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Many things happen that people cant explain, or dont understand. This was a common concept in the Lab, but one things didnt need an explanation.
"Stay away from XIII."
But maybe we should give a little background to you, the reader of this tiny tale?
Then I assume we shall.
12.3 eons ago, approximately, something happened. No one is sure exactly what, but it caused life to flow.... somewhere. Everywhere.
Everythere to be more precise.
And because of that, things started to... change. Things grew, monkeys used tools, fish grew legs, the whole evolutionary theory.
Curiousity drove multiple beings to find out what made them tick, and not everything was nice about it.
Now, many stories start with the hero losing something. Goody for them.
Other stories start with a mission. What a Joy for them.
Our story starts with a Lab, called Warren, run by the Irion Monarchy, one of several hundred countries on a single continent. Here, people a stolen away so that they can be used as fodder to 'improve' the survival capability of soldiers. Irion was currently at peace, but it had a war ready every few months, so the experiments never stopped.
Now, lets focus in a little more, shall we? Warren is seperated into six 'blocks'. First is the below ground cells, where all the experiments, save for the active ones, are kept. The facility is stately, and strangely clean, but seems more like a white hell than anything else.
Then there are the Weapoinizing, Defensive, Medical and Testing blocks. Each has a name describing what goes on in their labs.
And finally there is X Block.
All the experiments know, you go into X Block for one of two reasons.
Either you're a finished product, or you're failed. Once you go into X Block, you dont leave.
Lets get even closer now... The Cells will do nicely. The Cells, or Hell as its known by the Experiments, are divided into four sets, boys, girls, breeding, and maternity. None over 25 live in the cells, and no experiments occur during pregnancy or before the fifth birthday. Life in the cells is dictated by strength or experience. New Catches (those not born in Warren) Are the bottom rung- helped by few and the weakest of the lot. The Males and Females differ in their care- in the Females, Age denotes rank, while power rules for males. Every experiment is equipped with a shock or explosive at the base of the spine Breeding is taken every three months, and experiments that are not in testing or current observation are used as labor. Meals consist of the basics, unless under starvation or society observation, and its a first come first served policy- if you dont make it to the food, hope someone is willing to share.
On the third day of every month, five, usually teenaged experiments are taken to the training room, and usually only one survives. If any survive, its only the females.
Today is one such day.
Nine people walk down the hall. Two Testers (Scientists), Four female experiments, and five Male experiments.
Two of the females are the current leaders of the Female cells- Subject 76-a, Arrin, and 463-d, Seyra. They are roughly seventeen years old, and of the four, the ones that were not offered the choice of being breeders instead.
The males of note are, Subject IC3, Grai (pronounced "Gray" wink , who is nearly twenty one and known for his brutal mentality, and Subject 5H147, Luke, who is 6, and has just recently started experimentation. The remainder are Grai's lackeys.
The nine walk down the hall to the training room, with the males muttering in the background, some flirting with the two faceless girls.
"Quiet!" snaps a Tester, and the hall is immediately silent. Luke, holding on to Seyra's hand, sucks his thumb and grips the girl's hand like a lifeline. The girls know where they're headed- to the room at the end of the hall, the only one that shares a wall with the X Block. Those that return shiver and quake for days, and are usually... 'disposed' of soon after. Seyra and Arrin share a look that worries both of them.
The door opens, and the seven experiments are shoved in, with the door quickly bolted behind them.
Seyra picks up Luke and looks around the room. Save for the doorway, where all the girls currently stand, the floor is covered with a black, watery liquid. The air is musty, and moist, and the water is... falling up?
drip, drip
The noise begins to echo around the room. It was the first sign that he had noticed them.
Luke wimpers, as if sensing the hostility that permeates the air. The older males have begun searching the liquid, which is about waist deep to six foot indiviual, for some kind of clue.
drip, drip
Twenty minutes have passed. The males returned to the girls, having noticed that they still havent left the doorway. One laughs to Grai that maybe it was a breeding experiment, and calls for a friend.
No answer.
Drip, drip.... bubble...
Grai laughs, and they do a roll call, even calling Luke, but they know now that one is missing- a weapon morph experiment.
drip... drip...
The water level has dropped, and small spots of white have begun peeking over the top. The lowest rung, another lackey, is sent to examine. He's thrown into the liquid, and comes up coughing. Besides being black, and tasting of burnt objects, the water doesnt seem too dangerous.
drip... drip....
