Chapter 2
"Ah!" I screamed bolting straight up.
I looked around, I was no longer on the plane.
"Chris, calm down, you're in New York, its me, your Uncle." A man on my right explained.
"How, why am I here?" I asked.
"You passed out on the plane, and nothing could wake you up." A woman leaning over a desk said.
"Oh, well, can I go now?" I asked.
"Actually, Mr. Collins…"
"Call me Gene."
"Okay, Gene, do you mind if I take a couple more tests, I want to find out why he didn't wake up until just now."
"No. Chris, you can take a cab right?"
"Um, sure."
"Great, well, meet you at home."
My uncle walked out the door.
"Now, follow me, and we'll do some tests."
I followed her out the door and down a hall. We stopped at a dead end. The Doctor slid a panel open and punched some keys. The wall slid away. Inside was a long sloping hallway. We walked down. As we walked the wall slid back into place. After about a minute of walking the hall opened up into a huge Gym filled with weights, and obstacle course. The oddest thing about the place was that it was filled with mutants.
"Welcome the M.C.C. or Mutant Control Center."
"Why am I here, I'm not a mutant."
"Ah, that's what you think, but you are, you and your sister were the first test subjects."
"Well Dr. … I don't believe I ever caught your name."
"Doctor Jessica Heralds."
"Well Dr. Heralds, you must be mistaken because I'm an only child."
"No, my father is the one that performed the surgery. Did your parents ever tell you that you were genetically engineered to not have birth defects?"
"Yes."
"Well, during that surgery, when me father was genetically engineering you and your sister into super soldiers, he took you sister from your mother to become a control and inserted her into my mother."
"Was any of this legal?" I asked.
"It was all sponsored be the government."
"Well, where is my sister, did she die?"
"No, Erika, come here please!"
Soon a woman with eagle wings sticking out from her back swooped down and landed.
"Yes Jessica?"
"This is your brother, Chris."
"Oh, cool, nice to meet you Chris."
"You… too, I think."
"I'm going to continue training now."
"Okay."
"Now why is it that she has wings and I look normal?"
"Well, she was genetically engineered to have Eagle senses, but along with those there was an odd outcome, she grew wings."
"Oh, so what exactly can I do other than run fast, stick to walls, and have enhanced reflexes."
"Chimp, Spider, and Cheetah, how did you find out about those?"
"Long story."
"Oh, well, along with that, you can lift heavy objects, Elephant, see extremely far and hear extremely well, Eagle and Wolf, and sense things like danger, or things you can't see, Shark."
"Now what?"
"Well, whatever you want to do, I only had to introduce you to your abilities, you have to decide what to do with them. Oh and here."
She handed me a watch.
"What does it do?"
"Experiment with it when you're alone, you'll find out."
"Whatever, can I go now?"
"Yes, the exit is right over there." She said pointing at a door.
I walked over to it and left the building.
"Ah!" I screamed bolting straight up.
I looked around, I was no longer on the plane.
"Chris, calm down, you're in New York, its me, your Uncle." A man on my right explained.
"How, why am I here?" I asked.
"You passed out on the plane, and nothing could wake you up." A woman leaning over a desk said.
"Oh, well, can I go now?" I asked.
"Actually, Mr. Collins…"
"Call me Gene."
"Okay, Gene, do you mind if I take a couple more tests, I want to find out why he didn't wake up until just now."
"No. Chris, you can take a cab right?"
"Um, sure."
"Great, well, meet you at home."
My uncle walked out the door.
"Now, follow me, and we'll do some tests."
I followed her out the door and down a hall. We stopped at a dead end. The Doctor slid a panel open and punched some keys. The wall slid away. Inside was a long sloping hallway. We walked down. As we walked the wall slid back into place. After about a minute of walking the hall opened up into a huge Gym filled with weights, and obstacle course. The oddest thing about the place was that it was filled with mutants.
"Welcome the M.C.C. or Mutant Control Center."
"Why am I here, I'm not a mutant."
"Ah, that's what you think, but you are, you and your sister were the first test subjects."
"Well Dr. … I don't believe I ever caught your name."
"Doctor Jessica Heralds."
"Well Dr. Heralds, you must be mistaken because I'm an only child."
"No, my father is the one that performed the surgery. Did your parents ever tell you that you were genetically engineered to not have birth defects?"
"Yes."
"Well, during that surgery, when me father was genetically engineering you and your sister into super soldiers, he took you sister from your mother to become a control and inserted her into my mother."
"Was any of this legal?" I asked.
"It was all sponsored be the government."
"Well, where is my sister, did she die?"
"No, Erika, come here please!"
Soon a woman with eagle wings sticking out from her back swooped down and landed.
"Yes Jessica?"
"This is your brother, Chris."
"Oh, cool, nice to meet you Chris."
"You… too, I think."
"I'm going to continue training now."
"Okay."
"Now why is it that she has wings and I look normal?"
"Well, she was genetically engineered to have Eagle senses, but along with those there was an odd outcome, she grew wings."
"Oh, so what exactly can I do other than run fast, stick to walls, and have enhanced reflexes."
"Chimp, Spider, and Cheetah, how did you find out about those?"
"Long story."
"Oh, well, along with that, you can lift heavy objects, Elephant, see extremely far and hear extremely well, Eagle and Wolf, and sense things like danger, or things you can't see, Shark."
"Now what?"
"Well, whatever you want to do, I only had to introduce you to your abilities, you have to decide what to do with them. Oh and here."
She handed me a watch.
"What does it do?"
"Experiment with it when you're alone, you'll find out."
"Whatever, can I go now?"
"Yes, the exit is right over there." She said pointing at a door.
I walked over to it and left the building.