Chapter 8 -Quarantine
#5 of Redemption
Chapter 8 - Quarantine
"Becka, what's going on?" Skye asked.
"Not sure, our sensors picked up something funny on transport, temporary isolation protocols enacted." She replied.
"Well can we please figure this out soon," Ryan replied.
"I'm on it," Becka replied, it seems something was detected in your blood, not sure what it was, it's defiantly a pathogen."
"Fun, can anything thing else go wrong?" Ryan replied sarcastically.
"Show us the planet, where we were, and show me this blood moon, we need to investigate." Skye ordered.
"Aye, coming on main screen now," Becka answered.
The windows to the bay de-polarized, allowing the light of the blood moon to wash across the room, coating everything in a eerie almost pinkish-red colour, while the main screen now showed some of the carnage left behind on the planet.
As the light washed across the bay, Skye felt something change, his body was reacting to the light, from the looks of things, so were Ryan and Lucas.
"Spencer, are you guys experiencing this?" Skye asked, through the open com.
"Yeah, when the light hit us, it's like something's changing in me." He replied.
"Same here, be careful!" Skye replied.
A few seconds later Skye's bay had rotated enough to allow the full reflection of the moon's light to splash across them; he defiantly knew something was wrong.
A few wisps of his white flames began to flicker around his feet and on his hands.
Skye wasn't alone, both Lucas and Ryan were being engulfed in their flames.
"What's going on?" Lucas asked, sounding scared.
It was now that Josh finally spoke up, "We're changing."
It was a cold hard fact, his body was rapidly coated with flames, Josh was morphing, for the first time.
Josh however, wasn't alone, as soon as his fire coated him, a few beams of light shot into Skye, Lucas and Ryan, starting their transformation.
The boys quickly transformed, re-appearing in their morph forms, tall muscled anthro-dragons.
"Why did we morph?" Lucas asked.
"I don't know." Skye replied.
"I've got some bad news guys!" Becka's voice interrupted. "I've analyzed where the pathogen is from, you guys got bit didn't you?" she asked.
"Well, I did, and clawed..." Skye replied before he fell silent a sense of knowing washing across the boys.
"You're human bodies couldn't quite handle the transformation, so you changed to one where you could." Becka explained.
There was a cry of pain, Josh had collapsed, Skye quickly had caught him, but now himself was wincing in pain.
The four dragons collapsed onto their knees, pain filling every thought.
Skye looked down at his white scaled hands, which were now glowing slightly blue, in comparison to the moon's red colour.
Suddenly the light intensified and seconds later ceased, his hands now had six inch talons stretched out from his normal claws, his snout was burning too, he could feel a massive horn growing, his wings were next, sharp points edged his wings, making them look like they had swords sticking out the side. Finally his back began burning as sharp spines protruded from his smooth white scales, the spines looked like they were made of steel or metal.
Skye looked over at the other boys, they were in the same boat, all showing the same markings and spines.
Together the four dragons stood, their bodies still burning but they looked at one another, a look of terror crossing their minds.
"Skye your scales!" Josh pointed.
Skye looked down, his white scales were fading, turning a darker colour, grey replacing white, and fading then to black. Several scales on his body actually grew brighter, some turning an iridescent green, others blue. Then as Skye opened his mouth to speak, his teeth grew, longer, harder and covered in some sort of coating, which too glowed blue.
"What the fuck!" Skye shouted, as he watched similar effects wash over the other three.
Once the transformations were complete they stood baffled, they each looked like demons, and this wasn't a natural Dragon morph look.
Becka's voice echoed around the room, "Status of assessment... 100% complete. "Morph form... Were-dragon, enhanced defence to body due to augmented scales, this allows for better stealth capabilities, dragon form will no longer be available to use while the blood moon's light is shining on the scales."
"What was that?" Skye asked.
"Readout from Serina, apparently similar things have happened to the ancients."
"Is there a cure?" Spencer's voice seemed shocked.
"Not yet..." Serina replied.
"Spencer, did this happen to you too?" Skye asked.
"No, we're in a different... situation." He replied.
"Like what?" Skye asked.
"Um... well... we have fangs... and a thirst for blood." Alex replied.
"No really, vampires..." Skye replied.
"According to this scan, so are your group Skye, but because you were exposed to the blood moon's direct light, no atmosphere... it seems that received both." Serina countered.
"Shit, seriously?" Lucas spat.
"Morph back," Skye said.
There was a cloud of energy which surrounded the four dragons, and they soon stood in human form.
"I'm starving!" Josh said, his thoughts elsewhere.
"Actually I am too!" Skye replied, looking at the others.
"I'm introducing the scent of blood, let's see." Becka said.
As soon as the scent washed across the boys their eyes half lidded, seemingly controlled by a primal force, then they opened, their iris' burned a dark red, almost purple. They could feel a burning in their gums, something was pressing down, seconds later pearly white fangs dropped rapidly, razor sharp and filling the boys minds with blood lust.
"I'll work you guys up something to... drink." Becka replied a slightly showing her humour.
"You really think this is funny?" Skye asked.
"I can just see the draconian face when they have a bunch of horny, blood-lust crazy boys chasing them through the galaxy." Becka chimed.
"I love how that's so funny..." Spencer replied.
"Whatever, worse has happened to you boys, you'll get through, if anything it will just make you stronger!" Becka replied, and the mic dropped out.
"Quarantine over, resuming regular functions." The ships computerized voice boomed, the doors to their 'prisons' opened, and they were allowed back into the ship.
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