5 CHAPTER I Part 4 - A SHEEP DISGUISED AS WOLF

The world regained its color, the pain in my body returned, but at the same time it diminished, and a feeling of calm and well-being invaded my body: I was beginning to feel good.

"Get up."

I didn't hesitate and got up almost immediately. I could move and the pain was completely gone, I even doubted the pain from before was real.

"Run and jump out the window."

So I did it. I jumped out of the window, and although I was afraid of falling from that height, I could feel in me a hitherto unknown force.

I jumped and my landing was supported by my legs; They absorbed all the shock and I was petrified.

A sharp pain grew in my thighs and my knees did not respond, at the same time that a stabbing pain increased in them. I didn't feel my thighs anymore, it was like they weren't there.

"Sorry, it won't happen again. Now go on, chase that thing."

Out of fear of pain, I hesitated to move, but the thought of that thing taking Angela forced me to act. On impulse I stretched my legs and they responded without problem.

The pain in my thighs and knees disappeared. I looked down and could see how the blood, which I presume was from my legs, was absorbed by my clothes to the point of disappearing completely.

I was confused. Despite not having felt pain moving them, I still hesitated to do it again, because it felt so unreal that the pain would disappear from one moment to the next.

"You have to get up: we will lose her."

Angry and fed up with all this I got up.

«I no longer care to find logic to all this. I have to rescue Angela.»

I get up and start walking, but barely took three steps I fell face down on the ground. It was as if all my weight was coming forward, causing me to lose my balance and fall.

"What's going on?!"

"You have to run."

"That's what I'm doing! But it feels strange!"

"Just do it!"

I tried running again, but this time I concentrated on keeping my balance. My body pretended to go backwards, but I straightened my back and abdomen and was able to maintain my composure.

"I think I'm getting used to it."

"Perfect, now look to the side when you run."

"Okay?". I said surprised.

I kept running, but this time I looked at the buildings and realized what he wanted to tell me.

The buildings were moving fast.

«I understand, that's why I fell earlier: I'm going faster.»

"Not only that, now I'm strengthening your whole body. If we want to reach that creature, we will have to be stronger."

"I see... How do you do all this?". I asked intrigued.

"I just tell your body what to do and it does it."

"That does not tell me anything."

"Look, there is no time to explain. Use your brain, you will surely find out."

"So... can you make me run faster?"

"Yes, but he will hurt."

"... Do it."

I started hearing creaks. The feeling of my bones stretching was horrible, and it felt like my bones were lengthening as they pushed against my skin.

Each step felt like nails driven into my knees and ankles. For a moment I felt like I was going to fall to the ground, but the pain stopped before that.

"Everything is ready: run."

"Un... Understood."

I wanted to straighten my back and keep running, but I was losing my balance again. It was as if my spine couldn't support my weight.

My weight was too much for my legs and I had to lean on my hands for balance. I straightened my back and felt it, a comfort like no other.

I felt like I couldn't get up, but it wasn't a problem, I knew I could continue like this, I felt it inside of me.

I took a big jump and fell onto my hands. I supported my weight on these, as I brought my legs up to my shoulders, I stomped hard and extended my arms, and then took another leap forward.

I repeated this routine over and over again, until it became natural for me. My arms could support my full weight when falling, and my legs were so strong that they could easily propel me forward.

I ran like an animal, like a dog or a cat, you might say. But it felt so good and so easy, that I felt like a beast, ready to hunt.

A wild smile formed on my face, the feeling of wanting to break the limits and embark on a sequence full of violence and destruction invaded me. I couldn't hide it, I wanted to fight someone... I had to.

Once I got used to running, I decided to pursue my goal.

I looked up and saw her. In the distance, Angela was being carried by a winged creature, her skin a dark green, but that was all I could make out at that distance.

"Dude, is there any way to be faster?"

"Sorry, I don't know any other way. Unless we have wings, and it would still be complicated."

"... Already! Increase the strength in my legs!"

"... I understand! It's a good idea, let's do it!"

I felt my pants begin to tighten my legs, their weight increased and they felt bigger. I heard like stone breaking, I looked at the ground, and every time I took a step I broke it.

Every footstep left little holes in the brick floor. I saw how little pieces of dirt, dust and debris leaped before my heavy steps.

I directed my gaze towards that thing, I took a great leap forward, getting up in the air, and when I fell I flexed my legs supporting my whole body on them, I concentrated all my strength on them, and I made a great jump.

