Chapter 3…
At Lab 004 (Delta), In Mt. Chimney…
6 Months from present time…
I wake up to my same tank that I had been put into a coma in. I stretched my stiff muscles and yawn into the breathing apparatus. I check my claws, which had grown in length by three inches. My hair had grown as well, and now the white hairs that used to touch my neck go halfway down my back. I also make a new discovery; I have grown wings. I have a wingspan of eight feet. I have also grown height wise from 6'5" to 7'1". I was now a giant among society. I had quieted the voices of everyone down, something I learned to do while I was in my coma. I wagged my tail, which had grown another foot, and noticed something new. Someone new is in the room. Not a scientist, but… a kid, like me. Whoever it was, they were inside my old tank, the cylindrical one. I pushed my mind to see who it was, but they were in a coma. They were unreachable, but there was something about them… They had a tail and fox ears too. Well, not fox ears, but they were shaggier… like a Mighteyena's ears… I had pressed myself against the side of the tank I was in, retracting everything except my ears, and looked at the now occupied tank. Inside was a girl about the age of seven inside. She looked like she was almost made for the features she had. The tail was brown, with a black tip, and same for the ears. Her eyes were blue, and her hair was blonde. She was in a weird state of mind. She was responsive in a coma. She was curled up in a ball, though, and then Yekutso walked in, looking at his clipboard. I knocked on the glass, smiling when he looked up and he nearly jumped for joy. He rushed over to the phone, picked it up, and asked me what seemed to be his favorite question.
"How are you doing, Yaru!?" He inquired, and I laughed, and gave him a thumbs up.
"Oh… So much has gone since we last talked. How do you like your wings? Or your height?" He demanded.
"I like the wings, and I do like being taller. But tell me, who's the girl?"I ask, pointing to the other tank.
"Ahh, we got her six months after your coma started. We were actually going to have her replace you if you didn't wake up in three days. It's a good thing you woke up, I thought we lost you." He explained.
"Replace? For what? No one could replace me!" I said jokingly. He laughed and shook his head.
"You are much livelier! I swear, talking to you is like talking to the past!"
"I've been gone a long time." I said. As soon as I did, however, she stirred, and woke up slowly.
"Hey, I'll talk later, I gotta check this out! Two things in one day! What joy!" He hung up the phone and rushed over to the other tank and picked up that phone. He talked into it, and waited a second or two. He spoke again, then looked confused. The girl looked at him, wearing the same confused look the scientist wore. He laid down the phone, and decided to document this. The girl looked around curiously, and looked at me. I looked back at her, and then at Yekutso.
He was walking towards my tank, but not toward the phone. He was walking to a part he never been before. I glanced curiously at him when he pressed a series of buttons, and when he finished, the Bioquid started to drain. I looked around, shocked that he would do this. I looked back at him, and he's preoccupied with his clipboard. Not even a minute passes and the tank is filled halfway. I stayed near the bottom, crouched low, as I moved to the other side. But then the level dropped beneath my head, and I was now exposed to the air for the first time in a few years. I look around through the clean, purified air. I had such excellent eyesight, I saw the girls face perfectly, even through a foot of Bioquid. The girl is looking at me with her, wide, blue eyes. I stand up at full height and move toward the front of the glass tank. I knock on the glass, signaling Yekutso.
He looks up and pushes another button, opening a portion of the tank. I walk out, and he presses one last button on my tank module computer. The breathing apparatus detaches itself, and falls off as I take my first breath of air without it. It tastes funny, a little tangy, to be exact. I glance at him, and he handed me some dry clothes. I try on the clothes, which fit me pretty good, for me being so tall. I was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a crimson red T-shirt. I looked at him through wide eyes, which started to burn. I rubbed them, and he looked concerned for a second.
"What's the matter?" Yekutso asked. I smile as I lower my hand for a little bit.
"My eyes are really dry. Do you have eye drops? Also, I'm really burning up." I whined. He sighed, and pulled out a bottle of eye drops and had put them in my hand.
"Put two in each every 3 hours, 'Kay?" He smiled sincerely.
