Chronicles of the Night

When we last left off, we were introduced to Dr. Felix Thomas. A young chemist that has been in the Baxter Building Program for eight years. Having recently signed on to Project War Beast, he quickly helps the experiment make impressive leaps and bounds. Everything seemed to be going his way until a crazed animal rights maniac somehow gets in to the lab and begins shooting all of the doctors. Right before his eyes, Felix watches his girlfriend and his co-workers die. Right before the man shot him, Felix ingested some of Francis' blood by mistake. What has become of him?

Disclaimer: I do not own the Marvel Comic Elements present in this story. I do own my original characters and plot.

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Strange changes

"Huh? Where am I?" Felix asked as he looked around. He was only in tight black shorts as he looked around and saw nothing but black.

"Felix… why? Why did this happen to us?"

"Becky? Becky!" Felix turned around and saw Becky.

"You couldn't even save me…" She said as she drifted off in to the darkness.

"No wait a minute!"

"Felix… I'm disappointed in you… maybe if you had cracked the formula sooner…"

"Dr. Sykes?" Felix turned and saw Dr. Sykes to his left.

"… maybe if you had cracked that formula, none of this would have happened." He said as he drifted away.

"Wait! Where are we?! Hello! Anybody!"

"Hssssssssss…"

"Holy…" Felix looked behind him and saw yellow cat eyes staring at him from the darkness. The next thing he saw were white fangs opening up and closing in around him.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"

"Ah!" Felix awoke with a start with tubes in his nostrils, wires hooked up to a box checking his pulse, and a needle connected to a bag of blood. "Whuh… where… augh!"

"Dr. Thomas… you're awake!"

"Hm?" Felix turned and saw a woman with red hair wearing a doctor's coat walk over to him.

"Hold on Dr. Thomas, you shouldn't move too much." The woman said.

"What… happened?" He asked.

"An emergency call went out from that lab the scientists were working at and pretty soon the military dropped off any of the doctors still alive, including you." She explained. "Did you hear that?"

"Yes… but… why would the military… drop me here?"

"We were the closest place around and… to allow family to come here."

"What else?" Felix asked.

"A bullet pierced through you. It missed your lungs and heart, but there was still some considerable blood loss. It's a miracle that we managed to keep you from dying." She said.

"… Who else?"

"I'm sorry?"

"Who else made it?" Felix asked.

"Only two people who were reportedly in a different lab from you. I'm sorry."

"…" Felix closed his eyes and let this sink in.

"Dr. Thomas I know this might not be a great time but… there is something about yourself you should be aware of."

"What?" Felix asked.

"For some… really strange reason your… well your fingers…"

"What?" Felix asked again.

"The skin at the ends of your fingers and toes has… grown over all of your nails."

"What!?" Felix asked. He pulled a hand out from under the blanket over him and looked at his fingertips. True to her words, the only thing Felix could see was skin, no nails to be had. "How the heck…"

"Um… Dr. Thomas. I just got word from the front desk that your mother is here."

"…"

"Do you want to see her?" She asked.

"Yes." Felix said as he put his hand back under the covers. He lay still for a few minutes, listening to the beeping nose in tune with his heartbeat. Now that he thought about it, he could swear he was also hearing his heartbeat. "Bah… probably just the blood throbbing in my head."

"Oh Felix! Felix baby."

"Mom…" Felix said with a weak smile as she walked over and sat down beside him. His mother was kind of a short woman with shoulder length red hair. She was wearing a black dress and a red jacket over it while carrying a checkered patterned purse. "Hey mom."

"Oh Felix… I came over as soon as I heard. I can't believe someone would just break in and… and… oh god I'm so glad you're okay." His mom cried.

"Mom, really I'm fine." Felix said. "Everything's going to be fine. I'm sure I'll be able to get out pretty soon." Felix said. "But… oh god mom. I can't believe that he shot Becky and…"

"I know. I know sweetheart. I'm sure Becky was such a nice lady and… oh Dr. Sykes was such a nice man too wasn't he? Baby I'm so sorry, I should have never let any of this happen to you." She said.

"Mom… none of this is your fault." Felix said to her.

"Yes. Yes it is… none of this would happen if I… if I had just said no eight years ago I could have…" She cried. Practically choking on her words as she tried to force them out.

"Mom, mom… please don't cry." Felix said.

"Mrs. Thomas, I'm sorry but we have to ask you leave." A male doctor said as he walked in. "We need to give him a bit more medicine." The doctor said.

"How long until he's discharged?" She asked.

"Probably… anywhere between 3 or 5 days. It all depends." The doctor said. "Well ma'am, again I must ask that you leave."

"Alright… when can I visit him again."

"Sometime tomorrow ma'am."

"What exactly are you guys giving me?" Felix asked.

"Hospital secret. But don't worry, everything will be just fine." The doctor said as he injected Felix with something. "This is just to help you relax, you'll fall asleep in a few minutes. So just try to relax…"

"What else can I do?" Felix asked.

