Chapter 26: Chapter 26 - The First of the Morlocks
It was quite easy walking through the city without being noticed or standing out due to once again altering her body somewhat to blend in.
She had to either way— the city had a lot of cameras and she didn't want to take the risk of showing up on any of them and causing issues.
Plus this way if she got into trouble she wouldn't need to worry about being recognized.
And she was very much contemplating getting into some trouble.
Her workers had found the massive tunnel system underneath the city already— it wasn't hard given how massive the tunnel was and how good they were at digging.
She just wasn't sure if she should go and explore it now or maybe wait a while. The reason she was leaning towards waiting for a little was due to the lack of information she had about the Morlocks.
She barely read or even saw anything about them, and the little information she had from them was from detached comic strips and the Gifted series— and who knew how accurate that was.
Originally she had planned to just ignore it for now and only make a move when she thought it was a good time— but stalling for time would get her nowhere with the events to come.
Plus the sooner she acted the more she would get to eat, as such she decided to head down to the tunnels and explore for a little while.
A decision that was easier said than done, since she had to find a way down.
Thankfully after a few minutes of searching around using the combined help from her workers and herself, she was able to find a sewer opening that lead to a location near the tunnels.
After which she just broke her way through using her enhanced digging capabilities— getting into the tunnel in a matter of seconds.
"So this is the alley."
She spoke aloud to herself in a soft voice as she looked around the massive tunnel— it was over 50 feet tall and wide enough to fit a train with ease.
She wondered how something like this remained down here without being noticed by the general public for as long as it has— but she knew that it was the work of other powers.
Maybe the mutants kept it hidden using their abilities— or maybe even the government was involved.
Shield did like to stick their nose into anything that had the potential to be useful— hydra as well.
'This place is so empty.'
Although the place was big and very long— with no end in sight— the room inside of it wasn't filled with anything.
Stone, dust, and humidity were just being collected in such a long and barely used tunnel. As she walked through she could see a few signs of people having been down here.
Litter, burn marks, and even some rags of clothing— all signs of the Morlocks or other people having been here at some point in time.
As she walked further her enhanced hearing soon picked up on something— the echoing of the tunnel not aiding them to hide from her ears.
Yes them— for she heard the sound of voices speaking aloud to each other.
Multiple people from the sound of it— 3 maybe 4— it was hard to tell because of the echoing of the tunnels but she tried her best to figure it out given her capabilities.
She tried using echolocation to get a proper feel for them but because of how the tunnel caused sounds to repeatedly bounce off the walls and echoed a lot it was hard to form a proper mental image.
It was fuzzy— but she could tell their rough outlines.
From the look of it, two of them were tall and two of them were short. Maybe two children and two adults.
From the sounds of their voices, two seemed to be male and two female, at least from what she could hear.
They were most likely mutants, after wall she doubt anyone but the mutants from the Morlock group would be down here— so this was the perfect time to test out something.
Would eating a mutant give her their abilities— she wasn't sure.
Because while mutants were biological matter and their abilities came from a biological factor in their body— she wasn't sure if that factor could be replicated if she ate them.
She knew that in the future she would be able to gain abilities from even non-biological things— as long as her bloodline grows— but that was still far away.
Giving it a try wouldn't be too hard— plus it would allow her to test her fighting capabilities against weak mutants so she decided to eat them.
Why not after all?
Using her camouflage she altered her body and clothing to blend into the area around her, climbing up the wall using the abilities she had gotten from lizards— she hide above the tunnel and waited for them to come.
Slowly the voices got louder until they were within sight and she could see them properly— she was right, there were only four of them amongst the group.
One looked like a short female but it was hard to tell because she didn't really look human— she looked more like a fish person with gills and blue scaley skin. She had long pink hair which was quite odd looking on her blue scaley skin.
The two males seemed the be the tall ones— one had a face that seemed burnt and mutilated, and his skin had weird burn marks on it as well and was covered in wrappings.
The other's body was covered in a thin layer of fur and had a long face that protruded from his body like a horse— his hair was also very long and quite luscious black.
