My DNA
Jen pov
I sat on my bunk working on the drones I obtained a few days ago. I messed them up pretty well, but it isn't anything I can't handle. "Hey Bleep, come here," I called. Bleep hovered up to me, "Yes Jen?" "Divide and conquer, repair these chips," I said. Bleep landed on my bunk and began to work.
We spent the next few moments in silence until I gasped. I dropped my tools and started scratching at my hand and my head throbbed. "Jen, is it happening again?" Bleep asked, his robotic voice laced with concern. I nodded and shut my eyes tightly, this had been happening a lot. My hands would start to itch with a pulsing, tingly feeling, and my head would throb, but it wasn't like a migraine. I took a few breaths and opened my eyes, I was ok now.
"Perhaps you should go to a doctor," Bleep said, I simply nodded and got back to work. I and Bleep, worked for another few minutes until we heard the door to the RV open and close. "Ugh, everything hurts." Albedo groaned and plopped on his bed. "Why do you smell like salt water?" I asked as the scent filled my nose. "Those crooks threw me in the water, but I still got them turned into the police," Albedo said barely raising his face out of his pillow.
I sighed, "I told you, you don't have to help me." I said digitizing everything and climbing off my bed. "I know, but you have been having problems recently, I don't wanna see you get hurt," Albedo said and rolled on his back to look at me. I now sat on Albedo's bed with a faint blush, "Thanks" I said with a smile.
Albedo blushed and turned his head away, "Yeah whatever," he said. I blushed harder, whenever Albedo was snarky or pretended not to care made my heart flutter.
"Jen, Albedo, get up here," Max called from the front. I and Albedo shared a look, we both shrugged and headed to the front. "Yes, Maxwell?" Albedo asked, I could see Max smile, "We are going to the circus." he started. I immediately felt my stomach begin to turn and my heart started to race. I felt like I was gonna throw up.
I rushed to the bathroom and closed the door. I fell to my knees and hung my head, what was happening? I felt tingly and itchy all over my body, and there was a strange tugging feeling. It was like my body was trying to tell me something.
Once I exited the bathroom Max had me sit at the table. He took my temperature, "Normal, maybe it was something you are." he said. I nodded and we headed to the circus.
Albedo pov
I kept a close eye on Jen, I was worried about her. She was so pale and her breathing was shaky. I moved closer to Jen and grabbed her hand, she held on tight.
Jen pov
We stopped walking and saw an announcer. "Ladies and Gentlemen boys and girls, meet the fingerless freak of nature whose strength knows no bounds, THUMBSKULL!" he said. A huge guy walked out with a metal pole, and he was in fact a freak of nature. His head closely resembled a toe, but he did have fingers.
Thumbskill took the metal pole and bent it into a u, and everyone cheered. He threw it into the air and some kind of whip caught it. "Next up is Frightwig, when this beauty lets down her hair, there's no telling what will happen." the announcer said. Everyone looked at the woman, she was a beauty, but that hair was. It was almost like tentacles and had little weights at the end of each one.
Frightwig used her hair and bent the metal pipe further, she then set it on an anvil. I was impressed but then I felt that tugging sensation again. 'What happening?' I asked. I followed the feeling and I was led back to the RV. "Maybe it is something with the Omnitrix?" I pulled up my screen and examined everything. Nothing was wrong, no malfunction, no viruses, no one was trying to hack it, so what is causing these feelings?"
I sighed and was about to head back out, but the tugging returned. It was like something wanted me to stay in the RV, I fought against it and opened the door to the RV. "Well, hey there kiddo, you look upset." My heart jumped into my throat and my tongue-tied. There was a clown, a very ugly, very scary clown, and he had Gwen. Gwen looked awful, she looked like the life had been sucked from her body, but she was laughing.
I wanted to say something, but I couldn't speak. The clown began to laugh and the tugging returned. "See ya kiddo, oh, and say bye-bye to Gwen." he then vanished.
"AHHHHH!!!" "Whoa!?" I fell back and landed on something soft. "Jen, are you ok?' I looked up at Albedo, he looked scared. "Wha-what happened, when did you get here, where is the clown?" I asked, my voice was barely a whisper, everything hurt and I suddenly felt sick. "Jen, what are you talking about? I found you passed out in the bathroom, you have a high fever and have been sleeping for the past two hours." Albedo said.
My eyes widened, it was all a dream, but what about the tugging sensation? No, it couldn't have been a dream, it was too real to be a dream. I quickly stood up, "Jen, no, you need to get back in bed." Albedo said. I ignored him and ran out of the RV, I don't care how sick I was, Gwen was in danger.
I ran to where the Circus should have been, but all I saw were people mindlessly walking around. I quickly found Max, but Gwen was nowhere in sight. "No, where is she?" I clenched my fist in anger, and some kind of shock went through my body. I gasped, my entire body felt itchy and tingly again, "What is going on?" I asked. I felt wobbly and my vision blurred, I fell back, but something happened.
