Chapter 3
Weird Science
Mr. Manning looked at his son.
"You're pitiful." He said. "This never would've happened if you had stayed with me."
"Y-y-you beat me, Dad."
Craig's father slapped Craig across the face, leaving some slime on his fingers.
He looked at them with disgust and then said, "Damn straight I did! I should've known better than to mess with nature, and this is what I came up with! You're a useless scum!"
"The girls like me."
"'The girls like me.'" He whined. "Do you know how you sound?! Do you think girls like you for your personality? No! They like you for your dopey grin and your fluffy hair!"
"Just p-p-please give me the serum. I'm falling apart." Craig gave a nervous grin. Mr. Manning cocked one eyebrow, suspicious.
"Just come upstairs."
"So," Said Craig, walking up the stairs with his father. "The serum is upstairs in the attic?"
"Yes."
"Is it locked?"
"Not that I'm aware of."
"That's all I needed to know, you creep." Craig pushed his father down. Mr. Manning held out his arms to balance himself but it was too late. His arms reaching for something to hold on to he fell backwards and smashed onto the hard floor.
With his legs and arms broken, and blood freely running from his nose, he let out a howl of pain mixed with rage.
Craig ran up the stairs and into the attic. The attic was large, and there were some doors that led to other rooms. One door, unbeknownst to him, held his father's horrifying experiments and his three captives whom he needed if he wanted to create more serums.
Craig looked for something. What it was, he did not know. He pushed away boxes and crates when he came upon a fridge. He opened it up and saw several syringes filled with a red liquid. The serum.
He grabbed them and hurried down the stairs.
His father was still there. He lifted his head up at his son.
"Even with those...serums...you'll...hkkk...still begin to degenerate sooner or later." He growled. "You need me and you know it."
Craig looked down and a feeling of rage swept over him like some hot tide rolling over the sand.
He grabbed syringe after syringe and threw them at his father. The glass shattered onto him, and the serum seeped into them overloading his body.
He let out a roar of anguish.
With the broken bones and the foreign chemicals surging through his body, he should have died.
Should have.
Toby sat in his garage, thinking of what to do. JT was supposed to come, but then he called with some excuse.
Then he saw the new guy, Craig, ride his bike down the road.
"Hey!" Craig called. "Mind if I come down?"
Toby shook his head no.
Craig, panting, took out a beaker filled with a red liquid.
"You're a science geek, aren't you?" Craig asked. "Do you think you can make more of this?"
"I'm more of a computer geek, but I'll try."
"Thanks!" Craig said in his high voice. "Mind if I stay to watch?"
"No."
So Toby started doing this complex experiment, while Craig helped himself to one of Toby's sodas. He gulped it down. What a fantastic drink this was! His taste buds tinged with excitement.
The two started talking in a friendly conversation. The conversation turned towards school.
"So, do you like that Emma girl?" He asked innocently.
Toby's face grew a bit red. "Uh, yeah." Toby had it for Emma so bad, but he tried to hide his feelings with his girlfriend, Kendra. She liked anime like him, and he tried to pretend that it was enough.
Craig recognized the tone of voice, and felt anger surge through him. He had just dumped Manny (she didn't even remember the relationship or anything that night She just thought she had dozed off in the car) and he had some feelings for Emma now. He would make sure Toby wouldn't stand in his way.
A couple of minutes later Toby held a much larger beaker filled with the red serum. Craig's eyes widened with excitement. This could keep him safe for years!
"So what's this for now?"
"Science." Said Craig quickly. He 'accidentally' pretended to lose his balance for a moment and poured a small amount of the drug on Toby.
When it hit Craig's father, the serum was high in quantity and his father's body could not resist it.
With Toby, he had a small amount. Not that much.
Craig's genes had a mix of Frodo, Gollum and Spider-Man. The serum contained this, and that's how Craig managed to stay in one piece.
When the small amount entered Toby, the body broke down Gollum and Frodo's genes as foreign and easily took them out. Spider-Man was a human, well almost human, and the genes entered Toby's.
Toby fell on the ground and began convulsing like Craig's father. Craig hid in a bush and watched, wanting to know if it would have the same result.
Deep in Craig's mind, he was aware he had done a bad thing. But the feeling was so new he didn't feel any remorse over it.
