Washington B.C. Part 1

Yay! I'm still alive! Sorry I didn't post for a while, usually I can manage to do my work for college and write, with enough time to spare. But, this time I needed to put all my focus on my project for one of my classes.

But, now that I got that project out of the way, we are back on our regularly scheduled demigod chaotic bullshit!

Fae signing off!

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It's been a bit of time since I was knocked out by the Omnitrix's security measures, and luckily it only caused a mild concussion. Though, even if I think I'm fine, and believe I haven't suffered any long term effects from the concussion, the others have been treating me like I'm a delicate flower, or more so in Lucy's case.

They may be doing this specifically to see if any of the issues do develop for me, but I feel perfectly fine, I mean it's not like I'll eventually go insane because I got the back of my skull bashed against a tree with the force of a Tetramand's punch (Four Arms Species), right?

But, anyways, I was told by Penn about the robot attacking near our campsite, and how she defeated it. Though, she kept her distance from me when she talked about it, and ever since, I think she's scared that I'll get hurt again because of the watch.

And, although I hate seeing her upset like this, I can't say that what I did wasn't worth it. I can feel the DNA of the two aliens I chose inside of me, waiting to be put to use, but it's only enough to last me a year or two. Probably because it's not like I completely absorbed a member of those two species like Aggregor, I only absorbed what was inside the Omnitrix.

I have to use the DNA I gained sparingly, until I can figure out a way to make it a permanent part of me. But, even though I didn't turn into a mutant monster like Kevin, and I didn't go instantly crazy, thankfully, there was a consequence for my actions. Penn doesn't have the option to turn into a Galvanic Mechamorph or a Kineceleran anymore, so the Omnitrix had to replace them in her roster.

Now she can instead turn into a Citrakayah (Fasttrack Species, AKA knock off XLR8), and a Planchaküle (Juryrigg Species). Which both had extremely feminine features, just like her Pyronite form, I think all of her aliens are going to be giving me these complicated feelings.

Speaking of feelings, I did read the passage on Lenopan's in the book that Max gave me a while ago, I just forgot to mention anything about it before. It turns out that there are two situations where a Lenopan will treat someone extremely gently, and with great care. The first being when they see someone as a potential life partner, and the other is with their child, or someone that they view as a child.

So, I guess that means that on the day Lucy and I first met, when I crashed into that wall, she must have seen me as similar to a young Lenopan, or a child, because of my hurt and confused state. Which is probably why she referred to the term 'pups' at the time, and I don't know if I should feel insulted that she sees me as a child that should be protected.

But, nonetheless, I was a bit disappointed that there was no mention about an Anodite treating anyone in such a positive, or hyper way, that is similar to how Gwen acts with me. So, I guess Max didn't ever really interact with an Anodite acting this way, though Gwen was raised as a human rather than an Anodite, so I guess I shouldn't reference the book in this scenario.

Anyways, we are currently in Washington D.C., so the second episode is starting, and Penn is currently getting some people out of a burning building. Though, when she went in as her version of Heatblast I swear I saw some guys nearby look at her with lust in their eyes while staring at her chest.

When I saw that I wanted to freeze their insides, turn their organs into slushies and force-feed them to their mothers!! .... Okay, maybe that concussion did slightly fuck with my personality, but only by just a bit..... I think...

Either way, I was in the RV with the others, and we were getting Penn, so we can catch the real criminals, who set the building on fire as a diversion for them to steal from a jewelry store.

"Yo! Super doofus, the fire was just a diversion to cover up a jewelry store robbery. The bad guys are getting away!" Gwen said once she got Penn's attention, though instead of like the show, Penn instantly got into the RV to chase the criminals, because she wasn't trying to get any praise from anyone at the moment, or focusing on a Sumo Slammer card.

"Uh, I knew that!" Penn said, while glancing in my direction, for some reason, I guess she just wants to seem like she's really smart, and just wanted to save those people to help out.

Grandpa Max quickly stepped on the gas pedal so we could catch up to the robbers, though he did have to drive like a maniac just to get a car's distance from them. I think I almost lost my lunch on a couple turns.

The robbers ignored traffic lights, pedestrians walking, and broke practically every rule of driving in the fucking book, so naturally Max had to do the same to keep up with them. I wonder if I should take control of the wheel too, like I did with the cooking, so we don't get a mountain of traffic tickets.

At this point Penn would have been burning the passenger seat that she was in, but I just continuously made a sheet of ice over it, even though I don't think her heat would be enough to even singe the seat right now.

"Thanks Nico, I knew I should've bought those asbestos seat covers when I had the chance, but your ice is a good substitute." Max said to me, glad that he has an adoptive grandson that could control ice.

"No problem, Grandpa Max." I said while reapplying another sheet of ice. Penn looked like she was going to say something, but she decided not to, and just started throwing fireballs at the robbers car. I'm really going to have to talk to her about what happened, I want back the Penn I knew that always tried to brighten up the mood, or constantly make jokes.

"Strike!" Penn exclaimed when she hit the back of their car, sending them into a brick wall. It would've been at this point that she would go out there and get them out of their car, but I stopped her, because I wanted to test something out.

"Allow me, Penn." With those words I opened up the RV's door a bit, placed my hand on the ground, and sent a wave of ice that encapsulated the robbers car, with them inside of it, now they were trapped, but not permanently, they still need to go to jail. Looks like my ice training paid off, 'cause I didn't even have to put a lot of energy into making that ice, and I don't think my body even got any colder from doing it.