I shot myself like a bullet, and my direction was towards that thing in the air. Not a second had passed and I was already a few feet from her. The impact was imminent and my speed made it difficult for me to think of something before colliding.

The world went black and white again, and she and I were frozen in midair.

Now I could distinguish her better, she was another girl, but she had wings instead of hands, her legs, almost reaching the knees, were covered with dark green scales, and on her back she had a tail of the same color and texture.

The thickness of those green parts made me think it was armor, but the fact that she was able to grab Angela and her ability to fly told me it wasn't like that: that was her body.

I took advantage of this effect and thought about what I would do, but since I couldn't move, there wasn't much to do. In the end I decided to ram her.

Instantly the world returned to normal, I rammed that girl and the three of us flew in the same direction. That girl was still holding Angela, and I had my arms around her waist, holding her tightly.

The force and speed with which I was going made us rise even higher in the air, I kept pushing her in the air and she could barely react to my unexpected action.

She reacted in time and spread her wings progressively stopping our momentum. When we stopped in midair, she fixed her gaze on me. Her frown and clenched teeth indicated her anger at me, so I just smiled nervously at her.

That gaze didn't last long, she opened her mouth and I could see that something orange was starting to glow inside her. An exhalation and immediately a blast of flame shot out of her mouth.

The flames of the fire spread several feet behind me in the air, and the power of it was such that it was difficult for me to hold on: my hands weren't going to hold out long.

I could feel my skin burning. The burning was so intense that I slowly released my grip, and when I tried to breathe, an intense pain spread within me, making my nose and throat burn.

I let go of the girl, I fell into the air even within those flames, I instinctively opened my eyes and the fire burned my retinas, but I could no longer close them. I saw my clothes fall apart in contact with the fire, how it burned until it was slowly consumed.

From one moment to another the pain lessened, the flames moved more slowly and the feeling of falling disappeared. The yellow of those flames turned into a light gray and the world stopped again.

"Dude, that was very reckless."

"What will we do now?! She is running away."

"Doesn't it hurt?"

"Of course it hurts! But, as soon as I arrive in this world in slow motion, the pain disappears. Besides... there is no use complaining: if I have time to complain, it's because I'm not giving it my all."

"Well said! But relax, I will heal our body and I can also cover you. Humans like to cover their bodies with fur and cloth. Why?"

"Honestly... I don't know."

The fire was regaining its movement and little by little the pain returned; mobility recovered and the world recovered its speed.

I kept falling, but the pain was gone. I was looking at my bare chest and my skin was black as coal. Small pieces detached from me to the point of disappearing into thin air.

I tried to move my body in the air to land on my feet, the impact was received again by my legs, but this time I did not suffer any damage.

The impact was such that all my skin that had turned to coal fell off, as if it were dust on my body. Underneath was a new layer of skin, with no trace of burns or wounds present.

I resumed my career on all fours. I was naked, but I didn't have time to think about it. Also, there was no one else here.

I kept running on all four limbs. Suddenly, I could feel my skin starting to swell. It was as if it separated from my body in a painless way. Its texture and color changed rapidly, to the point of being unrecognizable.

In a few seconds that fur cape had become an exact replica of the clothes I had just had. That looked completely the same, but there was something different about it, it felt like part of me, like I was still naked.

I didn't waste time trying to understand this, I refocused my forces and did that spring jump. This time I aimed at her head instead of her body, because now I did have a plan.

Before reaching that Dragon girl, I re-entered this monochrome world.

"What's up, dude?"

"I want you to give my right arm all the strength you can before I get to that girl."

"I understand. But with the speed we're going, I won't have much time. I don't think I can give you much strength."

"What you give me will be enough."

I stared at that girl, I was still trapped in this colorless world, but I readied my fist. I couldn't move in this state, so I prepared the idea of making a fist in my mind.

I saw my surroundings and calculated the route of my blow when everything would return to normal. I prepared my body for what I was going to do and returned.

The world regained its speed, my hand turned into a fist, and as if programmed, it headed towards the face of that Dragon girl.

The blow was very fast and powerful. I went flying like a bullet even higher in the air, and my fist managed to hit the target with such force that I kept going even after hitting she.

The three of us were falling into the air, Angela's gaze indicated terror, the Dragon girl's body was falling without signs of life, and I was blank not knowing what to do now.

I tried to get to Angela, but she was too far away. The force with which I jumped left me several meters above her and the Dragon girl.

I glued my arms to my body and stretched my legs; I pointed my head towards Angela and directed all my weight towards her. I was plummeting, slicing diagonally through the air toward Angela.

