2 Chapter 2 Why must everything try to kill him?? (1/2)

The tentacle tightened on his ankle, until he thought it would be cut off.Holding his breath as he was jerked under the water, he reached down, and tried to pull it off.Sharp needle like pricks on his fingers let him know that it wasn't just pulling him down, it was also toxic.Ripping at the tentacle, he finally managed to get a finger under the edge, and pulled.

His lungs burned.He pulled harder, but wasn't getting anywhere.Swimming down, he was able to get his head close to the tentacle, and he bit it.

There was a sudden release, as the creature fled.Swimming to the surface, he spat the piece of tentacle into this hand, and gulped the air as he dragged himself towards the shore.He had to get away from the sinking ship and out of the water.His foot was limp, dragging behind him in the mud, and his hands were quickly going numb.

(HOST HAS BEEN POISONED – GENETIC SAMPLE REQUIRED TO INITIATE EVOLUTION)

Dustin paused his crawl to shove the piece of tentacle into the port, before continuing his crawl.This place was not going to be the death of him!

(GENETIC SAMPLE AQCUIRED.INITIATING EVOLUTION)

By the time he reached the shore, he had feeling back in his hands.Leaning against a tree, he looked at his ankle.There were still needles stuck into the skin.He started pulling them out, but they were so fine he had trouble grabbing them.These things were worse than cactus spines.

The good thing was that as soon as he got them out, feeling began to return to his foot.He was able to stand up after a few more minutes.

(EVOLUTION COMPLETE)

His skin felt funny, and he saw that it was clammier.With a sigh, he realized he probably needed to stay close to the water or risk dehydrating.That stupid squid, or whatever it was, caused him to go aquatic.Looking around, all he saw were plants and bugs.If he overlooked the obvious alien colors and textures, he could almost swear he was in a jungle.There should be plenty of things to get genetic samples from, but the first thing he needed was for this stupid PED to synch better with his mind, so he could choose what it pulled out of the genetic material.

If he was going to evolve into some freakish monster, he wanted to control what he got.This skin was a definite downer.

Dustin touched the buttons until it started to do what he wanted on the screen.

(COMPLETE INTEGRATION 2 HOURS AND 35 MINUTES)