* prologue *
—- 2043 Earth, Alpha dimension, Apr 16.
The technology for genetic modification has been around for thousands of years. Creatures that survive under circumstances that seem ludicrous have existed for so long as well. We, humans, are one of those species, but there are others. I, Dr. Sadren Montoya will prove it.
Our latest project has paid off. Subject x-57238 "kaishi" has finally come to fruition. Using the DNA of a cockroach, lizard, wolf, snake, scorpion and the Berserker gene we have changed this child into something extraordinary. Its senses are sharper, it has the urge to hunt or kill when it fights, it can regenerate limbs and organs, heal non-flesh wounds faster than any human alive ... the list goes on and on. But of course, every idea has its faults. Ours was when we tried using eagle DNA on the subject.
It was during the early stages of the DNA combining that we came across the conclusion that we should enhance sight. It was a sound plan - give a human the DNA of an eagle - but something went wrong. We got the numbers wrong, using too much DNA and overloading the area of the subject's brain that processed sight. With more calculating beforehand things might have gone differently, but now subject x-57238 is blind irreversibly.
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2043 Earth, Alpha dimension, May 12.
Today we've made a breakthrough with the transporter. After receiving funding to start building a device to cross between worlds or "dimensions" the team was eager to begin. I myself had no part in the initial assembly, working out some kinks with x-57238 but everything is ready now. We can send our first test subject, yes, subject x-57238 to another dimension. Do I believe this will work? It does not matter what I believe, I do not run the project.
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2043 Earth, Alpha dimension, June 1.
We must conclude that the subject has been lost in transit. We tracked it for a few hours, but the signal went dark after a while. And when I say "went dark" I mean it disappeared. Not just "got weaker" or "went away for a while and then came back" - it's gone. Subject is missing-in-action, therefore the genetic research we have done and all the progress we've made was for nought. No other subject has survived experimentation like x-57238.