Authors Notes: I am such an evil woman. I haven't updated because I've been very busy. I could'v made time but there was no time. I am very sorry.
We're Not Your Lab Rats!
Stiff. Well thats what happens when you sleep all day. You become stiff. Maddy and Rhydian both stretched as much as they could, before the door opened with a thud as it hit the wall, "Good morning you two. I guess your excited about todays little experiment." Whitewood chimed. Maddy and Rhydian had been so relaxed yesterday in their dreams and sleep all of yesterday that they had completely forgotten they were in a lab being used as 'lab rats'. They looked at one another, Rhydian took Maddy's hand into his own and squeezed it slightly. It showed him trying to tell her she'd be safe. He wouldn't let anything happen to her. But he couldn't make promises like that. The worried look on their faces made Whitewood chuckle, "Oh don't look so worried. I'm going very easy on you today." She comforted... or at least tried. Her chuckle didn't help comfort either of the two young wolfbloods. Whitewood turned her head slightly to the door to see a panting Toby nod, "Ah, its ready. Come along you two. You could use the excercixe after yesterday." Whitewood hinted. Maddy looked at Rhydian with wide eyes. The scientist led her experiments down a corridor or two, explaining to others why the younger people were here. She lied to them of course. After all if she told the truth they might think she is crazy... like people used to think Shannon was. People still thought Shannon was crazy, but not as crazy as Liam with his werewolf theory. Both Maddy and Rhydian were left in a gym-like room, with exercise equiptment everywhere, and a running track surrounding it. "You'll both be showing me what your kind can do." Whitewood stated. Taking a long excited breath before continuing, "I'm keeping you healthy, my interesting little lab experiments." She cooed.
They both groaned, "But-" They both started, they were cut off when Whitewood blew a whistle and smiled mischieviously at them both. Looking over at the other from the corner of her eye, Maddy mumbled, "Well then, lets show 'em what we got." It was of course only loud enough for Rhydian to hear as she began to plait her hair on both sides of her face.
Rhydian turned on his heel slightly and frowned, "What are you? Mental? We've only just woken up from a bloody non-moon day, we can't do this." Rhydian protested quietly so the Dr and her assistant would not hear. Maddy smirked back at him, mouthing 'yes we can.' Rhydian smiled weakly back, but the nagging thought in the back of his mind told him not to, thats when Whitewood clapped her hands bringing both their attention to her.
"I see you are up for it Miss Smith. What about you Mr Morris? You ready?" she questioned looking expectantly at the young lad who stood before her with clenched fists and a look of worry on his features. He nodded, ever so slightly but that was enough for Whitewood and she smiled, "Good, now then you will have one break in between sessions, that will be your thirty minute lunch break... a bit like school, only the only lesson you have all day is P.E. Afterwards..." she began explaining, she sniffed the air around Maddy and grimaced, "Afterwards take a shower." She stated pinching her nose and walking off.
She left, disappearing for a while only to show up in another seperate room with glass dividing the two rooms. She sat down luxouriously and started to eat a burger... strange choice of breakfast. Before pressing something and speaking into a microphone, "If your thisrty throughout there in the corner you'll find two dog bowls full of water. We will refill." Her voice echoed throughout the room.
Maddy began to growl, her veins slowly turning black. Rhydians head snapped from the glass window towards Maddy, "Mads calm down!" he ordered, but she didn't listen, "Maddy!" he shouted, she began to walk closer to the window and her growling became louder and faster. "Oh for crying out loud!" Rhydian groaned loudly running over to Maddy and tackling her to the ground. "Mads, control yourself. Don't let her win, not already." Rhydian pleaded. Maddy visibly calmed and slowly sat up, pushing Rhydians arm away from her.
"Well, lets get her God damn test over with." Her voice harsh and showing annoyance.
They looked around the room for a moment, looking for something to do, something they might enjoy but would also give Whitewood what she wanted. Rhydian saw it first and smiled, dragging Maddy with him, she frowned as she looked at the lines on the ground, Rhydian whispered in her ear brushing his lips slightly against her skin, "Just imagine tree's, the sound of birds, the smell of the woods around us, just imagine the wild, imagine we're running free, we're not trapped inside a building waiting for something. Just imagine the way things used to be before Whitewood. Remember the races? Well we're going to race." He whispered, imagining it himself, picking up her hand as he did, then he smiled against her ear, "And I'm going to win... again."
Slowly she turned her head to look at him with a frown, she tried not to hit his head as she turned, so as she did so his head slowly moved away and she smiled up at him, "Dream on Welshie." She murmured before kissing his cheek slightly.
They let go of each others hand, and they saw the woods, the trees, heard the sound of birds chirping, of the rivers water rushing, and smiled. They looked at one another before running.
They ran, dodging fake trees and jumping over fake woodland obstacles. Like they used to. It was bliss. It didn't matter that they were really inside and had no idea where the finish line was, and they were probably confusing Whitewood and her little puppet boy. They were racing... or more Maddy was chasing Rhydian, he looked over his shoulder with a beaming smile on his face as he saw Maddy, her smile matching his.
