Chapter 4: What Did They Do To Me(Part 1)
A Time Without Hope
Dumb enough as it sounds, and even though I had promised myself I wouldn't go back, I did. I had left my bike. I wasn't going to abandon that thing.
So I was back, but I didn't end up in that cave, I was in the military compound, and came face to face with an even bigger bastard than Magneto. Commander William Stryker was staring me dead center in the face with the ugliest like smirk possible on his face.
"My, my, my. What do we have here? A mutant perhaps?"
"just my luck. Not only to just escape an evil criminal bastard, but do I fall into the lap of a military scientist who experiments on mutants. Just my day."
"Well, that all depends my dear, what's your mutation?"
"Regeneration. What's yours? Over sized ego?"
"Regeneration? Really now? Well my dear, you fell into the worse hands possible"
And it was true. Before I really knew it, I was locked up in a cell, brutally beaten.
"Damn, I haven't been like this in almost a year."
"Really? Lucky you"
"Huh?" I looked over to see two boys, about 18, and it looked like they we're murdered, and brought back to life.
"Whoa, what the hell happen to you guys?"
"Brute beatings, Experimental mutant 'cure' test subjects. Yeah, we've been put through our paces."
"Wow. Name's X. transferred."
"Ouch. Name's Andrew, but they call me Shade. That's Eric, code name Blaze."
"Shade, and Blaze. Ying and Yang. Nice"
"And bad. Nice analogy"
"I try"
"So, why are you here again?"
"Not quite sure, but by the looks of things, guess I'm Stryker's next project"
"Fun. I feel bad for you than"
"Why's that?"
"Because, you come in here all bloody and beaten up. Now it looks like you were hardly touched"
"True… so why's that bad?"
"Cause, every mutant that comes in here that has a healing factor gets a certain surgery"
"Which is?"
"Adamantium(sp?) claws surgerically(sp?) graphed through your body"
"Your shitting me right?"
"No, you'll be gone within a week"
"Like to see them try and keep me here"
"I'd like to see you try and escape after a surgery like that"
"With you guys, it should be nothing"
"Huh? Shade, who the hell are you talkin' to?"
"A new kid, name's X. She's gonna try and escape. Want to help her out?"
"Sure, beats this shit hole"
"Okay, count us in"
"Sure. Hold on, you look familiar. Have we met before?"
"Highly doubt it. But yeah, you do look familiar"
"Weird"
This was just the beginning of weird. Shades was right. 7 days later, here comes Stryker. Damn Badtard.
"Well, enjoy your stay?"
"Not really. The bed was a little hard, and there was a slight chill. One question though"
"?"
"If you keep giving this little 'gift' to mutants, and they keep running away, why don't you just give up already?"
"That would be none of your business."
"Just asking"
"Get her"
Damn guards. I freakin' hate them. Gripped my wrist, and literally 'dragged' me to this tank. It was filled with water, and there was box like thing filled with some type of liquid, and had hoses running out of it. God, what the hell was this place!
"Get here in and strap her down."
"Wow, is this like your freaky sex dungeon?" sorry, I just had to do that. Give him that little joke. Man, I really wanted and got this guy angry.
"Sorry, no" ohhh, scary. Bastard. That's when the nightmare began. First off, that freakin' water was freezing! But that was nothing compared to what would happen next.
I still shudder at just the thought of that night. The pain was so intense, it felt like my head was splitting in two. Every part of my body was being split open, and excruciatingly heat metal was applied to my bones, then was cooled, and will remain there forever. To this day, I wish I hadn't gone back for that bike, but than again, that damn bike is giving me warmth right now.
Yeah, Blaze and Shade had literally saved me, and got me out. They're almost like brothers to me now. I don't know where I'd be now without them…
"Sir, the procedure is done. And the mutant is healing rapidly as expected"
"Good…" BLEEP!BLEEP! "What the hell is that!"
"Sir, mutant 2917 and mutant 3518 are not in their cells sir. Sir, they've … escaped"
"Impossible"
"Hey Shade"
"What Blaze?"
"Any idea where the hell we're going?"
"Nope. Just following the screams of torture"
"Oh, genius idea"
"Why, spank you"
"Shade…"
"X… oh my, god. This is the worst I've ever seen. Blaze, quick, melt a hole in the wall. NOW!"
"Gotcha!"
We were gone before they even got to the room. Shade was carrying me, and Blaze had found my bike.
"Shade, think you can take her from here?"
"Yeah, I'll take to the skies, you stick to the backroads. We'll met up at that tavern in Laughlin City"
"Yeah, see you guys there"
And that's how it went. Blaze took the bike, and Shade, while holding me, took to the skies, literally. This guy can fly. Like superman fly.
I don't really remember it that well, namely cause I was unconscious. I remember waking up in a dense forest. Blaze was there.
"where… where are we?"
"Almost to a warm place"
"Yeah, good thing too. She's going to need clothes soon. She's starting to turn blue"
"Oh, so that explains the cold." Yeah, I was nude. Only thing I had on was a pair of dog tags. I don't remember much though, except for what Blaze and Shade told me. We're still in the woods. Blaze went out to get some wood to start a fire, but Shade has a blanket wrapped around me, and put me next to the warm engine for now.It's a full moon out tonight. It's really beautiful.
"ow"
"Huh? What's wrong X?"
"My hands… they hurt real bad."
"They do?"
SNIKT!
"OWW! MY HANDS! WHAT THE HELL DID THEY DO TO ME!"
end of part 1…