Experiment
Chapter One
The Blood Taking
Stephanie's POV
I never expected this to happen to me. Or to my twin brother. I was at the worst place you could ever think of. You wouldn't imagine the things we have to do every damn day. Well, if you want to even begin imagine what the heck me and my brother have gone through, I should go back to the beginning…
Me and Kaz were going to see Codemaster Hotekk. My black hair was waving through the wind outside of Hotekk drome and my sky blue eyes were a bit tired from my clear glasses. I had just beaten him and I wanted to know about the Shadow Lands. I read about the Shadow Lands from an ancient scroll that was thankfully in English at Najarin's place.
It only said "At what price will the Shadow Lands and the Spirit Lands live in peace?" It sounded all ominous and all that weird spooky stuff to me.
"So, you think that Hotekk might know something?" Kaz, my twin brother asked. He had red hair that reminded me of flames and warm brown eyes through rose-tilted glasses. He was wearing a black leather jacket that day with a dark green shirt under the jacket and he had dark jeans.
"I hope so," I said. I was wearing a black sleeveless shirt that day with black jeans that rolled up just below the knee so that I could show off an awesome pair of smooth black leather stiletto boots and I had ruby earrings on my earlobe and onyx earrings on my piercing on the top of my ears and I had a black leather choker with silver spikes and silver chain bracelets and anklets on and a large silver crescent moon hairpin. I was in a punk rock mood that day.
"Maybe a Codemaster would know about the Shadow Lands," I thought. Man was I wrong.
"So Codemaster Hotekk, do you know anything about the Shadow Lands?" I asked. Hotekk didn't answer for awhile but he did answer me. If I had known about him at the time, I would had never went to Hotekk.
Sadly, I didn't know back than.
"I remember Ulmar saying something about it. How about I go with you two to his place and we can talk about it there?" Hotekk said. I was cool with that at the time. Same with Kaz. The three of us ported out.
Why, why in the world is Ulmar's place so, so … weird. There were all kinds of machines making different sounds and scents. God, I personally would had never had come here if Ulmar didn't know anything about the Shadow Lands.
"He better know something, 'cause I would hate it that I came all this danm way for nothing," I thought to myself.
I was looking at a huge pot of boiling dark green liquid when Ulmar came in. The little green scientist kinda looked pissed. I remember that Kaz and me had broken a couple of his experiments in the past, so that would explain why he was looking pissed.
I smiled sheepishly. "Hey Ulmar!" I said, faking of the cheerfulness in my voice. Okay, I admit, I hated Ulmar. Why do I hate him? Well, that story (which, by the way, is extremely funny) is for another day.
"Hello Ulmar, I'm so sorry to drop in unexpectedly. We want to know about the Shadow Lands," Hotekk said politely. Ulmar glared at me. I see that he hates me still, from the last time I had been here.
I didn't finch, I just started him down.
"I do know some things about the Shadow Lands." Ulmar said slowly, like he was carefully choosing his words. Come on Ulmar, either you know something about it or you don't. It ain't that hard.
"So, can you tell us?" Kaz said, looking up from a pot of light blue liquid that was cooling.
"First, I need to talk with Hotekk," Ulmar said.
"Okay," me and Kaz said. The two left. I started to look around, but I heard Kaz cry out in pain.
Before I could even turn around to see what happened, something hard hit my head and I fell into darkness …
I felt horrid. Every part of my body hurt, but mostly my head was aching like hell. Hell, even breathing hurt, sending small but painful shots of agony through out my body. I didn't want to even open my eyes. So, I tried to find around what's going on with my other 4 senses.
Whatever I was on, it was cold and hard as ice. I had on all my clothes still on. I was on my stomach and my hands were gripping something.
Maybe a rim? I could tell that whatever I was on, I was something that was my length because my toes were touching a rim like my hands.
Okay, so far so good. I guess I was on something like a tray.
I licked, yes licked, whatever I was on.
It was metal, I could tell by the tanginess. Something smelled like something was cooking and someone forget to take it out so it burnt out really badly. And I could hear people talking, but I couldn't tell who it was. The only thing I could tell that both voices were guys.
"Come on girl, open your eyes!" a voice in my mind yelled at me.
I opened my eyes a millimeter. The first thing I saw was Kaz.
He looked like he was sleeping and he was on what looked a silver tray. He looked peaceful to say the least. That lifted my spirits up a bit. I heard a door open, but it was behind me.
My sixth sense told me not to turn around to see who it was so I didn't move.
"Well, well, will those two work?" a voice asked pleasantly. It was Hotekk. I heard giggling, and it was Ulmar. He sounded really joyful.
