Chapter 9: The Animal I've Become

Nick came back a few hours later with something in his hand. I started to squirm wanting to run away; I could sense it was trouble.

"You don't have to do this…please, I just want to go home," I spoke softly.

He set down what he held, "Oh but I do, and when this serum works I will be praised by Eckhart."

I bit my tongue and felt a tear fall; I wanted Adam, I was so scared of what this guy was going to do and there was no way I could stop him. Nick added something from the bag to my IV. He took a seat with his clipboard and stared at me.

My body started to shake in fear and my stomach turned around making feel sick. I tried to fight whatever was attacking me but it only got stronger. Looking down I noticed the source of the pain, my bones looked like they were breaking and a crunching, I started to scream.

"STOP IT!" I yelled panicking as I felt the change starting to spread through-out my body.

The skin on my body started to feel rough, dry and itchy...with my hands still locked down I couldn't scratch and squirmed around more.

Nick was furiously taking down notes and providing me with no explanation for what was going on to me. I tried to speak, but no words came out…only whimpers. Nick cursed a little and got up to tighten the restraints, when I looked I saw why…my wrists were getting thinner and...furry? The itching on my arms stopped once they were covered in short gray fur and then I realized what Mr. Olsen hoped to achieve. His serum was made for ferals to take whatever animal spliced DNA I had and blend it with something he wouldn't explain. What scared me now was the thought that I'd never be human again. Once my body finished changing into a gray wolf I started to feel the mind of the wolf colliding with my own. It wanted freedom...it wanted food…and it wanted a mate.

From my perspective, Nick appeared to be an extremely happy man. Soon after, many other scientists came in to see me and he played for them the video had recorded of my transformation as his proof, while I had dreams of tearing their flesh from their bones. Then they moved me to a cell, where I paced back and forth fighting for control of this animal inside my head.

After two days of this, Nick came in along with other men. Three of them held me down while they muzzled me and then took me to some location outside of Genomex. I tried scenting them by rubbing my body against them, the wolf loved it but I fought back and stopped it from continuing. When the van stopped and doors opened I realized were in the forest. My tail wagged at the excitement and the smells of fresh meat out there for me to hunt. Nick took off my muzzle and let me go…he wanted to take note of how I behaved in a wolf's natural environment and how other wolves would respond to me.

Quickly I took off to enjoy my new freedom and discover what food was out in these woods. It didn't take me long until I found a doe eating grass in a clearing. For this hunt I let the wolf take over, since I knew nothing of how to stalk an animal and to kill...but I did pay close attention. As my teeth sank into the doe's neck I felt powerful, after shaking it the doe dropped from my jaws and I howled my victory. Half way through my fresh first meal I felt others approaching me; their scents were familiar yet unfamiliar to me.

Turning around I saw pack of wolves watching me from a distance. One large wolf started walking towards me, my head lowered and I became submissive knowing this was the alpha wolf and I was hunting on his land without permission. He started snarling at me, and I tried scooting away from him but he charged after me and snapped his jaw on my neck. When I yelped I heard the agents moving in quickly to rescue to me...at least that's what I thought, but I couldn't make out the voice that was calling my name. I heard a shot and felt the grip that the wolf had my neck release and I fell over…I thought for sure this was it, all that danger I ever faced...all those enemies I had…and my demise was made by wild wolf.