24 Chapter 24 - Crystal Plates (1/2)
”Ah, who cares. It won't help us here,” said Dustin, turning back to looking around.He needed to get up and start heading towards the shuttle port, but for some reason, he didn't feel like it.
What was this?Why was he so lethargic?That was totally not like him!Something was wrong!But no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't seem to get excited about it.
(HOST IS SUFFERING FROM HYPOXIA. INITIATE EVOLUTION?)
”Hypoxia?”he looked down at his PED in confusion.
(HOST WILL DIE IF EVOLUTION IS NOT INITIATED.)
Why was it so hard to breath?He sucked air into his lungs, but it didn't help.He turned to look behind him, and saw that Olivia was breathing quickly, and looked a little a little purple.
”Is something wrong?” asked the prince, looking back and forth between the two of them.
”Initiate evolution!” gasped Dustin, falling forward.
(EVOLUTION INITIATED)
(EVOLUTION COMPLETE)
Olivia took a huge gasp and sat up, before he did.
”What the hell was that?” he asked, scrambling out of the lean-to, and looking around.
There wasn't anything new, that he could see.
(HOST ACQUIRED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE DURING THE ATMOSPHERIC OUTBREAK.)
His head was clearing, as he stood outside.Carbon monoxide huh?Maybe that was why everything sought shelter during the rains.He didn't understand it, but he didn't care either.
”What evolution did you do to get me over the hypoxia?”
(EVOLUTION OF BLOOD STRUCTURE WAS ACQUIRED FROM GENETIC MATERIAL THAT HAD CRYSTAL SKIN.IT WAS NOT OFFERED AS AN OPTION DUE TO SIMILARITY WITH HOSTS BLOOD BEING TOO CLOSE.)
”So you didn't use plant genetic material?”
(NO, HOST HAS REQUESTED PLANT GENETIC MATERIAL NOT BE SAVED IN DATABASE.)
”Good.”
Olivia and the prince were ready to keep moving, so they got to walking again.His mind drifted to the thought of getting off this planet and settling down somewhere.He would have to figure out how to get back to human at some time, but that wasn't important right now.
”What's that?” asked Olivia, pausing next to him.
Dustin looked in the direction she was pointing, and noticed movement.Small creatures were running towards them, not to attack, but in terror.
”That could be a problem.”
”What are they afraid of?” asked Olivia.
”I don't know, but it may be time to go ahead and figure out how to do some modified evolutions.”He looked at his PED and started pushing a couple buttons.
(HOST WISHES TO INITIATE MODIFIED EVOLUTION.STATE REQUESTED EVOLUTION COMBINATION.)
”I want to keep my scale plates, but I want them to become the crystal skin.I don't want to look like a walking gemstone like the originator of the genetic material.” Blowing out some air, he was glad he could remember some of those words.