New Baby Nikahrat (POINT 3)...

I have decided to go with this growth process of the new baby Nikahrat.

First stage-
The baby starts off as an abnormal cell like a Malignant Tumour. It has spiky nerve endings that block and push aside other cells. It doesn't affect other cells like a virus but instead it grows and expands.

Second stage-
The cell is starting to grow and swell inside the wall and the Nikahrat's inner tissue. Significant swelling appears.

Third stage-

The Cell, now covered with sharp nerve endings, is causing the Nikahrat major difficulties and discomfort. When Nikahrat is at physical breaking point, the baby cell bursts through the inner tissue.

This is where it starts to become a parasitoid as, without the comfort of being under the tissue, the cell needs to find a substantial amount of energy to sustain itself. The only thing the Nikahrat can give is her heart.

An extra long nerve arm begins to climb up the single pipe into the heart sac, embedding smaller barbs as it climbs to hold itself.

Fourth stage-

The cell grabs the heart and plucks it from its sac in the Nikahrat's chest. This kills the Nikahrat painfully and slowly.

 As Nikahrat slumps, the extended arm begins to descend back towards the rest of the cell. As it does this, it leaves the climbing barbs in the wall lining of the Nikahrat. The toxins from the maliciousness and hatred infect the wounds and bury deep into these fresh cuts (like M. marinum). This spreads throughout the Nikahrat, causing a series of deflating and expanding actions. These pressure changes work to the cell's advantage as it pushes out of the dying Nikahrat.

Fifth stage-
Now the cell is out of the Nikahrat, the cell consumes the heart into it's nucleus. While this happens, the Nikahrat's body, now empty, is overrun by the toxins. Excess toxin gets released into the air (like Cordyceps) from the Nikahrat. These toxins are very unstable causing serious environmental shifts in the area. This is the explanation for major disasters and high warfare and bomb casualties. The Nikahrat's body then becomes submerged or covered by debris that the toxins cause, hiding all evidence of her.

Sixth stage-
The kindness and overpowering selflessness from the Nikahrat's heart works as an anti-toxin or a virus, neutralising and re-programming the original cell nucleus. The dramatic chemical change splits micro cells and helps them take on the genetic form from the Nikahrat's heart.

Seventh stage-
The cell membrane now acts as an egg lining, cushioning the new Nikahrat embryo and sustaining it safely while the toxins are still wreaking havoc in the surrounding environment. This is the only time where the baby Nikahrat acknowledges the existence of its mother and her maternal love for the child she has sacrificed herself for.
Once toxin levels lower and the baby Nikahrat is strong enough, it bursts from its egg into the new world.

From here, the baby Nikahrat realises its purpose and begins to use the love in its new heart that its mother passed on to try and help the human race.






Another thing I want to take into account is how to show that the cell is becoming the baby Nikahrat. Too many single images of the cell distorting and changing are going to make my pages look like a collection of stills from an animation.
I believe the best way for me to show the process is through symbolism. This fits in well with the rest of the book as, all in all, it is symbolising a strong personal emotion through a fictional narrative.