Ash and Alex returned to the lair and I smiled at them. The two driders came out from behind the lair. It shocked them to see the monsters. "Today's fight is going to be a good fight centered on two more forms of mine. This is the first one." I told them. "You weren't kidding when you said you had more tricks up your sleeve." Ash said a bit warily. Alex said "That doesn't matter. We'll beat everything you throw at us." I rolled my eyes and said "On my mark, we go." I was facing against Ash again. When it was time to fight, I immediately used my webs to yank him off balance. I then pinned him to the ground with stronger webs. After it was clear that he could not escape, I went over and sat on him. "I win. You can give up now." I told him. He struggled for a few minutes, but he eventually gave in for me. The other drider was doing the same thing to Alex. It made me chuckle. "You can't beat the base ooze or this form. You're only lucky I am not got at direct combat." I told them from the sharkman. I then freed them from the webs holding them down. They both looked really upset with themselves over losing.
I looked at them and decided to lighten the mood. I looked over and said "I see you didn't bring your wife with you Ash. You didn't want to show how good you are to the clone?" Ash blushed. "It's not that. It knows everything you do already, so it does not matter anyway! If you want to know... I told him to watch the house." "You said you didn't want to getting hurt since it was going to have your kid!" Alex said as she gave him a playful push. "Don't tell him that. Why are you even asking? Shouldn't you know!?" "I have a hive mind, but I can't process multiple visions at once. I could access its memories and play them back, but I'd rather give you some privacy. I don't want to know when you're having passionate sex with me if I can help it." I explained to them. They shared a look. "Stop stalling and bring out the next challenge." she said. He nodded in agreement. "You asked for it. I actually have never used this form before! I'm pumped up for this." I was excited as the two driders turned into nagas. I went into one and began slithering. I had arms and a human upper body. The rest was muscly tail.
My excitement must have been on my face as Alex said "Stop smiling like that! It's so gross." I stopped immediately and said "Sorry about that. You can tell this is a first for me. Let's fight it out if you guys think you can take this form down." They both got ready. When the sharkman counted down, I lunged at Ash and wrapped him up in my coils. I squeezed tight and held him there. The minigame appeared again, but I was the aggressor this time around. It was a done deal. Ash did his best, but I was able to keep the pressure up until he was forced to submit. The other naga had to bite her in order to get her still. "I win again. You can go back now. I have way stronger forms and you can't beat them." Ash said "You said that last time. We beat the others and we'll beat these too." That was true. "I was using you as batteries. That's why there is so much of me around town and the lair now. It was so bad, I had to send clones to the other cities to go steal." I laughed. They looked startled and then angry. It was then that they began fighting again. At first it was fine. Then I began to feel weaker.
Squeezing tighter, I glared at them. "What are you doing now!?" I demanded. Alex smirked at me. "Just as you said- you can try and use us as batteries all you want, but if we turn the tables, it will bite you in the ass." That told me everything. They were concentrating their Qi again to destroy the ooze. This time it was an outward display rather than internal manipulation. I would not be able to keep up for long. While I was on par with Ash, Alex was out of my league and would help her brother. I squeezed tighter to discourage them, but it wound up emboldening them instead. When they transformed, I was blown away and half of the ooze was destroyed. I was right in my guess that they were both Water dogs. The remaining ooze formed a singular naga. "You think you beat me with a single transformation? That is way too short sighted." I bluffed. If they kept getting close to me, they could do serious damage. Either they would beat the shit out of me with martial arts, or the would destroy the ooze with their corrosive Qi. That was the worst possible outcome for me. I needed to get them to back off.
