Psionics
Section 1
Prologue
[Planet Tarsonis, Undisclosed Location. January 2484, 2112 Hours(Local Time)]
"Prepare the patient for surgery!" A doctor yelled. "Attach the IV to the patient! And for Gods sake, get those DNA strains ready! We don't want to screw this up people!"
As the head doctor, Malum, yelled at everyone to hurry up, people started to scurry around, trying to make sure that everything was perfect and ready for the upcoming surgery.
Lupa Solus was lying on a bed with an IV in her arm, ready for her upcoming surgery. For the good of the terran Confederacy, she and her husband Verpa Solus, who were members of the Old Families, had decided to donate a child to undergo genetic modifications. They had already had a son, so they didn't need a son to continue the family lineage. So, to them, it didn't matter if the child lived or died.
A nurse inserted a bag into the IV drip and a sedative started to flow into the woman's wrist. She was knocked out almost immediately, and all of the medical professionals got to work, preparing to combine an egg from Lupa with a sperm previously donated by Verpa.
Throughout the surgery, directed everything, but had a bad feeling about what they were doing with what was to become a baby. 'This... We shouldn't be messing around with things like this. I may have been one of the few who can actually figure out what it will do, but I'm sure that someone in the Confederacy selected this DNA on purpose... but where did they get it from... And what the hell are they trying to accomplish here? A super soldier maybe? A new breed of ghosts? Or maybe this is just some higher-up lunatics pet project...' Shaking his head of those thoughts, the doctor continued on his work.
Two and a half grueling hours later, the operation was complete, and Lupa Solus was pregnant with a new baby... One that would change worlds.
[Planet Tarsonis, Amare Hospital. November 2484, 0206 Hours(Local Time)]
"Congratulations Missus Solus! It's a boy! What will you name him?" A nurse said, holding the newborn baby boy in the air for her to see. A few strands of black hair could be seen on his head, and he was strangely quiet for a newborn baby. While most babies cried, this one simply hung there in mid air, looking around with his eyes, another strange occurrence. His eyes were a crimson red, almost as deep as the color of blood.
"Nero. I'll name him Nero." Lupa said.
In the background, pulled out a pocket communicator and pressed a button, frowning the whole time.
[Planet Tarsonis, Sordida Spire. November 2484, 0220 Hours(Local Time)]
A servant walked into a mans bedroom quietly. The room was lavish and plush, with many cushions on the floors and on the many couches, and self portraits that lined the walls. The man who lived here was obviously overly obsessed with himself, to a point that was bordering narcissism.
Said, man, whose name was Podex Sordida, was currently asleep in his bed, which was almost, if not more so, as cushy as the rest of the room.
"S-Sir, I hate to wake you, but you have received a very important transmission." The servant said.
There was the sound of a slide pulling back and a click as a safety was turned off as Podex sat up, a pistol aimed at the servant, waking the three other woman who slept in his bed.
"This better be very important, or else this won't be a very pleasant night for you, servant." He said. His voice was deep and scratchy. He was clean shaven and had deep brown hair. He was tall and skinny, but still well built.
In truth, Sordida didn't want to shoot the servant. Good ones were very hard to come by these days. That doesn't mean that he wouldn't put a round from his antique old earth P38 though the man's skull, as waking him from his rest wouldn't be tolerated without a good reason.
The servant, named Catellus, paled, but still managed to stutter out a few words to save his life. " It- It's f-from D-doctor Malum sir."
Instantly the gun was gone and Podex was threatening for the woman to get back to their own rooms before he got the gun back out.
Realizing that the immediate danger had passed, the servant tried to recover some of his dignity. "Shall I forward the call to your private terminal sir?"
The Old Family head looked at the servant. "Yes, now!"
Instantly Catellus disappeared, glad to be out of the same room as the man.
Podex turned to his personal terminal as it blinked to life. "Doctor. What is it?"
"The experiment has been born. Lupa Solus had named him Nero, and he seems to be in perfect health, though his behavior is a little different than that of most newborns." Malum reported.
"Glorious! The abnormal behavior is to be expected. With his genetics, I will hazard a guess and say that his behavior will continue to grow even more abnormal as time goes on. That is, unless he has someone to base his attitude on... I'm assuming that his family is apathetic towards the idea of another boy? Disdainful even?"
Malum nodded. "Yes. The mother and father seem to dislike the child before it even muttered its first word."
The other man nodded. "Hmmm. Ah! Perfect! I'll have one of my agents persuade the Soluses to arrange a meeting with the Terra family in a few years, assuming that their new daughter is born healthy. She will help direct his personality in the right direction. With enough luck, no one will realize that he's different. At least, until he comes under my servitude."
Malum looked like he wanted to say something, then closed his mouth. He opened it again to ask a question. "I suppose that you want me to remain his doctor?"
"Yes. It wouldn't do to have someone who we don't have control over to find out about this, now would we?" Sordida said.
"No sir. Now,n if you would excuse me, I think that the Soluses are starting to get suspicious of where i have disappeared off to. Goodbye." With that final remark, the screen blinked off and the doctors face disappeared.
Nodding to himself, Podex lied back down and fell asleep again.