Emma had just happened to be having a small bicycle ride with Manny that day.
They rode by Toby and Ashley's house and saw Toby on the ground, his body shaking back and forth.
Although Emma told herself she didn't 'like like' Toby, and she fooled herself by dissing him behind his back, she rushed forward with Manny to help her friend.
Craig peered through the bushes.
Toby was now still when Emma and her friend ran over to him. Was Toby dead? Craig hoped so. In his mind this registered as a bad thing, but he was so excited he didn't care.
Manny checked Toby's pulse.
"He's still alive!" She said. "Do you know CPR?"
"As a matter of fact, I do."
She slowly breathed into Toby's mouth. After a while, he began coughing and she got up.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"I am now." He said and grinned, his voice that of a man who was in a daze and wasn't in control of himself. Sort of like how Ashley was when she took ecstasy.
Despite all this, she felt her cheeks redden.
Craig peered through the bush, a wide range of emotions sweeping over him.
Did getting sick like that attract girls? He had to try.
He jumped out onto the road and began to convulse.
Manny looked at him. "How dare you make fun of him that way?" She asked. "Were you here all this time?"
Craig only gave his pouty look.
"Forget it."
Toby got to his feet, and looked at Craig, unaware that he tried to kill him.
"Here's the manual on how to do what I did." He said. He gave it to Craig.
Emma looked at Toby. "Are you sure you are all right?"
Toby nodded.
Emma and Manny walked off leaving the two boys alone.
"Uh, thanks man." Said Craig.
Toby went inside. His body felt like it was about to explode, but it was good in an odd sort of way.
He looked in the mirror and was surprised to see a muscle growing.
"Where did this come from?" He wondered.
Craig came into his house. Angela was outside playing with her father In all the excitement, he forgot about the injecting!
He looked at his finger. It was like pudding. There was no pain.
Craig filled the syringe with the serum and jammed it into his wrist like a junkie.
The results were quick and satisfying. Craig took another. And another.
Wow! He felt better than ever. He never stopped to wonder about overdosing. You couldn't have too much of a good thing, right?
Weird Science
Mr. Manning looked at his son.
"You're pitiful." He said. "This never would've happened if you had stayed with me."
"Y-y-you beat me, Dad."
Craig's father slapped Craig across the face, leaving some slime on his fingers.
He looked at them with disgust and then said, "Damn straight I did! I should've known better than to mess with nature, and this is what I came up with! You're a useless scum!"
"The girls like me."
"'The girls like me.'" He whined. "Do you know how you sound?! Do you think girls like you for your personality? No! They like you for your dopey grin and your fluffy hair!"
"Just p-p-please give me the serum. I'm falling apart." Craig gave a nervous grin. Mr. Manning cocked one eyebrow, suspicious.
"Just come upstairs."
"So," Said Craig, walking up the stairs with his father. "The serum is upstairs in the attic?"
"Yes."
"Is it locked?"
"Not that I'm aware of."
"That's all I needed to know, you creep." Craig pushed his father down. Mr. Manning held out his arms to balance himself but it was too late. His arms reaching for something to hold on to he fell backwards and smashed onto the hard floor.
With his legs and arms broken, and blood freely running from his nose, he let out a howl of pain mixed with rage.
Craig ran up the stairs and into the attic. The attic was large, and there were some doors that led to other rooms. One door, unbeknownst to him, held his father's horrifying experiments and his three captives whom he needed if he wanted to create more serums.
Craig looked for something. What it was, he did not know. He pushed away boxes and crates when he came upon a fridge. He opened it up and saw several syringes filled with a red liquid. The serum.
He grabbed them and hurried down the stairs.
His father was still there. He lifted his head up at his son.
"Even with those...serums...you'll...hkkk...still begin to degenerate sooner or later." He growled. "You need me and you know it."
Craig looked down and a feeling of rage swept over him like some hot tide rolling over the sand.
He grabbed syringe after syringe and threw them at his father. The glass shattered onto him, and the serum seeped into them overloading his body.
He let out a roar of anguish.
With the broken bones and the foreign chemicals surging through his body, he should have died.
Should have.
