At last, I was 'home', the place where I had lived 19 years in both of my lives, I walked inside with no purpuse, occaisanly hitting something due to my increased size, I did not turn on the lights, but I had no need for them.
"Meow~"
"Hmm?" I looked down to see a grey Cat looking back at me, seemingly unconcerned about my rather terrifying form, it was both amusing and rather jarring to know that cats were arrogant little shits even to Eldritch Gods.
I bent down to the little thing, and it quickly climbed up to my broad shoulders "It seems you and me are the only ones left Gregory"
I said to the cat in sadness, before I resumed my walk around the house, I inspected everything I layed my eyes upon. However, aside from a few minor differences, everything was eerily identical, it frankly scared me for a moment.
In the end, I simply walked to the living room floor and layer on the ground, I have tried to rest on my bed, and even on my parents bed, yet they were too small for me.
'Strange' I thought 'In the past I used to fear the darkness, but now...I could barely be bothered'
On the opposite actually, I felt embraced by the dark as I simply splattered my body on the floor.
Gregory kept on trying to annoy me, as a cat would, but I ignored him, I did not really pay attention to it before, but I could divide my focus astonishingly well after I took this form.
I did not truly feel any type of strain, whetever physical or mental, but I did not move for the next 3 hours, 42 minutes, and 16 seconds regardless, closing my eyes, as if I'd gone to sleep.
'Huh, I can perfectly measure time now, neat'
I stayed still simply because I needed to think things throught, this Transmigration business, my NOT family's death, being granted power so vast I was still unsure on the scope of it and what to even use it for.
Sure, the quick answer would be to become a hero, fight villans, save the world, but...what about my life? Call me selfish but there were many things I wanted to do, and 'saving the world' was not on the list, an example would be college, I still wanted to go, but how could I? With my looks, I would stand out anywhere, and What about relashinships? I never had a girlfriend but again, this body would proof problematic even if I tried to get one 'Acually...'
I looked at my self, and I mean really looked past the armor, past the flesh, and into the inside, And sadly, I was not pleased with what I 'saw'.
I did not have a heart, neither did I have Lungs, nor a digestive System, nor a stomach in the first place, my throat only contained a voice box, my teeth were not for food, while my toung did surprisingly have taste buds, I did not see the point of them with so much else lacking. I did not have any sort of productive organs, neither male or female, I did not even have nipples. The only resemblance to a human I could feel were my bones and nervous system, and of course, the brain, yet, I am not certain even those parts were still entirely human.
'Could I make changes?' I wondered, Knull did have some minor shapeshifting abilities that he showed, and taking into consideration the powers of the Symbiotes which he created...maybe.
'Maybe I can start with something small...No, no, bad idea' I shook my head,I did not know much about human biology, lets not even talk about alien God one 'Even if I could shapeshift, I will not be risking my life in ignorance'
"I'll probably Google biology later, start with something small like fingernails, if that workes well...I'll go further, if it didn't...lets hope Panacea can manipule an eldritch God's physique" I frankly doubted she can, and if I could even convince her try, but a man can cope.
Aside from shapeshifting, my mind went to my other powers, the first being the Symbiotes.
I brought my hand up as a swirl of black liquid manifested 'The creatures I can create can be classified into 4 categories: Regular Symbiotes which are the parasites that bond with other living creatures, granting them immense power in exchange for nutrients they feed on'
'Symbiotes, or the Klyntar as they call themselves were interesting, up to now, the only Symbiotes I created were in a state of mental paralises from the moment I made them, I have not allowed any of them free thought, the one inside of Lung is still just me riding along, and my cape is in a similar condition as well.'
'However, I know that the moment I lift my control, they will start developing as actual intelligent individuals, and I honestly do not know what to think of that, will I be their father or what exactly? I am only 19 dammit!' I was slightly amused by that train of thought.
