He looked at the test tube with the blue liquid inside. His wrinkled face showed a frown in his worn, overworked eyes.
Dr Mamoru Chiba put the beaker down and took his clip board to cross out one equation only to write down a new one. His 60 year old brain started to overload.
"Still working?" he suddenly heard. Futago his twin sister who sat down next to him in their laboratory handing him a cup of coffee. She was a spitting image of him, short hair now grey, small glasses on the end of her nose and a tired wrinkled face.
"Yeah…I'm nearly there" he groaned under his nose
"You said that last time…"
"I know but this time I'm sure to get it"
"Brother….you've been doing this for 34 years….please just let it go"
He turned round to look at her.
"I thought you had my back…"
"I do but…" she sighed "I'm worried it's like an obsession…"
Mamoru took off his glasses taking a sip of the black hot liquid.
"I will do it, aren't you just a little curious?"
"Of course I am, but father said it's impossible…" Mamoru smiled at the memory od their father, he and his sister always said that he, Dr Daitsu Chiba was the reason they became doctors of Phisics in the first place. Some much time has passed since then...
"He said that 60 years ago we're now technology advanced"
"Well…true but…this serum is clearly impossible"
"If I get it right wouldn't you like to be your old self?"
Futago bit her lip, lost in her thoughts. Ever since she could remember, she and her brother tried to finish their father's secret serum, but it always ended up a disaster.
"And wouldn't you?" she asked smiling at him.
"To be young again? Sister dear you know my answer…"
She stood up, placing a short grey curl behind her ear.
"Alright, alright…but please try to put some sleep in your agenda…" she turned round and walked out closing the door behind her.
About two hours passed since Futago walked out of the lab, it was nearing midnight. Mamoru looked inside the glass tube for the hundredth time, writing down even more numbers and calculations. He took a lighter, turned on the burner and hovered the tube above the flame. Small bubbles started to form inside, turning the liquid bright green.
His eyes widened. With a shaking hand he put the tube up to his face looking intensely into the Constance.
"Could it be?..." he whispered to himself. His hands started to sweat so he carefully put the beaker down, as if tending to a new born child.
He looked at the EKG machine and the other tubes and cables. Quicking his pace he hooked himself up to the apparatus, turning on the computers monitoring his bodily functions, turning his attention once again to the liquid which was still slightly bubbling.
"One way to find out…" he thought and grabbed the tube with his fingers. He looked nervously around the lab.
"..Well here goes nothing "and brought the tube to his lips drinking almost the entire thing.
He felt a burning going down his throat into his stomach. He felt his lugs unable to catch air. Grabbing this neck, he fell to the floor unconscious.
5 minutes later he woke up. His hand shot up and grabbed the lab table, helping him get up.
"My hea…" he stopped hearing his voice changed form an old man's to a sweet deep.. He rushed over to a mirror looking at his reflection. stareing back at him was his old handsome self, with his black raven hair and midnight blue eyes, cheeks flushed , no wrinkles only smooth skin.
He smiled and screamed with joy
"H…ha..ha HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes! GOD DAMM YES!"
The door slammed open his sister rushing in.
"Mamoru wha…" her eyes widened seeing the young man in front of her holding out a tube full of green liquid.
"Want some sis?" he asked cheekily, his 25 year old face laughing, smiling and full of joy.
HEY DEAR READERS, I'M BACK WITH A NEW STORY, I KNOW I HAVEN'T FINISHED MY TWO OTHER STORIES I JUST GOT A WRITERS BLOCK, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHOULD I CONTINUE? YES THIS IS A USA/MAMO FIC SO DON'T WORRY DR MAMORU IS ABOUT TO FALL IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT