Mighty's Book of Oneshots 4

The Egg (RegressAU)

Author's Note: Here's another story from the RegressAU. This one is a bit of an odd one, so I'll give some context.

 See, after the first shock wave, any hybrid that enters the servers will be afflicted with the deaging. It just matters on how close they are to the initial blast site when it originally happened (think about how poison or other dangerous materials are released. The only site is still the most dangerous). 

 That's how this stuff happened. How did this hermit get to the others in order to be discovered? Well, maybe some author magic had something to do with it. Maybe...

 Anyways, I'm postin' 'Memories' either later this evenin' or tomorrow....

Enjoy :)

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 Iskall's POV:

 It's been a few weeks to almost a month since all the hybrids in the servers all deaged due to a strange shock wave. As far as I can tell, everyone has been slightly stressed out, and no one can figure out what happened to them. 

Currently, I was working on my base and sneaking glances at Mumbo as he fed toddler Grian with a bottle. The tiny, fuzzy bird was cooing and drinking at the bottle happily. 

 This should be adorable, and it is, but I keep getting that feeling in my chest. The feeling that I get is that I... I want this to end. I want our server to go back to normal, and I want to get back to enjoying life with my friends. Recently Stress and Mumbo both decided to spent more time here at the base. Mumbo did it because he didn't think it was a good idea to constantly move the tiny bird hermit back and forth between the two bases.

 Stress came by in order to help the two of us deal with little Rendog. I love Ren from the bottom of my heart, but he's been a real pain in the butt ever since he's turned into a child. I think that the three of us are just lucky that Grian is probably the most calmest toddlers ever.

 Speaking of Ren, he's been playing around outside and I haven't seen him. I stopped working and crossed my arms as Stress came in from the kitchen that she and I properly built. Stress was fixing her hair and plucking out some leaves from the vines that now wrapped around her arms. I've been Bdubs with those vines, and I know that Stress is a plant hybrid now, but it's still really weird. 

 " Where's Renpup?" Stress questioned as I walked over to her, " Outside playing. I was going to check on what he was doing." Stress nodded. 

 I scratched at my beard as I left the base. I looked around the forest around my base and found Renpup on all fours. What was he doing? I moved closer, " Oi, Rendog!" I called out causing the hybrid to bark and turn around. The hermit's hackles were poking up as he stood in front of something. 

 Ren's ears went back as he stared at me, " Go away!" he barked, " I found it f'rst!" 

 He found something? I assume it was probably a piece of food or an item that I may have left outside. I frowned, " Ren, what did you find?" I spoke in a calm voice. I can't go spooking him and making him mad at me. 

 Ren looked back at the thing he found before turning back to me, " NOTHING!" he shouted as he bared his small fangs. I crossed my arms as I moved closer. Ren's ears lowered the closer I got until he was in a nervous stance. 

 I blinked as I stared at what Ren was guarding. Ren stared at me, " I-I... I found this too..." he mumbled as he showed what looked like a lab coat, arm, plate, and a small mechanical tube that had thick, green ooze inside. I picked it up and looked inside. It looked like some kind of ghost was inside the capsule, but I can only see a faint glow.