While Symbiotes were powerfull, they weren't the best among my creations 'The second category of beings I can make are the weapon Symbiotes, like the sword and armor...these are vastly different from the regular Symbiotes, for one, while they do hold a level of awareness, but they are more comparable to trained animals than humans, and while the regular Symbiotes are strong in the protection they grant, they are not remotely comparable to the ridiculous durability of this type, but on the other hand, without my control, they are not that different from a normal weapon, a very sharp and almost unbreakable normal weapon'
'The Third category would be the beast Symbiotes' the liquid in my hand morphed into the form of a small dragon 'This type is...well, I don't remember much about it'
The Dragon jumped from my hands, I could have stopped it, but I was curious on what will it it do.
It started sniffing the air, and then it jumped around in curiosity, soon enough, it attracted the attention of Gregory 'Don't hurt the Cat, and do not leave this room'
I commanded the creature, giving a bit of freedom.
'The fourth category is very much like the third, meaning I don't really remember much about it, these were the strange creations of Knull like Mister-E and those like him, I don't know how to make them, so I'll ignore these for now'
'These were the only things I recalled the Living Abyss being able of, there are probably more, but I don't remember them, I need to experiment later. But first of all...' I got up, and called back the little dragon to me.
Then, I transformed the little thing into a regular Symbiote 'Does this count as killing it?' I wondered silently.
A mental command is all that took for the little Symbiote to morph into an identical copy of myself...
'Being in control of two bodies is strangely not bothering me' I noted, not counting the Symbiote inside Lung.
I lifted the TV, while my clone formed a Symbiote from the Living Abyss "No strain whatsoever...this will be useful"
I knew I could manifest a copy of myself from any Symbiote, thats why I left one inside Lung in the first place, but it never hurt to confirm.
'What other power should I try? Hmm...Didn't Knull cross Glaxies while chasing the Silver Surfer? Can I accelerate to that speed?' I wandered, I focused, my only thoughts about getting faster and faster. It happened so quick I could barely describe it, the world slowly but surly lost all colors...until only darkness replaced it, and I knew then, I have reached speeds beyond anything, beyond everything.
'I am definitly past the speed of Light, that's why everything is dark, but I can still see in this darkness...I wonder what are the physics of this bullshit' it was rather amusing, the ability to reach this speed alone is more than enough to Solo everything in Worm 'Damn I am busted, is no one gonna nerf me? I like this, I like this very much.'
While I practiced around faster than light, I noticed my surroundings being frozen, and slowly reversing, strangely enough thought, when I touched my self in past, my hand passed right through...
'No...this makes sense, while I can move against the reflection of Light, that does not mean I can go back in time, while I can view events in the past this way, the events themselves have already happened...very interesting stuff that I don't understand because I am not a scientist.'
Going out of that speed took a little time from my perspective, but I doubt it took a fraction of a second in real time.
'I couldn't think of anything else to test at the moment so...time to become a parent' A smile adorned my face as I commanded the clone to turn back into the basic Symbiote form, I had been thinking about this a bit earlier, in the end I decided to make all of the Symbiotes I make aware, except the ones that would be given to criminals like Lung.
Symbiotes take on the person they first bonded with, this was proven time and time again in the comics, the most obvious case being Carnage, and the many Symbiotes that rebelled on Knull after bonding with good natured hosts.
I don't want to make the same mistakes, in the comics, I don't think it was ever explained how Thor hitting that dragon Symbiote with thunder somehow severed Knull's connection with the rest of the hive.
Now thought that I have first hand experiance in controlling Symbiotes, I can kind of guess what happened to him.
'He probably made too many Symbiotes, as in trillions of them, I am pretty sure controlling billions of Symbiotes would be easy for me, my mind has been crystal clear since I become this, but trillions? Nah, that's way too much, og Knull likely created Grendal as a node, a key Symbiote to control the others, while he controlled it in turn, overall a pretty intelligent play by him, but ultimatly flawed, if and when that key Symbiotes got destroyed or lethaly injured, Knull's control over the Hive-Mind also fell with it.'
