𝓦𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓗𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷

Chapter 8 - Uh Oh...

But in the endless fight that is expectations versus reality, she wasn't there. Not even her shadow had been seen running down a different alley. Much to his confusion and dismay, yeah she had a sudden boost in her speed for a brief moment, but surely she hadn't gotten that far. Unless-

'She must've teleported.' He thought, a slight bubble of anger forming in his chest as he remembered the Enderian Mark on the back of her neck. And with that, from the alleyway he jumped up to the rooftops, starting to run in the direction he last saw Zephyrus and Siren chasing Theseus. Once he was completely gone and out of sight, a sigh- or more like a held in breath-was let out as a body, albeit an invisible one, slumped down onto the ground in exhaustion. Their breathing was ragged and their heart was beating a million miles an hour in their chest as they tried to relax as much as they could without passing out.

After a few moments of catching their breath, the person finally let themselves become visible again.

'Thank the gods for skin changing chromatophores.' Night thought as she sat up and looked around her for a moment to make sure she was really alone. The great thing about being part Merling, you could have numerous different variations of fish genes, characteristics, or even coloration (ie hair color, eye color and skin color in most cases). But one of the best aspects of the Merling Gene is when you get octopus/cuttlefish half of the Gene, that part can allow a person to be able to change their skin chemistry and use it to change to the color of their surroundings. Much like a chameleon, a certain amount of people with the octopus/cuttlefish subcategory of the Merling Gene are able to turn a certain aspect of their appearance (ie hair or eye color) to a certain color that matches that person's mood, or just in general to see what they'd look like with different colored hair. (It's not just for Merling Genes either, there are different sets of subcategories for a lot of different Genes!)

{Our dear author put more thought into these little details then into character designs lol}

Anyway; now that Night was sure she was alone she contacted Stinger, finally able to get a signal through. She stood up and ran back to where she originally jumped down into the alley, finding Theseus had managed to teleport back to that rooftop before they split up. He was keeled over, out of breath and exhausted. She climbed the fire escape up to the roof, teleporting them straight back to the apartment after checking themselves quickly to make sure no tracking devices made its way to their suits. Thankfully none had and they went home safely.

Once they were back, they immediately took off their suits and went to bed, having stayed out later than they wanted and needing to wake up early for work the next morning.

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After they both had initially disappeared from their sights, Blade, Siren and Zephyrus had decided to head back to HQ. Calling it a night with a defeated sigh, Siren went to his desk to gather his things when Blade had barged in with a serious look on his face, despite the pig-looking mask that covered the top half of his face.

"Wilbur, I have important information-"

"Techno, I'm really tired and not in the mood for this right now." Siren- Wilbur, unlike most Heroes, didn't wear a mask and somehow still managed to keep his identity from the city. Zephyrus doesn't wear a mask either, and his identity was held closely to his chest. Techno had always been suspicious -or, rather paranoid- about his identity and who he called family being used against him in some way. So he made a conscious effort to only use both his own, and Wilbur and Phil's names when they were all alone amongst themselves. He made an even more conscious effort not to call Phil-

He shook his head at the taller, stepping closer and, with a stern voice, he spoke.

"I think NightCrawler is a Triple Hybrid."

Now that caught Wilbur's attention. Looking up from the desk he was retrieving his keys from, he stared at his companion. "And what makes you think that?"

"Last time I saw the Enderian Mark on the back of their neck, it was only a quick glance and I wasn't able to process the coloration. But this time when I saw it, it was caught between being gold and silver down the middle." Wilbur furrowed his brows as he thought. To most people who are unaware of what the meaning behind what Techno had just said, it is possible for a Triple Hybrid to use two of their three Genes so much that the third practically, or does disappear. Unless that Gene has to do with being Avian, Elytrain, or Enderian's in most cases, it can't completely go away as it has a physical appendage.(ie horns, tail, and wings).

Wilbur thought for a moment, gripping his keys in his hand tightly before letting out a sigh, he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "That's a lot to take in Tech. I understand it's important, but can it wait till morning?"

Techno sighed, shaking his head as the waves of exhaustion finally crashed over him, bringing a hand up to rub what little of his face was showing. "Alright, fine. Let's get some rest so we can go over this tomorrow."

And with that, Techno Wilbur and Phil went home for the night. The trio, completely unaware that in a different town, a different prison, a stronghold that was supposed to be impenetrable, a villain worse than any they've fought before, broke out of prison. Causing a massacre in his wake....

⟟̸͔̔ ̶̲̊⍙̸͉̋⍜̴͉͗⋏̸̪͂⎅̷̖̓⟒̵͚͛⍀̸̼̍ ̴̺̚⊑̴̰͋⍜̵̳͐⍙̴̘̊ ̷͉̐⌰̴̫̒⍜̷̭̎⋏̸͉̂☌̵̤̍ ̴̥͝⟟̷̣͒⏁̵͈̀ ̸̜̄⍙̵̫͝⟟̴̆ͅ⌰̴̡̓⌰̸̲̌ ̷͖̓⏁̶͙̌⏃̶̞͝☍̴̉ͅ⟒̴̹̚ ̵͇͑⏁̷̺̌⊑̴̭͆⟒̵̬̀⋔̵̡̏ ̸̗̓⏁̸̲̓⍜̴̞͆ ̵̆ͅ⎎̵͕̓⟟̷̖́⋏̴̧̓⎅̴̬̚ ̵̧͑⍜̶͎̎⎍̶͍̍⏁̸͚̐~

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(Translation: I wonder how long it will take them to find out)

A/n:  sorry I've taken a bit, mental state went brrrrrrrrrr for a hot minute lol

doing better now, so that's good

I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter tho!

Oh yeah, also decided the crazy font for the voice changers since that wasn't a good idea hylzkdufgzdr