The lackey calls back that the object is a Tibia, a broken one. On his way back, he trips in the water and does not resurface. Grai and the remaining male look at eachother.
Dripdrip
The remaining male takes a drink of the water, due to being in the room for over three hours. Ten minutes later, he beings to convulse and dissolve from the inside. When he is fully dead, only bleached bones remain, and a black liquid flows back into the mass.
Luke wimpers. "He's awake again." the boy whispers as the water level drops again.
The girls exchange worried looks. They'd thought they'd be safer with more males than females this time, usually there were more females than males.
Drip.
The liquid swirls in the center, and the water level drops rapidly.
"Luke, I told you that you shouldnt come here." rings out from the center. Luke wimpers again, almost in tears.
"Im sorry Ink, they made me..." the boy whispers.
The liquid takes the shape of a human, a young man roughly eighteen with long blueblack hair. As the last of the liquid enters his form, the color changes to be a pale skin tone, with a X Block uniform, marked III.
"Well, you were a good boy and didnt enter the water. C'mere squirt." The newcomer says with his eyes closed, using one hand to gesture for the young one to come closer and the other to move his hair out of his face.
Luke rushes out of Seyra's grasp and over to the newcomer's side.
"The men... cut me again Ink. And they took Mama." the boy cries into the newcomer's shirt, hugging him tightly.
The newcomer sets his hand lightly on Luke's head. "They... it's gonna be okay Luke." The newcomer, Ink, faces the remaining experiments. "What about him Luke? Is he like the others?"
Seyra and the other girls gasp. Ink opened his eyes, and they were pure black.
"Nuh-uh. Grai said that I was a big boy now, and that if I was good they might let me see my mommy before she was sent to that one place." Luke sniffed. "I want Mama, Ink. The ladies remember Mama, they smell like mama! Can we please see Mama?"
"Of course, Squirt. We'll go get Reeni in a second, alright? I just need... We'll do it after the test. Then we'll get Reeni and..." Ink trailed off as he realized that Luke had fallen asleep hugging him. He set the boy down gently and turned to face the remaining ones.
"W-who are you?" Grai stuttered out.
"Well, Im pretty sure that those kittens behind you have a pretty good idea of who I am, Lunch." was the playful reply, though the words were coated in ice cold, barely restrained fury. "Your former friends definately know who I am Grai. You could say that they cant seem to get away from me too~." Ink grinned and his pointed teeth gleamed visibly.
"W-what do you mean?!"
"He ate them." one of the girls whispered. "He's Experiment XIII, Ink."
"Ding ding ding, girl, you just won your survival." Ink almost giggled, though his rage didnt decrease. "Now, Grai, can you guess why Im letting you live despite the over the top hate Im feeling for everyone in your general direction?"
Seyra was praying to whoever was listening that she's survive.
"N-no! You're just a kid anyway!" Grai was slowly losing his fear, even with Ink's creepy parts, he looked as strong as a fly.
But the girls knew better. Ink could be a monster, and only one girl had ever returned with a tale of his anger.
She'd commited suicide two days later due to the nightmares.
"Well, frost for brains, if you think you can take me, come kick my a**."
Seyra realized that they were epically screwed as Grai rushed at Ink.
Ink's response was almost graceful.
As Grai entered Ink's area, just before Grai could swing, Ink grabbed Grai's head.
And slammed it into the floor with enough force to shatter the concrete, repeatedly.
"First mistake" Ink said loudly to the nearly unconcious Grai. "Was entering the water. You should've paid more attention to the girls. Thats why you lost your little 'posse'."
Grai's face was covered in blood, and he could only barely make out Ink's words, but he processed their meaning.
"Yep, that was me. the Water." Ink said, noticing the light dawning in Grai's concussed eyes. "Second mistake, you kept sending your allies into danger over the slightest change."
Ink picked up the skull from the dead boy and looked into its sockets.
"But your biggest mistake, the largest one you've ever made, the one that makes you one of the the people that Im going to Torture after we get out of here is that you planned on using Luke here as a Hostage against me." With those words, Ink crushed the skull into powder.
"Little Mortals, you just woke up the Devil- and he's pissed."
 Azzy Rael · Tue Oct 26, 2010 @ 08:14am · 0 Comments |
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