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"Again." The voice rang as he tried to catch his breath. He wobbles, trying to gain his balance because he was dizzy and his chest was on fire.
He had been doing this for god knows how long and it was starting to hurt. He was starting to get really hot too to the point where he was drenched in sweat.
He takes a deep breath, feeling his lungs expand and become hot once more before bellowing out a roar. The room lit up as fire danced and licked the walls and the temperature once again became unbearable. He drops to his knees and presses his cheek against the floor. He was tired. And hungry, so hungry.
"Alright that's it."
He felt a pang of relief run up his spine and a sigh left him. But it was short lived when the door was open and in walked the man who brought him here.
Natsu had begun to hate that man. With every fiber in his body.
It was the bold man from before that took him from Wendy. And the bald man that told him his brother was dead, and he was the one that made him hurt to the point where he just wanted to lay and die.
But he didn't, oh no he would never give up.
Call it cliche or childish (he still was a child) but there was this little flutter of hope in his chest that made him know him was out there and that he would find him. He believed in his brother because his brother always made everything alright and safe.
The man looks through his files as Natsu presses his forehead against the white tiled floor. He lets out a huff of air, he could literally feel his lungs moving in his chest. It felt weird at first and it was so painful the first time. But they were now working him nonstop.
Behind the man, a woman walks forward with a tray. She sets it down beside him and Natsu heard the sound of the metal tray against the tile. That was another thing he had to get used to, his hearing was way beyond average. The first few days were hell. He flinched at the smallest sounds because they were so loud and echoed in his head. Not to mention the smells too. The mixture of chemicals, fluids and bodily scents made him nauseated and he could barely take it when the strapped him to the chair with wheels and moved him around from room to room.
He turns his head to the side and his vision focuses on the metallic tray with the food on it. He sniffs and his mouth waters at the smell. He slowly sits up and picks up the fruit first and eats it.
"He's doing well, stubborn one too."
"He even bit one of the doctors, tore through the epidermis layer and cause second degree burns."
The man snorts and Natsu was halfway done with the food. His ear twitches and he frowns, one thing he didn't like was when they talked about him like he wasn't here. Not only that, they didn't even address him by his name!
"You are nothing but a body we use to insert whatever type of magic and knowledge we want. You aren't a person. Anymore, you're a container used to our leisure until we see if you need to be disposed of or put to use."
When he had asked Rogue about it the boy explained in simpler terms that it meant that they were doing whatever they wanted to do with them and that they can't do anything about it.
And it was worse when they called him 'it'.
He had never been so pissed in his life when one of the men in white called him that! He had grabbed Natsu and started to drag him off but the boy had sunk his sharp teeth into the man's hand, and took a solid chunk out of him while spouting fire. Of course this earned him some hoots and calls from his current roommates.
Ever since then he was in this training thing. His 'punishment.' He didn't know how many days passed but he was not backing down. He would power through it so he could get out and find his brother, and maybe he would take the others with him. He made a lopsided smile at that, yeah, he'd like that.
The man grinned down at his paperwork, "I have something for him if he gets out of hand again. "
By now the food was gone and Natsu kept his gaze down at the metallic tray. He felt a shiver go through him but kept his gaze downward.
The woman picks up the tray but comes back moments later. Natsu wouldn't have paid much attention to her if she hadn't grabbed him by the wrist and he went cold as he saw what the woman held in her other hand.
A needle.
"Be a good ... Boy, and this will be over in a moment, just need some blood is all."
He could literally hear his heartbeat flood his ears. He started to tremble as the needle grew closer. He didn't like needles. He remembered one of them giving Gajeel one and and the boy ending up getting sick and vomiting every so often to the point he passed out. It put him in the state of shock and he didn't like it.
With force he didn't know he hand he snatched his hand back out her grasped. He frowned and reached for it again.
"No!"
"Quit being foolish boy and give me your hand!" He grabbed it with an iron grip and Natsu tried to resist. He didn't know what the needle was for or what it was going but he didn't want it!
A noise between a groan and a from his throat and he lunged at her and bit down.
Hard.
The woman screamed as her wrist was bit, the needle was dropped and she tried to shove him off. This only earned another growl and Natsu could feel the familiar heat in his lungs and mouth erupting. She lets out another blood curdling scream and Natsu felt the air leave his lungs as he was thrown away from the woman. However he still held a lock jaw on the woman and ended up taking her wrist and hand with him.
"Crap! Get her to the med ward! NOW!"
He spits it out and lets out a groan as he was zapped by a guard. The bald man tsk and walked forward while shaking his head.
"Bad boy." He commented as he bent down and waved his finger as if lecturing him. He then made a wicked grin. "Too bad... For you... Now I get to take you to that place."
He didn't know when he fell asleep but when he woke up he was in a chair. He couldn't move because he was strapped in and he couldn't turn his head either.
"Sadly you're too young to be doing extreme experimenting so instead will have you look at this."
Before the boy could wrap his head around things something pierced his right shoulder and let out a small yelp. The man withdrawn and looked at the gadget in his hand with a look of satisfaction.
"Can't have you running away now when you get picked. We've been having too many of those lately. " he comments. "Don't need to loose anymore valuable containers." He says and Natsu felt his shoulder ache.
"It's a first stage tracker. You're one of the first ones to have one implanted, you know? You should feel honored to be able to fight with the rest."
Fight? Why was he fighting? Who was he fighting?
The man smiles and walked forward. There was flicker of light and Natsu saw an image form. The creature was big, and had scales and large wings. If Natsu had to describe it, it looked like a giant lizard with sharp teeth and claws. The behemoth stood over a pile of bodies while its jaw was opened wide.
"Do you know what this is boy?"
He felt a chill up his spine as he stared at it. He felt his stomach tighten and swallowed thickly. Since he couldn't shake his head. "No." He croaked, his throat felt raw.
The man chuckles. "This is a dragon.
"The very thing you and other containers will be fighting against."
Author's Notes:
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