Zoot decided to relax in the hot tub that is the back porch of their home. It's been a bit of a rough week for Electric Mayhem. As he relaxes, Dr. Teeth joins. This would soon lead to Zoot questioning himself after their odd talk.
⚠️Warnings: nudity (Dr Teeth only because of the hot tub thing in the show), biology of species, scars, suggestive, species, little horror, and scars.
Now onto the story:
It's been a rough week for the band. Zoot, the band’s saxophonist, decided to use the hot tub out back to relax. The hot tub was on the back porch. It was like a second room attached to the house but with screen windows. Floyd suggested this house for this reason because of their band leader’s habit. Zoot changed into a pair of dark navy blue swim shorts. He grabbed a towel on the way to the back porch.
The dark blue haired male didn’t have his hat on which revealed his bad spot. Zoot had scars all over his body. He had matching scars on his arms and hands. One on his pinky finger, one on the web part of his thumb, and a massive scar on the sides of his forearms. The side that touches the main body when standing. A huge scar covers the right side of his torso. He has a massive scar on the right side of his leg and thigh. Zoot’s left leg had two scars. One on the left side near his thigh and the other on his ankle.
The dark blue haired male also didn’t have his sunglasses. His neon green eyes look at the water of the hot tub. It looks like a classic wooden frame hot tub. Blue lights light up the water and the dark room. Zoot didn’t bother turning on the light due to the brightness of the hot tub. The saxophonist hung the towel on the towel rack that was on the wall near it. He got into the heated water.
All the stress from the week melted as soon as his body touched the water. A sigh left his mouth as he relaxed in the water. Zoot leaned his head back against the board of the tub and closed his eyes. Tenseness in his body disappears as he relaxes.
Some time passed before the saxophonist heard the door to the back porch open. Out of the door was Dr. Teeth with a towel wrapped around his waist. Zoot only had one eye open before he closed it. The saxophonist knew the next thing.
The good doctor is going to go nude.
This is oddly normal for the mayhem. None of them really know or understand why he does go nude. He just does. Unless he is around anyone that isn’t the band, his dates (with their consent), and minors then he is going to have a swim short on. The other band members don’t care as they’re all adults and the doc doesn't make it weird. Sure, it took a while for the others to get used to it. The dark blue haired male remembers hearing Lips’ screech when he walked in on Teeth getting in.
The way Floyd laughs will forever be stuck in his mind from that day. Zoot hears the doc get into the hot tub. Also, he felt the water moving due to him getting in. A sigh escapes Dr. Teeth’s mouth. His body relaxes in the water of the tub. The dark blue haired male opens his eyes and looks at his band leader. His neon green eyes focus on the ginger haired male.
Teeth always gave the saxophonist an odd feeling. The man has never felt normal to the blue skinned whatnot. He looked like a muppet monster and whatnot had a kid. However there is one problem.
He isn’t a hybrid.
Zoot’s powers besides levitation and telekinesis, are odd to other beings with powers. One of his abilities is the ability to see through mimics or see what species a being is. Also, seeing those beings’ own powers. The dark blue haired remember getting a strange reading on the band leader. Zoot was aware that he was a muppet monster at least but the species is rare.
Rare as to say that there is little to zero information about it.
Only information is their name, category, and what group of muppet monsters they are. They are seen as the perfect apex predator of this world. There are a few species in the Chimera group of muppet monsters. One is the common or known as the Greek Chimera. The classic goat, lion, and dragon head with a snake tail. However, those don’t have wings.
The second is the Thames Chimera, aka the water chimera. Those chimera have the same head set up but in different order and a unicorn head instead of a goat head. The middle head is the unicorn while the other two are next to it on each side. No snake tail but a whale-like tail. Their wings are like those of a Wyvern. The wings are in the place of the front legs. Thames Chimera’s dragon head is always those of sea or water dragon species.
Every chimera has a dragon head that is a different species of dragon. It is common for them. The Namibia Chimera are chimeras that live in deserts. Their goat head is replaced with camel heads. Also, their middle feline heads are those of sand cats. There are no sky chimeras in the world. Mahtab Chimeras are those that live in volcanoes and can cause rains of fire from the sky. Their replacement of the goat head is actually prehistoric reptile herbivores. Think of Triceratops and Scutosaurus for example.
Gaia Chimera are those that live underground. Their goat head replacement is moles or other underground mammals. The feline head is those of the sphinx, hairless cats. Then you have the Royal Chimeras, the species that is unknown pretty much to the whole world. The category they are in is unknown and highly dangerous. Their name comes from the unicorn head and the rumors of them covering themselves in tons of body jewelry.
No books in the world have any information on them except for the name and category. Along with some rumors or ideas about the species.
“Rough week, huh?” asked Dr. Teeth.
“Huh?” asked the dark blue haired male. It snapped him out of his mind.
“I said rough week” replied the ginger haired male.
“Oh! Yeah” replied Zoot. Then there were a few moments of silence between the two men. It was like that before the doc spoke again.
“You know what I am, correct?” he asked.
“Excuse me?” asked the saxophonist.
“You’re not sneaky. I know about your powers, Zootie” replied Dr. Teeth with a huge grin on his face. The grin shows off his bear trap teeth. Clouded leopard fangs, boar tusks, and lion teeth filled his mouth. His gold tooth shines in the light. The same with his snake bite and eyebrow piercings. He does have tongue piercings on his lion like tongue. His hoop earrings bounce a bit when he sits up. Zoot’s heart stop for a moment.
It felt like he was caught by a predator.
