"Who knows. Not like it matters anyway as long as they preform." Randy said casually as Hunter held an I.D. badge up to a scanner near the door and pulled it open once the lock hissed.
"After you m'lady" Hunter said ushering Jayse through the door and down the stairs, into another short hallway opening into a large lab.
"Holy shit." Jayse breathed taking in the area taking up the entire open floor of the building that was a scientist wet dream, any piece of equipment a geneticists could want sitting at their finger tips along with a bank of computers.
"Pretty impressive isn't it? This is where most of our time is spent." Randy chuckled sweeping his arm around the lab before leading Jayse over to a desk that sat empty except the standard items, across from two other that were horribly cluttered. "This is yours while you're here, although the majority of you're time will probably be spent downstairs. No cameras of any kind are permitted. No cell phone except if it is on your desk. Taker or Kane will go though your belongings including your phone anytime you leave the building."
"I'll say." She said her eyes roaming a piece of equipment that cost more then she would ever see in her lifetime. "How did you get the money for all this?" She questioned stupidly as she set her backpack down on top of the desk and dug her phone out of her pocket to lie there as well.
"I think its time she met her other charges." Hunter chuckled darkly and led the way to another metal door at the back corner of the lab hidden behind a panel in the wall. If Hunter hadn't taken her to it she never would have been able to find the thing. He scanned his I.D. badge again and the door hissed open revealing a metal staircase leading down.
"On top of caring for the animals upstairs, and by caring for I mean feeding twice a day and collecting blood and tissue samples from when needed, you'll be in charge of our three prizes down here as well." Randy said taking hold of Jayse's arm as they descended the stairs.
"The intern you're replacing is working with the beasts right now; he can show you the ropes. They need very special handling and require quite a bit more care then the animals upstairs. The fact that they need daily baths is the reason we were concerned about the fact that you're female since it's a hands on procedure, but we'll find out quick if your cut out for it or not. We also need daily blood and tissue samples from them and the occasional semen sample." Hunter said stopping at yet another metal door guarded by two men, another standing at seven feet tall and the other not much shorter, both armed even more heavily then the two upstairs.
"This is Show and Mark Henry. They guard our treasures. If any of them get out of hand you'll be glad that these two are out here and all you have to do is scream for them to come help you." Hunter said stopping outside the door and both of the huge men offered small smiles to Jayse unlike the two upstairs
"Swagger started yet?" Randy asked looking at the door but making no attempt to open it.
"He started feeding ten minutes ago." Show replied shrugging his massive shoulders. "You want to go in and get him or should I call him out?"
"Call him out. They get agitated when Hunter or I are near them and we don't want to scare Jayse too bad yet." Randy chuckled darkly stepping back up two of the steps with Hunter following, while Mark spoke into a com on the wall.
"The three beings in there are the reason you signed the NDA. If any word gets out that they exist you will be terminated immediately. And I don't mean fired." Hunter said looking at her pointedly.
"Um…Ok…What are they?" Jayse asked more then a little nervous now.
"They are hybrids, shifters. One wolf, one Bengal tiger and the other is classified. He's special that one. Nothing like him will ever exist again. He was a freak accident quite frankly." Randy said at the sound of a lock clicking and blond man with shaggy hair stepped out from behind the door that he barely opened.
"Jack meet Jayse. She'll be taking over once you leave so show her the ropes please." Hunter said shaking Jacks hand before he and Randy disappeared up the steps.
"Well let's go introduce you to the animals." Jack said his eyes sweeping Jayse's small form and she barely resisted the urge to break his nose as she followed him into the room and halted in the doorway.
She was sure her mouth was hung open stupidly but she didn't much care. The three men strapped down to the hospital beds took her breath away, even though at the moment they were covered in what looked to be oatmeal.
"So here are the beasts." Jack said and rolled his eyes at the snarls from the three men.
"This one's Seth." He said pointing at the bed at the head of the room. "He's the wolf." Jack said as Jayse took the man in. Long dark brown hair with blond streaked though one side was matted to his head, his beard and mustache were covered in the oatmeal looking substance even though he was trying his hardest to lick it off, his brown eyes flashing hatred toward both Jack and herself. His hands were bound over his head to metal rails by thick metal cuffs offering him very little room to move them, his legs similarly attached to rails at the foot of the bed. He was naked except for small black briefs that appeared to velcro at the sides and a generous helping of the goop smeared on his chest.
