Honey stood by and watched as Canna went through her transformation, there wasn't much change to her physical appearance but her body gave off a greater pressure than before. Just as the changes leveled off and she had broken through her bottleneck, dozens of formations across the garden started to buzz.
"What's going on?" Honey looked out to the fields and saw multiple formation lights struggling to remain in tact.
They weren't buzzing from their power going on the fritz, no, the formations were being attacked by the Bees themselves. Every colony within the Garden was going berserk.
"CANNA!" Honey gasped and rushed into the formation.
Canna was awake before Honey had even entered, she was still flexing her body and unaware of everything going on around her. When Honey came in, she felt the colonies calling out to her.
"The Colonies!" Canna spread her wings, they were like knives that cut at the wind. Before Honey could say another word, Canna had already flown away and to the nearest formation barrier.
The Swarm had been pounding against the formation edge repeatedly, Canna put her hand on the energy barrier and tried to push her way through. Her hand sunk in but was repelled just as fast.
"CANNA!" Honey finally caught up. "You have to get them to calm down, tell them to calm down!" Honey didn't know if it would actually work but it was worth a shot.
"Calm down?" 'How can I be calm!' Canna punched the exterior of the formation and saw it ripple.
Kink had set up the formations with decent totems and scrollwork, it was unlikely that they would be broken so easily, Honey knew this but she didn't have a way to express the dangers. There was a trigger point which was being rapidly under approach.
"CALM DOWN CANNA!" Honey yelled at her. Once she had her attention, Honey spoke calmly and tried her best once again, "Canna, these formations are powerful. They can hold back the swarms, don't let them destroy themselves trying to escape. Tell them to calm down and return to work."
"Return to work?" Canna thought about it, Honey wasn't wrong. If the colonies went back to work, they wouldn't be preoccupied in their attempts to escape.
"Just calm down, take a deep breath and relax. Tell them to do the same." Honey emulated Titan when he would speak to the Girls at the Casino. The drama was thick there as well.
Canna took a deep breath and her fists which had been tight suddenly loosened. After a long sigh, she sighed and tried to let go of any negativity she had in her mind.
The colonies were still attacking the formations but they were slowing with every pulse from Canna's body.
Soon, the waves of bees returned to what they were doing beforehand.
Honey heaved a sigh of relief and grabbed Canna's arm. "You should come with me."
"I don't want to." Canna jerked her arm back and pointed her nose up at the sky. "I'm a Queen, I can do what I want."
"Yeah, you're a queen. You can do whatever you want, except for calming down when you have to. Just shut up, come on before break something and get us both into trouble." Honey was losing her own patience.
Canna had never had anyone or even the bees interact with her in such a way, she was genuinely shocked enough to not realize she was being led away from the formation by Honey. "Ahh, Where are we going?"
"We're going back to the ship, after that, I'm going to find Kink. I don't know what he's going to say once he meets you.. well, he might not be too happy with the way you're acting." Honey tried to convince Canna that there were consequences to her actions but Canna looked like the comment had barely registered with her.
With Canna's arm still within her grasp, she pulled her along and slowly made it back to the Battleship.
The formations were no longer lighting up, Honey knew that meant that the bees were no longer going berserk. Honey production had already taken a hit when Canna started to evolve and with the loss of her original colony, Kink was bound to be disappointed or angry with the results.
"LET ME GO!" Canna was still struggling to escape when Honey finally opened the hatch and went inside.
Honey let go of Canna's arm and she fell back onto the couch. "Why don't you calm down and relax. Geez, how did I ever become the Nanny?"
"What's a Nanny?" Canna asked.
"What's a Nanny?" Honey repeated Canna's words and put her hand over her mouth. "You don't know what a Nanny is? Oh, Emm, Gee! A Nanny is... well, it's basically a Queen." Honey grinned, she knew she was way off but it was enough for Canna to lose her focus and find herself lost in thought.
"Stay here this time. Don't go anywhere. I'll be back shortly." Honey didn't want to take the Queen out of the pocket space without Kink or Titan's permissions.
The best she could do was to head to Kink directly and explain the situation. 'He'll understand!' Honey tried to keep her composure but she knew that Kink was bound to give her an earful.
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Honey left the dimensional space but she was worried that Canna would become impatient soon after her leaving.