An image of Gwen flashed in my head, she was with that clown. I clenched my fist tightly and I could sense her. "Ok, I don't know what is going on, but I can worry about it later," I said. "Jen, what is going on?" Albedo approached with Bleep, and I gave a quick rundown of what I knew.
"We need to stop this guy, but first things first, Bleep, you stay and take care of these people." "No problem." I and Albedo headed back to the RV. "Can you drive?" Albedo asked getting in the passenger seat. "Yeah, it's not that hard," I said and started the RV. Before Albedo could speak I was speeding down the road following my weird sense.
"Are you sure you can drive? we are swerving ALL OVER THE ROAD!!!" I looked at Albedo from the corner of my eye. He was sunk into the seat and at some point, he got a pillow and helmet. "Well, I am kinda sick. do you wanna drive?" I asked, Albedo gave me some kind of look, "What makes you think I know how to drive?" he asked. I and Albedo went back and forth until we eventually reached our destination.
"Ok, this is it, and did you die?" I asked, Albedo was curled into the seat with his head down. "No, but still." I rolled my eyes and headed toward the circus tent. "Hahaha, this is great." I quickly ducked behind a stack of crates and looked for the source of the voice. The circus freaks from my dream appeared, I had to get through them. "Past, Jen." I turned to face Albedo, "I will handle these guys, you go and get Gwen." he said. I nodded and gave Albedo my gloves before leaving.
I approached a tent with the clown face on it. I ignored the chills that went up my spine and entered the tent. "He's just a guy with a red rubber nose and big shoes," I said and looked around. As I walked further into the tent I began to fill even worse, I felt heat rising in my throat. I began to stumble and sway, and I eventually fell to my knees and threw up. I kept my eyes shut tight and took a few gasping breaths.
When I opened my eyes I wanted to scream, I pushed myself back from the inky black ooze. Tears started streaming down my face, I started breathing heavily and stood to my feet. I needed to keep moving, I started forward but bumped into a mirror. My eyes widened in shock when I saw my reflection.
My skin was pitch black, and my hair was solid white. The whites of my eyes were gone and all there was left was green. My clothes were gone and my entire body had a green, glowing outline. I jumped back and examined myself, I was normal. I looked back at my reflection, it was normal, except for the bright green tears.
I touched my hand to my face, "What is going on?" I wondered aloud. Just then my head started throbbing, and the feeling returned. I grit my teeth, I could worry about all this later. I pulled myself together as much as I could and went deeper into the tent. I entered a hall of mirrors and I started to hear something. It was the clown's voice, he was laughing.
"Hey there Kiddo you look tense. How about a smile?" He asked and then I was falling. I was spinning and flipping in the air until I landed in a giant spider web. I began to struggle, it was my only way out seeing as I couldn't access my tech. "HAHAHAHA!!!!" the clown laughed and the web started bouncing. why was he a giant spider?
"Snack time!" "NO, STAY AWAY FROM ME!!" I screamed and closed my eyes tightly hoping it was just a dream. "Agh!" I began falling again as the clown was growling like he was in pain. "Nice trick, but it won't save you." I became confused and opened my eyes. I was shocked to see I was surrounded by some kind of green energy.
'Let me out
I turned my head, but there was no one there. I could feel someone, I could hear them, but I couldn't see anyone. "What are you looking at? There is no one or nothing here to help you." the clown said and began growling at me.
'Let me out, Jen. Let me help you.'
My skin began to itch and tingle and was much stronger than before, it kinda hurt. "Agh! What is happening?" I began clawing, not scratching, clawing at my skin to try and satisfy the feeling. It clawed harder and harder until I felt my skin tear. "What are doing to yourself!?" I heard the clown cry in horror. I paid him no mind, I kept clawing and tearing until I was blinded by a bright green and with light.
When my eyes adjusted to the new light I saw it was coming from me. I also noticed that I was floating a few inches off the ground. I held my hands up and my eyes widened in shock. My skin was an inky black with a glowing green outline. I pushed my hands into my hair and drug them through bringing my hair into view, It was solid white.
"What are you?" I turned my attention back to the clown. He looked shocked, No, scared. I smirked and floated closer, he quickly backed up, "Something tells me I'm your worst nightmare." I said and raised my hand. The same green energy as before appeared on my hand, this wasn't gonna be pretty.
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Gwen pov
I groaned as I began to wake from a horrible nightmare. "You ok?" I sat up and rubbed my eyes and when they adjusted I nearly screamed. "You have Anodite DNA too?" I asked not believing what I was seeing, but then again this was Jen.
"Is that what this form is?" Jen asked examining herself, she probably wasn't registering what I said after the word Anodite, thank the stars. "Yeah, they are beings of pure energy, they actually manipulate it and can do magic," I said and Jen smiled. "Awesome, this is so AGH!!!" Jen doubled over in pain and began to flash. Then the Omnitrix symbol grew out of her chest and Jen returned to her human form.
"Ow." Jen fell forward and I caught her. She blacked out and it was understandable, that looked and sounded really painful. I sighed and picked Jen up, she needed some rest.
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