The hivemind is conquering for me?

Being by myself again, I started going over my enhancements one more time to check everything was in order. This round of enhancements would be much easier to bear and get acclimated to as I was not augmenting myself with alien genes like I did with my legs.

My inner organs would be the first part of the enhancement, an all around upgrade, stronger blood vessels and functionality across the board, I am then using a genetic pattern from a Species the hive is currently fighting that is quasi humanoid to strengthen my bones.

This would be one of the bigger parts of my enhancements as I was changing the composition of what they were made out of. Normal bones and teeth are made up of around 70% of something called hydroxyapatite. I was replacing around 30% of that in my bones with a much sturdier genetic material and was changing my body's genes to be able to create the material as my current body was incapable.

At the end of my enhancement, my bones should be a dull silver colour instead of white. During my next set of augmentations I will convert even more of the material into my bone and start replacing the proteins that also go into bones into a more efficient one.

Finally, for all my meat, I am making it more dense and tougher alongside a sturdier epidermis and a lot more delicious as a passive result of said enhancements, not that anyone will be getting a taste...

I also am adding just a little bit more muscle mass so I don't look extremely lanky for my new height. Which in turn will help me contain more energy. With final checks finished, I requested the bio-pad to synthesise my genetic compounds and to send them to my tank when done.

This would take a while with Jewel on autopilot as her brain won't be fast tracking for me. So in the meantime, I smiled as I looked over towards my bed. 'I have been up for three days after all...'

My thoughts were clearly evident on my face as the bed bug opened itself wide, now looking like a big fuzzy bedspread. I smiled and decided to release my inner child for a moment and ran over and jumped onto the bed, getting caught in bed bugs trap as it enveloped me whole.

I don't even remember falling asleep before I was awoken by a rhythmic chiming coming from the bio-pad. "MMhhh, comfy." I moaned, not wanting to get up. I was so comfy that I only became aware of a second individual inside the bedbug when they groggily said.

"Apollo, what's that beeping?" Keyla then stood her head up out of the bed bug, her face now centimetres away from mine. I couldn't resist the urge and leaned forward to plant a quick peck on her lips, invigorating her.

"All my science stuff for my enhancements are done, I better get up." I said, but Keyla wrapped her body around my torso, clinging on. "Five more minutes." She whispered and began kissing my neck gently as she nuzzled in.

I smiled at Keyla's non over the top affection. She usually tries to grind on my lower extremities when she is this close, but she seems particularly lovey-dovey this, whatever time it was.@@novelbin@@

As I began to rub my hand through her hair, brushing in a soft rhythm, I spoke. "Five minutes, but I really do need to go and cure myself, you don't want to see me in pain again do you?" Keyla pulled back from the neck kissing and looked me straight in the eye.

Seeing Apollo in pain while on the ship was the worst experience she had ever gone through, she could not see that again. She might lack real emotions around others and put up a façade, but everything around Apollo was as real as they could get and they were beyond intense.

"You go make yourself better, your short stack will be waiting for you, ok?" I felt her finger run down the length of my chest as she said this. I simply kissed her forehead and moved in a way that made the bed bug let me go.

Once I was up, Keyla curled up into a ball and the bed bug enveloped her whole, leaving a cute little bump on the bed.

Making my way over to the tank, I made my way to the top before slowly submerging myself into the white translucent liquid. After putting on my breathing mask, I checked one final time the enhancements I was undergoing.

Everything seemed to be in order and the bio-pad in the tank said that the process would only take four days where I had estimated five. 'Hmm, guess my math was a little wrong, I am only human after all.' I thought to myself before confirming the procedure to go forward.

Looking over towards the bed, Keyla had stuck her head out from the beg bug again and was looking at me with worry, I waved slowly as the tentacles with needles at the end began imbedding themselves within my body, dosing me with a large amount of anaesthetic as enhancing bones hurts like a bitch.

As I began drifting off, a thought occurred to me. 'Huh, I'm gonna be bored not having Onyx around to entertain me. I wonder what she is doing with Samantha? Looks like it will just be me and the chonky girl, unless. Hmm, I wonder if I can manifest Kathrine again? I am still not 100% sure how to do that. Worth a try either way.'

...

Ecumenopolis 1: Five miles away from the royal palace.

Samantha was looking through a high powered telescope, as she had been doing for an entire week, charting any movements she could spot. All of a sudden, she heard a giggle to her left.

Before she could ask, Onyx responded. "I got a pleasant feeling that Apollo was thinking about me. I am sure of it." She had brought her hands up to her face as she basked in the pleasant feeling.

As Samantha turned to look at her, Onyx scolded. "Keep observing the target location." losing her feelings, she sat down disgruntled. A short amount of time passed by and as Samantha wrote down something about a maid tripping on an uneven rug,she asked.

"Master, we have been here for days, you promised me when the time is right, you would tell me what we are doing here. When will that be?" Onyx thought for a moment, she did not remember saying that, she probably just said it to stop Samantha from talking on the way here.

"I shall tell you now. We are here for revenge." She simply stated. "Revenge?" Samantha parroted. "Yes, revenge. On the Praetorian who-" Onyx's eye's flared up and began glowing green, but Samantha could swear she saw flecks of red within the green.

"-Dared to harm our universe. It, who put MY APOLLO INTO AGONISING PAIN WITH THAT ANTI PSIONIC BEAM. IT WHO DARED TO HARM MY KING! IT. WILL. DIE!" Samantha began shaking at the intensity of rage coming from her master.

"M-master, be careful, what if they spot your Psionic fluctuation." Samantha said, causing Onyx to compose herself. She did not apologise for her outburst, for in her mind it was more than justified.

"So what are we waiting for? You have been inside with Apollo, surely you know how to get to the being that harmed him?" Samantha asked, causing Onyx to shake her head. "If we go in there, we could be able to kill the praetorian, but I want to spend eternity with my universe and I cannot guarantee that if I go in there. And you would definitely perish." She said, not to insult, but as a matter of fact.

Samantha pondered on this information for a moment, before asking. "So what are we waiting for exactly? And why did you get that?" Samantha said, turning away from her telescope and pointing towards the anti-material rifle that Orchid obtained from one of Sophia's top cultists on this planet.

"I am not sure. The strength of these Psionic creatures is enough to overwhelm my foresight. All I know is that that weapon will be useful to us when the time comes." Onyx bit her lips in anticipation.

Not only was she excited at the prospect of taking revenge on her beloved's sake, but she also wanted to take a large sample of biomass from the target without the will of the hive knowing. For it would benefit her and Zircon's plans going forward.

Three days later:

Samantha just woke up from a well deserved nap to see Onyx watching intently through the telescope. "Morning. She yawned, before she was suddenly ordered. "Pick up that weapon and look through its scope! It might be time!" Onyx's voice was low and guttural, despite still being in her humanoid appearance, for she was on the hunt! Your next journey awaits at My Virtual Library Empire

After asking Onyx where to look, Samantha scoped in on a courtyard thanks to the illegal zoom scope she had on the weapon and noticed a small personal ship. Across the courtyard, a woman wearing a crown atop her head was talking to a man with a crown, flanked on both sides by warriors in golden armour. Samantha recognised the woman from tv and muttered under her breath.

"The Queen."