My speed was greater, but she was still far away. At the speed she was going, she would surely crash to the ground before I could reach her.

I despaired and stopped time.

"We won't be there in time! She is still far away! At this rate she... !"

"Calm! Calm down... I have an idea."

"Which one?!"

"Your arms. This won't hurt, but it can be very scary."

"That does not matter anymore!"

"As you wish, but I warned you."

My gaze met Angela's, she had a smile on her mouth and tears in her eyes; her arms were extended as if she wanted to hug me.

I couldn't see her face well from the frozen movement of her hair against the wind, but I clearly understood what that face was telling me. It was as if she was saying: "I'm glad you're okay."

Seriously, she is about to die and yet she is capable of putting on such a face...

«This girl is strange.»

Anyone could panic, it would even be normal to see someone cry and despair when falling from this height, but not her; she is about to fall to certain death, and instead of worrying about her life, she is only relieved to know that I am okay.

I don't want someone like that to die, I don't want her to die... I'm not going to let her die.

In the blink of an eye I was back to the normal world, and my arms went up on their own, pointing at Angela.

My fingers were beginning to merge: my index fingers with the middle finger, my little finger with the ring finger, and my thumbs were increasing in size; they all turned gray, and I felt them quickly harden into three silver claws.

I immediately felt a small explosion on my shoulders and my arms shot out at high speed in Angela's direction. My skin quickly stretched as it changed color, and a black and red cloth covered my arms as they unfolded.

Several areas of my skin were splitting, showing a bright red interior. Some parts were dark, actually black, they didn't seem to be rotten or in bad condition, they just took that color. I was horrified to see my arms stretch out and spread out in a frenzy, but never felt pain in the process.

These tentacles quickly reached Angela, managing to wrap around her waist and instinctively returned to me.

Angela was approaching me at great speed and the speed with which they returned was overwhelming.

In the end Angela ended up clinging to me, my arms regaining their usual texture and color, and I ended up hugging Angela around the waist.

She had surprise in her eyes and shame on her cheeks, but there was no time to lose. I hugged her tightly and turned my body back to the ground.

There were only a few seconds left to impact, and I had the "brilliant idea" to toughen up my body. This only caused the force of the impact to be absorbed into my muscles and bones, and I remember hearing a crack in my back, along with the sensation of something breaking inside of me.

The impact was shocking, I could feel how the ground behind us had been destroyed, and it felt like we had formed a small hole with our bodies.

I felt dizzy, my vision was blurry, and my ears were plugged. I looked forward and saw Angela lift her head. Her eyes and teeth were closed in pain as she clutched her head.

«It seems that she also received part of the impact... »

"Dude, I'm almost done healing you. You better get up before that Dracoleon comes back."

"Do you know what that thing is... ?"

"Yes, remember that I am part of the Demon Lady's forces. I have knowledge about many species of this world, including humans."

Slowly lifting my upper body, Angela did the same, and in the end we ended up face to face. Angela was sitting on my lap with her legs spread wide and on her knees against the floor.

Angela, seeing this pose, blushed and turned her gaze. I just stared at her in disbelief as I thought how absurd it was to have ended up like this.

Our moment was interrupted by the roar of that Dracoleon. She soared into the skies and looked everywhere looking for us: she sounded annoyed.

As soon as she saw us lying on the ground, she headed for us in a tailspin. She was falling diagonally towards us, and a thick cloud was coming out of her mouth; It looked like smoke, but it was lighter and it looked like she was going to shoot, but for some reason she didn't.

"She won't hurt the girl, she seems to want her for something."

Again the world was in slow motion... It seems that he and I can activate this mode whenever we want, although I don't know if it is the only way to communicate. However, it is very useful.

"What do you mean, she won't hurt her?"

"You see, the Dracoleons, as well as the other demihumans, are only interested in male humans. Few are interested in females, but Dracoleons aren't the that type. They just want male humans to reproduce. If she wanted to take that girl, it's because she needs her for something."

"So we don't have to worry about her hurting Angela... at least for now."

As soon as the world returned to normal, I got up in a hurry and carried Angela. She hugged me with her arms and legs, while I held her butt with one hand.

Contrary to what anyone might believe, I didn't pay attention to how erotic touching a girl's butt can be, as I was more concerned with escaping from here.

It was hard to run like that, my legs still couldn't bear running alone, so I asked Angela to get on my back and ride me.

This was also uncomfortable, not because of her weight, but because of I speed. She, having nowhere to hold onto, was holding onto my hood, suffocating me, and when she realized that, she shifted and grabbed my hair.

