Just to note, I do not own the characters (except Riley Jones)
Stryke, LyKaon and Death Breath belong to Fightingchance, Spawn Of Hades and RobinXZatanna respectively
The halls of the laboratory were quiet, aside from the shuffles and muffled conversations between the few scientists in the vicinity. It wasn't a particularly inviting place; The walls were painted a pure white, though overtime the paint had started to flake away from the walls. For some strange reason there were various ink mark trailing down the walls to the floor, of which was just simple but tough tiling. Even though it was supposedly tough there seemed to long, deep scratch marks that led up to a certain room. Various doors some opened, some closed and some locked lined the hallways. Most of them had no markings or nameplates either though the scientists seemed to know where they were going anyway. The whole atmosphere of the place was eerie.
This was noticed by Professor Stevens as she was led down the hallway by the greying man she followed. Impatience getting to her, she fiddled with buttons on her already shabby lab coat until she decided to pipe up and ask (rather sceptically) "So…when do I get to see these so called 'Superhumans' ". The man in front had now stopped; quite conveniently outside a door "You can see one now if you wish" he states hoarsely, his voice reflecting what the grey hair and wrinkles showed. Professor Stevens nodded with slight enthusiasm. Dr Alan took this as a sign of agreement and carefully opened the white door.
This certain door led to a small, rather cramped grey room. Several technical control panels were laid out around the edges of the room, except for one wall where a large glass panel had been purposely built in. Both Professor Stevens and Dr Alan walked towards the glass panel. Through it there was a clear view of a young woman in quite a large but isolated room. She looked to be about 17 years old, but stand too much of a height though her thin waist meant she also didn't weigh as much either. Her strawberry blonde hair fell over her brown eyes which at the moment held a serious but slightly scared expression. Her current outfit seemed to consist of a simple white t-shirt and shorts though in the corner a pair of black running shorts, a tight red running tank top, grey and pink running shoes and some tight grey running arm socks were piled in a small heap. Dr Alan then suddenly spoke up "Experiment 005, better known here as Stryke or Lafayette Ray. We took her off a street somewhere in the US. She had been running from something but we're not sure what"
Dr Alan coughed loudly then nodded to a scientist on one of the control panels. The man nodded back and pressed a button, which created a rather dangerous and near physical hologram in the room with Stryke. Professor Stevens became confused "so what are you doing?" she asked with curiosity. "Training her" was the answer. "We used her for bone growth experiments and she is now able to extract a large and very sharp bone from two flaps of skin in her wrists" Dr Alan explained. As if on cue, Stryke extracted said bones from her wrists, pain becoming eminent on her face from doing so and lunged forwards at the hologram with anger, but then slowly backed away. Professor Stevens felt a tug on her arm "let's go, I have others to show you".
The two scientists left the room at that moment. Dr Alan then guided his guest to another room, similar to the previous one though this one held a young boy who didn't look much younger than the girl. This boy however seemed to be restrained by several chains and a straightjacket. Compared to the girl, he seemed rather scrawny with little muscle on his body. What Professor Stevens was drawn to was the deep dark brown eyes of his that went perfectly with his deep black, spiked hair. Though he didn't look like a threat, his black shorts and t-shirt (bearing an image of a wolf) were torn in several places. The tears looked like claw marks. In his eyes there was an element of ferocity and irritation that it partially faded when the two scientists entered the room. "People huh?" he said, trying to hide his happiness "finally, I've been waiting for company! It's gets lonely here what with every scientist leaving me because I'll tear them to pieces…" he exclaimed in an upbeat voice which trailed off "wait. You're Dr Alan, not you I hate you" he huffed. The feral look returned to his eyes and his face matched that of a rabid wolf. No, that's wrong. He was a rabid wolf, a black one to be specific. He began snarling at Dr Alan who slowly backed away to the door but was stopped by Professor Stevens "so who is he?" she asked him. Dr Alan sighed "experiment 013 or LyKaon. We discovered him in the wild in America as a wolf. When we realised he was part human we decided he would be very useful for our experiments". Professor Stevens looked at the boy with some pity "what experiments? Does he actually have a name?". "I think his name's something like Seether Lykaon, we experimented on his animal transformation. He now has rapid cell growth and he still has his animal instincts in human form. The only downside is that he can make himself rabid at will which is irritating since he will only listen to certain people, anyway moving on" he says hurriedly, leaving the room.
