But flying alone didn’t help me deal with
things in the long run.
As I was enjoying the mood, an Osprey
dove down beside me.
Holy shit, Marco! I screamed and he
laughed. You do know actual predators
hunt me, right?
Marco’s reply was just to laugh. I admit
I wasn’t really mad at him. I couldn’t be. Marco could be the biggest asshole
in the world, but he could never make me mad for long. Behind Marco’s jokes and
laughter was someone who would always be there for you. He was loyal and, with
Rachel gone, he was one of the only ones I truly trusted.
Yeah, you fight the Yeerks and get killed by an Osprey, Tobias. Marco joked.
I think that’s called irony. I replied
and would’ve smiled if I had had a mouth.
It would be funny if after all the
battles we fought that I was killed by something as common as a bird.
What if I killed you? I joked as
I started to chase him.
We ended up chasing each other for a
little bit through the clear blue sky. It was one of those days where there
wasn’t a cloud in the sky and things felt perfect. It felt like nothing could
go wrong. And I hoped nothing would go wrong as I had decided on telling Marco
about the Frolis maneuver today. I knew what my adult form was would get a
chuckle out of him at least.
Well, can you kill me a little faster? We’re getting close to the two
hour limit. Marco reminded me.
My main form was now a hawk so I didn’t
have to worry about a time limit when I went flying. Marco, on the other hand,
would have to demorph or not be able to resume his usual adorable form. I was
jealous of him for that at times.
He didn’t have to go through learning to
adapt to a new life as a bird. He didn’t have to wonder what he was when he had
time to think. But, at the same time, he couldn’t fly all the time.
Yeah, we should head back. I told him
and we started to head towards his mansion.
Alfred can make you something if you want. Marco replied.
His name isn’t Alfred.
It should be.
Marco was going to have to demorph when we landed which meant I could finally show off my adult morph. I was nervous that it wouldn’t be attractive to him. But he’d want me no matter what I looked like, right? Hopefully.
You know the Frolis maneuver Ax performed to get his human morph? I asked.
Yeah. Marco said and it seemed like more of a
question than a statement.
You know how my human morph never ages?
Yeah. Wait...did you-
Perform a Frolis maneuver? Yeah. I sort of needed something more
adult. Especially when we all get older.
Tobias, you know you’ll be a child no matter what you look like.
Ha ha ha.
Then we both broke out into real
laughter. His joke was sort of funny but, more than that, it was him being a
loving soul without appearing that way. A lot of things seemed to be about
appearances with him.
Finally we came upon his mansion.
It was a good sized one, though I hadn’t
been given the full tour. The pool and a room or two was all I had seen of it.
The fact was that it being such a large building frightened me. The fact that
there were so many hallways made me not want to see the rest of it.
I lived life as a hawk with only a small
cabin, for love making or solitude depending on my mood, as the only building I
entered. I preferred wide open spaces.
Marco, on the other hand, liked the
stability that money brought and a mansion was a big way to show that off. I
didn’t blame him as he wasn’t financially stable during the war. And, besides,
the pool held some very fond memories for me.
Marco knew where I’d be most comfortable
so we landed by the pool. He had recently gotten some palm trees which provided
a little bit of shade but were more for show than anything else.
Once he landed he started to demorph.
Morphing is always a disturbing process to watch. Cassie, the best morpher of
the group, had trouble making certain morphs look good. Maybe it was just how I
was feeling, but Marco seemed to demorph in a way that rivaled Cassie.
That was probably just do to my lo-liking
him.
When he finished he just looked at me. I
don’t know if I hadn’t started morphing because I was admiring him or that I
was afraid. Maybe a combination of the two.
I mentally sighed and started morphing
into my adult morph. I started to grow human hands and human feet shortly
before I started growing to the proper height. As I grew, human skin replaced
feathers and the final thing to go away was my beak.
As it became more apparent what my human
form looked like, Marco had been holding back laughter. Now that it was done he
just started laughing and he appeared to also be partially turned on by my
morph. I didn’t blame him.
“Oh my god, Tobias, you’ve morphed Mark
Ruffalo!” Marco said and I didn’t know when he was going to stop laughing.
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