Max was quick to get out of the binding web. I looked down and said "You're lucky. He actually has feelings for you. I don't really see it." He looked at me and said "Come down here and I'll show you." I shook my head. "Hell to the no. We're going." I said as I let Cody climb on my back. He was pretty heavy as I did not have many points in strength. I walked away and we hopped from building to building using the webs. When we were a pretty safe distance away from him, I stopped and looked at Cody. He got off my back and I was please that the suit had already replaced the discarded ooze. It was also why he was still a bit shaky. He pulled me into a hug and thanked me repeatedly. "I finally got to be with him. I've wanted this for so fucking long. Thank you so much." he said. I returned the hug and a warmth spread through me as I got a notification for one of the clones. It was concerning one of my perks. I got full symbiosis with Cody because of our bond. I decided to try it out. All I had to do was think of him. My body changed and I quickly became a mirror image of the boy in front of me.
I still had the yellow hair and eyes though. He gasped and asked what happened. "We're so in synch that I can copy your form. Thank you for trusting me so much. It's a small miracle." I said, impressed myself. He looked at a spot on the ground and asked "Could you... change back now?" He must have thought it was too mean or hurtful because I could see the panic as he frantically said "Not like that! It's just kind of weird... in the moment. You get it, right?" I did get it. I thought about it and I returned to my normal human appearance. He sighed in relief despite himself and he covered his mouth. "It's alright. You are feeling really deeply right now. I'm going to my hideout right now. I'll see you later." I then went towards it. The two 3 gallon clones were still with the two knocked out teens. Both of them were beginning to stir. Both of the clones turned into spiders and bit them with my venom. With both of them under my control, I covered them and began draining them. After 25 minutes, both were able to split and become human. The humans doubled up to add to the density and conserve the clothes.
With the water cat's jeans and the wood cat's shirt, one was clothed. The other had to settle for the water cat's shirt and purple boxer briefs. Of course, that left the water cat naked and the wood cat in his blue boxers. The new clone with jeans had both Water and Wood Qi inside him. It made its way to the hideout as well. As for the other one, I took it over and had it climb the wall. I wanted to get into the apartment complex. There would definitely be some pants in there. I found an open window and crawled inside. It was a bedroom that no one was inside. I stealthily searched the room for some pants. I found some gray sweatpants. I put them on then left the room quietly to not be detected. It was dark and empty in the hall. Whoever the owner was, was not in. I looked around on the bookshelves to see if they had any spell books to read for free. They did not, but what they did have was a set of big scrolls on martial arts. They were called the "Hidden Fangs Style" and "Spinning Blade Style". After reading them, I was able to unlock the trees for them. They were both for aikuchi katanas.
