Corey’s Mutation Problem.

 Corey and Oats in…

Corey’s Mutation Problem.

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Corey was a covid microbe who tried his very best to be nice to others but it was difficult for him because of many benefactors,  whenever he was in crowds…his ‘covid sense’ would go berserk and he’d go on a spree where he’d take over other people’s bodies, and he also had a phobia of high places…his fear of heights often caused him to panic.   Of course his major problem was his problem with mutations, even though he could control his mutations at will sometimes he sometimes did lose control whenever there was a new variant and he’d mutate.

Corey always described these as being scary for him to undergo and he would have nightmares about this, but luckily Oats was there to comfort him.  He was in the bedroom one afternoon, in his house in Nile Road, and he was shivering a little.

“Aaaw..what’s wrong, Corey?”

The covid microbe turned to Oats and groaned…’I have that weird feeling again, a feeling that i’m going to mutate.’ ‘There there, it’s okay.’  ‘I don’t feel so good.’  ‘I’m here for you, Corey.’ ‘A-a-choo!’ Corey sneezed, and as he did he turned a deeper shade of red as his eyes glowed.

“It’s alright Corey, we can get through this.”

He sobbed and as he did, several disconcerting crunching noises were heard as he began to grow larger in height, in addition to this his nails sharpened, resembling claws as his spikes also sharpened a little, he broke down in tears as lesions formed on parts of his body in a manner that was best described as akin to a Cronenbergian body horror movie as he groaned in agony. ‘Help me, Oatsie, help me!’ Corey cried. Oats reached over to hug his friend but he was poked by one of Corey’s spikes. ‘I’m trying but you poked me.’ ‘Sorry.’

The covid microbe didn’t know what to do, he knew that if he worried any further the mutation would get worse, and that’s when he saw a pair of horns grow out of the otp of his head, his brow took on the appearance of being akin to a Buffyverse vampire brow as his teeth sharpened, he cried out for help as his voice deepened to sound a little bit demonic.  

He cried as Oats patted him on the back, only to attack him as if he was possessed and to snap out of it. ‘I am sorry that I did this to you,  I don’t know what’s gotten into me, my mutations usually aren’t like this.’  

Oats patted his friend and gave him a hug, Corey sighed..thinking that if his mutation got any worse he could be a hazard to anyone who tries to comfort him, so he jumped out the window and ran away from home.  Which made Oats sad, but Oats knew what to do as he used an item in the bedbox to form a magical passageway which lead to the direction his microbe friend was running off to.

Corey ran through the North Shore city, running around through Milford, running into the Milford Mall and wreaking havoc, luckily Oats was able to catch up to his friend. Corey raced through the Milford mall and then out of it, racing out of the parking lot and over to Glenfield and into that area’s mall, Oats caught up to him just as he saw Corey looking in one of the windows. ‘Corey, are you okay?’  ‘Don’t look at me Oatsie, i’m a monster.’ ‘ ‘No you’re not, you are my friend and I love you a lot.’  ‘You h--heart me?’  ‘Yes, I really really love you.’

“That warms my heart to hear that.”

“It does?”

“Yes…I heart you too, Oatsie.”

Corey’s eyes brightened as he hugged Oats, this time his spikes didn’t prick the dress wearing equine. ‘You are my best friend and I love you, we can get through this.’  ‘Thank you, thank you for helping me.’  He felt a warming sensation in his heart as he slowly turned back into his normal self.   

“That was horrifying.”

‘I hate my mutations, but unfortunately they have a tendency to happen and I cannot do anything about them.’  ‘There there, it’s okay..come on, i’ll help you to feel better.’  Oats reached out for Corey’s hand as the duo ran home.

When they arrived home in Nile Road, Oats put on his nurse outfit and took care of him, he gave him some fruit tea and some frooze balls as well as one of his freshly baked cookies, which made Corey very happy.  ‘Thank you for helping me back there.’ ‘No problem. I know how hard it must be to have to deal with those and I want you to know, i’m here for you.’  Corey smiled a little bit, as he hugged his friend.

It didn’t take long for him to get better as the duo played hospital and looked over the other microbes and Corey felt better about his mutations, Alcina looked over at him and kissed him, she was glad he turned out okay.  They had some afternoon tea, and a couple of hours later they had dinner.

“Feeling better now, Corey?”

“Yes…indeed I am.”

After dinner they played some games, listened to their favorite songs and had fun. When it was time for them to get ready for sleepytime fun, they put on their night-clothes, brushed their teeth and said goodnight to Mariah and Ysa who were the helpers on sleepover duty for the night. 

They got into bed, snuggled up and had sweet dreams of playing together, in their dreams Corey and Oats worked at a hospital looking after the other microbes.  It just goes to show that friendship really is the greatest form of medicine in the whole world.

Thus with that they had a nice night with the classical music station on, snuggling up and having sweet dreams. But that is not all.  Even though this adventure has ended, stay tuned for more in the coming weeks.

Stay tuned for ‘Corey and Oats’s  Galactic Journey’, a few new holiday specials, ‘Cinnamon: Princess of the Flowery Forest’ and ‘Return to Weta Workshop’..