A/N: Sorry updates are slow but a lot has been going on in my life. Color Guard has started again, bunch of big exams are coming up, I've been to the emergency room three times and my school nurse's office twice. I have sprained my wrist, injured a muscle in my shoulder, and had an ear infection. I also missed quite a bit of school and had a crud ton of work to make up.
Also because of my upcoming exams and color guard performances updates will continue to be slow. However to make up for this I'm going to try to update as much as possible this weekend and throughout the week.
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Soro's POV
After a typical day of tests, experiments, and beatings, two large men escort me to my cell. One man walks in front of me and the other behind. The hall we currently traverse is lined with cells on both sides. Inside the cells are different people, animals, and hybrids. But one thing remains the same between all of us: we are all experiments. You'd think that with all of us in one place it'd be too noisy to even hear yourself think. But it's not. Everyone is too scared of being hurt if they spoke, so they stay silent. The only sound that echoes through the halls is my footsteps as well as those of the two men escorting me.
I glance into each cell as we pass hoping to catch sight of my brother, Rythian. Although there's a small part of me that hopes I don't see him, that found a way out and is making plans to come back to rescue me.
Once we reach my cell, the man in front of me opens its door and the man behind me shoves me inside. I disgracefully land face first on the floor. The door is slammed shut and the men walk away.
Groaning quietly, I roll onto my back and carefully sit up. My chest hurts and it's hard to breathe. I think Mrs. Burr broke some of my ribs earlier. I slowly and carefully move myself backs until my back hits the wall. Too exhausted to do anything else, I close my eyes and try to fall asleep in my sitting up position, leaning heavily on the back wall of my cell for support.
I'm on the verge of unconsciousness when I hear my cell door open again but I can't bring myself to see who's there. A hand lands on my shoulder and gently shakes me. A familiar voice calls my name. "Soro!" The voice is speaks urgently but is hushed. "Wake up, Soro!"
I groan softly and slowly open my eyes. The first thing I see is a brown eyed brunette teenager crouching beside me. He's wearing a purple hood but I still recognize is face instantly. "Seto?" I whisper in shock. He nods. "What are you doing here?"
"Rescuing my brothers," he replies as if it's the most obvious thing in the world. "Where's Rythian?"
"Don't know."
"Well then, I guess we'll have to search the whole place." He stands and goes to exit the cell expecting me to follow.
I grab his hand before he can get too far. He looks back at me questioningly. I grin sheepishly. "Can you help me up?"
"Are you alright?" Seto asks concerned.
"I think some of my ribs are broken."
"Can't you heal yourself?"
I wince as I shift my body and lean forward. I pull up my pant leg revealing the bulky metal band around my ankle. "This is blocking my magic."
"Oh…" Seto thinks for a minute. "Hey Duncan!" He calls quietly to someone, I'm assuming Duncan, outside the cell. "Do you have anything you could break this with?"
"Yeah!" Duncan comes in wearing some sort of weird glove. He somehow uses his weird glove to break the annoying band in half.
"Thanks." I smile as I feel my magic work its way through my body healing all of my injuries. I stand with rejuvenated strength. "Let's find Rythian."
"We also have to look for a forest elf named Martyn and a dwarf named Simon." Seto informs me.
"Well, why don't we just save everyone!?"
"You can't be serious! That's impossible!"
"Oh, I'm serious." I grin.
"But how!?"
"The same way we save Rythian." I reply while exiting my old cell and making my down the hall. Seto and Duncan follow me. "Why are we looking for a dwarf and an elf anyway?"
"Because we met some people that agreed to help us rescue you and Rythian if we help them rescue their two friends."
"Where are they now?'
"We split up to search for you guys."
We are almost at the end of the hall when I stop.
"Why are we stopping?" Duncan asks.
"You said we're looking for an elf and a dwarf, right?"
"Yeah..."
"They're right here." I gesture to the cell next to me on the left side of the hall. Inside there's a red bearded dwarf and a blonde boy that looks human but I can just barely sense his elfan magic. They're both awake but haven't noticed us.
"Oh. Okay." Duncan uses his weird glove thing to break the lock on the cell and opens the door. Upon hearing the noise the two imprisoned acknowledge our presence.
"Who are you?" The dwarf asks.
"Don't worry we're here to help," Seto replies with a kind smile.
"I'm Duncan. This is Seto and Soro." Duncan points to each of us as he says our names. "We're friends of Lewis and Toby. We're gonna get you outta here."
"Alright." The dwarf stands and turns to his elfan friend. "Let's go, Martyn. Come on, to your feet now." He tries to help his friend stand but the elf seems dazed and unresponsive.
"Are either of you wearing a metal band?" I ask.
"I'm not but Martyn is."
"Where is it? I can break it with my power glove." Duncan explains. 'Power glove'? Is that the weird glove thing Duncan's wearing? My unspoken question is answered when the dwarf points out the metal band on the elf and Duncan breaks it using his weird.. power.. glove.. thing. I will never understand science. Now that the band is broken the elf looks more alive. He still seems slightly dazed but he is more responsive. He leans on his dwarven friend as we make our way to the end of the hall. Two short corridors going in opposite directions start where the hall ends. "Left or right?"
"Left," I answer and make my way through the left corridor, the others trailing behind me.
"Why are we following a kid?" I hear the dwarf whisper.
"He may be young but he's smart and reliable. Besides he's been here longer than any of us." Seto replies.
"Alright," the dwarf mutters but he still doesn't sound too sure about me. I lead them down the corridor and through the intricate maze of hallways inside the seemingly endless building. The dwarf gets fed up and snaps. "Where are we going!?" He demands.
"There." I point to a door with a sign next to it that says 'Control Room'. "From here we should be able to find Rythian and your friends."
The dwarf huffs but doesn't say anything as Seto slowly and quietly opens the door not knowing what could be on the other side. Seto gasps at what he sees and whispers, "Lewis!"
"Seto!?" A voice calls back just as quiet. "Hows the search going?" Seto grins and motions us inside the room. We enter the room followed by Seto who shuts the door behind him.
There are two people inside the room besides the five that just entered. But I don't pay attention to their appearances or names. Instead I ignore everyone else's mindless chatter and examine the room. Several scientists and guards lay one the floor. Whether their dead is just unconscious is unknown to me. The back wall of the room is covered in various buttons and computers and other technological stuff. In the back left corner of the room is and iron door with a sign above that reads 'Restricted: Authorized Personnel Only'. The lever next to the door is flipped downwards leaving the door wide open so I make my way from one room into the next. I hear Seto call after me but I don't acknowledge him.
In this 'Restricted' room a dozen computer screens line the walls. On each screen is one of the scientists' twisted projects and various information about it. Ten of the twelve screens are written in Craftian. The last two are centered together on the back wall and are written in Ancient Craftian.
One screen reads:
'Project Witherborn
Objective: Immunity
Subject ID: W01
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Appearance: Caucasian, Brown Hair, Brown Eyes
DNA: Wither, Human, Unknown
Abilities: Immunity To Heat
Magic Abilities: Unknown
Weakness: Cold Temperatures
Mental State: Questionable
Current Location: Cell #175'
And the other reads:
'Project Enderborn
Objective: Termination
Subject ID: E01
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Appearance: Caucasian, Black Scales, Brown Hair, Blue Eyes
DNA: Dragon, Human
Abilities: Unknown
Magic Abilities: Unknown
Weakness: Subject W01
Mental State: Stable
Current Location: Lab #26'
Enderborn… So that means Rythian is… They're going to kill him!