So finally I post a new chapter. This Saturday I moved into my new apartment so I wasn't able to do much work until now but hopefully I can get back on schedule until school starts next week. Read, Review, & Enjoy
Chapter 12
Mittens and Penny stared in awe as Bolt finished his story starting with when he first left home to yesterday when Balto took him in, albeit reluctantly.
"Wow Bolt…I never would've thought you'd have been through so much." Mittens was stunned at some of the more graphic details of the gene augmentation process posed
"Well like I said they wanted me to be as strong as possible, fortunately for me that was their downfall. I became too strong to handle safely and then escaped." Bolt explained leaning back in his chair and wearing a contented grin, he seemed to be rather proud of his valiant escape. "Though I do feel bad that I killed Balto's friend, I think I may have to apologize to him for that."
"Apology accepted." Said a familiar voice from behind Bolt
As he, Penny and Mittens looked up in the direction of the voice there stood Balto dressed in what looked like a suit fit more for company executive than a military general.
"So are you all going to sit and stare or are you going to introduce me?" Balto said with a chuckle
"Um Penny, Mittens…this is Balto the wolf-dog I told you about." Bolt said a little surprised to see Balto
Penny stood up and offered Balto her hand "Nice to meet you Balto, Bolt's told me quite a bit about you, I'm Penny, Bolt's…well technically his mother by adoption." Penny announced as Balto took the offered hand
"Nice to meet you as well Penny." Balto replied "Do you all mind if I take a seat?"
"Not at all" Penny said motioning to the final seat at the table they all were sitting at.
Balto sat down and looked directly at Bolt "Bolt…I'm going to be completely honest with you from this moment on, I need you to feel that you can trust the information I'm about to give you and hopefully we can work our ways out of this little mess we've gotten ourselves into."
"Fine, shoot." Bolt said with an air of confidence
"Alright so this is going to be hard to hear, but Bolt…my last assignment is to kill you." As Balto finished Bolt's attitude changed entirely he went from cool head and confident to scared and defensive.
"Kill me…did you just say kill me?" Bolt said half growling
"Yes, Bolt in less than a week I will receive a lethal chemical cocktail that I'm supposed to administer to you any way possible be it injection of ingestion…lucky for you I have no intention of using it." Balto said with a smug smirk
Bolt sat across from Balto trying to resist the urge to growl at the wolf-dog hybrid. Penny and Mittens sat stunned at the information Balto was reveling. "Who exactly put you up to this?" Bolt spat out
"No one put me up to anything Bolt it was my job just be thankful I'm telling you this and not scheming ways to bring about your demise. But if you must know who gave me my order's his name is Calico, Dr. Donavan Calico." Balto said calmly
"Bastard!" Bolt couldn't control himself anymore he stood up and slammed his fists down on the table attracting the attention of everyone within earshot
"Wait a minute how can that be possible? Dr. Calico was a TV character and his actor had no medical or military background he couldn't possibly be the same person?" Penny had entered the conversation at this point.
"The hell his not! This asshole's changed his entire appearance to match Calico's but his not the same person, not even close!" Bolt was yelling now angry once again at the man who had caused him so much pain.
"He's in charge of, Project Phantom, so I assume you know more about him than I do, Bolt?" Balto questioned the Sheppard
"He was the man I spoke to the first day I signed on to the project he used similar methods to the gene augmentation that gave me my powers to change his physical appearance. I was his personal guinea pig. He tested things on me before attempting them on himself to make sure they weren't lethal. The day he got his green eye was the day I got my lightning bolt." Bolt finished not so much outwardly angry as he was haunted by his experience.
"Bolt I want to try and help you." Balto said after a short silence "I'm tried of being used as a puppet to forward the military's sick experiments. It's time we worked together for a little revenge,"
Bolt looked up at Balto with a smile on his face "Wolf-dog, you've got yourself a deal."