Kink was still at Kinky Company in the Tower, most of his work was brought directly there.
A soft knock came on the door.
"Come on in Honey, It's hard not to know it's you." Kink sat behind his desk and like usual, he still had his mask on.
"Um.. there's been an accident." Honey moved her foot around anxiously and held her arms behind her back in an innocent posture.
Kink seemed to perk up, accident's delayed work and progress. Alerted he asked with a pained look on his face. "Okay, tell me what happened." Kink was aware of Honey's unique personality and she was equally a unique being. He had to take considerations when talking to her, her aura and potential power had yet to be completely understood. Needless to say, upsetting her was the least of his worries but it still existed.
Honey pulled one of her hands from behind her back and covered her mouth while she spoke.
It was an effort for her to save face but Kink knew she was trying to deflect what might actually be her fault. Looking sternly at her, he waited.
"Umm..Canna broke one of the formations and went to another and then all the formations started to act up. I told her to wait in the ship and that I would be right back." Honey spat it out as fast as she could.
Honey's nervousness was apparent but Kink had more questions than before, "Who's Canna?"
"Oh." Honey looked like she had forgotten a key speaking point and cleared her throat. "Canna is the Queen."
"Queen of what?" Kink was still confused.
"She's the Queen of the Bees.." Honey hung her head down like she had done something wrong.
"Queen Bee?" Kink thought it over and put his pen down. "I'm not really sure what you mean but take me to see her."
Kink grabbed Honey's arm and flicked the dimensional key card. In an instant, they were inside the Garden Dimension and standing outside of the ship. Kink put his arm up to stop Honey from entering the ship and had her wait outside. He didn't know what the problem was exactly but he felt he was more than sufficient to solve the problem.
After entering the entry key, he took a left and immediately he was thrown back against a corridor wall. It didn't hurt him but Kink was unable to keep his footing and had slid back considerably.
"Wow, that's some aura." From inside the Mask, Kink was able to see a flowing golden aura. It fluctuated a few times per second and kept him pinned against the wall. "HEY! Are you okay in there?"
Kink called out to Canna, he wasn't sure if she could hear him but it was worth a shot.
There was no answer.
Planting his chains against the railing and piping that lined the ship, Kink pulled himself up along the inside of the Cabin and worked his way toward the pulsing energy undulations that were doing their best to push him back.
"AHHHH!" A feminine scream came from the far end of the cabin.
Kink stepped it into high gear. His chains moved faster and he struggled his way through the halls.
"Honey.. Honey... Honey.." Kink could hear the Queen Bee speaking, her voice modulated slightly and seemed to vibrate as her aura soared.
"Honey!" Kink called out, he sent one of his chains all the way out of the ship, wrapped it around Honey and pulled her inside. "Call out to her."
Honey was distracted, Kink rarely took the initiative to handle Honey in such a way but the situation was taking precident. Honey looked at the energy patterns that were pulsing within the ship and gasped, "Oh no, It's happening again? Isn't this too fast?"
"This happened before?" Kink was sure that this was not something that should be happening so regularly. Breakthroughs were never rapid.
Honey nodded, "Yes, Twice!" Honey grabbed the pipe and started pulling herself along with Kink. His chain was still wrapped around her, when she tried to move forward, he took the hint and sent her along the way alone.
Honey saw Kink pushing her forward and started to call out, "CANNA! I'M BACK!"
The undulations froze for half a second and then increased in pressure.
"Shit." Kink's footing started to slip but his chains were still firmly set on the walls and fixtures throughout the Ship. "Whatever you need to do, hurry the fuck up and do it!"
Honey rolled her eyes.
Around the final corridor, Canna was sitting in the fetal position along the wall. She looked like she was in pain.
"CANNA!" Honey called out again.
Canna was crying, she had tears streaming down her face.
"Canna, What's wrong?" Honey finally managed to grab onto her and almost instantly, the Queen started to calm down further. The undulations lost their weight and the objects which had been pinned to the walls slowly fell down against the hull.
Thudding noises could be heard all the way through the ship.
Kink came from around the corner and saw two girls hugging. He felt awkward and stood by the doorway. Canna still had the appearance of a Queen Bee but she was humanoid, a very attractive one. As to not intrude unannounced, Kink coughed to break the tension in the air. "All done?"