A/N: 7th chapter! First mutation!
REVIEW. Or seriously. No motivation at all right now.
Ratchet, after the recent memory exchange with John, was too weak to do anything but fade into a half-conscious state resembling sleep. He couldn't do anything when they dragged Reina out again, strapping her onto a gurney and wheeling her out.
Time passed.
Ratchet felt strength slowly returning to his body, minute after minute, hour after hour, yet there was no sign of Reina.
They gave them their daily meal and, after another stretch of time, turned the lights off, signaling the end of yet another day.
But Reina still didn't come back.
"Where's Reina?" Adel whispered to Ratchet.
"I don't know... and I don't think I want to know..." Ratchet murmured, speaking honestly.
The night was uneventful.
Another day came. Reina's cage was still empty.
"What are those bastards doing to her?" Ben growled suddenly during the day, punching his cage in frustration.
After what seemed like eternity, she was wheeled back in and dumped back in her cage.
"Oh, no," John muttered, glancing at Reina's head, or rather, the white bandages wrapped around it, covering her eyes. "The first mutation is always the worst. Always the worst. She could be waking up with two eyes, four eyes, no eyes..."
At this ominous piece of news, Ratchet bit his lip in worry. Reina...
Just then, as if on cue, Reina sat up suddenly, gasping. She swiveled her head to and fro, in distress. "W-what happened?"
"Reina, Reina-" Ben reached through the bars of his cage held Reina's face firmly with his hands, cupping her cheeks. "It's okay. It's Ben. I've got you." Reina calmed down at the sound of his voice, and reached up to touch the bandages wrapped around her face.
"What the-?" She tore off the bandages, and to Ratchet's immediate relief, she still had two eyes. But upon closer examination...
He gasped.
"What did they do-?" The words were out before he could stop them.
"What?" she asked irritably, blinking her eyes. Before, they'd been a warm shade of hazel, but now...
They were a striking golden color, almost feline in appearance.
"They just changed the color of your eyes. I don't know how, but... it's nothing too serious."
"Th-they changed the color of my eyes?" Her voice shook. "My eyes..."
"I-It's nothing-" Ratchet tried to say, but Reina interrupted.
"It's not nothing! They changed my face. They changed my eyes. How is this nothing?"
Reina shook her head.
"It's not nothing..."
Okay, I'll admit it.
This chapter sucked.
I just don't feel like continuing this one.
If anyone wants to know how I intended it to end, I'll post the next chapter as the rest of the story and how I wanted everything to play out.
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