"That one is Dean, he's the tiger." Jack said pointing at the left of the room where the second man was bound to the bed similarly to the first, also only wearing tight black briefs and similarly covered in the oatmeal goop. His dark blond hair was a mess, also dirty and matted and he hissed at Jack flashing his teeth, before his eyes tracked to Jayse's form and he let out another hiss, his blue eyes flashing hatred to her.
"And that one is Roman. He's Hunter and Randy's pride and joy." Jack said smirking at the fact that all three men either snarled or hissed at him when he mentioned Randy or Hunter's names.
Roman was the largest of the three, his long black hair also knotted and dirty, bound the way the other two were to the bed but with extra chains digging into his hips and chest. His grey eyes focused on Jack and Jayse and she started at the fact that his pupils were slanted like a reptiles. One of his arms and part of his chest appeared to be covered in what looked like scales also reminiscent of a reptile. His beard and mustache were free of the goop as it was all smeared across his chest. He bared his teeth at them and she inhaled sharply at the fact that he had fangs where his canine teeth should have been. Like the other two he only wore the black velcro briefs.
All of the men wore metal spiked collars padlocked around their necks, the points facing inward toward their skin.
"And now you have been introduced to the beasts." Jack said picking up a half empty bowl off what looked like a room service cart in the middle of the room and moving over to Roman's beside.
"This is how you feed them." He said putting the spoon in the goop and then holding it over Roman's chest, letting it dribble down the mans chest, snickering at the fact that he tried to catch some of it with his tongue, his eyes blazing with hatred.
"Correct me if I'm wrong." Jayse started her anger building at the intern she was replacing as she jerked the bowl and spoon out his hands. "But isn't the point of feeding them to make sure they actually eat?" She snapped taking the spoon and scooping some of the oatmeal looking substance up and bringing it to Romans mouth. She bit the inside of her cheek to stop herself from punching Jack at Roman's surprised look before he closed his lips over the food and sucked it off the spoon hungrily.
"They ate enough the way I fed 'em." Jack said and shrugged his shoulders.
"Sure they did." Jayse muttered feeding Roman the rest of the stuff in the bowl, watching the surprise and wariness flicker in his eyes as she fed him without tormenting him. All three of the creatures bound in the room had looked a little on the thin side to her and now she knew why.
"Where does this go and what the hell is it?" She asked holding up the now empty bowl, and she frowned as she watch Dean and Seth track the movement of the bowl longingly.
"Over there. The stuff they eat is all over there." Jack said pointing toward a full kitchen nestled in the corner of the room beside the door, watching as Jayse moved over and deposited the bowl in the sink on top of the other two empty ones. It had everything; an island with a cutting board, a sink, two refrigerators, three freezers, microwave, cook top, and oven. There was also a washer and dryer nestled in the corner of the room.
"Its time to bathe them now, and then we'll do blood and tissue samples." Jack said once Jayse had returned from her trip to the kitchen area.
"We'll start with this one." He said moving over to the bed that Seth was strapped down in. He gathered a glass bowl and set it under the tap attached to the head of the bed, filling it with water and opened a cabinet built into the wall taking out a wash cloth. He shut the water off and pressed a button on a remote hanging off the side of the bed and a metal band came down, circling his forehead before tightening, pulling Seth's head back into the mattress and pinning him in place.
Jack dunked the washcloth into the bowl, barely wringing it out before slapping it on Seth's chest, half-hardy wiping at the goop covering him. He did the same to his face, making half hearted swiped across the mans chin before dumping the water back in the sink.
"There you go easy peasy." Jack said turning to look at Jayse who stood there with an 'are you kidding me look on her face.'
"Is there a way to bath them properly?" Jayse asked through gritted teeth looking at the buttons on the remote.
"Yeah but it's a lot of work and I want to get out of here." Jack answered shrugging and moving over to Dean's bed.