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Chapter 9: Sneaky Proto

[Scott's Pov]

I opened the door to my office, and inside is a pool of white latex covering the whole floor of the room. Tables arranged in rows on the center, and my computer desk sitting on the far end corner of the room. I approached my computer desk and noticed the blue screen error shown on the monitor. The computer has been active all this time. I reached for the plug behind the desk and found the plug submerged into the white latex. I reached for the plug and gently tugged it off. I might have to move the computer to the room where the Blue Apple trees are.

I remember seeing an outlet sticking out in the room. I heard the door of the room open. I looked to my left and saw Puro enter the room, his right paw raised and waving at me. I gave the black wolf a warm smile as he walks towards me. "You are Scott, right? It is my first time seeing a white latex beast like you. I didn't know white latex has masks now. How did you get that helmet?" The black wolf asked. He looks curious about my Protogen visor.

It would be easier if the computer is working. I could just show him the images contained inside the disc I was carrying, if only the computer is working properly. "I planned to build an entire robot named Protogen throughout my time in the facility, but a white latex burrowed inside the visor just as I finished it. Luckily I was saved by Doctor K's cure against the pale virus. I would have been a walking feral beast capable of such strength without the cure."

Puro looked at the desktop to my right, and he reached out his paw to point at it. "Is the computer yours? You are holding the plug of it." I realized that I am holding the plug of the computer the entire time as we speak. I let out a chuckle, embarrassed of the situation I am currently in. "You're not going to charge with that, do you? If you are going to, where are you going to plug that in, or on your body? If you are going to, do you want me to leave you for privacy?"

I feel my ears drop and my visor slightly heat up. I presume this is the same reaction from that time I brushed my own tail. My visor must be projecting a blush over my snout. "No no, I do not charge using a plug and socket. This is a plug for the computer to power it up. My power comes from the food I eat and my system digests. Please don't ask for a hole on my body to plug this socket." I explained as calm as possible, but my visor being hot is still here, and probably progressively getting worse.

Puro chuckled at me and gave me a warm smile. "Don't go hard on yourself, Scott. I know you're not going to plug that in you. What are you doing with the computer anyway?" I let out a sigh of relief. A heavy feeling within my chest being lifted. I feel the visor of my head cool down. "I need to carry the computer to the garden so I can view what is inside my computer. I can't view it from this room since the white latex flooded the socket. Will you give me a paw?" I asked and the black wolf nod in agreement.

The black wolf approached the desktop computer. Puro help me by carrying the flat screen monitor on his arms, and I carried the CPU cabinet on my arms. We carried the computer out of the room and into the garden where the Blue Apple trees are growing. I noticed Colin sitting by a tree, and the Prototype of Doctor K standing in front of the tree and watering the Blue Apple tree. Doctor K stood behind the Prototype, tinkering on the back panel located on the back of the Prototype.

As we place the monitor and cpu cabinet on the floor, Colin and Doctor K turned around and noticed our presence. Colin raised his right paw and waved at us. Doctor K returned to what he was doing, tinkering with the back panel of the Prototype. We returned for the keyboard and mouse, as well as the table to set the computer on. Without the help of the others, Puro and I are able to set up the computer on the corner of the large room near the broken down window. "You did great there. You are very strong. Are you going to check the computer now?" The black wolf asked and I gave him a nod before reaching at the back of the desktop to plug the cable to the socket.

With a few button presses and flicking switches, the monitor fired up to life. The contents of the disc is being shown on the screen of the monitor. The image shows an anatomy of the Protogen. "I am originally planning to build the whole model, but I did not realize that it requires a live beast to modify. Luckily, the white latex goo that assimilated me took a form of the Protogen."

I browse through the images being shown on the monitor. Each images either explaining the part of the Protogen, or is showing the anatomy of it. "You know, I used to be just a black latex beast searching for a host. I want to leave the tower, but I can't when I am without of host. I almost took over human, but our friendship overpowered my original plan. In the end, Doctor K gave me a bio bot to assimilate. I now have host, and that I can live longer."

My ears perked up and I turned to look at Puro. "May I hold your paw for a bit?" I asked and Puro tilted his head to the right before giving me a nod. He is confused. The black wolf reached out his right paw to me, and I held it with my two paws. I began to examine each of his digits. A latex beast able to assimilate a non human as a host. He isn't all gooey like the others.