I woke up to that ever-so-familiar yet unknown smell of disinfectant. More memories crowded my aching head:
…SCARY…SCARY…WHITE MAZE…ELECTRIFIED…DISINFECTANT…SEWAGE SYSTEMS …INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LIVING…OTHER MUTANT FREAKS…DNA HELIXES…A, T, G, AND C…B AND…P?…
I tore myself back to the present. I was strapped to a table. Monitors beeped. They talked too. The light bulbs rapped, and generators rattled on about topics only they would know about. Whitecoats murmured. My "parents" looked down at me.
"What?" I spat, "What questions do you want me to answer now?!"
Monica sighed.
"Honey-" She started.
"Don't you dare call me that-mommy!" I interrupted.
"You're an experiment. You see, we enhanced your DNA so you were superhumanly strong, enhanced your brain cells, and, voila´!" She explained, "Super smart, super strong person. We tested you in the real world, and you succeeded beyond our wildest desire. Plus, you still have more potential than you may think. We purposely kept you in High School, even though you could have easily breezed through college in a snap." She waved her arm for pathetic emphasis," And now I'll turn things over to Jeb Batchelder, the man in charge of the next stage in this experiment."
Jeb walked over and glared down at me. I stared back. His first words surprised me.
"I expect my sedan back."
I didn't let my shock show.
"So that was your car," I said snidely, "I was wondering who would be stupid enough to leave the keys in the ignition. It's a shame my life is in such shaky, forgetful hands."
Jeb's nostrils flared and two red patches appeared, one on each cheek. Ignoring my ingenious comment, he continued," You have passed this part of the test."
"No freaking duh," I said. I was rewarded the death glare.
"As we have replacements," at this he pointed to a row of jars containing embryos.
"We will," he continued," we will graft avian genes and DNA into your already enhanced, human DNA. The last time we tried this, subject 15 died. We will slowly and delicately 'pull' and grow wings out of your shoulders."
I was stunned. How could they do something like that?!
Geez, I knew evil scientists could have screwed up, twisted, genius minds, but this was low. Low, and completely, utterly messed up, stupid, and Sci-Fi.
Minus the Fi part of course.