regrowth

Alex pondered, If i attach you to the something else, it would be the host. If I want to adapt you to my needs I guess that I will have to attach something to you. "I hope it works that way" he said laconically. "But what should I try on you?"

Alex walked out to the backyard. The shaggy lawn would be full of organisms that would have any number of benefits to a host, but he walked to the western edge of the property. That side of the yard was scarred by a narrow, rocky creek with a quaint bridge. At this time of year he might be lucky enough to see a fish, the thought made him a little giddy.

"It would be awesome to have gills" he said aloud to himself.

He approached the creek, the peaceful sound of the running water calmed him. He knelt by the river bank, putting his weight on his knees, in order to peer down into the clear water. There weren't any fish this time, he felt a little disappointed, but the creek always made him relaxed. He didn't see any animals at a glance, so he decided to check under some of the rocks. After a few tries he found a tiny salamander, speckled blue and black. It was slippery and difficult to catch but nothing compared to the worms he had been handling over the last day.

With the salamander in hand he went back inside, and opened the Tupperware. Alex pressed the worm down with his left hand; it thrashed under his grip. Alex pressed it firmly and took a knife from a holder on the counter. The tiny blade cut the worms back effortlessly and it writhed, spewing slime from every part of it' skin. He felt a little bad for the creature, but was engrossed in the surrealism of the task. Then he picked up the amphibian, and pushed it into the gelatinous tissue of the cut, before pinching the pinkish flesh closed. He could see, both the salamander and the worm convulsing as he kept holding them down. The salamander seemed to dissolve slowly, leaving fragments of itself floating in the viscus gel.

The cut on the slug's back had already begun to close, but Alex's experiment was far from over. He kept his hand on the thrashing creature, and carefully began to cut its tail in half. The worm struggled viciously, but alex patiently split the worm's rear half in two. Within a matter of minutes it had begun to grow skin over each half, effectively giving it two tails. After he was sure that it had finished healing, he began to cut the front portion of the creature in two. He was able to split the worm relatively evenly, even though one of the new creatures was slightly larger than the other.

"Time to see if I'm Dr. Frankenstein" he said to the empty room.

He took one thrashing slugs with him to the living room where Lina was still bound to the coffee table. She was asleep, but quickly woke when Alex's footsteps drew nearer. Her eyes opened wide, and she tried to scream into the duct tape over her mouth.

"Shhhh" Alex put a finger over his mouth. "If this works, you might even thank me."

Lina immediately released another muted scream as Alex dropped the worm on her toned abdomen. Alex turned and walked back to the creature in the kitchen.

The worm or Lena's belly spun, trailing thick slime, it crept up her body, and over her left breast. The worm flicked its tail at her nipple almost knowingly. She could feel the heat radiating through her skin where the slime touched her flesh. The creature slid over her plump breast and slipped over her collar bone to the nape of her neck. Lina turned her face away from it as it pawed at the tape blocking her screams.

Alex Walked back into the living room with a clear Tupperware, the little worms inside seethed. There must have been a half dozen in the container, and Lina's eyes went wide as she realized that there were so many. The Little ones, were much smaller that the first one that he threw at her. Their subdivisions made each of them about the size of a pinky finger, compared to the banana sized one near her face.

She released another muted scream, and Alex put the slimy container down carefully between her spread legs.