"Hee hee, they, in theory at least, will be the perfect subjects. Thank you so much," Ulmar said. I could hear the smile in his voice.
What? Subjects? What the heck?
"Well, tell me how it goes," Hotekk said and I could hear the sound of he porting out.
I could hear Ulmar footsteps and I watched him walk over to Kaz. He was still asleep. (The guy can be sleeping in a blizzard in Glacier Plains on his head and still be asleep) Ulmar's ruby red eyes glared at my brother with a strong hatred. Ulmar walked over to a wall full of needles and syringes. He got a ladder, (LOL, he's short) and picked the largest syringe.
It had to be at least more than 17 inches long.
As Ulmar got closer, I could see that it wasn't filled with anything. My blood turned to rivers of ice water. What the heck was Ulmar doing? Kaz wasn't moving. You would had thought he could be dead, but there was the raise and fall of his chest that made me sigh silently.
Ulmar stuck the syringe in Kaz's vein (Or maybe it's his artery? I can't tell the different. I think the artery is red and the vein is blue. But what do I know? Anyway, I think it's the vein) in his right arm and the Kaz's blood went into the syringe.
I wanted to jump up and go and beat the ever loving crap out of Ulmar. But, I needed info, so beating the crap out of Ulmar wouldn't help me now. I saw Ulmar's smile and it scared me.
It was wicked and evil and full of scorn. It was just wrong wrong wrong.
At that time, I knew that something was up. Something was wrong. Ulmar took out a black Sharpie (Never knew that they had Sharpies in the Underworld) and wrote out Kaz's name and put away the syringe in a drawer and grasped another one that looked like its twin.
It was empty. I closed my eyes and prayed to any god or goddess that might be listaning to me that it didn't hurt. I could feel Ulmar's red eyes on me and I could feel Ulmar pushing the syringe into my vein/artery and drawing out my blood.
It didn't hurt, I just felt a tugging. I quietly gave thanks to whoever listaned to my prayer. Ulmar patted my head and I so wanted to rip his head off.
"Lord Chaor will be so pleased from this. The two humans I hate most are doing to be the ones who help me the most. Oh, the irony. The Goddess is looking down on me." he said blissfully. He said they word human like a sneer. Danm, I wanted to stab him so badly with that syringe he had.
But, I heard a moan. I opened my eyes a millimeter again. Kaz was awake thankfully.
"What the hell happened?" he asked, trying to get up and moving his head. He didn't look like he knew that Ulmar took his blood. Ulmar just looked annoyed like we weren't suppose to wake up yet.
"Oh um, a couple of tiles fell and they hit you and your sister in the head," Ulmar lied while writing my name on the syringe. I hoped that Kaz knew that Ulmar was lying. Sadly, Kaz brought it. Just before Kaz looked over to me, I closed my eyes.
"Steph, wake up." Kaz said. I rose up and shook my head.
"Why the hell did you buy that lie? There are no danm tiles here!" I thought.
"Hey Kaz," I didn't had to fake the tiredness in my voice.
"You okay?" he asked. I nodded slowly.
"And you?" I asked. Kaz smiled faintly and nodded and I yawned. God, I didn't sleep for 3 days straight (stupid compulsive drawing syndrome) Some sleep is just what I needed.
"You two can sleep here, you know," Ulmar said, now pouring the dark green liquid I was looking at into the pot of the light blue liquid that Kaz was looking at.
"Thanks Ulmar." Kaz said. I focused on at Kaz's face.
There were some really dark shadows under his eyes and his eyelids were drooping. He needed sleep too. But I didn't want sleep, I wanted to know what the heck was Ulmar up to taking our blood. Staying here was the only way.
"Yeah, thanks," I said a bit sarcastic. Kaz laid back on the tray and before I knew it, Ulmar hit Kaz with a steel rod.
Kaz fell on the cold hard concrete floor and I could see he was bleeding from his head and he was unconscious. I turned around and Ulmar hit me on the head too. My head hit the silver tray rim and I could feel and see my scarlet blood running from just above my temple.
"What the hell are you doing U-Ulmar? Why did you t-take m-m-my a-and K-Kaz's b-b-blood?" My vision was turning red 'cause my blood was running into my eyes. I could barely breathe because Ulmar had his foot on my throat plus I was already choking on my own blood. Talk about a crappy day.
"In good time human, in good time," Ulmar said ominous.
I tried to reach and try to choke the Underworlder, but my vision burred and turned from red to gray to black and for the second time I fell into the darkness …
Me - OK! (Hiding at Area 51) Okay! I know it seems very Files-ish to everyone, but later on in the other chapters it different. DON'T GIVE ME ANY FLAMES!