We keep running. That Dragon girl was getting closer and closer, and every time she was about to catch up with us, Angela would tug at my hair, making me change direction. She did this several times, using my hair as a rudder.

"Looks like she's the boss, right?". He said mockingly.

"Shut up!"

«That girl was very persistent, we could not escape from her, and at this rate we would guide her to the city market. She had to be stopped, but... how?»

In that I heard his voice, but this time the world did not lose its color or stop.

"Let's attack she."

"All right."

"What did you say?". Angela asked.

"No, nothing. I was just talking to myself."

«I have to be careful, it seems that only I can hear my partner's voice. We can probably talk in my thoughts... Wait... Does that mean he can know what I'm thinking at all times?!»

"Yes, after all, we share mind and body."

"... That's uncomfortab... Mind and body? Does that mean I can read your thoughts too?"

"Yes, and not only that, we also share memories. But that's something for later, now you have to fight back."

I scratched the ground with my nails in an attempt to stop myself and turned around using my hands as anchors. As soon as I managed to stop myself, I jumped towards our attacker, who was not expecting this.

She tried to stop in the air with her wings like she had done before, but she was too close to my; my fist was already aimed at her face, and it collided.

It was a huge impact, so much so that a strong blast of air was generated and she went flying several meters.

I didn't stop there; as soon as her body flew away, I chased after her. Before she hit the ground, I grabbed her leg and threw her away.

Her body went through the window of a building. Angela, who was holding my neck due to my sudden movements, began to shake.

"Are you okay?". I said agitated.

"Y-Yeah, I was a little scared I would fall... Sorry, it seems like I'm choking you."

«The truth was, she was hanging me, but it wasn't like she wasn't letting me breathe. I think my neck is stronger now.»

I told Angela to get off my back and she did it almost immediately.

As soon as she stopped touching me, I jumped up and went through the same window that Dracoleon had entered that through.

As I crossed the window I received a great blow from her tail: apparently she was waiting for me.

The blow was very hard. It was as if her tail was made of stone, and my jaw felt broken

My body was thrown backwards and I hit the wall of the building opposite. My body had broken through the wall, and I could see fragments and dust exploding from it.

I wanted to get up using my hands to get out of that little hole, but as soon as I touched the wall, the Dracoleon lunged at me with a kick.

The force was such that she managed to bury me even further into that wall, taking the air out of me. She pulled away from me a little, took a deep breath, and blew great blazing flames at me.

I started screaming in pain, I could feel my skin burning again and the bricks around me turning to dust.

Those flames weren't normal, they were more powerful than a normal flame.

I looked at my body, my clothes seemed unscathed and my skin was turning to ash again, but at a slower rate. My blood was boiling inside of me again, my eyes bulged and one of my arms exploded.

The flames ceased, she stopped expelling those incandescent flames and looked at me. Seeing my burned-out body with no left arm, she lost interest in me, made a nonchalant face and let out a little: "Hmph".

"Don't worry, this is nothing. In a second we will be like new again, just don't give up."

This time my skin did not peel off to show a new one, it just returned to its natural color little by little. It seemed as if those little black dots were being sucked into my body.

A new bone was coming out of my arm, nerves and new tissue were crawling around it, enveloping it, and I could see my muscles grow and then be covered by my skin.

"Listens. From now on I will only speak to you in my thoughts, as now. Understood?"

"Okay, I don't see the difference though."

"I have a plan. We'll let her take Angela."

"Are you sure?"

"Don't worry, we won't let her hurt her. We'll follow her and see what she wants to do with her, then we'll stop her."

"Okay". He answered confidently.

I jumped off the wall, landed upright, but dizzy. My body was reeling a bit and my head ached from all that I had to process. A feeling of nausea and discomfort ran through my body.

This feeling was horrible, but I didn't have time for this.

I turned my head to where that Dragon girl had gone. I could see her in the distance, flying with Angela at her feet. I squeezed my back making it creak, and stretched my neck.

I crouched down, get on all fours and stretched my back as I spread my legs, getting ready to run.

I jumped forward and started running, chasing that girl.

The chase lasted several streets and I made sure to keep my distance so that she would not notice my presence. At first I thought that she would leave the city, but after a few buildings I realized that she was moving deeper and deeper into this place.

She managed to get to that tower that I had climbed me on before, and as she approached the wall she changed course, climbing flush with the wall.

I had no wings to fly and I couldn't climb the stairs: it would take too long, not to mention losing sight of them.

