Chapter 11: Training Day

Never had I felt so alone and confused. My eyes looked toward the entrance waiting to see Adam walk through those doors. Quickly my patience started to wear down. The animal didn't like being in a cage and I started to panic. First I tried prying the bars apart but they were too strong, and too close together for me to slip between.

"Damn you Adam for being a genius," I sighed.

When Adam came in he looked just about the same as he did seven years ago, except with bags under his eyes and a very weak shoulder, I could tell by the way he treated it.

"Adam, finally," I leaned against the bars, "You can't keep me in here, I need out…now."

He noticed my hands were shaking; Adam shook his head no, "you and I both know how dangerous that could be. The safest place for you right now is there."

He took a seat and was watching me.

I groaned and kicked a hole in the back wall of my cell.

"Do you know what's going on here? 'Cause I'd really like to know," I asked in a sarcastic tone.

At that he leaned in some and hid his face with his hands, his classic look of frustration.

"He attempted to mix your feral canine spliced DNA with the molecular ability to change human form. The end result being…well more animal than human; a feral that can actually go between being an animal and human."

I turned to him, "I remember some of it; it felt like I was just watching this all happen. I had no control over it. How did you fix it?"

He nodded and I could tell he was keeping a mental note of what I said.

"Ah, Emma, she's a psionic and was able to connect to you. She said it takes concentration and the will to be human for it to work, something you are going to need to work on. Valerie you can't let the animal be in control any longer like that, you could run the risk of permanently becoming that animal."

As he got up and walked closer I could smell another feral's scent on him. My eyes flashed at him and he instantly backed away, something he had never done towards me before. It made me wonder if it had to do with what I had done to him earlier.

"You smell…" I growled and I got a strange look at first but then he realized what I had meant.

"Oh, you smell Shalimar. She lives here with the others…Brennan said he told you."

I took a few steps back and leaned against the wall and nodded.

"So…what now?" My voice felt a little cracked; things had changed so fast none of this felt very real.

Adam went to a tray and hid something from my view, "the dojo, I think you're more ready than I thought…so I can monitor you from there as well as help you learn control again. Now, either I sedate you, or you calmly walk to the dojo on your own, but with me of course. Don't worry about the others, they aren't here, they left on an errand. Think you can do it?"

I was shocked that he was giving me a choice. My fear of needles was the decision maker.

"I'll walk."

He nodded and proceeded to open the cell putting the syringe into his pocket.

I managed to stay on my best behavior as we walked up the stairs to the more familiar part of Sanctuary. Slowly I walked up the stairs of the dojo while Adam stayed below.

"Uhm, I'm not sure about this anymore," I said after starting to get nervous about being trapped in the dojo.

Adam tried to assure me, "don't worry Val, you're doing the right thing here. With no control you are danger to everyone and yourself."

Once I got into the dojo I noticed the force field had gone up so I couldn't leave, and no one could enter. Adam explained that there would be different levels of tests for me to learn to control these new feelings and impulses.

A woman with blonde hair appeared at the other side of the dojo, she introduced herself as Shalimar. I could smell her powerful dominating feral scent, the same scent I caught on Brennan and Adam and all through-out Sanctuary. I growled, warning her not to come any closer but she ignored it. Once she came closer I attacked and jumped at her pinning her down to the ground, I could faintly hear Adam yelling at me. Then she disappeared from under me and I was back down on the floor.

I looked down to Adam and he had a disappointed look on his face.

"Control…you've got to try to think before you act. Do you want to kill people? There is only so much I can do; it's really up to you to make it happen."