“How?” asked the dark blue haired male.
“The eyes and some other things” replied the band leader.
“What other things?” asked Zoot.
“The things floating around you. You look closely at me as if you’re trying to figure out what the hell I am. To name a few.” replied Teeth.
“Shit” mumble the saxophonist.
“Don’t worry” replied the ginger haired male. “We’re not a normal band anyway” he added.
“Still” replied the dark blue haired male. “It means me hiding it is sloppy,” he added with a scowl.
“Don’t worry, I’m sure the others wouldn’t care at the theater.” replied Dr. Teeth. He started to move closer to the smaller male. Zoot was 4’9 in whatnot height while Teeth was 7’s in whatnot height. His eyes watch how the lime green fur on the male floats in the clear water. His long grizzly bear-like claws break through the water with no issues. The doc’s mountain goat-like hooves easily grip the bottom of the tub like it was normal ground.
Suddenly, the ginger haired male’s hands were pinned between each side of the smaller male. Zoot can hear the rings on the keyboardist’s fingers click against the frame. His neon green eyes slowly look up into the gold yellow cat like eyes of the band leader. The slit pupils stare into the dark blue haired male’s own round pupils. Zoot’s heart started to beat fast and hard. He looks down to see Teeth’s body is close to his own. The ginger haired male had some nipple piercings which were done when he and Janice were dating.
He remembers Janice putting ice packs on the doc’s chest after doing the job. Also the whimpers from the ginger haired male from the pain. Dr. Teeth was an overweight guy but had a good amount of muscles underneath the fat. He has seen the keyboardist punch a muppet monster that was 13 '0 in whatnot height and a bodybuilder. It was because the guy was trying to pick a fight with the ginger haired male.
“Besides” , Teeth started to say. He got really close to Zoot.
“Are you scared of what I am?” asked the doc. There was a moment of silence.
“What?” asked the dark blue haired male.
“Are you scared of Royal Chimeras?” Dr. Teeth asked again.
“Who isn’t?” replied Zoot with narrow eyes.
“Explain it to me. Explain your fears” replied the ginger haired male.
“Royal Chimeras have zero information on them. All we got is rumors and ideas. No real information.” replied the saxophonist.
“Just like the Boogie man or other creatures of folklore, huh?” replied Dr. Teeth.
“Yeah, I guess,” replied Zoot.
“Trust me, those creatures are just like any others. Surviving in this world. Like Tiana, the voodoo princess. She is a nice lady and those stories make her awful.” replied the ginger haired male. The saxophonist remembered some stories about her. Like her killing evil men and women for food for her creatures. Her creatures are made from her voodoo powers and rituals.
“Royal Chimeras are stronger than any other chimeras and even the whole muppet monster species.” said the doc.
“We’re equally smart as humans and whatnots.” he added with a smirk. It sent a strange shiver down the dark blue haired male’s spine.
“We’re strong enough to charge at an elephant and wrestle it. It makes sense they are on our food list.” Dr. Teeth said.
“Everything is on our food list though. We’re not TOO picky” he added with a creepy grin.
The way the ginger haired male made Zoot feel like a prey in the predator’s trap. However, he also felt something else. His cheeks felt a little hot but he didn't know why. The dark blue haired male’s body was screaming different messages to him. Some was fight or flight while the other made him feel like he was under a spell. He hated being small but with the doc, he felt oddly safe with the larger male.
Teeth got close to the saxophonist’s face. His eyes started into Zoot’s own eyes. The slit pupils were sharper than any knife on earth. The dark blue haired male looks down to the band leader’s bear trap of a mouth. He had seen how the doc eats. The same way that Animal, their drummer does.
Like a wild animal.
Tearing into meat like a hunger hyena.
Claws digging into the food like it would get away if they don’t.
They eat like any muppet monster really. A lot of food or a lot of live prey. Big Mean Carl for example was a category dangerous and stayed away. His species, the Acrasia Beast, are known to kill a herd of animals to feed themselves. They are hyper carnivores just like Polar Bears. Other muppet monsters species either eat a lot of food or barely at all. Dr. Teeth and Animal are in the middle of that scale. However, they can eat a lot more during the winter and even heat season. Heat season is mostly hoarding food for any mates.
“Anyway, good talk” said the ginger haired male. He suddenly got out of the hot tub. Teeth’s long hair moved from his back enough to reveal his back tattoos. The top part of his back had a japanese style light purple cheshire cat with dark purple stripes. White under belly and bright blue spiraling eyes. Large fangs stick out of its mouth. Some spirals were formed in the fur of the feline. The bottom of his lower back, he had a matching tattoo that the rest of the band have.
It was a gold whatnot tooth with purple bird wings. The tooth had the doc’s classic pink hat with a blue feather. Zoot’s tattoo was on his hip and was small compared to Teeth’s tattoo. It was the size of a small ball. The clicks of Dr Teeth’s hooves hit the floor with some sounds of water touching the ground. His claw hands grabbed the towel that he brought earlier with him. He wrapped it around his waist and left the room.
Zoot was now alone again.
“What the hell was that about?” he mumbled to himself. The dark blue haired male was aware of the band leader’s mood swings but this was something new or odd.
“Why is it making me feel….weird?” Zoot asked himself as he looked down at the water.
I may have spent an inordinate amount of time making each one of these not only a Muppet but also a sci-fi reference. It’s the kind of thing that makes me happy.
Considering Jim Henson featured monster characters in all his Muppet-related works, it's sort of a shame he didn't make a production entirely about them.