"Yes sir, Yekutso."I mumbled as I used the eye drops carefully, and noticed the girl staring at me. I looked at her, and she shrunk back into the tube. I laughed as I went over to the phone attached to the tank. I picked it up and looked into the Bioquid-filled container, and spoke into the phone.
"Hello? Can you hear me?" I ask as the girl's body flowed near the edge. I smiled at her as she curled up into a ball and hid her face behind her knees.
"What's the matter? Are you shy? Why don't you talk?"I said as I put a hand on the container near her body.
"…He…Hello?"A meek and timid voice comes from the phone. I smile at her again when she puts a hand next to mine.
"You can talk! So, I'm Yaru, what's your name?" I inquired.
"Yaru…?""She said as her knees drifted from her face and breathing apparatus.
"Yes, I'm Yaru. Now, what's your name?" I lowered my hand from the cylinder as she came closer to my face, in which she had to float upwards.
"Lin."She spoke a little louder now as her ears twitched and her tail wagged.
"Lin… What a nice name! How old are you?"I said as I looked over her petite form. I guessed she was about six, though she had the body of a four-year-old.
"Five…"She whispered as she calmed down her tail.
"Ah, so you're five, and your name is Lin!" I exclaimed happily.
"And you're Yaru…"She spoke.
"And I'm eleven years old. Nice to meet you!"I whispered, and put my hand on the glass. She looked back at it, and put her hand on the opposite side. She then started to look sleepy, and I withdrew my hand.
"Sweet dreams, Lin. I'll talk to you tomorrow." I said as I put the phone down and she fell into a deep slumber. I turned around to see Yekutso looking at me incredulous.
"What's the matter?" I inquired. He pointed to my mouth, and I touched it. I scoped around it until I saw what he was looking at. My canine teeth on the upper row had grown out, and now they had grown out of my mouth and were very visible. I grinned at him and laughed.
"What's for lunch?" I questioned him. He looked at me weirdly and sighed, shaking his head.
"For you, I've already decided. In fact, it's already made and you'll never gue—"
"Chicken Ramen noodle soup?" I finish for him. He stares at me in disbelief. He nodded and I laughed.
"How did—"
"It's called my nose! I can smell that your wearing a hint of expensive cologne, what brand, though, I don't know. I can also smell that everyone else is eating steak, and Bishop is eating a salad." I surprised him. He stares at me incredulously as I laughed.
"Your funny when you're wierded out, Yekutso." I laugh as I sat on the floor.
"Oh, you'll also be getting a room now, Yaru. I forgot to mention that with you showing off." He scoffed. I frowned and got up.
"A room? Like, one you sleep on a bed in? Where you do leisurely things like listen to music and read books?" I pondered. He sighed.
"Yes, Yaru, that's the kind of room you'll be sleeping in. Follow me, you're meal will be inside." He opened the door leading out of the room and walked out. I followed shortly, but stopped at the exit to look back in this room. I had spent so many days here… I looked to Lin and saw her sleeping peacefully.
I heard a cough behind me and I immediately turned and walked obediently behind the scientist. I followed him down the hall and we had stepped into the lobby of the facility. I glanced at the large open space of it, and yet how little people were walking in it. I looked at the faces and many people were either happy or content enough to be here. We went into a large hall labeled 'Living Quarters'. I was given the room two doors down the right. I opened the door and walked inside it, and I looked on the things that decorated the interior. The inside had a white ceiling and a black carpeted floor. The walls were a gray color, but there was a nice, comfortable looking bed, a closet door, a TV and next to it, a book shelf. I walked inside and noticed that something had been lying on my bed, which the comforter was a blood red color. A bowl filled with steaming ramen noodles was on a tray with two pills and a glass of water. I sat on the bed, cross-legged, and Yekutso had closed the door and left me by myself. I turned on the TV, and turned to channel 45, and turned up the volume to fifty percent. I had sat quietly for the duration of my meal listening to an actually good classical orchestra. I was too busy enjoying the peacefulness to realize that a large group of ramen noodles landed on my lap, and I finished them all (except for the ones on my lap) in tranquility. I set down the tray on the floor, and cleaned up my mess. I turned off the TV and went under the covers, just in time to go to bed…
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