With Great Power Comes Great Responsibilty

Chapter 6

Once Natsu put on sunglasses and Gray put on gloves, the two of them went to the campus to speak to Professor Clive. Unfortunately they didn't find him in his lab, instead he found his extremely attractive young red head in a lab coat. Her name was Erza Scarlet, she was the professor's assistant and top student in the study of medicine and anatomy. Despite her young age she was quite the prodigy.

"Can I help you gentlemen?" She asked them.

"We're looking for Professor Gildarts Clive." Natsu said. "Is he here?"

"No. He had to take an emergency trip out of the country."

"What for?"

"Family matter. He won't be back til next week."

"Is there anyway he can come back sooner? We have to talk to him now! It's an emergency! Can you call him?"

"I can but I won't. I believe that Professor Clive's business is much more important than whatever you two need. Now I suggest you both leave immediately."

"But lady we need help!" Gray said.

"If you need help that bad call the police."

"It's not that simple."

"What are you talking about? Why can't you- Oh dear lord what happened to your eyes?!" Before he could cover his face, Erza grabbed him by his shirt collar, pulled him close, and stared into his green, slitted eyes. "They're like a cat's eyes. Is this some kind of costume contact lenses?"

"I wish but no it's real and so are these." He took off his gloves, showing her his claws.

"And these." Natsu took off his sun glasses allowing her to see his yellow, reptilian eyes.

"Oh my." She said.

"This is why we need Gildarts's help." Natsu said. "Something is happening to us and we can't go to the police because they might...Well you've seen E.T right?"

"Okay don't panic." She said. "I can't contact the professor now. What he's doing is much too important but I know his work and I think can help."

"Are you a doctor?"

"Not yet but I will be. Only one more year and I'll be able to graduate with a certification."

"That doesn't exactly make you a good alternative."

"Alright let me put it to you this way, what better choice do you have?"

"She's gotta point." Gray said.

Natsu sighed.

"Fine. What are you going to do?"

"I'm just going to examine you two. Take some blood samples, study them, see if there's been any change in your D.N.A."

Natsu and Gray weren't sure if they could trust this woman but like she said, what choice did they have? She took blood samples from both of them, scanned them, and examined their D.N.A. It took her four hours to discover what was really going on. Natsu and Gray waited with baited breath.

"I don't believe this." She said reading the results.

"What? What is it?" Gray asked.

"Well according to my tests, your D.N.A has crossed with the D.N.A of two animals. A komodo dragon and a sumatran tiger."

"Dragon?" Natsu said.

"Tiger?" Gray said.

"Yes but how is that possible?"

"Dr. Kingston!" The boys said in realization.

"Acnologia Kingston? What does he have to do with this?" Erza asked.

"He was keeping those two animals for experiment but some jerk turned em loose." Natsu said. "The dragon bit me."

"And the tiger scratched me." Gray said.

"He must have mutated those animals." Erza said. "But why would he do something so risky? I thought he knew better."

"What's going to happen to us?" Natsu asked. "Am I gonna turn into a giant lizard?"

"Not quite." She said. "You two were only exposed to a fraction of their mutated D.N.A which according to my tests is enough to give you some of their abilities and features but not enough to change your species. In other words you who was bitten by the komodo dragon now posses it's strength, high sense of smell through your tongue, it's  retractable talons, venomous fangs though they only cause paralyzation, it's remarkable swimming skills, it's high tolerance of heat, and it's ability to hold it's breath for 20 minutes."

"Awesome."

"And you who was scratched by the tiger now have it's speed, catlike reflexes and agility, night vision, a heightened sense of hearing and danger, retractable claws, fangs that tear through better than any knife, and the ability to move as quietly as a cat on velvet paws."

"But about our eyes?" Gray asked.

"A small side effect."

"I can't go to my aunt's like this."

"Relax, your eyes, talons, and claws responded to your will. Just think of yourself with your normal set of eyes and fingernails."

Gray and Natsu did as they said and they were back to normal.

"Is there a way to change us back?" Gray asked.

"I'll work on a cure but it will take time, until then try to keep this under wraps. Don't tell anyone and if there's any change, call me right away." She handed Gray a card with her number printed on it.

"Wait what's your name?"

"Erza Scarlet and yours?"

"Gray Fullbuster."

"Natsu Dragneel. Hey not that I don't appreciate it but why are you helping us?"

"Well I'm going to be a doctor someday and isn't it a doctor's job to help those in need?"

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it. Now you two better leave before someone sees and gets suspicious. I'll call you when I have something."

"You don't have a numbers."

"Actually I do. Your students of Professor Clive so your phone numbers should be in his files. Now go."

Natsu and Gray left the lab after that. Erza went to her desk and proceeded to re study the test results she had discovered. Looking up, she glanced at a picture frame on her desk that was of a photograph of a young man. She took the picture frame into her hands and sighed while looking at the photograph inside.

"It would seem that I now have two cures that I must work on. I pray that I'll be able to succeed in creating both."