"Dude, could you give me tougher fingers or something like claws?"

"Sure, but what for... I see."

I felt my fingers stiffen. With each touch I made on the ground, the sensitivity of my hands disappeared, until the sensation was similar to wearing metal gloves.

I looked at my fingers and the part that joined my nails with my skin had disappeared.

My fingers lengthened, their texture changed to a harder and shinier one; my palm and my hand took on a dark color; and there were certain swollen veins all over my arm.

These were black and looked like roots, big ugly roots that covered my arms. Their texture was like that of skin, but they seemed harder and more resistant, not to mention that they were black.

Now my fingers were a bright lead color, and looked like the claws of a Dog of Death, only smaller.

The whole process didn't take more than a few seconds and luckily for me, I didn't feel any pain.

I accelerated towards the wall to jump towards it, I dug my claws hoping to grab it, but no.

My weight was too much and my claws too sharp. As soon as they were embedded, they began to descend the wall, leaving long cracks where they passed. Its edge was so sharp that it could easily split bricks.

I increased the strength of my grip and managed to stop, leaning my legs against the wall and preparing my posture.

I took a great leap upwards supported by the strength of my hands, at the same time that I released my grip. And in just one second I was able to travel a great distance and at great speed.

As soon as my speed dropped, to the point that I was suspended in midair, I re-embedded my claws and squeezed hard, then I jumped again. I repeated this several times, until I climbed just over half of this tower.

The higher I climbed, the harder it was for me to breathe. I felt like I was gasping for air, I had to take big inhalations to be able to continue, and little by little I felt dizzy.

I clenched my teeth and raged to give myself more strength. This worked, I regained consciousness and was able to continue my ascent, but the effect did not last long.

My vision blurred again, now I was breathing harder and there were times when I forgot what I was doing. I felt tired and my movements became more awkward and slow.

My head was receding, and when I tried to hold onto the wall, my fingers had no strength.

At that moment I was not afraid of falling, in fact, I did not know that I was falling. I felt the wind in my head, and the difference in height was evident, but I still didn't understand it.

There I was, falling into the air almost unconscious. For a moment I understood what was happening, I felt the cold wind in my hair, the air pressure changed, and the sound of the wind in my ears.

I closed my eyes and everything disappeared.

"This is not the time to sleep". He was saying in a soft tone.

"What... what am I?... What happened?... The tower! Angela!". I screamed, but I was back in this monochrome world.

"Easy, you just lost consciousness, so I took control."

"Can you do that?". I asked surprised.

"Sure, this is our body now after all. And no, I won't try to take control and keep it."

"I never said that!"

"But you thought about it."

"... "

«That worries me. The fact that he took control of my body may have saved us, but I don't feel comfortable knowing that he can do that whenever he wants.»

"How cruel, and I just saved us."

"What?! But... did you hear that?

"We share the same mind". He said mockingly. "Remember?"

"I'm sorry, is that I... "

"Easy, I know what you think, literally. But don't worry, I can only take control of the body when your will diminishes. Besides, you can also read my mind. So you can go in and then decide whether to trust me or not."

At first I doubted that I would be able to do it, but after a few seconds I decided to give it a try.

This was easier than I thought. At first I didn't know what to do, so I focused on his face. I thought of anything about him, like his body and his voice, and then I started to see things.

I had lucid images of him, things he had seen, conversations, sounds, thoughts, and it was as if they were mine. I remembered them as if I had lived them. I could see his experiences through his eyes. It was so simple, but so confusing.

There were some thoughts that worried me. I had managed to hear things like: "I'd like to taste that little girl", "Can I reproduce with a human female?", "How would our son look?", "I'm hungry".

These, among other thoughts, were the ones that worried me, but I did not find any thoughts or memories that indicated that he intended to betray me or take over the body.

Most were just doubts about what was happening to us, or what we could do, the rest were just wishes to feed, reproduce and fight. Simple wishes to satisfy his primitive instincts, but none indicated that he would do anything wrong.

"Okay, it doesn't seem like you have bad intentions, but the one who will control the body will be me. You can only take control in moments of crisis like now, do you understand?"

"Well, it's not like I can fight you for control."

"You can not?"

"I dont know. I'm not sure because I haven't tried it yet, but I feel like you have more control over this body. And since this was originally your body and I merged with you, I think you have more control than I do."

"I... I see... Whatever. What is happening now?"

"After you passed out, I took control of the body. Now I'm running down the wall and we're almost to the top."

