User:Acinonyx2/Data II

After we all were seated (or in my case, sprawled out on top of the bed, basking in the Arizona sun), Tobias pulled up a few files- one of the sphere I had encountered, several of small pendants that looked like they belonged in a New Age store, two of DNA strands, and one of a long silver rod.

"These files were from the datapad found in the mud where I found Blaze after an irate old woman called the police about a large cat in her yard. She was freaking out about her petunias," he said, trying to smirk and failing. I cut in.

"The area smelled of humans. Adult humans." There was a general silence after my words. There, admittedly, those who were nearly human, but only about sixty were known. None of them lived in Arizona, either. "After watching Plan 9 from Outer Space a la the X-Files, I have an admittingly farfetched idea about how." Tobias tossed me the remote, and I brought up the bispin experiment of twenty years ago. "The bispin experiment is the Holy Grail of Changeology because the field produced captured the ripples that happened when three univeri collided, one of them our own." I clicked the remote again, and a cutaway of the Plague nanobot came up. "We change because of the Plague. It was chemically programmable, and the bark of that tree caused it to become benign. Now," I continued, switching back to the bispin experiment, "after a while analysis of the field showed that it was picking up more than the Change, it was picking up multiple, fainter signatures on a different frequency. A new one appeared yesterday, suggesting that something involving another universe occurred." Back to the Plague. "The Nazis didn't have the technology to make the Plague- and for that matter, no one did back then." I pulled up a very old, and very secret, document. "These reports, which were found when Tobias hacked into the Department Null database on a bet, indicate that the Plague was spread by beings from another universe, one that was trying to colonize Earth. I suppose that they must have a vaccine of sorts, which means that they could come here without fear. My hypothesis is that they returned to check on their experiment, but their equipment was damaged somehow." Nikki shrugged.

"Okay, let's go get the bastards." Dave looked like he would have a stroke.

"This is reckless. You," he said, looking at me, "go nuts every time you get near that thing. Tobias should still be adjusting to his new morphology. All of us are mere teenagers," he put emphasis on 'teenagers' "who would be going up against travelers from another universe! We should contact the police." Tobias shook his head.

"No, we shouldn't. A: I illegally borrowed my brother's car. B: We have no proof that anything illegal or worth investigating into has been done. C: Blaze's disappearance was paid utterly no attention to, which is highly unusual and makes me suspicious as to whether the police aren't in on this, at least to some degree," he explained, ticking off the different items on his list on his hand.

"I'll buy that last one." I rubbed my paw pads together.

"Then we are in agreement, unless Icestar has a problem with the plan." He shook his head. "In that case, we need to start working on a way to beat the effects of the Inducer Sphere." I brought up the file. "It seems to simply be a ball of material that emits some kind of radiation that interferes with the radio station 78.6 and causes new morphs to go nuts after a short exposure, and who knows who else after a long exposure. And since the people who made this thing are human, they wouldn't be affected." A low growling in my stomach reminded me of something else. "In addition, I haven't eaten in three days. By any chance do you have a large gazelle steak?"