Chapter 2
He's new! He's sexy! He's precioussss!
Jordan, Mr. Manning's assistant, went off on his own trying to score big with a child pornography site. His latest (and last) victim was Emma Nelson. Thanks to the heroic efforts of Toby Issacs Emma was saved, her virginity was intact and Jordan was arrested.
Without Jordan, the funding for the lab was shut down and bought by Michael Jackson for skin modifications. Craig, the new hybrid, was all Jordan had left. That is, except for the baboons with no genitals, who spent all day in the attic pounding and screaming. And, of course, his prisoners. He had to have them to get DNA samples for his serums. Craig needed injections, or his body would slowly degenerate.
Mr. Manning now had to wear glasses for the goo in the tube that Craig splashed in his eyes had damaged them. He was filled with a maddening hate for his son and promptly beat him for the slightest of reasons.
Craig entered Degrassi halls. He was human now. Only humans were allowed in Degrassi, he thought proudly.
To say in the least, he was accepted socially. All he did was walk around and snap pictures but girls hooted and hollered.
He was so sure of himself, he butted in on one of Paige's conversations. She snapped at him, and when she left she called him a 'freakshow'.
A 'freakshow'?
Did she know?
Did having the genes of a superhero and two hobbits (well, one that used to be a hobbit) make him a freak?!
Emma Nelson even had a crush on him, even though just the previous year she had broken up with someone.
He often visited Angela, his kid sister. Well, his artificial memories told him that she was. Sometimes he got home late. His father's meaty fists greeted him.
Craig decided to run away. He would've succeeded, but somehow his memory levels had worked against him and he went to his mother's grave.
Truth was, he didn't have a mother. She didn't exist.
Mr. Manning could play the role of a father, but what of a mother?
Easy: She died.
Now, as you would probably know, he was brought in to live with Joey Jeremiah, and his daughter Angela, who we have mentioned before.
When he got his stuff from his house and went into Joey's car, his father stood there staring at him with merciless eyes. They read: You need me.
His new family had a series of good days and bad days. Once, when Craig got in trouble, he screamed to Joey in his unnaturally high voice 'You're not my father!'
Joey didn't say anything, but rage was bubbling up. Excuse me? He wanted to say. Excuse me? Your father was a monster. You want your father? I'll be more than happy to bring him to you.
Life went well, and Craig seemingly forgot all about the strange experiments in his father's lab or the creatures suspended in the tubes. The creatures that when added together equaled Craig.
It turned out, Craig liked Manny and she liked him. The two were undressing in the car for an episode about safe sex that was going to be delayed several months by the N. They kissed passionately, both wanting more.
"Oh, you're so good." Manny breathed. "Its like you're not human!"
"I'm human." Craig said nervously, bringing back memories of the green goo in which he had come out of. "I'm human! I'M HUMAN!"
He punched Manny again and again. "HUMAAAAAAN!"
Manny's eyes rolled up as she hit the seat. Her virginity was still intact, thank god, but her memory wasn't. When she woke up she had no idea about what Craig had done, or the thin line of sanity on which he walked. Or the desperate yearning to be accepted. If she did, the story would be much different.
Craig visited the-n.com's message boards later that night.
"is it just me or is craig soooo hooootttttt!" Said one girl.
"he is so cute! he izz da hottestt!" Giggled another.
"What do you think of his personality?" Asked a guy.
"perzonality?" The girls asked. "what perzonality? He's to SEXY to have one!"
Craig grinned, even though if a maturer boy like Toby or JT were called personality-less they would take it as an insult.
Drip.
Drip.
Splat.
Craig looked at his finger and realized flesh was dripping from it and splattering across the keyboard. The drips typed in www.yourethemannowdog.com. A man on the screen snarled that Craig was a dog now.
Craig let out a choked scream as his body began to degenerate slowly, but surely.
Plop.
A fingernail hit the computer screen.
The serum! He needed the serum. Tears of pain welling in Craig's eyes, he thought of the one person who had the serum.
His father.
Craig ran out the door into the night. Angela woke up and saw him run out the window. Even in her young mind, she knew something was up. Too bad she didn't tell anyone.
Craig ran down the street searching for the house.
At last he got to it. He opened the door, and Craig's father came out.
Craig lifted up his melting hand.
Mr. Manning smiled and led Craig inside his house.
