Re: Grow
Omega looks to the Ladybug. The outer exoskeleton seems harder than the flea's. But she is hungry. She wants to survive, as is the way of the world. Now is not the time to forget everything and live in this miniscule size. She climbs up the grass blade the lady bug is on.
She waits patiendly for an opening..... then latches onto it. The ladybug, frightened, decides to fly. An intriguing function for her food! Omega dares not look down as she is lifted high into the sky. She has a matter of moments before the ladybug decides to slam her down. Omega crawls under a wing and bites down, using her absorbing powers.
The ladybug gets weaker and weaker the more of it she eats. She feels the ladybug lose its signature plumpness as she continues to absorb. Weakened, the ladybug loses its flight, plummeting to the ground. Omega rides the poor creature downward, using it as a cushion as it lands in the ground. Omega then consumes the rest of the ladybug until its gone.
Omega seems to get bigger already. The size of an ant larger than any termite. She even gains the ability to 'talk', having learned the speech patterns ants make to each other through use of feelers.
Which is fortunate as there is a group of ants that spot her. Two of them. They look too dangerous to fight.
One of them 'speaks' to her through use of its antennae. "Join our colony. Feed our queen." The other then speaks. "Lift leaves. You seem strong." The other then speaks afterward. "If you're not in colony, you are food."
Omega looks to them both. Sociality seems strange for these creatures...
A.) Run away from the ants. Plot revenge someday.
B.) Be brave and fight the ants. It will be a tough battle indeed.
C.) Join the colony. Maybe she can secretly keep meat food for herself?