chapter 8 Evolution

Where.... am I?

It's like I'm floating in water.

I feel.... different it's like my mind was full of fog and now it has started to clear but it's still there lingering in the back of my mind.

I can't even move I'm being held in place by something that seems to be connected to me.

I open my eyes and I was surprised to see what I would think the inside of what a woman's womb looked like.

I was floating in a red liquid that looked like blood, there were several tubes that were connected to me, I seemed to be completely naked and the wall of whatever i was inside of seemed to be made of some sort of see through material although I couldn't see what was going on out side.

I open my mouth in confusion which in hindsight wasn't a good idea because I Immediately started drowning. I started thrashing my body around trying to get free of my restraints I ran out of air just as I got free of them.

I then slammed my hands with as much force as possible piercing the wall I then pulled them back ripping a chunk out of it.

My body hit the hard ground, a massive amount of red liquid came with me and covered my body as well as the ground.

"Cough cough"

I started throwing up the red stuff that got into my lungs. Once i was finished I turned around to look at what I had just been in side of, it look like a chrysalis, but it had the same red glowing lines as me they were all over it.

[So your awake]

I was so on edge that when I heard a voice I almost jumped out of my skin.

Me:"Echo is that you and why do you sound different"

Echo:[Yes and you feeling ok you have been a sleep for 2 days now, honestly we didn't expect something like this to happen]

Me:"Wait what happened to me"

Echo:[We will try to explain this in the easiest way possible please keep your questions for the end] she took in a deep breath before continuing

[You are one of a kind Terra and we do mean that literally there hasn't ever been anything like you before. You are a hybrid of both Fallen and human never has this been done in the past, every time before this the Fallen queens have completely taken over the host's body and mind turning them in to a full blooded Fallen]

[However your different your blood is both Fallen and human, your Fallen half does not like this however and is trying to get rid of your human half. It can't do this because you are blocking it unconsciously, it's being block by your human nature or what you call your humanity]

[But when you gave in to your hunger to your emotions and ate the skull crawler queen you lost some of that humanity allowing you to become more like a true fallen]

[That's what we think happened remember we have never seen something like you before so we can only give our best guess on what's happening to you]

I didn't say a thing I had no idea how to react I didn't really care much about my humanity, I had already forsaken most of the human race anyway. Just from the small memorys I had left I decided that once I get my revenge on the people who hurt me I will have nothing else to do with them.

I have already had better memories with Echo and Hunger then any memories I still have from my past but there is one thing that I'm scared of.

Me:"Will I be the same person if the Fallen side of me takes over my human side" I ask in a Serious yet scared tone

Echo was silent for a long time before taking a deep breath [If you are asking if you will disappear and we will take your place then no. You will still be you but your mentality will change you could become cold and uncaring, you could lose your emotions you will change in some ways but we promise that you will still be you]

I.... how am I supposed to react to that I have no idea what to do right now. On one hand I wish none of this had happened to me that I never ended up in this fucking forest, for fuck sake what kind of world let's a 16 year old kid get torchered to near death and then dumped in a forest filled with nightmarish Monsters.

But on the other hand I never would have met Echo and Hunger I know most people would say how can you even trust Echo, she's an alien that could just be using you however I... I just don't care she was the first person that had ever shown me kindness in any kind of way. Well I think she was....

Me:"I have some questions mind answering" I spoke very weakly

Echo:"Sure" strangely she sounded all most like a mother talking to a scared child

Me:"Well first why is your voice so different now, you sound much more human" I was pretty curious

Echo:"We do not really know we believe that ever since we joined with you we have started to change because of our DNA mixing with yours"

Well guess that makes sense that she would have changed a little because of me.

Me:"Where is Hunger" I thought he would be here but i can't sense him even though he is like my split personality

Echo:"We left him in charge of cleaning up the mess from your rampage" she said mischievously

Wait rampage I do remember losing my self to the hunger, oh no what did I do.

Echo seem to read my thoughts because she quickly answered.

[It was not your fault you see when you lost control it was because you were trying to evolve but you didn't have enough B.P. So you ordered the husks to go into a feeding frenzy they then started eating enemies and even other husks. Hunger was possessing one of the husks at the time so he was affected too so he also went crazy] I was a bit confused but I think I understand what she said

Me:"Should i heal them"i ask not wanting them to go to waste

Echo:[We have all ready healed them but most of them had been completely eat and there was nothing left to heal] that made me very concerned

Me:"How many did we lose" I ask a bit scared of the answer

Echo:[....Around 175] I went pale, I may hate the skull crawlers but losing that many

[At least you got a new look] she said trying to change the subject

Me"You can't just... wait what do you mea-"

I looked at my self and I had indeed changed. My skin was paler, the red lines that had grown over my body had grown bigger, my arms and legs that had a black colour to them now had black chitin armour. All that was amazing but I kept staring at one spot I couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing, on my back where two very large and the most beautiful red and black feathered wings I had ever seen. I kept blinking at them like they were just an illusion and would vanish at any minute, when they did not go a way I ask Echo who was laughing at me it was the first time I heard her laugh.

