Chapter 3

Jason Parkes

I couldn't believe what he told me. I didn't know if I didn't want to believe it or if it was so unreal that I couldn't get my head around it. There was a company, aptly named, "The Company". They wanted to create some sort of new race of humans, super-humans. They had spent years testing formulas on people, and finally created successful super-powers which could be injected into humans. They then needed to find suitable people to inject these powers in to, one being me. Why me? That, I never found out. I asked him but he didn't seem to have an answer, he just shrugged. As if to try and comfort me, he told me "You're not the only one." Great, thanks Dr. Doom, you've just made me feel so much better. I looked away from him, unsure what to do with myself.

"I don't have a choice do I?" I asked him.

He shook his head, I knew it. I was chosen to be a test subject for their little "Science project", but I had no say in whether I wanted to do it or not. I guess that just going along with it all will get it over with quicker, but what about my life? My friends, my job, more importantly, my girlfriend?

"What happens after I've been, injected? When will I be able to go back to my normal life?"

He leaned closer to me, "Your life will never be the same, please, follow me through into the test chamber."

I leaned back in my chair and laughed. Why me?

"Jason please."

I stood up and followed him though to the next room, the testing chamber, and was horrified by what I saw...