There in the center of the room was a young woman, held painfully in thick steel restraints. They resembled medieval shackles, bound about her ankles, knees, wrists, elbows and one large steel collar about her neck. Her eyes where shielded by a thick blind fold that connected to the back of the collar. A painful looking bit held firmly between her jaws.
'Not like this..' His heart was bleeding with pain at the vision of someone he'd grown to care for... and yet... This wasn't Jack.. Whoever this young woman had become was not that innocent faced girl he'd met so long ago.
Her nearly naked form was only covered in thin white pieces of cloth over her private areas while the rest of her body tensed and rippled with muscle. Jesus was she toned! Her entire physique had been completely transformed from small and fragile to well defined layers of strength.
Her skin had even taken on a new color, as Riddick could see in his corrective lenses. Not only did they shield his shined eyes from the intensity of light, but gave him complete visibility of color.
He stood in awe at this reborn creature bound only 20 steps before him. Jack had become a beast! Her skin shimmered a deep gold color in the bright florescent lights of the laboratory, while this mane of hair fell in raven black waves to her waist.
"Quite the specimen isn't she doctor?" Morris broke the silence while crossing his arms across his chest. He was looking over Jack like she was some kind of rare gem that he so greedily snatched up and tainted.
Riddick fought the urge to leap forward and tear that mans body from limb to limb. "Yes, she's incredible." He murmured in a tone that caught Jack's attention. The sound of metal dancing against itself echoed softly in the vast room as she tilted her confined head toward the familiar voice.
'That's right kid, Riddick's here.' The pain and sorrow he felt seeing her trapped made his stomach twist into a thousand knots weaving in and out of each other until the need for breath became agony.
Riddick turned his gaze to Morris and took a step toward him, "Why such harsh containment?" It was killing him to see her like that, for Riddick knew all too well of the suffering she must have been going through. "Well in all honesty we didn't need to have more fatalities on our hands."
"More fatalities ?" Riddick questioned with a quirked brow. 'This should be interesting.'
"Yes 35 to be exact, of course that isn't including the first 50 victims she attained on her first 9 months here in Jackal's Isle. But that was before Sarah.." He trailed off for a moment as a strange smirk contorted his shiny features. "Aw Sarah.. She was a god send you know."
"How so?" Riddick was VERY intrigued now.
"You see Sarah was the last test subject, she was the only one that survived it. But the tests had failed with her genetic makeup, leaving her completely un scaved. So instead of getting rid of her, we put her to good use. Young Audrey here took a liking to Sarah and we saw this as the perfect opportunity.
Using Sarah's bond to Audrey we were able to feed her pills to keep her sedated. But to our miscalculations the sedatives didn't take effect like normal human subjects. In fact it took 3 months of heavy doses to finally wear down her system rendering her unconscious so we could start the preparations."
Jack's ears were perked to the conversation so close to her conformed body. She was waiting, for that moment, for that beautiful transition in Riddick's voice to give her the ok to unleash fury. Sure she was locked up pretty tight, but Dr. Dip Shit had no idea what she was NOW capable of.
Jack just shined them on while they began their horrible tests. Knowing full well that when Riddick found out about her supposed 'Death' that there would be no stopping him from finding her. Maybe those dreams were just something to keep her sane through those long months of being fed those fucking pills.
"What is she capable of?" He asked in an intrigued tone that caused his covered eyes to sparkle with mischief.
Morris tilted his head while resting his hands on his hips, "She's a killer. Hell we brought it out of her! Had no idea she had this kind of potential. Her internal workings even to the very microscopic of fiber held a tremendous power that I couldn't wait to unleash."
'No shit? Damn Jack.. I guess you are like me after all.' He thought with a hint of a proud smile eating away his intense expression. 'Can't wait to see what you can do kid... Can't wait.'
"So far she's shown much improvement, it's as thou she wants to better herself. Which I admire greatly, Audrey has responded well to the predator mixture."
"Pardon? Did I hear you right when you said Predator Mixture?" 'What the fuck did you pump her with?'