"Perfect! I'd say I'm taking over from now on, but I'm afraid I'll pass out again."

"You don't have to worry about that: I've already taken care of that. You will be able to move without fainting, but our performance in battle will noticeably decrease."

"One thing: the changes you've made to my... Ahem!... our body. Are they permanent?"

"Actually, no, we can change them back at any time, although things like tentacles and these mini claws are still on your body. We can hide them by transforming them into your normal hands, but there are other changes that we cannot hide unless we modify them at will."

"For example?"

"Let's see. Your physical condition will have increased a little, your ability to heal as well, and the extreme physical changes that we have suffered can be hidden without problem; but things like your strength, health, toughness, etc, will stand out. You will practically be you again, at least in appearance, but inside you will be different."

"... In that case... I want you to give me control back when we get to the top. Okay?"

"Understood. We're almost there, so get ready."

The world regained its color and I could see myself climbing this tower, but it was not me who controlled the body.

I could see my hands and feet moving in coordination, climbing without me doing more than just looking. And seeing how my body moves by itself is something strange, I feel alien to it, as if it were not mine.

I heard his voice inside my head again, telling me that we would reach the top soon, and along with that the control of my body.

And so it was, my body jumped the missing section to get to the top. In fact, I managed to go further. I was suspended in midair and once again I could feel that I was in control of my limbs.

«There's that Dracoleon, and she's holding Angela in her arms. Wait... there's someone else. He's a hooded man. Why is she giving Angela to that guy?»

"He must be her husband."

"Husband?"

"Yes, her husband. The Dracoleon, like the other demihumans, only look for male humans to reproduce, but if any of them manage to become fond of one, or take an interest in a particular man, they will kidnap him and make him her husband. The Dracoleons, although they share similarities with their Dragon cousins, tend to be more permissive with their husbands, to the point that they allow them to mount they as steeds and obey their orders; but this is only possible if the bond between them is very strong. They sure grew up together."

"I-I understand... No, the truth is that now I have more doubts, but whatever. If I can beat him, she'll leave us alone, right?"

"Do not. In fact, doing any harm to his will only enrage her even more. Although we can capture him and use him as a hostage."

The Dracoleon, as well as her partner, had already noticed me. Angela passed out, I suppose from lack of oxygen. That guy held her in his arms with a wicked smile, and that only infuriated me.

"Wow, what a surprise". Said that man. "How did you get here?"

"Who are you? What do you want Angela for?". I asked, holding back my anger.

The Dracoleon tried to attack me, but the hooded guy stopped her with a simple wave of his hand. She just stood there growling and preparing her claws to attack me.

"My name is... You can call me D. And as for the girl, I need her."

"What?!". I asked annoyed. "What do you want to do with she?"

"I'll make her my wife. What else would I want her for?". He said in a superb way.

"What?!". I exclaimed annoyed. "And the Dracoleon?"

"Oh, her? She is also my wife, but after a heated argument and a night of pleasure, I managed to convince her to let me have another partner. You don't know how difficult it was. Her species is the most stubborn". The man said, as he stroked Dracoleon's cheek. "But they are also very passionate."

The Dracoleon blushed as she enjoyed the caress of her husband. Although this was not enough to make her lower her guard against me, because she still had her gaze on me.

"So with that said, I'm going with... What did you say her name was? Angela?... Well, never mind, we'll have time to get to know each other."

"I'm not going to let you take her away". I said firmly.

"I think you do not understand me. I'm not asking your permission, I'm going to take her, period. And if you don't want me to throw you to your death". He said, referring to the Dracoleon. "You better be good."

"The one who doesn't understand is you. I did not come here to negotiate. I let that girl take Angela away because I wanted to know what she was going to do with her, and now that I know, I have no reason to hold back."

"Were you holding back?". He said incredulously. "You mean all this time you've been holding yourself back against a Dracoleon? Shortness of breath must be getting to you, boy... Get rid of this jerk right away, and get it done quickly."

The Dracoleon opened her mouth and I could see that orange-red glow rising from her throat. Almost instantly, her fiery flames sprouted from her, flying towards me.

The flames slammed into me, but this time they weren't as hot as I remembered them.

I had my eyes closed, afraid of burning them again, so I couldn't tell how intense those flames looked, but what I felt was not even half of what I felt before.

The force of her Dragon breath surpassed my weight, managing to throw me out of this tower. I know because I felt like I was falling back into the air.

I fell off the tower and as soon as I felt the burning fade, I opened my eyes. She kept throwing the flames in a straight line from where I was before I fell, and I could see that the density, as well as the power, of those flames was much lower than before.

