Chapter 21
He slowly came too, and yet, he found himself bounded. Looking about, clone number 9 was in a basement of sorts, but he knew this place, the shop where his creator, Dr. Genus worked. Standing before him, Dr. Genus stood shaking his head. "I couldn't warn them in time." He said. "But thankfully, there was one thing you didn't expect. Your tests would have failed on the sons of Garou, they are immune to monster cells and their effects. You should have realized that, but instead. You have harmed others for the sake of… evolution,"
"So what now? What are you going to do with me? I am not the only one doing this you know!" 9 demanded.
Dr. Genus wasn't too concerned. "I have sent a warning out to any and all clones who wish to peruse the sons and daughter of Garou. If they go after his family… I am not going to save them. Your fate is in his hands…"
"His hands?" demanded 9.
Dr. Genus stepped off to the side, Garou lurked right behind him, waiting. 9 became petrified. "Wait… what are you going to do to me?"
Garou turned to Dr. Genus. "You make sure this is told to ALL of your clones… because I am starting to get use to doing this, and I wasn't a fan of it before…" warned Garou. With a lash of his tail, he removed the bindings on the clone. Slowly he stood up on to his feet.
"Is that it? Is that all you are going to do, a slap on the wrist?"
The sinister smile spread over Garou's face. "Oh… no… no one lives when they come after my family. Especially now… I don't have the capacity for mercy." His tail began to coil up the clone before the head of it eyed 9. "I suppose I can no longer say I don't eat human like things anymore…"
Dr. Genus didn't look away as he watched his aspiring clone become swallowed up in the tail of Garou. In mere moments, it vanished into the limb. The clone attempted to fight his way free but failed. He drifted down the serpent rather easily before vanishing into it. Garou then wrapped his appendage around his hips before turning to the Doctor. "You have warned the others?" he asked.
"I told them, and I have also broadcasted this live to them on a secret feed. They should get the message."
"Good… I'm taking every bit of this clone's research and giving it to my daughter."
"You are more than welcome to it, and anything in his lab. He worked in…"
"I know where his lab is…" Said Garou. "The problem is… there are others just as ambitious as him… this won't scare them…"
Dr. Genus sighed. "My deepest apologies…"
Yet Garou waved him off on it. "If I have to devour all your clones, I will. I promise you though… if you have ANY hand in this… even a finger in this research of my family…" Garou stood inches before the doctor, staring him dead in the eyes. "You're next, and I won't use my tail to do it!"
With that he left. Dr. Genus broke out in a cold sweat, scared with the notion. He wants no part of this research into Garou's family.
The thrill of discovery is not worth the consequence!