"Indeed you did. Best mixture we've come up with so far." Morris sighed with a satisfied gleam in his devil blue eyes.
'He can't be serious.. Because if he starts naming off specific animals it's gonna take a lot for me to not laugh' "And what exactly does the Predator Mixture pertain to?"
Morris turned his wicked gaze to Riddick and grinned, "The best of the best. Lets see," He trailed off as he pulled a sheet from a small desk to his right. "Aw here we are." With a swift motion he handed Riddick the sheet...
It had over 5 names listed... In Order of specific genetic traits...
Dolphin: Echolocation AKA singing sight
Owl: Perfect vision in a pitch black environment
Hyena: Stamina when running long distances
Turkey Vulture: Highest capability for sense of smell
Jaguar: Stealth and elongated eye teeth
Riddick shook his head slowly while handing the sheet back to Dumb Shit himself. "You chose Earth animals?" 'This man has to be the dumbest asshole I have ever laid eyes upon!' It was getting harder for him to not roar into laughter, because he just turned Jack into one the deadliest predators ever known to live, well besides him of course.
"Earth has the most unique and dangerous there is. They were also easier to acquire for our Section 6 Project. I have to say that I'm quite impressed with how her DNA responded to the different species we introduced into her system."
A low growl rumbled into the air catching both men off guard. Bringing their gaze toward the sound, they found themselves peering at what seemed to be a very awake and very pissed off Jack.
'Give me a sign big guy. I'm waitin'.' She thought with an inward smile as Riddick felt a strange shiver run down his spine as if feathers had danced along his back.
'Hell what are you waitin' for then? You wanna get out of here, be my guest. I'll just stand back and enjoy the fun.' He chimed to himself and watched in astonishment as she quirked her head at him as if he had bluntly spoken to her.
But he knew better, it was just her Aura calling out to him, sending him waves of emotions and energy. A small smile embraced his full lips as he took a step back, toward Jack. Morris furrowed his brow in question as Riddick took another step back, now only 18 steps away from Miss Pissy herself.
"I would advice you not to get any closer then that Dr. Johnson. Thou she is heavily restrained there is no telling to what she might do." He seemed more afraid of what she might do to Him rather then the safety of Riddick.
"She's still human Morris, don't have to treat her like an animal because you fucked with her DNA." His once sweet southern drawl was now becoming a fading song into the dull lab air.
"She has always been a predator, you just helped her unleash it." The depth and tone of his baritone voice seeped passed his twisted grin snaring Morris by the balls and causing spine chilling waves of fear to spasm in his brain. "Honestly Doc? I think she'd like to repay you for it."
'Finally!' Her mind barked gleefully as she focused her new found strength to pulse under every web of muscle rippling throughout her near naked flesh.
In slow motion her body trembled causing the restraints to quiver and break against her angry skin. Morris watched in pure horror as Jack opened her jaws and clamped down, biting her abnormally long K9's into the bit making it bend to her will before spitting it out.
Making quick work of the situation she thrashed her head from side to side shattering the thick chain the connected to her collar and other shackle like restraints.
Panting softly as the fragments of metal pinged along the floor sending a chorus of sharp shimmering flashes to invade his dumbfounded sight. With a steady breath she took a step forward, finally free of the terrible living hell he had put her through.
"Bad bad Morris.." She growled in a dry voice from the screams that had ripped at her vocal cords the night before. "You should have killed me when you had the chance." With those last few words she took her hand and removed the cloth shielding her eyes.
The torn material floated effortlessly to the cold floor as she opened her eyes for what seemed like the first time...
Turning her head to Riddick she flashed a deadly yet warm grin. "Hey big guy! Long time no see."
"Likewise Kid." All he could do was smile back, because after this moment the shit was seriously going to hit the fan.
Morris's expression went from horror to pure and silent terror at the realization of what was taking place before him... Hell was like heaven in the eyes of the beast...
But this beast held no sense of devils or angels.. Every person knows... Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn.. In laments terms..
He was seriously fucked.