I don't own any Pitch Black characters, don't hurt me! Believe me, it DOES
have something to do with Pitch Black. My first fanfiction so please tell
me what you think!
Chapter One
"You do understand, Miss Bennet, that we still need your signature on the consent forms in order to go ahead with any of the proceedings? This is the final step." The coldly impersonal doctor stared at her impatiently.
"I understand.it's just.it's a big decision to make, you know?"
"The bulk of the decision has been made already. The agreement is one year in our care, with physical fitness routines, and at the end of that your time period in the experiment, for the sum of four hundred thousand dollars. Yesterday you had agreed to it for sure, and now you're having second thoughts? There IS a time issue, Miss Bennet, there are other applicants."
She looked down. The money was so tempting, but it was just so risky. She was thousands of dollars in debt, and no specific timeline to set, she could take the time off. But.but nothing. She had already decided to do it.her family didn't know how much money she owed.she needed it. She was palming it off as a year abroad.
"I.I'll do it."
"Then please sign here, here, and here at the x's." He shoved the paper across the table to her.
She picked up the pen and signed. Alexandra Bennet. Her mother always thought it was a beautiful name.
One year later.
She was nervous, but ready. She'd kept up on her studies, sort of. Plus she had turned herself into quite a powerhouse, she guiltily admitted to herself. Turns out that the "physical fitness training" had included all sorts of martial arts, so she had learned all sorts of styles and all different sorts of weapons. Just to tell herself she could do it. Basically, after she learned the basic martial arts she was told by the company that she could learn whatever she wanted. She and the other subject, Diane, had often wondered why they were learning all of it but the lab people just said it was to put them in peak physical condition. She and Diane, a forty year old nutritionist, had become very close in the past year. It was Diane who had finally persuaded Alex to tell her loved ones what was actually going on.that she would be put into an experimental cryo- freeze tube for a month as a human experiment. Experimental.Alex shuddered. She heard herself repeating what the doctors initially told her.that several trials with chimpanzees had been extremely successful, but they would be the first human subjects. They had reassured her that it was very, very safe with no problems.
Four hundred thousand.tax free.four hundred thousand.
She took a deep breath and stepped into the prep room. It took a short twenty minutes to get into her cryosuit, and then she passed through the door into the actual cryofreeze room. Diane looked up and grinned at her. "We'll be okay, hon!" she shouted over the whirr and gave her a thumbs up. Alex smiled back and stepped into the tube.
The doctor stepped in front of her to do last-minute checks. "Everything feeling okay?" She nodded. "Good". He put the equipment on which would monitor her vital signs, and put the restraints in place. "See you in a month, Miss Bennet."
The door started to close and the restraints tightened around her wrists and body. She could still see across the room to where the same was happening to Diane. The tube closed. The last thing she heard was the hiss of gas, and everything froze.
Cold.so cold.
Her eyes didn't want to open.the light hurt them.she was lying on a metal table underneath a bright light. Four people in blue coats stood around her, watching her slowly wake up. She moaned as she felt heat seeping into her body from the cloth wrapped around her. She tried to clear her throat to speak but it was so dry. She tried to sit up but lacked the energy.a woman in a blue coat helped her to sit up. When Alex motioned for a drink, the woman quickly poured water from a pitcher and gave it to her, smiling and said, "Welcome back, Alexandra Bennet."
Alex glanced around the room. It was not the same room that the cryotubes were in.in fact there was equipment in here she had never seen before. It looked really high-tech. How interesting. She sipped the water.it felt good to her parched throat. The blanket was making her feel too warm, and she felt like she had more energy, so she pushed it off and swung her legs off the table as she sat up. That small movement made her head swim. She felt the beginnings of a headache coming on.hope she was allowed aspirin.
She looked down at her body, and saw that she was dressed in some sort of weird jumpsuit. Odd. Why did everything look so different?? Her thoughts went to her friend. "Where's Diane? How is she?" she asked.
The woman who had helped her up answered "Who?"
A bad feeling settled in her stomach. "Diane! The co-subject! Come on, guys, it's only been a month! What about Doctor Avery? He was my coordinator." What was going on?? Why hadn't she seen them before around the lab? Their blank faces confirmed that they didn't know who Diane was. Suddenly realization dawned on the woman's face. She whispered to one of the other doctors, "What was the name of the second prototype?" "Diane Norton" he answered.
"What do you mean, prototype?" Alex interrupted, "There hasn't been any others, has there?" She was getting frantic, besides being disoriented from her awakening. Why couldn't they tell her anything?
