The room becomes deftly quiet and lifeless... No pounding on keys, no lights from machines. Nothing at all. The only thing that I can sense is my dad breathing down my back and the constant "thud" from my nervous heart.
I squint as I can almost make out what looks like two red lights coming from Dr. Jenkins' direction. "ARGH! I can't believe this! I can't believe this!" He yells in total rage. And that's when I realize⦠what I have my eyes on isn't two red lights... They're Dr. Jenkins' red eyes! In his fit of rage, they've become completely engulfed in that terrible, burning red color of doom.
I take a startled step backwards and look around as the room becomes flooded with lights. I think to myself, "yes, now I can see", but these aren't normal lights. They're red and blue blinding lights that completely surround the room. We know that this can only mean one fateful thing...
"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! LEVEL 6 EMERGENCY! LEVEL 6 EMERGENCY!" It's that same robotic voice that I heard when Dr. Jenkins' fingernail was originally rejected from the testing room.
Dad grabs my shoulder. I can immediately point out his explosive fear by the way his hand completely trembles. "Level 6?! We've never used that high of a level before! Our highest level was only supposed to be Level 5. Oh, no. This can only mean one thing..." His voice trails off as he glances into the direction of those red, soul-piercing eyes.
Dr. Jenkins... He is no longer himself... His skin has completely changed to dark green. Clothes; ripped off by his new bulging muscles. Covering his entire body are millions of impenetrable scales. All four of his arms are present. His giant feet are like dark green bricks with knives at the ends. Four huge wings sprout out from his back with intimidation... His face... Razor-sharp fangs invade his haunting new smile, ears have become big and pointy and of course the eyes. Those devastating red eyes could snatch the soul right out of a person body if they really wanted to.
The behemoth turns in our direction and then checks out his new body. We turn around, hearing a door slide open from behind us. "'Project P... so Dr. Jenkins really did go through with it. No matter! Level 6 Defense shall be more than enough to handle anything!" It's a feline beastial; black and white fur... she looks oddly familiar... She has two MC -Soldiers by her side, already beginning the charging process of their nitrogen cannons.
"Katherine, Head of Defense, this shall be a great warm-up before I destroy this place!" The doctor no longer sounds like himself. The evil has possessed him and completely taken over. "Give me your best shot!" He says, grinning at the woman still standing in the open doorway. And that's when I realize... Katherine, the feline beastial... She's the one that originally killed my dad! NOT HER AGAIN!
Katherine smiles as the loud click from the nitrogen cannons echoes throughout the room. We all run to the side to get out of the line of fire between Dr. Jenkins and the BRS defenses. "Units numbers 5-25 and 7-27, eliminate the threat!" They immediately fire their cannons directly towards the beast. But he just stands there as if waiting for the impact of their attack. We watch as the two shots come in contact with Dr. Jenkins. The first one to the head and another one to one of his arms. He stumbles back in utter shock and confusion. His arm is now completely disintegrated along with a chunk out of his head and one of his eyes.
I smile for a second, thinking that the creature has been defeated but to my dismay, he still lives. He remains on his feet and once he completely regains his balance, he again looks at Katherine and her defensive forces. "Indeed, you've surprised me. But you're not the only one with surprises." He shrugs his shoulder a few times before growing back another arm and the rest of his head. "Now it's my turn!"
He takes a deep breath and holds it in for a few seconds. Katherine scrunches up her face with hate and anger. "Units attack again! Full force!!!" The MC-Soldiers fire their cannons once again, one hitting the doctor's chest and one hitting another arm. This time no damage is taken by the beast. He stands there, unharmed.
Katherine stamps her foot. "NO! You must be destroyed!" She says to herself. "Second wave! Mobilize!" She calls into the air.
Just as she says that, Dr. Jenkins releases the air from his mouth. But the air that came in isn't the same as what comes out. His inhaled air has turned into a gigantic blast of fire and is heading in Katherine's direction.
There's a final look of despair in her face as the blast completely devours her and the two MC-Soldiers. Moments later, there's nothing left except a hallways of fire, a few flaming pieces of metal and the smell of burnt skin and hair in the air. I start to feel relieved for a second as I think "Yes, she's dead. Serves her right for killing my dad!" But soon I realize that she is in fact on our side this time and she might've been our last hope...
Seconds later, three creatures appear in the doorway. Two arms, bodies of dark, velvet blue... The fusion test subjects! Last time these three creatures had destroyed Dr. Jenkins. I just hope that they can be as lucky now that the doctor has been completely transformed into what I fear isn't The Perfect Being.
They viciously attack the doctor, desperately attempting to end his life. We watch the mesh of green and blue take flight as Dr. Jenkins tries to shake the monsters off of him. The battle continues in the air before bursting through the ceiling and vanishing to the roof.
The room is quiet once again as we stare at the hole in the ceiling, waiting for something to return through it. Nothing in sight. The only indication of life on the roof comes from the sounds of flesh being torn from bones. Beyond the red and blue flashing lights, I notice the monitor that Dr. Jenkins was pounding on has come back to life. I walk over and my dad follows me.
The monitor displays a small vile filled with red liquid on the screen and above it are words. "Success Rate: 9%" This must be our way of defeating Dr. Jenkins! This must be the poison that he uses to destroy his creations. On the platform next to the monitor is a small machine that ejects only one vile of the red solution. We only get one... one attempt at defeating this awful creature. I snatch the vile and more words come up on the screen. "Serum is to be ingested." It reads, showing a picture of the beast drinking the red liquid and then dying. "But how are we going to get him to drink it", I wonder before returning my view to the screen. "Success Rate: 8.7%" Oh, no. We have to hurry.
I scramble from the monitor and bolt to the closest set of stairs that'll lead to the roof. "AH!" I stumble on something and the vile flies from my hands. I reach for it but my attempts are useless. I collapse to the ground while the vile soars helplessly in the air.
Dad reaches out just in time and catches the vile before it shatters to the ground. "Wow, now that was close."
We both turn to see what I had tripped on and spot something green and decaying... Dr. Jenkins' original right arm??? What is that thing doing in here?! Disgusting! I give it a hard kick out of my way and stand back up.
Dad hands me the vile with an uncertain look on his face. "Keon, I'm not sure if this is going to work. I'm going to go to the closest teleportation room and watch what happens from there. If the vile doesn't work, I'm going to teleport Jenkins as far in the future as that machine can go. If we can't destroy him here, hopefully they'll be some way to do it in the future... I hope..." I nod to my dad as he gives me one final loving hug. I take one final look at my dad before we go our separate ways...