The door shut.
He's new! He's sexy! He's precioussss!
Jordan, Mr. Manning's assistant, went off on his own trying to score big with a child pornography site. His latest (and last) victim was Emma Nelson. Thanks to the heroic efforts of Toby Issacs Emma was saved, her virginity was intact and Jordan was arrested.
Without Jordan, the funding for the lab was shut down and bought by Michael Jackson for skin modifications. Craig, the new hybrid, was all Jordan had left. That is, except for the baboons with no genitals, who spent all day in the attic pounding and screaming. And, of course, his prisoners. He had to have them to get DNA samples for his serums. Craig needed injections, or his body would slowly degenerate.
Mr. Manning now had to wear glasses for the goo in the tube that Craig splashed in his eyes had damaged them. He was filled with a maddening hate for his son and promptly beat him for the slightest of reasons.
Craig entered Degrassi halls. He was human now. Only humans were allowed in Degrassi, he thought proudly.
To say in the least, he was accepted socially. All he did was walk around and snap pictures but girls hooted and hollered.
He was so sure of himself, he butted in on one of Paige's conversations. She snapped at him, and when she left she called him a 'freakshow'.
A 'freakshow'?
Did she know?
Did having the genes of a superhero and two hobbits (well, one that used to be a hobbit) make him a freak?!
Emma Nelson even had a crush on him, even though just the previous year she had broken up with someone.
He often visited Angela, his kid sister. Well, his artificial memories told him that she was. Sometimes he got home late. His father's meaty fists greeted him.
Craig decided to run away. He would've succeeded, but somehow his memory levels had worked against him and he went to his mother's grave.
Truth was, he didn't have a mother. She didn't exist.
Mr. Manning could play the role of a father, but what of a mother?
Easy: She died.
Now, as you would probably know, he was brought in to live with Joey Jeremiah, and his daughter Angela, who we have mentioned before.
When he got his stuff from his house and went into Joey's car, his father stood there staring at him with merciless eyes. They read: You need me.
His new family had a series of good days and bad days. Once, when Craig got in trouble, he screamed to Joey in his unnaturally high voice 'You're not my father!'
Joey didn't say anything, but rage was bubbling up. Excuse me? He wanted to say. Excuse me? Your father was a monster. You want your father? I'll be more than happy to bring him to you.
Life went well, and Craig seemingly forgot all about the strange experiments in his father's lab or the creatures suspended in the tubes. The creatures that when added together equaled Craig.
It turned out, Craig liked Manny and she liked him. The two were undressing in the car for an episode about safe sex that was going to be delayed several months by the N. They kissed passionately, both wanting more.
"Oh, you're so good." Manny breathed. "Its like you're not human!"
"I'm human." Craig said nervously, bringing back memories of the green goo in which he had come out of. "I'm human! I'M HUMAN!"
He punched Manny again and again. "HUMAAAAAAN!"
Manny's eyes rolled up as she hit the seat. Her virginity was still intact, thank god, but her memory wasn't. When she woke up she had no idea about what Craig had done, or the thin line of sanity on which he walked. Or the desperate yearning to be accepted. If she did, the story would be much different.
Craig visited the-n.com's message boards later that night.
"is it just me or is craig soooo hooootttttt!" Said one girl.
"he is so cute! he izz da hottestt!" Giggled another.
"What do you think of his personality?" Asked a guy.
"perzonality?" The girls asked. "what perzonality? He's to SEXY to have one!"
Craig grinned, even though if a maturer boy like Toby or JT were called personality-less they would take it as an insult.
Drip.
Drip.
Splat.
Craig looked at his finger and realized flesh was dripping from it and splattering across the keyboard. The drips typed in www.yourethemannowdog.com. A man on the screen snarled that Craig was a dog now.
Craig let out a choked scream as his body began to degenerate slowly, but surely.
Plop.
A fingernail hit the computer screen.
The serum! He needed the serum. Tears of pain welling in Craig's eyes, he thought of the one person who had the serum.
His father.
Craig ran out the door into the night. Angela woke up and saw him run out the window. Even in her young mind, she knew something was up. Too bad she didn't tell anyone.
Craig ran down the street searching for the house.
At last he got to it. He opened the door, and Craig's father came out.
Craig lifted up his melting hand.
Mr. Manning smiled and led Craig inside his house.
The door shut.