Back on board baby!
Ed's POV
I waited for Roy to get his ass into the small dorm room. Lila was staring at me with big green eyes, her black fur on her fur clashing with the brown fur. I looked at her body, misshapen and looked like it was deformed to no return. Her tail slightly wagged and I felt sick.
"Lila? Come….Come here." She tilted her head to the side and looked at me. I sighed and knelt down on the floor, patting my hands together. "Come here girl."
She barked happily and jumped down. Using her nose to urge my hand to pet her, she whined and looked up at me. It hurt so much to see her like this. Her whine got louder and a sigh heaved when she stood up. Her head rubbed up against my forehead, I on the other hand wrapped my arms around her and pushed my face into her fur. She sat down and I felt her tail wag at the affection I was showing her.
A knock on the door made her spring up and a growl formed in her throat. Shushing her, I opened the door to see Roy, and might I add he looked quite tired. I motioned him inside and closed the door quickly. Lila stood stiff and growled menacing at him, her fur tufted up on her shoulders, while her tail was like a giant puffball. Roy held up his hands and sat down on the far bed, away from her.
"I see you got yourself a guard dog. You did such a good job teaching it manners." He said with sarcasm.
"It-she's not a dog colonel. That's Lila. Something happened during a transmutation and this happened."
Roy gave me a bored looked and shrugged. "I couldn't care less of transmutations. But this is interesting. Especially how you're back to normal. I wonder how that happened." Something in his eyes made me want to punch him, but knowing better made me hold back. Lila did not like him one bit. She was snarling profanity in dog terms probably.
"Aren't you going to help us out? You seemed interested enough to take her with us from the lab." My fists were clenched as Lila heaved in breath, her ribs deformed and probably hurting, course that never stopped her from continually growling and snapping.
"If you can calm her, I might do a little check over." Roy grinned and that made something inside me at unease. I shook off the thought and shrugged.
"Lila, be nice and let him see you."
"NO!" Her mutated voice pained me, but I leaned down and she glared at me. I reached slowly for her, only she backed up more. I remember some books I read when I was little, to never back an animal into a corner for they may fight to get out. Course Lila was still somewhat human…..right? I kept coming forward and she hit the back of the wall, which solved the mystery. She bit into my hand, deep. Her growls became more than just growls. There was a slight cry in it, like she didn't want to do that. Her eyes showed terror and quickly let go of my hand. Her tail tucked between her legs and ran under the bed.
"I see she doesn't like you either." Roy's words stung as the reality of it was hitting me.
"She's just afraid, that's all." I blinked back some tears.
"So afraid to bite you? I'm not even sure that is Lila. What if that is JUST a wolf?"
"That can talk!" I glare him, heat rising to my face. A fucking wolf. Yeah right.
"Who knows, maybe you discovered something." He grinned at me and I noticed that he meant to get rid of her.
"So what do you want? Send her back to the lab? Send her to the pound? Kill her?" I was shaking now, and more whining came from the bed. Roy tsked and wagged his finger at me.
"There are other ways Edward. I would suggest taking her to a lab though, not the one she was in, but a different one so we can figure out what happened." He ran through his hair, making him seem sincere. I sighed and my shoulders slumped.
"Maybe you're right. But who can we get for this?" Roy smiled and patted my back. He went over to the phone and called someone, making arrangements for Lila to be picked up. Lila came out from under the bed, whined, and with her ears pinned back.
"I make you mad?" Her eyes looked up at me, while her head was lowered down. She crawled over to me and rolled over on her back, showing submission. I bent down and rubbed her stomach.
"No….we're just going to try and get you fixed ok." I smiled to reassure her, but Roy came back before that accomplished anything. Lila jumped up and gave a low growl, but not as bad as the first one. I saw a little glare in his eyes and returned it with a frown.
"They'll be here in ten minutes. Get…..whatever she wants packed." And with that, Roy sat down and started reading a book. Lila never let her eyes off of him. I even tried to scratch behind her ears, which she enjoyed of course, but still wouldn't settle down. She wasn't stupid, but it was only Roy.
A van pulled up down below the building. A couple minutes later a guy in a uniform knocked on the door and asked me to take Lila out to the car. I tapped on her head and motioned for her to go out. She followed happily. At least until she saw the van. Her hair spiked up and she growled at the men coming out.
"Lila, they're just going to help you." She whined and leapt up on her hind legs and licked my chin. One of the guys came up and whistled for her to follow. She looked up at me and I nodded at her. Slowly, she walked to him, tail between her legs. They put her in the back seat where she looked out the closing door. For a moment, I thought she was crying. Course, chimeras can't cry since they have been bonded with an animal. Nina popped into my head and I felt my chest hurt.