"Miss Bennet," began the man in glasses, "I'm afraid there have been.'others' as you put it. Quite a few. You see, the company you were a subject for developed into the primary cryofreeze institute in the system, CryoGen. With your help, we have been able to develop the premier cryofreeze techniques used in all major spacecraft, a great benefit to society and exploration." He paused, looking pleased with himself.
Alex was dumbfounded. "What do you mean, developed? It's been a month, right? A month?" She glaced around at them in turn. All of the doctors looked worried, even the nice woman. Slowly something dawned on Alex. Why everything was so different. "What.what's the date?"
"Now Miss Bennet, it's important to stress that."
"WHAT IS THE DATE?"
The woman sighed. "It's been awhile."
Chapter 2
Alex wiped the tears from her face as she looked at the picture of her family one last time, and then torched it with a lighter. Dead. All dead. They never knew what happened to me because I just disappeared, she thought. The picture of her fiancee was harder to destroy.but then again he was harder to part with. She had never bothered trying to look up any possible relatives, it would be too difficult to explain things. Those CryoGen bastards had really fucked up her life.what was left of it.
This was the last time. The last time she would feel anything. Ever since she.got out, she had episodes of extraordinary bursts of sadness, but other than that, she was stone.
They had given her back her small locker of personal items that was attached to the cryotube. They had tricked her, but didn't admit it. Our mistake, they had said, and written her a check for four hundred thousand. She had definitely paid the price for it. It was worth quite a lot, actually, the economy had a few ups and downs in the last couple hundred years. She actually smiled at the woman who she had given a black eye before security restrained her that day. There was a sort of crash course for two hours on the state of the world.worlds, now, and then she got booted into the street. They were a multitrillion company and didn't give a shit about her, even though she made them who they were. Fuckers.
She had spent some of the money on weapons and gadgets she had learned about on the streets. She'd even managed to find a little something that nobody had even seen in a long time. A sword. She found it in a seedy antiques store, but preserved in some storage container so it was absolutely perfect. Before she went into the tube, she had out of sheer curiosity asked to be instructed with a blade. Just for kicks, she said. Now it was her guarantee that nobody messed with her, ever since the idiot who thought that because she was a woman he could do whatever he wanted. Alex and the sword. Nothing else mattered and she had no one, but that sword. The money put her up in a small cubicle for awhile, but she got tired of living on that planet. A chunk of credits went towards the ticket out of here to wherever. It meant another sleep in the cryotube, yes, but then again she didn't care and knew they already worked with her. What was the ship's name? She checked the ticket.Ah, yes, Hunter-Gratzner. On the way to some godforsaken rock that hopefully she could start a new life in. Huh. New Mecca.bullshit. Maybe she could make it all "new". She was somewhat wealthy but you didn't spread that around on the planet she was at now. Actually, fool herself she might, but she had no plan. She just didn't care. Everything she knew and loved was gone forever.
As the last of the photos burned, she packed up her bag and looked around her small cubicle. "Well, here we go.".
A few hours later, as she boarded the ship to the cryofreeze deck, she looked around at some of the other passengers. All probably had somebody out there somewhere. But she was alone, and didn't need anyone. The short time she had spent in the streets had hardened her in her grief, and she was tough as nails. She wore all black, cut her black hair short, and hung around at night. Didn't hesitate to use her training either. She had her reputation to keep up, and common street thugs stayed away from her after a few more incidents with her unknown surprise. She had commandeered a few smaller weapons as well, to accentuate the martial arts skills she had learned for the "physical fitness" part of her "experiment", for which she had maintained her physique through the freeze. CryoGen. But she didn't think about them anymore.even a desperate thirst for revenge had been quenched once she saw how futile it was going to be. No emotion anymore. She was stone cold.
Interesting assortment of passengers. Colonists, techs, even an escaped convict. She smiled without humor as she looked around. Some of them were talking amongst themselves as they prepared for the deep freeze. Her angry stare and dangerous demeanor got them to stay the hell away, where she liked them. She didn't really like anyone. She sighed as she was logged into the computer for the tubes. There was a fluttering feeling in her stomach. The computer screen said "Bennet, Alexandra". She stepped into the tube.and quelled the rising fear of it. Would she get out on time or waste another two hundred years? Poor Alex. Forget about it, just do it. She relaxed and felt the restraints tighten, which caused her heart to beat faster and faster. But no. No emotion. She felt the thrusters begin underneath her, making the entire ship vibrate as the rest of the passengers hastily stepped into their own cryotubes. This one was definitely more comfortable than the last. She heard a hissing noise coming from behind her and closed her eyes.
