Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (Male Ruby x OC!)

Chapter 6

Reuben looks at the destruction he's caused and tries his best to hide in the forest without falling over, due to his three tentacles. As he watches the balloons for prom float away, he looks down to see Caspian and Arista looking up at him. He gasps as he hides from they're views, not very effectively.

"Son of an anglerfish," he says as he looks through the forest and runs away from the two, leaving them speechless.

"Oh. Look at this view," Janice exclaims as Agatha shows them the outside view.

"Wow. Holy migoli, this is amazing. What do you think, boo?" Doug asks.

"I think... we're sold!" Janice says excitedly.

"Oh. Fantastic. Well, I'll get the paperwork started, and we'll make this quick and easy so you can focus on your little one," Agatha says.

As the two kept talking about the great things in the house, Agatha noticed a tentacle hand pushing away some of the trees and froze as she gave a strained smile to the couple.

"You make sure you enjoy every minute of quiet you have left because once the baby comes, it is going to blow up your whole life," she laughs nervously as she pushes the couple inside.

"Look around. Get a feel for the place. Just leave the key in the lockbox when you're done. Or-or keep it. Whatever. Talk soon," Agatha says as she throws the couple the keys and speeds off in her car.

"Pick up, Reuben. Pick up. Oh, pick up, Reuben. Pick up! Okay. Agatha, you can figure this out. Everything is gonna be fine," she says until she suddenly hit something with her car, causing her to stop.

"Son of an anglerfish!" she screams as she looks through her rear view mirror to see a pile of leaves. 

"It's probably just a traffic cone. Oh, no," she says, stepping out of the car and walking towards the heap of leaves. 

"Hello?" she asks uncertainly. 

The leaves suddenly start to gather up and stand at a really tall height, only for a man, that looked like Agatha, to appear and hug her.

"Heya, sis. Good old Uncle Brill's here to see his favourite nephew, Reuben," he say.

"What? Brill?" Agatha exclaims as she picks up her brother.

"Heya," he says happily.

"Are you okay?" she asks in concern.

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" he says holding up his face.

"I just hit you with a car," she says nervously.

"How do you guys deal with the gravity here on land? It's crazy, right? Anyway, I came to say congratulations. Reuben's all grown-up and turned into a giant...," he tries to say but Agatha covers him mouth.

"Shh, shh, shh. Not so loud. Come on," she says as she drags Brill to her car.

"Whoa. I see you still got that upper body strength, huh?" he complements as Agatha throws him into the car.

As Reuben walks through the forest, he suddenly steps onto something which makes him let out a loud 'ow'. He bends down and picks up a shrivelled up sign.

"Are you kidding me?" he says annoyed. 

He then looks up and sees his mum's car and drops the sign as he hides behind the trees until she passes by. Reuben then leaves, taking the trees with him.

"What are you doing here, Brill?" Agatha asks a bit annoyed.

"We felt the pulse," Brill smiles happily.

"So Mom knows?" she asks.

"Uh, yeah. She sent me to get Reuben," he says.

"This is exactly why he wasn't supposed to go into the ocean," she says glaring at bit at the road ahead.

"Uh, then why would you live next to it?" he asks.

"We needed to stay moist," she answers angrily.

"Ew. Moist," he says disgusted.

"Where is he? Where is he? I need to hide him," Agatha worries.

"Whoa. Good luck hiding that," Brill says as the two see Reuben running towards the lighthouse.

Agatha turns aggressively towards the lighthouse, bouncing Brill around in the car and stop and see Reuben hiding poorly behind the lighthouse.

"Oh, no," Reuben says when he sees his mum.

"Wow...," Brill says as he starts to get out of the car.

"Brill, stay," Agatha says annoyed as she slams the door in his face, leaving it smooshed as she locks the car. 

"Reuben Gillman, come out here. We need to get you home right now," Agatha instructs.

"But... I'm a... monster," Reuben says sadly.

"Oh, honey, you're not a monster. Not even close. I don't want to yell. Can we just talk? Please, just... just talk to me," she says.

Reuben then puts his hand down and his mum jumps onto it as he lift her towards his face. Reuben sighs and tries to avoid his mum's gaze.

"Hey, there's my boy," Agatha smiles.

"Please don't be mad. But I kind of went into the ocean," he says with his mum.

"Went into the ocean? I know. But right now I just want to keep you safe, honey, and that means getting you home," she calmly explains.

"Mom, look at me. I won't even fit inside our house anymore," he says a bit angrily as he throws his hand in the air, causing Agatha to be thrown up in the air.

He quickly catches her and shyly apologises as she composes herself.

"Hey. Hey, hey. You'll get small again. It just takes a little time. I'm here. I'll wait with you. I'm not going anywhere," she says sitting down on his hand.

"I'm really glad you're here, Mom," he says in appreciation.

"Do you remember when you found that whale on the beach?" she asks.

"You mean Clarence J. Whifferton?" he asks with a bit of a smile.

"How could I forget? Clarence J. Whifferton. You stood next to him with a hose for seven hours until the tide came back in," she remembered.

"Oh, yeah. I asked you if I could keep him," he said remembering as well, and also shrinking at the same time.

"Where would we even have put him?" Agatha asks with a laugh.

"We had a hose. A garage. Come on. I would have taken care of him," Reuben brags.

"I know you would have," Agatha says.

Reuben puts her down and he finally shrinks back to his normal size.

"Yes. I'm normal. Well, almost normal. Thank you," Reuben says hugging his mum.

"Trust me, it's gonna be okay," Agatha says hugging back.

Brill joins the hug and Reuben screams as he pushes his mum behind him and punches him in the face multiple times.

"Ooh, I see you got your mom's arm strength," he compliments.

"Mom, what is happening?!" Reuben screams.