I had to think fast. If I manage to survive the fall, which I doubt very much, when I got up again, they would have already escaped.

At that moment, the memory of those tentacles flashed through my mind.

I don't know if it was him or me, but when I spread my arms, they darkened again and elongated taking the shape of those long limbs.

I didn't have to say anything, not even think about it, I just wanted my arms to turn into those tentacles and they did.

"Don't let it go to your head, your body only does what I taught it to do."

I inserted the tips of my tentacles into the wall, and they managed to enter with great ease and firmness.

Still under the urge to be thrown by those flames, my tentacles tensed. I took advantage of the response impulse and jumped off the side of the tower.

The momentum wasn't enough, so when I approached the wall I ran over it without detaching one of my tentacles. In the end I took a big leap taking advantage of the pendulum effect and appeared behind the guy who called himself D.

The Dracoleon kept throwing those flames, and none of them had noticed me.

This time I pointed a tentacle at that girl's wing, managing to pierce her. She, realizing this, turned her gaze, but, as she kept throwing fire and saw that she was going to hit her partner, she decided to shut her mouth suddenly.

It didn't take long for pain to show on her face. It didn't seem like it was due to her wing, as she didn't show any discomfort on it. Rather, it seemed from her mouth; small flames still emerged from between her teeth as she tried to contain them without much success.

I pulled hard, but couldn't get her close to me. Instead, I broke a piece of her wing. She noticed this, but she seemed more concerned about her mouth.

Before either of them acted, I ran after that man, put my leg around his, and wrapped my tentacle around his neck.

«Now that I notice it, although these tentacles are very flexible, I can control every part of them. I can make them twist and move like a rope, but with the hardness and firmness of metal.»

«... I like it.»

The man was taller than me, so I held my tentacle firmly, causing him to lean his body back. He released Angela to try to free his neck from me.

"Hey, you! Dragon girl! Try something and I'll kill him!". I screamed, as I squeezed into the man's neck.

She was looking at me with hatred, and she was grunting, while smoke was still coming out of her mouth. I squeezed my tentacle tighter, making the man squirm. Small gasps came out of his mouth, causing the girl to change her expression to one of concern.

"D-Do... you... think... you will... get... away with... it?... As soon ... as I ... free... myself... we will... come... for you... I... will... make... her have... my... son...

I stretched out my coiled leg, causing his to break, and I let go of my tentacle grip, allowing the man to cry out in pain. The angry Dracoleon tried to attack me, but again I squeezed the man's neck causing her to stop.

"You will have to treat that leg if you do not want it to become infected and have it amputated. If you ever mess with me or someone precious to me again, I won't break your leg. I'll tear your body apart, tear it to pieces and force her to eat them". I said, nodding at the Dracoleon. "Do you understand?!"

I made sure to look that girl in the eye so she got the message too. I immediately threw the man down the tower. I did it with such force that in a moment he had already traveled a great distance.

The Dracoleon girl, seeing this, jumped to help her lover. I took advantage of this and grabbed Angela, hugged her tightly and jumped to the opposite side of the Dragon girl.

My arms returned to their normal shape and then I turned them into those claws.

I ripped the wall of this tower with one of my hands while leaning on my legs for balance.

I was holding Angela under my right arm and it was difficult for me to balance in the strong wind.

I could feel that we were not slowing down, in fact our speed was increasing. My claws are too sharp for the wall to hold us, not to mention that Angela and my weight are too heavy for that.

I was not worried about my well-being, I was sure that I could regenerate from this fall, although it would hurt a lot. The one who worried me was Angela, because she cannot heal as fast as I can: when she falls, she will die.

"Honestly, I doubt we can survive this fall."

"Really?!"

"Just because we survived the flames of that Dracoleon, and I regenerated your broken arm and bones, don't think we're immortal. We can still die, and this fall will surely kill us."

"You can't do, I don't know... Some wings?"

"Do not. To do something, I must first have knowledge of it. The tentacle thing I did more thinking about a tail, but longer and more flexible. But the wings have a complicated structure, their joints, muscles, nerves, etc. They are not as simple as you might think."

"Then?! What do we do?!"

"I don't know, I can't think of anything. Besides... Who can jump off a tower at this height?!"

"We had to seize the moment to escape! We couldn't waste time!"

"Number one: she can fly, so she could catch up with us as we fall... "

"That's why I hurt the man, so that she would care more about saving and healing him."

"But still! You didn't have to jump! You could have walked down the stairs, or at least thought of a plan before jumping."