Chapter One
"You do understand, Miss Bennet, that we still need your signature on the consent forms in order to go ahead with any of the proceedings? This is the final step." The coldly impersonal doctor stared at her impatiently.
"I understand.it's just.it's a big decision to make, you know?"
"The bulk of the decision has been made already. The agreement is one year in our care, with physical fitness routines, and at the end of that your time period in the experiment, for the sum of four hundred thousand dollars. Yesterday you had agreed to it for sure, and now you're having second thoughts? There IS a time issue, Miss Bennet, there are other applicants."
She looked down. The money was so tempting, but it was just so risky. She was thousands of dollars in debt, and no specific timeline to set, she could take the time off. But.but nothing. She had already decided to do it.her family didn't know how much money she owed.she needed it. She was palming it off as a year abroad.
"I.I'll do it."
"Then please sign here, here, and here at the x's." He shoved the paper across the table to her.
She picked up the pen and signed. Alexandra Bennet. Her mother always thought it was a beautiful name.
One year later.
She was nervous, but ready. She'd kept up on her studies, sort of. Plus she had turned herself into quite a powerhouse, she guiltily admitted to herself. Turns out that the "physical fitness training" had included all sorts of martial arts, so she had learned all sorts of styles and all different sorts of weapons. Just to tell herself she could do it. Basically, after she learned the basic martial arts she was told by the company that she could learn whatever she wanted. She and the other subject, Diane, had often wondered why they were learning all of it but the lab people just said it was to put them in peak physical condition. She and Diane, a forty year old nutritionist, had become very close in the past year. It was Diane who had finally persuaded Alex to tell her loved ones what was actually going on.that she would be put into an experimental cryo- freeze tube for a month as a human experiment. Experimental.Alex shuddered. She heard herself repeating what the doctors initially told her.that several trials with chimpanzees had been extremely successful, but they would be the first human subjects. They had reassured her that it was very, very safe with no problems.
Four hundred thousand.tax free.four hundred thousand.
She took a deep breath and stepped into the prep room. It took a short twenty minutes to get into her cryosuit, and then she passed through the door into the actual cryofreeze room. Diane looked up and grinned at her. "We'll be okay, hon!" she shouted over the whirr and gave her a thumbs up. Alex smiled back and stepped into the tube.
The doctor stepped in front of her to do last-minute checks. "Everything feeling okay?" She nodded. "Good". He put the equipment on which would monitor her vital signs, and put the restraints in place. "See you in a month, Miss Bennet."
The door started to close and the restraints tightened around her wrists and body. She could still see across the room to where the same was happening to Diane. The tube closed. The last thing she heard was the hiss of gas, and everything froze.
Cold.so cold.
Her eyes didn't want to open.the light hurt them.she was lying on a metal table underneath a bright light. Four people in blue coats stood around her, watching her slowly wake up. She moaned as she felt heat seeping into her body from the cloth wrapped around her. She tried to clear her throat to speak but it was so dry. She tried to sit up but lacked the energy.a woman in a blue coat helped her to sit up. When Alex motioned for a drink, the woman quickly poured water from a pitcher and gave it to her, smiling and said, "Welcome back, Alexandra Bennet."
Alex glanced around the room. It was not the same room that the cryotubes were in.in fact there was equipment in here she had never seen before. It looked really high-tech. How interesting. She sipped the water.it felt good to her parched throat. The blanket was making her feel too warm, and she felt like she had more energy, so she pushed it off and swung her legs off the table as she sat up. That small movement made her head swim. She felt the beginnings of a headache coming on.hope she was allowed aspirin.
She looked down at her body, and saw that she was dressed in some sort of weird jumpsuit. Odd. Why did everything look so different?? Her thoughts went to her friend. "Where's Diane? How is she?" she asked.
The woman who had helped her up answered "Who?"
A bad feeling settled in her stomach. "Diane! The co-subject! Come on, guys, it's only been a month! What about Doctor Avery? He was my coordinator." What was going on?? Why hadn't she seen them before around the lab? Their blank faces confirmed that they didn't know who Diane was. Suddenly realization dawned on the woman's face. She whispered to one of the other doctors, "What was the name of the second prototype?" "Diane Norton" he answered.
"What do you mean, prototype?" Alex interrupted, "There hasn't been any others, has there?" She was getting frantic, besides being disoriented from her awakening. Why couldn't they tell her anything?