"Woah! Nice one, Nico!" Lucy said as she patted me on the head. They don't really see how much progress I make in my ice each year, as I only show them the bare minimum, and mainly train alone, so seeing me fully entrap a car with people inside, and not hurt the people, is kind of impressive.

Soon the cops arrived to get the robbers, by then the Omnitrix had timed out, and Penn was back to normal. Though, the officers did look at the ice containing the criminals in confusion.

"The hell, Summer just started how did all this ice get here?" I would be surprised too, if an absolute fuck ton of ice just suddenly appeared during Summer, capturing someone I was chasing.

We didn't stay long at the scene, because we wouldn't want to risk people knowing about me being part alien, or that Penn has a watch that can turn her into a fuck ton of aliens. Soon the first of many villains (other than Vilgax) will show up, and because of what he makes, I'm going to enjoy every encounter with him.

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(Small Time Skip, brought to you by, Nico slowly going crazy)

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At the moment we were inside M-Mart, restocking on food and various ingredients, all while I'm sure Dr. Animo is on his way to rob the store for some tech to finish his Transmodulator. Though, I was more focused on trying to make sure Max didn't get anything weird for groceries.

I may be able to make decent food, but I refuse to cook with beetles or fucking marinated worms, okay! Until this road trip ends it's my kitchen, and in my kitchen I won't be making any of the living dishes that Max makes.

"Only canned octopus? Huh, I thought this store prided itself on wide selection." Max said while holding a can that was filled with octopus innards.

"Grandpa, I thought I was the one planning our meals? Also, I don't think octopus is even supposed to come in a can." Seriously though, isn't octopus supposed to come in a plastic container, and not a metal can?

"Oh, right! Sorry Nico, I forgot. Well I guess I won't have to go looking for sheep bladder." Max, I genuinely do view you as my grandpa, but the absolute fuck?! Why would you cook any species bladder?!

"Speaking of, not that, what's on the menu tonight, Nico?" Gwen asked me while we went down towards the deli aisle.

"Well, my dear red head! We will be having Chicken Alfredo, with some Tres Leches Cake, that I finished making yesterday, for dessert!" After a lifetime where all my meals had to be extremely regulated, and devoid of most things people see as normal, I gained a major sweet tooth in this life. Especially after the first time I had Ice Cream.

Penn seemed to peak up a bit when I mentioned our dessert for tonight. When I first started cooking Penn would always volunteer to be my taste tester, and one of the things she loved to taste test the most were my cakes. I guess I just had a natural talent for making cakes or something, who knew.

"Hey, Nico, how about after you grab the meats we need, we all go check out the pet department?" Max asked me while I put some chicken into the cart. Huh, I guess Animo is close by if he said that.

"Sure, I don't see why not, after all we got all day to get groceries. Hell, maybe even I can see if one of them would make a good pet." Though, most of the day is going to be spent fighting Animo.

After a while of me going through the meats, checking prices, and seeing which were the best cuts, we finally made our way to pet department. Penn even came along, because she didn't have a Sumo Slammer addiction like Ben. Honestly though, when we got to the animals I felt kind of let down about the selection.

I don't know why though, sure plenty of the little critters are cute, and shit, but none of them feel right as a pet for some reason, and yes I'm actually looking for a pet. Penn's got a dog back home, and it doesn't really like me all that much, so I wanted a pet of my own, but none of them feel right to keep.

Breaking me out of my thoughts, I heard the sound of a large crash, followed by some loud thumps heading in our direction after a couple minutes. Looks like the doctor is in!

A large horned and multy eyed frog jumped in front of us, and on top of it was none other than the man child doctor himself Dr. Animo. He turned the dial on his Transmodulator, and red energy was sent out towards one of the hamster cages. All of us jumped out of the way of the red energy, because we didn't know what it did, well, they didn't at least.

The hamster that was struck with the energy quickly started to morph and change into a giant mutant hamster with tusk like teeth, and eight eyes. Animo shot another burst of energy at the caged parrot, who also started to undergo a mutation, just like the hamster. Though, unlike the hamster, the parrot still looked like a parrot, just bigger and a bit more monstrous than most birds.

"Arise to your full potential my pets!" The quack doc said, I guess even with my existence, things will follow a pretty similar root, dialogue wise.

We started to run, because the creatures that Animo made were closing in. I wonder if I should try an idea I had with absorbing DNA on the hamster. Well, it is a rodent, so I guess it will make a decent lab rat.

"Behold the genuis of Dr. Animo. Nothing can stop me from getting what I deserve, mark my words! Today I will make history, or should I say prehistory!" Why do the villains always have to monologue? I mean, it's awesome when they give a badass speech, don't get me wrong, but shit like this just gives the heroes a way to fuck up your plans later on.

If any of my siblings choose to be villains, I hope they don't make these stupid monologue's, if they're going to gloat, at least they should make sure to be badasses while doing it.

Penn tried to activate the Omnitrix, but it wasn't working for some reason. Well fuck, I guess this world really does want to force the plot to stay on track!

We started to run away from the mega hamster, as it started to chase us. You may be asking, 'why don't you do something about it?', and the answer is pretty simple. I don't have super strength, and if I use my ice now I'd be caught on camera, so I need to wait until the right time to absorb its DNA when its either caught, or in a blindspot of the security cameras.

Dammit, I hate having to run from this fucking rodent! Well, not as much as I would hate if this became some sort of cliff hanger... I jinxed it didn't I?