Inferno: Experiment 666

By: Inferno19900828

Finished on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 02:09:12 Central Standard Time

Chapter One: Activation

…Watseka, Illinois…Thursday, August 28, 2008…

A class of high school physical education students was outside on the football field playing. Out of nowhere, a small, blue ball lands next to one of them. The student notices it, picks it up, and puts it in his pocket. Later, and back inside the school, the young man inspects his find. On the top hemisphere, written in large bold type, were the digits 6-6-6. He has no idea what he's just found and decides to investigate it further when he gets home. After six more hours of waiting, the school day ends. When the young man gets home, he sees his father off to work. A few hours later, he takes the ball outside, where he knows that there's a lot of free, open space. Thinking it's just a numbered bouncy ball, he bounces it right into a puddle of water. A bright yellow halo surrounds it; then, in a flash, it is replaced by a creature.

This creature had midnight-black fur, was about half as tall as he was, and had a pissed-off look on its face. He thought it was a dog until it said, in perfect English, "Who are you?"

"I am Earl Jones," the young man said, before asking the creature, "Who are you?"

"I am Experiment 666," the creature responded.

Earl then plainly stated, "Experiment 666 just ain't gonna cut it around here. I'll call you Inferno."

Experiment 666, now named Inferno was confused. Earl had just told him that his number wouldn't be good enough to go by in this place. When he inquired about it, Earl simply told him that everyone around here had a name; and those who didn't were regarded as "fuckin' freaks." Inferno told him that he didn't want to be called a fuckin' freak, and thanked Earl for the name. He told Earl that he felt the name fit him well.

Later, Earl took Inferno on a tour of the city of Watseka. The small, black genetic experiment thought the small town was boring. When he voiced his feelings, Earl simply said, "This is what I've lived with for the past twelve years."

Inferno responded to that with, "Twelve years?!"

"Yep," said Earl.

Inferno inquired of Earl, "What the fuck do you guys do around here?"

With pride in his voice, Earl replied, "We get fucked up every chance we get."

Curious as to what this meant, Inferno asked, "What is this fucked up?"

"Fucked up is the local vernacular slang term for getting drunk. It's also used to refer to getting high on illegal drugs," Earl replied.

Inferno couldn't help himself anymore; and inquired of Earl, "Do you have anything at your home that will get us fucked up?"

"I've got some alcohol in my fridge," Earl replied.

"Well," Inferno began, "Do you want to get fucked up right now?"

"No," replied Earl, "I've gotta go to school tomorrow. Back to that accursed place where I found your ball today."

Confused as to what he meant, Inferno asked Earl, "My ball?"

"The ball that you magically appeared from earlier," Earl replied.

"I think it's time you learned what I really am," Inferno said.

Earl was confused. As he listened, Inferno explained to him that he was really an alien genetic experiment. He explained that he was bulletproof, fireproof, and could think way faster than anyone else. He said that his mind worked faster than a computer, and that he could do the most advanced calculus problem in about five seconds. He explained that he could see in the dark and lift objects forty thousand times his own size. His only weakness, he said, was that he could not swim, due to his large molecular density. After Inferno's lengthy explanation, Earl remarked, "Wow. You're the coolest thing I've ever heard of."

Inferno, impressed with Earl's comment, remarked, "I've got no use for my destructive nature. I've got a new friend in you."

Soon, the duo returned to Earl's house. They sat down in front of the television and watched the Weather Channel for three hours. Then, they got to work on Earl's chemistry homework. With Inferno's help, Earl finished his chemistry and algebra homework in about twelve seconds. After they finished, they watched more television until it was time for bed. The duo had a long day to prepare for, so they went to bed.

Author's Note:

In this story, I've taken several creative liberties.

First, I've only given a few of Inferno's experimental powers in this chapter. Those that I've explicitly given in this chapter are only the tip of the iceberg, with the rest of his powers manifesting themselves during the later chapters, and in particular, after chapter three.

Second, with this story, I've created a universe in which the State of Illinois legalizes the recreational use of marijuana for those eighteen years of age and older. In this story, the characters who actively smoke marijuana all fit this criteria. Since Inferno is an experiment, he fits this criteria by default, as is explained in chapter four.

Third, there's the issue, which comes up in chapters nineteen and twenty, of Leroy and Hamsterviel. I've decided to free Leroy, who already smokes marijuana there in the prison asteroid. He will live with Earl and Inferno. The details of how and why I've decided to do this will be explained in chapter twenty.

Finally, I've decided to go out on a limb here and make it so that cigarettes don't cause any permanent harm to the experiments. This idea first comes up in Chapter Seven. To make this work, however, I had to do some major editing to chapter three, where I'd originally written that even smoking one cigarette would be fatal to Inferno. I took this part out to make chapter seven make a little more sense.

Disclaimer:

Inferno and Earl are my own characters, as are my visions of the various experiments that come to Watseka in later chapters, starting with Floods (experiment 4-9-8), who shows up in chapter fourteen. All other humans in this story are my own creations. Lilo and Stitch are the intellectual property of the Walt Disney Studios, and my use of them is not for any monetary gain.