Whitewood watched them astonished from inside her little hovel, they ran with such speed, she'd seen Maddy run before, but she'd never actually calculated how fast the girl ran. But since implanting a device on each one the day before whilst they both slept soundly, she could see just how fast they were and just the looks on their faces as they did showed just how much they were enjoying it. It wasn't normal. Of course not... they weren't normal.
The device was visible to Whitewood, she and only she alone knew where it was. Though it was hidden, it wasn't unnoticeable. They'd feel it, it'd feel awkward, though right now it didn't seem to bother either of them.
She said she'd take it off later that day, or during the night when they were both asleep. But she wasn't sure... maybe she could do more tests. After all, neither of them were going anywhere.
Neither of them cared as Whitewood watched, they both reach a fake hill jumping onto it, Maddy slightly losing balance but quickly regaining it, they looked at one another, smiling and panting as they tilted their heads back and howled... but their howl was fake too, just like their happiness in that moment. Looking back at one another the smiles died, sadness replaced the smiles, and they both jumped off the beam at opposite ends.
Rhydian watched as Maddy walked toward a different piece of equiptment, watching as she pounced on and off repeatedly, before walking off to his own and continuing to think about what had just happened. I've missed that. Was a main thought that roamed his mind, and the voices inside his head kept telling him she missed it too, you can see it in her eyes, her smile. She missed it too. But Whitewood. She's destroyed it. Destroyed Maddy, me... us.
They ignored one another until their lunch break... which they had waited for far too long to gain.
And they recieved raw meat. Raw chicken. Raw steak. Raw everything. They couldn't complain. They ate it with no fuss. But what they'd give to have an oven... or fire... no not fire, anyting but fire. But something to cook this God damn raw meat. Toby watched them in disgust as they ate the raw meat, he mumbled to himself, since Whitewood had long since left, "Th-thats dis-disgusting, th-they re-really ar-are an-an-animals." He grimaced as Rhydian ripped a raw chicken leg off and glared at him.
"Well how 'bout you bloody cook it for us then you big wimp!" Maddy snapped, her back was turned from Toby, but she'd heard it and it aggrivated her. She wasn't usually so mean, but it upset her when she saw the look of fear on Tobys face as he realised what Maddy and Rhydian really were. It hurt, to see thats what people thought of her. She had every right to snap and gag once more as she swallowed a raw piece of bacon.
"W-wait, y-you he-heard me?" Toby asked as he slowly walked closer to them, stopping as the stench of raw meat, sweat and Maddy filled his nose.
"Wolfbloods are not monsters. We can eat raw meat without getting sick, but its not very appetising." Maddy told him turning her head slightly, to look at the wimpy man behind her, Rhydian nodded once continuing to chew on the chicken and gagging as it went down his throat.
"Wh-whats a w-wolfbl-blood?" Toby asked. Maddy finished off the bacon gagging once more, turning on her bum and standing, with a stern look on her face. She flashed her eyes at Toby, scaring him half to death, he backed away slightly into the wall, Rhydian frowned, he looked up at Maddy and rolled his eyes.
"Your looking at two now." She simply told him, pointing back at Rhydian and herself.
"N-no, y-your a w-werew-wolf." Toby said in a matter-of-factly tone. Squealing as Maddy growled slightly.
"We're not monsters! You and Whitewood are monsters!" she declared walking towards Toby. She was held back by Rhydians hand grabbing her arm, and pulling her back slightly, she looked down at him, her eyes changed back as she looked back at Toby, "You don't understand! You never will!" she added before walking off over to the beam, sitting at the edge and glaring at Toby.
Rhydian smiled weakly at him before walking slowly toward Maddy. He had a glare on his face, but it wasn't aimed at Toby unlike Maddy's. It was aimed at Maddy as he leaned against the beam next to her, "I hope you enjoyed that little speech back there Mads." He grumbled.
She jumped off the beam, turning to face Rhydian before arguing, "Well I didn't see you defending our kind back there!" she spat and stomped off going to a different apparatus. Rhydian sighed. Yep, Whitewoods definetly destroyed us.
And Whitewood walked in with a smug smile and a knowing look as she watched the two 'once lovers' fight and the female walk away in anger and frustration. It worked out perfectly well for her. She turned on her heel smiling briefly at Toby before once again leaving the room back into her little hideout. Toby sighed, "Y-you do-don't kn-know th-that Maddy." He whispered to himself, hoping she didn't hear that. He was scared enough as it was.
Authors Notes: My goodness, I updated. I'm sorry. It took me a while. The idea was there just not written down, but now its school again. And the beginning of December, whoop whoop! But I'm hoping to finish this by Christmas... after Christmas I won't be able to do any more stories until January... or until I get microsoft on my new laptop. Thanks for reading peeps, I love you all... if I knew any of you.