Toby sat in his garage, thinking of what to do. JT was supposed to come, but then he called with some excuse.
Then he saw the new guy, Craig, ride his bike down the road.
"Hey!" Craig called. "Mind if I come down?"
Toby shook his head no.
Craig, panting, took out a beaker filled with a red liquid.
"You're a science geek, aren't you?" Craig asked. "Do you think you can make more of this?"
"I'm more of a computer geek, but I'll try."
"Thanks!" Craig said in his high voice. "Mind if I stay to watch?"
"No."
So Toby started doing this complex experiment, while Craig helped himself to one of Toby's sodas. He gulped it down. What a fantastic drink this was! His taste buds tinged with excitement.
The two started talking in a friendly conversation. The conversation turned towards school.
"So, do you like that Emma girl?" He asked innocently.
Toby's face grew a bit red. "Uh, yeah." Toby had it for Emma so bad, but he tried to hide his feelings with his girlfriend, Kendra. She liked anime like him, and he tried to pretend that it was enough.
Craig recognized the tone of voice, and felt anger surge through him. He had just dumped Manny (she didn't even remember the relationship or anything that night She just thought she had dozed off in the car) and he had some feelings for Emma now. He would make sure Toby wouldn't stand in his way.
A couple of minutes later Toby held a much larger beaker filled with the red serum. Craig's eyes widened with excitement. This could keep him safe for years!
"So what's this for now?"
"Science." Said Craig quickly. He 'accidentally' pretended to lose his balance for a moment and poured a small amount of the drug on Toby.
When it hit Craig's father, the serum was high in quantity and his father's body could not resist it.
With Toby, he had a small amount. Not that much.
Craig's genes had a mix of Frodo, Gollum and Spider-Man. The serum contained this, and that's how Craig managed to stay in one piece.
When the small amount entered Toby, the body broke down Gollum and Frodo's genes as foreign and easily took them out. Spider-Man was a human, well almost human, and the genes entered Toby's.
Toby fell on the ground and began convulsing like Craig's father. Craig hid in a bush and watched, wanting to know if it would have the same result.
Deep in Craig's mind, he was aware he had done a bad thing. But the feeling was so new he didn't feel any remorse over it.
Emma had just happened to be having a small bicycle ride with Manny that day.
They rode by Toby and Ashley's house and saw Toby on the ground, his body shaking back and forth.
Although Emma told herself she didn't 'like like' Toby, and she fooled herself by dissing him behind his back, she rushed forward with Manny to help her friend.
Craig peered through the bushes.
Toby was now still when Emma and her friend ran over to him. Was Toby dead? Craig hoped so. In his mind this registered as a bad thing, but he was so excited he didn't care.
Manny checked Toby's pulse.
"He's still alive!" She said. "Do you know CPR?"
"As a matter of fact, I do."
She slowly breathed into Toby's mouth. After a while, he began coughing and she got up.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"I am now." He said and grinned, his voice that of a man who was in a daze and wasn't in control of himself. Sort of like how Ashley was when she took ecstasy.
Despite all this, she felt her cheeks redden.
Craig peered through the bush, a wide range of emotions sweeping over him.
Did getting sick like that attract girls? He had to try.
He jumped out onto the road and began to convulse.
Manny looked at him. "How dare you make fun of him that way?" She asked. "Were you here all this time?"
Craig only gave his pouty look.
"Forget it."
Toby got to his feet, and looked at Craig, unaware that he tried to kill him.
"Here's the manual on how to do what I did." He said. He gave it to Craig.
Emma looked at Toby. "Are you sure you are all right?"
Toby nodded.
Emma and Manny walked off leaving the two boys alone.
"Uh, thanks man." Said Craig.
Toby went inside. His body felt like it was about to explode, but it was good in an odd sort of way.
He looked in the mirror and was surprised to see a muscle growing.
"Where did this come from?" He wondered.
Craig came into his house. Angela was outside playing with her father In all the excitement, he forgot about the injecting!
He looked at his finger. It was like pudding. There was no pain.
Craig filled the syringe with the serum and jammed it into his wrist like a junkie.
The results were quick and satisfying. Craig took another. And another.
Wow! He felt better than ever. He never stopped to wonder about overdosing. You couldn't have too much of a good thing, right?