"Nathan it hasn't even been 10 minutes and you woke up again" I heard my roommate say.
I shifted to my partly dragon form to say: "did I wake you?" No response he just fell back asleep. I shifted back to sleep but I didn't realize Xavier went onto the bed.
I was back in that same spot in the same dream. In Infested with Isabelle hugging me. That's when I felt 2 fangs go into my arm. "Ow, Isabelle why!" I shouted at her. I expected an upset response but what I got I wasn't expecting.
"Once I do that for real, our bond is forever sealed," she said to me. If there's one thing I was trying not to do it was affecting their way of life, their culture. But committing to keep that goal! Was the world even ready for such a thing?
But there was more than just trying to understand the life in that universe I had to consider. I had to consider her children as they looked up to me as a father. It was something that ethically I couldn't take away from them and many biologists would likely agree with me. So I hugged her back ready to take the plunge.
"That'd be lovely Isabelle," I said to her. That's when her children all slithered over to me and ran into my arms. "How are my sweets doing," I said to them.
"We're doing fine my dear," Isabelle said to me.
"When are you going to be home?" She asked. "In 4 days, then my life is with you by my side" I replied.
She put her hand to my face saying: "I'll be waiting."
"I just don't know if long-distance will be good for the kids," I told her.
"no need to, I'll come live with you," she replied.
Before I could respond I woke up at 5 am, with my roommate looking at me like he's never seen me before.
"Dude, since when could anyone turn into that," he said to me. I look at myself to find that I transformed into my serpent form in my sleep.
"I've got a lot of explaining to do. Don't tell anyone yet," I replied. I quickly reverted to my human form before realizing Xavier had left the room. "Where are you, Xavier?" I said to him telepathically.
"Downstairs, I woke up 2 hours ago" he replied. I got my shoes and lanyard on before grabbing my phone and charger and headed downstairs.
"Nathan do you hear something?" He asked me. That's when I heard Franklin scream and then come downstairs looking a little sick.
"You ok Franklin?" I asked him.
"There was a facehugger in my room. Xavier, you sure you didn't have one in your bag," He asked him.
He put his ear near his stomach and then told me: "Doesn't feel like mine."
"He says it's not from our hive," I replied.
"Our, as in you're linked too?" He asked me.
"Yup," I replied.
It was 2 hours before most of the campers were downstairs with Franklin ready to lead us to the cafeteria building. Once we got to the cafeteria, I looked at the food choices for something to eat. But the first thing I got was a V8 splash.
"At least get something with chocolate in it," the Symbiote said to me. I eyed the chocolate muffin and decided to grab 1. When I went to the cashier, she noticed the Symbiote on my arm.
"Well that explains the muffin," she said to me. I handed her my meal card and paid before sitting down with the others. But that's when I saw something glow under my skin before I blacked out. Unknown to me, I was still doing normal actions but how I wasn't sure.
When I opened my eyes I was in Isabelle's home. I wasn't sure if it was a dream or if I got teleported with maybe 14 or so others watching. I look around from where I was laying to find Daniel coiled on top of me. "Nathan, we need to talk," he said to me.
"Is something bothering you again Daniel?" I asked.
"Yes actually, this came to me in a dream: the temple will fall and in 3 days will be rebuilt" he replied. That shocked me, but fall how I wondered. Physically, mentally, either way, that put me on edge.
"Nathan I'm sure it's nothing. Daniel just had a dream with that phrase in it" Isabelle said to me.
"Believe me the significance of that is different to me than it is to you. There's some history behind that which seems like it's going to repeat itself somewhat" I replied.
Suddenly the scenery changed and the area we were in was now that same beach she first admitted she fell for me. But something seemed off like there was trouble brewing. "Nathan we've got a problem" I heard Xavier shout in my ear. I quickly woke up to people screaming and running from a dark figure inside the engineering hall. After fighting it for a few minutes some crystal exploded in between us, knocking the figure to the floor and damaging my ribcage.
"Nathan! I'll get you some help, It's time for you to truly embrace the Infested" he told me.