Host
Summary: When Ausländer came from the skies, they infected 50% of the kid population around the world. Kids became murderous teenagers overnight. To stop it they are sedated their entire lives as they undergo experimentation. But what happens when one wakes up?
He didn't remember being born. It was a haze when he gained his existence. It had been so beautiful, that haze that surrounded him. He remember only a face, a face he had called mother. He was so lost, but with her he felt found. He remembered her hugs, her smell that was so sweet. He remembered her kisses on his cheek, her soft voice that read to him every night. She had been his one solid memory in the haze.
The day he was taken away, the day he saw her die in front of his eyes, was the day he lost sight of the haze. His world was confusing and painful. But nothing hurt more than watching as his mother was stabbed in front of him, nothing more painful than seeing her reach out for him and scream his name.
His name…
Why couldn't remember his name? The thought woke him, his consciousness tapping the surface.
His name…
His name was Ichigo.
Ichigo stirred softly, trying hard to open his eyes but unsuccessful. Just the small act exhausted him, like he hadn't moved the muscles in years. That was impossible though, he knew it was. He remembered everything so well…
Ichigo slowly opened his eyes, at first only seeing a haze. Ichigo's mind linked the haze to his last memories, his fingers twitching as he tried to feel for something solid. He breathed in, feeling something press tight against his cheeks. Ichigo felt his arm flex but hardly move, his eyes drifting down to the numb appendage. The haze cleared enough for him to see his arm, the appendage a lot longer than the last time he remembered.
"Professor he's awake!"
Ichigo looked up at the garbled voice, the haze clearing enough for him to see a room around him. His heart began to hammer against a chest, his breathing becoming erratic as he tried to grab onto anything solid.
How long had he been asleep?
Where was he?
Where was his father? Mother? Sisters?
Ichigo couldn't make his body move no matter how hard he tried, his long fingers barely able to move. Ichigo wanted to scream but he couldn't find his voice, his eyes looking down when he felt a tap against the thing that encaged him.
He didn't know him.
'Get away…'
The man's smile slowly fell as Ichigo struggled harder to move, the man taking a step back from the cage.
'Get away from me…'
"What's happening?" The man yelled, Ichigo feeling pressure push against his chest as he tried to gasp for air.
'Away…'
"He's panicking sir! Do you wish for me to sedate, sir?!" Ichigo flexed his arm again, his arm seeming to move on it's own as it slammed against something solid, Ichigo pressing his hand against it as he realized he was encased in glass.
'Mother…'
Ichigo slammed his hand against the glass again, the man in front of the glass taking a couple steps back in shock.
"Sedate him!"
'No…'
"Wait!" Ichigo suddenly felt the pressure around him start to go away, the sound of a scream alerting all of his senses.
"What are you doing? He could kill us all!"
"We don't know that till we have contact. I need him awake!"
Ichigo fell to the ground when the pressure stopped pressing against him, his muscles weak as they struggled to function. The glass around him opened, Ichigo gasping for breath when the thing against his face popped off. Silence surrounded him as he shook and gasped, the cold of the air causing him to shiver violently.
"Mo-" Ichigo hacked up fluids that were lodged in his throat, his body feeling more alert after the waste left his body.
"Ichi…" Ichigo lifted his head, his eyes meeting that of a woman's. Her face was full of emotion. Fear, excitement, and even admiration. Ichigo slowly steadied his breathing, his eyes never leaving the woman's. If they did, they would see the entire kill squad waiting on the signal to either kill or sedate him.
"Do you know who I am, Ichigo?" Ichigo tilted his head, blinking his tired eyes as he tried to plug the face into any memories he had. He had no memories outside of his mother's face though, Ichigo shaking his head. The woman looked a little disappointed but he couldn't tell why.
His arms screamed as he tried to rise up from his half fetal half lying down position, the sound of a dozen safety clips being turned off.
"Don't move too quickly," the woman whispered as she kneeled down in front of him, tilting her head in an almost confused way. Ichigo looked to her, his mind scattered as he felt his heart beat race again as he tried to find a way to identify the woman in front of him.
"My name is Rukia, I had known you when you were very small." Ichigo frowned as the name sent off an alarm on a hazy memory, Ichigo opening his mouth.
"Ru… Rukia." The woman smiled brightly, nodding her head as she pointed a hand to her chest.
"I am Rukia. What is your name?
His name? Did he know his name?
"Ichi… Ichigo." Rukia smiled, lowering her hand from her chest and pointing her finger to Ichigo.
"Ichigo." She turned her finger to herself, Ichigo becoming transfixed with its paleness.
"Rukia. I am Rukia."
Ichigo nodded as he finally managed to assort his limbs, only able to get to a sitting position as he looked to Rukia with calculating eyes.
"I've never seen an Ausländer talk so clearly before." Ichigo looked to the side, seeing the man from earlier. Ichigo tilted his head in confusion, slowly working his limbs to get to a standing position only to fall back down.
"Renji take him to a containment room. We need to start experiments as soon as possible before he reaches his last stage." Ichigo frowned, wondering if the woman knew he understood what words she was using. Ichigo looked to the so called Renji, the man covered head to toe in protective armor. Ichigo moved away from him when he reached for him, growling softly as he tried to force his legs to work so he could run away.
"It's okay Ichigo, I'm not going to hurt you," Renji told him, Ichigo looking around to see others moving in closer to him.
'Get away…'
Ichigo shook his head as Renji grabbed his arm, Ichigo's lungs burning as he tried to scream for him to get away. He couldn't though, he couldn't scream. Ichigo looked directly into Renji's eyes, his lips peeling back as he bared his teeth. Renji stopped, multiple fingers ready to pull their triggers at Ichigo's sign of aggression.
'Get away!'
Renji yelped when he was thrown without Ichigo even touching him, Ichigo feeling a sharp pain in his thigh seconds after. Ichigo grit his teeth against the pain, his muscles giving out on him as he fell to the ground.
He was so tired…
"You said you had control." Ichigo felt his body being lifted, his will to fight against it gone as he struggled to stay awake.
"Ausländer are unpredictable, we both knew that. But that isn't what is important. It spoke Byakuya. That's the first time we ever got a Ausländer to do that without experiments. His mental capacity is more advanced than any other I've ever met!"
"Don't get ahead of yourself! These things are dangerous!"
'Mother.'
Ichigo felt her limbs around him, her warmth running rampant throughout his body.
'Why…? Why was he so dangerous when he had done nothing wrong?' Ichigo was carried out of the room where his cage had been, Rukia and Byakuya following close behind.
"Ausländer's haven't been experimented while conscious inside a mature host. Give me until it last stage to do experiments. I swear I won't disappoint you!"
'Host?'
Ichigo tried to move in the arms of his captors but couldn't, a piece of armor digging into his exposed skin. The feeling made him very aware of his naked body, Ichigo trying to speak of his discomfort but unable to. All he could do was listen as he was talked about like some type of weird insect.
"That is against protocol and you know it Rukia."
"It's only against protocol if others are injured."
"And what makes you so sure nobody will be?" Ichigo felt the warmth of something beneath him as he was laid down on a hard surface, his arms and legs strapped down and something pulled over his wet body.
"I'm putting Grimmjow in charge of your security. If anyone get's hurt Rukia, the Ausländer will be given to our secondary department for dissection."
"Yes sir!"
What's going on?
Author's note: Just a side story for now.