"Miss Bennet," began the man in glasses, "I'm afraid there have been.'others' as you put it. Quite a few. You see, the company you were a subject for developed into the primary cryofreeze institute in the system, CryoGen. With your help, we have been able to develop the premier cryofreeze techniques used in all major spacecraft, a great benefit to society and exploration." He paused, looking pleased with himself.
Alex was dumbfounded. "What do you mean, developed? It's been a month, right? A month?" She glaced around at them in turn. All of the doctors looked worried, even the nice woman. Slowly something dawned on Alex. Why everything was so different. "What.what's the date?"
"Now Miss Bennet, it's important to stress that."
"WHAT IS THE DATE?"
The woman sighed. "It's been awhile."
Chapter 2
Alex wiped the tears from her face as she looked at the picture of her family one last time, and then torched it with a lighter. Dead. All dead. They never knew what happened to me because I just disappeared, she thought. The picture of her fiancee was harder to destroy.but then again he was harder to part with. She had never bothered trying to look up any possible relatives, it would be too difficult to explain things. Those CryoGen bastards had really fucked up her life.what was left of it.
This was the last time. The last time she would feel anything. Ever since she.got out, she had episodes of extraordinary bursts of sadness, but other than that, she was stone.
They had given her back her small locker of personal items that was attached to the cryotube. They had tricked her, but didn't admit it. Our mistake, they had said, and written her a check for four hundred thousand. She had definitely paid the price for it. It was worth quite a lot, actually, the economy had a few ups and downs in the last couple hundred years. She actually smiled at the woman who she had given a black eye before security restrained her that day. There was a sort of crash course for two hours on the state of the world.worlds, now, and then she got booted into the street. They were a multitrillion company and didn't give a shit about her, even though she made them who they were. Fuckers.
She had spent some of the money on weapons and gadgets she had learned about on the streets. She'd even managed to find a little something that nobody had even seen in a long time. A sword. She found it in a seedy antiques store, but preserved in some storage container so it was absolutely perfect. Before she went into the tube, she had out of sheer curiosity asked to be instructed with a blade. Just for kicks, she said. Now it was her guarantee that nobody messed with her, ever since the idiot who thought that because she was a woman he could do whatever he wanted. Alex and the sword. Nothing else mattered and she had no one, but that sword. The money put her up in a small cubicle for awhile, but she got tired of living on that planet. A chunk of credits went towards the ticket out of here to wherever. It meant another sleep in the cryotube, yes, but then again she didn't care and knew they already worked with her. What was the ship's name? She checked the ticket.Ah, yes, Hunter-Gratzner. On the way to some godforsaken rock that hopefully she could start a new life in. Huh. New Mecca.bullshit. Maybe she could make it all "new". She was somewhat wealthy but you didn't spread that around on the planet she was at now. Actually, fool herself she might, but she had no plan. She just didn't care. Everything she knew and loved was gone forever.
As the last of the photos burned, she packed up her bag and looked around her small cubicle. "Well, here we go.".
A few hours later, as she boarded the ship to the cryofreeze deck, she looked around at some of the other passengers. All probably had somebody out there somewhere. But she was alone, and didn't need anyone. The short time she had spent in the streets had hardened her in her grief, and she was tough as nails. She wore all black, cut her black hair short, and hung around at night. Didn't hesitate to use her training either. She had her reputation to keep up, and common street thugs stayed away from her after a few more incidents with her unknown surprise. She had commandeered a few smaller weapons as well, to accentuate the martial arts skills she had learned for the "physical fitness" part of her "experiment", for which she had maintained her physique through the freeze. CryoGen. But she didn't think about them anymore.even a desperate thirst for revenge had been quenched once she saw how futile it was going to be. No emotion anymore. She was stone cold.
Interesting assortment of passengers. Colonists, techs, even an escaped convict. She smiled without humor as she looked around. Some of them were talking amongst themselves as they prepared for the deep freeze. Her angry stare and dangerous demeanor got them to stay the hell away, where she liked them. She didn't really like anyone. She sighed as she was logged into the computer for the tubes. There was a fluttering feeling in her stomach. The computer screen said "Bennet, Alexandra". She stepped into the tube.and quelled the rising fear of it. Would she get out on time or waste another two hundred years? Poor Alex. Forget about it, just do it. She relaxed and felt the restraints tighten, which caused her heart to beat faster and faster. But no. No emotion. She felt the thrusters begin underneath her, making the entire ship vibrate as the rest of the passengers hastily stepped into their own cryotubes. This one was definitely more comfortable than the last. She heard a hissing noise coming from behind her and closed her eyes.