Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Science Fiction

 My mind grasping at straws as i pulled back dropping from my boxing stance. The life draining from his eyes as the blood poured from his chest. His large intestine dangelling from the cavity in his abdomen as brown muck drained to the floor.  stunned, I watched as he fell to his knees with a thud.  Our eyes locking for a brief moment as he slammed to the floor. His head flopping to the side while his tongue listfully touched the ground. I stood there dumbfounded  staring back and forth at both of my blood stained hands.
Holding my breath for what seemed like an eternity. I exhaled Biting my lower lip with my head held down as I dug my nails into my arm. The pain helping me calm the adrenaline rushing through my veins. The realization that I took down the beast coming to a head.  I screamed out in joy. "yeah! that's right!!!! That's what you get!".  As I began to dance around his lifeless corpse unable to hold back my glee. 
A blinking red light of a Security cam up above attached to the buildings corner. I threw up both middle finders waving them high in the air as. "is that all you got". i cheerd in a taunting manner as i danced around kicking him in the peks once or twice.   I told them a nice place to shove it one more time as i started to plan my next coarse. There was much to do and collect before I moved on to the "fun" that the next room had in store for me. this was a fake town after all, complete with fully stocked businesses. With the dog-rat gang and the  Muscle twins walking about there was no way anyone before me had time to properly loot the shops.
I stepped out back on to the main street. the echo of crunching glass as I surveiled my surroundings in disbelief. it dawned on me that the dreadful heat in my body was gone. The very thing that became my saving grace from the muscle twins several times vanished without a trace. i just knew that if it was gone then chances were I was finally alone in this room.
  stripping off my jacket,  i flicked it over my shoulder.  I  had done the impossible and was proud of it. Laughing as I set off for my next goal of many in this god for saken wonderland. Step 1, looking for a way to clean up the creatures foul blood. I knew There was a laundry mat around the corner. I had passed it earlier on our little game of cat and mouse. So making my way back and cleaning my clothes was a breeze.
all but one of the steps were just as easy as the first.  I ran from store to store loading a backpack with essentials. the food, medical supplies, and extra clothes fitting neatly in its slim design. the one store I couldnt find no matter how hard I looked was a gun store. I pulled out my gun studying it intently, "they definitely didn't want me to have you did they". showing it some love as I loaded the second clip.  I put him back into his resting place at my hip.  there was one last place to check, that I had been avoiding.
I approached a lone police station at the end of the main street. The one path that my kidnappers couldn't make more obvious that i had to go.  My money betting it to being the next level  of hell. Strapping the combat knife I found to my belt and slipped on a pair  of combat gloves. 
I had found  them in the pawn shop that my rat friend had flown through earlier. they were black leather mil-tec gloves. The knuckles hardened for protection, but I had more sinister plans for them. winding up my arm as I gripped my shoulder. Closing my eyes, I prepared for a little field test. I thought back to that moment when I pushed back Mr. Muscles and pulled back. tremendous energy poured into my now muscular arm. I strolled up to the closest wall shoving my fist through it as it crumbled before me.
"I knew it.", I reassured myself as I opened and closed my hand. This power it was just like the twins.  Either I was becoming one of them, or i somehow absorbed his strength. until i know why I'll accept the good with the bad. the slashes from the dibre on my arm healing ever so slowly as if they never happened. I walked up to the police station door. However, all was not as it seemed as I examined the building. sides of the building sloping into the mural on the wall. the mass majority of the station was a lie as the two solid wood doors laid before me. I had to be right about this as I began to open the door.
 The doors creaked open as an artic wind blew from the crevice. Snow smacking me in the face as I threw the doors wide open. the full blown storm blew in full force making it hard to see causing me to squint in pain.  I fumbled forward into the icy snow, my boots leaving deep prints.  The snow stabbing my eyes like shards of frozen glass. The doors slamming shut  as I set off into the unknown.

