Collaborator Arc 2: Conquering Nature

Episode 18: The Island

Trey: Mhm, mhm. I see, I see. Yes.

Micheal: *Staring, appearing irritated* Must I always inform you of our kind?

Trey: But you make such a good encyclopedia. You're really smart, you know.

Micheal: Shut up. Flattery won't help you this time.

Trey: Calm down. A lot of metas are pretty self explanatory due to what we call them. But it's interesting that there is another level of complexity for metas. Like, having shape shifting, matter conversion, or even kinesis can be a mixture of ability. 

Micheal: Metas are very complex, and that complexity determines the limit of their powers. Or simplicity.

Trey: I'm glad elementals are more simple in concept. By the way, meta breaker, you seemed to have broken the rules yourself.

Micheal: Elaborate.

Trey: The metal you sent to help my back is still all over my skeleton. Aren't certain metals poisonous to the human body?

Micheal: Ah, yes, young lad. I have absolute dominance over metal. Which means I can change the nature of it down to a molecular scale. So unlike other scientists, I can fuse metals together to make my own for whatever situation. I have medical applications, engineering, and practical applications. There's nothing I can't do with my metal. But I'm surprised you even noticed while the others didn't.

Trey: Don't insult my intelligence, sir.

Micheal: Don't act smart.

Trey: I'm not an idiot!

Micheal: True...just willfully ignorant of things.

Trey: I can't argue that. I don't care for most topics...fair enough!

Micheal: Well, it'll be harder for you to break a bone. Now there's a piece of me in all of you.

Trey: Gross, but I wouldn't be able to walk without you. So thanks.

(Raine and Alma enter the room.)

Alma: Micheal!!!

Micheal: Hey, kiddo.

Alma: I have a question.

Micheal: Lay it on me.

Alma: Were you able to hear our collaborators last week?

Micheal: Hear my collaborator? Yeah.

Alma: No, I said our. I could hear Raine's, Trey's, and even Zellos'.

Micheal: Did you now?

Trey: *Cocky grin* Don't worry, I asked Bolas this the other day. I got you Micheal.

Micheal: Mmm, I don't like that look. Stop it.

Trey: You see, kiddo, it appears that Bolas and everyone's collaborators are always in contact. They communicate with electrical waves that emit from our bodies. Kind of like morse code. But it's at a wavelength even a lightning elemental couldn't pick up. But they only speak when we are close together.

Alma: Ok, but how is it that we heard each other's collaborators??

Trey: ...I don't know actually. That's all Bolas told me.

Alma: Well, you tried. 

Trey: *Defeated* Don't patronize me.

Raine: What about Trey's inner encounter of Hoffman? Or rather, Araru.

Micheal: I've been researching Hoffman's body. His cells were super swole. Seems as though he matched Trey's energy signature and invaded using those electrical waves. He melded their consciousnesses together.