Eyes feeling like they weighed a ton, Alex almost groaned as she forced her lids to open…
A bright light shocked her, causing the teen to wince a bit as cold metal dug into her wrists and ankles.
The chill spread wakefulness through her veins, and she could see shapes in the shadows and a tray beside her.
It had a syringe full of a strange multi-colored liquid atop its smooth surface, and a strange gas mask.
'Uh oh…'
"Well, it seems you're finally awake."
Turning somewhat frightened brown eyes to the man she'd seen before falling unconscious, Alex tried to hide her fear.
"What do you want with me?"
"I'm just doing some EXPERIMENTS…I managed to get your medical records, and you're a perfect subject…"
He picked up the syringe, his eyes strangely happy behind his glasses.
"For what?"
Still eerily relaxed, he wiped the side of her neck with alcohol.
"To see how to make a superhuman."
He stuck the needle in, causing her to wince, and injected the strange serum.
Pulling out the needle, he placed it on the table before quickly strapping on the gas mask.
"Now, this may hurt…"
Whatever else he said was drowned out by a wave of agony, and she screamed as loudly as she could while her body convulsed.
It felt like lava was burning straight through her veins, and her throat was growing hoarse from the screams.
Gas filled her lungs, starting to shock her nerves, and Alex could hardly take the overload that came…
She was panting and whimpering in pain as her eyes fluttered closed…
"Don't worry, little one…"
The man smiled, pulling out another syringe filled with a silver-looking fluid…
"You'll feel like a million dollars when you wake up…"
A weak whimper escaped her, louder than the others, as he stabbed the inside of her arm…
"Sleep, little one…Sleep…"
Alex couldn't help it…
She slept…
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Waking up once again on the familiar cold table, Alex was a bit surprised to find that there was no pain in her limbs.
They weren't even numb.
She could even hear her own heartbeat, the blood pumping through her veins, smell the strange metal around her…
Something pricked her palm, and she looked down to find her fingers tipped with silver claws, sharp and dangerous-looking.
"Oh, so you're awake again…It seems the transformation was complete."
'Transformation?'
"You look confused. Here, see for yourself."
Her eyes widened at the reflection in the handheld mirror, only truly recognizing her face.
Her eyes were now a strange sky blue, swirling darker and lighter, and her pupils were more narrowed.
The normally dark brown hair was now a shimmering pearl-blonde, her bangs in front of two white canine ears, dark-tipped and pointed.
She even had fangs now, as silver as her new claws.
"What the-?!"
"It seems mixing your DNA with a wolf's was a good choice…It gave a base for all the other things I gave you…"
"Like what?" She wondered, still in awe.
Alex couldn't believe what had happened…
What had been in those syringes and gas had changed her so MUCH…
"Well, muscle enhancers, nerve enhancements…"
Something twitched between her butt and the table, and Alex realized she even had a tail…
'Holy CRAP…'
"You should be ready for some tests soon…"
Something like anger filled her blood, feeling like he only saw her as an object…
Something to toy with and then get rid of when she was obsolete…
Muscles tensing, Alex heard the metal buckle as it gave way…
"Wait, what are you doing-?!"
It snapped in two, and Alex was free, a snarl escaping her as her pupils narrowed in cat-like rage.
Her claws slashed at his chest, cutting through before she flipped over him and ran for the door.
In her haste to escape, she pulled the door straight off its hinges, running down the hallway inhumanly fast.
A scent caught her nose, and she skidded to a halt.
'AJ!!'
Following the smell, she busted into a room to see her dog chained to a wall by her throat, with two others lying beside her.
Both were huskies, one seeming stronger than the other, with a broad muzzle and thick white fur.
The second dog seemed older though, with deep black fur and a white chest and forepaws.
"AJ! Are you okay, baby girl?"
Running over and nearly tripping, she ripped the chains off before realizing words in her ear…
"I'm fine, Alex. You don't need to worry about me. Are you alright?"
An ear twitched atop her head, and the now blue-eyed girl looked at her dog in shock…
"D-Did you just talk?"
AJ seemed just as surprised…
"You understood me? What did he do to you?!"
"I don't know…"
"Well, it's a relief that you're alright. But what about them?"
Alex turned to see the other two dogs, and felt sympathetic.
"Do you two want to come along?"
"YES!"
The white-furred dog whined as he tried to lunge out of his chain collar, but she broke it easily enough for him.
"And you?"
"If you wouldn't mind freeing me first."
Smiling, she freed him as well before hearing footsteps somewhere…
"Someone's coming…"
"Then we'd better go. Follow me!"
The white husky barked, running out the door with the other three right at his tail.
Soon, they busted out into the 'fresh' Gotham air, and Alex began to lead the way towards her apartment…
The only thing registering in her head right then was that she wanted to be home…
Everything was a blur, the sound of soft paws on the concrete and panting dogs keeping her in reality before she opened the door to the apartment with a bang…
Rachel looked up from her lap with tears drying on her face, eyes widening as she recognized her daughter past the changes…
"Allie?! Allie, honey, are you okay?!"
"M-Mommy…"
Darkness overcame her as relief sapped her strength…
"ALLIE!"
Silence…