"Nina! Nina!" My mother was calling me, but even without a watch I knew very well that it was no where near lunch time.
I slowed Liberty down and we turned around to head back to the house instead of down the trail that ran along the small stream. Once I made it out of the trees I saw the black truck in the drive way that shouldn't have been there yet. I didn't both taking Liberty back into the barn, instead I just tied him up against the porch railing and hurried inside to the living room where my mother was waiting.
She was seated in one of the oversized chairs, holding her face in her hands and using her knees for support. Father stood behind her, trying to tell her something, but she kept shooing him away.
"Mom?" I asked, not really wanting to step any farther into the house.
"Nina, your mother and I are terribly sorry, but it has to be done. This was our last resort, but it had to come down to it. Boys!"
Without time to question what he was talking about, I felt a strong pair of familiar hands grab my arms and start pulling me backwards.
"No! Stop! Daddy! What's going on?" I kicked and screamed, not as loud as mother, but I was busy trying to get Evans hands off of my arms. "Let go!" He twisted my arms behind my back so that he could hold them better even against my struggling. My efforts of kicking my legs did nothing more than knock over several breakables and a few chairs in the dinning room as he continued dragging me into the basement.
"Nina, it's for the greater good honey." My father said as he followed at a safe distance through the dinning room, the kitchen, and down the stairs. I was almost able to knock Even over while going down the dark stairs, but he was at least twice my size and more than twice as strong, so it wasn't hard for him to keep me under control.
I could barely hear what they were talking about over the sound of my own heart thumping in my ears. I didn't give up my struggling as my father started to help my brother tie me down to a table in the middle of the room. I thrashed and kicked, this is what they did to the others, the one's that he stole from the campus. I knew it had to be. I may be locked away all the time, but I was smart and able to put two and two together. Unfortunately for me, that could very well equal out to a very painful death at the end of this experiment.
"Nina, it's just going to hurt more if you don't stop struggling." My father tried to use that loving, caring voice, but his eyes, I had never seen that maniacal look before. He leaned in close to my head and tried stroking my hair that was stuck to my forehead out of my face. He looked like a child at Christmas that just got a brand new toy, and he couldn't wait to destroy it.
"Honey, you should be honored. You're the perfect carrier for my pets. You're so innocent, so untouched by the sin of the world today." He leaned in to kiss my cheek, but I turned and spit in his face. I could picture myself in my mind punching him to the ground and kicking the life out of him, but the chains on my wrists and ankles were preventing me from moving anywhere. He backhanded me across the face and I could taste blood in my mouth as it dripped down the side of my chin. Despite how hot and sweaty my body was, the blood was surprisingly cold and relaxing. It was a feeling that I hoped I wouldn't have to get used to.
I was able to blink away the tears that were starting to form in my eyes so that I could pay attention to what they were doing. Father was looking in an old cabinet now, and extracted a syringe, while Evan went to the extra freezer.
"Which type do you want to use dad?"
"Get the skin walkers. We'll see how that goes, and then maybe we can mutate it to combine with the werewolves."
"Dad what are you talking about? What are you guys going to do to me?" I knew that what they were talking about was real. I was stupid not to believe anything that they were going to say. Not to mention, I read, a lot. And I was well informed on the world that humans liked to believe didn't exist.
"Honey, you're going to be a mother to the greatest creation this world has ever seen. They're going to be powerful children, strong children, and they're going to be part human, so they won't be such evil beings. I'm not going to lie, it's going to take a lot of time, you may die, and it may take us several times to get it right, but it's going to be worth it. We're talking about the next generation of humans." I couldn't see what he was doing since he had his back to me, but he was messing with the jars that Evan had taken out of the freezer. I had been pulling against the chains so hard and frequently that I could feel them starting to cut my arms, only ensuring me that I was indeed doing nothing more than hurting myself, not helping myself.
"Even, go into town and get more supplies, it's going to be several hours before all this is going to be ready to put inside her. Make sure no one sees you or suspects anything." Both my father and Evan left me alone in the pitch black basement as they latched the door and locked it several times. As if they believed I could get out of these chains.