That night, Felix slept peacefully. His chest rose as he inhaled, and sunk as he exhaled. His mouth opened wide to allow the air to flow in and then out. Suddenly, his body started to twitch violently, his heart rate began to pick up speed. The wires connected to him trembled, and he almost shot straight up before his head slammed back down on to the pillow. After that, his body relaxed again, and his heart rate returned to normal.

The next morning at Lab Theta…

"Terrorist attack? Or was it really just some lunatic with a gun?"

"Just a lunatic with a gun as far as we can tell sir." A soldier said.

"I see." The man was bald and he was an African-American, he had on a long black coat, a gray sweater, gray pants and shiny black leather shoes. He stroked his slightly bearded chin and looked around the room with his right eye, as his left eye was covered with an eye-patch. "Any doctors that survived in this lab in particular?" He asked as he looked around the animal lab.

"Only one, the assistant to the director of the project. Name is Dr. Felix Thomas." The soldier reported.

"And how about the test subjects?" The man asked.

"Only one of them died sir. A cat codenamed subject F. Subject F died the same way the other test subjects died. Although based on how we found the culprit, it seems likely that the cat attacked him right before he died."

"Sir! We've finished sampling the blood all over the lab, all of it was human blood." Another soldier reported.

"!!!" The man's right eye got a different look in it. "All of it?"

"Yes sir!"

"What about the blood on the clothes of the scientists?"

"Erm… sorry sir! It seems we forgot to check that sir! We'll get right on it!" The soldier said.

"General?"

"I've got a hunch, and I'm not sure if I like it. I want you to find Dr. Felix Thomas immediately!"

"Yes sir!"

At the hospital…

"It's… incredible really…" The doctor said as he stood next to Felix's bed.

"What?" Felix asked as he sat straight up. To his surprise, he didn't feel any pain.

"Your… all of your vital signs are quite strong. Your body has already repaired itself and well… I guess… we could discharge you now without any problems at all." The doctor said.

"Really?" Felix asked, almost in disbelief.

"Yes but uh…"

"What?" Felix asked.

"You might want to wear some gloves from now on." The doctor said.

"Right…" Felix sighed as he looked at his fingers, lacking nails completely.

"Your mother brought a change of clothes for you and we went ahead and provided some gloves for you." The doctor said, handing Felix a bundle.

"Thanks." Felix said as he took the bundle of clothes.

"And… you might want to see an orthodontist about those teeth." The doctor said giving Felix an odd look.

"What?"

"Well, most of them are fine but your canines are… kind of scaring me." The doctor said.

"How so?" Felix asked.

"They're well… looking sharp."

"Ugh… look, forget it… I've got to get back to whatever half a life I have left now." Felix said as he reached for his glasses and put them on. Oddly enough, the second he put them on, his vision was much more blurry. He took them off, and noticed that his vision was much clearer, he then put them on and took them off again to double-check. He shrugged it off and he walked to the bathroom to change clothes.

Later…

Felix and his mom were in a green rental car, Felix in the passenger seat, wearing a red T-shirt, blue jeans, white sneakers, and brown gloves, leaning on his hand obviously depressed or angry. His mother driving the car while occasionally looking over to see how Felix looking. "Oh baby… is there anything I can do to make this better?" She asked.

"Mom… I had a good job that I liked, I had good friends like George, and I also had Becky… right now I just… I just want to mope about this." He said.

"…" She sighed sadly, feeling bad for her son.

Back at the hospital…

"He was discharged from the hospital this morning sir." The lady at the desk told the man from earlier.

"This morning? From a bullet wound?" He asked.

"How did you know it was a… oh never mind." The lady said. "But yeah, Dr. Barker was yapping about how incredible it was how he healed so quickly from it. I thought I was never going to hear the end of it."

"Thank you for your time." The man said as he walked out. "Alpha-team, this is one-eyed eagle, prepare for pursuit. I think we may have a situation on our hands." The man said to a walkie-talkie in his coat.

Back on the highway…

"…" Felix sighed as he contemplated everything that had happened. "Why me? I had everything going my way… and then it was all just… gone. Gone just like that? And… hey… what's that smell?" He asked himself.

"Something wrong Felix?" His mom asked.

"Hm?"

"Your face just kind of… wrinkled a little bit. You smell something?" She asked.

"Yeah it… smells like… peach-lemon?" He asked.

"Oh… that's my new perfume. But baby… you've always told me you've had a terrible sense of smell."

"I know… that's why I'm a little… oh. Forget it." Felix said.

"Oh! We need gas." His mom said just now noticing the gas gauge. "Oh how lucky, a station is right over there." She said as she pulled over on to a somewhat dusty road towards the nearby gas station.

"I… kind of have to go. Excuse me." He said as he got out of the car. As his mom pulled out the nozzle and started filling up the car, he walked in to the gas station. He saw one guy buying a six-pack of beer as he walked towards the restroom, his face contorting at the smell of all the drinks and drugs here. "Everything has gone down. I've lost nearly everyone. Why? Ugh… and that restroom smells disgusting." He thought as he got close.

