Chapter 2: Injection Day

It has been a few days since I've sat here. 2 to be exact. Just 15 minutes away was the defining moment. Man to monster. Was I ready? I wasn't exactly sure, but I knew there was no turning back now ... there never was. Amber was the one who was supposed to inject me with some virus called S-virus.

I had to be absolutely awake for this. As I lie there I waited for it all to be over. The injection, the experiment, the life I once lived ... everything. The mind-numbing pain was brutal! The animal instinct in me jumps and rages to stop the pain, just to brake something or ... anything. Those few minutes when Amber and another doctor explained everything that was happening it felt like I was holding to what I thought to be my last breath, my last thought. After that everything went black.

Not much was clear in my mind, too much confusion... But I awoke, or did I? I just don't know... I regained my sense of thought and was alive, if this is what you call alive. I felt somehow different ... like I gained something. All of this shit was strange; I had no idea what was going on as I drifted away into the dark corners of my mind. Soon I heard voices outside, familiar ones... Amber walked in, and she wasn't alone.

"Who are you?" I looked at a tall, young doctor strangely. He had greenish eyes and brownish-blondeish hair.

"Calm down Mr. Phoenix. I'm Dr. Smith, the person who's gonna run tests to make sure everything with you is alright."...Too suspicious ... him and Amber... I started to go off into a rage but noticed I was chained to the wall.

"Get these fucking chains off me!" I tried to rip them off the hinges.

"You have to calm down John! Control yourself!" Amber was seriously worried.

"What's different with me?!"

"Well you do have two wings on your back...and." Dr. Smith was rudely interrupted by me.

"WINGS!?...And what else?" I asked as I starred wide-eyed at my two huge, black, hawk-like wings.

"...Claws... fire power...etc., we code named your type by your last name, Phoenix." Dr. Smith explained as chills ran up my spine and my soul went cold. Frozen in time, in my train of thought until words broke it. "Mr. Phoenix are you okay?" All of it I couldn't believe what I could see...

"Drop the whole Mr. Phoenix shit! I know I turned into what my name suggests... a phoenix. Amber... please...can you sit next to me? Please..." She hesitated but Dr. Smith gestured toward me. She gently sat next to me and put her soft hand on my check. I'm still basically human, just with wings, and more. Just another freak show.

"Your eyes... they're not those big, green, puppy dog eyes I knew." She handed me a mirror. I peered into the dusty piece of glass. The eyes I once had were not there. Instead I saw two hawk eyes staring at me. "John, I have something to tell you..." she stared down at the floor.

"What is it? But may I go first... I love you Amber. I wanna spend the rest of my life with you." too much...

"...John, I just... I just can't... I'm going out with Dr. Smith. I didn't think you'd make it seeing how no else would... or could..."

I starred at Amber, then at Dr. Smith, also known as Jack Smith.

"I just ... wish you two the best... of luck... I just guess no one likes a monster." I walked out of the room. As I moved down the hall I noticed testing rooms. What I saw still haunts me; many people were dying in pain, so much pain. I also saw those horrid monsters. A tyrant, a hunter, a licker, you name it I saw it. When I passed people in the hall they jumped outta my way hoping and praying I wouldn't knock their head off.

As I reached the main entrance, the guards tried to stop me. "OUT OF MY WAY!" I boomed then starred at them. They were as frightened as could be. "NOW!" they ran off and I exited the building.