Epic of Bee

I dragged the girls with me, but they both caught up and walked beside me as we got to the group of guards. Miku stepped out of my shadow, startling me just before we reached the group of gathered guards of different classes.

"UnBee-lievable, do you mind?" I said a bit crossly.

"Sorry, Queen! I thought I was coming out the back, still getting used to everything being backward on the other side. I thought it was your tail casting the shadow!" Miku said with an apologetic bow.

I sighed and nodded my head to her, and she ran around to get behind me. I had to have patience with her and her new powers.

I know that I would be having trouble getting used to one of her powers, but both girls were now gifted with multiple talents, and they had the chance to gain more. I would just have to get used to this until they get control of them.

"Wait, I will go get them," Messia told me, and when she came back, there was a third with Riza and Joni.

"Umm, hi, uh, Miss Queen," the Weasel clutching his bow for dear life, said to me as the girls parted for him to step forward.

"This is Gabe, and from what the others say, he has used a bow before, and he is a decent shot, right Gabe?" Riza asked him after introducing him.

"Yeah, I can shoot, sort of," Gabe said while looking at the ground.

"Is it okay if we bring him along? I don't think he will do very well with Leah's training, and he isn't going to learn anything from Tag and Sig," Riza explained, and I nodded with a smile, impressed with her foresight and how she was looking out for others.

"You are right on both accounts, and I think it's a good idea to take him along with us. The more protection I have, the better you will feel, right Messia?" I asked, turning to kiss her cheek.

"If I am Bee-ing honest here, I think anyone that survives Leah's training will surpass mortal limits. The rest will just die," Miasma said as she started to laugh but then closed her mouth as Leah's voice raised from the center of her group.

"I don't think the Queen needs you to go with her to deal with your village, does she? Maybe you should come to join the training? I would boost the men's morale," Leah spoke loudly in a challenge.

"Are you suggesting that I do hard work? Uck, just saying the two words together makes me feel faint. Ashia, catch if I faint," Miasma dramatized, making Messia glare at her.

"Enough, let's go, or I will leave you both here with Leah!" I said to the group, and I waved to Leah before leaving.

After that, we headed back to the Hive and headed back up to the control room at the top. Miasma went over to see how the girls were doing. She had left them with a sample of spray for them to analyze.

I went over to my Captain chair, and Messia gave me a hand sitting down. Once I was sitting down and comfortable, Messia leaned down and kissed me, filling my mouth with her sweet jelly.

At the same time, I operated the map with my eyes closed, just in my thoughts. I hated to multitask at a time like this, but it was already past lunch, and I would like to get more done before the end of the day.

I pulled up the map and was confused when most of it was black, and I could only see an overhead of the current area we were in. When I used my mind to zoom out too far, and then only the tiniest spot of light, I had to zoom back in to get a view of the area.

It seemed that I could only see the areas that I had traveled to before. That meant that going forward, I would need to travel to places in order to find them.

That didn't seem like the best way to do things, but I didn't have many other options at the moment. Maybe with time, the Hive would get some kind of scouting or unique map feature.

I selected the skunk village, and the Hive started moving immediately. Not incredibly fast, but just a little faster than I would fly, meaning that we would make good time and I wouldn't get much of a chance for a nap.

Not like I was actually tired, but I also didn't want Messia to worry. Maybe we would call it a day after we got everyone sorted in the Skunk Village, but I really wanted to get to Shaggoth, but it wasn't worth pushing Messia.

"We only have about twenty mins before we arrive at the village, so there isn't really much time for a nap. So, I guess we will just finish up with the Skunks and call it a day from there, okay?" I said to Messia as she helped me out of my chair.

I didn't need the help out, but I appreciated the thought that she gave by offering so I would give in to be polite. I think the both of us were constantly trying to make sure that the other one was alright, but Messia was far more incessant about it than I was.

After I was out of the chair, I took Messia by the hand, and we walked over to where the other girls were gathered, and they were looking at a plant intently. The two of us walked over and joined them, but we stayed silent like the others.

I was just about to ask what was going on, but then I noticed what they were all staring at. The plant was moving or growing, but how was it doing that?

'It's because they poured the good smelling stuff on me, and now I can grow faster!' an excited voice said in my head, startling me.

What the hell was that?