Chapter 25 Are We Going To Eat Him?

I internally sighed.

None of this was to plan, but there was no way that I could deny her now. I was going to have to find a more indirect way of doing things like this in the future.

Still, like Victoria, she was a pretty girl but just had strange ways of showing affection. This was going to be lots of fun when I got back.

"Yes, now let's go get everyone to a safe place. It is going to get dark soon, and we have a bit of a walk," I said, and Marley nodded, betting up on me.

Sofia was the only one left in the room, and she was looking at both of us with narrowed eyes. She walked over and started to look over Marley, lifting her arms and pulling up her sleeves.

"What are you doing?!" Marley asked, not sure how to react as Sofia seemed to be giving her a physical.

"Why are you taller? And what is with your increased muscle mass? You are not even the same person anymore! Your skin is clearer, and all your blemishes are gone! What sorcery is this?!" Sofia demanded, looking directly at me, shaking her finger.

Marley started to blush and was putting hands all over her face as Sofia rambled on, and I just smiled, placing a hand on her shoulder. There was no fast way to explain this, and I wouldn't be making any changes.

"Here, let me help ease your stress and help you understand a bit," I said as I started to heal her body.

Sofia's eyes went big as all things wrong in her body were set right, giving her the feeling of a brand new body. I assumed that it was the same feeling I got after being healed, and it was pretty great.

"This? This is something else, Papi. I feel like a new woman, and all you did was just touch me? Can you do this to anyone?" Sofia asked in amazement, and I grinned.

"Let me ask you this, and be honest, how old are you?" I asked.

"Papi! You can't ask a lady that!" Sofia said, looking away.

"Then, how old would you like to be?" I asked again.

"No, you can't... that's too much, Papi! Are you telling me that I could look like I was twenty-three?" Sofia exclaimed, and I smiled as her body slowly became younger.

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Sofia screamed and started to speak in Spanish as she looked at her hands and then put them to her face. I had no idea what she was saying, but it was clear she was excited.

"You can even do that? Isn't that kind of broken?" Marley asked as she stared in awe.

"Nope, there are thousands of people like me that have powers that are going to try and kill me. Nothing that I can do can be overpowered if it is used for our species and the planet's survival. Now, let's get going. We can talk more about this later," I said, and the girls both calmed down and nodded.

From there, it was just a matter of getting everyone moving. There were some people that needed healing, but that didn't take long.

During the walk, I was able to scan a cat, but I had yet to see a dog. The cat, Alfredo, now rode on my shoulder, with one girl on each side of me.

"What are you going to do with the cat? Are we going to eat him?" Sofia asked as she curiously looked up at the horrified cat.

I mentally told Alfredo that we would be doing no such thing and shook my head.

"No, Alfredo is going to be one of our guard pets," I said, and Sofia gave me a strained look while trying to hold back laughter.

"You mean that is going to protect us?" Sofia asked, laughing.

"Yes," I said plainly, and I instructed Alfredo to get down.

Once he was on the ground, I concentrated on the cat, and the menu with his outline appeared. I focus on making him the same size as the foxes but also highly resistant and with a very high metabolism.

This meant we would have to feed him more, but I changed his diet to fruits and nuts. The System did the rest of the fine-tuning, but I hadn't noticed that everyone had stopped moving.

I looked up to see that they were all looking at Alfredo in terror, but that was good.

"Don't worry, he won't eat you. Everyone meets Alfredo; he will be guarding the tree and will help when people go out," I explained to everyone, and people started to relax.

"I refuse to be surprised anymore, or that's all I am ever going to be!" Sofia exclaimed as she pulled at her hair, and Marley came over to pat her on the back.

"Don't worry. He frustrates me, too, even if I like him. He was always good at everything I wasn't and dated my friends, but he was always honest to a fault. The worst part is that he is normally right, which is more infuriating!" Marley growled as his back pat turned into grabbing Sofia by the shoulders and shaking her while she complained.

"Thank you, human. I don't know how this happened, but I feel like a giant where I was nothing more than a mouse next to you. I will protect your humans!" Alfredo said as the massive white cat walked over and rubbed its head into my chest.

I scratched his head and behind his ears, making Alfredo start to purr, making my chest vibrate. It was like I was standing beside a big truck, but I hoped there were no backfires for this guy's exhaust pipe!

"Let's keep moving; there is still another twenty minutes until we reach the tree. Alfredo, can you go scout around and bring me back any other cats you find. I think that I have some tasks that you all could do," I explained as everyone started to move again.

It was time to put the paw patrol together to do some search and rescue missions! The end of the world was finally starting to look up for us, but I knew that things were only just getting started.