The two scientists passed by the scratches in the floor. Professor Stevens happened to notice this "I assume that wolf boy did that". Dr Alan nodded silently and reached another room. This one was different to the last two rooms. All the walls were made of clear glass. To the left was another room like the one they were in but inside was three people sat down at a table. Two were clearly scientists who were across from a tall, feminine looking red haired man. His hair neatly fell to his shoulders, surrounding his teal blue eyes which right now held a slight essence of fear. He looked more normal compared to the others; He looked about 15 and wore an orangey red t-shirt that matched his hair, baggy blue jeans and white trainers. A black fedora hat was hanging off the corner of his chair. The only thing that was unusual were the wires, straps and electrodes attached to his arms and head. He squirmed uncomfortable with them on., his hands trembling slightly. Dr Alan and Professor Stevens watched from the other side of the wall. Dr Alan decided to speak up "This is experiment 009, or Energiser, or even Riley Jones if you're sympathetic enough" he explained to the professor. From the other side of the wall, one of the two scientists flicked a switch on a small box he was holding which happened to be attached to the many wires on Riley. Suddenly, Riley screamed out in pain and several volts of electricity shot through his body, to his head. Riley took several deep breaths before looking back up to the men across the table. Professor Stevens mouth hung open in shock "What was that for!" she yelled at the Doctor. Dr Alan merely looked at her "he's a new subject. One of our scouts in England found him alone in his school He seemed to have quite a high tolerance for the pain so she had decided to take him. Surprisingly his parents didn't seem to care; they even gladly gave him up". Steven's still glared at him "but what was the point in shocking him?" she questioned. "He's our test subject for the limit of how much energy one person can take. Unlike the others he hasn't as of yet demonstrated anything new". As if on cue though, several sparks of static electricity emanated from Riley's hands, then a whole bright beam which shot through the wires and destroyed the box the scientists were holding. Every pair of eyes in the room grew wide, except Riley's who actually grew smaller, then closed as he passed out. "Interesting" Dr Alan mumbled "take notes of what just happened then carry him back to his cell" he addressed to the scientists, who simply nodded and began to carry out his orders. As they did so, Dr Alan and the Professor also left the room.
The professor was getting uncomfortable by this point "this place is like a mad house, please tell that was it" she mumbled. "No, there is one left" The doctor said, then gestured to the ink marks on the wall "our last subject did this" he mentioned, before entering the last room. This one was the just the same as the first two, and the situation very much like the first. A young short male of about 13 years was currently fighting a hologram using some strange inky object that looked like a large lion. Like Stryke, he also was wearing a white t-shirt and shorts, though in the corner a white lab coat, black boots and orange gloves lay in a heap. He seemed quite careless and reckless with his moves but showed some skill. His auburn eyes showed determination and his black hair was a complete mess, the orange streak hanging over one eye. Dr Alan proceeded to walk over to a monitor with a microphone "that's enough for today Death Breath" he said over the monitor. The hologram disappeared. The young man then went to pick up his clothes from the corner and entered the room with the Professor and Dr Alan, he started explain about the last subject "this is experiment 008, Death Breath or Flick Shiro. He's an interesting case. We found him on a Romanian boat and took him back here to experiment on Mind Control. However, he has ended up with quite a strange power indeed. He's able to dispel black ink from his fingers which he can turn into various coloured shadows such as the lion you saw". Professor Steven's looked to the boy's fingers, which were stained with black ink marks, then to the black ink stain on the floor in the testing room. Her train of thought was suddenly interrupted though "that is not all he can do though" Dr Alan said, pulling a piece of paper with a drawing of a cockroach, as well as a pin which he held to Flick "you will demonstrate your power, yes?" he asked. Flick shook a head but the Doctor had something else to say "because if you don't you know what I'll do" he said, as another scientist held up a needle. A flash of fear swept through Flick's. He took the piece of paper and the pin reluctantly. Using the pin, he pricked his finger a let a small drop of blood fall to the paper. To the professors surprise, the cockroach had suddenly come to life, skittering around the floor until it was squished by Dr Alan "filthy creature, but good boy Flick" he said, then turned to a scientist "lead him back to his cell" he ordered, then pulled Professor Stevens out of the room.
"You've had your tour now, you'll start work with them in the morning" Dr Alan simply stated. As Professor Stevens nodded, he walked away, leaving her to find her way out. From outside, from two opposite ends of the building, two individuals had watched the entire scene unfold. On proceeded to disappear into the shadows, the other swung away on a rose vine. Both had found what they were looking for.
Well, hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Reviews will be appreciated and constructive criticism is welcome. Do tell me if there's anything you want me to do with your character if I haven't got them quite right.