Chapter 1 - The Briefcase.
Born to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany.
Sepitus Weber was a young and aspiring Herr Doktor in the medical field, Attending the university of Hidielburg he did daily research to earn his way towards a Biomedical Scientist which was his primary goal. Mister Weber attended classes daily while taking care of his father, who was severely sick with lung and bone cancer. His studies brought him much knowledge but he never knew how far they would truly bring him. This is his story.
It was early dawn when Sepitus woke in the morning, He got up from bed and did his usual routine of turning his father in the bed to make sure he didn't get bed sores and preparing breakfast for him so that he didn't have to go hungry, He waited patiently on the day nurse Patricia to arrive for she was always late to the job when he needed her most it was almost eight thirty by the time she arrived and Sepitus had grown impatient upon her arriving he almost snapped at her if he hadn't already been so late to his classes he would have done it without a second thought. He blew it off and quickly grabbed his suitcase and headed out the door, His father and him moved to Hidielburg only a few years prior after the death of his mother which ironically shared the same name as the nurse but this made it difficult for him to know the in and outward layers of the town, For it to be such such a large city it was crowded and hard to breathe at times as he was rushing down the sidewalk to get to class he ran into another man who was walking the opposite way and both fell to the ground, The man was tall and wearing a black coat with a wicked grin on his face and was carrying a suitcase very similar to the one Sepitus was carrying with him. As both stood Sepitus apologized sincerely and insisted on helping the man he snarled angrily at Sepitus and told him to watch where he was going and picked up a suitcase and quickly continued on his way, Sepitus would sigh as he picked up his suitcase as well and continued on his way to class.
Upon arriving in class the professor claimed him as tardy and scolded him for being late to class, This wasn't the first time so Sepitus already knew what to expect. He pushed it out of mind and continued to his seat, The professor assured that they all brought their work from home that he had told them to for today's experiment he said that they were to be working in the lab and doing an experiment with DNA more specifically they were to extract DNA from something at their own home and present it to the class. One at a time class members were called up to show their DNA specimens that they have extracted until it came to Sepitus' turn, he stepped up holding out the briefcase as the Professor asked him what he was presenting he told him that it was DNA from flowers outside his home and the Professor gave him a promising look for he was the first to present something so innocent, but as he opened the case his look went from promising to anger as he would grit his teeth and ask if this were some kind of joke, Sepitus stared at him puzzled and utterly confused as the professor would slam the suitcase closed and shove it towards Sepitus telling him to go back home and that he was dismissed. Angered and exhausted Sepitus would leave the classroom not even looking back as he would leave the university and make his way back home.
Upon his way back home he could hear this prowling type of growl echo in his head and though he couldn't see anything he continued to feel as if he was being watched, He was far too caught up in his own head to really notice it though as he was full of nothing but pure defeat he knew that his experiment wasn't going to be the best in class but to fail him and even send him out over some plant DNA?! That was insane, He could see his apartment from the sidewalk as the prowling grew louder he would rub his face he already had it hard enough to try to work a job and attend school too but now he was just at a loss on what to do he didn't even want to go back home at this point, He stopped at a nearby bench and sat down as he stared at the briefcase in his lap he stared at it for a moment and realized that it was different from before it had a symbol on it that resembled that of a death triangle, He quickly realized this wasn't his case and that the man from earlier must had picked up the wrong one by accident but that was way earlier and he had no idea where the man could even be at right now, So this is why he failed over some stupid accident. There's no way the professor was going to believe his case after all he already had a bad reputation for showing up late due to taking care of his father, He would exhale deeply as temptation of what was actually inside the case would bubble in his stomach, he quickly shook it off and laid the case down beside him deciding that it would be better to leave it somewhere than to keep it in case the cops showed up looking for it he wouldn't be responsible for it so as he laid it down and stood up to continue on his way home he heard something, The prowling growl screeched out to him as he stopped in the very same footsteps he was just walking and turned back to look at it something was in the case and it was calling out to him, Frightened he approached it again as he would slowly reach down picking the case back up and looking around he would begin his way home once more at a rapid pace compared to before.
After he arrived at his home, He would notice as the nurse and his Father both stared at him in a curious gaze he would entirely ignore them going immediately to his room and shutting the door, As he entered the room he would throw his briefcase on his desk and sit down laying his head down as thoughts pondered his mind he would look to the dissected flower to his left which was still in a pot that he had it in from harvesting it, he would reach out rubbing the stem of it for a moment as he thought to himself, At least i'm better off than him because I don't have a gaping hole in my chest. He sighed out loud as he would look back to the briefcase and reach forwards unhooking the strap that held the briefcase so tightly closed together and as he opened it he couldn't believe what he saw before his eyes..
A vial laid in the case with padding pushed against the sides to keep it from being damaged, the contents of the vial were pure black and the only indication as to what it contained was a label that read XG-1049. Sepitus stared at the vial as he would grit his teeth for a moment he failed over this? I mean that's ridiculous! The simple fact of the matter was his life was now ruined and it was due to this vial that's all he could think about the anger of how everything was ruined all because of some stupid old man, he reached forwards to close the case but when he did he felt the prowling eagerness inside. Whatever was in the vial was calling to him, he would stare at it for a moment as he would carefully remove the vial staring at its contents then looking to the plant as he would sigh, he took a small syringe and unscrewed the top of the vial whatever was inside was scentless but the vanta black color as he would slowly draw up about five milliliters staring at it for a moment, he looked to the vein in his arm as he felt the growling piercing deeply into his ears he would blink softly quickly looking away and bringing his attention attention to the flower that he had previously cut a large part out of for his dissection project. He would reach forwards, barely sticking the end of the needle into the plant's stem and pushing down the plunger and injecting the contents into the plant. Sepitus would then lay the syringe down staring at the plant for a moment then shaking his head slowly as he would sigh again and go to stand up before something would catch his eye.
The plant would have began healing almost instantaneously, The small section that he had previously dissected healed over like it had never even happened as Sepitus would lean forwards his eyes were wide he simply couldn't fathom what he had just witnessed, The plant was perfectly fine and blooming brightly after the serum had entered it the first thing that entered his head was his dad if it could heal the plant then maybe.. No- He thought to himself, Don't get your hopes up even if that is the case there's no telling what this stuff is, He stared at the vial again as he would quickly screw the top tightly onto it and put it back into the briefcase closing the straps and resting his hands on it, He nodded to himself a few times as he would sigh. Okay, If this is the cure then so be it but I have to test it first to see how it reacts inside flesh. And thus began the experimental phase of XG-1049 he would gather his notepad and would leave the house gathering insects, alley rats, and the occasional bird or two placing them in jars and in small cages in his home as he would begin doing tiny experiments cutting their flesh with a small knife and then injecting them with a tiny amount of the XG-1049 serum and with to much avail each one would have the same results healing the creatures to their original state in mere seconds, he had more confidence than before as he would seemed stressed, he wanted to heal his dad he just wanted his best friend back. So that's when he prepared for the final decision.