Felix walked in to the restroom. The stalls were apparently quite old since they were made completely from wood. But it didn't matter, he went for the stall farthest in the back. "Whoa…" Felix began to feel a little dizzy. He stumbled in to the stall and closed the door, he took off his gloves and set them on top of the toilet paper dispenser. He looked at his nail-less hands again and shook his head.

"Hey! What's going on in there? Hurry up already!" Some guy outside the stall was shouting.

"Just use the other stall then moron!" Felix snapped.

"That one's clogged. And say that to my face!" The man snapped back.

"You… ooooooohhhh…" Felix was about to snap back when he felt faint. Felix barely supported himself by practically slamming his right hand against the stall door.

"Hey… you okay in there?"

"Yeah I'm… I'm just fi…" Felix stopped suddenly, when he tried to pull back his hand, it was stuck to the door by the fingertips. "What the hell?" Felix began pulling and pulling, shaking the door quite violently.

"Now what? Would you hurry up already!"

"Just… one… freaking… minute!" Felix shouted as he tried pushing this time. "Oh come on!" He shouted madly. He shoved really hard this time and the stall door snapped right off of its hinges.

"GAH!" The guy shouted as the stall door slammed in to him. Felix's hand came right off of the stall door right at this moment.

"Oh god! Sorry are you alright?" Felix asked as he got the door off of him.

"Damn it all! Watch it! I'm just trying to go to this damned restroom and be on my way!"

"Sheesh, sorry, it was an accident." Felix said as he grabbed his gloves and slipped them back on. As he walked out of the door, the man looked at the door on the other side of the door and noticed five small rough holes in the door.

"How did… hmmmmmm…" The man growled as he looked at the door Felix walked out of. "Mutant…"

Outside…

"Hey mom. You ready?" Felix asked.

"I was just waiting on you baby." His mom said. Unnoticed to the both of them, the man from the bathroom came out and went to his truck. He reached behind his seat and pulled out a shotgun.

"Sorry I took so long I was…" Felix started to say when a small click reached his ears, a click that sounded like a shotgun being cocked. Felix wheeled around and noticed the man aiming the gun right at him. Everything seemed to move slower as he pulled the trigger, Felix bent backwards and leaned to the side to avoid the bullet. "Wait… what the hell?" Felix wheeled around again and noticed the bullet flying towards his mother. "NO!!!" Felix shouted as the bullet hit her in the back of the head.

"Die you mutant freak!" The man shouted.

"You… you damned piece of crap! You… killed… my… MOM!!!" Felix shouted, he was furious, he was never this furious in his entire life. He felt like he could just go over there and tear him to shreds, he didn't just feel like he could, he wanted to.

"So what!? She deserves it for bringing a freak like you in to this world!" He shouted as he cocked his gun.

"Don't… insult… mom…" Felix hissed. He pulled off his gloves with his teeth, he closed his eyes, he twitched violently for a moment. The second he fired his gun, Felix ducked out of the way and sprinted towards the man quickly.

"Wah!" The man was tackled violently and was pinned to the ground. "Ge… get off of me!" He yelled in fear.

"Insult… mom… Hsssssssssssss… HSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!" Felix hissed as his eyes popped open. His eyes were thin, narrow like a cat's eyes. Full of savagery and rage.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" The man screamed. Felix held a hand over his head, and from the tips of his finger sharp nails slowly came out, not unlike cat's claws. "He… he… he's going to kill me!!! HEEEEELP!!!" The man screamed.

"Hssssss… hm!" A new sound reached Felix's ears. He looked up and noticed the several helicopters circling around him and the gas station.

"Dr. Thomas! Stand down right this instant or we will use force!" The man from the hospital and lab shouted through a megaphone.

"Grrrrrrrr… hsssssssssssss!" Felix ignored the man and prepared to dig his claw's in to the man's face.

"Fire!" The man ordered. The many helicopters to the sides of Felix fired darts from their guns. Felix back flipped high in to the air and avoided all of the darts before they even came close to hitting him before he landed perfectly on his feet. Felix looked menacingly at all of the helicopters aiming their guns at him. Felix then crouched and took one massive leap towards the farthest helicopter from him, soaring several meters through the air.

"Fly out of range!" One of the men on the helicopter shouted. Just as the helicopter started to move, Felix grabbed the edge of the helicopter and started to climb his way up, using his claws to keep a grip. "Oh god… oh god oh god oh GOOOOOD!!!" The soldier shouted.

"Hsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss… hah!" Felix suddenly gasped as a dart hit him in the side, then followed by two other darts in the back from another helicopter. Felix started to slip out of the helicopter, but two of the soldiers on the helicopter grabbed the now unconscious Felix and hoisted him back on to the helicopter.

"Whew… this is Alpha chopper 3 to One-eyed Eagle, we have him right here unconscious and sleeping like a baby." The soldier reported.

"Good work soldier, all right boys, let's bring him home with us."

"Yes sir! General Fury sir!" The soldier holding Felix said.

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