The last one amongst them was surprising— it was a normal-looking girl. She had short blond hair and blue eyes like you would expect from a classic barbie girl— not something you would expect from the Morlock groups.
She definitely didn't expect it, but food was food.
Chapter 27: Chapter 27 - A Mess
For now, she decided to wait and watch— they may be weak but they were still mutants and she didn't know what they could do.
She wanted to at least wait for an optimal time before making a move— however, it seemed like her chance wasn't going to come, because as she hide there watching them, one of the males came to a stop and spoke.
"Wait— I smell something."
It was the man that was covered in fur, it seems like he had some sort of mutant ability that allowed him to have an enhanced sense of smell.
His smell was good enough to pick up even her body odor— it made sense since she wasn't currently doing anything to mask her scent.
"What is it?"
Asked the other male of the group as they all came to a stop— their bodies seemingly tensing as they heard the man's words.
They were weak, and they knew it.
Why else would they willingly choose to hide in the sewers away from anyone else if they weren't weak— well that and because they all looked abnormal compared to normal humans.
"I don't know, it smells like a person."
He said as he sniffed around the air trying to pinpoint her location— it was hard due to where she was hiding but her existence had already been exposed.
Hiding any longer would be pointless— now that they knew someone was here they would stay on guard and make it much easier to catch them off, guard.
She decided to reveal herself— at least then she had a chance to catch them off guard by pretending to be a mutant.
Jumping down from the roof she landed somewhat before them— her looks were different than it was before.
She had used the information she had eaten to alter her body to look more abnormal— much like them in an attempt to blend in. Some parts of her face and body were covered in scales, much like a snake's, and her eyes were slit with a slight glow to them.
Her nails were somewhat long like a wolf's— teeth jagged like one too.
She looked more monster-like, which was perfect for a group like the Morlocks that hide because of their looks. Maybe she would gain some sympathy from them.
With that thought in mind, she stepped forward and looked at the group— she recognized none of them, but that was to be expected since she didn't know a lot about the Morlocks and hadn't read too much of the comics beyond the basic newer stuff.
The comics were far to— off hinge— with so much wild and wacky stuff happening that it made no sense or connected to each other in any way or form.
"Who are you?"
Spoke the male with burn marks all over his body as he stepped in front of the group and looked over at her, it seemed he thought himself a leader or protector of some sort.
"I'm just looking for somewhere to hide out for a while."
It was a basic excuse but one that could work quite well if they believed her— and why wouldn't they with how she looked?
However, it seemed her plan had failed— the short girl that looked a lot like a fish had been staring at her all the time when suddenly she jolted back and clinched her head in pain.
This instantly made the group jump into defensive mode and pull away from her— burn face and furry standing to the front of the two and keeping an eye on the girl to see what she was doing.
"What did you do?"
Yelled one of the men at her as she looked at the group confused.
She had actually done nothing— nothing at all.
Even she was confused as to what the hell was happening— she had planned to kill them and eat them but she hadn't done so yet.
So what was this all about?
"I-I tried to look inside of her m-mind."
Stumbled out the fish girl as she struggled to speak the words.
Her hands clenched her head as the other girl stood by her side— trying to aid her. It seemed like whatever happened to her left some backlash that hadn't faded yet.
"It's so-s-so messy."
She stumbled out again as her eyes moved from the ground and locked onto the girl before her— who had been standing there in silence for the time being.
Pondering— observing.
"It's so chaotic, so many voices, so many emotions, so many thoughts. It's not normal— I've never felt anything like it before. It felt like I was drowning."
The more she listened to her the more she came to an understanding of what had happened.
The girl had tried to peer into her mind and was met with the internal connection that her hive mind had with each other. It had to be known that her mind was vast— constantly functioning in order to manage all the hive units she had.
Feeling everything they felt, knowing everything they knew, learning everything they learned, doing everything they did.
It was a lot— she was just made different.
The girl on the other hand wasn't.
So how could she experience, let alone understand, what was going on in her mind? It would hurt her— a lot.
"She's dangerous, r-run."
Was all the girl could mutter out before she passed out from the mental pain she had been in— leaving the others on edge.
They were ready to either flee or fight at any moment.
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