//------------------------------// // Chapter 32 // Story: Subject to evolution // by Dramize the Salamander //------------------------------// Day 199 I sat in my throne board out of my mind as a changeling zombie walked up to me pouring me a glass of wine we had gotten from the minotaur kingdom. "A month was too much time." I said to myself as a small rabbit like ling hopped in reporting another pony spy was wondering through the lower chambers of the hive which surprised me. "So they finally made it into the castle it took them awhile." I told the ling to do nothing but just watch the pony I stood tired of wait for the ponies to make a move I went to find my mate. "Elytra contact your sister tell her it's time to bring all the hives together." Elytra looked at me a sultry look in her eyes as she got close pressing her body against mine allowing her to run her claws through my mane. "Oh going after the other queens are we, am I not enough for you any more?" She said pouting as she used her tail to move me even closer leaving no space between us. I looked down at her an smiled opening my wings and wrapping them around her before I teleported us to the top of the castle and flicked her in the forehead hard enough to knock her off me. "Quit being silly and find you elder sister." I said my arms crossed and smiling as I watched Elytra get up rubbing in forehead. "Your no fun." Elytra said as she flew away to do as I asked While went to set up a magical alarm system in Sombra's room along with a few surprises along with a large corruption pool. Day 201 Elytra had finally returned with her weakened sister and rage in her eyes. After three hours Pupa finally recovered enough tell us that her hive kicked her out after a ling named Thorax caused a strange change in the others. "I lost control of the hive I'm such a failure." Pupa said looking at herself in a corruption pool that I had decided to set up in Sombra's room as tears streamed down her face causing . "Yes, yes you are? So what are you going to do about it?" I ask looking down at the crying ex-queen realizing I was more interested in her answer than her feelings. Pupa wipe off the face and sat in silence then she chuckled getting my attention. "This." Before I or Elytra could say otherwise Pupa jumped into the pool her form sinking into the black pool. "Ok then." I said looking at Elytra who just shrugged just as confused as I was. "So let's go after the other hives and leave your hive last." "That sounds like a good idea, and besides I don't think my big sister is going to want to miss that." She said looking at the pool that started turning from black to a dark purple. "Your right. To the war room." I said walking off point at nothing with Elytra following close behind. Once we got to the war room which was just a glorified empty chamber we put a large map in. I created small crystal figures to represent each of the lords and set them to the five other hive as we saved the Pupa's old hive for when she would wake up. "Ok so Velger and glyph will take the hives in the griffin peaks." Elytra said placing their respective figures on the map "While Buzzelga and Acid will take on the ones under the minotaur planes." I placed their figures thinking about the other locations while Elytra pointed them out. "Ok so that leaves the blood sands, the Abyssal cove, and the phantom grove. "Whisper and Cadaia will take the first two so we can have the run of the phantom grove." "Oh the Phantom grove I hear it's nice this time of year. After we destroy their hives maybe we could enjoy the scenery." Elytra said trying to look and sound cute as she moved close pressing her body against mine. "That's not a bad idea maybe have our own private cave for when Kaiser takes over." I said thinking of my next move after this when suddenly two ling ran in one it owl like features and the rabbit one from two day's ago. "MY KING I HAVE NEWS!" They both yell at the same time as they kneeled at my feet. "Really. Well then what goes on?" I asked creating a seat for me and Elytra out of crystal. Both lings looked at each other for a second before the rabbit one spoke. "My King the ponies have taking the soul scepter." "That's not surprising." I said with a yawn. "So what's the other news?" "Lady Jinx as returned from her hunting trip wearing the crown of the Abyssal Cove with hundreds of lings following." "Say whaa." I said before teleporting to Jinx's cove to see it surprisingly dark all the torches blown out and a single light hovering in the room. I walked closer almost entranced as I stood still and reached out with my tails a grabbed Jinx as she tried to sneak up on me. "I though you would know better than to try that Jinx." "New form I just had to try it out." Jinx said as somehow snapped her slime fingers and slipped out of my grasp. All the light turned back on to reveal her new from. She was thinner with a more streamlined shape, her chitin was completely very dark blue with a strange black stripes. Her claws were gone replaced with slender delicate looking webbed fingers with small spikes on the tips. Her slender legs reminded me of Whispers as they shown through a strange looking light blue translucent membrane skirt that match the frill that was around her neck and the hair like tentacles that made up her twin-tails. Jinx brought in her angler lantern letting it rest on the crown that adorned her forehead as she sat down on her dolphin like tail showing off her silver whirlpool emblem which was on her lantern. "So I'm back and I brought gifts." Jinx snapped her fingers again causing the water to light up revealing the hundreds of cocoons that lied dormant under the waves. We talked for a bit allowing me to plan for my next move as she tended to her new subordinates.