"this is going to be a problem.", Stated dr. Shoemaker as he crossed his legs putting  his feet up on the empty space of the controls. "so much for no powers! He made that titan his bitch.", he complained, as he popped open a can of cola.
Sip.
I shot back, "maintence is going to love you in the morning".
"Yeah, and how are we going to keep your little toy on the down low, with him destroying half the god damn room". he said agitated at the situation, "we've lost assests sam we can't cover that up".
"your right.." I said contemplating as i twirled my hair slowly.  I didnt expect him to be able to take things so far. "we have other subjects in the test right now as well don't we"
"Yeah give me a second. He sat up tapping on the keyboard as he tried to find the right page.  "there's 5 active and 13 failed subjects who went offline".  I leaned in, The console displaying separate bubbles for all nanyte carriers within. two of them flashed with a warning, one  gave its last flash before going dark. The main screen immediately flashing to room b. 
A young boy of about 8 years, fell down to the snow. his body convulsing violently as the parasites over took his body. Ripping his shirt off, His skin darkened and his ears, stretched out. His hands and feet growing giant sickle shaped claws.  His heel extended and hisbtoes became arched. His agonizing scream becoming a demonic roar as his face morphed into a muzzle. from it jutted serrated teeth as his eye became slitted. Within a couple of hours he would lose all humanity and be a beast.
"Let's make that 14 failed experiments". He proclaimed proudly as he adjusted his wrinkled collar. "Looks like 0173, has himself a new friend to play with soon". A devilish grin spreading across his rat shaped face.
deep down the site made  me want to vomit. I spoke up "we'll blame it on one of them. was anyone else put in today besides 0173.", asking to mask my displeasment.
Rolling his eyes as he replied, "Yeah and all of them died in room a". 
"Good well blame them and corrupt the footage". As calmy as i could  to not draw suspicion i walked back to my seat. My tablet flickering to life on the desk as i approached. 
Beep. beep.beep.
"House call".
"no, his test results must be in". I said defensively. my body frozen as I sped through the results.   silent and unable to find the words, i slammed it back down to the desk.  Tom clearly caught off guard  shot up from his seat in confusion as I stomped off. the heel of my long boots clapping off as I made my way for the door.
"Hey..." He asked as He raised his hand in my direction both curious and concerned about what I had learned. 
I stopped still facing the door as i responded, "There's something I need to do".
"What about him"
"You can handle it until I get back". i left the room in a hustle,  his protest still audible as the door closed behind me.  The hallway was dimmed by The facilities timed lights. The corridor itself lined  with doors on both ends. Each door's label lit with its department or the name of the doctor in charge. I had to get to my lab immediately to confirm the data. If what was on the results were accurate. 
Then. This. Would. Change. Everything.  
As i dwelled on the implications of  the results, A trace of firey red hair caught my eye. squinting down the dark corridor a feminine figure came into view.  the easdropper tore off around the corner. The sound of a woman's heels running echoed down the halls
Tack, tack, tack.
 i rounded the very same corner mere seconds later.  the culprit was no where to be seen. I hestitated for a split second contemplating on how much she had heard as i pressed on.  The door to my lab finally in site. I stepped in  Locking the door behind me. 
Nnn...nnn....nnn
To the left of the room amongst the cages of animals lining the wall. A small black and white husky wimpered as i entered the room. Among all my test subjects he was my absolute favorite.  I walked up to him the  tag on his cage had his mutation listed As "canis lupus asteroidea familiaris". I  reached through the bars to pat him on the head as his tail began to wag uncontrollably against the floor.  
Fwip fwip fwip.
The room was tidy and state of the art. I was the companies golden ticket after all, so anything i needed was mine. Where shoemakers team worked on human subjects. I still prefer animal bioweapons and the nanytes could be used for more than just super soldiers. His cuteness, Fenrir, was one of those lab rats.  His nanytes were programmed to emulate the 1-xb starfish mutation. If he lost a limb he would simply regain his limb and if his limb was intact would spawn another cute fur ball. 
I walked away from fenrir as he left to lap up  some water from the bowl in the corner. I scurred to the fridge containing multiple specimen samples.  popping open the small cooler I lifted 0173s samples to eye level. Swirling his infected blood within the vial I murmured, "just who are you..." If my test was right he was more than special to genetx. He  was special to the 1-xb itself.
The anxiety tugging at me as i pressed down on the leaf shaped birthmark on my hip. The same birthmark that surprisingly 0173 had on his hip as well. i failed to hold back a yawn as i sat at the microscope. I started to dive into my work, exhaustion envolping me with every blink. i started to Set up a  slide with 00173's blood. it was would be morning soon and fenrir would need a new batch of nanytes soon. For now though it was time to get to the bottom of this the mystery or die trying.



















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