Hello again! I'm sorry it took a little while for me to upload this next chapter. I was trying to, but a weird error screen just popped up every time.
Also, this has Gilbert's POV in the middle. If you guys like it or think I shouldn't do that, just let me know. Enjoy!
"So he created you in his lab?" Gilbert seemed to be very surprised by what I told him. I guess that sort of thing isn't really normal out in the world.
"Yeah, I don't really understand exactly," I replied, "but he took a human sperm and egg and put it in a fake womb he created and them added some bird D.N.A to give me wings, and some other internal bird stuff." It sounded pretty crazy when you said it out loud.
"So…" Gilbert furrowed his brow in thought, "he just put bird stuff inside of you." After he said that he lifted his head and gasped. "It's like Jurassic Park!"
I had know idea what he was talking about.
"Um…sure." Soon after our introductions, Gilbert asked to know about what I was. We spent a while talking about me, but I still didn't know much from him. "Hey, why don't you tell me about yourself"
He seemed excited that I asked and he beamed. "Well," he started, "I'm from Germany and I moved here to Canada with my little brother and father." The Professor would tell me things about the outside world every now and then, and from what I remember, Germany is a country somewhere in Europe. I guess that was the accent I heard. "We came here because my mother had died when my brother and I were kids, and my father had found a decent job here in America. There's not really that much to me." I could see him trying to find things to say. "I'm 24 years old, from the red eyes and white hair you could probably tell I'm albino," he gestured towards his hair and face, "I can play the flute decently enough…and I'm a pretty awesome guy! That's a summary of me."
It was nice to have a conversation with someone like this. I rarely ever felt happy in the lab, but right now, I'm away, and it feels like bliss. While we were sitting in that room, Gilbert and I talked about just random things, most of which came from the latter. It was starting to seem like we were in that room for a long time when the chief walked in. He was a tall man with dark brown hair and fair skin. He looked over at me with an intense stare which kind of made me uncomfortable, so I pulled in my wings and scrunched up my body to seem smaller.
"Um…well…" he coughed a little and made a small glance towards Gilbert.
"His name's Matthew,"
"Yes, Matthew," he continued, "I'm sure you've realized now that you are not what most people would call, normal." I could tell he was having trouble talking to me. He paused talking for a minute and fiddled with his tie, then looked up at me. There was an awkward silence in the room before he addressed me again. "I hope you aren't offended by this, but, are you capable of speaking.
"Of course!", I laughed, "I'm human after all, just with a bit extra." I think that relieved the chief, and he calmed down a bit.
"Well Matthew, I'm going to need you to come with me." I saw him pull out a pair of metal rings from his belt. "I'll need to handcuff you. I hope you understand." He gestured me to walk over to him, and I hesitantly stood up and approached. I didn't really know what was going on, and I looked over at Gilbert for some help. He also looked a little uncomfortable and he stood up quickly.
"Chief Anderson, I don't think that's really necessary," he started to protest. The chief scoffed at him.
"Beilschmidt, you've only known this…man, for about an hour. I'm just taking precautions." He took both my arms and put them behind my back to lock them, but my wings were in the way, so he cuffed them in front of me. I was still very worried when I was practically dragged out of the room.
I watched as Chief Anderson took Matthew away I the blink of an eye. After he closed the door behind him, I just stood there in the silence. What just happened?, I thought. I didn't see Matthew ever being dangerous, he barely even spoke above a whisper, and I didn't know what the Chief wanted from him. I decided to go find out.
I picked up my gun from the table and walked out of the room into the hallway. I jogged around the building until I could find one of my partners that was with me when we found Matthew. "Hey Harrison!", I called out to him as he was sitting down at his desk, " did you go with Chief Anderson after I went into the room with Matthew?"
"Who?", he asked.
"The bird man!", I exasperated.
"Oh yeah!", he recalled. "He held an emergency meeting with us. He said that it would be best to learn about the bird man as much as we could and send him off to the federal government to examine him. I mean, we've never seen anything like it before." He took a bite off of his stereotypical doughnut and turned back towards his work. "He's pretty interesting don't you think? I'm supposed to start writing a report about him."
" They're shipping him away to have tests after he's been locked away for years without his permission? What do they think he is, an animal?" Harrison gave me a knowing glance.
"I mean, he kind of is though."
"But he's also human!", I exclaimed. The Chief was right that I've only known Matthew for an hour, but I at least know that he deserves to be treated like a human being, not some lab rat! This was making me pretty angry, especially since Harrison didn't seem to care about it much at all, and I considered him a thoughtful guy. I tried to go find wherever the Chief took Matthew away to, but I couldn't find it, and anyone I asked either didn't know or told me I wasn't allowed to know. I decided to go back to the room we were in because the Chief was sure to bring him back there. I made I to the room and sat down at the table. I noticed on the chair across from me was a single black feather.
I was brought in to yet another enclosed space against my will, and frankly, that pissed me off a bit. I thought being outside of the lab would be different.
I'm told to sit at a table while the Chief sits in front of me. "Now Matthew," he starts, "I know this all seems a little scary to you, but I'm going to need you to be serious. You're going to have to tell me everything about yourself and everything else you know."
"Why?", I ask in a faint whisper. When Gilbert asked me that, he was way more casual, but this guy is very intense. What did he plan to do with me?
"Because you're a new discovery!", he answered, "just think about it Matthew, your whole existence could change the world. Humans could evolve ourselves with your knowledge!"
"Why don't you just ask the Professor? He did all of this."
"The old man? Oh we can't. He's dead." I didn't know how or why, and I had extremely mixed feelings about the Professor's death, but I felt like I was backed into a corner.
So I told him everything.
Author's Note
I know it's still a kind of boring so far, but trust me I'm working on it.I hope you liked this, but if if anyone has any constructive criticism to give me, I'd really appreciate it. I want to improve my writing as much as I can. Goodbye!
