Chapter 3: Purple ore?
An hour passes by...
Jamie returns to the lab. Upon opening the door. His eyes widened. Witnessing my body leaning against the metal door. Blood pouring down my face. Jamie paused for a moment. "Is Jason dead?" Rushing over to my body. Checking my pulse. "He's alive!" Scanning for any bite marks. Nothing... "thank god" Jamie stands back up. Realising Luna is dead. A sharp pain in his heart. "Rest in piece Luna." Jamie prays. Heading outside to collect some flowers. Placing them on Luna's actual body. The remains of the morphed purple Luna started to shine. Jamie shuts the door swiftly. "Better not touch the creature for now." I finally open my eyes. Ugh." I'm dizzy. Quickly recovering, though. Jamie smiled as I stand up." You've seen better days, huh? "Jamie spoke." if you believe that the main protagonist will be killed this easily, then you are mistaken." I joked. "Sticking to fantasy stuff, are we? It's already a miracle that you survived an encounter with the creature. You have that secret main character last stand power-up." Jamie cackled. "looks who discussing anime now," I said. I believe Jamie is glad I survived the encounter with Luna-no that creature. I slowly walk over to Luna in the isolated room. "Wait! Jamie, I forgot to inform you that the purple creatures can exit though other means... I think it knew we were watching it. So when I turned it met me with a silent but deadly assault. If my reaction time wasn't lighting flash. I'll be a creature right now. "I was lucky to be human still. I remained a human, my friend or work buddy fell. Now we know its actually legit. So why isn't the government dealing with this. I should have believed it a hundred percent. So is this area safe to live in? How many are morphed...
We patiently waited 2 days before we dragged the creature. Into the sunlight. "Ugh, its so shiny."Jamie noted." I stare at Jamie, dropping the motionless creature. "We should have used gloves. Too late now though." A small chunk of the creature's body detached. I drop my pistol onto the shiny creature's skin in a panic. My pistol... It's changing.. Jamie and I look on dumbfounded. The light stops. Somehow the purple ore attached itself onto a custom made pistol." If it has benefits, we're definitely using this." Jamie pointed out. Heck, yeah we're using it. I equip my pistol. "It feels more comfortable to hold now." Try firing it" the pistol glows blue with a purple outline. "BANG I fired it towards a rock., I took it out of existence. The charge function still depleted but on a reduced scale. We could now fire over 2 shots. The rebound was significantly lower as well. Might tweak it later. For now, I'm fangirling over my pistol... "Holy fishpaste. "Jamie instantly combined his pistol with the purple skin. Jamie fired his version. It's glowing yellow with a pink outline. This was literally out of a fantasy novel. Secret and ominous skin or ore? So when does the magical power come in... Or if at all. I should really halt thinking of fantasy stuff right now. Think realistically. "you done daydreaming, Jason?" I nodded. Jamie and I were now dragging the corpse back to our lab. We thought of incinerating the corpse at first. Now we're researching about this alien. It's literally just tentacles as hair and purple skin. a morphed human. I wonder if it can read the memory of its former host. So an underground bunker isn't a good hideout if one of the men that knows its location gets infected. Finally I can rest, letting go of the corpse. Heading to the kitchen to wash my hands. I tried ringing the police every single day. No answer. It's funny how they seem useless or all hands are currently tied.
After resting, I informed Jamie about we should test the ore with typical experiments we often do. "Jason! Get the Xbox." Jamie yelled. Oh no, I was expecting more like target practice, which material can withstand the longest. Guess a Xbox is first. I snap a chunk off the corpse. Throwing it at the Xbox... Nothing happened. "Start from the basic stuff" I locate a tree. I point my pistol towards the tree. It glows blue with a purple outline again. I fired, snapping the thousand years old tree in half. Yahoo I jump in excitement. One off the list. Jamie somehow located a small car tire.. "watch how the pros do it." Jamie mocked. Jamie shot at the car tire. Obliterating the helpless tire. Find more abandoned garbage. I fired again and again. A female voice spoke to me, "pistol needs recharging. You can self-charge by not firing it or just charge normally." Who spoke to me? "Jamie, did you hear a voice?" he nodded and said, "apparently we created her by mistake. What the heck." is the ore alive or something. "No, my former body was destroyed. I'm just a pistol now. Lost all of my memories. The name is Cahli, by the way. Hope you treat me well" So the girl is named Cahli huh... "Nice to meet you, I guess." you are Luna's killer technically. Should I be happy my pistol speaks or not? "What's your pistol's name?" I questioned Jamie. "mines Shinra.The great and powerful pistol waifu. "I cackled. Wait is a pistol, even waifu material. My pistol, more like assistant. Laughed. Did I consume drugs by mistake?! "fantasy world on Earth?" to hell with that?!
Jamie left with Shinra (his assistant) he's forgot to inform his family about the purple creatures.. So he's gone for a while. I spoke to Cahli. "Hello, Cahli. Can you hear me? Cahli responded with, "yes although communicating spends some charge. Resulting in longer charging time. Remaining time until charge complete: 1 hour and 59 minutes. " Woah!, even the charge timer is reduced. This is so awesome?! "can you feel emotion as a pistol?" I asked her. "Limited." What a straightforward answer. I noted her comment down though. Research purposes. It's not like being hit by a truck and sent to another world. It's planet Earth. No magic, no flying anime girls. So I'm finding it hard to believe. A talking pistol girl? Since when do pistols have a gender. No matter. "Cahli, can you move independently!?" I questioned. "No" that was ultra speed response. I rub my face. Time for lunch. I have some pre-made sandwiches earlier and the leftover pizza. Might as well devour them. Like a vampire, I started drinking the blood of my enemies. Which was the food. Why is cheese so tasty on pizzas? Yummy. Cahli whimpers. What on Earth did I hear? "I'm guessing you like the smell but can't try any... Sorry Cahli," I apologised to Cahli. "it's fine. So that's what we call a pizza." I'd just imagined Cahli's eyes sparkling. It certainly felt cuter in my head. I finish my leftovers. Gosh, it's this late. Jamie and I sleep at the lab since it has traps such as tripwires, alarm system. Not much we can act on since the government should have the power. To prevent an outbreak. We may have to defend for ourselves later down the line. "So Cahli, what is your purpose?" in which Cahli responded with "scanning., I do not know that answer." I shook my head. Well, I mean I developed her by mistake. Yawnn I was getting pretty tired. I head to bed. God damn, why is it so hot in here. Jamie arrives a few hours later. Jamie dropped a bottle of cola in the store a few days ago, it incensed the manager. Over a bottle... Karen caught on camera?! Okay, maybe I'm being overly dramatic for no reason. So Jamie flees, leaving me behind. Could they have arrested him for that? I don't know, it's idiotic how people rage at the smallest problems. I drift off.
The next day we're running low on necessities. Food is short. Might as well travel for some. I walk out the lab. I witness the rest of the store up head. "Warning warning hostile anomalies nearby..." thanks for the warning Cahli. I would have walked straight into that without Cahli's guidance. Cahli fits her role perfectly. Wait, why are they here?! I bolt to wake Jamie. The purple monsters are here... Danger in town...