Roy was talking to the guy in the uniform. I jogged up to them only to hear the end of the conversation.
"….couple tests before knowing how to get her-. Oh hey Ed." The man smiled and dropped the conversation. I stood there as they continued walking. I trudged behind them, wondering if that was the right thing to do. I sighed as we reached the man's car. He smiled and looked at Roy.
"See you E-er-Roy." Roy's body went ridged.
"You fool!" Roy turned to see me, eyes wide and everything. Everything Lila did, she wasn't afraid of Roy, she wasn't mad at him, because that wasn't him! Shit. I turned and ran for it, course Envy being Envy, caught up and hit my gut. I couldn't fight him, there was no way I could beat him. He grabbed a branch and cracked it against my skull. Stars danced in my vision as black fog was sweeping across my eyes.
"What now?"
"Take him to the lab, do what you want. We don't need him anymore. You just HAD to spoil everything. Damn human." The man scratched the back of his head. The man reached down to me and checked my pulse.
"He's ok. I'll just take him in my car." And with that, sweet sweet darkness consumed me. Lila was trying to protect me from Envy when I didn't know it was him. She may have bitten me, but that was the animal side of her doing that. Not her. I screwed up. Big time.
Some odd amount of time passed before I woke up on an examination table. It being cold and I being naked didn't really help my situation. Sounds from the other side of the wall were unidentifiable. I sat up and my world spun. Slowly, I regained a since of balance and got up. Only that was what I thought I was doing. In reality, I was tied down to the table. I couldn't move.
There was banging and the door flew open when a red headed guy came in with a lab coat, gloves, and a really bad temper.
"I don't give two shits if she is dangerous! Get me the blood samples and urine samples ASAP! Do you even know what that means! As Soon As Possible! Get it right you fucking morons!" The guys behind him cringed and said a mumbled 'yes sir' and ran off. They man turned around and smiled brightly at me. His green eyes held humor in them.
"Well well, if it isn't my favorite patient of the day. Sorry about that. Some mutt came in and killed 5 of my staff. Unfortunately they were my best, so now I'm stuck with tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum. So how shall we begin today's session? Blood sample? Urine sample? Both? Sperm sample? All three? We can test your body to the utmost extreme if you prefer." He snapped his gloves and walked over to my face.
I tried speaking but it came out as a croak.
"Oh yeah, we used a sedative on you so you can't walk or talk. Hope you don't mind." He smiled more and pulled out a knife. He used it at my face, pushing and turning it around. I could manage a low growl, but that was my limit. "Oh someone's not happy. Mind if I take a look at your pride and joy?" He grinned and went to my lower region.
Oh god, if there even is one, save me from this. I can feel him using the knife to turn it around and that wasn't oh so comfortable. He looked up at me and smiled wider, if possible. "Someone isn't circumcised. Maybe I should do it now. Hope you don't mind." He leaned back down and I felt the tip of the knife start cutting into the skin. A scream escaped my throat and as soon as that happened, a loud thud hit the door.
"I'm busy!" Another thud.
"Are you morons lost again? Get the blood sample damn it." He put down the knife and walked towards the door. When he opened it, a body fell on him. A loud squeal came from him. If it wasn't the pain I was feeling, and the medicine, I probably would have died laughing. A growl came from the hallway. Slowly something brown and fast jumped at him. Another squeal came from him, loud enough for security to come by with tazers. They tazed whatever it was and it fell. Slowly, the medication wore off and I saw that it was Lila, covered in blood and her eyes dilated from the sudden shock.
"Get this beast off of me! Make it sleep, do something. Go chain it up!" And with the orders, the men grabbed her and dragged her off, but not before she got a good bite at the crazy guy's inner thigh. In my opinion, I think she was aiming for you-know-what for what he was doing to me. He got up, slapped gauze on it, and returned to me.
"Well THAT was fun. Since I've suddenly come up with a wound and can barely stand…you're getting off lucky today." He took one look at my eh-hem and frowned. "I will get that fixed though. So unnatural, so so….disgusting." He nodded, agreeing with himself.
I cleared my throat and spoke in a voice that was nearly inaudible. "You're one to talk." The man looked down at me and grinned happily.
"I can tell that we're going to be the best of friends after all this." Grabbing a syringe, he injected something into me, forcing me to fall into darkness once again.
There, updated finally after oh so long. There won't be a Lila POV for a while. Hope the direction back onto the plot didn't confuse anyone too much. (;.;)'