"I'm sorry, okay?!... I got carried away by the moment."

"If you want to apologize, save us!"

"Well, well. I'm coming... "

«I must think of a solution, and luckily we are stopping time.»

«Flying is out of the question, my claws are too sharp to stop us, and with my tentacle it will be something similar at this speed. The only option is what to do when we fall. I don't see any body of water below us. Wait... body... That's it!»

"I know what we can do, but I will need your help."

"I hear you."

"I thought we could read our minds."

"Yes, but there are exceptions. I don't even understand it."

"I see... Anyway, listen: I will wrap the tentacle around us, cover our entire body along with Angela's; you will have to lengthen the tentacle as much as you can, and once covered, we will expand all the tissue and fill it blood and more soft tissue.

"I think I understand more or less what you mean."

"It doesn't matter, but you can do it, right?"

"Yes, but I must warn you. We have used many resources, if we do this we will not be able to demand as much from our body as we have done until now."

"What are you talking about?"

"Look, to regenerate wounds, create tissues and bones, you need energy, proteins, vitamins, minerals, etc. Where do you think we get them from?"

"What we eat?"

"Exactly. You consumed my body, a great source of resources, and we have already used much of these, all this time. If we do what you propose, we will have to use everything that we have left. After that we will depend on what you consume from now on, of course, in the event that it works and we survive."

"It's fine, I understand it. But this is our best option. Are you ready?"

"Anytime."

The world regained its color, I kept sliding down this wall and we were still very high.

I took a great leap, pushing myself off with my legs as I took my hands off the wall. I hugged Angela as she approached and I wrapped my tentacles around us.

Once we managed to wrap ourselves in some kind of weird cocoon, the hard part began. Both he and I, although more he than I, began to stretch and soften all the tissue that surrounded us.

I felt how this cocoon stopped being so tight. Now it looked like a kind of blanket made of muscles and crimson skin that covered us.

We hardly generate more tissue to cover ourselves with several layers of red tissue, we fill them with blood. A substantial and unimaginable amount of blood circulated between these layers, inflating them like balloons.

We made sure that the amount of blood was sufficient to stretch the tissue without breaking it or taking it to its maximum elastic capacity.

We were almost done, I didn't know how far the crash was, but I wasn't distracted for a second. I tried to support him as much as I could; As soon as we finished, I pressed my body against Angela's, closed my eyes, and waited for the impact.

It was only a few seconds, after which I felt the impact. Fortunately, I had cut off my nervous system from the cocoon, so I didn't have to feel the cocoon break from the hit.

I could feel us colliding with buildings. We bounce off these and then continue to crash into debris, the floor, and many other things.

Although the flesh and blood absorbed much of the impact, I could feel my organs colliding with each other several times. My insides shook and shook and made me want to vomit.

Lunges and sharp turns was all I felt. It was like being in a car falling off a cliff. Sudden big jerks made me shake my head uncontrollably, making me think I'd lose it.

In one of those, Angela hit me on the chin, making me almost bite my tongue. She was unconscious, so the only one who was sorry was me.

«How can I get hurt if my body is supposedly more resistant now?»

The bumps and crashes continued, shaking everything inside me. I felt a great impact, the strongest and most resistant of all. Everything went dark, the sound and the sensitivity of my body disappeared, and for an instant I stopped perceiving the electrical signals from my body to my brain.

In the end we stopped, I opened my eyes and I could see the rays of the sun. More than half of the cocoon had disappeared, although there was still a part on us.

The area behind us was badly damaged and punctured, and above our heads there was a large crack that ended at the base. The cocoon had split in half, losing large chunks on impact.

"Dude... we did it". I said wearily.

"Well... the truth was that I had my doubts, although... it was not impossible". He replied, a little more motivated.

"Since we're... could you eat all that remains of the cocoon?"

"Sure, it would be a good idea, but... what are you going to do?"

"Me?... I'm going to die for a while... "

"Wait. What?!"

As soon as I said this, I fell asleep: doing all of that was too much for my head.

«Seriously. How many people have altered their tissues to create a cocoon? Do you know how tired it is? No, surely not.»

«Well, let me tell you, it is very stressful. Each cell must be made to join the others in such a way that they form a solid structure; this in every part of the cocoon, both internal and external, ensuring that it stays together and smooth while leaving space between certain layers to fill them with blood; blood that you must pump with force and precision so as not to damage the tissues.»

«I was lucky that he did this. Speaking of him... I think I should ask his name.»