Me:"H-how" was all I could get out

Echo:[hehehe we told you that you could evolve your self]

Me:"But I didn't even.... I've never killed anything with red and black wings" I finally managed to speak

Echo:[The steel crow. It did not have red and black wings but you should have noticed by now that red and black is kind of just the Fallen's colour hahaha]

I felt stupid that I forgot the steel crows also I still do not understand why everything is red and black with the Fallen.

Me:"Wait how would they even work"

Echo:[Well it seems the mussel masse around your back and in your wings have increased and they have also been compressed they are now much more flexible, your bones seem to be lighter as well yet there much stronger]

Me"Wait but how"

Echo:[It's the power of the Fallen to take thing's that nature has made and make them better]

(Note. Best reason I could come up with sorry if it makes no sense)

I could not help but try touching them and I can tell you this I have never loved the feeling of something more then these wings they where just so soft and comfortable. I also tried to move them it was surprisingly easy to get them to move but I still had no idea if I could even fly with them.

Me:"God I could get addicted to touching my wings they just feel so great, I could die happy right now" at this point I was just hugging them.

Echo:[Terra focus] she sounded annoyed

Me:"Oh" I blushed a bit from embarrassment

"Did anything else change"I was just trying to change the subject

Echo:[Here have a look]

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Name:Terra

Race: Fallen

Title: The Last Queen of the Fallen

B.P (Biomass Points): 1260

Species skills:

(Infested), (Devourer), (Evolution)

DNA code:

The host gets access to humans DNA right of the start because it was it's old race.

(Skull crawler DNA), (Skull crawler queen DNA), (Screecher DNA), (Steel Crow DNA), (two tailed fox DNA)

Lifeform ability:

(Acid breath B.P 13), (Razer sharp Spine B.P 12), (Steel hair B.P 10)

Body modifications:

(Poison claws lv 3 next lv B.P 60), (Poison resistant lv 3 B.P 48), (Sound wave lv 3 next lv B.P 120 ), (Vibration sensor lv 3 next lv B.P 180) (Webbing lv 2 next lv B.P 80),(Increased body strength lv3 next lv B.P 12),(Increased brain function lv3 next lv B.P 30), (Increased sensors lv1 next lv B.P 14), (Claws lv5 next lv B.P 40), (Sharp teeth lv6 next lv B.P 32)

Unique evolutionary abilities:

(Pain resistance), (Peace of mind)

(Hunger viruse) This ability was named after one of the host's personalities, it will cause anyone who is hit by it to go crazy with hunger and attack any thing around them except for others with the hunger viruse. Once they die they will become husk's they however cannot turn others into husks. This skill was evolved when the host sent several husks into a feeding frenzy.

Current follower types:

394/2000 the amount that host can control by it's self to increase this host needs special infested.

Husks (394):

Skull crawlers (383)

Screechers (2)

Steel crows (6)

Two tailed foxes (5)

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Hunger viruse.... that sounds like it could be useful yet very dangerous if it gets out of control also some of my abilitys have been upgrades but i had something else on my mind right now.

Me:"We cant tell Hunger what it is called we will never hear the end of it"

Echo:[Agreed]

Ok now that the important matters are over i need to know something.

Me:"How much did it cost for my evolution"

Echo"Around 2000 B.P"

Me: "Damn that's a lot and i still have over 1000 left"

"Is there anything else I need to know"

Echo:[No not really we have been patrolling outside of the nest however we haven't been going out to hunt for biomass we were waiting for you to wake up]

Okay that's good. I can feel Hunger he is not far away I think he is repairing the tunnels guess that means we are staying here then.

[We think it is time]

Me:"huh what do you mean time?" I ask in confusion

Echo:[Time for you to learn how to make lesser Fallen however you should get some rest first]

I could not help but feel giddy I have wanted to try this for a long time but Echo said I was not ready, I quickly shot up.

Me:"Alright how do we start"

Echo:"First you will need more DNA of different creatures"

Me:"Great it will let me check out my new body we can go as soon as i make some new clothes"

Echo:[No no "you" need to go get more DNA meaning you alone, think of this as a test to see how far you have come we will only help if you are in real danger]

Will shit this is going to be harder then I thought.