now it is here. The Behemoth looked at me, then frowned. A huge white latex paw raised from the pool of white latex covering the room, and it rushed towards me. "Doctor K! Watch out!"

I heard Puro warn me from behind, but I didn't move. I believe that the white latex will fail it's attempt to catch me, and I will instead pass through the goo. The giant white latex paw towered in front of me, and soon slammed me to the floor. The quick motion lead me to lie on the floor on my back, taking all the weight of the white latex goo as it passes over me. It is heavy. The giant white latex paw eventually disappeared through the pool of white latex underneath me. I noticed the sudden increased sensitivity of the smell around me. The weight over my snout being lifted off.

I slowly got myself up and sat up right. I touched my snout, and realized that my gas mask was somehow taken off from the amount of weight and pressure of the white latex goo as it passes over me. It took my gas mask off. "Are you alright?" I felt soft paws gently rest on my shoulders. I looked at my left shoulder, and there Scott kneeled beside me on his hind legs. His Protogen visor projecting a facial expression of worry. "I am alright, although my fur is slightly drenched in white latex now. The Behemoth took my gas mask off."

I looked at the giant white latex wolf head, and it appears to be chuckling despite the lack of sound. I noticed a figure appear behind the giant white latex wolf head, and it stood beside the wolf head. It's the Prototype! The Prototype I made to stop Colin. The color being projected as it's fur is colored blue, and it looks to have been improved from the time I last had contact with it. The Prototype is holding my gas mask on it's two paws.

"Don't worry Doctor K! I will bring back the gas mask!" I immediately turned to look behind. I saw Colin with both of his paws on his wolf ears, holding them. I noticed Puro running towards the Prototype. The Prototype beside the giant white latex wolf head jumped in panic, it's visor projecting a shock facial expression. Puro lunged at the Prototype in an attempted to steal the gas mask from the Prototype. It was quick to react however, and it hopped to it's left. Puro crashed to the puddle of white latex, smearing white latex goo all over his face. The giant white latex wolf head and the Prototype began to chuckle at Puro.

Puro quickly got up and tried to clean off the white latex that got on his face and his mask. The Prototype walked over to me and reached it's paw to Scott. Scott grabbed the gas mask from it's paw, and he gave the Prototype a warm smile through his Protogen visor. "The greenhouse at the tower dried up, and I got sad about it. I wondered around for a month, then I found the tunnels. I found this place, and I found trees. I looked after the Blue Apple trees until the white latex took over the trees. Doctor K, do you have more trees?"

The Prototype asked with a smile on it's face. I slowly stood up and Scott handed me my gas mask. I gently put on the gas mask over my muzzle. I felt a tug behind me, and soft paws pressing on my mane. "Protogen will help with your gas mask." I heard Scott talk from behind as he helps me put on my gas mask. This feels nice. My gas mask is now safely placed over my muzzle, and I can move freely now.

I looked at the Prototype and gave it a nod. "There is a room with Blue Apple trees left in this facility, but a white latex beast is trying to take over it. Are you able to talk to the Behemoth?" I asked and the Prototype jumped in joy before turning and running back to the giant white latex wolf head. The Prototype began to talk to the giant white latex wolf head, presumably explaining the situation. I see Puro walking to me and Scott, his face now clear off white latex goo. Puro stood in front of us, and Colin approached him and stood beside him.

"The Prototype is smart. You told me back then that is isn't that smart. The Prototype dodged, and I crashed on the floor. Human didn't even help me.." Colin's ears immediately perked up in surprise as he looks at Puro, his eyes comically tearing up. Puro took notice of Colin's sobbing face and is surprised on his reaction. "But that doesn't mean I am mad! Puro won't get mad at human!" The black wolf immediately wrapped both of his arms around the white wolf, holding Colin close to him.

The two are very close to one another. "You must be thinking about these two being very close, am I correct?" I looked at Scott who is standing on my left. I gave him a slight nod before looking at Puro and Colin. Two wolves interacting to one another. At the distance, the Prototype approaches our direction. The color of it's fur being projected by it, and the color of it's visor and paw pads are now color green. The Prototype stood in front of me and reached out it's paw to me, giving me a thumbs up. "I managed to convince giant white latex wolf! The white latex won't be taking the room of Blue Apple trees. The giant white latex behemoth will remain in this facility though."

I let out a sigh of relief and in disappoinment. We attempted to recover the Botany department, but we only saved a room of Blue Apple trees.