I was not going to make that mistake. Instead of spending my focus on controling an astronomical numberes of Symbiotes, I'll give them free reign, of course, I wasn't about to make a Symbiote and just let it out into the world.
No, my plan was simpler than that, I held into the black Symbiote in my hand and gave up the control I had over it, then I focused, I was trying to infuse my emotions and memories into the little thing, if I was about to be a parent, I was gonna make sure my child knows enough about the world.
It took a minute, but I figured out how to do it quickly enough, it was not that surprising to me, I already had a Psychic connection to all the Symbiotes I make.
I did not blast the poor thing with all my memories and feelings, oh no, I was much more selective than that, I only gave happy feelings, memories of my freinds, of the beautifaul Sea, that is not to say I left out the ugly, murder, theft, and much more, but I made sure to emphasize on how "wrong" those acts were.
And then I just observed...the newly created Symbiotes moved aroumd slowly then a voice came from it "Hello?"
"Hello there Padawan" I said playfully.
"I understood that reference" It replied.
"Haha, haha" I laughed a little too loud, of course, it inherited my humor 'I should probably stop call it "it" thought'
"So what do you want me to name you? Should did be a boy's name or...?" I asked.
"I thought gender identities still hasn't become a thing in 2011?" It replied, 'his' voice resembling my own, or rather, my old one.
"They were still people on it but who knows? This is Worm, they may have happened way earlier or maybe they will never do" I said to him, the smile never leaving my face.
"Anyway, I have been only fed memories of a guy, what you think Sherlock?" The sass of this guy!
"Is that a tone you talk to your father with" I shook my head in mock dissatisfaction.
"Aren't a big too young to be a father? Wannabe elder brother is all you'll ever get from me" the Symbiote sneered, how can a parasitic goo sneer?
I waved my hand dismissively "We have been getting too out of topic. Since you are obviously gonna be addressed as he, what about Eric? Or Swarez"
"Tsk, you and your humanly names" that's a no if I ever seen one "Nah, give one of those cool Symbiote names, you know like Venom and Toxin"
I raised my eyebrows to that "Alright, let me think"
I put my hand on my chin, continplating 'I mean I created this Symbiote with a specific host for him in mind...ah, maybe I can steal Armsmaster's name? Yeah that would work nicely with his host's personality'
"How about Defiant?" I asked him, if there was a word I can define his host with, this would be it.
"Hell yeah, sounds awesome" Definat replied wiggling around in exitement, internally I felt a shiver, is that how I used to sound?
"So what do you want me to do Dad?" He asked and I stared at him, I knew Symbiotes can see without a host, even if I have no idea how an extraterrestrial goo is capable of that.
"Are you serious?" Calling me dad? Really?
"I mean, you made me man, take some responsibility" the little shit sounded smug.
"Just call me Klyntar, or Colin"
"Ah, you're no fun daddy"
"Don't, just don't, and please remember that I can end you with a thought" damn, maybe I shouldn't said that...
"Me, you're lame af man"
"Anyway, as you know I made you for a reason, which you should know, do you not?" I have other things to do, let's end this little game.
"But I don't know the way to the hospital"
"Figure it out, consider this your furst mission" I said and I meant it.
"So...can I take the cat on the way?" Defiant asked.
Hmm, I liked Gregory, but that girl needed a pet more than I do, I will be busy anyway "Sure, you know what, let me give a little help"
Another Symbiote manifested in my hand, this one merely controlled by me, finding Gregory, I stuffed the Symbiote into him despite the latter's rather loud refusal "This will help you in the future, it will listen to your orders"
Defiant crawled to the cat and took control of it, the Symbiote inside offered no resistance.
'So more than one Symbiote can live in a body, good to know' that had some potential.
"So...I will be going" he said waiting for confirmation.
I nodded "If everything went well, we won't have to see each other for a long time, Good luck kid"